The Bet Chapter 1, a hey arnold fanfic

Hey guy's Melody here and this is the first chapter of The Bet! It was taking a little while of making the next chapter of LpP and I thought that it would be a great idea of making another story. A story involving if Arnold actually did make a bet of Helga wearing makeup! Anyway I hope you guy's love this chapter as much as I do! Enjoy! :D

It was just a regular day in Hillwood as the students of P.S. 118 were in the halls, talking to one another. A certain Football Headed boy with tufts of cornflower as hair was talking to an African American boy with tall black hair. "Did you really have to make that bet with Harold though Gerald?" Arnold asked with a frown. Gerald chuckled a little as he looked to his best friend to the side as they both continued walking to class. "Hey! It was the only bet I could come up with! And his bet for me was that I should shave the top of my HAIR! I'm just happy that I got a free ice cream cone from Slausens as a prize of our bets. But I do kinda feel bad for when I bet that Harold would lick the street though." He said with a sheepish grin. Arnold rolled his eyes with a smile as they continued walking. "I still think you should apologize to him Gerald. It's the rig-" "'It's the right thing to do.'" Gerald mocked a little as he smiled at his best friend. "I know man I know. I'll make sure to do that." Gerald said. Arnold smiled a little at him. "Glad to hear Ger-" "Out of my way geekbait! Hey I'm walking here!" Said a voice behind them.

Arnold and Gerald looked behind them as they see Helga G. Pataki pushing and shoving kids aggressively out of her way with her usual scowl and Phoebe Heyerdahl following behind her. But instead of moving out of her way, Arnold couldn't help but stand there instead of moving while blushing slightly. A few weeks ago, when Arnold and Gerald, and also Helga, who was Deep Voice, who helped Arnold and Gerald throughout their adventure, saved the neighborhood, Arnold couldn't stop thinking on what Helga said to him at the top of the FTi building. He just didn't know what to feel about it. Helga G. Pataki, the bully of the fifth graders, and the tormentor of Arnold, actually being IN LOVE WITH HIM?! That didn't make any sense! Why would she feel that way for him? Helga was supposed to be ruthless, mean, tough! And Arnold was just...well Arnold! And he just didn't know what to feel about Helga though.

Arnold always thought of her as a bully, even right now, especially last year, as a friend, but her being a love interest? Helga being a love interest? That sounds practically CRAZY!...and yet...it may sound like a sorta good idea. All he thought of what to do so far is trying to talk to her and...mostly try to be her friend. Yet Arnold couldn't stop thinking of her as now a love interest for a few weeks now, aside from thinking of her as a friend. 'It still feels weird to think of her that way...but...now that I really think about it, Stinky DID say that she was sorta pleasant at the time he had a crush on her. And Helga could be a love interest. With her toughness, her independence, her loyalty, everything about her...and her looks...woah...never actually noticed her eyes before. Now that I think back then at the top of the FTi building, when Helga was close to me when she...told me she l-loved me...her eyes are...blue...like a pretty blue...and...her golden hair it looked...sorta shiny when it was flowing in the wind...and...her lips they...looked like they were a reddish pink...they looked so natural...so...very pink...sorta shiny too...now I wonder what she'll look like with ma-'

"Well LOOK who it is! Football Head and Tall Hair Boy!" Said Helga with a scowl, though with a little smirk, as she had her hands, that were turned into fists, onto her hips.

Arnold got out of his train of thought and looked like he was blushing a little bit more on his cheeks and ears by what he was thinking. He see's Helga and Phoebe standing in front of him and Gerald in the middle of the hallway. Phoebe looked from behind her and blushed and smiled a little at seeing Gerald. "Greetings Gerald. How are you today?" Gerald blushed too himself as he spoke in a smooth voice. "Hey babe! I'm doing good and how about you?" Phoebe smiled and blushed more as she had her hands behind her back. "I'm having a good day too Gerald." They continued to smile at one another while blushing and standing there. Helga rolled her eyes with her scowl, growing a little. "Criminy! Get a room you two! You guy's are too sweet on each other it's giving me cavities." Helga said as she had her arms crossed on her chest. Gerald and Phoebe blushed more and looked away from each other. "So Tall Hair Boy, I heard that you made that bet with Pink Boy. And I say that bet was TERRIBLE! Even I can make better bets than you!" Helga rolled her eyes at Gerald as he scoffed and said, "Pataki, I didn't want to do something rash to Harold alright? And besides, it was the only good one I could come up with. Just ask my man Arnold! Right Arnold?"

The three kids looked at the Football Headed boy as Arnold cleared his throat and said, trying not to get so distracted by thinking on what he thought earlier about Helga."Um yeah. It's true." Gerald nodded at his best friend with a smile as he looked back at Helga with a smirk. "See?" Helga rolled her eyes once again as she scoffed at him. "Please! As if that bet was ANY good! Actually, I might as well make a bet right now so I can prove to you that I'm good at making bets than you! I would say that Football Head here..." Helga pointed at Arnold with her index finger. "...would be my personal SERVANT for a week! Now give me the worst bet you could up with Arnoldo. But hehe I doubt that you wouldn't do that! But go ahead! Come up with the worst bet for me from that stupid..." 'And SO adorable!' "...Football Head of yours! I dare you." Helga said, smirking at Arnold. 'My beloved wouldn't think of the worst, he would give me the nicest way of bets! Though it wouldn't hurt for him to think of something bad though.' Arnold looked at Helga in a little surprise, not even thinking on what to say about a bet. 'Hmmmm...now that I actually thought about it. Me and Helga never actually made bets before. But what kind of bet would be good though?' Arnold then put his hand under his chin and his other hand holding his other elbow, making him look like he's thinking while he was looking at the ground. 'What would be a good bet for Helga? Hmmmm...a good bet...a good bet, a good bet, a good bet, a good be-.' He blushed a little once again on his cheeks and ears as Arnold stopped moving or breathing.

