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"Olga get your butt down here your Ma and I have something important to tell ya!" Helga heard Bob shout to her from down stairs.
Helga rolled her eyes, a habit she had picked up since living here, grabbed her bag and tromped down the stairs.
"What is so important Bob? You think getting through a shave without nicking your face deserves attention," Helga glared at Bob impatiently.
"Watch your mouth Olga!" Bob pointed at her which was soon followed by her signature eye roll.
"Your Mother wants you to have Olga's old car since I'm getting her a new one and we don't want you lingering around the house all the time causing trouble."
For the first time in forever Helga felt herself getting happy things were looking up. She was getting Bubbles and wouldn't have to walk to school and work everyday. But first things first she was defiantly changing the name of the car. Who names their car Bubbles?
"Mud is out back ready for you," He threw the keys at her.
"Mud? You mean that old, broke down, brown car? That car never belong to Olga."
"We know, we just thought that maybe saying it belonged to Olga would make you feel better, you can thank us later." He said with her mother smiling stupidly beside him.
"Oh I just knew you would love it Helga. Look Bob she's speechless!" Miriam gushed. That woman was so STUPID!
Helga just stared at them in disbelief and shook her head before turning and going out the door closing it with a loud SLAM!
Don't cry. Don't cry. She chanted this to herself as she stomped down the side walk. Suck it up, don't let them ruin your day. She clenched the car keys in her hand before shoving them in her pocket and continuing on her way to school.
"Salutations Helga," Phoebe greeted Helga in her usual upbeat and warm tone, before catching a glimpse of her friends face. "Oh my, Helga what's the matter."
"Nothing."
"Helga," Phoebe persisted.
"Look Pheebs I just don't want to talk about it alright," Helga snapped before softening her tone. "Let's just talk about something eles alright."
"Changing subject," Phoebe established and proceeding to talk about something else as they walked into the building.
Helga turned to her right and saw that Arnold and Gerald were walking toward them. They had changed so much. Arnold was an inch taller than her now, with a lean hard body and his once wild cornflower hair now dipped in front of his eyes. He was a dream. Gerald was one of the tallest guys in the class and had muscles that made Phoebe turn tomato red at the sight of them. All in all you could say that a summer in the jungle had done them both good and Helga and Phoebe weren't the only girls to notice. As the guys approached, you could produce a whole marching band with the beating going on in within the chest of Phoebe and Helga, especially Helga.
"Good morning Helga, Phoebe," Arnold said hello to them before his good morning grin flashed across his face and made Helga's heart kick up its tempo five notches.
"Hey Helga, Good morning Babe," Gerald lowered the timbre of his voice when he greeted Phoebe causing her to madly blush. Good grief you'd think Phoebe would be used to this by now, she and Gerald had been dating since last year. They had begun dating a week after Arnold and Helga had set aside their differences. Phoebe wouldn't date Gerald until Helga and Arnold were on better terms. When Helga and Arnold became friends no one was more shocked than Helga herself, she could remember it like it was yesterday.
Arnold and Gerald had just come back form San Lorenzo last summer with a bunch of different documents and letters from his parents and they were having a particularly hard time with figuring out what some of the letters meant. The letters were written in similes, analogies, metaphors and double meanings, and although very reluctant and with much arguing from Gerald they had decided that they needed her help and she had offered it with no question, hesitation or complaint. Because she was so used to writing about her love for Arnold in such manner, decoding the letters had been no problem for her and before Gerald and Arnold could even blink, Helga had translated all fifty-four letters. The most amazing and embarrassing part was when Arnold grabbed her and kissed her ON THE LIPS! before hugging her tightly for a long time and then letting go only for her to pass out. When she came to minutes later she had a feeling that their relationship would never be the same...and it hadn't. Arnold had declared her a precious friend to him and for some reason after that kiss he gave her she just could no longer bring out the strenght to be mean to him. Even her relationship with tall hair-boy had gotten better.
It had been both a good and a bad change. She was closer to Arnold than ever before but that made it all the harder to hide her feelings. At least when she was at a distance she could pour them out in private but now whenever Arnold found her sitting alone he would slide in next to her. It was a joyous torture. She was broken out of her thoughts by Arnold.
"Helga are you coming?" Gerald and Phoebe were already making their way into the school.
"Oh uh yeah," she said before joining him in their walk to class.
"Aaahhhhh!!!!" You could hear Arnold screaming like a girl when he woke up the next morning. Something was on his face. He smacked it off and was relieved to find that it was just an envelope. His relief was short lived however when he found out that it was another letter from the mysterious Broken. it had been two weeks since he had received his last letter and he thought that it was the only one, boy was he wrong. Scared but overly curious, Arnold picked up the envelope off the floor, slowly took out the letter and began to read. His face was frozen in shock, slight fear and also red from his constant blushing and embarrassment as he finished up the letter. For it had said...
Dear Arnold,
My love. Life on the home front has not gotten any better in fact you could say it got worse, but you my sweet have always been and will always be the only bright spot and shining light in my life and for that I will be in gratitude of you forever. Without you my life is a constant story of desolation and emptiness. I mean nothing to those around me except being on the receiving end of someones jokes or a punching bag for someones insults. Even more important than all of these is the fact that I will never be worthy of you my darling. But enough of my worthlessness, let's talk about something far more exquisite my precious jewel...You. This day My Love I shall speak on your legs alone. Those two tanned timbers of muscular flesh. Those wonderful legs that help to make up your 5' 10" frame. The way they carry you about in such a way that just demands attention. The way they bend when you stoop to help to Ms. Grober pick the watermelons from her garden or to pick up the loose change that has fallen out of Mrs. Judith's old pocket book or just to tie your shoes, your legs are a sight to beheld. The way they are strong and determined when your are crouched and about to tackle a guard into next year during football practice or jump up to rescue your neighbors cat whining from a tree branch that they just won't come down from or when they are pumping as you race to Slausen's just in time before it closes because your grandma was making a steak dinner and had everything except the steak, your legs are a wonder in a and of themselves. How I wish your legs were chasing after me Beloved but alas that is just my fantasy once again running away with me (no pun intended my love). Despite any situation your legs are in they never fail to rise to the challenge presented them, and why you may ask my sweetheart, simply because they belong to the Angel that is you.
Signed, Forever Yours
Love,
Broken.
A/N: Thank you so much to Wisia and One Fine Wire for your helpful reviews! I hope this chapter was better and not so confusing for you. And another thank you to SuprSingr for being the first to review and to acosta perez jose ramiro for reviewing as well. And to all who read, I hope you enjoy this chapter. Let me know what you think!