Love Pot-POISON!

by MelodyNoteMusic

A year later of saving the neighborhood, Arnold's still thinking over his feelings for Helga, but with a dance coming up, Gerald needs Arnold and Phoebe needs Helga to see how their date is going. But Phoebe still needs Helga to talk to Arnold about it, and same thing with Arnold to Helga, and what better way of them going then a love potion. They just needed little nudge.

6. Chapter Sixth

Hey guy's Melody here and yes, I am back with another chapter finally! And also, I red one review from my last chapter, and I hope I separated the paragraphs right! And I gotta say, I sorta did a good job with it if I do say so myself! I even edited the last chapter, but if there's weird edits, sorry! I would change it, but I'm a lazy bum so yeah!

Btw, Happy Late Holidays, aka Happy Hearth's Warming, and Happy Late New Year everyone! So consider this chapter a late christmas present to you all! :)

I don't own Hey Arnold! obviously, it was created by Craig Barrett. Who is also like a freaking god for creating this btw, sorry I just can't help but say this every time but come on you guy's, you gotta agree with me though.

And of course, I don't own My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, it was created by Lauren Faust! Again, I hope you guy's will love this chapter as much as I did making it! And hehe, I really DID love making this chapter in the process! :)

Enjoy! :D

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Even though the sun wasn't rising just yet, the spring fever was still in the air as a few birds were still singing and very few flowers continued on blooming. In the Sunset Arms boarding house, Arnold woke up with a small grin as he got up from the bed and checked the time.

He woke up early to the point where even his family was still asleep! Not that Arnold didn't mind though of course. As Arnold got out of bed, he quickly grabbed his clothes, his backpack, a pen, and the picture from last night, as he headed for the bathroom.

After 5 minutes, Arnold got out looking refreshed. He had his usual attire on, his backpack on, and Arnold had the pen and picture in his pocket. With no time to waist, Arnold went downstairs to go into the kitchen. But before he could start something he needed to do, Arnold went to the phone in the hallway, and dialed a certain number.

After a few rings, the phone clicked and Arnold started to speak into the phone. "Hello? Is Dino Spumoni there? This is Arnold." A few moments. Arnold started to smile. "Oh! Hi Mr. Spumoni! I uh...kinda need a favor for you and your band." Few moments later. "W-Well I need to...sing something at school today, during an assembly, and I need to tell something to everyone in song. It's very important to me and-"

Arnold was cut off as he stood there silently for a few more moments. He then smiled excitingly. "Thank you Mr. Spumoni! I'll let you and your band know what you guy's have to play at the end of the assembly when you get there!" A few more moments later. "Great to hear! Ok bye!"

As Arnold hanged up, he laughed quietly to himself, and had on a small grin as he he jogged and jumped in place while blushing slightly, feeling really happy and excited that Dino Spumoni and his band agreed to help him out for today involving with the assembly today.

But as he continued to laugh a little now, Arnold remembered about the thing he wanted to do. He ran, but quietly so he won't wake up his family, back into the kitchen. Getting out all of the ingredients and utensils, Arnold then started making breakfast.

Arnold wanted to do it because he wanted to cook for his family, mostly he just wanted to cook some breakfast for Helga, and since he was still madly over the moon in love, Arnold felt motivated enough to actually cook for his family and for Helga all together!

As he hummed happily, Arnold just got done making two stacks of pancakes and a big glass of fresh squeezed orange juice, an orange tree was growing from the rooftop near the skylight, as he sat them down at the dining room table, along with a few plates, forks, knives, and a bottle of maple syrup, and started making eggs and then heard footsteps coming from down the stairs. It was his family!

As Grandpa Phil and Grandma Gertie came into the kitchen, while the borders sat down at the dining room table, tired as heck, as well as Arnold's Grandparents, Grandpa Phil walked to his coffee maker, that was on Arnold's left side of the counter. "Morning Arnold." Phil said tiredly as he was standing there while his coffee was being poured into his mug while yawning.

"Good morning Grandpa! How'd you sleep?" Arnold asked gleefully as he sat down a pile of eggs and bacon on the dining room table. As everyone was still tired, they looked at all of the food Arnold has made by himself for a few seconds, not processing on what just happened. "Eh it could've been worse Shortman." Phil said as he drank his coffee.

But then suddenly, Phil's eyes widened as he spit out his coffee, and looked at all of the food his grandson made, all by himself, in shock. And the rest of the adult borders looked in shock as well at all of the food that was in their eye view. Hey, when one is in love as much as Arnold is, anything's possible with the 'power' of love...!

They all then turned to the blond boy as Arnold was humming and cleaning up the kitchen. After a few minutes of cleaning up, Arnold walked into the dining room table with a smile as he had two wide containers with two forks and knives for later on.

He then grabbed, and put, two pancakes, four pieces of bacon, a fork and knife, and two scoops of eggs for each container. He then had a medium plastic cup with a lid as Arnold put maple syrup into it for later on. After he set everything up in the containers and cup, Arnold put them in his backpack.

But then Arnold looked up at his family with a smile. All of the adults still looked shocked as they now stared at Arnold, none of them able to say anything. Arnold couldn't help but chuckle a little at his families expressions as he said, "Good morning everyone! How did you all sleep last ni-?"

"SINCE WHEN DO YOU COOK THIS MUCH BREAKFAST?!"

Every adult, except for Grandpa Phil and Grandma Gertie who looked at their grandson in surprise, in the dining room said in also surprise, causing Arnold to jump a little startled, but the smile never left his lips. Arnold then started to blush to the face.

"W-Well...I just thought that since Grandma always cook breakfast for all seven of us, and that she always taught me how to cook, why not I cook for all of you this time? And also, the second reason why I'm cooking is because...w-well..."

Then Arnold's mind went to Helga.

The one girl that has stolen, and of course, returned his heart just last night.

He then remembered on what happened yesterday, especially last night. Arnold started to smile dreamily as his lovesick gaze came to his, in progress, heated crimson face. He remembered how downright wonderful his and Helga's 'meetup' was and how amazing their two kisses were.

It felt like something...something magical happened just that very night. Like fireworks went off around and above him and Helga both when they kissed! Oh and how Arnold practically just couldn't wait to kiss Helga's soft, beautiful, sweet, naturally pink lips once ag-!

"Hey Arnold!"

Arnold then blinked in surprise as his Grandpa was waving his hand in front of his face. Arnold smiled and blush more nonetheless, not caring once that he got distracted in front of his family. The other adults couldn't help but chuckle at the blond boy.

Arnold started to hum happily again as he went into the kitchen, came back with two light pink cups, along with lids, and poured orange juice in them. Arnold sealed them with a lid of their own as he put the two containers and cups in his backpack for later on.

"So Arnold? How was your date with your secret admirer last night huh?" Mr. Potts asked with a smirk as the other men looked at Arnold with excitement, as well as Grandma Gertie and Mrs. Kokoshka. Arnold smiled at his family as he blushed more and chuckled a little. "Hehe! Well, I can only say it was...it was..."

Arnold's expression became lovesick again just like last night as he was spacing out and dreaming more of Helga and their two kisses, especially their time together at the meadow, again. Arnold then sighed lovingly as he rested his blushing face on his hand, while making a fist, on the table.

"It was...perfect..." Arnold had on a goofy smile as he got out of his day dreams and looked at his family. They all let out a few laughs, and a few giggles from the two older woman, but they were trying not to laugh too much at the young lovesick boy as they were all covering their mouths.

Then Mr. Kokoshka spoke up. "Now Arnold! Remember that bet that I made with the others yesterday?" Arnold blushed red on his face more by hearing this. "Yeah? What about it?" He looked at Mr. Kokoska, the smile, never once leaving his face, and turning into a small grin at the mention of the bet.

"Well...judging by your expression...and how your acting by last night...did you and secret admirer kiss?" He asked as he and the other men smirk at Arnold. "Yeah Arnold! Did you and your secret admirer started smooching?" Ernie asked. The men started to make kissing sounds, making fun of, and mostly teasing, Arnold as they burst out laughing.

Mrs. Kokoshka then spoke up, "Oskar! You and the other's leave Arnold alone! It's early in the morning and he's probably still tired and embarrassed from last night!" Then Grandma Gertie started to speak as well. "Yeah! Leave poor Kimba alone! She's right! The poor dear's probably still tired from yesterday and still embarrassed too!"

Then Oskar spoke up. "Awww but Suzie and Grandma! We were just having some fun with him! Honest!" Oskar said. "Yeah just some harmless fun!" "And we were just teasing him! It's not like we're pushing the kid around!" Mr. Hyunh and Mr. Potts said.

Arnold blushed more as he chuckled and said, "Mrs. Kokoshka and Gran- um Bwana it's ok! Like what they all said, it's just harmless teasing and well...since I am in a really good mood today, I'll...I'll tell you all know what happened." Then men started to smile excitingly as they all started to eat the breakfast, including everyone else, Arnold made earlier.

"Well last night, something... well something amazing happened between us. I'm not so sure what but, the next thing I knew, me...me and...Helga were...very much in love with each other. And when I walked Helga home, I decided that we should...kiss."

The other adults blinked in surprise, surprised that Arnold, the goodie two-shoes, the friendly, kind, helpful boy would ask something like that from a girl that he liked! But they were also surprised that it was Helga, the bully and tormentor of Arnold, who was his secret admirer, except for Phil and Gertie of course as they smiled at their grandson.

Arnold stopped them before they could ask the young boy questions or anything else. "But I didn't say anything, I just brought out a pack of mints and a spray of peppermint. I can tell by the look of her face, Helga happily agreed to it. And she...she was just...oh she was an amazing kisser!" Arnold said happily and lovingly.

"Words can't even bare to describe on how WONDERFUL she was! And before I left to go home, Helga...s-she..." Feeling utterly lovesick and happy once again just by telling on what happened last night, Arnold pulled out the picture from last night, not even caring that he was showing it to his family.

He held the picture up for everyone in his family to see it. Half of them suddenly choked on their food out of surprise and shock by the picture as some of them took a sip of their own glass of orange juice to clear their throats. But one or two of them continued to cough and choke, trying to clear their throats themselves.

And the rest of them just had their jaws hanging out with food, or no food, still in their mouths in shock. Arnold chuckled a little in amusement, but also in a little embarrassment, at their family, looking shock and also blushing slightly at how many pink glittery kiss marks were all over him.

Arnold put the picture on the table, grabbed the pen from his pocket, and wrote down in the back, 'You will always be in my heart and I will love you forever, Helga G. Pataki. No matter what. With lots of love, affection, and care, Arnold Phillip Shortman 2/17/97'

He then nuzzled it affectionately with his blushing slightly cheek a little and put it back in his pocket. "But yeah! That's how my date with Helga went! We not only had lunch together, but also dinner, dessert, and we even danced together to a love song~!"

Arnold sighed lovingly a bit once again as he grabbed his backpack and walked outside of the boarding house saying, "Bye everyone! I'm off to school! And me and Helga kissed twice by the way Mr. Kokoshka! But if you count that she kissed me more than twice, then go ahead hehe!", and leaving the group of adults to sit and stand there in shock at Arnold.

Then Mrs. Kokoshka chuckled a little.

"Well I guess I win the bet."

"WHAT?!"

The 3 men said beside her. "But Suzie! Your not part of the bet!" Then Mrs. Kokoshka looked at her husband with a smirk. "Yes but I AM your wife! So that means that I'm a part of your bets! And I guessed, that Arnold and his secret admirer might've kissed more than 2 times!"

The trio still looked at Suzie with disbelief looks as she continued. "And as you can all see on the picture earlier, and how many kisses Arnold's had, I won the bet! Now pay up!" All of the 3 men groaned in annoyance as they handed a smirking Suzie 10 bucks each while Grandpa Phil and Grandma Gertie laughed a little in amusement.

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Meanwhile with Helga only an hour ago...

Helga woke with a smile as she got out of bed. Usually, she was never a morning person, but not today. For that today was that it was school, and Helga was excited. Excited to show the whole world, aka the school, that her and Arnold are finally together at last and with no fear once in her system.

As Helga got out of bed, she grabbed her usual dress, shoes, and her backpack as she headed for the bathroom. After 10 minutes, Helga came out with a refreshed look in her dress and shoes, she had on her backpack on her back, but she had raspberry lemon flavor lip gloss on her lips, and smelled and sparkled so much of french vanilla.

But she had the tube and small plastic bottle in her dress pocket just in case. Helga sighed happily as she walked to her closet with her backpack as she grabbed her newly finished volume of love poems of her beloved in a little light pink book and also of course her old little pink book from last night just in case.

Helga then walked downstairs happily as Bob was on his recliner and watching a football game with a Yahoo soda, Miriam on the couch sleeping with a smoothie near her on the floor, as Helga walked outside, waiting for her beloved to come and pick her up.

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5 minutes later with Arnold and Helga...

As happily expected, Helga's face lightened up and blushed on her face as she see's a boy with a familiar shaped head. Without hesitation, she ran up to Arnold with a smile as her hands were behind her back. "Morning Arnold!" Arnold blushed a bit on his face as he chuckled at his love. "Morning Helga. You look beautiful today." He said with a small happy grin.

Helga giggled a little as she grabbed and held her beloved's hand. "But this is how I always look my love." They both started walking together, side by side, hand in hand, and with no care in the world that if people see them together. "Exactly my bright angel. You look beautiful everyday."

His bright angel giggled again while covering her mouth, causing Arnold's heart beat to grow faster, as well as his blush and smile. "Oh! And um, I made breakfast for us. I hope you'll like it." Arnold said as he grabbed out the two containers from his backpack and handed them to Helga.

Meanwhile, she was blushing and smiling very much, obviously happy, at what he said, as Arnold got out the two cups and the plastic cup that contained the maple syrup. They sat down on the edge of the sidewalk as they opened their containers on their laps.

"Oh Arnold! I can't BELIEVE that I'm about to eat your cooking! This is got to be the greatest day of my life!" Helga then wrapped her arms around Arnold's neck and nuzzled his head with her cheek lovingly as she started to eat the breakfast from the container.

Arnold smiled and blushed more at the beautiful sight next to him. Helga hummed and squealed a little in delight as she continued on eating the food from the container. His stomach then growled as he blushed more and started eating. Arnold sighed through his nose, happy to have food in his system.

But as they continued eating, Helga got an idea as she smiled mischievously. She had a fork full of eggs and a small cut piece of bacon. She then held it towards Arnold with a smile as she talked, while trying to get his attention, to Arnold in a flirty and sing song voice. "Oh Arnold~?" Arnold blushed slightly red on his face, at the way Helga called him, and the way she said her name.

He looked and see's Helga having a half lidded gaze, her reddish pink lips smirking, and her blushing slightly as her body was leaning closer to him and she used her right hand to hold the food full fork. "Open wide my love." Helga said with a sweet smile as she put the fork closer to her beloved's lips, surprisingly not nervous once about what she was doing.

Arnold looked at her in surprised at first, but then smiled as her then took a bite of the food on the fork as he hummed a little on how surprisingly good the eggs were with the bacon. 'I can't believe that I just FED him!' Helga then continued on eating her breakfast with a happy smile, while feeling a bit giddy from feeding Arnold, as she started to cut her pancakes with her fork and knife.

"Your cooking is truly amazing Arnold...!" Helga said happily while cutting her pancakes. As she got done cutting, Helga went to grab the plastic cup, that contained the syrup, from behind her on the concrete sidewalk. While she was doing that, Arnold got an idea also as he had a few eggs and bacon on his fork and leaned in close to Helga with a blank look at first.

As she finally grabbed the plastic cup, Helga turned to Arnold as she said with a smile, "Hey Arnold? Do you want any syrup with your-?" Then she stopped moving as her body was stiff, her face turned red with heat, and her ocean blue eyes blinked a few times in surprise.

Arnold's body was close to Helga's as he had a flirtatious smile, half lidded gaze, and his face blushing slightly. He then moved the fork close to Helga's naturally pink lips, his gaze getting more half lidded, and his smile growing, as well as his blush, as he put his forehead against Helga's while looking into her blue eyes.

"Open wide my darling." Arnold said smoothly, not even nervous about the way he's acting and saying to Helga, the one he loved so much. Helga smiled nervously and embarrassingly and now her heart beating out of her chest a bit like a jackhammer. Sure she knew that Arnold and her were together now.

But when Arnold uses a half lidded gaze while looking at her with that charming and usual smile of his, Helga could just...she could just melt. Helga then slowly and nervously took a bite of the food on Arnold's fork. 'I can't believe that I JUST got fed by ARNOLD! Helga then swooned a little lovingly as she leaned her back against Arnold's arm.

Arnold blushed and smiled a little more as they both continued eating their breakfast together, sharing the syrup back and forth. After 5 minutes, they both finished eating their pancakes as they packed up, and started walking down the sidewalk. Arnold then held Helga's hand shyly, causing Helga to smile and blush more.

"Hehe first off, I love your cooking Arnold! And second, are you trying to make a move on me my Arnold?" Helga asked with a playful smirk and a half lidded gaze. Arnold chuckled a little as he smiled at Helga. "Yeah. I guess I just like holding your hand so much my Helga. It's...warm, soft, and the best part is is that it fits perfectly with mine..."