Arnold, who was lost in thought about making a bet for Helga, then looked up at her and observed how she looked. Helga was looking like her usual self, yet she looked...sparkly somehow...more than that...every color on her seemed to be glowing. Arnold shut his emerald green eyes tight, trying not to freak out on why she looked kinda pretty when she was glowing. But his eyes were open again, as he thought of the perfect, yet harmless, bet that would be good for Helga. It was something he thought of earlier. 'Besides, she kinda owes me after seven years of torture she put me through. And the bet IS harmless.' Arnold then looked back at Helga, who was scowling slightly, look liking she was waiting any kind of bet from him. He let out a sigh, looked straight at Helga, and said with a smile. "I bet that you would wear makeup for a week." Arnold by now was smirking a little at Helga while crossing his arms across his chest.

Helga's blue eyes widened in surprise at her beloved as her scowl disappeared. Gerald and Phoebe looked at Arnold in shock, their jaws were dropped a little. It was silent for a few good seconds between the four kids. Until, "What did you say?" Helga said, scowling slightly at Arnold angrily. Arnold couldn't help but smirk a little more, at Helga's angry, yet, he never noticed until now, cute, question as he walked up to her more. "I said that I bet that you would wear makeup for a week." He then threw a half lidded gaze at her to top it off. But then he narrowed his eyes at her, his smirk growing more. "Unless your...a little scared Helga." Helga scowled more at her beloved as she had her arms to her side, though she couldn't help but feel warm pricks of fire on her cheeks from the way her beloved was looking at her, clutching her hands into fists. "I am NOT scared." She growled at him. 'How DARE he make a bet like that?! Arnold knows better that I don't DO makeup! Because of my stupid reputation! And did he even SEE me the last time I wore makeup? I looked HIDEOUS after I went to Rhonda's frilly and girly bathroom to wash it all off!...But...I DID look pretty good with makeup when I looked as Cecile...and I DO kinda deserve it. I mean I DID say for him to give me the worst bet he could come up with after all.' Helga then smirked a little at him as she leaned down to his height while her hands were on her hips once again.

"Alright Football Head. You got yourself a deal. And if whoever loses first, get's to buy the winner any kind of shake at Slausens. That shake is mine Football Head!" Helga said, smirking in satisfaction at Arnold while she stood regularly and crossing her arms on her chest again. But she then put out a hand for Arnold to shake it to set off the deal while her other hand was on her hip. 'Hehe he would lose to this. I know he will! Becoming a servant for me is like torture to people! And he gets to serve ME and ONLY me! Plus if I win, I get to go on a date with him! Well not a real date per say, but still!' Arnold smirked back at Helga as he grabbed her hand and they both shook on the deal. They then let go and then Gerald said, "Ok Helga with makeup? Ok now THAT'S a good one! Nice job Arnold." He looked at Arnold with a smile. Arnold laughed a little, surprising that he got Gerald excited with his bet. "Yeah well...makeup IS harmless." Gerald rolled his eyes at his best friend and started to speak. "Yeah unless you look u-" Gerald said but he cut himself off by Helga. She stared at him threateningly with a dark scowl on her features while she had a fist up in the air. "Uh I-I mean...unless you look great! Y-Yeah! Great..." Gerald then shuddered and had a disgusted look on his face while looking down to the ground. Helga rolled her blue orbs in annoyance. "Ok now out of my way already yeesh! Your in my way on getting to class!"

As she was about to push the two boys out of the way, Arnold started to speak up. "Uh Helga? Were going in the same direction and..." He then whispered to Helga, causing her to look at him surprisingly and confusion. "...I think Gerald and Phoebe would like to walk together. It wouldn't be too much trouble if we let them go to class together. It's the-" "Yeah yeah yeah! 'It's the right thing to do!' Fine! We'll let Tall Hair Boy and Phoebe walk together in class! Criminy!" Helga whispered harshly back to him. 'Well at least I get to walk with Arnold to class!' Helga said happily in her mind. Arnold smiled at Helga. "Thanks Helga." Helga rolled her eyes at him. "Yeah yeah! Just don't say that I did you any favors Football Head." They backed up their heads a little as Arnold looked at Gerald and Phoebe and said, "Well let's go you guy's." The four classmates started walking to class, Gerald and Phoebe were walking side by side, and the same thing with Arnold and Helga. As Gerald and Phoebe first walked into class, Arnold was about to walk inside the classroom, until he stopped. He looked at Helga curiously as she started walking back into the hallway.

Helga needed to go to her office, aka the janitors closet, to let some things out on what bet Arnold came up for her. 'I still can't believe that he made up that bet! Though...I gotta admit, that kinda takes a lot of guts to make a bet like that with little ol' me.' Arnold walked up to Helga, as she had her back facing him as she continued walking. "Helga?" Arnold asked as he put a hand on her shoulder, causing her to jump and in surprise saying, "A-Arnold!" She quickly turned around and faced him with a scowl while she had a light hue of red on her cheeks and ears. "Quit sneaking up on me Football Head! Criminy!" Arnold backed up and blushed a little from her, as she had her face sorta close to his. "I was just going to ask on where you're going that's all." Helga continued to scowl at him as she stood there with her arms crossed on her chest. "It's none of your business Arnoldo!" 'I don't want him to follow me! I need to let some things out in the only place where no one would notice me there and I don't want him to hear AND see it!' Helga started walking down the now empty hallway, but Arnold was still following her. "Helga come on where are you going? You'll be in trouble if your gonna be late for class." They were now walking near the water fountain. Helga growled in anger and annoyance as she turned her body to him while she was still walking but backwards. "I SAID Football Head! It is NONE of your busi-"

SQUEAK!

"WHOA!"

Helga complained first as she accidentally slipped on a puddle of water that was near the water fountain. Arnold almost slipped but he slipped enough to actually catch Helga by the waist before she fell to the ground. He looked like he was dipping her and Helga had her arms wrapped around his neck as they had their bodies close to each other, as well as their faces. They looked at each other in surprise as they both blushed a light red on their cheeks and ears. They didn't move, speak, and not even breathe. Arnold and Helga's hearts were beating out of their chests as they both didn't know what to do. 'O-Oh wow...! His eyes...I've never really get to see his eyes so close like this...so full of kindness, care, and...so green and...his eyes are like emeralds...! Such...beautiful...emerald's...oh but why can't I look away from him somehow...?' '...Woah...her...her eyes their...kind pretty and...very blue right now. And now that I looked into them, and really do look into them, I never noticed before but...since when did Helga have that light blue specks, shades, and...sparkles in her eyes...but why can't I...look away...?' They both were so mesmerized by their eyes. How they were sparkling with so many emotions, feelings, and so full of color. The two kids just couldn't look away!

