The next day Arnold was playing basketball at the park with Gerald for their weekly saturday game. Gerald was winning like usual and had just scored again when Arnold spoke.

"You'll never guess who I ran into yesterday" He tossed Gerald the ball.

"When after the tux shop?" Gerald tossed it back and Arnold nodded walking to a nearby bench for a drink of water.

"Helga"

"As in Helga G Pataki?" Arnold sat down and Gerald walked over beside him.

"Yeah...we bumped into each other literally...just like we used too back in school" He laughed.

"And?" Gerald knew there was more.

"And we went for coffee...and all those feelings that I tried to get over...well..."

"Arnold let me stop you right there right now before you say or do something you'll regret...first of all Helga was awful to you in school she treated you like dirt since we were four ..second it was a blessing when we graduated you were able to get away from her and find Lila...you are going to marry the girl of your dreams Arnold"

"I know Gerald I know Lila is great I love Lila I always have I always will...but...I don't know I feel like I'm missing a big part of the mystery surrounding Helga...why was she so mean to me in school? I have a chance to finally find out"

"Arnold...I think you need to concentrate on Lila...not Helga just walk away man" Arnold rolled his eyes.

"Gerald I just want to get the answers I want that's all what's the worse that could happen?"

Arnold was just stepping out of the shower when his cell phone rang. Lila was downtown at a soup kitchen she volunteered at every saturday so he thought it was her. He answered it only to hear Helgas voice.

"Hey Arnold, Since it's saturday I was wondering if you wanted to hang out?"

"Sure Helga. What do you want to do?"

"I don't know I've never been here...you decide"

"Alright...I'll pick you up in a few minutes"

"Sounds great" She hung up and he texted Lila a quick message to tell her he was hanging out with his friends and would see her later.

Helga was just finishing brushing out her endlessly long blonde hair when someone knocked on her hotel door.

"Coming"

She opened the door and smiled at him.

"Hi Arnold, I gotta grab my cell phone from the other room I'll be right back make yourself comfortable" She rushed into the adjioning room.

He watched her go rendered speechless not only by the deluxe room with a living room, bedroom and bathroom but by her looks. She was wearing a pink tank top the showed off her white creamy skin and blue jeans with her pink converse sneakers her hair tumbling in wild curls around her shoulders.

She came back out slipping her hot pink cell phone into her pocket she grabbed her room key and smiled opening the door.

"Where are we going?"

"I thought Ice cream maybe and then I don't know" She giggled and he looked at her.

"What's so funny?"

"Nothing...just a private joke I used to have about ice cream..." She shook her head as they walked off the elevator.

They stepped onto the sidewalk and started down the street his hand brushed against hers and for a second he wanted to hold it he almost did before quickly shoving his hands in his pockets.

"So..."He cleared his throat.

"So..." She smiled at him as they reached the ice cream store and he held the door for her.

She went inside and he came up beside her.

"What do you want?" She hadn't heard him coming up behind her and when he spoke he was so close she froze.

"Uhm...I..." He moved back a little bit and smiled at her.

"I'll take a hot fudge sundae" He nodded and went to order while she excused herself to the bathroom.

She splashed cold water on her face and tried to take a deep breath.

"Ok, Helga pull yourself together...this is Arnold the boy you were secretly in love with for neraly half your life and you finally managed to get over it. You finally are being nice to him just keep it together"

She shook her head at herself before walking out to the table he was sitting at with a hot fudge sundae for her and a turtle sundae for himself.

She slid into the booth a little closer to him then she needed to be but he didn't entirely mind.

They had been eating their ice cream and talked until Helga stole a bite of his ice cream.

"Hey"He pretended to be annoyed but she gigled and he smiled before stealing some of hers.

Lila was great and he loved her but she never let him see a playful side like Helga did. She never wanted to share food with him.

"Oh, you know what we should do today?" She smiled and he shook his head.

"What?"

"We should go see Gerald and Phoebe. I haven't met their son yet...have you?"

"Yeah...Gerald and I hang out alot...I can take you over"

Secretly he felt sick what if Phoebe or Gerald mentioned Lila and his upcoming wedding? It shouldn't matter he should tell her but he didn't.

"Do you uhm...talk to Phoebe often?" He was instantly worried tha if she talked to Phoebe alot she already knew about Lila.

"Yeah at least once a month I try to call all she talks about now is her baby I really want to meet him"

"He's a great kid...really"

"I love kids " Helga smiled.

"So do I...really I love kids I'd like to have some one day but..."He trailed off.

"But what?"

"I uhm... I think that will be a long time away"

In truth Lila didn't like kids and despite his feelings on the matter had stated she would have none. She didn't even really care Gerry too much. Arnold was upset about it but figured he loved her and maybe she'd change her mind.

"I'd like some too maybe someday...I just haven't found the right guy yet"

She shrugged and went back to her ice cream and Arnold pushed his away from him. He suddenly wasn't very hunrgy.

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