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A Trip Through Time
Chapter 27: More Conversations
Lisa and Logan Sherman, twin niece and Nephew of the grown up Arnold and Helga, had been amazed by this entire thing.
They were dealing with time travel, they faced off against some maniac, fought and won.
"Today has got to be the coolest, like, ever..."Lisa said to her brother.
"I wonder what's taking Andy and the others..."Logan said to his sister.
"Hmm...probably still spazzing out over how cool this whole thing is, I know I am..."Lisa said, as an idea formed on her face.
"Do you think Auntie Helga will let me play ball with her younger self, she's always telling how she was practically a pro, even as a kid..."Lisa said.
Before Logan could say anything, their cousin, his best friend and the time-traveling kids reappeared. Megan perked up when she saw the younger version of her parents and ran to them, first by giving Arnold a hug, much to his surprise.
"Is little mommy feeling better?..."Megan asked and Arnold just nodded.
"Uh...yes, I am..."Helga said and fliched when the little kid hugged her once again.
"That's good..."Megan said sweetly as Helga was still getting used to so much affection but it's not like she can snap at her like she does with Arnold.
She's a little kid and her daughter...technically...I guess...
"Cool it, sis..."Andy said as his sister pouted but gave some space, just as their cousins approached.
"Where did you guys go?..."Logan asked.
Young Arnold and Helga blushed deeply, and so did Gerald and Phoebe. Andy sighed as he hoped he wasn't doing the same thing.
"Don't ask..."He said.
"Yeah, that would be wiser..."Kiara said, knowing her own parents probably wouldn't want to talk about their own conversation.
"So, my folks?..."Andy asked.
"In the next room, they are trying to figure this whole thing out..."Lisa said, as she was still fascinated by the time travellers, particularly Helga.
The unibrow girl noticed this and got weirder out.
"Okay...I know this whole thing is weird but why is she looking at me specifically?..."Helga thought.
Before she could ask, Andy spoke up.
"Come on...mom and dad are going to want to talk more about this..."Andy said.
A Few Moments Later
They all soon returned to the living room and the parents smiled.
"Glad to see that someone is up..."Future Gerald said as Future Arnold approached the young Helga.
"Are you feeling okay?..."Future Arnold asked and Young Helga flushed, looking down.
Megan, who ran up to the older version of her father, spoke first.
"Little daddy and little mommy are both okay..."Megan said as to her regular father, who smiled.
"I see...is that so?..."He asked and young Helga nodded.
"I'm fine..."She said, still reeling it in the fact that she and Arnold will be married as grown-ups and even better, his future self is a total hunk!
"That's good to hear..."Future Arnold said as he flashed that smile that secretly always made her weak at the knees.
"Anyway, since we are all here, I think it is time that we get down to business..."Future Gerald said.
"He's right..."Future Helga said as her younger self, still feeling a little tense and awkward, did what came natural to her.
Mouth off
"Please tell me that I don't grow up to agree with Geraldo, all of the time..."She muttered.
Her future self heard this and smirk.
"I only agree when he is actually making sense..."Her future self said in a playful sort of way.
"Hey, I always make sense...'Future Gerald said, but his tone was playful too.
"Heh...maybe sometimes...'Future Helga said before the two of them chuckled.
"Uh...why is my future self acting like he is friends with your future self?.."Young Gerald asked, weirded out by the interaction to say the least.
Young Helga looked like she wanted an explanation too.
"Maybe because they are friends...'Future Phoebe said, surprising the two.
Young Helga and Young Gerald shared a look in disbelief.
"Since when?..."Thye both asked, still disbelieving it.
"Around the sixth grade, these two eventually accept that they are friends..."Future Arnold said.
The younger Gerald and Helga looked at each other in disbelief, before frowing.
"I find this hard to believe..."Young Helga said.
"Same here..."Young Gerald said only for the adults to giggle.
"I forgot how we used to act..."Adult Gerald said between a chuckle.
"Hey, you'll learn that he's not so bad...besides, he is my husband's best friend and my best friend's husband...not to mention the godfather to my sweet little Andy and Megan here..."Future Helga explained.
"Mom..."Andy muttered in embarrassment while Megan smiled cutely.
"And she also happens to me the godmother to my Kiara here..."Future Gerald said a she pointed to his child.
"Godmother?..."Young Helga said.
"And I happen to be her godfather..."Future Arnold said, also looking proud.