But then Helga leaned in a little, being so lost by the boy holding her.

As well as Arnold, who was, too, being so lost by the girl he was holding.

Then closer.

And closer.

Until their eyes were fully closed and their blushes growing as they grew with heat and color, as their lips met with a slow and tender kiss.

Arnold and Helga couldn't help that this was a dream somehow. I mean right now they were kissing. KISSING! And Arnold was actually LIKING it! Arnold liked kissing Helga! How could this feel so wrong...and yet feel so...right...? It didn't sense to Arnold, but...right now...he didn't care anymore. After a few weeks of feeling weird towards Helga, Arnold then...realized something about this...during their kiss. 'I...I don't think of her as a friend...I think of Helga as...something...more. I...actually like like her...I like like Helga. And she...lo-l-like likes me back...and wow...her lips...are soft...and sweet...just like her...' Now realizing that he like likes her, Arnold then held Helga close to him with one arm still around her waist and the other near her upper body as he gently held the side of her soft and blushing cheek as Arnold kissed Helga passionately yet gently.

Meanwhile with Helga only after their lips met...

Helga she...oh she was practically in the AIR! She felt like she was in heaven. And she and Arnold were kissing! REALLY kissing! No act, script, nothing! Just a real KISS! 'I-I'm kissing Arnold...and...HE'S KISSING ME BACK! Oh ARNOLD! Right now I don't care if this is just the 'heat of the moment' shtick or anything else! Your REALLY kissing me my love! And with no force, act, or script! Ohhhh...' But to Helga's surprise, Arnold hold her close as he used one of his hands to gently hold her cheek and kissed her more and yet gently. Helga then turned to gooey love and mush by this as she swooned inside and kissed him back more.

Present...

In the empty hallway, far away from the fifth grade classroom, Arnold and Helga continued on kissing, feeling like they were now in their own little world with no one in it. It was just them and them only. As they continued to kiss, Helga held the back of her beloved's head as she ran through his tufts of cornflower hair with her fingers lovingly. Arnold shuddered a little as he held her closer to him as he used his hand, that was holding Helga's cheek, to run through her soft and gold pigtails. Helga swooned through her nose as she continued on going through Arnold's hair, and the same thing with Arnold and Helga. But then air was starting to get to them as they slowly pulled away, both having very half lidded gazes, considering they felt dazed and sorta confused on what just happened, still thinking that this was still a dream, as they were blushing a bright red onto their cheeks and ears, each of their hands in each other's hair.

A few seconds past, while the two were breathing air into their lungs, Arnold and Helga stayed that way. With each of their arms around each other, the other hand up in each other's hair, and now having their foreheads touching while closing their eyes, blush cooling down a little. They both were silent until Arnold spoke up. "H-Helga...?" He whispered, feeling dazed and with his emerald green eyes looking right at her. "Y-Yes Arnold...?" Helga whispered back, feeling the same way her beloved was feeling as she looked right back at Arnold with her ocean blue eyes. "W-We should go back to class. So no one notices were gone." Helga blinked a few times as she stood up and backed away from him. "Uh your right Ar- F-Football Head. We should probably head back. But...before we do though..." She then looked at Arnold curiously with her hands on her hips. "Would you care to explain to me WHY we were kissing just now and..." Helga then looked away from him shyly. "Why you didn't break it...?" 'I'm just grateful that one saw us. Oh boy if anyone would've see us, I would've DIED for Pete's sake!' Arnold blushed more as he backed away from her, his hands behind his back nervously. "U-Um well I-I..."

But he took a breath, to calm himself down, let it out, and looked straight up at Helga. "I just...well...I don't know. It's that we were close to each other, no one was around to see us, and...well..." He sighed tiredly. "I...I-I l-liked it ok...? I liked...k-kissing you. I've realized that just now and...I just didn't want it to stop! I...!" Arnold then growled a little in frustration as he marched right to Helga, grabbed her shoulders, and looked straight into her surprised eyes. "I like like you ok? After a few weeks later of saving the neighborhood, I felt really weird around you ever since! I felt angry, embarrassed, confused after all this time! You were practically driving me CRAZY WITH EMOTIONS! And I didn't know what I was feeling towards you until we just kissed! And...I didn't want it to ever stop!" Arnold panted a little for his little speech. Helga stood there. Paralyzed with so many emotions going through her. 'Did...DID HE REALLY JUST SAY THAT?! I...I-I-I need to get out of here before I do something to him I'll reg- NO. I need to let out everything I have for him. And besides, if were talking about my secret, and that he like likes me now, then I NEED to let some things out and just let this stupid embarrassing moment go all the freaking way! I've kept things inside, for him, for WAY too long!' Helga then, seemingly out of nowhere, stood calmly with a blank look, grabbed Arnold by the back of his collar tightly of his plaid shirt, which was under his green sweater, and dragged him on his black heels on his shoes to her office.

Arnold had a nervous expression as looked at Helga. "H-Helga? W-Where are we going?" "To my office." she said simply. Arnold's eyes widened in horror as he reached behind him to his neck and tried to get out of Helga's grip, but she wouldn't budge to her grip was getting stronger with every struggle. "B-But what about c-class? Were gonna be in big trouble if we do- ack ok ok!" Arnold complained, as Helga pulled his collar hard enough to where it choked him a little, meaning to keep quiet. A few moments later, Arnold see's the janitor's closet in their direction. "Helga please! I know we need to talk...or s-something that MAY involve you hitting me...or about...u-us...b-but we're gonna be in big trouble if we don't- whoa!" Arnold was thrown into the closet by Helga as she closed the door behind them, locking it.

