After some time to think about it, we're going for... 'Hey Harold'. You know, the episode where Harold and Big Patty meet up together? Yeah, while the episode will have some of the elements of that, since this story is specifically about Rhonda, I'm focusing on her! Anyway, enjoy!

It was around Friday afternoon, after school had just rang out for the weekend as we started to storm out. By now, the party had pretty much spread to pretty much everybody we knew, from the boarders, to our friends, to our friends' friends... heck, even I decided to invite Olga and Sharlene... but as much as they wanted to come, they told me they had some other plans. Which was totally cool, I could understand. Though I did hear Sharlene mutter something about whether to test Olga's sexuality that weekend, whatever that meant.

Well, whatever the reason, we still had a good number of people invited, and I couldn't wait to see my party... no, OUR party... Arnold and MY party... to succeed. Thanks to talking with Connie and Maria, they managed to get some sixth graders invited.

As I was about to leave...

"Hold it."

I stopped as I turned to see Big Patty walk up to me. I smiled nervously. "Oh, hello, Patty. What can I do for you?"

"I heard you and one of your friends are hosting a party and you're inviting a lot of people." Big Patty said.

"Yeah?" I raised an eyebrow.

"You got room for another guest?" Big Patty asked, out of curiosity. "I need to get out of the house for a while, and from what I hear, your party seems to be really interesting."

Thank you, Arnold, for helping spread the word and coming up with the good ideas. I smiled. "Sure, Patty. Everybody is welcome at the party."

Big Patty smiled. "Oh good. I don't want to be trouble..."

"No, no, you're no trouble at all." I smiled to Big Patty. "You've been good to us thus far, you deserve to come to the party."

"Glad we're cool, then." Big Patty said as she started to walk off. "Well, see you around."

I nodded and waved as I saw Big Patty depart. As I decided to walk outside, I saw Arnold as I quickly joined him.

"So, anybody else we need to invite?" I asked, out of curiosity.

Arnold shook his head. "I think we got just about everybody in the neighborhood, at least, the ones we know."

"Awesome." I smiled as we went inside the bus. "So, we got everything prepared?"

Arnold smiled. "My grandparents and the boarders are doing what they can to set everything up before tomorrow night. So, I think we're all good."

"Great!" I said. "So, I guess we're all set then!"

"Indeed." Arnold smiled. "No problems whatsoever. I did talk with Harold a while ago about what we would do at the party, and he's pretty nervous about it."

"How nervous is he?" I asked.

"Well, he's heard there might be some dancing at the party, and he's... well, let's just say he's not comfortable around girls." Arnold explained.

"Seriously?" I said in surprise. "Harold has BEEN around girls before! Me! Nadine! Phoebe! Sheena! Lila, as of recent! Maybe a couple more girls, but I can't think of them on the top of my head right now!"

"Yeah, I pointed that out to him, and he said it's a different situation than that." Arnold explained.

"Oh..." I paused, nodding. "Well, I'm sure Harold'll have nothing to worry about. He probably won't even have to dance with anybody..."

"Well, unlike Harold, I plan on doing a moment of dancing myself." Arnold smiled towards me. "And I know the lucky lady I want to dance with."

I looked at him in surprise. Was he indicating me? "Oh? You have?"

"Yep." Arnold smiled.

I was merely jumping inside in excitement. He wanted to dance with me, he wanted to dance with...

"It's Ruth. It's always Ruth. Remember, he still has that stupid crush on her!"

"Let me have my moment, Deep Voice!" I shouted in my thoughts as I was dancing mentally.

I smiled towards him as I said, "I'm sure she'll be very lucky."

"I know it. When this party gets underway, I am going to sweep Ruth off her feet." Arnold smiled.

I stared in shock as my eyes went blank.

"Told you so."

"Shut up." I groaned mentally.

"Oh... that's very great for you." I said, smiling to him. "I'm sure she'll be happy to dance with you at the party."

"I know!" Arnold said as the bus stopped towards my place. "Okay, Rhonda, I'll see you tomorrow afternoon."

"Okay, buddy." I nodded as I started to walk out of the bus as I went to my house. I groaned as the bus left. What do I do?

"Remember, honey, this is the first party you're hosting at somebody else's house..." My mother said as me, her and my father were at dinner. "So, we need you to be courteous and respectful as a host."

"Yes, Mom." I nodded.

"Always be faithful to the activities, no matter what." My father advised. "Always be polite to the guests, even those that are lower than you."

"Yes, Daddy." I nodded.

"We're just making sure your first all-gender party goes off pretty well." My mother said to me. "But I'm sure it'll be a smash. Besides, you got your middle-class friend to help you."

I nodded. "Arnold's really good at what he does, Mom."

"I'm sure he does, sweetheart." My mom smiled as she hugged me.

As much as my mother and father advising me how to throw my own party was pretty sweet of them, it didn't change the matter that I was now thinking about Arnold possibly having a dance with Ruth... I groaned. I had a feeling I was going to be in for a bad night...

