Now, the next episode, which is going to be 'Buses, Bikes and Subways'! I think this is one of the first episodes I clearly remembered watching and/or I actually remembered the plot of. All I remembered of this plot was that Helga and Harold accidentally got left behind on a field trip and they had to make their own way home. Well, let's see how I portray that episode in this chapter! Anyway, enjoy!
About two days later, Olga was shaking me awake as I looked up at her. Olga gave a warm smile as she said, "Wake up, sweetheart. It's field trip day..."
I yawned as I got out of bed, saying, "Is it the fourth grader's time to go on a field trip already?"
Olga nodded. "Indeed it is."
I smiled a bit as I looked up at the ceiling. The field trip with my friends last year, back when we were third graders, was still fresh in my mind... the whole aquarium business... I still remembered that old field trip like it was last year... I still remember looking at Lockjaw for the last time I was there...
Hmmm... come to think of it, after that field trip, me and my friend went to the library and... that was the first time I met Olga...
"You know, Miss Slovak did mention something about a student she had long ago who was practically perfect in every way." I spoke. "You're Olga?"
The girl, known as Olga, smiled. "Oh good, Miss Slovak still remembers who I am! I must have really left a big impact!"
"So, wait... you're Olga Pataki?" I said in shock. "Pataki, as in Big Bob Pataki?"
She only smiled. "Yes, Big Bob is my daddy."
"Wow..." I said in surprise. Imagine, me talking to a relation to a Pataki...
I never would have thought that a chance meeting would end up with me being friends and a daughter-like figure to Olga... it just felt so weird she never went to college in Bennington in her timeline...
Whoa, did I just reference Helga's memory in that? Odd... and I never consoled her on it even once... hmmm... I must be so used to Helga in my head by now...
I picked out some new clothes as I looked between them. I sighed as I went with a preferable clothing choice.
Pretty soon, it was field trip time as everybody was just getting a little rowdy... well, everyone but me, Nadine, Phoebe and Lila... maybe Arnold, Tucker and Lorenzo as well, but I know we weren't rowdy... as Nadine ducked a paper airplane that was flying around.
"Man..." Nadine said. "Who'd knew a field trip to a chocolate factory would cause everyone to get so excited?"
"I certainly didn't..." Lila said. "I mean, I've seen rowdy kids, but not as many..."
"Took a lot of field trips back when you lived in Pleasantville?" Phoebe asked, turning to Lila.
"Only a couple of them..." Lila sighed. "They were so rowdy, you have no idea the chaos that they can create."
"Wow..." I said as I looked around, Curly just doing monkeybars around the school bus. I just sighed as I shook my head.
"Class, please, listening ears." We heard Mr. Simmons say as everyone fell silent. "Thank you. Now, we're almost there, so first, a few rules..."
Harold, jumping up and down, started reciting something as he seemed the most excited for... not that I blamed Harold, he seemed to be the most excited about this since kindergarten...
Wait, did somebody tell me about that? Because I clearly don't remember Harold telling me this... did he tell me this? Maybe it was one of Harold's friends... I didn't want to ask Helga, because... hmmm, actually...
"Hey, Helga..." I started.
"Don't ever ask about the chocolate factory experience in my timeline, okay?" Helga said in my mind in a rough voice. "If time still goes right, once we get to the chocolate factory, in about twenty minutes, Chocolate Boy ruins the field trip, and ten minutes after that, me and Harold get left behind because the bus left without us..."
"What?" I said in shock.
"Yeah, me and Harold got left behind and... well, we made our way home in some various ways, and I was just lucky I got to WrestleMania at all!" Helga growled... then took a deep breath. "I'm sorry, Rhonda, it's just one of those bad times..."
"But it did turn out good?" I asked.
"In a way... yeah, I suppose it was..." Helga sighed.
"Wait... Chocolate Boy? I haven't heard from him in a while..." I blinked. "What possessed him to go to a chocolate factory, of all things? He's not even in our grade."
"Do you really need an answer to that one?" Helga rolled her eyes.
"Good point..." I said as the bus arrived at the chocolate factory. We all got out as Mr. Simmons gave instructions, but we didn't hear it as we went inside. As we did so, I smiled as we all decided to take the tour look around. Olga was keeping a watchful eye on our group, consisting of the girls as Mr. Simmons went with the boys. I can tell everyone was excited as we were all looking around...
I paused as I looked at the clock every couple minutes we were looking around. Something about Helga's sentence made me wonder as I decided to keep track of time.
"Isn't it wonderful?" Phoebe said as she took notes on the way the small Yahoo Hugs chocolates were made.
"I'm more of a strawberry jelly cup fan myself." Nadine said as she looked it over.