Arnold looked around the closet as he was bathed in darkness. Well, except for the lightbulb above him as Helga pulled the string of the lightbulb. Helga looked at Arnold with her arms crossed against her chest. "Tell me everything Arnold. Now." Helga said firmly. Arnold looked surprised at Helga as he cleared his throat, trying not to get so nervous, and started to speak. "Helga..." Arnold started as he now spoke in a calm voice. "...For the last seven years of you bullying our friends, and mostly me, I've always thought of you as one of my friends. And sure you bully me and call me names, but that doesn't mean I hate you. Yeah I don't like the things you do to me or anybody else, but that still doesn't change how I feel about you. But...after that you told me...you loved me at the top of the FTi building, I just felt weird around you. For the next two or three weeks, I've been avoiding you because I just thought that I was afraid of you, thinking that you could never really love me, but after that, I was starting to feel angry, confused, I felt like I was going out of my mind. But after we kissed...I knew why I was feeling this way for you." Arnold smiled at Helga as his blush grew.

"Because I like like you." Arnold then smiled and blushed more at her as he took a step closer to her. "And what I like about you Helga is that your tough, smart, loyal, and independent. That's what I see you on the outside. And I slowly thought of you like that through all the years. But on the inside however, that I rarely get to see, and yet you try to show it sometimes too, is that your caring, kind, sweet, sensitive, and...your really passionate Helga. When you were talking about, in your confession, that you...w-write poetry about me, I realized that during those few weeks of school, and me still avoiding you, I've realized that those poems, and the poems from all those years, are from you. Your really...passionate when you write Helga. Really really really passionate." Arnold blushed and smiled up at he couldn't help but chuckle a little by how Helga was looking.

During his speech and confession, Helga was blushing red on her cheeks as her blue eyes were wide in surprise. Her body was in shock as she wasn't able to move a muscle. But she couldn't help but smile a little as she looked like she was a smiling statue. 'A-Arnold...told me that...I'm p-passionate...when I write...p-poetry about him and he...told me he like likes me now...I need to do something quick before I EXPLODE!' Arnold looked at her curiously and mostly in concern. 'I hope I didn't freak her out too much about me saying that I like like her now...' "Helga? Are you- mmph!" Arnold was then cut off by Helga grabbing his collar on his plaid shirt under his sweater again, to where he was off the ground like before, and pressing her lips against his own passionately while closing her blue eyes. Arnold's green eyes widened in surprise, his cheeks and ears turning into a bright hue of red with heat. Until his eyes closed slowly as he kissed her back, his heart beating out of his chest. Helga then put Arnold back to the ground as she leaned down to his height and continued to kiss him. Arnold started to slowly place his hands on each side of Helga's face as he continued to kiss her. But with him saying that he now like liked Helga, he wrapped one of his arms around his waist. Helga shuddered a little like before at his action, as she wrapped one of her arms round his neck. While they continued to kiss, Arnold moved closer to Helga and the same thing with Helga to Arnold.

But Helga quickly pulled away as she looked at Arnold with a serious expression, with her face blushing a light red, and said, "Arnold, just to be clear with you right now, this HAS to be kept a secret alright? Don't forget that I'm STILL yours and everyone else's bully, that your the victim and including everyone else, and of course I have to stay up with my reputation." Arnold looked at Helga with surprised, but then smiled at her. "Of course Helga. Your not ready to show everyone your true self, that were together now, and I can understand that." Helga sighed a little as she smiled back at him. "And this is why I love your stupid Football Head Arnoldo." And Helga kissed Arnold once again as he kissed her back. After a few minutes of the kiss, they slowly pulled away, looking at each other with surprised looks, but they smiled at each other. But then Helga cleared her throat while taking a step back from Arnold with a frown on her, now a little numb, and more reddish than pink, lips, from the 3 kisses they've had, blushing more in embarrassment. "Sorry about that Arnold. For kissing you like that from before. I guess I just couldn't hold it back you know?" She then smirked a little as she crossed her arms against her chest.

Arnold laughed a little and looked up at her. "It's ok Helga. I can tell you needed to get it off your chest, that involves me hehe." Helga chuckled a little as she shook her head while closing her eyes. She then looked back at her beloved. "Hehe you are too adorable my beloved." For a few seconds, Helga just continued to smile at Arnold, but then blushed a lot more while her smile disappeared and was replaced with a frown. Her eyes widened at what she just said and along the same thing with Arnold as he was blushing a lot too. Helga then cleared her throat once again. "U-Uh sorry for calling you that Arnold. Guess it just came out of me a-and uh...sorry if I'm throwing all of this at you all at once and-" "Oh no it's ok Helga. I can only imagine how long you held that for the last seven years. And...it's good that your expressing and showing it through poetry. You really are passionate with your poetry. I...l-like your poetry Helga. And I especially like your kisses hehe..." Arnold smiled and blushed more at her as Helga rolled her blue eyes at him with a smile, responding back to Arnold while trying not to lose it when he said he liked her kisses. "Y-Yeah because your the main topic. A-And of course you like my kisses! Helga G. Pataki is g-good at everything after all! E-Even with kisses!" They both laughed and blushed a little as they continued to look at each other with smiles.

But then Arnold's green eyes widened a little in surprise as went closer to Helga. "Helga we gotta get back to class!" Helga's smile dropped as she nodded independently at Arnold and unlocked the door. As their heads poked out of the closet door, no one was out into the halls. Arnold and Helga sighed in relief as they both walked out of the closet. While they were walking in the empty hallway, Helga started to talk to Arnold. "So Arnold, now that were...well a thing now...I think, how come you made that bet up for me earlier? By the way, that must've taken a lot of guts to make that kind of bet with ol' Helga G. Pataki." Arnold laughed a little on the last part of what Helga said. "W-Well I-" But then he and Helga heard the bell ring as the two kids quickly ran back into the closet for hiding. They all heard students walking near them as the fifth graders, aka all of their friends, were walking to lunch. "So Gerald? Are you sure Arnold went home sick? I could have sworn I seen him this morning walking with you to school. And I know I saw Helga walking with you to school as well Phoebe darling." Rhonda said in the distance as the footsteps were getting closer and closer to the closet door. Arnold and Helga covered their mouths, for them not to make any sound, as they continued on listening to the conversation. "Yeah no Rhonda. My man Arnold went home early because he got sick." "And Helga went home early too because she was sick as well." The two blondes then heard Rhonda scoffed a little. "Oh puh-lease! As if they went home! And I bet the two of them are fighting right now!" Then Stinky spoke up. "And ah reckon that they're near right now really!" Arnold and Helga went pale a little as they stopped moving and breathing so no one in the class could hear them.