Later that night, as I was now slumbering in the real world, in my dreams, I decided to take a visit to Deep Voice yet again as I knocked on his or her door.

A pause for a moment, then I heard Deep Voice say, "Let me guess... you want to know more about Ruth and what you can do about her?"

"You guessed correctly." I nodded. "I mean, how long will Arnold even HAVE this stupid crush? Seriously, he's had it since third grade!"

"It was pretty upsetting to... well, what I mean is... let's just say Arnold won't have that crush for too much longer... give it about a couple months." Deep Voice explained. "But let's just focus on the present. Guess you never had this problem with Arnold wanting to talk to Ruth within the same vincinity..."

"Afraid not..." I sighed. "And even if I could ask my friends to distract Ruth for me... I have to be a good host to everybody, RUTH included, Phoebe will probably be too busy dancing and having fun with Gerald, AND Nadine and Tucker will probably be hanging around each other."

"Ah... but you forget... you have one OTHER friend who has yet to get a date!" Deep Voice smiled.

"Lila..." I paused. "You really think she can help me out?"

"Well, you figure it out for yourself. In the meantime, you try and have yourself a good time, host that party like the Rhonda I kn- well, you host that party good!"

I nodded. "Okay, Deep Voice! I'll do that!"

"All right, I'm going to get you into a Bond dream this time, I'm getting a little tired and I need my sleep." Deep Voice said.

"Love consciences need sleep?" I asked.

"Don't question it too much." I heard Deep Voice said as I felt the teleportation around my body right into one of my James Bond dreams.

It was on a Saturday afternoon as I arrived at Arnold's place as I knocked on the door. Arnold opened the door and smiled. "Hi, Rhonda. Come on in. We're just finally setting up."

"Awesome!" I smiled as I followed Arnold up to the roof.

Up on the rooftop, I looked around. A stage, some music beatboxes, even a few party tables where the food would be was already set up. I smiled as I looked around the areas. "This is totally cool."

"Rhonda, before tonight, I'm pretty sure this party'll be a blast!" Arnold smiled towards me.

I nodded towards my buddy. I'm sure it will be.

Pretty soon, the party had just started, and just about everybody that we invited had made it in. I was a courteous host, Arnold helped me out a couple of times, but all in all, I was pretty cool with about everything. But that isn't my source for what I needed to do.

I looked around and around amongst the guests. I noticed Tucker and Nadine talking with each other, each of them in pretty nice clothing. Nadine seemed to be smiling towards Tucker as she was enjoying a little finger sandwich from one of the trays. Tucker pretty soon stroked one of Nadine's spider-like hair strands as Nadine seemed to lean towards him, smiling. I smiled. That was so sweet.

I looked around and noticed Gerald and Phoebe dancing with each other. Phoebe seemed to be giggling at the moment as Gerald was whispering something probably either jokingly or sweet to her. I smiled at this little display. Surely, a moment that needed to be captured.

I looked around amongst other students and party-goers Arnold and I invited, and noticed two people I never thought would have chemistry together just talking and hanging out with each other. I raised an eyebrow. Isn't that... Harold and... Big Patty? Wow. Who'd have guessed those two would hit it off? I mean, it makes sense, both Harold and Patty are approximately the same age, and while they do have their differences, they do have a lot of similarities. I smiled for those two. In my opinion, I think they would make a sweet couple.

But I had a mission to focus on right now. Pretty soon, I spotted Lila, all alone, talking with a few of the girls. I passed by Lila, said hello to the girls, made some good conversation with them, and in the middle of it, I whispered to Lila, "Hey, Lila, meet me near the punch table, I need to tell you something."

Lila paused in confusion, but only nodded as I said my thanks and enjoy the party to the girls before going near the punch table. Pretty soon, Lila joined up with me.

"What did you want to speak to me about, Rhonda?" Lila asked, out of curiosity.

I looked around quickly as I spotted the target I was looking for. Ruth McDougal. She seemed to be wearing a red dress, pretty sexy, if I do say so. I looked around quickly and spotted Arnold talking with Stinky and Sid. Good, he hasn't come close to Ruth yet. "Lila, you see that girl in the red dress, with an air-headed look on her face."

Lila looked over to where I was pointing. "Indeed, I do."

"That's Ruth McDougal. She is... how can I put it... one of Arnold's crushes, which he sort of makes obvious from the way he makes those puppy dog eyes." I explained.

Lila pretty much caught on. "I'm guessing you ever so want me to distract Ruth and do whatever it takes to keep her away from Arnold so that you can have a chance with him."

I nodded. "That's right. Do you think you can help me with that?"

"Well, being more social than I ever so am, I can give it a try. I've been meaning to make some good communications to the sixth grade community." Lila smiled. "All right. I'll do it. You go get yourself your boy."

"Thanks, Lila, I owe you!" I smiled as Lila went over to Ruth to start up a conversation. I smiled as Lila led Ruth away for a while. At last, distraction is out of the way. I looked around and saw Arnold, no doubt trying to look for Ruth. I smiled. Perfect. This was my big chance.

