After school that day I was excited and sad. I wasn't sure if I was excited that I was going to get rid of Lila or, excited that I might actually get to go with Arnold to the dance. However in the back of my mind, my conscience told me not too.

The phone rang, and so I picked it up. "hello?"

"hey Victoria, it's me Helga"

"hey, why are you calling?"

"To tell you that Arnold asked Lila out tonight."

"How do you know this?"
"She told me, and also the fact I was there when it happened. Since you skipped school, you missed it."
"No I just missed periods 1 through 3, thank you very much."
"yeah you're the real bad***"
"hey I never said I was, anyway, I can not believe this."

"I think honestly, for Arnold to never like her like her, he'll have to see the bad side of her."

"yes, hmmmm, I'll meet you at the school parking lot in 10 minutes."
"okay."

And with that we hung up. I was not excited for that, honestly I'm with just telling Arnold, and with every second passing by, my conscience tells me the same.

I left the house without a word, they won't care, the never have. I was walking down to the school, when I turn around to my surprise was Arnold walking behind me. As much as I really wanted to talk to him, I didn't. I turned right back around and tried for him not to see me, but unfortunately it didn't work.

"Victoria?"

I didn't answer. 'Maybe if I don't look, he won't ask.'

"Victoria??"

Then he came and walked right next to me, and stopped me. 'Darn'

"Victoria, I've been calling you, didn't you hear me?"

"Ohh hey Arnold, sorry I didn't hear you, listening to music and what not." My hair was long enough, so I could pull this off.

"Oh what were you listening to?"

"You know some classics."
"Oh cool."
"So where are you headed off to."
"I'm meeting Lila, behind the school."
"In the parking lot?" I said. 'Please say nooo, please say of course not'

"Yeah, is that where you're headed?"

"Yeah, but I'm not so sure."

Then Arnold's phone started to ring.

It was Lila.

"hey." I heard Lila say something, but she wasn't loud enough, so I could hear.

"She is? Why?"

"Well ask her?"

He turned to me, and said "Helga's there too."

'Crap'

The thing is Lila is suspicious of everything Helga does, especially after she kissed Arnold on the FTi building. Arnold never did forget that kiss.

"Well, Victoria is walking with me, she's headed there too, and maybe she's with her. I'll ask."

"Hey are you going to me -----"

I was gone, disappeared.

I was not going to let Lila ruin it for me.

As soon as I could get at least 20 miles away from Arnold, I called Helga.

"Hey, meet in 10 minutes at the Performing Center."

I hung up, and ran fast so that I'd get there before Arnold did; the Performing Center is in front of the school.

I finally got there, and Helga was there waiting. She came up to me, and we left. That night I got home around one in the morning. We were planning on how to get Lila. You know, Helga and I were starting to get close, but we both know that we could never ever develop a friendship between us, mostly because of the fact that we both like Arnold. And honestly I don't really care how long she's like him. She never really did anything to prove it, besides kissing him, but what did she do after that, nothing. So I think I have every right to have Arnold as much as she does; or at least that's what I'm telling myself.