He then moved a little closer to Helga while they continued on walking. "...just like me and you. We just fit so perfectly well together. It's like we were meant to be together. Our traits, flaws, everything about us. If you really think about it." Helga giggled a little while she blushed a little more.

"Yeah I actually see that and you are such a flirt my darling." Helga said while looking away shyly, still with the smile and blush on her face. Her darling chuckled a little and intertwined his hand with hers. "Well like I said yesterday my princess, I can't help it. It's just that your a very attractive and pretty girl."

His princess giggled a little once again as she walked closer to her prince. "Thank you my prince. But like I said yesterday, your the attractive one here." Her prince chuckled once again as he walked closer to his princess as well. "Well then, I guess we tied then."

They both started to laugh a little at what Arnold said. When they got done laughing, Arnold then notices Helga's lips being shiny and more reddish pink then usual and her scent smelling very pretty and familiar as Arnold's face became lovesick. "Hehe I can see that your wearing the lip gloss and the vanilla perfume my love."

As they stopped for the cars to go, they now both felt lovesick with each other for every minute they've spent with each other by now. Helga blushed and smiled more. "Well, can't I just look and smell good for my beloved?" She said as her ocean blue eyes sparkled with love and affection while they batted at Arnold.

Arnold blushed more as his emerald green eyes became half lidded as they sparkled with the same feelings for her. "Well of course my love." They both chuckled and giggled as they stood close to one another at the pole of the red, yellow, and green lights.

As it was their turn to go and walk. Arnold and Helga started walking while talking about on what will be happening today. "So what will we do today my sweet prince?" Helga asked as she leaned her head on top of her sweet princes wide god-like head.

"Well, I kinda planned something during the assembly for today. But I won't tell you my darling." Arnold smirked in amusement as his beautiful pink, blue, and gold darling frowned in sadness and mostly plead. "Please my sweet?" Arnold looked up and instantly blushed at the way Helga begged.

With her ocean blue eyes going big and sparkling with nothing but plead, but what almost made Arnold tell Helga on what will happen today in the assembly, was that Helga was pouting her lower lip, turning it a more reddish pink. But he barely held his ground by Helga's natural girlish, and he can't help but call it cute, charms and smiled at her. "Hehe sorry my love, but..."

Arnold then got an idea.

A very...boyish charms idea.

And of course to sorta get his revenge on Helga for what he did to him yesterday.

Then suddenly, as they were walking near the school and a nearby alleyway, Arnold held Helga's waist with a flirtatious smile and half lidded eyes, making Helga stop her pouting and puppy eyes, and turning them into surprised eyes as she was suddenly down to his height. "...if you like, I could..."

Arnold then slowly put his neck on Helga's, and put his mouth close to Helga's blushing ear, his breath hitting it, making Helga blush a whole more, and her breathing to stop. His smirk grew a little more as he held Helga closer to him with each word he softly whispered into Helga's ear in a flirtatious and mostly sweet voice.

"...Give you a hint...my tough, smart, independent, caring, kind, sweet, and VERY fair senorita. Hrrrrrr~..."

Arnold then closed his eyes peacefully and strongly purred into Helga's ear as Helga felt her beloved's neck vibrate against her own. Helga's mind and face went completely blank for a good minute as suddenly, her entire blank face went a dark crimson. She then had a VERY lovesick smile and expression.

"Ohhhhhh~...hmmmm oh ARNOLD~!" Helga then swooned, shivered, and also hummed, in pleasure and happiness, as she laid her head against Arnold's chest as she was now down to her knees. She had a goofy smile and had so many chills up and down her spine as Helga's body shook and melt into gooey love by Arnold.

"Something wrong my darling?" Arnold asked while chuckling a little as he smiled, feeling quite...well surprised with this big of a 'power' he had over Helga just a minute ago. Helga looked up at him with a dreamy expression. "S-Sorry my beloved but...o-oh boy...I just need a minute with this..."

But then she sighed as she said, "You know what? I tried to hold onto it until like lunch or something, but forget it! I might as well..." She then leaned her face close to Arnold's still with the half lidded eyes and now a flirty smile. "...get my fill my little love god." Arnold's blushed more to his face by the nickname he was given by his love.

Helga said as she suddenly got up, dragged a now confused, yet still an utterly lovesick, Arnold by the wrist, and went into a nearby alleyway by the school as Helga cornered her beloved, in a brick and fence corner. She then started to kiss Arnold all over his face, cheeks, ears, forehead, chin, and neck, but mostly his lips, just like last night.

Arnold felt fully lovesick to this point by not only being covered with shiny, reddish pink, kisses all over him, but now it's mostly by spending every SECOND with Helga. Arnold then kissed Helga back a few times as they giggled and chuckled together by the small and loving kisses.

Arnold and Helga both went into, a pink, gold, green, and blue, that had very soft clouds of course, and that also had a golden sunset, heaven once again while the kisses of love and affection continued to go back and forth, and on, to each other.

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Meanwhile with Gerald and Phoebe only an hour ago...

As Gerald and Phoebe started walking to the bus stop. they began talking. "Um Gerald? What's with the camera?" Phoebe asked Gerald curiously as Gerald had a video camera in his hand, and a small duffel bag filled with a bunch of film in the other, from yesterday.

"It's just for Arnold and Helga babe! So if they want to know what's going on and what they did after they took the poison from yesterday and when we give them the antidote, then they can watch all of this in order! And I just wanted to see their reactions when they see all of this! Plus this'll be the perfect story to tell to future fifth graders!"

Phoebe giggled at Gerald's answer as they continued standing there for a few more seconds in silence until, "So what did you come up for the antidote anyway babe?" Gerald said as he stood beside the small Japanese American girl as she held the book of the love poison by her side.

"Well, I gotta get milk, some fresh clean hawk feathers, and I don't know about a flower that's opposite from a rose." Phoebe frowned nervously as Gerald smile at her still. "Hey, don't sweat it! I know you'll find a flower that's opposite from a rose! Your one of the smartest girls I know Phoebe!"

Phoebe smiled up at Gerald as she replied back to him. "Thank you Gerald. That makes me feel better." "Anytime Phoebe." They both continued to stand there while they were smiling to themselves. Until Phoebe blushed a little more and looked up at Gerald.

"Um Gerald?" Phoebe said. "Yeah babe?" He asked as Gerald looked down at Phoebe and blushed more. Phoebe's dark blue eyes sparkled again, but only with curiousness and surprise. "Do you really think that I'm...one of the smartest girls you know?"

Gerald quickly turned his head away from Phoebe as he looked nervous as the blush on his face increasing a lot. "U-Um I-I uh..." He then heard a vehicle coming up behind them. His eyes turned to their school bus. "O-Oh uh look! Our bus babe! Let's go!" He then went to the edge of the sidewalk more, making Phoebe blink in surprise at his sudden behavior.

Their bus pulled right to them as the door opened. As they walked inside, the fifth graders were playing little games, doing some almost late homework, and mostly everyone was talking about last night, their hiding spots, and most of all, Arnold and Helga. They all noticed Phoebe and Gerald were in the bus as they all stared at them.

Gerald and Phoebe went to the closest two seats as they sat in it. Rhonda started to speak. "So Phoebe, did you happen to find out what the problem was with the love potion? Me and the rest of the class are just worried about what happened to Arnold and Helga you know?"

Phoebe sighed as she turned to her class. As well as Gerald, who pointed the recording video camera to the rest of the class. "I've...found out what's wrong...with the love potion, but...it's not...a-a love potion everyone." Everyone looked at her curiously as she continued to speak.

"I've started reading the history of the love potion and how it was originally created. And I've made...I have made a terrible discovery." As Phoebe was talking, she showed some of the pages of the history in the book like the pictures and the story of the love 'potion'.

Everyone gasped a little in shock and started to whisper on what Phoebe meant by when she said 'terrible discovery'. Phoebe then slowly, and nervously, turned the page of the love potion, and it showed a newly fresh square part of paper that has the faded title, 'Love Poison' all in dark pink and glitter.

Every kid on the bus gasped in shock and horror. Phoebe nodded as she started to speak about the symptoms she also discovered yesterday before she headed to bed. But while she was doing that, Gerald looked to his right, without realizing it, and immediately looked outside of the bus in shock while blushing slightly.

He then tried to get Phoebe's attention by tapping her shoulder while Phoebe continued to speak. "And the symptoms are, loss of focused, expressing too much energy, showing very unexpected affections and words in public a lot, doing certain things you weren't even capable of doing, even though you sorta already know how, and-"

THUMP!

Everyone jumped a little in their seats in surprise by a loud THUMP! on the ground. They all looked down to see the book on the ground, still on the same page Phoebe was on. They all see Gerald and Phoebe staring out on the window with their faces in shock, blushing a bit to the face. Gerald held up the video camera to the window so he'll record what he and Phoebe were seeing.

The bus has stopped driving as the bus driver said to all of the kids to get off kindly, but they ignored him though. Very curious up to this point, all the kids looked outside to the left side of the bus to see what Gerald and Phoebe were looking at. They all gasped and a few of them covered their mouths, and also blushing a little, at the sight they are all witnessing.

Arnold and Helga were walking side by side, holding hands, and their clothes, but mostly Arnold's, were ruffled, out of place in certain spots, and wrinkled up. But the two kids didn't seem to care about that in the slightest however, and they were blushing a light scarlet to the face.

Arnold looked like he has something reddish pink and shiny all over his blushing face. Including on his cheeks, nose, ears, forehead, chin, and neck, and Helga looked like she had something smudged on her reddish pink, and numb, from all of the kissing she's done to Arnold, and the same with Arnold to Helga, lips that was something reddish pink and shiny also.

Arnold then looked like he said something to Helga, causing her to blush more on her face, and covering her mouth, look like she was giggling. The whole fifth grade gagged a little and stick their tongues out of disgust at the sight and then they all suddenly remembered that Arnold and Helga were near the school.

And quickly, Phoebe grabbed the book so it won't get stepped on, every kid grabbed their stuff, got out the bus, and Gerald and Phoebe followed all of the kids out of the school bus and stopped in their tracks, only a few feet away from the blushing, giggling, chuckling, and lovesick blond 'couple'.

As Gerald and Phoebe got out of the bus, they both see the whole fifth grade talking all at once on what to do or say about Arnold and Helga. Gerald and Phoebe looked at each other and then nodded independently. They both started walking towards the two blushing blondes.

And Arnold and Helga were not noticing that their best friends are walking up to them, making the rest of the kids look at Gerald and Phoebe in surprise and confusion. Arnold and Helga then looked at Gerald and Phoebe as they smiled excitingly at them and headed towards them.

Gerald and Phoebe looked weirdly at their best friends all of the sudden, on why their showing so much excitement, as they back away from them a little, both of them starting to regret them coming over to their friends. But too late, Arnold walked up to Gerald with a happy grin as he said, holding out his hand to start their handshake.

"Hey Gerald! How you been? Wow it's such a great day today isn't it? I mean the spring fever is still in the air! The birds are singing, the flowers are blooming beautifully, and the weather! Oh the weather is just so...so perfect! Don't you think so Gerald?"

Arnold said as he looked at his best friend excitingly still with a small grin. Gerald look a little disturbed and mostly shocked. He even felt grossed out by Arnold's too much enthusiasm and energy! 'Even EUGENE doesn't act this too excited! Not even IN THE MORNING for Might Pete's sake!'

Gerald sighed a bit in annoyance as he shook his head while closing his eyes with a frown, not even wanting to do the handshake with his best friend right now. "Arnold, your acting way too enthusiastic right now! More enthusiastic than Eugene! And it's morning man!" He said as Arnold wasn't even noticing the annoyance in his voice.

As Helga walked up to Phoebe, she smiled excitingly at her best friend as she hugged her happily in the air, causing the small Japanese American girl to complain in surprise. "Phoebe! My best friend in the whole wide world!" Helga then put Phoebe down gently with an exciting smile still.

"How you been? Today has been AMAZING so far! I mean everyone's in a good mood today! Oh man I can't WAIT for today Pheebs! You wanna know why?" Phoebe, who was fixing her clothes and adjusting her glasses after Helga hugged and squeezed her in the air, looked at her in curiousness, but also in fear, which Helga didn't noticed. "What Helga?"

Then to everyone's surprise and disgust, especially to Gerald and Phoebe, Arnold and Helga intertwined their hands as they looked at each other while standing close to one another with half lidded eyes and loving smiles as their faces turned more red with heat.

Helga said in a flirtatious, but mostly in a sweet voice, "I get to spend time with the most wonderful and most cutest boy in the whole world...!" Everyone covered their mouths in shock and mostly trying not to gag too much with one hand by what Helga, their bully but mostly their friend, just said.

But to make matters even worse for all of them, especially for Gerald and Phoebe, considering that the two blondes were their best friends, Arnold replied back to Helga with a flirtatious voice, but mostly in a sweet tone as well. "Well I get to spend time the most intoxicating and most ravishing girl in all of the heavens...!"

They both Eskimo kissed with happy smiles and their blushes increasing while Helga popped her knee. The whole class covered their mouths, of course still in shock and mostly trying not to gag even more at the cringe and gag worthy scene in front of them, with both of their hands.

They all quickly went inside the school before they could take any more of Arnold and Helga's actions and words towards each other. Gerald stood there in shock while blushing slightly and the same thing with Phoebe. Arnold and Helga then started walking together to school happily.

The two blondes then left Gerald, who felt like the video camera was about to slip out of his right hand, but still managed to stay in his hand somehow, and Phoebe standing there, her jaw dropped a bit and blushing slightly on what Arnold and Helga just said to each other.

After a few minutes of processing what just happened, Gerald and Phoebe got out of their state of shock and mostly disgust. They both started walking silently to the school, having no words on what just happened. Until, "Um Phoebe? What the heck just happened back there?"

Phoebe looked up at Gerald with a nervous and cringe expression. Gerald had a disgusted and also a cringe look while blushing slightly as they continued to walk. "Um well Gerald, I think they're...i-in love? Hehe..." Phoebe laughed, while grinning, a little nervously.

Gerald then stopped at the entrance doors of the school and looked at Phoebe. "Phoebe, if we go into those doors, and I see Arnold and Helga being WAY too romantic, I'm gonna hurl!" Phoebe smiled up at Gerald reassuringly as she pushed the door open.

"Gerald nothing is going to happen ok? I mean if they become lovey dovey again, we'll just ignore them. What could go wrong?" But they both know for a fact that something's gonna go wrong, they just know it! But they tried not to think about it too much or the more they thought about it, the more nervous and panicky they felt.

After Gerald and Phoebe opened the doors, they both started walking down the empty school hallway and headed towards Mr. Simmons class, hoping that today will go smoothly, and hoping not badly about Arnold and Helga of course.

But as they finally walked inside the classroom, they were surprised at the sight they were both seeing. Arnold's backpack was in his usual seat and Helga's backpack was in GERALD'S seat! The one right next to ARNOLD'S! And the seat next to Phoebe's was empty.

Cautiously, Phoebe took her seat, and Gerald took Helga's seat, putting the duffel bag and his backpack on the side of the desk, and having the camera still recording on the desk, which their teacher didn't notice. Mr Simmons then got up from his desk with a cheerful smile, happy that all of his students are here today. Well almost of his students.

He then looked around, curiously on where Arnold and Helga went. "Class, where are Arnold and Helga? Their backpack's are here. So do you all know where they went?" Mr. Simmons asked curiously. Immediately, the whole class looked at Arnold and Helga's seats, but more surprisingly, Helga's seat was taken by Gerald. They then looked at his seat, but Helga's backpack was there! As well as Arnold's backpack was in his seat.

They all started to get nervous, but mostly disgusted, at where and mostly what Arnold and Helga were doing right now. But they won't even DARE to ask what! Suddenly, as the bell rang for school to start, the door of the classroom opened.

Then two blond kids walked in and all of the kids looked at them in shock, disbelief, and mostly disgust, especially Gerald, who positioned his camera to record on what they look like, and Phoebe, at what Arnold and Helga looked liked.

Arnold's sweater was very wrinkled and out of place in certain places. His hair was ruffled, also out of place, and it looked like it was run through by fingers a lot of times. Arnold's blue hat look like it was about to fall off, but it also looked like it was just put back on his head. And he was covered with even more shiny and reddish pink stuff all over him as he was blushing crimson to his face.

Helga's dress was wrinkled and also out of place in certain spots, especially on her short white sleeves of her dress, like someone was holding onto them. Her pigtails were ruffled too, and also out of place, it looked like it was run through by fingers a lot of times also.

Helga's pink bow looked like it was just put back on, she had a smudged of barely shiny and reddish pink stuff onto her even more reddish pink, and even more numb from so much kissing her and Arnold has done, lips as she was blushing crimson to her face too.

And finally, the only thing that stayed the same on both of the two blondes features, was that they both had half lidded gazes, and that they smiling lovingly, of course, their lovesickness for one another showing and actually growing more.

Arnold and Helga continued standing there, taking in their closeness by standing close to each other for a little longer. BUt to everyone else, they look like they were...in a trance somehow and in someway. And that made the class feel more nervous about the Love Poison's effect on the two blondes.

