Hey I know this is taking forever for me to update and I apologize for that. Im getting 40 hours a week so im a bit busy and tired lol. Anyways, forgive the short ength
The Move chapter 7
Arnold, Gerald, Phoebe and I sat in the living room. Arnold, suddenly a little possessive, had me sitting leaning against his chest, where Gerald and Phoebe were content to just be near each other. After a few minutes I spoke up. "So what is it about Lila that you wanted to talk about?"
Gerald grinned. "Well, we think Lila is going to start something. We aren't sure what though. Rhonda came up to us after school. Said she had really wanted to warn you two in person but she couldn't find you. Turns out, we probably would have never found you. Or want to, considering what we could have actually walked in on." I blushed a deep shade of red.
"That is none of your guys' business." In the end we decided to do nothing about it until Lila actually did something. I actually wanted to be friends with Lila, having realized how stupid I was being when I was young, so to find out how image reliant she was, hurt. When Lila was young, she was the kind of girl you would imagine Arnold to actually be with, which is probably why I hated her so much as a kid. She was the female version of Arnold and I had been constantly worried that she would take him away from me. Not that he was mine in the first place. After we covered all that mess, we decided to go out to eat and to relax a little. I guess you could call it our first double date, though I don't think it counts because it wasn't planned, and we ended up just getting hamburgers and a pop.
It wasn't long before Gerald and Phoebe wandered off to be by themselves. Arnold cleared his throat not a minute later startling me. I raised an eyebrow at his slightly red face. "What's up Football Head?"
"Um, I was thinking..that maybe we could go...out on a date. A real one. At a nice restaurant, or the park, or the museum...or where ever it is that you wanted to go. If you don't want to that OK with me we could just hang out like usual it's not that big of a deal. Forget I ask-"
"Arnold stop talking." I held in my laughter as him cheeks deepened in color. " I would love to go on a date with you. Maybe the new Italian restaurant near miss Vetellos? Then we could take a walk in the park after?"
Arnold gave a deep sigh of relief and smiled. "That sounds like a plan. How about saturday, I pick you up at six so we can make it to the park before sundown?"
I nearly swooned on the spot at the idea of being in the park with Arnold to watch the sun set. It was one f the most romantic things I would ever so, besides valentines dinner in the fourth grade. I nodded my consent and smiled a little, unsure of where to go from there. Things weren't awkward between Arnold and I per say, but they felt different than the had ever been considering we both knew we had some form of romantic feelings for each other.
Arnold took me home soon after.
He gave me a quick hug before pulling away. I heard Miriam in the kitchen so I announced my pressence. "Mom i'm home."
"I'm in the Kitchen Helga. Can you come help me for a second?" She was cleaning up, wiping flour of the counter. NI put the bag f four away and began to clean up.
"Whats got you all smiley today?" I glanced over at her, my cheeks deepening into a blush. Miriam wiped her hands off and raised an eyebrow.
"Um, I got a date on saturday. With Arnold."
I gave her a second to let that sink in before she squealed loudly. "NO way! Honey thats wonderful! You've been in love with him for years. Oh, we need to go shopping. You need a new outfit, and shoes." Before I could say anything else on the subject she raced out of the kitchen. She appeared only a few minutes later hopping on one foot, trying to slip her shoe on the other while her bag bounced off her hip and her free hand searched through her purse for her keys. I stifled my laughter.. I yanked the purse from her and grabbed out the keys. "Thanks honey."
"Miriam, i'm sure I can find something from my closet, or something Olga used to wear." I didn't really like that idea but it was a pretty decent one, I jhad to admit considering Olga had amazing fashion sense.
Miriam gave me the death glare. "First off, we let you shadow Olga for too long, so no way in hell am I letting you wear something of hers even if I love her dearly. And second, my daughter is going on the most important date of her life she is going to look her best, understand?"
I laughed. "Yes, Ma'am." Me ended up at the mall in one of the attached big box stores. Miriam ended up buying me a pair of dark blue super skinny jeans and a gray sweater with a pale blue flower print design. She also got me a pair of pale blue pearl earrings and a matching necklace. Finally we ended up getting off white flats with pink lace accents. After we finished we sat in the food court sharing nachos from Tacobell and a large diet pop.
"So, Helga. Are you excited? I am. Oh dear, I bet your nervous, oh honey don't be nervous, this is going to be so amazing!" Did I tell you Miriam happens to ramble when she gets excited? Yeah.
I laughed loudly. "Of course I'm nervous Miriam. And yes i'm excited too. Who wouldn't be?" I snagged a chip to keep from talking more, but as soon as I swallowed the words just started flowing. "Miriam I have loved him since I was in preschool. He is one of the few who believed in me. I, uh, started having those nightmares and told him about it." Miriam stayed quiet, knowing I had to get this off my chest. " He helped me see what my brain was refusing to let me see. That people didn't hate me. Well not everyone anyways. And to be able to go on a date with him, even if that's all I get, I will cherish this little bit of him for the rest of my life. He respected me." I heaved a deep sigh and blushed. "Sorry."
"Oh, baby, it's ok. I understand." I smiled relieved.
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I sat on the edge of my bed unable to decide what to do. I finally just decided to try and get some sleep, surprised at being so tired, and fell asleep almost instantly.
I felt shaking what felt like less than five minutes later. "Mmm let me sleep, criminy."
I heard laughter. "Helga, wake up."
"Ughhh." I cracked my eyes open and stiffled a scream. "Arnold! What are you doing here so early?" Arnold sat at the edge of my bed wearing skinny khakis and a dark blue t-shirt.
"Helga, it's nine in the morning. Your Mom thought you needed the sleep."
I shot up. "Nine! what about school?"
Arnold smiled. "She knew you needed a break. So, hows about we go get some breakfast? You hungry, Pataki?"
My stomach rumbled, answering for me. I blushed a little. "Yeah, maybe a little..."
Arnold laughed and got up. "Alright then. Go get showered, you stink." I threw a pillow at him. Laughing, he shot out of the room. I showered and dressed in skinny jeans and a pink polo shirt.
Arnold took me to the local breakfast joint where we both ordered pancakes and orange juice. "So do we have any plans today? Or did ya just plan on feeding me and ditching me?"
He grinned at me and tapped his chin. "Hmm. As tempting as ditching you sounds, I couldn't possibly. So I have a plan for today, and your going to have to trust me. OK?"
I raised an eyebrow. "Really now? And how am I supposed to trust you?"
Arnold leaned on his elbows and got closer. "How about finishing your breakfast and letting me decide what we do today?"
Teasing him, I gave him a contemplative look. "Hmm. I don't know. It doesn't sound very safe to me."
"It doesn't have to be." He was giving me this intense look. I blushed crimson and cleare my throat.
"OK. I'll roll with it."
He immediately grinned at me, and the intense look disappeared. "Awesome. C'mon lets go. Let's get this show on the road." He placed cash on the table and dragged me out to the street ff to whatever it was he had planned.
OK you guys, I know it was short but im starting to think I should wrap this up. I may have just 2 or 3 more chapters left, depending on the filler content and what not. So tell me what you think, have any ideas? R&R as always, I love reviews, they always help.