Next up on our list is 'Helga's Love Potion'! Er, well, 'Rhonda's Love Potion'... yeah, you get the idea. Anyway, enjoy!

On Thursday, me and Nadine managed to get our bug project done... quite well too, I may add. We got Arnold dressed up in a bug costume (along with a shocked Gerald, who Arnold managed to convince to be brought along so he wouldn't be alone in the humiliation), and showed him off to the class while the kids were laughing. Yeah, we made Arnold into a bit of a laughingstock, but in the end, Nadine and I decided it was worth a good grade.

But my mind kept wandering back to what Arnold said the other day, when he told me that my jealous behavior from when Nadine and Arnold were talking just wasn't me... I just kept feeling guilty every time I kept thinking about it. Have I turned into a jealous witch with an obsession for Arnold?

Was I obsessed with Arnold? When I was younger, I thought it was an obsession because Arnold was a unique person and was nice... but the more we hung out, the more the feelings deepened, more into love... was my love for Arnold the problem?

I was becoming afraid. The way I acted towards Arnold that day... I almost lost Phoebe AND Nadine because of Deep Voice manipulating my dream. I sighed as I looked down.

"Rhonda? Rhonda!"

"Huh?" I looked up from the bench as I noticed Phoebe and Nadine waving their hands to me.

"We've been calling your name for at least two minutes." Phoebe said. "You haven't been responding to it..."

"Kinda like the first couple times since we met." Nadine sighed. "Are you okay?"

I sighed. "To be honest... not really. I still feel bad that I almost broke apart our friendship with you girls... you, Nadine, because of my dream, and you, Phoebe, because of Nadine and I fighting."

"Rhonda, we already told you it was okay." Phoebe said, sitting next to me.

"Phoebe, Nadine, can I ask you an honest question?" I sighed as I looked up to the sky.

"What do you want to know?" Nadine asked.

"Do you think I'm obsessing with Arnold to the point I began to develop jealousy?" I sighed.

"Well..." Nadine said. "All girls get jealous, Rhonda. It's in our nature."

"I know, but I almost lost our friendship because of my jealousy. I love Arnold, but if this keeps going to the point where the mere thought of one of you goes with him makes me jealous..." I sighed. "I just don't want to lose you girls!"

Nadine and Phoebe hugged me as Phoebe said, "Oh, Rhonda, we all know you love Arnold..."

"Look, if you really want to get rid of these feelings... then confess to him." Nadine smiled. "We can get him to come over, you two can talk, and just tell him your feelings about you..."

I sighed. "I can't..."

"We know. You're too scared to tell him." Phoebe sighed.

Nadine shook her head. "Well, it's either confess to your love, or move on and forget about it. For God's sake, we hope you do the former."

I paused as I turned to the girls. "Girls, I just need some time alone. Would you mind if I had some space?"

Phoebe and Nadine got off their seats as Phoebe said, "Take all the time you need, Rhonda."

As Phoebe and Nadine left, I started to resume my thoughts. I needed to tell somebody my feelings for Arnold... but who? Who?

After school that day, I decided to take a walk around the area on my own. Clearly, I needed some time to think about my relationship with both my friends... and Arnold.

As I kept walking, I thought about it. If I continued being jealous of my friends, I knew I would lose them as friends... but if I confess to Arnold now, I fear that I may lose HIM as a friend... or worse... he'll probably say something along the lines of 'I only love you like a sister'. I groaned as I looked up at the clouds. Why did life have to be so complicated?

Would it be better if I just... fell out of love with him? No... it wouldn't be possible. I love him too much to fall out of love with him...

I decided not to focus my mind on Arnold so much as I decided to look around the street shops. My eye spotted a nearby store entitled 'Madame Blanche's Love Potions'. I raised an eyebrow as I rolled my eyes. What kind of scam is this? Everybody KNEW love potions do not exist... this is not Harry Potter!

Still, my curiosity got the better of me as I examined it. Maybe this Madame Blanche woman could give me an out-of-love potion... I almost reached for the door...

Until I started thinking. I couldn't do that to myself... besides, as I just thought, there was no such thing as love potions OR out-of-love potions. I couldn't just do that... she'd probably just give me apple juice or something and say it's a love potion.

No, I figure I should probably talk to somebody about this aside from my friends... so I decided to just ignore the shop and walk away, still thinking about everything.

Inside Slausen's, I was enjoying a chocolate milkshake as a headache started up. I wonder... my head turned to the left as I saw somebody in a beige coat and a brown fedora coming in. As the figure past me, I slurped my milkshake as I said, "Hi, Olga."

The figure stopped stunned as she turned to reveal... yep, it was Olga. Olga sighed in relief. "Oh Rhonda, it's just you. Don't do that, I thought maybe you were my dad."

"Why are you dressed in that get-up?" I asked, curiously.

"I'm supposed to be meeting a boy here for a date, but I have a feeling my dad may be following me, so I put this on so that he doesn't recognize me." Olga sighed. "Even if he is... not the perfect dad, he's still very protective of me... even when I find a decent guy, he rejects every one of them... there was one time during my senior year at high school I had a boy over, and he talked me into going out to a bar for a nice drink... unfortunately, when I told dad about what I was doing before I left with him... he didn't take too kindly, let me say that."

"What happened?" I asked.

"Nothing much. Dad beat him up and threw him out the door." Olga sighed. "That seems to happen to a lot of my dates when they're at my dad's. Well, at least he's protective of me, and he shows he at least cares..."