"If only we could have a sample..." Lila said.
"I may not be a sugar enthusiast, but just seeing all this chocolate is nice..." Sheena smiled.
Olga nodded... then noticed I was turning my head towards the clock. "Rhonda, why are you looking at the clock?"
"I don't know... I guess I have a feeling something bad is about to happen." I said.
Olga gave a smile as she assured me, "Come on, what's the worst thing that can happen?"
"Somebody not in our grade somehow sneaks into our field trip and tries to eat all the chocolate, canceling the field trip?" I guessed.
Nadine, Phoebe, Lila and Sheena blinked, then turned and yelped in concern as Olga laughed. "Really, Rhonda, what are the chances of that happening?"
"Olga, thank goodness!" Mr. Simmons said, Arnold coming in behind and dragging Chocolate Boy on a leash. "I need a towel, stat!"
Olga turned to me in shock as I said, "I guess ten-to-one chance."
"Okay, I guess the field trip is done earlier than expected..." Olga said as she was now taking attendance. "Okay, let's see, I think we're all here... wait, where's Harold?"
Mr. Simmons snapped his fingers as he groaned. "I saw him at the candy room last. I'll get him."
Olga nodded as she sighed in relief. "Good, at least we won't have any kids left behind."
Olga turned to everyone as they were getting in the bus. "Sorry for the sudden end of the trip, everyone, I know you wanted to explore around the factory some more... but apparently, somebody decided to do a sneak-in. Arnold, can you keep an eye on Jordan?"
"Sure, I can do that." Arnold said as we all paused, all of us going to the back of the bus.
"Wait, I'm sorry... did Olga just say that Chocolate Boy's name is "JORDAN"?" Gerald said in shock.
"Yeah, that's his real name." Arnold said as he tugged on Chocolate Boy's leash.
"We've been calling him Chocolate Boy all this time, and his real name is Jordan?" Nadine said. "That's kind of disappointing, I thought his real name would be better."
"Well, his real name's Jordan, believe it or not." Arnold sighed as he turned to Chocolate Boy, all of us sitting down. "Chocolate Boy... Jordan... aren't you ashamed of yourself?"
"No more than usual." Chocoate Boy... ahem, Jordan... said as he looked out the window.
Arnold sighed as he said, "You know what the trouble is with you, Chocolate Boy?"
Jordan looked at us as he blinked. "What?"
"Let me see... you have an unhealthy addiction." I frowned.
"You eat as much chocolate as an elephant eats hay!" Phoebe explained.
"I'm surprised you hadn't gone into a sugar rush yet..." Nadine sighed. "And we've seen RHONDA'S sugar rushes!"
"You would do ANYTHING just to get a bag of chocolate, even agreeing to a bet of no chocolate!" Gerald frowned.
"And nothing personal, but the chocolate smeared on your mouth, it looks more like... mud." Lila sighed. "Like you ate mud pies."
"Si, man! What is wrong with you!" Lorenzo spoke.
Chocolate Boy AKA Jordan sighed as he looked down, Mr. Simmons getting Harold to the bus as Harold was disappointed. "Okay, okay, so I have a problem. But I can't help it. I just love chocolate so much! I don't think there's anything you can do about it."
Arnold paused. "Maybe there is a way..."
"How so?" Chocolate Boy asked.
"Look, Jordan, I don't know if you know this, but there's this lovely little diagram on how to eat right. It's called the five food groups!" Tucker said. "Trust me, I've learned a lot about that."
"Maybe we can get you to kick the addiction off chocolate..." Arnold said. "Trust me, I have my ways."
"Yeah, yeah, sure!" Chocolate Boy said as he was digging into his pockets and pulled out a chocolate bar. Gerald grabbed it from him.
Jordan AKA Chocolate Boy growled as he was about to go feral, but Tucker and Lorenzo pulled on the leash as both of them, including me, Nadine, Phoebe, Lila and Gerald said, "DO IT!"
Arnold nodded as he sighed. "Look, Chocolate Boy, come by the boarding house later... we'll all be there, and we'll see what we can do to help you break that addiction."
Jordan nodded. "Fair enough. Can I bring some chocolate?"
"NO!" We all said.
Jordan looked down in disappointment.
Lila sighed. "We got our work cut out for us..."
There's episode one hundred and forty-seven! How was it? Yeah, I decided to tackle both this episode and the next episode, which you probably can already guess what it is, in this chapter and the next one, since I thought they both relate pretty well to the situation... plus, it's the first time, I do believe, I actually wrote for Chocolate Boy... as for his first name, well, I decided to just use his voice actor's first name. Anyway, more is going to come, so don't miss out! Well, anyway, read, review, criticize and suggest, folks!