Chapter twenty: Morning After
Arnold opened his eyes at the sound of his alarm clock. He reached up and pulled the cord out of the potato. He was so tired that he almost didn't notice something warm and soft lying on his arm. He looked down and saw Helga just waking up.
"Hey." Arnold said weakly.
"Hey, you." Helga said sleepily.
Helga yawned and the thoughts of last night played in their minds. They remember watching a scary movie while sitting on the flip-out coach. When Arnold and Helga started to get tired, Helga used Arnold's phone to tell Big Bob that she was spending the night at Phoebe's. Bob just said, "Okay, but be back home to check-in before you go to school."
"We should get ready." Arnold said. The two were still a little self-cautious of dressing in front of each other.
"Why don't I change in the bathroom and you stay here." Helga suggested.
"Alright." Arnold said. "Love you." Arnold said to Helga. Helga didn't give it a second thought (that Arnold could see).
"Love you to." Helga said to Arnold. That made both Arnold and Helga smile a goofy smile.
It didn't take Helga long to get ready when she knocked on the door Arnold was surprised on how fast she got ready.
"Come in" Arnold said while just finishing putting on his forest-green sweater.
Helga entered in all her grander. She was wearing her usual pink dress with white t-shirt and her pink bow, but she still had her hair down. Arnold looked at her hair.
"I kind of like it." Helga said casually.
"Yeah, I love it." Arnold said walking over to her and kissing her cheek. Helga melted at that.
"I better get used to that." Helga said happily.
"Yeah, you're going to get a lot more of them. Come, let's go to school."
Once Helga and Arnold got on the bus they were met by Phoebe and Gerald. Since Arnold and Helga were sitting together Phoebe and Gerald sat together on the seat next to them.
"So, you two look happy." Gerald observed.
"Yeah, we are, tall-hair boy. We're going steady." Helga told him.
Gerald was shocked. He looked at Arnold, but Arnold was too busy looking at Helga to notice. Phoebe, on the other hand, was very happy for Helga.
"Oh, Helga that's great! I'm so happy for you." Phoebe squealed. "Oh, Gerald isn't it wonderful. They're going steady at the same time we are!"
"What? You and Gerald are boyfriend and girlfriend?" Arnold suddenly snapped back to reality.
"Oh, that's great! When did this happen?" Helga asked.
"Last night at the Cheese festival." Gerald told her. Arnold held out his hand and Gerald took it and they did their 'handshake' while Phoebe and Helga hugged. What would happen next to these two cobles? No one knew. Not even them.