Mr. Simmons then looked up at the two kids standing at the doorway as he smiled kindly at them both, not actually noticing on how they both looked. "Oh! Arnold and Helga! Glad you could join us! Please take your seats so we can get today started!"

Arnold and Helga smiled more, not longer looking like they were in a trance, and no longer looking like they were exhausted for what happened to them a few minutes ago or so, as they quickly took their seats, secretly excited for what will be happening at the assembly for today.

Gerald and Phoebe looked worried and of course mostly disgusted at their friends acting and looking this way, but they pushed their feelings aside as they started focusing on their school work. 'This is gonna be a LONG day...' They both said nervously in their minds.

---

After 30 minutes in class...

As they now started with their History lesson for today, Arnold and Helga were still very lovesick from all of the kisses they've exchanged to each other from today, and now they were whispering compliments and pick up lines to each other.

As well as winking flirtatiously and even giving each other flirty looks. But right now, they were exchange love notes to one another while doing school work, feeling more and more in love and now giddy with each note they've received all by their amazing significant other of course.

'Hi my darling. Hope your day's doing good so far!'

'Hehe hi to you too my Helga, but yeah my day's going pretty good, because you're in it!'

'Awww your such a heartthrob my Arnold! That's why I love you so much!'

'Well I hope your day's going good so far too my Helga.'

'Yeah it really is my adorable Football Head! Because your in it!'

'Did you just copy my pick up line my darling?'

'Hey! It's true and you know it my little love god!'

'Yeah it IS true my angel, but I still can't wait for the assembly today Helga!'

'Me too Arnold! Oh I can't believed that your planning this! Your really ARE a Cassanova my love!'

'Hehe well people do crazy things when they're in love.'

'I guess that's true. You are such a romantic.'

'No your the romantic one in this relationship! WHO makes love poems about their special someone?'

'Hehe guilty my beloved. But your planning something later on today that's also romantic Mi Amore! :)'

'Alright you got me there my fair senorita. Hrrrrrr~ ;).'

Even though she couldn't hear and see her beloved purring and winking, Helga sighed lovingly while shivering and humming in pleasure and happiness and sinking into her seat as she melt into gooey love once again by Arnold. The class looked at Helga in surprise, especially Gerald and Phoebe, and also Mr. Simmons.

Arnold chuckled in amusement, and blushed a little more, at Helga's reaction to his 'purr and wink' message. "Helga? Is something wrong?" Mr. Simmons asked curiously and worriedly. Helga just continued to sat there in her seat as she shook her head slowly at her teacher, feeling like she was up in the air. An air full of soft Football Head shaped clouds of green, blue, and gold.

Mr. Simmons just stood there for a few more seconds, waiting for any other response from the young girl, but he hummed in curiousness as he continued on with the subject of the day. Arnold and Helga both continued on with their paper conversation while they were doing their work as they were feeling more giddy with each love note they've each received from the one they loved so much.

Meanwhile, the whole class tried not to get so distracted by Arnold and Helga being in love as they continued on their work. 20 minutes earlier, they started to whisper and giggle and chuckle to one another, winking, and they were exchanging flirty looks for crying out loud!

Even some of the kids shushed harshly to them, but those two didn't even once noticed! They just wanted them to stop! And they were even starting to get even more and more uncomfortable with each every minute passing of Arnold and Helga being in love! They all just wanted this to be over already.

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2 hours later...

After 2 hours, because of the schedule changing for the assembly today, of, well in this case with the whole class and with Gerald and Phoebe, torture they were all in, the bell rang for lunch, as all of the kids quickly ran out of the classroom before they all could take any more of Arnold and Helga's affections in public.

As they all left, Arnold and Helga stood out in the middle of the empty hallway full of lockers. Arnold started to fix his clothing and the same thing with Helga. They then started cleaning and wiping off the kiss stains and smudges off their lips and skin. But as they got done, Arnold went up to Helga and started fixing her pigtails, making them more straight.

Helga giggled a bit at her beloved while blushing a little. "Arnold my love, you know you don't have to do this right?" Then Arnold looked into her ocean blue eyes and smile and blushed more as they sparkled with love and affection. "Well can't I just help my beautiful lady out?" Arnold said with a half lidded gaze and dreamy smile as he blushed a little himself.

His beautiful lady giggled more as she started fixing his tufts of hair. "Well if you get to fix my hair, then I get to fix your hair my cute and handsome gentleman." Her cute and handsome gentleman sighed lovingly as his blush increased and he smiled goofily by the name his lady just gave him. "W-Whatever you say Helga..."

They laughed a little at Arnold's usual answer as they started walking towards the cafeteria for lunch. As they were walking however, Helga started to speak. "You know my love, you actually never did give me the hint on what will happen today you know." Her love blinked in surprise as he blushed more and looked down shyly. "Y-Yeah well, I guess I just got well...distracted Helga hehe..."

Helga giggled a little as she looked down at her beloved. 'He's so CUTE when he's embarrassed...!' "Hehe sorry my beloved Arnold, I guess you're just so kissable that I couldn't resist! I mean come on! Your head was so many places for kisses! I mean, if you would've just seen your face last night, then your head is totally kissable!"

Then her beloved Arnold blushed more and suddenly stopped walking with her. 'Last night...the kisses and...the picture...!' Helga looked at him curiously, and also in worry, on why Arnold stopped walking. "Arnold? Is something wrong?" She asked. Arnold started to smile as his hand went into his pocket and got out a picture. He then walked up to Helga with a loving and caring smile.

"Helga, since you've showed me your locket yesterday, I was a little upset that you didn't get a new picture of me this year yet. So, after I went home, I took a picture of me, and..." Arnold held the picture up to her while looking away, blushing, and smiling. "This is for you Helga. Well for your locket hehe. I hope you'll like it. And I just wanted you to know that I lo- mmph!"

Arnold was then cut off by Helga pressing her lips against his while she was hugging him in the air and closing her eyes. Not that he was complaining of course, he did love her fiery passion part of her already. And mostly her magical kisses of course.

Arnold kissed Helga back as he held both sides of her face and closing his eyes. Helga then put her hands at the bottom her beloved's head, cradling and holding him close to her. But she then wrapped her arms around Arnold's neck, bringing him more closer as she started to mostly play with, and ran through her fingers through, his hair, messing it up again.

Arnold shivered and moaned a little as he started running his fingers through, and also playing with, Helga's pigtails, messing it up again as well. Helga moaned a little back for a response, happy on what her beloved was doing to her hair.

But then air was getting to them both as they slowly pulled their lips away from each other, breathing a little for air through their mouths. Their expressions were dreamy like and dazed, feeling fuzzy and tingly with love all over them both.

Arnold and Helga's faces were close to each other, blushing red, theirs hands and fingers in each other's hair, and having their eyes barely open due to them still feeling fuzzy, tingly, and loopy with love. They stayed like that for a few seconds longer, taking in their wonderful embrace.

"H-Helga...?" Arnold whispered to her.

"Y-Yeah...?" Helga whispered back.

"Y-You...hehe you're just...an amazing kisser Helga...did you know that...?" Arnold chuckled a bit dreamily as he smiled goofily a little. Helga giggled a tiny bit as she respond back to him.

"Hehe...you should talk my love. Your kisses are just...s-so...Ohhhhh~...!" Helga swooned a little as she put her forehead against Arnold's, her eyes closing again, and smiling happily.

But then she sighed and cleared her throat as Helga put Arnold back on the ground. "But um thank you Arnold. That's really...it's very sweet of you to say. And uh sorry for cutting you off from before my love hehe. Got a little carried away by the picture. What were you about to say?"

As they were fixing their hair from their kiss, Helga looked down at her love curiously, the smile never leaving her barely smudged lipstick lips. Arnold was about to say what he was gonna say, but then stopped as he got an idea. 'Hmmm...maybe I can tell her for the assembly today!'

Arnold smiled independently as he said, "I was just going to say that I love your kisses my darling Helga. Even though I sorta already said that hehe." That actually wasn't the real truth on what Arnold was going to say, but he just wanted what he was going to say to Helga at the assembly, so that everyone would hear it and that they'll know it.

His darling Helga chuckled a little as she stood in front of Arnold. "Well Doi! Of course you do! Helga G. Pataki is good at everything! Even with giving great kisses after all!" Arnold chuckled a little as he started to fix his hair, hat, and his clothes a little.

When he got done, Arnold then see's the picture on the ground, that he dropped earlier from Helga giving him a surprised kiss, as he grabbed it from the tile floor of the hallway. Helga then brought out her locket as she waited for him. Arnold went to Helga as he put the picture on the right side of the locket, showing only the picture.

As she closed it, Helga nuzzled her heart shaped golden locket affectionately as she smiled happily, blushing and giggling in happiness as well. Arnold smiled and blushed at her, mostly happy that Helga has a new picture for her locket, but he also felt relief that Helga didn't get to see the message in the back of the picture, at least not yet.

When Helga got done hugging and showing affection to her locket for a few more seconds, well to the picture in the locket, she then put it back into her dress, and grabbed Arnold's hand, her hand intertwining with his. "So shall we go eat lunch my beloved?"

Arnold chuckled and blushed little as he held Helga's hand. "We shall my love." Arnold and Helga then started walking to lunch with happy smiles. As they were walking in silence, both enjoying their presence, Arnold was lost in thought about what will happen today.

'I can't WAIT to tell everyone! And the best way to do it is with a SONG! And I've found the perfect song for showing them! All I have to do is ask Dino Spumoni and his band for playing the music!' Arnold smiled more as he and Helga continued on walking to lunch.

As the two blondes were now at the entrance of the cafeteria, Arnold looked at Helga with a loving smile. "For my beautiful lady." He then pushed the door, causing it to accidentally slam loudly against the wall on the other side.

Arnold blushed a little more in surprise and in embarrassment, but then he relaxed as his beautiful lady giggled by his natural chivalry and clumsiness. Helga then intertwined her hand with Arnold's again as they walked inside the cafeteria, happy as they can be with being near each other.

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20 minutes ago...

Gerald and Phoebe both started walking to lunch as they started talking about Arnold and Helga. "Seriously though babe! I felt like I was about to puke when they started exchanging looks and whispering who knows what gag worthy lines to each other!"

Gerald gagged a little with one finger pointing in his mouth while his other hand still held the recording video camera on his side. Phoebe giggled at his reaction. "I gotta admit, their actions towards each other in the class earlier was a little...well overwhelming, but I'm sure they'll stop. I mean they can't be that too much in love right?"

Gerald looked unsure at her question, but sighed a little. "Yeah! I mean they'll stop eventually! I know my man Arnold and I know that he'll snap out of this! Even though it's Love Poison." As they went inside the cafeteria, they see everyone in different tables, talking, and of course eating.

Gerald and Phoebe grabbed their trays, as Gerald put the video camera on the far right corner of his tray, and went into the lunch line. As they were getting their food, Gerald and Phoebe were continuing on with their conversation about Arnold and Helga.

"I do hope this will all work out in the end though. I just can't believe that Helga G. Pataki likes Arnold! Now if they do or say something REALLY affectionate, I might fall backwards and hurt myself or something!" Phoebe giggled a little as they went to the drink section. "Well Gerald, if you happen to fall I may...catch you." Phoebe said while looking away shyly, blushing slightly, and smiling a little.

Gerald looked at Phoebe with surprise in his dark brown eyes as he looked away, blushing slightly, and smiling a bit himself. "T-Thanks babe. Uh I'll remember that hehe." "Y-Your welcome Gerald." As they looked away, the two kids only from each other from the embarrassing moment they've just had.

Gerald and Phoebe then see's the last Yahoo Soda right next to the chocolate and regular milk section. And without realizing on what the other person was doing, they both reached out their hands to grab the top of the Yahoo Soda bottle, but as they grabbed it, Gerald's hand was on top of Phoebe's.

They looked at each other in surprise, their blush growing. Gerald and Phoebe then locked eyes as Dark Blue met Dark Brown. They were sparkling with surprise, embarrassment, but...mostly in...wonder. Gerald hasn't noticed before but, Phoebe has...pretty eyes.

They were a really pretty dark blue like... they were just like the nighttime. With the sparkling and glowing stars out, the night sky being a beautiful dark blue, and the full moon being out too. Phoebe's eyes were truly beautiful, well to Gerald anyway.

To Gerald's eyes to Phoebe however, she was practically mezmerised! The gold specks she really saw in his eyes, Phoebe felt...well, warm. Like she was sitting next to a warm and lit fireplace on a cold winter day. Phoebe even felt a little safe and relaxed by looking into his eyes.

Gerald and Phoebe continued to stare at each other's eyes, getting more lost into them until they heard someone calling out their names. They both got out of the trance they were in as they turned around to see who called them and was surprised on what everyone was doing. Rhonda was the one who called them and all of fifth graders were at one table and even some people were sitting down, but saved two seats.

Gerald let go of the soda as he and Phoebe walked to the table that everyone in the fifth grade was at, not even gonna ask on what just happened. As they sat down at the table, Phoebe looked up at them all curiously. "So um why are you all at this table?"

Rhonda sighed as she looked at Phoebe. "Phoebe darling, we need to talk about Arnold and Helga! We all can't take much more of this! And it's been ONE day for goodness sake!" "Yeah Miss Phoebe! The more ah look at them, the more ah feel like ah am goin to throw up!" Stinky said while sticking his tongue out. "Yeah same here!" Sid said while he gagged out loud.

The rest of class agreed with them. But then Harold spoke up. "But all of us got an idea! Were going to annoy the HECK outta them! Were all gonna do that until they stop! Right guy's?" Everyone else agreed with Harold as Sid said, "We're gonna go ALL out! With us annoying them, interrupting them talking, all that!"

Then Rhonda spoke up. "And us girls are gonna talk about their future. Like their kids names, where they'll live, and their wedding!" They all agreed with all of their plans as they waited for Phoebe to respond back to them. Phoebe then sighed.

But as she was about to respond back to them tiredly, Gerald cut her off and said, "Look everyone! First of all, I myself agree with all of you! And if were going to survive the next few days while Phoebe and me make the antidote, we just gotta suck it up! And if we don't, we just gotta make sure that they don't go total lovesick in public again!"

He then smiled reassuringly. "And besides, I know Arnold! And I know that he'll snap out on whatever this poison did to him. And second, I totally agree with your guy's plans! And I mean COME ON! If those plans of yours don't work, then we're in big trouble later on today! I mean PLEASE! They can't be THAT lovesick rig-?"

SLAM!

Immediately, the whole class jumped and looked at the entrance of the cafeteria and groaned in fear and mostly disgusted. Arnold and Helga walked in as their hands were intertwined and surprisingly, they were cleaned up. No ruffled up clothes, no out of place hair, and no red tomato faces.

Just them walking to the line, getting their food, and with smiles on their faces as they were blushing a little. As they gathered all of their food, they sat on the other side of the cafeteria, across from the other kids as they sat close to each other and started talking and sharing compliments to each other.

Rhonda then started to speak again, but in a loud whisper. "Ok so they're just sitting there and that gives us the perfect opportunity to initiate one of our plans! So who wants to go fir-?" "HEY ARNOLD?!" Sid said out loud. Arnold and Helga just continued on staring at each other lovingly. Then Sid and Stinky said, "What's up with you and HEEEEELLLGAAA?!" Sid and Stinky teased out loud as the rest of the guy's started to laugh.

Rhonda sighed and rolled her eyes at the two boys. Then Harold also said teasingly, "YEAH! Are YOU and HELGA BOYFWIEND AND GIRLFWIEND NOW?!" They all laughed even louder. Sure they were suppose to tease them, but they really WERE teasing them, like what they said yesterday at the meadow. Arnold and Helga just continued on staring at each other, not even fazed by the yelling.

The rest of the class blinked in disbelief that they didn't even noticed their yelling. Then Rhonda sighed as she walked towards them. But Rhonda stopped as she turned and looked back at the other classmates and said, "Everyone, I may need you to listen to this."

They all nodded at her as Gerald and Phoebe went to Rhonda's side and they all started walking to Arnold and Helga's table. They stopped as they were a few inches near the table. Rhonda smiled independently at her classmates saying, "Watch and learn everyone."

The fashionista walked up to Arnold Helga, who were staring at each other, not even once touched their food. "Why hello Arnold and Helga! How are you two lovebirds doing today hmmm?" The two blondes didn't realize that Rhonda and everyone else was there as they both sighed lovingly and just continued to stare at one another.

Rhonda blinked a few times, surprised that they didn't even noticed her or the other classmates. Sid then said to Rhonda, "Yeah we learned alright. We learn that they didn't even noticed us." Rhonda scowled slightly at Sid as she humph! a little while crossing her arms on her chest in annoyance.

Gerald and Phoebe sighed as they went up to them. "Arnold? Hey! Arnold!" Gerald called out to his best friend. The Football Headed boy looked up at Gerald and grinned friendly at him. "Hey Gerald. How you been?" Gerald blinked in surprise at Arnold as he shook his head, holding up the camera to continue recording.

"Arnold, since when in the whole wide world have you been in love with Helga G. Pataki? I mean don't you think that your going absolutely crazy? Being with Helga? The fifth grade bully?" Gerald asked as the whole class looked at Arnold, waiting for his response.