"Kiara is our god daughter..."Future Helga said proudly.
Younger Arnold and Helga were surprised. It was one thing to learn that they would have kids of their own and also that they would still be close to their best friends in the future, enough to be god parents to each other's children.
"Wow...never imagine myself as the godmother type..."Helga said.
To be honest, she never really expected herself to be the regular mother type either but fate has proven her wrong.
Now her Future self did something very unexpected...to the time traveling kids, anyway.
She was openly fawning over the kids...
"Kiara is my Andy's best friend..."Future Helga said fondly.
"And his girlfriend..."Megan teased, causing his brother and best friend to flush.
"Girlfriend?..."Young Arnold question.
"She's not my girlfriend!..."Andy said quickly.
"I'm not his girlfriend!..."Kiara said, also quickly.
"Megan is just joking..."Andy said with an edge in his tone, while his sister just had an amuse look on her face.
"Megan, no teasing..."Future Arnold said to his daughter, who just giggled and tried to look innocent.
"Anyway, as I was saying...Kiara is practically family as it is and she's every bit as cute, sweet and smart as Phoebe was at that age..."Future Helga praised, causing the younger girl to recover from her previous embarresment and smile sheepishly.
"Thank you, auntie..."Kiara said with a smile.
With the time travel kids, Young Phoebe had heard this and turned to her best friend, who was now blushing and looking a little embarrassed by what her older self had just said.
"Criminy! Is my future self really trying to make me look soft?..."Young Helga thought, only for Phoebe to look at her.
"Helga? Do you really think that about me?..."Young Phoebe couldn't help but ask and smiled when Helga's blush deepened.
"W-Well...I mean...Doi...look in a mirror..."Helga said with her arms crossed, looking away.
She tried to divert attention away from this and her eyes ended up landing on the twins...
"Uh...if you don't mind my asking...exactly who are these guys?.."Helga asked randomly.
"We're Logan and Lisa Sherman..."Logan said, having thought she understood.
"What do you mean, auntie Helga?..."Lisa asked.
Helga tried to ignore how the whole "auntie Helga" made her feel and tried to focus here.
"You said that they are Andy and Megan's cousins but unless I am wrong, Arnold doesn't have a brother or sister..."Helga said.
"That's because they belong to my sister..."Future Helga pointed out.
Everyone was silent, as the younger Helga just processed this. She suddenly remembered that she did have an older sister and she couldn't stand her...and if these are suppose to be her niece and nephew, then that means...
"Wait? You guys are OLGA'S kids?..."Helga exclaimed.
"Duh..."Lisa said with a chuckle.
"Uh-huh and I forgot to say this earlier, auntie Helga but...uh...it's nice to meet you...the younger you...I mean..."Logan said in a shy voice.
Helga just stood there, her jaw hanging low. She has seen many shocking things and she was (mostly) taking them rather well but still...
"You guys are Olga's kids..."Helga repeated, still in disbelief.
Once she got a closer look, she noticed that Lisa and Logan do resemble her sister, face wise but the way they dressed, the way they talked and the way that they acted was...was...
She didn't know but it wasn't how she always predicted a child of Olga to act. She didn't know how to process this.
Arnold, due to his friendly, curious nature and having accepted most of this weird stuff a lot faster, decided to say hello.
"Uh...hi...Logan and Lisa..."Young Arnold said.
"Hey again, uncle Arnold..."Logan said politely.
"Uncle Arnold?..."Arnold repeated while Lisa stepped in view.
"So mini-uncle...as I said before, this is way too cool..."Lisa said, still marveling over the whole time travel thing.
"Slow your roll, Lisa...I just remembered that we are going to have to call your mother and let her know that everything is okay.."Future Helga said.
The twins didn't look pleased.
"But auntie...she'll make us come home early and freak out...can't we hang here?..."Logan whined.
"Look, I know where you two are coming from but Olga is still your mother and she must be worried sick...I can't just leave her worrying over where her kids might be, especially with what happened..."Future Helga said in a mature way that surprised her younger self.
"Since when did I become mature?..."Helga asked out loud and her future self smirked.
"It comes with growing up..."Future Helga said as she pull out her cell phone.
After a few moments, the time travelers could hear bits and pieces and even the muffled but hysteric voice of a future Olga Pataki on the other end and the future Helga was actually trying to calm her down.
