This story was also collecting dust... quite literally. As it's been a while since I've done this one. What made me come back to this one? Well, I promised a friend on Deviantart who watched this story that I would try to update this more often, so I'm going to try to get back to the flow of things here. All right, this is the sixth chapter of my Arnold x Phoebe story! Khialat, if you're reading this, this is for you! Anyway, enjoy!
It was later that night, in the Heyerdahl household that after Phoebe had a lot on her mind, sleep finally overtook her. She sighed happily as she rolled around in her sleep, thinking about something that can be considered as heavenly for her. But at the same time, very, VERY nightmarish to what she was even thinking about right at this very moment...
Phoebe was smiling as she was sitting with Arnold, their lipstick project right next to them as Arnold smiled, "Are you nervous?"
Phoebe glanced towards the boy and nodded as she said, "A little bit, yes. I certainly hope the lipstick project will succeed quite nicely..."
"Do you think we should... test the project first... to see if it works?" Arnold asked.
Phoebe paused as she picked up the first tube of lipstick as she said, "Well... I suppose a test run wouldn't hurt. And since lipstick is what makes a girl, I'll be the one to test it..."
Phoebe slowly opened the lid of the first lipstick and applied it directly on her lips, before squeezing her lips a bit, causing them to be a shiny pink. She pulled out a hand mirror and smiled at the shiny pink lips, giggling. "I think they turned out all right? What do you think, Arnold?"
Arnold leaned towards Phoebe as he said, "They look nice... but I don't know if it's enough... how do we know you applied the lipstick correctly?"
"Gosh, you're right." Phoebe paused as she turned to Arnold. "How do I know I did it right... how can I test this?"
"Well, my smart beauty..." Arnold leaned towards the girl with one of his heart felt smiles. "I feel I should be your test subject. Come on, Phoebe, you know you want to do it."
Phoebe found herself immediately blushing, but considering she was close to Arnold's cheek, she puckered her lips as she planted one on his cheek. As she leaned away from his face, a lipstick mark had become apparent on Arnold's cheek. Phoebe, seeing the mark, giggled as Arnold asked, "Is there a mark?"
"I don't think so... but let me try it again, just in case." Phoebe said as she puckered up and kissed Arnold's other cheek. The next thing she knew, she was holding Arnold and kissing him everywhere around his face, leaving lipstick marks on the boy. She giggled as Arnold looked at the beautiful Asian girl before him.
"Phoebe... do you like me like me?" Arnold asked, feeling his face.
Phoebe giggled as she said, "Maybe I do, maybe I don't. Why don't you give me a return on those kisses I gave you, hm?"
The football headed boy was more than happy to oblige as he swept her off her feet and started carrying her bridal style as Phoebe laughed again. As the two leaned closer for a kiss... Arnold disappeared from her sight as Phoebe yelped. In Arnold's place now stood a very angry Helga, whose skin looked redder in tone and she seemed to have devil horns growing out of her as she roared.
"How... DARE... YOU!" Helga growled in anger.
"H-Helga, I-I-I..." Phoebe stuttered in worry.
"I trusted you, Pheebs! We always share a bond, and to find you cheating on me behind my back... with ARNOLD, THE GUY I LOVE, NO LESS!" Helga growled. "You have overstepped your boundaries, Heyerdahl!"
"But Helga-" Phoebe started.
"Shut it! You have just lost my friendship... if we ever HAD one to begin with!" Helga spat in disgust as she threw her down into the ground, straight into a hole. "Good-bye forever, Phoebe..."
Phoebe screamed as she kept falling and falling-
And then she woke up as she rose out of bed, sweating up a storm. She breathed in and breathed out as she clutched onto her heart, still thinking about Arnold... she groaned, "I can't take it anymore! I got to tell somebody about this! Not Helga, not Arnold... who can I trust with this?"
The next morning, Phoebe had left for school quite early, not bothering to pick up Helga on the way to her house ("She can probably get to the bus stop fine..." Phoebe thought to herself as she passed by the Pataki household.) and instead stopping near the bus stop near the house, feeling she wanted to take the bus today. Nearby, she saw Rhonda talking with Nadine about Rhonda's latest fashion. An idea struck her mind as she came over to Rhonda, "Rhonda, may I talk to you in private for a minute?"
Rhonda turned her attention towards the small girl and smiled, "Of course. Excuse me, Nadine."
"Take your time, Rhonda!" Nadine smiled as Rhonda and Phoebe went off to the side, a few feet away from Nadine.
"What did you want to talk about?" Rhonda asked.
"Well... it's not really so much fashion, it's more of a... problem I have." Phoebe said.
Rhonda sighed as she said, "Aren't you the smart girl, Phoebe? You know ALL the answers in our class!"
"This is more of a love problem than anything else." Phoebe blushed in embarrassment as Rhonda rose her eyebrows in interest.
"Well... color me intrigued." Rhonda sat down as she smiled, "You have my attention."
"Well... say I have this friend of mine..." Phoebe said. "And he's been so nice to me since I had a break-up with another friend who I thought loved me."
"Oh yeah, we heard about you and Gerald breaking up." Rhonda sighed. "Sorry to hear about that."
"It's okay, I'm mostly over it now. But here's the thing." Phoebe sighed. "Suppose I ask this friend of mine to do a science project with me for the science fair. He agrees to do so. However, whenever I hang around this friend, I start to feel a little different, like... I know the boy for some time, yet I want to act very differently around him... like I want to hold him and kiss him, tell him that I have a crush on him."