Arnold smiled and blushed more as he replied back to his best friend. "Ever since last night Gerald! Something...happened between me and Helga and..." He looked at Helga and sighed lovingly as he held both of her hands gently. "I've fallen madly in love her."

Arnold and Helga then sighed lovingly at the same time. The fifth grade class gagged and cringed a little at the little exchange of the two blondes. But then Sid and Stinky came up to Arnold. "So Arnold? Why do you love Helga anyway?" Sid asked. "Yeah! What made ya fall in love with Miss Helga?"

Arnold blushed and smiled more as he started to speak. "Because Helga's...one of a kind. She's strong, independent, witty, smart, loyal, caring, kind, sweet, beautiful, and..." Arnold sighed lovingly as he put his forehead against hers as he looked into her eyes lovingly. "Helga's so passionate..."

Helga giggled a little as she replied back to her beloved. "Well, Arnold here is also one of a kind." Arnold chuckled a little as the class shuddered a little in disgust at them. Phoebe sighed as she went up to Helga. "Um Helga? Do you...feel any different? Anything at all?"

Helga looked at Phoebe with a smile, still with her hands intertwining with her beloved's. "No Phoebe! In fact I feel great!" Phoebe blinked at Helga, not expecting such an enthusiastic answer from her best friend. Sure she was under the Love Poison's effects and whatnot.

But with Helga saying her real name twice today and not calling her 'Pheebs', Helga's nickname for her, was definitely not normal for her. And that made her feel scared a little inside. Shaking her head, trying not to think that something bad will happen, Phoebe responded back to her pink bow wearing friend.

"Well...ok then. Do you wanna sit next to me, Arnold, and Gerald at the assembly today then?" Helga smiled more as she hummed happily to her as she nodded excitingly, looking excited and happy for the assembly. The rest of the class looked at Helga curiously, wondering why she's so excited for the assembly later on, since Helga always hated assemblies.

Arnold chuckled a little as he looked at Gerald and Phoebe."Thanks you guy's. Me and Helga will be there." The class looked at each other, fearing that the two blondes sitting next to each other may not be such a good idea. But they tried not to think about it too much.

They then heard giggles and chuckles near them. They all looked to see Arnold and Helga feeding each other now while staring at one another still. The class shuddered and gagged a little at the scene in front of them. Rhonda turned to Gerald and Phoebe with an uneasy look.

"Gerald and Phoebe, me and the rest of the class are going back to our lunch alright?" The rest of the class agreed with Rhonda. "Yeah! If I had to stay here near those two any longer, I feel like I'm gonna lose my lunch! And that has never happened to me before!" Harold whined. Gerald and Phoebe nodded at the class as they all went back to their lunches.

---

5 minutes later...

They all can't take much more of this.

They tried to ignore, they talked louder to tune it out, heck, they even COVERED their ears to not hear it!

But nothing worked.

No matter what they do, no matter what they say, or anything else, they can't help but hear Arnold and Helga's affections out loud! Gerald sighed as he looked up to the rest of the class from his half-eaten food, not even going to finish eating it since he lost his lunch due to Arnold and Helga's affections showing just now.

The class was cringing and some of them were pushing their lunch trays, that were full of food, away from them, not even going to eat. Even most of them were growling in annoyance and in tiredness as they were stabbing and eating their food. "Look you guy's, I know what your feeling right now, but this will all pass before you know i-"

BRRIIIIIING!

They all sighed in relief as the fifth graders walked outside to play in the playground, after they threw their food away, but then they started to speed walk out of the cafeteria due to Arnold and Helga throwing away their food away, putting their empty lunch trays on top of the trash can like everyone else did, and walking towards the others.

As all of them were walking out into the playground, the rest of the fifth grade class weren't gonna play during their free time as they all went to the dark green wooden benches just to see and observe on what Arnold and Helga were gonna be doing out in the playground.

The two blondes were going over to the swing set as Helga sat down on one of the swings, Arnold went behind her, and started to push while laughing a little along with Helga while they mostly started talking. They all sighed in relief that that was the only thing the two blondes were doing. They began talking to one another.

"So, what will we do at the assembly? You know, with Arnold and Helga?" Sid said as they all agreed with his question. Gerald and Phoebe looked at each other, actually didn't know what to do. But then Gerald started to talk to Phoebe about it.

"What do you think we should do babe?" Trying not to blush so much on her face as she tried to control it at what Gerald just called her in front of their fellow classmates, Phoebe looked at Arnold and Helga from afar, and put a hand under her chin, looking like she was studying them. After a few seconds of staring, Phoebe started to speak up.

"Well, we all know that Arnold and Helga are inseparable because of the Love Poison, so I will next Helga and Gerald will sit next to Arnold so we'll make sure to distract them from each other, so that way they won't cause any attention that may get them embarrassed from the other kids."

Everyone smiled at Phoebe's plan as they all agreed with her. "That's a great idea Phoebe! I ever so do hope that this plan will work." Lila said with a smile. "Yeah I really do hope this works out!" Eugene said while smiling as well. The rest of the class agreed with them both as they started talking about on what will happen in the assembly, aside from the plan for Arnold and Helga.

Gerald and Phoebe sighed through their noses as they faced each other. "Do you really think this plan would work Phoebe? Not that I doubt you or anything, but I'm just worried that this plan won't work if those two over that we call friends..." He then pointed at the two blondes as they both continued to laugh, talk, and blush to each other. "...will still talk to each other otherwise you know?"

Phoebe's dark blue eyes blinked in surprise as she smiled at Gerald reassuringly. "Don't worry about it Gerald. I know that me and you will make sure that nothing bad will happen to Arnold and Helga. And besides, we have the rest of the class for backup ok?" Gerald smiled at Phoebe as he kinda scooched closer to Phoebe for they were on the same wooden bench.

"Well alright Phoebe, I'll trust you on that. You really are one of the smartest girls I know you know that right?" Phoebe looked at Gerald in awe and surprise, those emotions sparkling in her eyes for him as she smiled and blushed slightly. "Thank you Gerald. That's...really sweet of you."

Gerald blushed himself as he see's Phoebe's eyes sparkling again. But his dark brown eyes also sparkled the same emotions for her. "Your welcome Phoebe." The two kids looked at each other with smiles on their blushing slightly faces, still looking at each other's eyes.

But then their smiles disappeared as they locked eyes while looking in awe. Dark Blue meets Dark Brown again like earlier at the lunch line. They didn't know why but, every time they see each other's eyes, and really look into them, Gerald and Phoebe always be...well, in awestruck by them!

How they were just sparkling with emotions, how they felt like they were in a trance by those sparkles and colors, and how...they both can...get so lost in them. Phoebe's eyes were a beautiful shade of dark blue, highlights of blue, and they were showing color so much, Gerald just...well he just couldn't look away from them! They were just so beautiful, he couldn't resist such pretty eyes...!

And the same thing was going on with Phoebe as well. Gerald's eyes were an amazing shade of dark brown, highlights of gold, and they were also showing color so much too, enough to not make Phoebe look away also. His eyes were just so mesmerizing, Phoebe just...well, couldn't resist such amazing eyes too...!

Gerald and Phoebe continued on staring at each other's eyes in awe and now admiration and wonderment, as they didn't realize that they both were slowly scooching closer to each other, their eyes slowly getting half lidded, and still their eyes locked onto each o-

AHEM!

Suddenly, there was someone that cleared their throat loudly and on purpose as they were covering their mouth with one of their hands, while they were sounding that they were trying not to laugh, or oddly though giggle. Gerald and Phoebe blinked two or three times in surprise, getting out of there trance they were in.

They both turned their heads to see that Rhonda was the one who cleared her throat loudly and purposely as she was smiling a little smugly at the two, her silver eyes a little half lidded to go along with the smile of smugness. Meanwhile, the rest of the fifth graders were smiling, chuckling, snickering, and giggling at their two friends in front of them.

"Uh sorry to interrupt this little uh...lovey dovey moment, but one, me and the rest of the others talked and we agree with your plan Phoebe darling and we'll be there for backup and two,... hehe your hand is on top of Phoebe's Gerald." Rhonda then pointed at Gerald and Phoebe with a smirk of amusement.

As well as everyone else who were snickering and giggling at the two. Gerald and Phoebe both looked at each other in more surprise while blushing still, but then they both looked down and blushed more in, again, surprise to see that Gerald's hand was indeed on top of Phoebe's.

But even more embarrassing, especially to Gerald, his hand was intertwining with Phoebe's! Immediately, they scooched away from each other, blushing more in embarrassment, and their hands leaving each other. Rhonda sighed through her nose while shaking her head a little, thinking that it was amusing and cute to see the two reacting towards one another.

But then Curly went up to her with his crazy grin as usual. "Awww but darling! Can't you let the romance between them be? Like our romance! Just letting it take it's natural course and it'll blossom sooner or later! You will want me Rhonda baby! You know you will!"

Then even more creepy enough for Rhonda, Curly purred while being closer to her, their faces becoming closer, and his grin growing. Rhonda complained in disgust out loud as she pushed Curly, on his shoulders, away from her with a scowl, her face a scarlet in embarrassment and anger. "Back off you annoying little creep!" She growled.

Everyone shook their head at the two as suddenly, the bell rang, indicating that it was time for the fifth grade class to get back to their classroom. As everyone got up from the benches to go to class, Gerald and Phoebe looked at Arnold and Helga walking together and holding hands, continued on talking, and nothing else.

As they both started walking with their class, Gerald and Phoebe continued too look at their best friends just in case if there may be anything wrong. Gerald then sighed as he shook his head. "Mmm mmm mmm, you don't see this everyday Phoebe." Phoebe blinked at Gerald as she looked at Arnold and Helga. They were just holding hands, talking, smiling, chuckling, giggling, and blushing at each other.

Phoebe then smiled a little in amusement as she giggled a tiny bit. "Indeed Gerald." As the fifth graders finally reached their classroom, they all sat down in their usual seats, except for Gerald and Helga, who took each other's seats again like this morning.

Gerald sighed as he placed his video camera on his desk and pushed the button to stop recording for now up until the assembly. Mr. Simmons then got up from his desk in the front of the classroom with his usual cheerful smile he gives to his students.

"Good afternoon class! Now that lunch and free time is over, it's time to go for the assembly! But before we leave, I need all of you to hand out your last week's poems, and I'll read one of them out loud as an example!" Everyone started to get out their poems from last week.

And as Mr. Simmons was waiting for his students to get them out, he walked up to Arnold and whispered, "Arnold, I got a call from the principal's office, and Mr. Wartz says that a certain singer and his band were here to see you." Arnold immediately grinned at this as he replied back to his teacher in a whisper.

"Wait so, you know what I'm gonna do at the assembly then?" Mr. Simmons chuckled a little at the young boy's excitement. "Yes Arnold, and I gotta say that I can't wait to see what you'll be saying to everyone in whatever performance you'll be doing at the assembly."

Arnold's grin grew more as his teacher continued to whisper to him. "Now I was told that Principal Wartz allowed you to be at the Auditorium right about now, so I suggest you go now." Arnold's face beamed with excitement at what Mr. Simmons was saying. "Thank you Mr. Simmons! But before I leave, can I just stay for a little bit? At least when you read one of the poems out loud?"

Mr. Simmons blinked at Arnold in slight surprise, but then smiled at him. "Of course Arnold. Then you can leave anytime for the Auditorium." Mr. Simmons then got up and started to get each poem from everyone. As Arnold then started to get out his poem, Gerald and Phoebe looked at him curiously, wondering what's got the blond boy so excited.

Both of the kids started to whisper to each other. "What did you think they talked about Gerald?" Phoebe asked. "I don't know babe, but I got a bad feeling about this." Gerald said as they both looked at each other with uneasy looks, not liking on what will happen later on today.

Meanwhile, Helga started to go through her new light pink book of poems she grabbed this morning and couldn't decided on which one to grab. But then, she got an idea on what to do. Helga then grabbed her old little pink book from her backpack, that she also placed inside her backpack this morning from last night due to Arnold bringing it to her as a gift yesterday at the meadow, and started to go through it.

And of course after a few pages of lovey dovey hearts, small drawn football heads and green jelly beans that were inside hearts, little drawings of cornflower fields in a light blue, purple, orange, gold, and pink sunset with pink and purple clouds, and initials with her and Arnold's full names mixed together. Hey, the girls in love! What can you do?

Anyway, after a few seconds of scrolling through pages, Helga found one, well three, of her poems that she thought, back then, that it was her best ones yet. It was some of her early poems she made for when she still acted tough and mean towards everyone, including to her beloved, last year.

Helga sighed a little lovingly as she got up from her desk and went to Mr. Simmons, holding the poems in her hand close to her. "Mr. Simmons, can I present my poem this time?" Mr. Simmons looked at the young girl in slight surprise and intrigued, not expecting a request like that from her, but he smiled at Helga nonetheless as he nodded at her. "Of course you can Helga!"

Helga smiled excitingly, her grip on the poems being slightly firmer. "Thank you so much Mr. Simmons!" Mr. Simmons smiled at Helga once more as he stood in front of the class and said, "Now everyone, before we leave for the auditorium, we have a special presentation that Helga would like to show you!"

The fifth grade teacher then sat down at his desk as everyone looked at Helga with uneased looks, not liking on where she was going with this. Meanwhile, Arnold looked at Helga with a loving smile, feeling in total bliss, happy, and...really proud that Helga was about to tell one of her poems out loud in front of the whole class for the first time.

Helga cleared her throat and looked at everyone in the room. Mostly everyone still looked at her, looking uneased, but some of them were looking at her in wonder, curious on what she was about to say. Meanwhile, Gerald positioned his video camera on Helga, making sure that it was still recording on what she was about to say.

Helga couldn't help but feel a slight wave of nervousness wash over her. But her beloved looked at her lovingly and reassuringly while blushing. Helga smiled at Arnold, feeling really relaxed by her beloved reassuring her with no words but his kind, sweet, loving, and gentle smile and green eyes, as she began to read her three in one poem.

"Cowlicks, like fields of yellow corn,

All the days of my week,

I write the name I dare not speak.

The boy with the cornflower hair,

My beloved, and my despair.

Your eyes, like two green jellybeans are pools I want to bathe in.

In the classroom, my heart doth swoon, and yet, I want to beat your face in!" Helga said passionately as she continued to speak, her hand holding her hidden locket in her dress.

"Arnold, you idiot,

I've always sworn it

I've always loved you

My darling, my darling.

Kiss me, my darling,

Oh, orzo shaped Prometheus,

Wandering the dismal deserts of my tormented soul.

I love him.

His noble curiosity,

His keen powers of observation,

His unfaltering sense of right and wrong.

Oh, if only I could find the strength to tell him how much I adore him,

If only there was some way I could let him know,

Some way I could whisper my secret adoring thoughts, so this fever'd brow'd,

Dare I even think it? Kiss the lips that haunt my girlish dreams?

Oh, if only,

If only…" Helga then walked up to Arnold's desk as she looked down at him lovingly, and so did Arnold as he held her hand gently while stroking it a little with his thumb, continuing to speak, but without looking at the poem, she only looked at Arnold and Arnold only.

"All my days have come to this,

My secret heart, spent in one kiss.

And, though it comes from a pretender,

Not me, but Juliet, the sender,

May Arnold take my kiss...for...tender."

After she got done saying her three in one poem, Helga and Arnold just continued to stare at each other lovingly, both being so lost by the words of the poems Helga just said out loud. Right now, there was no sound in the room, only silence. But to the two blondes in the room, it was...well, romantic silence to the two, both being in their own little world.

Meanwhile, to the rest of the fifth graders in the classroom, it was nothing but uncomfortable silence and tension filling up in the room to them, especially to Gerald and Phoebe, since the two blondes are their best friends. And they all didn't know what Arnold and Helga do will do or say to each other!

And they can all feel the tension rising more and more, just wanting something to happen already! Some tapped one of their feet quickly on the tile smooth floor, some of them were tapping their fingers on their desks, and most of them looked at Arnold and Helga with pleading eyes, wanting them to do SOMETHING TO STOP THE TEN-!

"Helga, you can go back to your seat now. And Arnold, you can go now if you want." Mr. Simmons said with his cheerful smile on his face, breaking the tension. All of the kids sighed through their mouths as some of them slumped in their seats in relief, relieved that the tension was broken off in the air of the classroom.

Arnold and Helga blinked and looked at their teacher in slight surprise. But then they both looked at each other. Helga looked at Arnold with slight sadness, but mostly confusion, curious on what Mr. Simmons meant by him leaving now. And Arnold looked at Helga with slight sadness as well, but mostly with reassurance.

Arnold then got up from his desk as he grabbed his backpack and dragged Helga to the entrance and exit of the classroom. He smiled up at her still reassuringly, while stroking her hand with his thumb in comfort. Helga still looked at Arnold in confusion and sadness still.

Arnold blinked at Helga and stopped smiling, realizing that his reassuring smile wasn't working for making Helga happy. Until he then got an idea as he smiled a little. Arnold then put one of his hands behind his back, looked straight up at Helga, and had on a half lidded gaze and a charming smile.

