We all just stood there in silence. Helga stood there confused, and not knowing what to say or do. We all knew that Helga liked him, but I think her feelings beyond like, maybe love.

"You, what?" Helga asked not sure of what Arnold had just said.

"I said that I like you like you." He said all happy. He grabbed her hands, and tried to make her understand.

"Look, I know that----" he started to whisper " I know everything that has happened in the past, with the FTi building, and you claiming you love was all just things I thought was weird, and I feel bad for keeping our friendship distant."

He looked back to see if Gerald and I were listening, we tried not to be easdroppers so we were just looking around. Then Arnold started talking in normal voice again.

"I understand that I have misled you into thinking many things, and I know that I was a jerk for not every saying the way I feel about you, and after a few years had gone by and now I see that you are amazing."

Helga just looked at him, and was thinking. We were all waiting for what she would say.

"I don't know what to say. I guess this night has made me realize that I have to get over you."

"But I just told you that I like you like you. I mean, aren't you happy?"

"Yeah, if we were 9 again. You don't get it, yeah; I spent my whole life thinking about how our life would be together when we grow up, but now I can't."

"But I just said I like you like you."

"I'm glad you realize it."

"But I just said that I like you like you."

"You're just a few years too late."

Helga pulled her hands away and walked off. And Arnold stood there watching her leave. Following her would just be too painful for the both of them. They were in different places, unsure of what they were feeling.

Gerald walked me to Helga's house, but she wouldn't open. So Gerald and I walked to Arnold's house. Luckily he opened.

"Hey guys." He said in a deep, mellow voice.

"Come on in."

"Arnold, we are here to help you." I said in a cheery voice.

"No, what I need is to understand that hardheaded girl."

He led us to his room. The lights were dim, and sad songs were playing on his cd player.

"Arnold, aren't you going a little overboard?" Gerald asked.

He has seen his friend go through a lot of heartbreak, like when Lila told him that she only like him and then there was the whole Ruth thing, and a lot more girls that Arnold thought about, but out of all of them I guess Helga meant the most. I guess, it's because he knew the whole time that she liked him back, if he were to ever feel the same way about her. However, he never guessed that she'd get over him.

"NO! How did this even happen? I mean the girl has been obsessed with me since we were 5. I don't get it." Arnold said in frustration.

"She just got tired of waiting, Arnold. I mean, you said it yourself, she's liked you since you were 5, now we're almost 18, I think it is time for her to move on, and realize that as much as she wanted you in her future, you're just not going to be."

I tried to have sympathy but I don't think Arnold was getting the concept.

"Victoria's right, she's liked you few a while, maybe it's time for something new. It's like ice cream, man." Gerald tried to explain.

"I'm ice cream?"

"Yeah, you're ice cream. Maybe she wants to try a new favor."

"Ok. But 'ice cream' has been her favorite since she was 5."

"And that's why she needs to get a new favorite."

Gerald was trying really hard to get Arnold to realize what he say trying to say.

Helga had texted me to go over her house with a bucket of ice cream. I only smiled, and told I'd be there.

"Hey, guys. I've got to go, Helga wants me over. With ice cream." I said goodbye to Arnold, and Gerald walked me to the door.

"Sorry about tonight. I know this isn't what I thought it'd be." I apologized.

"It's okay; we'll hang out tomorrow, okay?"

I shook my head yes and he kissed me on my head. We said our goodnights and I was headed to the nearest corner store. I got to Helga's house and she pulled me inside. We got to her room, and that was only the beginning.

"Okay, so what exactly is going on?" I asked Helga as I pulled out the bucket of ice cream.

"I just need to get Arnold out of my head."

"But I mean, he told you that he likes you likes you."

"I KNOW!! You don't think that I've been waiting, that I've dream about that moment in time when he'd declare his feelings for me? I have, and frankly I thought it would have been sooner, because now I just don't feel the same way. And I don't understand why."

I didn't know what to say, I mean, it was all too confusing, everything. The way Arnold was feeling, the way Helga was feeling. Two very different people, two very different situations. I spent the night at Helga's, and we spent talking about how she seriously feels about Arnold and why; while Gerald did the same for Arnold. The night was ours.