At the slumber party all the girls were joking around before Rhonda announced Truth or Dare to play. Receiving a groan in response from all the girls she tried to relent, but couldn't since she actually enjoyed playing the game.
"Well at least it isn't 7 minutes in heaven." Helga leaned back to rest on her elbows.
Rhonda shook her head there. "No I will never play that game again since it causes too much drama. This game does at times but that one is a big no-no for me."
"The fights from already established couples would be so horrible." Phoebe informed Helga. "Also I remember Arnold coming out bloodied and bruised from that one girl."
"Yeah he told me about that. I at least never played in that game. In fact this is my first slumber party." Helga told the girls. "A sleep over with Phoebe and that one time with Lila was all that I had."
Sheena made a face at that. "Oh that is so sad to hear."
Helga just shrugged trying to act indifferent though, Phoebe knew better than most on how, Helga has always tried to hide herself from others, even though since living here she opened up more.
Taking out the spinner from a Twister game, Rhonda placed it in the middle. "I'll spin first." She announced before spinning it making it land on Sheena. "Truth or dare?"
Sheena felt the nerves bundle up. "Truth."
"I'll start it out easy. Who was your first kiss?"
Face on fire, Sheena cleared her throat. "Eugene. 4th grade." Hearing a collected oh's and ah's from her friends she covered her face up. "Yeah yeah and it was fine." Leaning forward she spun the wheel again making it land on Patty. "Truth or Dare?"
"Truth." Patty had no qualms in telling the truth at any time so she accepted the questions as they always came.
"Ummmmm. Does Harold always yell out for his mommy even during...?"
"Whoa." Helga was sitting up now as a grin broke out on her face.
Patty pointed her finger in her direction. "I can hear what you are thinking there, Pataki, and he has... Once."
Everyone started laughing hard there as, Phoebe started to imitate Harold making, Helga place her head down trying to contain herself. Patty told them she smack him for that making him stop permanently before spinning the wheel landing on Rhonda. Rhonda actually picked dare just to see what Patty wanted her to do.
"I know this will torture you but for an hour I want you to wear your shirt inside out with the tag facing all of us." Patty dared smirking at her.
Rhonda bristled a bit at the thought and said to herself that it is better they see than the whole school so very quickly she did it while looking at everyone proudly. "There! It's not so hard." Moving foward she started to spin the wheel landing on Helga.
"Truth." Helga answered before she could ask. "Also are you starting to itch with that shirt like that?"
"A little." Rhonda responded softly before raising her voice to the usual octave. "What is the most embarrassing thing you have done with yourself?"
"I was an ugly child when I was younger. Unibrow, hair in pigtails, large pink bow, and wearing this horrible dress. I was also a bit of a bully. Anyhow I was being made fun of and stuff so well I decided to give myself a make over to prove I can be like them. Needless to say..." She laughed at the memory. "I looked like a hooker at the age of 9."
"Oh my." Lila was trying to imagine it.
"Do you have pictures of that?" Nadine wondered as she scooted forward.
"What did your mom say to that?" Sheena asked.
"Oh please do tell me you took a picture of that." Rhonda was seriously trying to imagine her something of an ugly child.
Helga chuckled. "No I don't have pictures of it. My mom fainted. And yes, Lila, oh my."
Phoebe was staring at her friend. "You weren't ugly. Also Arnold and Phil say you were a cute girl."
"Thanks Pheebs, but I was. Also Arnold will say that because he loves me and Phil likes my gumption." Helga leaned forward to spin the wheel to have it land on Lila. "Which one will you choose?"
"Truth."
Helga decided to really get to it from the quiet one. "How are you feeling right now?"
Lila sighed. "I'm just ever so sad, Helga. He acted jealous of every guy who said hi to me, and while he broke up with me I asked him why he acted that way, and he said it was because no matter what I will always end up with someone quicker and he will remain alone."
"Eh?"
"He thinks he's dull as dirt and not at all attractive which isn't true. At least to me."
"Do you want to still be with him?" Phoebe questioned.