But then the other classmates started to laugh at Stinky's theory as they continued on walking towards the cafeteria. After a few seconds of silence outside the janitors closet, except for a bunch of distant footsteps walking, Arnold and Helga sighed in relief as they uncovered their smiling mouths. Arnold and Helga looked at each other at the corner of their eyes as they smiled at each other. "So...are you sick Arnoldo?" Arnold blinked in surprise at Helga as he was about to say, 'Very funny Helga.' to her, but then, with him and Helga secretly sorta being together now, Arnold looked away from her shyly with a small smile as he had a hand behind his back, making Helga blush on how cute her beloved was looking. But then, he used his other hand and grabbed Helga's hand gently, causing Helga to blush more. "Well, I guess I am sick Helga. Sick for you really hehe..." Arnold looked up at Helga with a small smirk and a half lidded gaze as he blushed more onto this cheeks and ears. But then he bowed and kissed her hand to top it off while closing his emerald green eyes. Helga's ocean blue eyes widened more in surprise as she stood there blushing red on her cheeks and ears, her breathing stopping, and her heart bursting out of her chest as she grasped the gold heart shaped locket that was inside her dress and around her neck tightly and shakingly. 'D...Did he...did he just...say a p-pickup line...a-and k-k-kissed my h-h-hand...w-while b-b-bowing? T-T-To me...?! Oh...m-my-!'

Suddenly, Helga sighed lovingly as she fell backwards onto the floor with a loud THUD. She barely had her blue eyes open while smiled goofily and lovingly, somehow feeling like she was in a trance of...love? Arnold looked at Helga in surprise as he quickly went over to her side. "Helga? Are you ok?" 'I hope she's ok! Did I say something wrong? I was just trying to be a little charming that's all!' Helga looked at Arnold as she sat up and leaned towards Arnold, with a loving and half lidded gaze as she was now blushing a slight red onto her cheeks and ears, and said to him in a sweet, light, mostly dreamy, and cooing voice, "I am now my darling~." Arnold blushed red at what Helga called him and the way she spoke, but before he could respond back to her, Helga cut him off. "And now I know that you like like me now, and that you like my kisses, I've realized that you..." Helga then booped Arnold on his nose. "...like me as much as I like you. And if...you want a few kisses during class, then I'll just excuse myself and...wait in the janitors closet for you kisses. My adorable Football Head~."Helga said flirtatiously as she then giggled lovingly and mostly dreamily.

Arnold's jaw dropped in disbelief and shock as he blushed a dark shade of red. But then she leaned closer to Arnold, slightly puckering her lips and closing her eyes. But Arnold quickly crawled and backed away from Helga, blushing a darker red on his face. Helga continued to look at Arnold as she started to crawl to him while giggling a little here and there, but Arnold continued on crawling away from her, confused and freaked out on what's going on with Helga. "So your trying to hide from me are you my beloved? Well, I was trying to hide from you for all these years, but now you've caught me, and now I'm gonna catch you." Arnold blushed a darker shade of red as he shook his head, not believing not what Helga just said to him. But then he realized on why she's talking like this. 'She really...l-loves me that much...Oh no! I really DO gotta snap her out of this before someone hears her and we'll get caught!' Arnold then quickly went to her and grabbed her by the shoulders, shaking her a little. "Helga! Snap out of it!"

While she was being shaked around, Helga continued to look at her beloved still with a loving gaze, obviously unfazed on what's going on. "Oh I knew you feel this way for me someday my love! And now I'll never let you go!~" She then leaned in really closer to Arnold again with her blue eyes closed and her lips slightly puckered again, but Arnold quickly backed away from her, causing her to fall forward, her face hitting the closet floor. "Ow!" She complained as Helga got up and held her forehead with a little scowl on her lips. She then blinked a few times as she looked at Arnold in surprise. Arnold was breathing heavily and shakingly as he was still blushing a dark shade of red. And she can even hear his heartbeat bursting out of his chest! Helga gulped and looked away from Arnold in embarrassment as she was blushing red herself. "S-Sorry about...that Arnold. I guess I lost it there for a moment." Arnold looked at Helga for a moment as he cleared his throat. If he and Helga were gonna be together, then Arnold has to get used to Helga's sudden affections and whatnot. But he's gotta admit, that Helga's sudden affection was...kinda fun really. It sounds weird to admit it, but Arnold didn't mind. Arnold then smiled warmly at her. "It's ok Helga. But your not hurt are you?" Arnold looked at her with worry as got up from the ground, walked to her, and held out a hand for her. Helga blinked in surprise, but then grabbed his hand, and pulled herself up. "Yeah I'm ok Football Head." Helga smiled at Arnold as he smiled back at her. "That's good to hear Helga."

As they continued to stare at each other, until both of their stomachs growled loudly, making them blush slightly. "We should probably head to the cafeteria Helga." Helga blinked at Arnold in surprise as she smirked at him. "Uh Football Head? Didn't you hear what Geraldo and Pheebs said only a few minutes ago? They both said that we were sick remember?" Arnold blushed more in embarrassment as he laughed nervously. "Hehe right. Well, since were excused for today thanks to Gerald and Phoebe, do you want to leave the school and-...a-and um..." Arnold was about to say something, but he was having trouble to find the right words to say to Helga. Helga rolled her eyes at Arnold, though still having on a smile on her lips. "Arnoldo, are you trying to ask me out?" Arnold blushed more as he stood there frozen. "U-Um I-I uh..." Helga then chuckled as she shook her head. "I was just playing Football Head. But hey, it is a nice thing to do together. I mean if you want to we could." Arnold looked at Helga in surprise, but then smiled at her and nodded. As they peeked outside of the closet and looked into the hallway, nobody was around as lunch was still going on. Arnold and Helga sighed in relief as they walked out of the closet and started walking to the entrance of the school.

