Here's the next episode, 'A Day In The Life of a Classroom'! Anyway, enjoy!

In my dreams, I was sitting down at the table, waiting for Helga to come over. Sure enough, there she was, coming out as she sat down at her chair.

"Good to see you decided to talk to me." Helga said. "It must not have been an easy thing for you to do."

"I try too hard not to think about it." I sighed. "Look, Helga, I'm sorry I-"

"No, no, you had every right to snap right at me." Helga sighed. "I know you had a lot to go through right now..."

"Yeah..." I sighed. "So... that Solara girl... do you really think she's the one who killed my parents?"

"Have you known any other rival rich people that may have had bad blood with the Lloyds?" Helga asked.

"None as far as I know..." I shook my head.

"Then unless there's some rival I don't know about, it had to be her." Helga sighed. "My guess to how she knew? Brainy."

"Brainy? Wh-" I started.

"Remember when Brainy mentioned that 'She' promised him something? Well, Solara must have been wiring him under his use, and spotted me under there somehow." Helga explained. "She's not going to rest until I die... or at least get what's left of me."

"Why didn't this Solara girl wait until nightfall or something, then kill me then?" I asked.

"Too many witnesses. They'd have gotten word that something was up." Helga continued explaining. "You see, that's how she gets potential people. Let them wear their guard down by killing off the people you're connected to... don't you get it? I had a connection with people like Dr. Bliss, my pet monitor lizard..."

"And I had a very good connection with my parents..." I said, catching on. "Also Olga and Arn-"

I gasped in horror. "Oh no, they could be next!"

"Exactly why I'm worried. Fortunately, and surely, Curly and Caroline will assure their safety." Helga smiled a bit.

"How do you know?" I asked.

"Arnold's just too pure a soul for Solara to even turn him against people... as for Olga? Well..." Helga paused. "Let's just say you'll be okay as long as you're with her..."

"What?" I blinked in confusion.

"Don't worry about it. Anyway, no matter what happens, be careful. Okay?" Helga requested.

I paused... then nodded. "Okay... I trust you, Helga."

"Good... well, you better get up. Olga's about to wake you."

I nodded before I felt myself being shaken.

"Rhonda? Rhonda?"

I blinked my eyes opened as I yawned a little bit. Olga gave a warm smile as she looked at me. "Morning, sweetheart."

"Morning, Olga." I yawned as I got up.

"Today's first day back from spring break. Are you... going to be okay, going to school?" Olga asked.

I gave a smile to Olga. "Yeah... I think I can live."

"I just want to make sure you don't break down." Olga said.

"I know you want to, Olga, but really..." I hugged her. "I'll be fine. There's a new day dawning!"

Olga gave a smile as we heard the bell. "All right, sweet heart. Come on, let's get breakfast."

As me and Arnold were getting on the bus, Arnold paying for our bus fare, he looked at me as he said, "I'm glad to see you're up and about, Rhonda, despite what happened."

"I'm still a little sad, but I'm not going to let depression get in the way of a school day." I said as I sat down next to Phoebe, Nadine and Lila, who hugged me in a group hug.

"Glad to see you're still that upbeat girl, Rhonda." Nadine smiled.

"We were starting to get pretty worried." Phoebe smiled.

"Yeah, but I'm okay... at least, for now..." I sighed as I put my backpack in front of me. "At least I took a few of my things before the fire."

"What do you have?" Lila asked as I unzipped my backpack.

"Well... fortunately I still have my old diary." I said as I pulled out the diary.

"The one with the stapled pages that's a monster to unpry open?" Phoebe asked.

"That's the one." I nodded. "Thankfully, all my textbooks are at school... oh, a couple snacks... my folders... and a bit of memories... the only photo I have of... my parents..."

I sighed as I looked at the photo. There were my loving parents... hugging me, as I gave them a hug back. Next thing I knew, I felt Nadine, Phoebe and Lila each put a hand on me as they gave me some comfort. I gave a smile. "Thanks, girls. I really appreciate this..."

