Thanks for the compliment= Otherrealmwriter
To the two guests that reviewed, Emma goes to that school and just a temporary O.C.
It was sunday the day after the party and she was surprised that everyone was looking in high spirits at the location Arnold wanted her to come to play baseball at. It looked like a quaint homemade field they built for themselves, but thought it seemed too small for them seeing as they were teenagers and not pre-teens.
Hearing a whistle from Sid, she ignored it as she approached them. "Cute place."
"Yeah we like it here and we almost played at the park but all the diamonds are full." Arnold offered as he examined her face. "How did you sleep?"
"Usually on a bed." Came her snarky reply not caring to elaborate on any nightmares she had.
"Hey mama!" Gerald greeted as he bounded up to her. "What position have you played when you played baseball?"
"Catcher mostly."
Gerald looked to Arnold. "Great that will excite Sid too much."
Arnold rolled his eyes. "The wind excites him."
Helga caught the undertone to his voice making her snigger. "I have tits and a ass. What wouldn't excite a male?" She sarcastically asked.
Gerald and Arnold blinked at her as Gerald put his hands up saying he has a girlfriend now while Arnold being a gentleman decided to say something until they were interrupted by a voice he wished never to hear again.
"Hey you little freaks you come here to play some baseball?"
Turning her head to see a guy with a pig nose, mullet, and as large as Bob approach with some fellow ugly guys, Helga murmured. "I smell their stench all the way over here."
"It gets worse." Arnold whispered as he approached Wolfgang. "Wolfgang this is getting old. Aren't you getting tired of picking on us by now?"
"Ha ha... Nooooo." Scanning all the familiar faces on the field except one, Wolfgang pushed Arnold aside. "Well well who is this fine specimen we have here?" He wondered as he approached Helga.
"Someone with taste. Back off." Helga stonily stated as she glared at him.
"Oh well I don't believe you know who I am pretty lady. My name is Wolfgang and I can make all your dreams come true." He continued walking towards her.
Backing up more, Helga scowled. "If by what you mean the dream of me bathing in the county cess pool, then yes how true you are."
"Wolfgang leave her alone!" Arnold demanded coming between her and him. "All we want to do is play a friendly game and that is it."
Still eyeing her in a predatory manner, Wolfgang decided to cut a deal. "How about this; We both play a game and if you win I'll leave her alone, but if I win... She comes home with me."
"Get lost bucko." Helga snarled. "There is no way in hell that deal would ever be cut with you or with anyone else. I'm not a prostitute or your right hand." That last remark earned her a few chuckles from her new friends besides Arnold who remained by her side. "So go and drag your knuckles home to that cave you belong to and leave us more enlightened beings to ourselves."
Wolfgang's friends were muttering to one another till one said to him, "Hey Wolfgang, I think she called us stupid."
"I also called you Neanderthals as well." Helga added in. "I thought you needed a synopsis there."
Narrowing his eyes at her, Wolfgang pointed his finger at her. "This isn't the last you'll see of me."
Helga rolled her eyes at that as she watched them drag their knuckles away from her friends. "I'm up for playing a game now. Who's with me?" She asked cheerfully.
"Man I never seen any girl stand up to Wolfgang like that before. You have moxie kid." Gerald winked at her as he went to the outfield.
"Wolfgang is very dangerous, Helga. Please be careful." Arnold said in a very caring tone. "I don't want anything happening to you."
Helga appreciated the words wishing she can hug him for them. "I've handled worse, Arnold."
Her voice sounded so dead and so knowing making Arnold suddenly hear some of her life story in it. "I'll get you a catchers helmet that we have and a mitt."
"Thanks."
After baseball Helga accepted the invitation to go to Slausens with everyone to hang out. She had no reason to rush home to her house so going inside the place with her new group of friends, she found herself somehow squashed in a booth with Arnold to the left of her Sid to the right when she wanted Phoebe to at least be next to her or one of the other girls at least.
"Where's Emma?" Helga asked making conversation.
"Hung over. She drank a lot last night. I didn't." Arnold replied realizing how close she was to him making him whisper in her ear. "Sid making you uncomfortable?"
"He's cool and all, but he won't get the hint." She whispered back.
Seeing Sheena having a difficult time where she was sitting, Arnold suggested she switch positions with Sid in which Sid did with some protest. Helga whispered a thank you to him as they began their orders to a waitress who came over. After 5 minutes their orders came over with Sheena gushing about her sundae offering some to Helga to taste.
Seeing the strawberries, Helga politely declined. "I'm highly allergic to strawberries."
"Oh that's too bad. Anything else your allergic to because sometimes we girls will have girls day so we just want to know." Sheena wondered.
Well that's good they ask since her own family forgets about her allergy forcing her to walk around with medicine at all times. "Mostly that's it. I'm not fond of seafood either. I'll eat it only if Phoebe's family prepares it, but other than that uh uh. I'm highly picky there."
"So what happens when you eat Strawberries?" Eugene asked. "Do you mind that I'm asking?"
"Not at all. Most people don't care." Helga said honestly. "I break out in hives mostly all over my body. I remember having it so badly that I had to be rushed to emergency because the reaction was so bad that my throat was closing up and I couldn't breath. Talk about the shittiest 6th birthday ever." Hearing the muttered apologies, Helga waved them off. "Don't worry about it. I bring my medicine with me just in case something is slipped to me on accident. Better safe then sorry."
Hearing something cracking everyone turned their attention to Eugene who fell to the ground. "I'm okay."
"Oh Eugene." Sheena was the only one who said anything.
"You really get use to that." Arnold whispered in her ear. "I remember being stuck on a roller coaster with him."
"Fun, but is he really ok?" To the answer to her question, Eugene bounced up with a huge smile on his face. "Oh yeah, he's fine."
"Want to come over to the boarding house with me, Phoebe, and Gerald to watch a movie?" He whispered.
"Sure." Feeling his hand brush against her leg, Helga stiffened as electrical current went right through her.
"Sorry." He didn't mean to brush against her skin like that, but the second he did Arnold almost wanted to do that again. He had to stop himself of his thoughts knowing she wouldn't want that and knowing he was with Emma.
Phoebe noticed something happening between her friends making her whisper in Gerald's ear. "Do you see something happening between Arnold and Helga?"
"Mmmhmmm, but you know he's loyal to his girlfriends."
"I do, but Emma isn't his girlfriend yet." Phoebe pointed out.
"By monday she will be. Trust me." Gerald said giving his girlfriend's leg a gentle squeeze.