"I'll see you at the assembly, my bright and beautiful angel." Arnold then held up Helga's hand a little as he bent down, closing his emerald green eyes peacefully and lovingly, and kissed Helga's hand for a few seconds, as Helga had her ocean blue eyes widened in surprise and love, and she had a smile goofy smile onto her lips, her love for Arnold growing more.

Arnold ended the kiss as he smiled sweetly and lovingly at Helga once more, just savoring her presence for a little longer, as well as Helga, before he had to leave for the Auditorium. He then opened the door as he walked out backwards, still looking at Helga lovingly and reassurance.

Their hands were grasped still as Arnold and Helga slowly let go of each others hands while Arnold walked out of the classroom and onto the Auditorium. Everyone eyed the direction Arnold went in surprise. After what happened today, with the discomfort of Arnold and Helga's affections, this affection however, they all thought that...it was sweet.

Well, to the girls, but to the boys, they still found it gross. Rhonda and the rest of the girls looked at Helga's reaction and awed a little at it, thinking the scene in front of them was kinda adorable on what Arnold did to Helga was just to make her feel better.

However, the boys looked at the sight and gagged and complain in disgust, thinking it was gross and weird to see Arnold, their friend, making Helga feel better, though in the back of their minds, they all find it kinda...nice to see their friends making each other feel better.

Gerald and Phoebe felt the same way everyone else was as Phoebe giggled at the small and sweet gesture Arnold gave to Helga. And Gerald felt the same way the boys were feeling about seeing Arnold, his best friend, making Helga feel better, though in the back of his mind, he also find it kinda nice to see the two blondes making each other feel better.

Anyway, Helga still stood in front of the entrance while smiling and blushing a little, look liking she was frozen in place. Until she slightly jumped in surprise at her teachers voice. "Helga can you please go back to your seat?" Mr. Simmons asked kindly with a smile at his desk from the top left corner of the classroom.

Helga smiled more as she went back to her seat quickly, getting all excited and giddy for what her beloved was planning to do at the assembly today. As she went back to her seat, Helga now couldn't stop thinking about what Arnold will do at the assembly today while the lesson in the classroom continued.

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Meanwhile with Arnold...

As Arnold was walking down the empty hallways full of forest green lockers, he now felt giddy and excited about what he'll be planning at the end of the assembly today. As he continued to walk down, he finally sees the entrance door to the Auditorium and smiled more as Arnold quickly walked inside the large room full of rows of blue chairs.

While Arnold continued to walk inside though, he heard a voice from the stage as the voice says, "Hey Arnold! Nice to see you again!". Arnold turned to see Dino Spumoni up on the stage with a smile. The football headed boy smiled at the singer as he went up to the stage by the stairs from the side as he went up to Dino Spumoni.

"It's so great to see you again too Mr. Spumoni! I really appreciate you and your band..." Arnold then stopped talking as he looked around the stage in curiousness. There was nothing but him and Dino up on the stage. Arnold turned back to Dino and said, "Wait Mr. Spumoni, where's the band?" He asked.

Dino smiled more at the young boy as he gestured him to follow him. Arnold started to follow the singer as Dino said, "They're in backstage Arnold. See?" He then stood there as Arnold turned his head to see Dino's band there, setting up their instruments.

Arnold sighed in relief with a smile as he put a hand over his heart in relief as well Dino couldn't help but smile slyly at the young boy. "So I guess this whole thing is that important to you huh?" Arnold then blushed at what the singer said and he felt his face rising with warmth and color.

"W-Well...it's because I just need to tell everyone that-" "Hey kid! What song are we going to play? Because the sooner we start practicing, the sooner we'll sound good you know?" Said one of the men who had a trumpet in his hand. The rest of the band agreed with the guy as they all looked at Arnold, waiting for his response.

Arnold started to smile as he quickly went to a few very old boxes in the storage room and started to look at the labels of each box. Arnold smiled more as he found an old box that was labeled, 'Love Songs' and he opened it and started to go through the sheet music and he grinned a little and blushed at what he found.

Arnold ran back to the band and singer as he handed out a sheet music to each member with a small exciting grin. Everyone looked at the music and looked at the young boy in slight surprise, not expecting a song this big for Arnold to sing this. "Uh Arnold? Not that you shouldn't sing this, but...why this song?" Dino asked.

Arnold's smile and blush grew at the question and he said, "It's just for someone special...!" He said as the singer and band still looked at him with confusion in their eyes, until they all shrugged it off as Dino, his band, and Arnold started to practice the song for the end of the assembly.

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As the bell ringed for school to be over and for the assembly to start, the fifth graders, and all of the other grades, started to walk to the Auditorium, with all of their stuff, in a single line. But while that was happening, the fifth graders could see Helga practically giggling and blushing to herself while jumping a little while walking, looking giddy and excited.

They all got a bad feeling.

When everyone got into the Auditorium, the fifth graders got to sit anywhere they liked to, but they all sat close to where Gerald, Phoebe, Arnold, and Helga will be sitting. Gerald then sat in the first row in the left side of the middle, and then Phoebe sat in the right side of the middle, both of them saving two seats. Helga took a seat, but the one seat was still saved.

Gerald and Phoebe looked at each other with uneased looks, Gerald holding the unrecording video camera on his lap, and Phoebe holding the Love Poison book close to her. It's just that both of them, including everyone else in the fifth grade, didn't know where Arnold was and what he was doing, but whatever it was, they all didn't like it.

Then Gerald and Phoebe both turned their heads to see Principal Wartz making an announcement into the microphone. But before the assembly could officially start, Gerald and Phoebe had the same thought into their minds, 'I got a bad feeling about this...'

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2 hours later...

As the last of the awards and certificates were given out to mostly everyone in the school, they all applauded as the last of the students were walking off of the stage. Helga, the entire time, was getting more and more curious on what her beloved was doing and now she was a little upset that Arnold was nowhere to be seen for the entire assembly.

And the same thing was going on with the whole fifth grade. They all felt nervous and panicky about Arnold, where he was, and most of all, what he was doing, even though they didn't know what exactly. And as everyone was about to get out of their seats, ready to head home, there was suddenly a voice into the microphone, yelling, "Excuse me?! Can I please everyone's attention!"

Everyone turned their heads to the person that yelled into the microphone on the stage, and then they looked at Arnold with surprising and mostly curious and amusing eyes. The fifth grade class looked at Arnold in surprise, but also in confusion, and deep down, a slight rush of panic rushed through them, not liking on where their friend was going with this once.

Gerald and Phoebe looked at their friend in surprise and panic, curious and a little scared on what Arnold was going to do or say on the stage. Gerald then started to record his best friend, wanting to catch this on film so that when the two blondes get the antidote, they would want to see this!

And finally, Helga looked up at her beloved with happiness, curiousness, giddiness, and of course love, in her ocean blue eyes as she clasped her hands together against her chest, over her beating and fluttering heart to see Arnold again after 2 hours.

There was now silence in the whole Auditorium as people sat back into their seat, but didn't say anything as they all were just staring at the fifth grade boy with curious and amusing eyes. Arnold gulped a little as he spoke into the microphone. "Listen everyone, I got something to say."

Arnold then looked onto the first row of student filled chairs to see Helga as she looked up at him with reassurance, telling that he was a little nervous, as Arnold smiled back at Helga, and held his wide head up to look back at the crowd as he spoke into the microphone again, but with confidence.

"Give me a L!" Arnold said into the mic as he used his arms to quickly form a L. Everyone yelled out the letter as they formed an L with their arms as well. But not the fifth graders for they were started to get a little panicky about what Arnold was doing right now as they looked at the audience from behind. Gerald and Phoebe especially looked at their friend with panic and less curious eyes.

"Give me a O!" Arnold formed an O with his arms as the crowd yelled it out, also forming an O with their arms. The fifth grade was getting more panicky about what Arnold was doing. But Helga just continued to look at her beloved with excited and giddy eyes, liking on where Arnold was going with this.

"Give me a V!" Arnold formed an V with his arms as the crowd yelled it out also, too forming an E with their arms. The fifth grade kept feeling more panicky about what Arnold was doing. And Helga just continued to look at her beloved with excited and giddy eyes, still liking on where Arnold was going with this.

"Give me a E!" Arnold finally formed the last letter of the word he had in mind for what he'll be saying to everyone. They all yelled out the last letter of the word as they formed the letter E. "What does that spell?!" "Love!" "Come on! What does that say you guy's?!" "LOVE!"

Everyone in the Auditorium cheered and applauded at Arnold as the whole fifth grade, except for Helga of course, who looked at him with so much love in her eyes, looked at Arnold with disbelieved looks, their jaws dropped, and a sick feeling in their stomachs that whatever Arnold was doing next wasn't good.

Arnold smiled at all of them, happy that the audience was going along with him. "I'm in love everyone! And I'm in love with the most amazing girl ever!" But then the red curtains opened as Arnold said into the mic while pointing at the drummer, "Give me a beat! Whoo!" "1, 2, 3, 4!" The drummer said as everyone started to play upbeat music, Arnold nodding his wide head to the beat.

Everyone started to cheer and jump a little, getting out their seats, and all of them were getting excited on what's happening right now. And the fifth graders looked at each other with shocked and panic expressions, can't believing that Arnold would say something like that out loud!

Phoebe covered her mouth a bit in shock and panic, not believing on what Arnold was about to do. And as Phoebe was about to say something out loud to herself, Gerald had the same words and tone. "What was in that poison...?!" They didn't hear each other as the very sight in front of them kept going.

But they felt really panicky and shocked for that Arnold was about to sing or something! And little did they all know, they were right. Helga still smiled at Arnold, really liking, no loving, on where this was going. And everyone started to hear Arnold singing into the microphone.

"Did I mention that

I'm in love with you?

And did I mention

there's nothing I can do?

And did I happen to say

I dream of you every day

Well, let me

shout it out loud!

If that's okay, hey, hey."

Arnold sang as he just look at Helga and only Helga. Helga smiled and blushed more at the words in the song as her beloved continued on singing. Meanwhile, everyone started to dance and jump while all of them were all out of their seats.

But the only people that weren't dancing and having fun were the fifth graders, especially Gerald and Phoebe, who were all gawking at their friend in disbelief, not believing that Arnold was actually singing and dancing in front of everyone in P.S. 118. Gerald and Phoebe looked at each other in disbelief and in shock, both not knowing what to do about all of this.

"Hey!"

"If that's okay"

"Hey!"

The class repeated twice after what Arnold said twice as well as he continued on singing.

"I met this girl that rocked my

world like It's never been rocked

Now I'm living just for her

and I won't ever stop

I never thought that it could

happen to a boy like me

But now look at what you've done,

you got me down on my knees."

Arnold then started to dance as some members of the band, that had trumpets and guitars and bases, were dancing along beside the blond kid while he continued to sing to the audience. Helga giggled at her beloved dancing as he actually went down to his knees while singing. Helga began to cheer along with the audience.

"Because my love for you

is ridiculous

I never knew."

"Who knew?"

"That it could be like this

My love for you is

ridiculous!" "Ridiculous!"

"My love

is r-I-d-I-c-u-l-o-u-s!"

"R-I-d-I-c-u-l-o-u-s!"

"It's..."

"Ridiculous!"

"Just..."

"Ridiculous!"

"And I would give my kingdom

for just one kiss."

The blonde boy continued on singing as he started to make the letters of one of the words of the lyrics to the song with his arms and legs, making the entire P.S. 118, except for the fifth graders and Helga of course, to follow Arnold's movements of making the word. Arnold continued to sing the song as he pointed out the mic to the crowd a few times to repeat the same word.

"Well, did I mention

I'm in love with you?

And did I mention

there's nothing I can do?

And did I happen to say

I dream of you every day

Well, let me shout it

out loud If that's okay

Yeah, If that's okay

Hey!"

"I gotta know which way to

go, come on, give me a sign

You gotta show me that you're

only ever gonna be mine

Don't wanna go another

minute livin' without you

'Cause If your heart just isn't

in it, I don't know what I'd do."

"Because my love for you is

ridiculous!" "Ridiculous!"

"I never knew."

"Who knew?"

"That it could be like this!

My love for you

is ridiculous!

My love

is r-I-d-I-c-u-l-o-u-s!"

"R-I-d-I-c-u-l-o-u-s!"

"It's..."

"Ridiculous!"

"Just..."

"Ridiculous!"

"And I would give my kingdom

for just one kiss."

"Come on, now! Ho!

Oh, yeah ho!

Yow!

All right

Hey!

All right

Hey!"

Arnold started to slide a little as he started to laugh and yell a little into the microphone in his hand, sounding like he was having fun as the guys in the bands that had trumpets tuned and played out loud to the beat. And as the lyrics almost came up, Arnold looked at Helga and smiled more at her.

He then, to everyone's surprise, shock to the whole fifth grade, disbelief to Gerald and Phoebe, and to Helga's giddiness and love for Arnold, he actually took off his sweater, making his plaid shirt and his tufts of hair out of place and messed up, rolled it up to a ball, and threw it at Helga.

Everyone in the fifth grade gawked at Arnold in more shock and disbelief, not believing that Arnold just did that. Helga caught the forest green sweater and she squealed and went into a giggle fest while holding, nuzzling, and hugging her beloved's sweater affectionately and lovingly, look liking she never wanted to let it go.

She felt like she was in total bliss just by holding the sweater close to her! For all of these years of Helga collecting her beloved's small belongings and possessions, he had for short or long periods of time, Helga never wished and dream she could own such an amazing prize!

"Because my love for you

is ridiculous

I never knew."

"Who knew?"

"That it could be like this!

My love for you is

ridiculous!" "Ridiculous!

My love

is r-I-d-I-c-u-l-o-u-s!"

"R-I-d-I-c-u-l-o-u-s!"

Arnold then jumped off the stage and landed onto the ground perfectly onto his feet as he continued on singing. Arnold started walking to Helga with a happy and loving smile as Helga looked at Arnold with happiness and love in her eyes. Gerald and Phoebe had on panic looks as they see Arnold coming over to Helga.

But as they were about to run towards Arnold so he can stop walking over to Helga, Helga ran out of their way happily, with her arms reaching out for her beloved, while holding the sweater with her right hand, and making both of them fall to the ground. The two kids looked up at their best friends with panic and terror, realizing that it was too late to stop Arnold and Helga.

"It's..."

"Ridiculous!"

"Just..."

"Ridiculous!"

"And I would give my kingdom

for just one kiss

Come on, now!"

The guys with the trumpets tooted out loud as the song ended and everyone cheered at the performance. They all see Arnold and Helga embracing each other happily, look liking they never wanted to let go of each other. The two blondes looked at each other with their loving smiles growing as they both turned to the audience.

The crowd went quiet as they looked down at the two fifth graders, curious on what they were going to say. "Everyone," Arnold started. "Ever since the beginning of the school year and especially this month, I've been having weird feelings about this girl right next to me. I felt frustrated, confused, flustered, hehe I felt like I was going out of my mind at the time!" Arnold chuckled a little as he continued.

"But...then a few things happened last friday and this weekend, especially last night, and before anybody else knew, and...the next thing I knew, me and Helga were...in love." Arnold and Helga looked at each other with smiles still as their faces warmed up a bit and Arnold continued, both of them still staring at each other.

"And...Helga has got to be...the most amazing and unique girl I've ever known and met. She's everything a girl wish could have! Helga's witty, smart, assertive, independent, loyal, cool, funny, kind, sweet, and sensitive! Everything a girl has to have within herself! And Helga?" Arnold smiled more as he held and intertwined Helga's hand with his own.

"Yes Arnold?" Helga asked with a smile, though her eyes were sparkling and filled with curiosity, wondering what her beloved was going to say next. Including everyone else, especially the fifth grade, curious on what Arnold was going to say to her as Gerald held the video to position the right timing on what his best friend was about to say.

"I, Arnold Phillip Shortman, love you, Helga G. Pataki, no matter what. With all my heart, my soul, and my very being. I love you with everything that I am. So, Helga G. Pataki,..." Arnold then suddenly went down on one knee as he held the bottom Helga's hand with one hand as he put the other hand over the top of Helga's hand.

"...would you do me the honor and pleasure of going with me as my date to the Valentines Day dance this very Friday? And not as a friend, not a fake date, and most certainly not as a enemy, but even better than that Helga, as my girlfriend."

Helga covered her mouth a bit, a small gasp escaped from her, had her eyes widened, and blushed a little in astonishment and surprise, actually not expecting this from Arnold once! The fifth grade class gasped in surprise, too not expecting this from their football headed friend!

Helga smiled happily and loving while she blushed more at this and quickly scooped up her beloved in a loving embrace. "Yes yes yes! A thousands times yes! And of course I love you you stupid Football Head!" Everyone cheered at this as the fifth grade had their jaws gaped at what Arnold and Helga just said to one another.

Arnold and Helga laughed a bit as they embraced each other. Then everyone started to leave the Auditorium, and while doing so, some students even congratulated the two blondes. They smiled and said thank you as students continued to leave the Auditorium. Gerald and Phoebe, the entire time, both stood back up after Helga agreed to go with Arnold to the dance this Friday.

Arnold and Helga...just said...that they...loved each other!

