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Chapter 3 Questions

On his way to Helga's condo, he went to Life Joints and got his car. He drove for about 20 minutes before he got there. When Helga heard the buzzer ring she was happy because she knew that it was him. She quickly pressed the button to open the door down stairs. Helga waited impatiently for Arnold to come through the door. About a minute later she heard the knock on the door. She opened it and jumped into Arnold's arms. "I'm sorry" she whispered in Arnold's ear. He felt chills going down and up his spine, he felt a weird sensation inside of him, his heart made a little flip inside. He pulled away and looked at her and said

"I'm sorry too Helga I should've let you explain why you kept this from me"

"So you talked to Gerald about it"

"yeah" he said while closing the door behind him. They walked to the living room and sat down on the couch.

"Helga, if you don't mind, can I ask you a question"

"Ok, what is it"

"I want to know how you found out about Lila"

"Remember that time when she ran to her parents house and said that you kicked her out of the apartment , she just wanted a reason to go away to meet the guy she's cheating with"

"But how did you know"

"I felt like something wasn't right . The next day I followed her around town until night. She went into the restaurant and this man was waiting for her. She was too comfortable with the man. I thought that they must be going out, and she proved me right. The next thing she did was she kissed the guy and you know how the rest goes."

"I see. I want to know why you didn't tell me"

"I told you I was scared for our friendship"

"Are you sure that's all"

"Yeah I'm sure" Helga know that she was lying, the real reason why, she wanted to let Arnold see how nasty Lila could be, and so he can realize his feelings towards her.Arnold did not seem satisfied with the answer that Helga gave him.

"Are you sure" he asked again

"Yes I'm sure"

He just smiled at her, heknew that there was another reason why she didn't tell him, but at the same time she could not shake the feeling he had when Helga had whispered in his ear.

"Helga"

"Yeah"

"Do you want to go out tonight to celebrate the fact that we are friends again."

"Yeah sure why not, you mind if we go to life joints"

"No just as long we're together" Helga gave him a smile and said

"Did you go get your car"

"Yeah I got it while I was coming here"

"Oh ok, well than I better get ready "

"yeah "

When they got to Life Joints and they sat at the table by the window. Helga took her regular tequila and Arnold some Bacardi with a vanilla twist. They were having a friendly chat.

"Thank you for helping Helga"

"I don't remember doing anything"

"Yes you did, today I'm feeling better and I'm thinking less and less about Lila, thanks to you. Thank you for bringing back to reality, like you said"

"Sorry about this morning"

"Don't be, it helped greatly"

"Can I ask you a question"

"go ahead"

"You say that you're feeling better and that you're getting over Lila, but what would you do if you see her tonight". Helga looked at Arnold, he seemed like he was looking at someone else. She turned around and fallowed his gaze. Helga was in chock, she saw Arnold looking at Lila coming through the doors.

"Arnold are you listening to me?"

"What…sorry I was lost for a second"

"You were looking at Lila right"

"How did kn…No I wasn't" Helga rolled her eyes and looked at Arnold in disbelief.

"You're unbelievable Arnold". She got up and made her out of the club. Arnold finally realized what happened, he went outside to see Helga walking to wards his car.

"Helga!" he screamed. She looked at him and kept on walking. He runs after her and caught up with her.

"What's up with you" Arnold asked

"What's up with me" she creamed

"Yeah I would like to know"

"You were looking at Lila, and than made a lie about not even seeing her"

"No that's not it, what I want to know is why are you so mad for. It's not like you have any feelings for me". Helga stood there in disbelief again and at the same time scared because she didn't know what to say.

"Helga I don't like it when I ask a question and you JUST stand there not saying anything"

"And what if I did answer you, would you at lease understand" she said in calmer tone.

"Well do you have feelings for me?". Helga was going to walk away, but Arnold caught her arm and turned her around.

"Well Helga do you? I want you to be honest with me about this"

Flashback….

During the 20 minutes before going back to Helga's condo Arnold received a call.

"Hello"

"Hey Arnold, it's Phoebe"

"Hi how are you doing, I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to talk to you"

"It's ok I was busy with Nashaida, she had another booboo"

"ha-ha-ha, is she better now"

"Yeah she is, but that's not the reason why I'm calling"

"Ok shoot"

"Helga might kill me about this but I have to do it it's for her sake"

"Is something wrong with Helga" He sounded worried.

"No don't worry not thing major is wrong with her'

"Well I'm happy to hear that, so what about Helga"

"Well you see Arnold, Helga loves you"

"Well I know she's my friend and I love her too"

"Arnold how can you be so dense"

"What do you mean"

"Helga is in love with you, but you were too dumb to realized it and went of after Lila instead. Did you ever wonder why Helga didn't talk to you over a month"

"No"

"Remember that night when you told her about Lila"

"Yeah"

"Well mister, it was on the same night Helga wanted to confess her love to you"

"That's why she had a sudden change when I told her about Lila"

"Yeah, but I want to know if you ever felt something for her, because if you do or didshe needs to know"

"Why did you think I went after Lila"

"Because you loved her"

"No ,because I couldn't get Helga out of my head . I loved her too you know"

"Well next time you see her can you please tell her that"

"Gerald told me to do the same thing"

"Well will you"

"Yeah I'll try to"

"Ok thanks Arnold, bye"

"Bye"

End of flashback

"Well Helga do you , I want you to be honest with me about this"

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