Chapter#15: Moonshine (IV)
"Oh, my little munchkin's all grown up!." Sid's mother gave him a hard kiss on his cheek and straightened his tuxedo.
"Why didn't you tell us about her earlier?."
"Sorry mom… it was.. kinda last minute."
"I hope it's not a pity date."
"No! she was really shy."
"Well how about you ask her if she could come by for dinner some day."
"Yeah right." Sid mumbled as he put on his sweater and grabbed the corsage which was laden with flowers in all shades of red. "Gotta go, bye mom, dad."
Arnold knocked on the Pataki residence door and was immediately greeted by Helga who grabbed his hand , spotted Grandpa's Packard and immediately dove into the backseat with Arnold.
"Hey! It's Arnold's friend with the bow and pigtails!." Grandpa greeted.
"No time for hellos Gramps, we gotta scoot! Fast!." Helga ordered.
"What's the hurry for? You late for the prom?."
"Worse, my mom wants to take pictures of me and Arnold."
"Well I remember when Pookie put Miles through that, though he seemed to take it much better than you…" Grandpa mumbled as he reminisced the old memory.
"No time for walking down memory now old man! Come on! burn some rubber!."
And with that, Grandpa stepped on the gas and away they went.
"Helga, what's wrong with letting your mom take pictures of us?." Arnold asked her.
"It's just… oh! I'm not really a big fan of family moments ok!
"Helga… I really think you should give her a chance, after you she won't get another chance to relive this."
"But… Oh! Alright! Crimeny Football head you sure how to make people feel guilty."
Arnold chuckled and with that they went back to The Pataki residence where Miriam was more than ecstatic to take that Kodak moment.
"I'm so glad you came." Gerald grinned at Phoebe as he gave her a cup of punch.
Phoebe smiled blushingly at the handsome black boy in cornrows looking really smart in a black-tie suit. "Me too."
"You look… really nice." Gerald scratched the back of his neck shyly.
Phoebe blushed some more, "you too."
"Hey you guys." Arnold greeted as he and Helga walked over to them.
"Arnold!." Gerald greeted and they both did their signature 'thumb-wiggle'. "Hey Helga, you lookin' fine." He complimented.
"Yeah you too, hey I'm just gonna borrow Phoebe for a few seconds alright? We'll be back."
"So? Did you find him yet?." Helga inquired about her best friend's secret admirer.
"Not yet," Phoebe replied while looking around the school gym for him "he told me he'll be wearing a grey suit and pink tie."
"Ok, just like we planned the minute you spot him, I'll get Gerald distracted and each one of the girls would keep him busy while you go hang with your secret admirer and the same routine when you go to Gerald, kapeesh?."
"Got it Helga."
The sound of someone clearing their throat makes the two girls turn around to find a blonde guy wearing a grey suit and pink necktie…
"Phoebe Hyerdahl, I'm your secret admirer." Wolfgang smiled, but it wasn't that smug smirk he always had… this was more genuine.
Phoebe was trying to take in what she just heard… the football player of PJHS118 was interested in her? The little nerdy her? But why?.
"Is this some kinda joke?." Helga shoved Phoebe aside and put a fist up to the bigger blonde's face.
"Cut your tough girl act Blondie," He gently put her fist down "I'm not here for trouble."
"Phoebe," he turned to her his voice now gentler "I really do admire you, you gotta trust me for once."
Phoebe's head was already spinning from all the surprise and anxiousness…
What is going on?...
Sid looked at his watch,
It's been almost half an hour since Ruth has excused herself to go to the bathroom, but he wasn't wondering about it… he already knew what she was doing.
Time to ruin it for her,
"I sacrificed my first high school dance with my friends to come here with you and you two-time me!."
Sid noticed the people stopped dancing and slowly formed a circle around an outraged Rhonda confronting her boyfriend Trent and another girl.
He rolled his eyes and got up from the bleachers and walked over to the now unsupervised snack table where he quietly poured some liquid into the punch, not like he needed to as everyone was focused on Trent trying to dodge scratches and punches from Rhonda.
"I think you'll want to check the hallway for another drama." Sid told one of the chaperones who immediately headed towards the hallway outside the gym.
