The bright sun gleamed through the skylight. Helga opened her eyes and squinted. 'What a crazy dream.' she thought. She rolled over to her right and saw Arnold laying on his flip out couch. 'OH MY GOD I'M IN ARNOLD'S BEDROOM!' Helga thought. Trying not to freak out, she sat up with much caution. She didn't want to wake him if he were asleep. The bed creaked and Helga saw Arnold sit up and turn towards her. "Good morning sleepy head. Have a good sleep?" he said with a smile. "Uhm... yeah I... did." Helga was trying to choose her words wisely. She didn't feel in controll of her mouth at the moment and didn't want anything stupid to come out.
Arnold stood up and stretched. "So I was just thinking, now feel free to make your own decision, that you could come to school today. If you don't think you're ready you could stay home. I'll stay with you." he said. Helga thought of the idea for a moment. "Well, I would love to but I don't have any clothes and I was just about to say... maybe I should get some help. I mean I didn't steal and do the things I did just to get by, sometimes I just did it. It became a habbit and I don't think going to school with a bunch of kids. They might even make fun of me. They wouldn't care about what's happened to me anyways. Plus... I don't have many classes with you and you're the only person who's tried to help me. I'm not ready to go on my own yet." she said.
Arnold nodded. "What kind of help do you mean? Do you want me to help you? Or do you want proffesional help?" he said sitting down next to her. "Well... I guess I could go to Dr. Bliss... but I want you to help me too. It'd make me happy." Helga said. This was the first time in forever that she smiled. "Ok. You know what? I'm going to take you clothes shopping today! If you need some new things we'll get them. When they kicked you out they didn't give you any of your belongings?" Arnold said. Helga sighed "It was sudden. They didn't give me time to get anything. They just yelled 'GET OUT OF THIS HOUSE! YOU'RE NOT WELCOME ANYMORE!' and pushed me out the door." she said. Helga suddenly noticed Arnold get a wide smile. "I think we're going to break into a house today too!" Helga laughed. "Whatever floats your boat Arnold.".
*Couldn't think of anything further. I might be on this weekend... I have no clue. If not I'll for sure be on Monday to write. Hope you like the chapter. It kind of sucks haha. The next one will be better! =)