Rhonda giggled as she said, "Wow... sounds like love is in the air. So, why aren't you talking to the boy now?"
"Well, suppose I have this OTHER friend, this time a girl, who happens to have a crush on the boy that I'm crushing on now... and it's been going on for years." Phoebe sighed. "I want to just come up to the boy and admit I have a major crush on him, but at the same time, I don't want to lose this girl's friendship because we've been through so much... but if I do let this girl be happy, I'm still going to have these lingering feelings for said boy."
Rhonda looked in surprise as she paused, "That does seem to be quite the conundrum... how big of a friend would you say you are to this girl?"
"Well... it varies at times. Though I think we get along okay." Phoebe smiled.
Rhonda paused as she looked at the short Asian girl. "Listen, Phoebe, if you want my advice, you need to think about what's best for you. Maybe go with your heart on this one. If you feel something for the boy, you have to tell him sometime. And it doesn't matter what your other friend would think, as long as you tell her the truth... who knows? Maybe it'll be more of a sign that maybe she can help you."
Phoebe paused as she noticed Helga rounding the corner. She gave a sigh as she looked down on her feet. She shook her head as she looked at Rhonda. "You know what, Rhonda? I think I will follow my heart on this. Thanks."
"You're welcome." Rhonda smiled as she started to head back to Nadine. Phoebe took a deep breath as she went up to Helga, who had just noticed Rhonda and Phoebe separating.
"Yo, Pheebs! What were you and princess talking about just now?" Helga raised one side of her unibrow up.
"Oh, nothing too major." Phoebe said as she looked up at Helga. She took a deep breath as she sighed, "Helga, there's something I feel I should tell you..."
The bus had just rounded the corner as it stopped in front of the girls. As all four entered and paid their bus fare, they started to find their seats as Phoebe and Helga found themselves near the back of the bus. "What do you want to talk about?"
Phoebe sighed as she said, "Well, a couple of days ago, ever since I broke up with Gerald, as you may have noticed, Arnold and I have decided to become partners for the science fair."
Helga laughed, "Heh, is that all? Nothing surprising."
"Actually, you might be surprised by this. So, please, I don't want you to freak out or anything when I tell you this. That list of single boys you have in your pocket... well, I'm not sure I'll need it. You see, Helga, I... well, you see..."
Helga frowned as she said, "I'm not going to like what I hear, will I?"
Phoebe groaned as she whispered in her ear, "Please don't scream, but... I like Arnold. And I don't mean 'like Arnold' as in friendship, I mean I have a crush on Arnold Shortman!"
Phoebe leaned away from Helga and immediately put up a defensive stance, shaking nervously as the information has processed Helga's brain as her eyes widened in shock.
"I can't believe what I'm hearing!" Helga said in shock. "I should have known this would happen, Phoebe having a crush on my Arnold! The nerve of this girl... and yet... maybe it's right."
Helga thought about this as Phoebe opened her eyes in confusion. Helga paused in thought, "I hate other girls getting in the way of Arnold... but Phoebe's my friend and I should support her decision to be with Arnold, I mean, he's single, he might be compatible with Phoebe... let me see... pride or friendship? Pride or friendship?"
"Helga?" Phoebe asked as Helga looked towards her face as she looked nervous.
Helga swallowed a bit as she smiled towards Phoebe and turned towards her. "Phoebe... we're friends, right? I'm sure we can trust each other, don't we?"
"Of course." Phoebe nodded.
"Well..." Helga paused as she twiddled her fingers... and paused as she looked at the single boys list. "I won't be mad if you decide to go out with Arnold."
"You won't, really?" Phoebe said in surprise.
"Pheebs, you know me. I may love Arnold, but you're my best friend first and foremost. And I want to make you happy. And if being with Arnold makes you happy... well... who am I to stop you?" Helga said, taking a deep breath.
"You're really willing to swallow your pride for me?" Phoebe smiled.
"Why not? This could be a new experience for the both of us. Try it out for a while. Try to find love with Arnold. Who knows? Maybe you two are compatible with each other." Helga smiled.
"What about you? I know you have your crush on him..." Phoebe said nervously.
Helga sighed, "It won't be easy, but... I'll see if I can find another guy to crush on. Heck, maybe I'll go out with Brainy if I had to. The kid may be a little creepy, but he's not too bad outside his appearances."
Phoebe couldn't believe her ears. The toughest kid in her school, who was also her best friend, and someone she knew who had a crush on Arnold for years, was actually willing to try and give Phoebe a chance to be with Arnold? It was almost too good to be true!
"Wow... Helga, thank you." Phoebe smiled as she hugged a shocked Helga.
"Yeah, yeah, get off me." Helga rolled her eyes as Phoebe let go... as she gave a smirk towards the little Asian girl. "You little nerd."
Phoebe turned her head away from Helga as she gave a smile. Her fear of Helga lifted, she felt she was ready to hang out with Arnold... and maybe even go out with him. Who knows at this rate?
Phoebe sighed as she thought about the football headed boy's smile as she smiled happily, feeling her heart fluttering in the air. Helga looked towards the girl as she sighed, thinking to herself, "I'm probably kicking myself for this, but... whatever makes my friend happy..."
And with that, chapter six is at its' end! How did you guys like it? There will be more of this story to come, so keep an eye out! If you guys have any suggestions for this story, let me know through PMS (Private Messages), please! Anyway, read, review, criticize and suggest, folks!