As they walked out of the school building, with no one to notice them, Arnold and Helga walked down the sidewalk. "So Arnoldo?" Helga started as they continued walking. "Where are we going for our date?" Arnold blushed more as he responded back to her. "I was thinking of...Slausens Helga. If you don't mind." "Sure Football Head. That sounds good." Helga said casually and smiled at Arnold as they started walking to Slausens. "Hey Arnold? You didn't actually get to answer my question before we heard that bell ring for lunch. Why did you make that bet with me anyway?" Arnold blinked while walking beside her, surprised that he almost forgotten all about that question she asked him. "Well...before we saw each other this morning, I was still confused about my feelings towards you. And when you started pushing and shoving other kids out of your way, and when I saw your this morning, I wasn't able to move." Helga looked at him with a confused look as she was about to open her mouth, but Arnold cut her off.

"Again I was still freaked out about your confession, but then I thought if you could possibly...be something more. But then...I couldn't help but think, back at the top of the FTi building, on how...you looked." Helga looked at her beloved curiously, though she felt her cheeks warming up a little as it showed a light hue of red. "And uh...if you don't mind me asking Football Head. How did I...look...when I confessed?" Arnold looked up at the sky as it was a cloudy day today, and Arnold relaxed a little by the view as he began answering her question. "Well...first it was your hair. How it flowed in the wind and how it looked...shiny and also soft looking. The next thing I noticed...were your eyes. I never noticed before but they were a...pretty light blue color...when you were close to me. Your eyes are really...pretty Helga. A very pretty blue." Arnold couldn't help but smile and blush more as he was getting a little bit lost by the thought of her as he continued on speaking. Helga blushed red onto her cheeks and ears as she looked at her beloved in shock, with her unable to speak, and her heart beating out of her chest.

"And the last thing I noticed Helga...were your-" But Arnold's eyes widened as he stopped talking and walking as he quickly shut his mouth closed, not wanting Helga to know what he was about to say. Helga blinked her ocean blue eyes at Arnold, curious on why he stopped walking and mostly at what he was going to say. "Arnold? What were you about to say?" Helga raised one side of her eyebrow as she stopped walking too and faced Arnold. Arnold's emerald green eyes widened more in shock as he cleared his throat. "U-Uh nothing Helga. I-I just for-" "Football Head, me and the rest of the people in this neighborhood know for a fact that your a terrible liar. Tell me." Helga said firmly as she scowled a little, very curious and anxious on what her beloved was about to say, and now a little annoyed with him that he wouldn't tell her. Arnold gulped as he looked down to the ground nervously while kicking a small pebble on the sidewalk, blushing more and more in embarrassment. "I-I uh u-um..." Helga sighed at Arnold, realizing that Arnold won't speak about what he was going to say. But then she got an idea. 'Maybe...maybe he can...show me...about what he noticed? So that way does have to say it. And besides, it was just probably my words or something. It can't be that bad right?' Helga nodded a little, knowing what to do for her plan to go into action.

Meanwhile Arnold didn't know what to do about his situation. He just felt too embarrassed that he admitted the two things he noticed about Helga and Arnold felt even more embarrassed that he almost admitted the third thing he noticed about Helga during her confession. Sure Arnold and Helga were together now, but it was a little weird that the two kids were together so suddenly toge-. "-ok Football Head?" Arnold blinked as he heard Helga's voice. He looked up at her as she had her hands, formed into fists, on her hips again. "Sorry Helga. I didn't hear what you said." Helga scoffed a little as she rolled her eyes. "I said Football Head is that if you want, you can show me on what you noticed about me ok? Criminy your head is always in the clouds." Helga said with a small smirk of amusement. Arnold blushed more as his green eyes widened at Helga's question.

'S-Show her...? O-Ok calm down...you'll be fine. It's just a small physical contact that's all! And you've done it with her before!' Arnold then sighed as he looked up at Helga again. She now had her arms crossed on her chest as she looked like she was waiting for him. Arnold gulped a little as he started to look around to see if anyone else was around. Helga watched her beloved curiously on why he was looking around. 'No one else was around. I made sure of that. Hmmm I guess he just wanted to make sure that we were alone too. Ohhhh he's so sweet...!' Helga swooned inside a little. The two blondes were still two or three blocks down to their school and no one was outside, walking or driving to places.

Arnold sighed in relief as he looked back at Helga. "Ok Helga. I'll...s-show you. B-But um..." He then took her hand as Helga looked at him in surprise, blushing slightly at the sudden contact. Arnold looked at her questionably as he smiled sheepishly. "C-Can you um...c-close your eyes? To where you wouldn't see what I'm about to do?" Helga blushed red onto her cheeks and ears as she stood there on the sidewalk frozen in surprise. Arnold looked at her curiously. "Um Helga?" Helga blinked a few times in surprise as she back at her beloved. "Huh? What?" She asked as if she was distracted. "Are you ok with that? I mean I only said that because no one else is around to see us. And I just it would be a good idea to surprise you and-" "Say no more Football Head. I'll do it ok? If you think it's a great idea." Helga smiled at Arnold as he smiled back at her. She then closed her eyes as she was still smiling. Arnold sighed, trying to relax, as he took a step closer to her as leaned in to her face, while closing his eyes slowly and blushing slightly, which Helga didn't notice about how close he was being. "Ready for whatever you'll show me about what you noticed about me Football Head. Though I am confused on what your going to show me since my eyes are clo-mmmph!"

Helga suddenly was cut off as Arnold kissed her. She had her eyes widened as she stood there frozen. But then Helga let out a shuddery sigh through her nose as she kissed Arnold back while closing her ocean blue eyes. Helga then held Arnold's head as she kiss him passionately but mostly gently. Arnold held up one of his hands as he started going through, and play, one of Helga's pigtails a little. 'Wow...her hair...it really is soft and shiny now that I really think and feel about it...what...beautiful hair any girl could have...what beautiful hair Helga has...and what a beautiful girl...Helga is...' Arnold used the hand he used to hold her hand earlier to wrapped his arm around Helga's waist as he move closer to her. Helga started to go through, and also play a little, the bottom of Arnold's hair. Her beloved sighed through his nose as he kissed her more. The two kids felt like they were in the clouds. A bunch of small and big clouds that were blue, pink, green, and gold. But then they heard bells ringing, which they didn't know but it was the school bell ringing, as they became more entranced by each other as they suddenly have both of their hands in each others hair as they went through it gently and lovingly.