The whole fifth grade just couldn't believe it! They...they won't believe it! Arnold and Helga...said that they love each other! They really love one another! But...maybe this was another sign of the Love Poison taking effect on them? Yeah that must be it! There's no way Arnold and Helga would say something like that to each other! That's just gotta be it!

With all of them trying not to think about it too much, the fifth graders started to walk out of the Auditorium. But now, they all couldn't stop thinking on what Arnold just said and did for Helga in front of everyone in P.S. 118. Now everyone knows. They all know about Arnold and Helga now! And the fifth grade class didn't do anything to stop it!

But they won't let anything bad happen to Arnold and Helga. Sure they didn't didn't stop Arnold and Helga from them telling everyone that were together in front of the whole school, but they owe it to them after all the things those two blondes did for them for the years, especially last year!

And they will stand up for them no matter what!

A-And no matter how cringe and gag worthy those two could be with each other...

Anyway,...

As everyone left, except for two kids, Arnold and Helga went to Dino Spumoni and his band with smiles. "Mr. Spumoni, thank you so much for doing this for me! I can't thank you enough! But I really wish I could repay you." Dino chuckled a bit. "It was my pleasure Arnold! And I gotta say, your pretty good at singing and dancing kid!"

The band agreed with Dino as they nodded also. "And I'm guessing this is the 'special someone' you were talking about huh Arnold?" Dino looked down at the girl next to Arnold as Arnold chuckled a bit while blushing and grinning a little. "Yeah. And everyone, this is Helga. My...girlfriend."

Helga smiled and blushed at this and giggled a bit while looking away shyly from her beloved. Arnold sighed a bit dreamily, getting lost once again by the shy blushing beauty next to- "Hehe well it's nice to meet you little lady! Your boyfriend here has a talent for singing and dancing!" Arnold blushed again in slight surprise at what the old singer said.

Helga giggled a bit again as she intertwined her hand with Arnold to calm him down. "Well yeah doi! Of course he's great at that! Remember last year at the Talent Show? Even though I wasn't there, I'm sure he was amazing at his and Gerald's performance."

Dino chuckled and shook his head a bit. "Hehe I'll never forget that night. And if it weren't for Arnold here, I wouldn't have never got back together with my old partner Don and the band." Him and the rest of the band agreed with what Dino said as they all smiled and thanked Arnold for what he did.

Arnold, who longer felt embarrassed, and mostly oddly giddy, by Dino calling him Helga's boyfriend, chuckled a bit and responded back. "Your welcome everyone. And now, if you'll excuse us, we gotta go home." Dino and the band smiled and said their goodbyes as the two kids walked out of the Auditorium.

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As the two blondes continued to walk down to the exit to the school, Arnold started to talk to Helga. "So, what did you think of the performance Helga?" Helga smiled big and blushed at this. "Are you joking me? That has got to be the most romantic and sweetest thing I've ever saw and heard Arnold! Hehe, you really are a Cassanova my beloved."

Arnold smiled and blushed back at Helga's response as he replied back to her. "Well, I guess you bring that out of me Helga. And what I said earlier, I meant every word Helga. I do want to go to the dance with you and...I really do love you." Helga swooned and blushed a little more at what Arnold said as she had on a small goofy smile and had on a dreamy expression.

"A-Arnold, you're gonna m-make me monologue if your gonna keep s-saying that t-to me." Arnold smiled and blushed more as he continued to walk with Helga, hand in hand still. "Well, here's the thing Helga. I can only imagine you being really cute when you monologue you know?"

Helga's blush and goofy smile grew at what Arnold said as she continued to walk with her beloved. "Flirt." She mumbled as Helga turned her head to the side shyly, blushing more. Her response was loud enough for Arnold to hear as he blushed and smiled more at Helga's reaction and response.

When the two blondes stood in front of the exit of the school, Arnold pushed the door and opened it for Helga with a sweet smile. Helga giggled and blushed a bit as she walked out of the building, Arnold following behind her. And what they didn't know, Gerald, Phoebe, and the rest of the fifth graders were following them.

And they all were doing that so that way, they'll protect and stand up for their two friends. Plus, they can honestly say, the were kinda surprised that their friends didn't noticed them. But they all thought it was the Love Poison's effect on them both. Trying not to think of the symptoms of the Poison, they all tiptoed and followed Arnold and Helga.

After 10 minutes of following the two blondes, the fifth graders sighed in tiredness. Then Rhonda faced Gerald and Phoebe with an eyebrow parted in annoyance and curiosity. "Ok you two. Why are we following Arnold and Helga? If I didn't know any better, I'd say were spying on them. And right now, my feet are killing me for tiptoeing!" She said in an annoyed tone.

The rest of the kids agreed with Rhonda as they complain out loud. Gerald and Phoebe looked at them in surprise and slight panic on how loud they were being as they both shushed them, meaning for them to keep quiet. "Guy's keep your voices down! Look, were only 'spying' on them because we have to make sure that they don't get made fun of since they're our friends capiche?!"

Gerald loudly whispered to them with an annoyed look as they looked at him in a bit of surprise, not expected of Gerald to sorta yell at them. But then they all grumbly agreed with him as Gerald sighed a bit in relief and looked forward. Arnold and Helga didn't noticed their friends behind them, thankfully, as they were almost out of sight.

Gerald did a gesture to follow him as he tiptoed again. The rest of the kids sighed a bit as they tiptoed also, following Gerald. As they continued on, Phoebe whispered to Gerald, "Um Gerald? Not that this isn't a good idea, but why are we doing this? I know you said that we should make sure that Arnold and Helga won't be humiliated in public, but surely there's another way right?"

Gerald looked at Phoebe with slight surprise and then he started to think. On what they're all doing right now, is a little embarrassing. Them following their two fellow classmates while look liking their spying on them? That actually isn't a good idea at all. But then...Gerald had another idea in mind.

It will be tough to do it, but as long as his friends are safe from being embarrassed, then it's sorta worth it. Gerald then stood up and turned to everyone else behind him, making them look at him with curiosity, wondering why he stood up and stopped all of the sudden.

"Guy's, I have another idea. But hehe,...you all may not like it." The fifth grade kids looked at Gerald with now uneased looks, but Gerald smiled reassuringly as he started to walk up to Arnold and Helga. They all looked at him with surprised looks, not believing that he was actually walking up to Arnold and Helga after today!

But shaking off the feelings they've at this, they all walked with Gerald with shaking smiles, hoping that Arnold and Helga won't be too cringe or gag worthy when they hear or see them. Gerald then sighed out a bit through his mouth and said out loud with a fake grin, actually getting Arnold and Helga's attention, "Hey guys!"

The two blondes looked behind them and smiled at their best friends. Arnold went to Gerald and Helga went to Phoebe with exciting smiles. "Hey Gerald! What did you think of the performance?" Arnold asked with a small grin of excitement. Gerald sighed a bit through his mouth by his best friend's excitement.

But then he thought of the performance Arnold did. What words were said out by Arnold, what movements he was doing, and what were everyone's reactions were at it, especially Helga's. Gerald groaned in disgust, trying to find the best way to respond back to Arnold's question without no negativity in it.

"I-I gotta say, i-it was uh..." Gerald chuckled a bit nervously with a shaky smile. "I-I have...no words...?" He said. Arnold smile grew at this as he chuckled to himself. "Hehe it made you that speechless?" Arnold asked. Gerald hummed in agreement as his smile faltered a bit.

Arnold's smile grew into a small grin with happiness. "That's great to hear! I thought that I was bad or something, but I guess not!" Meanwhile with Helga, she started to talk to Phoebe about the performance as well. "So Phoebe, what did you think of Arnold's performance?" She said with excitement in her voice.

Phoebe gulped a bit as she tried to find the best choice of words to say to her best friend, but instead, "I um...a-also have no words Helga...? Hehe..." Phoebe smiled and laughed a bit nervously. Helga giggled a bit at Phoebe's response. "To be honest, I gotta say that as got to be the most sweetest and romantic thing I ever saw."

Helga sighed a bit lovingly as she turned and started to stare at Arnold talking to Gerald. Phoebe looked at the two boys talking then back at Helga. But remembering that the other fifth graders were here still, Phoebe dragged Helga by the wrist with a smile and led her to the other girls of their class.

"Girls, how about we talk about on what were all going to do at the dance." Phoebe said as she secretly gestured the other girls to go along with her plan. They all looked at her with small smiles and nodded, understanding on what Phoebe meant, as Rhonda started to speak out of all of them.

"Well, I know for a fact that I'm going to this dance! So will the rest of us. Right girls?" They all agreed with the fashionista with smiles as Lila spoke up next. "And last weekend, I saw an ever so beautiful forest green dress! I ever so can't wait to wear it at the dance this friday!" She said.

As all of the girls continued to talk about the dance, only trying to get Helga away from Arnold for a few minutes, Helga wan't paying attention or listening to the other girls talk due to only staring at her beloved talking with the guy's. For a few seconds of listening to the other boy's speaking, Arnold turned his head and his face beamed with happiness as his love was staring at her.

Now the two blondes just stared at each other now, while the boys talked to each other, and including the girls. Then Arnold walked over to Helga and grabbed her hand gently with a loving smile, his face turning a light red with warmth, and the same thing with Helga's.

They both started to walk away with no words, secretly wanting to spend time with each other alone for a little bit longer until Arnold had to walk Helga home. Meanwhile the rest of the classmates continued on talking and now laughing with one another, all of them actually getting distracted by them discussing on what they will be doing on the Valentines Day dance this Friday.

But as Gerald got done laughing on what Sid said, including Phoebe with Nadine, thy turned around and looked behind them in disbelief once again. Arnold and Helga were gone! They sighed and groaned in tiredness as they both backed away from their other fellow classmates. Gerald cleared his throat a bit as he suddenly whistled with two of his fingers, getting everyone's attention.

"Guy's they're gone!"

They all had their eyes widened as they looked behind Gerald and Phoebe, and they were right, the two blondes were gone! They all sighed and groaned in tiredness like Gerald and Phoebe as some of them shook their heads, and some of them held their foreheads, in annoyance.

Phoebe sighed once again as sh took a step forward to her other classmates. "Everyone I know your all tired and everything else, so I suggest that you all go home, and be prepared for the rest of the week." They all still looked at the small Japanese American girl with surprising eyes, until they nodded and agreed independently with Phoebe.

"Well, I do need to go home. Mummy and Daddy planned an important dinner with some people from France anyway." Rhonda said. "And dinner's bound to be done by now, and I'm starving!" Harold said as some of the boys agreed with them pleadingly, after what happened today in the cafeteria.

Everyone said some things involving with dinner and other important activities they need to do at home, and finally, Phoebe spoke up. "And I do need to work on finding the ingredients of the antidote too." Gerald looked at Phoebe with slight worry, concerned about her doing all of that by herself.

After they all said their goodbyes and left to go to their homes, Gerald and Phoebe started to walk together to Phoebe's house like last night. There was now silence between the two kids, except for the warm wind blowing in the air and very few cars and other vehicles driving by them. "Um Gerald?" Phoebe suddenly said out loud, breaking the silence between them.

"Yeah Phoebe?" Gerald asked while looking down at the girl next to him. Phoebe started to feel her face heat up a little as she looked slightly nervous. "U-Um you know that I may need help with the antidote...right?" Phoebe said. Gerald blinked in confusion, not getting on what she fully meant. "Yeah? What about it babe?"

Phoebe gulped a bit as she started to stutter a bit, looking flustered and nervous as she suddenly stopped walking with Gerald, him stopping as well. Gerald looked at Phoebe with less confusion and more worry, wondering on what's got her so nervous. Though he couldn't help but feel tiny pricks of fire on his face by how...cute Phoebe was being right now.

But pushing those feelings aside, Gerald cleared his throat an waited patiently for Phoebe to finish her response. Phoebe sighed a bit through her mouth, giving up on trying to finish her response as she smiled up at Gerald sheepishly. "Hehe, y-you know what? Forget I said anything ok Gerald?"

Gerald blinked in slight surprise again at this. Even though Phoebe said to forget about it, Gerald was actually curious on what she was going to say or ask to or of him. "Phoebe, if it's that important to you, then I wanna know ok? Do you need help with the antidote?"

Phoebe blushed more at what Gerald said and she looked away from him, while nodding a bit, her face growing with blush. Gerald smiled down at Phoebe reassuringly as he stood in front of her. "Ok Phoebe. But first, let's go to your house ok? We still have a few hours left before I had to go home so I got time to help you out."

Before Phoebe could stop Gerald on what he just said to her, he started walking down the sidewalk to Phoebe's boarding house. She sighed and groaned a little through her mouth as Phoebe followed Gerald to her house, trying to figure out a way to ask him something involving with making the antidote for the Love Poison.

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5 minutes later...

After a few minutes of walking down the sidewalk, and walking across the street a few times, the two kids finally reached Phoebe's boarding house as Gerald and Phoebe walked up to Phoebe's stoop. Gerald turned to Phoebe with a smile as he started to speak with her. "Well, here we are babe!"

Phoebe, who calmed down after a long time of silence between them during the walk here, smiled up at Gerald. "Indeed Gerald. and um...Gerald?" "Yeah babe?" He asked. Phoebe looked down to the ground nervously as she felt her face warm again like earlier. "U-Um...d-do you um..."

Phoebe stuttered out loud as she was trying to ask Gerald something, but her nervousness was getting the best of her. Gerald now looked down at Phoebe with confusion and worry, curious and concern on what was Phoebe going to ask him and why was she getting so nervous for.

So out of support and concern, Gerald put a hand on Phoebe's shoulder gently, saying, "Phoebe, what are you trying to-"

"W-Would you like to come with me inside my house for a bit a-and help me with the antidote?!" Phoebe suddenly loudly whispered out loud, her blush on her face growing more.

Phoebe realized on how she sounded and what she asked of Gerald as she covered her mouth with surprise, her eyes widened, and her blush growing more at the realization. Gerald blushed himself in surprise as his body felt frozen in surprise also. Phoebe looked away from Gerald, her hands uncovering her mouth, and her blush growing more in embarrassment.

For a few seconds, Gerald and Phoebe stood there in silence between them. Until, "I-I'm...really sorry I ask of such a request like t-that Gerald. I understand if you don't want to and-" "Wait no Phoebe it's f-fine! I was just surprised by you yelling it out is all honest!" Gerald said, cutting Phoebe off as he blushed and smiled reassuringly at the girl in front of him.

Phoebe looked up at Gerald with surprise, her dark blue eyes sparking with the emotion. Gerald could feel his face growing with warmth by Phoebe's eyes, but he cleared his throat a bit as he heard Phoebe spoke up. "Well, o-ok Gerald." She said as Phoebe opened the door and walked inside, Gerald following her, and closing the door behind them both.

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Meanwhile with Arnold and Helga...

As Arnold and Helga continued to walk to Helga's house after they secretly walked away their fellow classmates, Helga had out a little light pink book as she started to read some of her poems to her beloved. Arnold smiled dreamily and lovingly at Helga, being lost again by her words like earlier today in the classroom.

Helga just got done reading to Arnold one of her latest poems as she looked down at him, the smile never leaving her lips. "Arnold, this day has got to be the most amazing day of my life." Helga smiled and blushed more at her beloved as she held the little light pnk book to her side and her other hand was grasping and intertwining with Arnold's.

Arnold smiled and blush also. "Well, I just wanted to tell everyone that I love you." Helga had on a small goofy smile while blushing more to the face by Arnold saying that to her. "A-Arnold. Remember w-what I said earlier r-right? Hehe..." Arnold had on a small amused smirk at Helga's cute reaction.

"Awww what? You don't want me to say that..." Arnold stopped walking as he stood in front of Helga. He then used his tippy toes as Arnold held both sides of, while bringing his face close to, Helga's blushing face. "...I love you~...?" Helga closed her eyes out of shyness while blushing more, giggling to herself while her goofy smile grew.

"A-Arnold...!" Helga pleaded a bit while smiling and blushing more, looking away from her beloved in shyness. Arnold smiled and blush more also by how really cute Helga was being right now. "Yes my darling Helga?" He asked, his smile and blushing growing a little more as he started to caress Helga's cheek a little.

Helga giggled a bit and blushed more at what her beloved just called her. "S-Stop it ok...?" She asked while looking away still, blushing more to the face. Arnold smiled and blushed a bit more by how really cute Helga was being right now. "Awww but Helga...! Your being really cute right now!" Helga's goofy smile and blush grew a lot more at what her beloved just called her.

"A-Arnold! Hehehe...!" Helga giggled again while still looking away from Arnold. Arnold smiled dreamily at Helga's cute reaction and giggle. "Hey, I'm just saying the truth here. I wouldn't lie to you Helga." Arnold then Eskimo kissed Helga with a happy smile, while closing his eyes happily also, and a light hue of red on his face.

Arnold then stopped being on his tippy toes and started to drag, a shy, giddy, considering that Arnold just Eskimo kissed her like that and it made her feel this way now, and blushing red, Helga to her house still with the goofy smile plastered on his face.

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30 minutes later...

When Arnold and Helga finally reached Helga's house, they've faced each other with loving smiles while blushing a bit to the face. "Well, here we are Helga." "Yeah, here we are." The two blondes continued to stare at each other, staring into each other's eyes, and actually being lost by them.

