Chapter twenty-one: Discovering
As Arnold and Helga walked through the halls of P.S. 118 together (they were not holding hands, but them just walking side by side caught attention.) they got some weird looks. Stinky looked at them with a confused eyebrow raised. Harold laughed at them before Helga gave him an evil stare, which made him shut up. Lila smiled at them and told Helga she was happy for her. However none of them knew how much the two were involved. Not until recess during the baseball game against the sixth graders did they realize the truth. It was Arnold's turn to bat and the pitch came in and Arnold hit it with all his might and it hit Wolfgang (who was on first base) right in the face. Wolfgang fell on the dirt and everyone started laughing.
"Why you little punk!" Wolfgang Shouted.
Then Wolfgang shot straight up and matched towards Arnold and picked him up by his sweater and held him up. Arnold started to panic, but then an idea flew into his football-shaped head of his. He let go of Wolfgang's arm and pulled on the bottom of his shirt. Arnold realized Wolfgang was only holding his sweater. Arnold slipped out of his sweater and slide out of Wolfgang's grasp.
"What the?" Wolfgang said confused.
Then Wolfgang turned and ran after him. Arnold ran as fast as he could but Wolfgang was faster than him. Wolfgang grabbed Arnold by legs and lifted him upside down.
"Listen Wolfgang, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hit you. It was an accident!" Arnold tried to reason.
"You're the one who's about to have the accident, football-face!" Wolfgang told him.
Then a familiar voice rang behind them. "You better put him down NOW!"
Arnold and Wolfgang looked and saw Helga standing big and tall.
"Why should I?" Wolfgang asked.
"If you don't you'll have to deal with old' Betsy." Helga lifted up her left fist. Then Wolfgang let go of one of Arnold's legs and held up Helga by her fist. Helga tried to hit Wolfgang but his arms were longer then her arms.
"Hey! You let her go!" Arnold Shouted.
"No. You both deserve what's coming to you." Wolfgang said calmly said.
"Wait. How are you going to beat us up? You're using both of your arms to hold us up." Helga questioned.
"That's right. Hey Bulch hold the girl while I beat up this kid." Wolfgang said.
Bulch came and took Helga who was kicking and screaming.
"No! Not Arnold! Take me instead!" Helga shouted.
"Helga." Arnold said to her calmly as he touched her shoulder. "I'll be alright."
Arnold took a deep breath a Wolfgang brought his fist back and was about to punch him when.
"Young Man! Put him down this second!" Mr. Simmons shouted from behind Wolfgang. This scared Wolfgang and he punched Arnold in the stomach and dropped him.
"Aha!" Arnold called out. Mr. Simmons came by Arnold's side and helped him up. Then Helga (who had been let go after Mr. Simmons walked up) came to Arnold.
"Arnold! Are you okay?" Helga asked.
"I am now." Arnold told her. Then Arnold reached up and held the back of her neck. Then she leaned down and the two kissed for the first time in front of their classmates. Most of them said "ah." Harold laughed until Sid elbowed him in his side, Eugene fainted; Brainy went behind the garbage cans and cried for about twenty minutes. Mr. Simmons smiled and started to cry. Gerald and Phoebe smiled at their friends and then Phoebe took Gerald's chin and kissed him. The two couples kissed passionately for about one minute until another adult voice ringed through the playground.
"What in the name of Sam's beard is going on here?" Principal Wartz Yelled.
"Oh, Principal Wartz. Well you see Wolfgang here was hit in the face with a baseball and…" Mr. Simmons began.
"Not that! I mean why are four of our student's kissing each other? Two out in the open where superintendent Sanders could just walk up and write me up for allowing my students to engage in inappropriate contact!" Principal Wartz yelled.
"It's not inappropriate, it's intimate." Mr. Simmons said.
"Whatever! I want to see you four in my office immediately!" Principal Wartz yelled again.