Thankfully, I wasn't made fun of with the fact I had no parents, so it really put my mind at ease. Maybe Arnold told them to respect me and my wishes, and they understood. They knew I suffered a loss. So, whenever somebody talked to me, they told me that they felt sorry I lost my parents, and gave me a hug for comfort. It really felt nice to be loved.

It wasn't until later in the morning when we heard an announcement. "Attention, may I have your attention please? Students, this is the principal speaking, will you all please attend the school auditorium? Thank you."

We all raised an eyebrow, wondering what was going on. Olga, teaching the class, coughed as she said, "Right, well, class. Better do what Principal Wartz says."

We all just nodded as we followed Olga.

A little later, all of us were in the school auditorium as we looked up, wondering what the heck was going on. Principal Wartz was standing in front of the stage as we noticed Mr. Simmons was with him as well. Principal Wartz gave a smile as he said, "Now, students, as you were all taking your spring break, one of our teachers had been nominated for the City Teacher of the Year award. The award ceremony had gone and past since then, but you will be happy to know that one of our staff did win the honor. I have been given the trophy right here, and the winner is right behind me. Mr. Robert Simmons, if you would?"

Mr. Simmons gave a warm smile as he came up. I smiled a bit as Principal Wartz nodded. "Thus, it is my greatest honor to bestow the City Teacher of the Year award to Mr. Simmons."

We were all cheering as I gave a big smile. Mr. Simmons was a little choked up, but he smiled nevertheless. "Oh, th-thank you! Thank you all!"

"Now, there's even more exciting news!" Principal Wartz smiled as he turned to Mr. Simmons. "Mr. Simmons, a film crew is going to be coming over to your class in three days to film you in action!"

We were all looking up interested and curious. Principal Wartz then explained, "There'll be more details that I'm sure you'll explain to your own class, but being filmed, it's a high honor to have."

Principal Simmons then smiled. "Thank you, thank you all..."

We were all settled back into the classroom as Mr. Simmons was joining us, Olga was sitting to the side as we all looked up to him as he was looking at the paper he got.

"Now, as you all know, our class has had the honor of having a film crew coming over to film a day at the classroom." Mr. Simmons explained. "It's going to be a documentary, called 'A Day in the Life of a Classroom'!"

Mr. Simmons gave an excited smile. "They want to film me teaching and all of you learning. The documentary will be featured on TV on PBS!"

"I can't believe we're going to be film stars!" Stinky said in surprise.

"Do we have to wear anything special?" Sid asked, raising his hand.

"Or prepare any particular speeches or presentations?" Phoebe asked.

"Are they going to bring us lots of food?" Harold said in excitement.

"To answer all your questions, no." Mr. Simmons smiled.

I pointed a finger, as if knowing that everyone would groan, but that was to be expected.

Mr. Simmons continued. "The documentary team just wants to catch a typical day in our classroom, nothing pre-planned or out of the ordinary."

As Mr. Simmons said that, the bell for recess rang as all the kids were walking out. As I was about to get up and leave, I noticed Arnold going up to Mr. Simmons and Olga to talk with them. I figured he'd catch up, so I decided to join the others.

As me, Phoebe, Nadine and Lila were doing hopscotch together, I noticed Arnold coming out as he rubbed his head in confusion.

"Hey, buddy boyfriend. What were you discussing with Mr. Simmons?" I asked.

"Oh, I just wanted to congratulate him on the award... and I may have mentioned that we had no need to be nervous with the documentary with millions of people watching us." Arnold said. "I think I may gotten Mr. Simmons nervous, though. He said something about 'going to prepare'. Olga chased after him in concern, wondering what was going on."

Phoebe sighed as she said, "Well, maybe you shouldn't have made Mr. Simmons so nervous. I mean, if I was told that millions of people would be watching me, I would get instantly nervous!"

Arnold looked down. "I guess you're right."

"Arnold, we understand why you did it. You're the nicest guy we know. But sometimes, you put your foot where your mouth is." I explained. "Look, next time you see Mr. Simmons, just apologize to him and tell him you didn't mean to make him so nervous."

Arnold nodded. "All right. I'll catch him when he's not busy and apologize."

I smiled as I put my hand on Arnold. "You're a good man, Arnold Shortman."