Then Arnold used his right hand to hold Helga's cheek again with a loving and sweet smile, the blush still on his face. Helga sighed a bit through her mouth as she held her beloved's hand that was on her cheek. She then nuzzled Arnold's hand a little while her eyes were closed and her smile turned a little goofy like.

Arnold chuckled a tiny bit at Helga's cute reaction as he was suddenly brought up into the air. Helga smiled happily and closed the distance between them and kissed her beloved passionately, holding and hugging him close to her. Arnold's eyes widened in surprise at the sudden affection attack, and this time, he was paralyzed with love and he was started to feel loopy to the head!

The kiss between Arnold and Helga lasted for a good seconds or so as Helga broke the kiss with a smile and quickly let go of her beloved. Arnold felt his feet on the ground once again as he felt a little light headed and loopy from Helga's surprise kiss still. He was starting to slouch a little by the kiss and how passionate it was.

Helga giggle a little by Arnold's reaction to her kiss. "Arnold my love, are you alright?" She then heard from her beloved, "I-I...you...j-just...wow..." Arnold barely said out loud as he smiled dreamily at Helga, his smile turning into a goofy one, and his face turning into a bright red. Helga smiled more at her beloved.

"Well my beloved, I only kissed you like that because for two reasons and two reasons only. One, to obviously kiss you goodbye until tomorrow. And two, to get a little bit of revenge on you for making me flustered by you calling me cute and mostly saying that you love me earlier." Helga finished.

Arnold, who now felt a little loopy and light headed from the kiss, looked at Helga with slight surprising eyes, until he smiled a bit more while blushing more at Helga. "Hehe sorry about that my Helga. But I wasn't lying you know. You really are cute and I do love you."

Helga blushed more at what her beloved said while walking up on her stoop, smiling a little to herself. "Arnold..." Helga said with the small smile still on her lips. Arnold chuckled a bit while blushing still, by how cute Helga gets every time he says those two things to her.

Then out of nowhere, Arnold quickly walked up on Helga's with a small grin. Arnold went up in front Helga, who looked at him in slight surprise and confusion, but still smile nonetheless, on why he was suddenly up here, as he stood a step above the one Helga was on.

Suddenly, Arnold held both sides of Helga's face as he kissed her gently and lovingly with a small smile, his face a light scarlet, and his green eyes closed tenderly and lovingly also. Helga blushed more of a darker scarlet than Arnold did in surprise at the sudden sweet affection from her beloved as her blue eyes were widened, and her body was slightly frozen, in surprise too.

Helga then sighed a little through her nose as she kissed Arnold back and put both of her hands on both sides of Arnold's face. Her eyes closed tenderly also as she continued to kiss her beloved. Right now in their kiss, there was no need to show certain kinds of affection or loving actions.

Sure showing affection to one another was kinda fun and passionate in the kiss, and into the other kisses they have shared today, but this one? This kiss was actually gentle, sweet, and very...very romantic to them. And Arnold and Helga really liked it that way!

As the kiss continued on, Arnold and Helga went into...somewhere else aside from their little heaven when they share their kisses. They actually went into the meadow! And they both imagined that it was the exact same spot where they dance to that song. That love song that they only thought of each other and nothing else.

A few minutes past while they were 'in' the meadow during their kiss, both of them actually not wanting this sweet, loving, and romantic affection to never end, which was really sounding good to them, but unfortunately to them, air was also nice to Arnold and Helga.

They slowly pulled their lips away from each other as the two blondes still had their eyes closed, both of them feeling dazed and distracted by how the kiss was so sweet and romantic to them. Arnold and Helga fluttered their eyes as they lock eyes quickly and without realization, awestruck and love sparkling in their different colored orbs.

There was now silence between Arnold and Helga, still in awe by their kiss they just shared.

"Wow..."

"Wow..."

They both whispered in awestruck and in unison.

But as they both said it, Arnold and Helga laughed and blushed a little at what they said to one another and at the same time.

Arnold backed up a little from Helga, to where his back almost hit the front door, as he looked right back at Helga with a small smile while admiring her look right now. She was blushing on her face as Helga looked down while smiling to herself, feeling lovestruck still by the kiss she just shared with her beloved.

There was now silence between them, except for the warm wind blowing in the air as the two kids just stood there on Helga's stoop. "That was really...nice Helga. The kiss I mean." Arnold said out loud, breaking the quietness between them. "Y-Yeah...it was." Helga said as slowly started back at each other, their smiles and blush growing.

Arnold cleared his throat a bit as he started to walk back down to the sidewalk. But before he started to walk down the steps, Arnold stood in front of Helga as the sides of their bodies turned to and faced the front door. Arnold then grabbed Helga's hand, just to savor her touch for a little more, and said, "I'll see you tomorrow my love."

Arnold then used his tippy toes as he kissed Helga on the slightly red blushing cheek. But as he ended the kiss on the cheek, Arnold whispered to Helga, "And I can't wait for the dance...my beloved~." Helga's smile turned goofy and grew, along with her blush. Her body was frozen stiff in lovestruck by of course the kiss, the loving action, but mostly on what she heard, from her beloved.

Arnold started to walk down off of the stoop, his hand still holding Helga's. But as he started to walk back to the beginning of the steps, Arnold's hand slowly left Helga's hand, who was still in her blushing and lovestruck statue state still. Arnold smiled and blushed more at Helga's, he just can't help but call it every time cute, state and reaction.

As the football headed boy started to walk back to his house on the sidewalk, Arnold turned his head once more, as Helga was still frozen in lovestruck on the top of her stoop. Her beloved continued on walking and walking away, but before he was officially out of eye sight, Arnold blew a few kisses of love at Helga, just to give her a final loving farewell until tomorrow.

And of course just for any kind of cute and adorable reaction from Helga.

And his wish was granted, for Helga blushed a bit more to where her face was a almost a dark scarlet, as her goofy smile grew and turned more goofier, and she grasped her heart shaped locket over her bursting and fluttering heart, her hand shaking slightly.

Arnold smiled and blushed more as he continued to walk away backwards, his feet not once failing him with a single step, as he just wanted to stare at the blushing, pink, gold, blue, and really cute girl a little bit more, as he was officially out of eye sight, and on his way home.

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Meanwhile with Gerald and Phoebe 30 minutes ago...

As the two kids were in Phoebe's room, after a few introductions from Phoebe's parents, and of course a few, embarrassing, rules given to them, specifically to Gerald, Gerald and Phoebe had some papers and pencils scattered all over the desk. Some words, or more specifically lists and plan's, were written on the papers.

Gerald and Phoebe both sighed a bit in tiredness as Gerald spoke up first. "Babe, how are we going to come up with a plan to make Arnold and Helga eat the antidote? We thought of everything and nothing is working." Phoebe had a worried look at the question from Gerald.

"I...don't know Gerald. Maybe we should take a small break, you know, just to refresh our minds. Maybe that could work." Phoebe said with a reassuring smile as she got out of her chair, but not Gerald for he leaned back at his chair. "Yeah your right Phoebe." As Phoebe went to her bedroom door, she opened it.

But before she walked out, she said to Gerald, "Be right back Gerald. I'm going to go and get some refreshments and snacks for us ok?" Gerald responded back, still trying to relax. "Ok Phoebe." Then Phoebe left her bedroom as Gerald continued on trying to relax.

As Phoebe walked downstairs to the kitchen, she went into the refrigerator and got out two Yahoo sodas, and grabbed a bag of shrimp chips from the shelf. Mrs. Heyerdahl then notices her daughter grabbing a few snacks as she smiled slyly at Phoebe. "Getting snacks for you and Gerald Phoebe dear?"

Phoebe felt her cheeks turned slightly warmer with heat, at the way her mother said Gerald's name, as she turned to face her. "Well, y-yes mother, and I'm just bringing me and Gerald snacks because were running out of ideas for our...project were working on together in class. And he's just a friend mother, nothing else."

Phoebe's mother giggled a bit at her daughter's reaction. "Well ok sweetie. Good luck with your assignment!" Phoebe smiled a bit. "Thank you mother." As she started walking back upstairs, Phoebe heard from her mother downstairs, "And if you two do ever get together, maybe Gerald can come over for dinner sometime! He's practically part of the family, the way he always helps you with your problems."

Phoebe blushed more and stood there on one of the steps of the stairs for a few more seconds in surprise at what her mother just said. She shook her head a little while closing her dark blue eyes for a bit as she continued to walk to her room, trying not to let the words from her mother get to h-.

RING!

RING!

RING!

RING!

Suddenly, from Phoebe's bedroom, the phone started to ring. Phoebe looked at the direction from where the phone is ringing from in curiosity, wondering on who was calling her house. 'And who would calling me at this time of d-' Then Phoebe felt panic rushing through to her, as she realized on who was calling her at this hour.

Without hesitation, Phoebe quickly ran up to her bedroom as the phone continued to rang. And as Phoebe reached her bedroom door, she held all the snacks in one arm as she quickly opened the door with the other. And when Phoebe went in, she see's that Gerald was standing and was about to reached for the pho-.

"DON'T I GOT IT!"

Phoebe yelled out of panic and desperation, as she quickly ran to the phone. But she quickly gave the snacks to Gerald and grabbed the phone before she could miss the call. She sighed in relief, glad that Gerald didn't answer it. Phoebe let out another breath as she started to speak into the phone, her voice a little shaky for how panicky she felt about earlier.

"H-Hello? Heyerdahl resi-?"

"Phoebe I know I just talked to you like an hour or so ago, but I still can't over the fact that ARNOLD SANG for me in front of EVERYONE!" Helga suddenly said out loud excitingly as she squealed out of excitement to the phone, causing Phoebe to sorta pulled the phone away from her ear by how loud Helga was being.

Aside from feeling really weirded out and a little bewildered by her best friend actually squealing like a lovesick girl, which in this case, Helga is a lovesick girl right now all because of the Love Poison's effects on her and whatnot, Phoebe sighed through her mouth tiredly while her eyes were closed in exhaustion.

She was already exhausted for not only trying to think of what plan to go into action for the antidote, for how...displeasing Helga was with her actions and words today, even though it was just the Love Poison taking effect, but for how exhausting she is from when she had to set up the entire picnic and to make the Love 'Potion'.

"Helga,..." Phoebe started out tiredly and in a whisper, considering that Gerald, who was looking at Phoebe with surprise when he suddenly held the snacks Phoebe seemingly out of nowhere gave to him, was still here and that Phoebe didn't want him to listen to her and Helga's conversation.

"...right now I'm kinda...busy. So if you don't mind, I need to get back to work." Helga laughed into the phone as she responded back in a understanding, yet still in an exciting, tone. "Hehe! Ok Phoebe. I understand! Well, I gotta go and see you tomorrow bye!" Helga said, still in her gleeful and exciting tone, as she hangs upon her line.

Phoebe sighed once more as she put the phone back on its original spot. She then sat down on one of the chairs from the desk and sunked into her seat. Then she felt a presence near her, or more of a presence sitting next to her, as Phoebe looked to her side to see Gerald still holding the snacks from earlier, and him having a curious expression.

"Uh Phoebe? Who was that?" He asked out of bewilderment and curiosity, an eye brow parted slightly. Phoebe's eyes widened a little as she responded back. "I-It was...just a wrong number Gerald." She looked at Gerald with a reassuring smile. Gerald still looked at Phoebe curiously for a few more seconds.

Until he hummed a bit and started to put down the snacks on the desk. "Well alright. So...just out of curiosity though..." He then pointed at the bag of shrimp chips that is in between the two sodas on the desk. "...what kind of chips are these anyway? I never seen these chips before in my life."

Phoebe smiled more, out of amusement by Gerald's question and explanation, as she started to talk while grabbing one of the Yahoo sodas. "Well, these kind of chips are originally made in Japan. My father let me tried these when I was a little younger. And they weren't so bad. And ever since then, they became one of my favorite snacks."

While talking, Phoebe opened the cap from the top of the soda with the edge of her desk. And when she finished her explanation, Phoebe then took a sip of her drink. Gerald then let out a "Huh." out of astonishment, not realizing that Phoebe tried these chips before.

Sure he kinda suspected that Phoebe tried these chips before, but what he didn't know was that she was a little younger when she tried them out. But what really got him astonished, was that he was curious. Curious whether or not these shrimp chips were good. Gerald then opened the bag.

"Well, if you said that they are good, then I'll try it out. Who knows, it may be my favorite snack too." Gerald then lifted a hand, grabbed the bag of chips, used his his other hand to grab the other side of the opening of the bag, and ripped it open.

Gerald reached into the bag, looked at the chip he grabbed for a few more seconds, and shrugged a little, as he put the chip in his mouth. He chewed a bit and swallowed. Gerald then started to smile a little and hummed in slight surprise. "Not bad." Gerald said as he took a few more chips out and ate some more.

Phoebe's smile grew at this as she replied back, while grabbing a few chips from the bag as well. "I'm glad that you like them Gerald." Then both of the two kids started to eat and drink their snacks while they continued on talking about ideas for the antidote.

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An hour later...

After at least an hour or so of going through ideas, mostly eating and drinking their snacks, and coming up with ideas for how Arnold and Helga can eat the antidote, Gerald and Phoebe were taking another small break. Phoebe rested her arms on her desk while resting her head for a bit, and closing her eyes.

Meanwhile, Gerald rested the side of his face with a hand, his left elbow standing on the desk. He then sighed a bit though his nose out of tiredness and looked over the papers of lists and mostly written ideas him and Phoebe came up with. But they weren't good enough! They just weren't! Because of three reasons.

One, Helga is actually clever enough to get past anybody and anything, according to Phoebe.

Two, Arnold doesn't believe what anybody else says that sounds like a lie, according to Gerald.

And finally three, and the most difficult reason, Arnold and Helga will, no matter what people say, do, and no matter what obstacles they are facing, those two will find one another because of the Love Poison's effects on them! And Gerald and Phoebe both know that now because it says so in the book!

Gerald frowned in defeat at the plans he and Phoebe came up with as he turned to Phoebe and started to speak. "Phoebe, how about we should continue tomorrow. Maybe at the park instead or something. Because i don't about you, but I'm tired as heck from all that's happened last week-"

Then Gerald's voice and breathe got caught in his throat at what Phoebe looked like right next to him.

"...end..." Gerald finished in awe.

The entire time Gerald and Phoebe were taking another small break, Phoebe was really exhausted, from the weekend and what she had to do to prepare for the picnic and the Love 'Potion', to the point where when she right after rested her head on her arms, that were on her desk, and closed her eyes, she quickly fell asleep.

And what made Gerald stop talking all of the sudden, was one, he didn't want to wake her up, two, he knew that Phoebe was exhausted after she told him that she set everything up for Arnold and his 'secret admirer' last weekend so he didn't want to wake her, and mostly three, Gerald looked at the way...Phoebe was sleeping.

And if he didn't know any better, Phoebe actually looked...kinda pretty when she's asleep. How her expression was in a peaceful slumber with a small smile, how her eyes were closed peacefully and happily, considering that she can finally get some sleep, and how...Phoebe's black hair was...down when she falls asleep. It's even covering her face.

And...it actually...bothered Gerald a little.

...Ok a lot.

Because as Gerald looked at Phoebe with concern, he sees her stirring in her sleep by little strands of her hair covering and mostly tickling her face, her shivering now by how cold she was in her sleep, her smile faltering, and more of her hair getting into her face. Gerald felt a slight pain in his heart to see Phoebe like this.

And for some odd reason, he didn't know why he felt that way in his heart. Pushing those feelings aside though, Gerald continued to see Phoebe frowning in tiredness in her sleeping state. Gerald didn't know what to do about this, and the more he wasn't doing anything, the more Phoebe continued to shiver and try to sleep peacefully.

But then...he had an idea popped into his head. And it was- "No...! I am not doing that...! It'll be too awkward between us, I'll be invading her personal space, and...and I-I don't want to wake her up...!" Gerald whispered to himself in embarrassment as his cheeks were a light red. He turned and faced away from Phoebe.

He's not going to do it! It was too embarrassing for him to something like that!

And-!

And...!

And yet...

Geral could feel more and more pain into his heart to think just the very thought of that Phoebe must still have some trouble sleeping for not only how cold she was, but also how her hair was in her face, causing it to be distracting her from sleeping peacefully.

Gerald sighed a bit as he turned around to face Phoebe's sleeping form once again. She was still stirring in her sleep as a few more strands of her black hair were covering, but mostly tickling, her face, her smile no longer there, her eyebrows furrowing in annoyance and more in tiredness of course, and her body shaking more by how cold she was.

The African American boy gulped a little as Gerald let out a small breath, stood up from his chair, and took off his red hoodie, revealing his white tank top. He then, after he sat back down to his seat, carefully, and yet very slowly and shakingly, considering he was trying not to wake Phoebe up, and for how embarrassed he was on what he was about to do, covered Phoebe's shivering body with his red 33 hoodie.

The torso of the hoodie was on Phoebe's back, that was no longer shivering, the sleeves were gently on her shoulders, but mostly near her face, just in case as a pillow, and finally for the main part, the hoodie, was covering the top of Phoebe's head, her hair no longer covering and tickling her face.