As the two kids continued their 4th kiss for today for a few more minutes, just to savor it for a little longer, Arnold and Helga slowly pulled her lips away from each other with dazed and dreamy expression, blushing bright red on their faces, but mostly cheeks and ears, and staring into each other in the eyes with love, admiration, dazed, and dreamily. They breathed through her mouths as they were trying to catch their breathe a little while they were still close to each other. "H-Helga...?" Arnold softly whispered to her. "Yes A-Arnold?" Helga whispered softly back as she shivered a little by how close her beloved was to her and the way he spoke. "Your...your l-lips Helga...that was the last thing I noticed...it's just...they looked so soft, s-so pretty, and pink...j-just like y-"

"Arnold and Helga? What are you guy's doing out here?" Said a voice, only a few yards away from the two, blinking in surprise, blondes.

Immediately, Arnold and Helga backed away from each other as the stood side by side, not knowing that they were blushing a brighter shade of red, their bodies stiff, and their hearts beating quickly out of their chests. They both see Gerald, Phoebe, and the rest of the class walking up the sidewalk Arnold and Helga were on. As they stopped walking, they all looked curious at the two blondes. They looked like their hair was really messed up and they were blushing a bright red on her faces, but mostly her cheeks and ears. "Um Arnold?" Gerald started to speak out of the rest of the class. "Why are you and Helga here? I thought you guy's were sick." Gerald looked at Phoebe, as she looked at him, and nodded his head to the side towards Arnold and Helga. Phoebe opened her mouth, indicating an "Oh!" from her. "Yes Helga. Why are you and Arnold out here?"

Arnold and Helga blushed more as they were thinking of an idea. But then Helga cleared her throat and took a step towards the other classmates as she tried to sound sick and annoyed, really annoyed that her classmates interrupted her and her beloved's moment. "Me and Football Head here were just walking home and I just wanted to get away from the little shrimp since he got me freaking sick in the first place, but nope, Football Head here wanted to be an annoying little gentleman like he always is and wanted to walk me home!" Helga scowled at Arnold as Arnold looked at her in surprise, blushing more as a response. 'She's so cute when she's angry! Well she's not really angry but still!' But still remembering that the fifth grade class is still in front of them, Arnold then cleared his throat a little, trying his best to sound sick and worried, while looking at Helga. "Helga I got you sick! The least I could do is walk you home! And I don't want to go anywhere else because I don't want anyone else getting sick when I pass them by."

Helga scoffed and rolled her blue eyes at Arnold as she leaned down to his height. "Football Head, if you don't want to get everyone else sick then..." Helga then grabbed Arnold's collar to try and cover his mouth, but it didn't budge. Helga kept on pulling it, but it still didn't move up. After trying to pull it, Helga scowled more and growled as, to everyone's surprise, especially to Arnold who blushed more, she took off Arnold's sweater, which surprisingly she didn't have any trouble while taking it off, tied the sleeves behind the back of her beloved's head, and covered his fiery red tomato face with the rest of the sweater. Helga backed away from him as she had her arms crossed against her chest with a smirk of amusement, finding it funny on how her beloved was looking, and her blushing more at what she just did. "...you can cover that stupid football-shaped head of yours Arnoldo hehe."Helga chuckled at her beloved as she smiled at him smugly.

Arnold blushed a dark shade of red, not believing that Helga did what he just did. But then...he got an idea. An idea to sorta get back at Helga for what he did to him in front of the fifth grade just now. Meanwhile with Helga, she was freaking out in her mind. 'I can't believe I just did that! I LITERALLY TOOK OF ARNOLD"S SWEATER! His FREAKING SWEATER! I feel like I need to DIE or something!' Then her beloved sighed deeply as he calmly undo the sleeves that were tied to the back of his head, causing his tufts of hair to be messed up even more, draped his sweater over his shoulder, held both of the sleeves with his right hand, had his left hand on his hip, and smirk at Helga, along with a half lidded gaze. Helga blushed more at the way Arnold was looking at her. 'O-Oh...b-b-boy...if only...I-I had a camera...'

Arnold then walked up to Helga calmly as he still held his sweater, but no longer had his left hand on his hip as it was on the side of his small body. "Whatever you say Helga." He said with a smile. Arnold turned to rest of the class, so did Helga, as they both find it mostly surprising, and amusing, on what their classmates looked like. Some of them had their jaws dropped, some were slouching or standing frozen, and even some were having their eyes widened a little. Gerald blinked a few times, and so did Phoebe, as they looked at their best friends in surprise, trying to find the words on what just happened. But Arnold cut them off. "So why are you guy's out here anyway?" They both blinked in surprise at the question. Until Gerald cleared his throat. "Well schools already out and we all thought it would've been a great idea to visit you guy's. Even you Helga. Since some of us are worried about you." Helga blinked in surprise at Gerald's answer. "It's true Helga." Phoebe started. "Some of our classmates were worried about not only Arnold, but about you as well."

Arnold and Helga looked at the other classmates. They all nodded with worried looks. "Thanks you guys. That's very nice of you to do." Arnold smiled kindly at them. Helga cleared her throat too as she crossed her arms against her chest. "Uh yeah thanks I guess." Then silence reigned between the two blondes and their classmates until. "Gosh you guy's! Your faces are really red" Eugene said out loud while pointing at the two blondes. Arnold and Helga blushed more in surprise and embarrassment, not realizing that they were blushing so much ever since they ended their 4th kiss.

"Eugene is right Arnold! You and Helga's faces are red!" Said Sid. "Redder than my pop's fresh tomatoes plants!" Said Stinky. "Wow...your faces are really red!" Gerald said in surprise. Phoebe also looked surprised as Gerald was and they had the same thought in their heads. 'Huh...maybe they ARE sick...?' "Maybe we should walk them home? It would be a nice thing to do for them since their both sick." Sheena asked. There were a few mumbles of 'I don't know.' and 'I don't wanna get sick!' until. "Us boys will go with Arnold! And the girls can go with Helga! And if you all really don't want to get sick, then cover your noses and mouths with your shirts like this!" Gerald said as he grabbed the collar of his hoodie as he covered his mouth and nose. "See? Easy!"