Lila thought about it long and hard before reaching her decision. "No. I say this simply because of everything he did to me before our break up. Oh I still care about him and hope to be friends again one day, but now I don't know what to say to him. If he wants to talk to me about things then I'll be good with it. In spite of how he went about things before our break up, before he was such a sweet caring person." Looks over to all the girls. "Am I being silly?"
"No you aren't." Nadine replied reaching out to touch her arm. "At least you are being mature about this."
"Well I have to or I might cry forever."
The rest of the night they decided to play movies or play music while dancing around like goofs. It turned out to be a fun evening for them all. In the late afternoon the next day, Helga went home to immediately deposit her stuff in her room before heading up to Arnold's. Inside he was at his computer.
"Miss me?" Helga wondered coyly as she stood in the middle of the room.
Slowly getting up, Arnold crossed over to her to lift her up in his arms. "I had no good night kiss so I had to get it from Abner. It has been very awkward between us since then." He teased.
"Well that's because he's into girls."
Feeling her legs wrap around his waist made his stomach plummet. "Well I am too, mostly this one right in my arms."
The intensity of his eyes staring into hers, the body positioning, and surge of hormones was making Helga's mind go cloudy. "What was I about to say?" She murmured as she felt him move her.
Arnold wondered if this was a bright idea while there was so much light out as he walked her over to the destination he had in mind. "I don't know my wise one." Seriously he wanted her already living with him in his room.
Feeling herself getting lowered to meet up with his comfy mattress, Helga loosened her legs from around him to lay them out instead on the mattress. "Tell me what you have on your mind right now."
"Well I didn't get to say good night or good morning to you so..." He let it linger in the air while a seductive smile played on his face.
"Hmmmmm... What happens when the parental figures burst in and see you with me on your bed straddling me?" She wondered coyly as she ran her right hand through his hair.
Glancing over to his door he went into deep thought while contemplating his options of running to the door to lock it so they can have almost unhindered privacy or stop this body contact with her just to do that. Honestly he didn't want to lose the contact at all as he moved his head down to the crook of her neck to kiss her. "I'm taking my chance since I don't want to part from you for more than a second."
Helga melted into his touch more while her smile grew larger.
Meanwhile Lila stood on her front stoop contemplating a walk. After depositing her stuff inside and saying hello to her father she decided to come back out for air till she felt like a statue. It was good to spend time with the girls with her feeling even more closer to Phoebe due to Helga being around. Out of all the girls those two's offered her some insights. In a way she found it ironic that two people who are with their first boyfriends are the ones giving her the best advice. She wondered if it was all due to their careful observations of other people around them. Phoebe has two parents that love and support her while Helga had to learn to grow up very fast in the environment she was born into.
In truth she admired Helga. She has a strength she could look up to. Phoebe had her own strengths too. She enjoyed how the two best friends balanced one another out. She remembered the very mousy personality of Phoebe's growing up and there were times she would come back to school after certain summer vacations with her personality changing more to someone who has far more strength. She said it was due to Helga, but Helga didn't want credit since she just brushed it off by saying it was there all along.
Lila observed Phoebe's growing relationship with Gerald seeing how well they balanced together. Knew that they would last. Gerald supported her and she supported him. The same went for Helga and Arnold where Phoebe said they had a yin and yang relationship. Lila sighed now realizing that she didn't truly have that with Stinky now. She will always think of him fondly. Will want him as a friend and wish him well. Right now she was stuck on that stoop in deep contemplation.
"There are some statues that are allowed to walk."
Lila was pulled out of her thoughts just to be surprised at seeing, Brainy in front of her, speaking more than a couple of words. Sometimes she forgot he has such a deep voice. "I'm just thinking."
"I can see that. You afraid to move?" He wondered curiously.
Lila feared the inevitable answer knowing the truth. "Yes."
Brainy studied the meek red head. To him he never found her incredibly interesting, just nice. She never did say things that always sounded poetic and he craved that since he was so spoiled when it came to Helga. Still, Lila was a friend in a way.
"Well if you wish to walk, but not be alone to a certain degree, than think of me as a shadow." Brainy offered.
Lila showed him a bit of a smile. "Thank you Brainy. That is ever so nice of you."
Brainy watched as she stepped down finally from her stoop to join him for a lone walk with him acting like a shadow until she chose to speak.