Well, almost...

Gerald notices that a few strands of Phoebe's hair was still in her face as she continue to stir in her sleep, trying to sleep in peace. Gerald gulped again as he carefully, and very slowly and shakingly once again, obviously trying, again, not to wake Phoebe up, and for how embarrassed he was on what he was about to do, reached for Phoebe's forehead.

Then Gerald gently pulled the strands of hair away from Phoebe's face as he tucked the hair behind Phoebe's ear, gently in between her glasses and her head, and into the hoodie. But as he finished that, Gerald stopped his hand on Phoebe's, surprisingly soft, cheek, and felt and saw something about Phoebe's body and mostly features.

Her body was no longer shivering so that was good, but what Gerald noticed was that...Phoebe was smiling happily. And if he didn't know any better, Gerald also noticed that Phoebe actually...looked cute with his red 33 hoodie on herself while she was asleep and smiling to herself. And Gerald didn't deny that he would admit something like that to himself!

But...was that warmth and red he felt and saw on her cheek? Phoebe's cheeks were...turning a slight red somehow. And that made Gerald blush a little himself and feel...in awe by her expression. In fact, he thought her expression was...even more pretty and cute...!

But why would she...blush in her sle-?

Giggle...!

Gasp!

Phoebe suddenly giggled a little in her sleep as her smile and blush grew. She then, in her sleeping state still, nuzzled one of the red sleeves of Gerald's hoodie, but mostly nuzzled Gerald's hand, with her slight blushing scarlet cheek a little, Phoebe's smile growing a little bit more, and her expression turning into a happy one.

And Gerald quickly pulled his hand away from Phoebe while gasping a bit, not wanting to wake her up.

He then felt his face growing a bright scarlet with heat. And the reason being why, was that Phoebe actually looked pretty and cute when she blushes, half on how Phoebe nuzzled his hand in a cute way of course, how Phoebe's smile was pretty to the African American boy, and most of all, how Phoebe's giggle was...really sweet. And he never heard Phoebe giggle before.

Gerald heard Phoebe laugh before, like when they were at parties, outside, and whatever else with everyone in their grade, but he has never once heard a giggle from the small Japanese American girl before. And...now that he thought about it,...Gerald never knew that Phoebe's giggle was...so pretty, sweet, and...and really cute. And he actually wanted to listen to it aga-.

KNOCK!

KNOCK!

KNOCK!

Suddenly, there was three knocks on the door, causing Gerald, who was getting close to Phoebe by him being distracted by the fact that her giggle was really sweet, pretty, and cute, blinked a few times as he got out of his trance by the knocking on the bedroom door. Gerald realized on what he was doing as he-.

"Whoa!"

Thud!

He suddenly yelped and fell backwards on his chair, causing him to fall down on his back, and the chair falling down backwards with a thud. Then he heard more knocking and heard, "Phoebe sweetie, are you ok? What was that sound?" Said Mrs. Heyerdahl.

Gerald suddenly felt panic rushing through his body as he quickly got back up onto his feet, his cheeks red with heat by what he was about to do. He then looked around the bedroom. Pens and written papers were still all on and over the desk as the snacks were still on the desk as well, halfway gone. Gerald was fine with all of that stuff being there.

But what he didn't find fine was Phoebe's appearance.

Phoebe was still smiling and blushing a little to her face as Gerald's red hoodie was still on her. That's when Gerald stopped. He didn't want Mr. and Mrs. Heyerdahl, Phoebe's actual parents, to see their daughter looking like this! Not right after they gave them, especially to Gerald, ground rules.

Rules of him staying with Phoebe alone in her bedroom for crying out loud!

But not only is Gerald alone with Phoebe in her bedroom, oh no, not just that! But now with their daughter sleeping and blushing a little to the face while smiling a bit, Phoebe having Gerald's red hoodie covering her like a blanket, and him not wearing his hoodie, but only wearing a tank t-?!

Gerald felt more panic rushing through him just by the very thought of Phoebe's parents being in right now. And that made him go into full panic mode! He quickly went over to Phoebe as Gerald instantly took action. He carefully grabbed the sleeves, that were near Phoebe's face, and quickly, and swiftly, pulled off the hoodie from Phoebe's body.

Gerald then looked to see that Phoebe was slowly starting to shiver all over her body, frowning, and her smile slowly going away, which in this case for Gerald, he didn't like the sight he was seeing once. But shaking his head, thinking of putting his hoodie back to where Phoebe won't be cold again, Gerald fully put on his red hoodie.

Gerald then heard, "Phoebe? What's going on in there?" Mrs. Heyerdahl said out of concern again on the other side of the door. Gerald paled a bit as he quickly went to Phoebe's bed, grabbed the blanket, and drifted on Phoebe's body gently. He sees Phoebe no longer freezing as she smiled in her sleep again.

Gerald sighed a bit in relief with a smile on his lips, relieved that Phoebe was no longer co- "Phoebe dear, what is going on in he-" Mrs. Heyerdahl said suddenly in a concern tone still, as she opened her daughters bedroom door, and was holding a laundry basket full of clean clothes in the other hand, as she see's-

Thud!

Then the two conscious figures jumped a little in surprise by the sound of the laundry basket falling to the ground with a sorta loud thud. The mother looked at the young boy as she quickly noticed a few things about him. Gerald had on his hoodie, but he looked a bit frantic to what it looks like he just put on his hoodie, and even his tall hair was a little frizzy.

And surprisingly to Mrs. Heyerdahl, he looked like he was blushing red onto his cheeks. And when she looked at Gerald's red 33 hoodie, it looked like it was just being put back on from something. But where would he put it in her daughter's bedr-?

That's when the older woman noticed something about her daughter.

Phoebe was sleeping on her desk, with her arms crossed and used as a pillow, but she had her blanket on her back. But the thing Mrs. Heyerdahl noticed about her only child, was that if you look really closely, and really thought about it, the blanket looked like it was just being put on her by the handprints clutching against the end of the blanket. And the clutching print of hands looked fresh.

That's when Mrs. Heyerdahl had something clicked in her mind.

If the blanket looked like it was just being put onto Phoebe, the handprints looking fresh like someone quickly putting it on her, and that Gerald looked like he just got done putting his red hoodie on while looking nervous and embarrassed, that...that means...that means that Gerald must've took off hi-!

"U-Uh Mrs. Heyerdahl? Is something wrong?"

Said Gerald as he had his hands behind his back, still blushing to his cheeks. Mrs. Heyerdahl blinked in surprise at the sound of Gerald's voice as she cleared her throat a bit. "Um it's...nothing Gerald dear." From the hallway, the two heard the clock dinging, indicating it was 7 a.m. .

Mrs. Heyerdahl faced Gerald with a kind smile. "Well Gerald, I guess it's your time for you to go back home. Your parents must be worried about you." Gerald smiled at Mrs. Heyerdahl's response, realizing that him going home now would be the perfect 'escape' route to not deal with what just happened between him and a unconscious Phoebe!

"O-Ok Mrs. Heyerdahl! I-I mean, yeah that sounds good." Gerald said, trying to calm down his tone on what happened a few minutes ago. "My folks are probably worried about me. Well, my parents anyway." As Gerald got done packing his stuff, he walked down to the stairs, and ended up at the front door.

As Mrs. Heyerdahl walked down the stairs with him, after she picked up and tucked Phoebe in her bed, and picked up her room a bit, now holding the laundry basket in her hands again like before, she smiled down at the boy at the front door. "Well, I hope you and Phoebe's meetup was ok? Did you figure anything out yet?" The mother asked curiously, her smile staying.

Gerald looked back at the mother with the smile on his face. "No nothing yet, but tomorrow, were gonna keep trying to find ideas to do our...our uh project were working on during class." Mrs. Heyerdahl still smiled at the young boy. "Well, alright then. Goodbye Gerald." "Goodbye Mrs. Heyerdahl." But before he left, Gerald heard something from Phoebe's mom.

Mrs. Heyerdahl continues to laugh a little while covering her mouth. "Gerald, since your...kinda close to our family, especially to Phoebe, your practically family. So just call me Reba. Plus, it's kinda weird for my future son-in law to call me Mrs. Heyerdahl!" She said teasingly.

Gerald blushed red to his face and stood there stiff by what Mrs. Heyerdahl said. But then he smiled nervously at her. "Uh y-yeah Mrs. Heyer- u-uh Reba hehe." Reba giggled at the boy's reaction and answer. "Hehe, well you do like like Phoebe right? I've seen the way you act towards her."

Gerald gulped a bit in embarrassment, a little embarrassed that his actions were obvious to Phoebe's mom. "I-I uh...can't say Reba. I guess I...really do like like Phoebe." He quickly looked up at the mom in surprise, holding his hands up in defense, and his blush growing.

"I-It's not that I would take advantage of her honest! I c-care about her and everything else! I help her out with her p-problems, I-I went with her to the April Fool's Day dance last year, and I even h-hanged out with her at Rhonda's party one time too!" Gerald said out of panic and nervousness, hoping that Phoebe's mom would believe him.

Reba just chuckled to herself while covering her mouth, by how amusing it was to see Gerald get so worked up for her daughter, and him telling her about how much he cared about Phoebe. Gerald looked curiously at the chuckling mother, wondering on what she was laugh about.

"Gerald, I know you won't take advantage of her. Your a good kid. And I know you always helped my daughter with her problems. And I'm very grateful that you always been there for Phoebe. So...if you two do ever get together, I would be very happy that my dear Phoebe is with caring person like you ok?"

Gerald looked at Reba with surprise, not expecting that kind of answer from her. But then Gerald smiled at her, feeling relaxed by Reba's answer. "Thanks uh R-Reba. For telling me that." "Your welcome Gerald." As Reba opened the door for Gerald, the African American boy walked out of the house.

But before Gerald could start walking down the steps, Reba said to Gerald, "And Gerald dear, if you just wanted to give Phoebe your hoodie as a blanket while she's asleep, I don't mind. Let me give you a word of advice, and for future events, try not to look too and embarrassed by doing it ok? Have a good day!"

Then Reba Heyerdahl closed the door behind her, Gerald felt completely frozen all over his entire body, and his face was a dark crimson, in embarrassment. He then slapped his forehead in disbelief, groaned to himself, even in more embarrassment, by how Reba figured it out on what happened between him and Phoebe.

"I can't believe she found out...! And was it that obvious or somethin'...?!" Gerald talked to himself, as he started walking down the steps of Phoebe's stoop. "Oh geez...I just hope Reba doesn't tell Phoebe about what happened...!" Gerald exclaimed to himself as he started walking down the sidewalk.

As he sighed through his nose, Gerald continued to walk down the concrete sidewalk, while trying not to let the words from Reba get to him. Without thinking of what Reba said, Gerald's mind wander off, to where it came to a stop. Because of what happened between him and Phoebe.

Gerald remembered how Phoebe looked when she was asleep. How her expression stayed in a peaceful slumber with a small smile, how her eyes were closed peacefully and happily, and how...Phoebe's black hair was...down when she falls asleep. It was even covering her face.

And it actually did bothered Gerald a lot back then.

With Phoebe stirring in her sleep by the little strands of hair covering and mostly tickling her face, her shivering on her back by how cold she was in her sleep, her smile faltering, and more of her hair getting into her face. Gerald could still feel a slight pain in his heart to think of the image of Phoebe being like.

And for some odd reason, he didn't know why he felt that way in his heart earlier.

But now thinking of something about Phoebe being asleep, and not thinking too much of what he felt in his heart, Gerald now thought of what Phoebe looked like with his hoodie on her and mostly how Phoebe reacted when Gerald had his hand against her cheek.

Gerald started to smile and blush a little, thinking on how Phoebe looked when that happened. Phoebe looking pretty and cute when she blushes, how Phoebe nuzzled his hand in a cute way of course, how Phoebe's smile was pretty to the African American boy, and most of all, how Phoebe's giggle was...really sweet. And again, Gerald has never heard Phoebe giggle before.

Gerald heard Phoebe laugh before. Like when they were at parties, when they were outside, and whatever else with everyone in their grade. But he has never once heard a giggle from Phoebe before. And...now that he thought about it again,...Gerald never knew that Phoebe's giggle wasso...so pretty, sweet, and...and really cute.

And he actually wanted to listen to it once again.

That when Gerald felt funny. Just by thinking of everything about Phoebe now.

And what Gerald felt was...he felt...happy. Gerald felt happy and weirdly giddy for some reason. What was it...? Why was Gerald feeling this way...? Was it because he hadn't eaten today? Was it because of those shrimp chips he shared with Phoebe?

Or...or was it possible...that Gerald actually...feels something...more for Phoe-?

"W-What the...?!" Gerald whispered to himself in surprise, not thinking on what he thought was the truth, his face turned to a light and heated red, and his hands quickly and barely covering his mouth. Was...Was there a...possible way that...Gerald would feel that way for Phoebe...?

"No...! I-I can't feel that way for Phoebe...! I-I only like like her...! T-There's no way I would...! No...! I can't...!" Gerald talked to himself still in more embarrassment. To him, there was no way he would feel that way for Phoebe! Sure he like likes her of course, but he wouldn't lo-! Y-You know, that!

For all the years they spend time together, Gerald grew to like like Phoebe. She was smart, shy, and to Gerald, a cute and tough girl! And he really does care about her! But, Gerald now thought that...that Phoebe just...like likes him, nothing more.

There's no possible way that she would feel that way for him anyway...! There was no signs, no signals, nothing involving on what Phoebe could possibly feel that way for him! All Phoebe feels for Gerald, was that she like likes him, nothing more, and the same thing for Gerald! That's that!

As he quickly walked home, Gerald tried not to think of him and Phoebe like liking each other as something more, and he went on his way home, for preparing himself for the rest of the week of Arnold and Helga under the Love Poison's effects and him and Phoebe making the antidote to help their best friends.

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Meanwhile with Arnold near his house...

As Arnold continued on his way to his home, he can't stop thinking on what happened today between him and Helga. How he and her shared affections and kisses, how they spend time together during lunch and freetime, how he and her shared love notes back and forth during class, and especially how Arnold sang to Helga in front of the whole school.

Feeling really happy just by thinking about the day he and Helga had, and mostly by the loving and romantic actions and words were done by Arnold and Helga to each other and each other alone, Arnold happily ran home, and smiling and blushing to his face the entire time.

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Meanwhile with Helga...

As her beloved left, Helga was still a blushing statue after all the loving affections Arnold did to her a few minutes ago. But then she blinked a few times, got out of her trance, and shook her head a bit out of bewilderment, her entire body now feeling a little numb with love by all the things Arnold said and did to her.

Helga went inside the house, she now thought of what happened today between her and Arnold. How her and him shared affections and kisses, how they spend time together during lunch and freetime, how her and him shared love notes back and forth during class, and especially how Arnold sang to Helga in front of the whole school.

Feeling really happy just by thinking about the day her and Arnold had, and mostly by the loving and romantic actions and words were done by Arnold and Helga to each other and each other alone, Helga happily ran to her bedroom, and smiling and blushing to her face the entire time.

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With Arnold and Helga in their separate bedrooms after eating a small dinner...

As Arnold and Helga both sighed out of lovesick, they laid her body against their own bedroom door, an slid down a bit. As Helga fully slid down from her bedroom door to the wooden floor, Arnold pushed himself off, and slurry, considering he was so much in love with Helga, went to his bed, and grabbed his pillow as Arnold covered his heated red face with it.

Helga walked over her bed as she laid there on the mattress in her pink jumpsuit. She then grabbed her Arnold locket and smiled lovingly at the picture. She then started to hug it affectionately while giggling and squealing a little by the picture she got from her beloved.

Arnold then went to his desk and smiled at what he saw. What he saw was a few colored pens from his pen cup on the desk. The different hues of colors reminded Arnold of Helga. He smiled more and started to blush to his happy face. Arnold went back to his bed and started to chuckled and laughing a little by just thinking of those different colors reminding more of his love.

They both sighed lovingly and turned off the lights in their and Helga covered themselves up with their blankets. They had the most amazing day of their life. Because they showed the whole world that they were together, and surprisingly to them, no one had a single issue with it! And that made them feel happier.

They both started to drift asleep, before saying to themselves,

"Goodnight my Helga. I...love you..."

"Goodnight my Arnold. I...love you..."

The two blondes couldn't wait for the rest of the week. Of them just spending time together, showing each other and others around them about how much they love each other, and Arnold and Helga especially can't wait for the Valentine's Day dance this Friday, where they get to dance, and spend more time together.

To be continued...

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...Wow...just wow... That took I don't know HOW long, but hey! It was worth it for you guy's that love this story. And here's two things. One, yes I used the song, "Did I Mention" from Descendants. When I first thought of making this story, I heard that Arnold could sing. So I thought, "Hey! Why not let him serenade Helga with a song?!"

So I did! And two, Shrimp Chips are one of my favorite snacks actually! They are GOOD! Anyway, I hope you guy's will love this chapter as much as I do! I don't own the song I used in here, it belongs to Disney Channel, I don't own Hey Arnold doi, it belongs to Craig Bartlett, and I hope you guy's loved this chapter as much as I did making it!

Melody out! ;) :) ;)