"Yes...yes, they are here...Calm down, Olga...Logan and Lisa are fine...you saw?...the news, already?...of course I was worried! Look, the kids are fine and they are right here at the boarding house...you are?...Alright...see you later..."Future Helga said before hanging up.
Everyone looked at her, the time travelers were surprised and the twins looked bummed.
"Can't we stay, auntie?..."Lisa asked and Future Helga sighed.
"Sorry, Lis...but your mom is frantic and worried about you two...she will be coming shortly to pick you guys up...speaking of which, our little guests will have to hide in the next room when she arrived..."Future Helga said in a way that was pretty much like a mother telling their child to go to their room.
Most likely because she has had practice doing that before.
They saw an older, nicer, motherly and beautiful version of Helga Pataki, acting like a mother, doting on a god daughter and actually caring about her older sister's children.
"This is really weird..."Younger Helga said.
Her friends agreed with her, while the future children looked confused.
10 minutes later
The time traveling children were ushered into the next room by the older Gerald and Phoebe, while future Helga and Arnold prepared for Olga's arrival to reclaim her children. Helga, being curious, opened the door just a crack to see.
"Criminy, now we are going to see Olga waltz up here, show off how perfect her own future is and say something infuriating..."Young Helga said with an eye roll.
"I almost forgot how jealous you used to be about her..."Adult Gerald said with a raised brow.
"Used to?..."Young Helga thought.
That is when the door opened and an older Olga came rushing in, coddling the twins.
"Oh my darlings! I was so worried!..."Olga shouted as she cried hysterically, just as a strange man came from behind.
"Who is that?..."Helga raised a brow.
"Mom! We're okay!..."Lisa shouted as she squirmed, trying to get out of her crushing hug.
"Dad! Help!..."Logan shouted.
"Do you two have any idea how worried we were?..."The man said as he got closer to the twins.
"Wait?...Did he say dad?..."Helga asked.
"I am pretty sure that is what Logan said..."Arnold said.
Helga couldn't believe this. This guy looks like some wanna be rock start who could really use a hair cut and a shave. She then noticed the appearance of her older sister. She looked...well...old.
Okay, not old...middle aged is more exact but she didn't resemble much to the obnoxiously perfect college student that Helga is forced to deal with in her own time. This Olga is older, with lines under her eyes and around her smile, and the clothes she wore didn't look too glamorous either. She was silent as she watched her older self interact with her and the twins father.
"Anyway, Olga and Patrick...they are fine, I double checked the twins and the other kids and Sheck didn't get a chance to hurt them, thank goodness..."She said.
"Oh yes, I forgot to ask..how is Andy and Megan?..."Olga asked.
"Just fine, Aunt Olga..."Andy said as he appeared, with Megan in toe.
Unfortunately, she started hugging them again.
"It's a miracle that horrible man didn't do anything! I hope he gets locked up for a long, long time..."Olga said after letting them go, right around the time the two kid's faces began to turn blue.
After more talking and reassuring, Olga soon left with her family and that is when the other's came in.
"That...was that really Olga?..."Young Helga asked.
"Yes..."Her future self said as she knew what she must be thinking.
She always used to imagine that Olga would have been the more successful one of the two, but it was obvious, just judging by Olga's clothes, her expression on her face and the kind of husband that she has, that it didn't seem like the case.
"Uh...what happened? She doesn't exactly look like the ultra perfect teacher/pianist/everything perfect that she always said she'd be..."Helga said.
"Let's just say that life happened..."Future Helga said.
"Also, don't worry, I spoke with the twins, they won't tell anyone about this..."Future Arnold said.
"Let's just hope that neither of them have inherited Olga's mouth..."Young Helga said, knowing that her older sister can't keep a secret at all.
"Don't worry, Logan and Lisa know how to keep a secret..."Future Helga said reassuringly.
"You...actually seem like you like them?..."Young Helga said.
"Of course..."Future Helga said, as she leaned closer.
"I know things with Olga are still tough at your age but Logan and Lisa are their own people..."She said wisely.
"Besides, they might be Olga's kids but they are still my family..."She said.
That surprised Young Helga but before she could ask for more details, Future Phoebe got everyone's attention.
"I do believe that we have the important manner of time travel to get back to..."Future Phoebe said.
"You're right, Pheebs..."Future Helga said, using the favorite nickname.
They had to stop stalling and talk about this.
-To be continued-
Next time on A Trip Through Time
Pheobe's Theory
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