As I was about to head towards Arnold, I yelped as I was being dragged. "What the-"

The mysterious person turned me around as I came face to face with- oh God, it was Curly! I growled at the smirking freak as I said, "What do you want, Curly?"

"Who else, sweetheart?" Curly smirked as he turned me around. "I noticed you were... quite alone. And I figure, how could a man, like myself, leave such a beautiful lady hanging."

"How sweet." I said, sarcastically. "Look, Curly, I really don't have time for you right now, so let me go before I kick you so hard in the groin."

Curly smirked as he dipped me. I frowned. "Hey! I do not want to dance with you!"

"It's okay, Rhonda. Besides, she totally understands." Curly smiled as he started to dance with me forcefully.

Who the heck was "she"? I didn't bother talking about that, but I had to distract him. "Uh, look, Curly. Somebody from the church of... where you support this Marcie and Solara thing!"

"What?" Curly said as he let go of me. "Where?"

I quickly slipped by and ran out of there, sighing in relief. Oh, thank God! I had to look around in the crowd to spot Arnold. I noticed him still looking for Ruth. Good, good, he was still there. I quickly made my way towards him, but... something else grabbed me.

"Oh, Connie, Maria!" I said as I was facing them. "What's going on?"

"Just want to talk with you, Anna." Maria said. "I have to say, it's a great party you're throwing thus far."

"Yeah..." Connie nodded. "Even though Burt and Tommy are so not the best behaved, they are... at least enjoying themselves."

"Well, glad to see you girls are enjoying the party!" I smiled.

"So, have you danced with your special one yet?" Connie asked.

"Eh..." I looked around to see Arnold, still looking for Ruth. "Not yet. But I want to."

"Good, good. We just need to give you some advice." Maria said.

"What advice would I need?" I asked. "We all know Arnold's really one of the nicest guys."

"And you, indeed, are really lucky to have him." Maria said. "But seriously, be faithful to him."

"All right." I nodded as I started to walk off. "Thanks, Connie, Maria."

I tried looking for Arnold once again, but nothing about this was working in my favor. It seems every time I would try to get close to Arnold, somebody had to drag me off somewhere. It was like this pretty much for the two and a half hours we hosted the party, and disappointingly, I didn't get the chance to dance with Arnold. I just hope Lila distracted Ruth long enough.

Pretty soon, it was time for the guests to leave as I said my good-byes to each of them as they departed for the door. "C'est la vie! C'est la vie! Thank you for enjoying our wonderful party. I hope to host another one sometime soon!"

By this time, the party on the roof was mostly empty as I saw Arnold coming over, disappointed. "What's wrong, buddy?"

"Well... I had a great time at the party... but... I didn't see Ruth around." Arnold sighed. "I was REALLY hoping I would have a chance to dance with her, but... guess it wasn't meant to be."

"Aw..." I said, feeling sorry for him... just a little bit, though, I still didn't get what he saw in Ruth. "It's okay, buddy. You'll get another chance. If not with Ruth... maybe another girl?"

Arnold paused. "Well... who knows? Maybe someday, I'll find a way to win Ruth over."

"Hey..." I smiled. "At least we had fun, right?"

Arnold smiled back towards me. "Indeed, we had."

As Arnold walked off, I noticed Lila coming over. "Hey, Lila. How did everything go with Ruth?"

"Ruth's really a nice girl once you get to know her." Lila smiled. "She's a bit of an airhead, but she does have this... quirky personality to her. In fact, Ruth and I hit it off pretty well."

"Great." I said. "Lila, thanks so much for distracting Ruth. I didn't get a chance to get my dance with Arnold, but at least I had a great time."

"It was no trouble whatsoever." Lila smiled.

"Arnold's grandfather told me that they were going to handle the clean-up, so I'm good for the rest of the night. Thanks again, Lila." I said as I started to head downstairs.

"Oh, no trouble." Lila said as she walked out and I went in the car where my parents were waiting. "Say, is it okay if you can give me a ride home?"

"Mother, father?" I turned towards them.

My mom and dad smiled and nodded.

"Come on in, Lila." I said as Lila came in and sat down next to me.

As I got comfortable, I heard Deep Voice giving a little sigh. "Well, mission accomplished."

"What do you mean, mission accomplished! I didn't get my chance with Arnold!" I argued in my head.

"Well, Ruth didn't meet up with Arnold, did she?" Deep Voice asked.

"No..."

"Then mission accomplished." Deep Voice said, happy sounding.

I could only groan a little. It's no use arguing against a love conscience.

Over the next week, I noticed how nice Harold and Patty were acting towards each other... moreso than usual.

"You know, in a weird way, I think it's pretty sweet." I said to my friends as I was watching them over at the lunch table.

"Yeah... you never would think both Harold and Big Patty would be a couple." Phoebe said.

"Well, as long as Patty's happy..." Nadine smiled. "I guess we are as well."

"Indeed..." I smiled as I looked up at the clock. "Okay, girls, let's talk about our next get-together..."

And there is episode ninety-one! How do you like it? Anyway, read, review, criticize and suggest, folks!