I couldn't help but notice Olga muttering, "Though whether it's because he sees me as a daughter or as a possession... I hardly know..."

Olga then smiled. "Anyway, what are you doing out here alone?"

I sighed. "Just trying to get out of a depressed funk."

Olga frowned in concern. "Oh, I'm sorry. Do you need anything? Some company? My date won't arrive for another twenty minutes, so I'm early."

"That would be nice..." I said as Olga sat down next to me. "Olga, you feel love, then?"

"All the time... whether it's one of my dates, my friends or, heck, even my parents when they're proud." Olga explained.

"Well... the problem I sort of have is a... love problem." I sighed.

Olga stared in surprise as she opened her mouth, but I interrupted her, "And I know what you're going to say, 'How can anybody fall in love at age nine'? Well, I did. Actually, I've had a crush on the kid since kindergarten."

"I was going to ask if you were in love, but I guess that was a yes." Olga said as she smiled. "So, who is the boy you have a crush on? Is it that blonde kid with the football shaped head, green shirt, and red skirt?"

I looked up in shock. "Uh, how did you even guess that?"

Olga smiled. "Oh, Rhonda, most of the kids may not see your little deep friendship between you and that boy, but I look at you two, I see your eyes, and boom. I figure it out."

"Well..." I put my hand behind my head, blushing a little. "Since you figured it out... yeah, I have a crush on that boy."

"Oh, I knew it!" Olga's smile went wide. "I always figured there was something going on between you two! So, have your dates worked out?"

"Uh, here's the thing..." I sighed. "I haven't actually confessed to him yet."

"Oh... you're just nervous." Olga smiled. "That's okay. I tend to get a little nervous when I gain a few crushes... and a few when a boy asks me out. Some of that is mostly because what I fear dad would do to the boys I crush on and vice versa, but what do I know?"

"Actually, it's a bit of a secret crush... Olga, can you please not tell anybody I told you this?" I said. "I would REALLY appreciate you didn't."

Olga smiled. "You have my word."

"Well, okay." I sighed. "You see, I have a bit of a love problem... I love Arnold, uh, that's the name of the boy I like, but you know the other two girls I hang out with, you know them as my friends... Nadine and Phoebe. Well, recently, I had a bit of a nightmare where one of my friends kissed Arnold, and we started fighting for no reason, which affected my other friend."

"Oh..." Olga said.

"It's okay, we made up, but I felt guilty because I started to become jealous of something I shouldn't have even been jealous of. Both of my friends have crushes on boys as well, so I had nothing to worry about... now I'm stuck between confessing to Arnold and risk losing his friendship with me, or risk being jealous again and lose BOTH my friends." I sighed. "I don't know what to do..."

Olga looked over to me as she decided to talk to me. "Rhonda, I don't quite know what to do in the situation, but if you really like Arnold, talk to him without confessing your love. Just continue being friends with him, and at the same time, be happy for your friends and the choices they make. I know you want to confess to him when the time is right... and if it is right... let me be the first to know."

Olga then gave me a hug. I hugged her back. "I needed that Olga hug."

Olga smiled at me. "Hey, I like giving out an Olga hug too..."

After my little talk with Olga, I decided to take a walk in the park as I looked around at some of the sights of the park. Some of the kids were playing ball, some people were walking their pets, and some were just having a nice picnic in the park whilst looking at the clouds. I nodded as I decided to lay down.

"Hey, Rhonda." I heard Phoebe say.

I looked up as I saw Phoebe coming up to me. "Hi, Phoebe. Where's Nadine?"

"Oh, you know her." Phoebe said, sitting next to me. "Likes to catch a bug or two. She's hoping to find a really rare one before the sun sets. She'll be in that phase for at least an hour or so."

"Ah..." I nodded.

"So, what were you thinking?" Phoebe asked.

"I guess about what we talked about earlier..." I said as I sat up. "You know what, Phoebe? I think I'm just going to go with the flow. Wait until the right time."

"And the jealousy thing?" Phoebe asked.

"Just a minor inconvenience. You girls were right, I had nothing to be jealous of..." I said. "I hope you girls are fine with my decision."

Phoebe smiled and hugged me. "I am, and I'm sure Nadine will be too."

I hugged her back. "Thanks, Phoebe."

I got up as I looked around. "Can I get you a drink? It's on me."

"Sure." Phoebe smiled as we went together. "Oh, Arnold's coming around the corner."

"Oh, right." I stopped short as Arnold walked past. "Hey, buddy!"

"Hi, Rhonda." Arnold smiled to me.

"Sorry about the humiliation we had to put you through on the insect fashion show." I said.

"It's okay..." Arnold said. "I guess it's just something to get used to."

I then noted the football in his hands as I asked, "What's up with the football? Going to play?"

"Yep." Arnold nodded. "You girls want to play?"

"Sure!" I said as Phoebe nodded.

"I'm up for it! We can get Nadine and we'll have a match for fun!" Phoebe said.

"All right. I'll meet you girls over near the water fountains." Arnold said as he walked off.

I turned to Phoebe and smiled, "You still want the drink, or delay for now?"

"Well, I'm not too thirsty at this time." Phoebe said. "Let's go get Nadine."

"All right, hopefully she'll be out of her phase long enough to play." I said as we went to look for Nadine.

That's the seventieth episode! How do you like it? Yeah, the love potion was not used... I just decided Rhonda would have been too smart for those type of tricks. Having Phoebe around her does help out... but hopefully, this is heartwarming on its' own. Anyway, read, review, criticize and suggest, folks! And don't forget to check out and/or add to the TVTropes page!