Anyway, school went pretty well in a breeze. Even Mr. Simmons came in once in a while to teach us as I noticed that he was pretty calm. I'm guessing whatever Olga talked about with Mr. Simmons, she managed to calm him down a bit. But all was fine.

Pretty soon, the school bell rang as I was gathering my things.

"Oh, Rhonda?"

I looked up to Olga. "Yes, Miss Pataki?"

Olga kneeled down to me as she whispered, "Do you want to come with me to the mall and get you some new clothes? I know you must be tired of wearing the same red shirt, switching it around to the spares you told me about."

It was pretty much true. The only bits of clothes I had were the ones I had on when... the accident occurred... and the spares that Nadine, Phoebe and Lila had if a situation occurred, along with my 'NO PEOPLE' shirt. I looked up to her and nodded. "I think that would be nice."

"Great." Olga smiled. "Just wait for me outside, okay?"

I nodded as I walked out to wait for Olga.

Pretty soon, me and Olga were at the mall where we were looking around for new clothes as Olga said, "It's not quite the same without Sharlene around..."

"Yeah... it's a shame Sharlene quit her job..." I nodded. "At least she has a new one, though."

"Yeah... I just can't imagine the fact that she's now the boss of Future Tech!" Olga scratched her head. "I'm quite surprised by this, actually."

"Yeah, how is Sharlene handling her new job, anyway?" I asked.

"Well, she's no longer making Future Tech a building or wrecking ball company, for one thing." Olga said as she selected a purple and blue shirt as she gave it to me. I examined the shirt and nodded. It's all right, I suppose. Olga continued, "She's moving it on to a more... scientific approach."

"Ah yes, the labs." I nodded as Olga was picking up... wait...

"Oh God, I didn't know they STILL made these dresses!" Olga said, looking at a pink shirt with a red stripe on it. "Man, I remember having that as a kid."

"You actually wore that?" I said, looking at the dress. It was! It was the same shirt Helga always wore in my dreams.

"Believe it or not, this came back in fashion for whatever reason." Olga said. "Some kid named Gloria managed to be the cover's new 'It' girl."

"Gloria?" I heard Helga say in disbelief.

"I remember wearing it... it was all right, but I preferred white and green." Olga said. "Like you prefer red over other things."

"Uh... but you don't mind the color pink, do you?" I asked.

"Of course not. I think pink is a pretty adorable color on any girl." Olga said, looking down at me. "But you, Rhonda, I can see you wearing multiple colors... you're a really sweet girl, Rhonda. I just want you to know that."

"Thanks..." I said as Olga put away that piece of clothing.

"Let me see, now... let me see..." Olga said as she found a nice new macintosh colored shirt. "This looks good on you!"

I smiled as she gave me the shirt.

At the end of the day, me and Olga came back to the boarding house with my new clothes in hand as we went in our new apartment.

"Thanks for the greatest shopping day, Olga!" I smiled as I hugged her. "I needed something like that!"

"Hey, sweetheart, if you need anything, you can come to me." Olga smiled. "I'm always there for you."

I smiled as I hugged Olga. "Thanks... I'm going to go see Arnold, now."

"Okay, sweetheart." Olga nodded as I walked out of the apartment, then went up to Arnold's room as I knocked on the door.

Arnold answered the door and smiled. "Hi, Rhonda."

"Hey Arnold." I said as we both shared a kiss.

After that was done, Arnold gave a smile as he said, "I talked with Mr. Simmons after school and apologized for making him nervous. He told me it was all right, and told me the most funniest thing. If Olga hadn't calmed him down, he'd probably would have fixed a problem that didn't need fixing."

"Oh, what was he going to do? Give us a script to re-enact a perfect day?" I laughed a bit.

Arnold laughed with me too as we both sighed. Arnold then sat with me as he asked, "You want to get started on homework tonight?"

I smiled as I sat with him. "Sure, charming. Anything to get my mind off."

And so, Arnold and I worked on homework for the rest of the evening, before going down to dinner, joining with the boarders.

And there's episode one hundred and forty-two! How was it? Anyway, read, review, criticize and suggest, folks!