The fifth grade class started to agree with Gerald's idea as they all covered their mouths and noses with the collar of their shirts. One by one, each classmates came to Arnold and Helga. And after a few more seconds, all of the boys were with Arnold, and all of the girls were with Helga. The two blondes looked at each other, which the other kids didn't notice, with worried looks, as they really just wanted to walk together and alone instead of other people with them. Helga scowled a little as she backed away from everyone, including her beloved, and stared at them. "Can all of you just leave me alone?! Look, I sorta appreciate you guy's, well some of you guy's, worrying about me and Football Head, but you all just don't need to walk me home! I've already got an annoying escort who won't leave me the heck alone so I don't need practically the neighborhood to walk me the HECK HOME!" Helga panted a little through her mouth after her big speech, as her cheeks were still fiery red with embarrassment and now mostly with anger at the fifth grade class.

They all stared at the golden pigtail girl in surprise and in fear as they backed away from Arnold and Helga, while making a path for them both. Phoebe looked worried about Helga as she was about to convince her, but a thought came to her as she gasped a little. 'Helga just wanted to spend time with Arnold! Of course! Hehe how could I forget?' Phoebe then smiled a little as she took two steps towards Arnold and Helga. "I understand Helga. You already have Arnold walking you home and that's enough for you. Everyone..." She turned to the rest of the fifth graders with a reassuring smile. "I think it would be best if we left Arnold and Helga be. And I think that's what they really want. Considering they, or in this case Arnold, doesn't want anybody else sick ok?" They all thought about it for a moment, but then smiled at the Japanese American girl in front of them. "Well, now that I really think about it, it is a pretty good idea Phoebe darling. Right ladies?" Rhonda said as the other girls agreed with her with smiles on their faces. "Yeah! It makes total sense! And since Arnold can't let Helga be, considering he owes her, that means we can't just interrupt it, considering Helga might pound us to a pulp. Right you guy's?" Sid said as the rest of the boys agreed with him.

Gerald then went up to Arnold and whispered to him, "But are you sure you don't want at least me to go with you and Helga? I mean I understand that you owe her and all that, but if she pounds you or somethin like that, I won't be there to stop her!" Arnold smiled at his best friend as he whispered back to Gerald. "Gerald I'll be fine! Don't worry about me ok? And besides," He then looked over at Helga's direction as she was talking to Phoebe. "I have a feeling she doesn't have enough strength to hit me, considering that she's sick..." Arnold couldn't help but smile and blush more at the beautiful pink, blue, and gold sight beside him, being a little lost by the girl he now li-

"Arnold!"

Arnold yelped in surprise as he backed up a little, making him drop his sweater to the ground. He looked at Gerald, who yelled into his ear, as he had his arms crossed against his chest while shaking his head saying, "Mmm mmm mmm! Arnold, now I REALLY am starting to believe that you really are sick! The way you were looking at Helga, I bet you were hallucinating or somethin to where Helga looked like Lila man!" Arnold blushed more as he realized he was staring at Helga, as he frowned a little at Gerald. "I did not Gerald." Gerald raised an eyebrow at him, giving him a 'not buying it' look. Arnold rolled his eyes a little at Gerald. "Gerald I swear ok? I don't like Lila that way anymore!" Arnold said honestly. Ever since the end of last year, Arnold finally gave up on liking Lila, since she only liked him, not like liked him. And now, they were friends, but Gerald still sorta believes that his best friend may still like Lila. And right now, he was wrong. Because Arnold looked like he was telling the truth. He was always a terrible liar his whole life, and everyone in the neighborhood knew it, but right now, Arnold was really telling the truth.

Gerald sighed as he put his arms to the side. "Alright Arnold. I believe you, but I still feel confused on why you were looking at Helga G. Pataki that w-"

"Alright Pheebs! Enough mush! Now can me and Football Head go home and just let us be?! Criminy I'm surrounded..." Helga said out loud as she had her hands on her hips. With the path still open for the two blondes, Arnold and Helga started to walk past the fifth grade class, until Helga stopped, and looked behind her on the ground. Arnold's forest green sweater laid there on the concrete as Helga picked it up. She then walked over to Arnold and said, "Hey Arnold." Her beloved turned to her with his usual kind smile, and said to her, "Yes He-oof!" Arnold's sweater was immediately thrown at his, surprisingly still red, face roughly as he grabbed it, and looked at Helga in surprise. She was smirking in amusement at him as she had arms crossed to her chest. "Hehe well that's what you get when you..." She grabbed him by the collar roughly with a scowl, pretending to threaten him in front of the fifth grade, who are still watching them, and whispered into his ear softly, lightly, and in a sing song voice,

"...give me flirty looks Arnoldo~." Arnold blushed a lot more as he felt frozen in the air. But then Helga pulled Arnold down gently as she smirked at her beloved in amusement. Arnold smiled secretly at her as they started walking past the fifth graders and continued on walking to Slausens. And as the two blondes left, the fifth graders stood there in surprise. Surprised how Arnold and Helga acted towards each other. But they shook it off as they all started walking towards Gerald'd Field to hang out. Though Gerald couldn't help but still get a feeling about Arnold and Helga. They way they acted seemed...well, a bit off and weird. First those two were blushing like crazy, Helga took off Arnold's sweater, which was downright crazy, and weird and crazy of all, Arnold was staring at Helga, like REALLY staring at her, which was PRACTICALLY crazy! 'I have a BAD feeling about this...' He thought uneased as he and the rest of the fifth graders continued on walking to Gerald's Field.

To be continued...

SQQQUUUEEEEEEEEEE! I'm freaking out right now! I know what will happen, but I'm excited for what you'll guy's find out in the next chapter on what will happen with Arnold and Helga! So what did you all think of the first chapter? Was it good or bad? Let me know with a review! Right now, not only I' still working on the next chapter of LpL, but I'm also finished making a story! I know will guy's will love this and the other new story as much as I do! Anyway, that's all I have to say, and like I always say, Melody Out! ;) :) ;)