"Let's go." Sid grabbed Rhonda's hand and they left the dance but not before she screamed obscenities at the whole high school.
"The nerve of that pig!." Rhonda huffed and flopped on the park's bench crossing her arms.
"He's not the only one." Sid mumbled as he sat beside her.
Rhonda calmed down and turned to him, "I'm sorry about what happened to you Sid, in my opinion she missed out on the best thing that'll ever happen to her."
Sid sighed, "I sacrificed so much for her… but I guess bad boys are only arm candies to popular chicks like her."
He sniffed as tears finally pooled down his eyes, he's been holding back his tears for the last couple of days he just couldn't hold them back any longer.
"You're not a bad boy Sid." Rhonda rubbed his back.
"Don't just say that Rhonda!." He bawled.
"I'm not just saying that Sid! It's true!." She lightly whacked his arm.
He sniffed as he turned to her. "Really?."
"Yeah, you're just a good boy who does bad things."
He gave her a smile that seemed to make his face glow. "Thanks Rhonnie."
Rhonda smiled, "I'll only let you get away with calling me that this time."
"So, what now?."
Rhonda placed a finger on her chin and thought for a bit. "Well, it's going to be real mebarassing to go to our friends like this, and I don't wanna go back home so soon, at least not after preparing for four whole hours for that lame dance. What's that place you and your friends go hang out in? the one with all those noisy machines?."
"The arcade?."
"Yeah, you gotta show me how to play one of those. Come on!." She grabbed his wrist and they both scooted towards the arcade.
"Gerald please," Phoebe begged as she held his arm but the black young man would tear his gaze from the blond bully.
"Just stay away from my girl aight?." Gerald threatened.
"Your girl." Wolfgang smirked and raised a brow. "she didn't even wanna go out with you in the first place."
"Gerald I can explain-."
Before Phoebe could continue Lila ran over to them,
"Arnold you need to come quick!." She pulled his arm.
"Hey get your crummy hands off of my boyfriend you bimbo!." Helga spat.
"Lila what's wrong?." Arnold asked.
"It's Curly, he's threatening to jump off from the roof of the gym."
"What!."
As soon as they ran outside the gym they found the whole school standing outside watching a red faced tearful Curly bawl his eyes out on the edge of the gym's roof.
"Curly!." The coach called out to him. "Don't jump, you got your whole life ahead of you."
"My whole life's over, Rhonda's never gonna go out with me!." He bawled.
Helga spotted Nadine holding her cell phone to her ear.
"Did you call Rhonda?." She asked Nadine.
"She's not answering." Nadine tapped on redial.
"Curly No!." They heard Sheena scream and all attention was turned to a now falling Curly.
Wolfgang pushed through the crowd and made it just in time to break Curly's fall.
Everyone started applauding at his heroic act.
"Great job son." The coach placed a hand on Wolfgang's shoulder.
"Why didn't you let me die! Why did you have to save me!." Curly started hitting Wolfgang, but his puny arms couldn't really do any damage to the bigger boy's toned body.
"Settle down boy, the ambulance will be here soon." The coach tried to calm him down.
Everyone was still clapping and cheering Wolfgang on.
"Shut up and go back to your stupid dance you worthless geeks!." He shouted at them and the crowd began to disperse back to the gym mumbling about how much of a jerk he is… but to him, they were the real jerks nobody wanted to make a move to stop Curly.
They're just there for the drama, and he has had enough of the evening.
"And stay out!." The security guy kicked out the raven-haired couple.
"Don't have a cow mister." Rhonda told him and walked away. "I thought this only happened in bars!."
"I told you not to say that we were out of money out loud."
"I had fun." Rhonda bubbled.
"You did pretty cool for a first timer."
Just then her phone began to ring,
"It's Nadine," she told Sid. "Hey Nadine- What!."
"What's wrong Rhonda?."
(MUSIC:VANESSA CALRTON- IN THE END)
Author's Note: Yeah this took long enough, but I guess it was worth the wait ;) … I got my heart broken today… I just realized that this bum I've loved for four years was still dating the fake cow who's been cheating on him for forever, they've been together for three years!... this stinks…