The first week was very slow for Arnold. He went to all of his classes with Helga. The more he was with Helga, the more he felt safe from the wall he created. He felt like clingy on Helga from society would help his anxiety. Since they had the same classes, he was safe. Gerald didn't have many classes with Arnold; only art and Math. Unfortunately, he had a class with Lila in English. Arnold knew about Lila and her obsession with him. Sure, he did have a crush on her a long time ago, but that was the past. Lila grew to have more confidence in herself and thought she could get whatever she wanted. That is not the girl he liked. Helga was more of a person to hang around. Even though Helga was angry back in the day, after puberty, she started evening out, if those are the right words to choose. Arnold didn't understand why Lila wanted him so much to begin with. Soon he will go to Rhonda's party with Helga and maybe Lila will back down.
For Helga, the week was very exciting. Not only did she get to hang out with her crush, but also they will be spending more time together, and she isn't shy at all! She has improved her shyness the day she started working around puberty. She had to get a job with customer service, and she had to talk to people and so on. When Bob was getting sick, Helga and her mom had to look for jobs to support the family. Luckily, Bob started the beepers which eventually turned over to a cellphone company. Helga was in charge of the company, making sure everything was alright; customer service. Bob then passed away and Helga wanted the thing her dad created to live on. Her mom actually stopped lounging around the house and helped Helga. Olga was teaching at the elementary as a 4th grade teacher.
After all these events in Helga's life, she can express herself more and can actually talk to Arnold better. Helga wishes she could say the same for Arnold though.
Helga and Arnold also signed up for academic decathlon, even though it was very hard to get Arnold to sign up.
-Thursday morning-
"Come on Gerald, please sign up for this. It will greatly improve Arnold. He needs this in his life. I'll give you 40 bucks." Helga pleaded Gerald to join.
"Why Helga? Why do you want to join? More importantly, why do you care so much for Arnold?" Gerald asked.
"Because he changed. He has anxiety damn it. You know, Phoebe is in Academic Decathlon. You can spend more time with her." Helga smiled.
"What? How come she never told me?" Gerald was surprised.
"Because it is her thing you know. She joined ever since freshmen year! Come on Gerald. Do it for Pheebs. She loves you to death." Helga said.
"Alright Helga." Gerald sighed.
"I guess you win. I'll do it for my boy Arnold and Phoebe." Gerald said.
"Thank you Gerald. I already signed us all up." Helga stated.
"What! Without my permission?" Gerald screamed.
"Well I have your permission now." Helga laughed.
"This is why we could never work. You are always doing these things to me." Gerald said.
"Yeah because they are good for you." Helga said.
-end-
Tomorrow was the big day though. Arnold couldn't believe that this week went by so fast. He didn't have any homework this week. All the teachers he has are pretty nice too. No favorite teacher yet. Helga knew all the teachers already and wondered why she was doing what she was doing. Helga explained herself when all the students left.
"So Arnold, what are you going to wear? You have to look fancy you know." Gerald asked.
"Well, I was thinking maybe we could go shopping for something after school?" Arnold asked.
"Sure, let's meet up by the park bench and go from there." Gerald said.
It was foods class, Arnold's favorite class to relax. He kind of always wanted to be a baker or a cook. He made this decision when he was 14 years old. He was cooking with his mom one day and loved it. He fell in love with cooking ever since. He took this class to get better at cooking. His dream is to go to college for culinary arts and open up a café with pastries and gourmet coffee. He would also have a good cause to save something along with his café.
Today they were creating pie. This was easy for Arnold because he made tons of pies in the past. Helga was his partner in the class and was amazed how good he was with baking. He liked to follow the recipes but also liked to create his own recipes. This was how he expressed himself. Whenever the food was done, Helga went to heaven after taking one bite of his food.
"Arnold, how did you get so good at baking?" Helga asked.
"Well I cook with my mom all the time and just cooked on my own I guess." Arnold said.
"Well, keep it up Arnold. I think you would be a great baker someday." Helga said.
Arnold respected Helga for telling the truth all the time. Arnold smiled at the compliment Helga gave him because he knew it was true.
"Hey hair boy, come on now, don't give me creepy smiles like that." Helga laughed.
"Sorry Helga." Arnold lost his balance and almost grasped Helga's boob.
Helga didn't have much of a girly figure. He boobs were about C sized and he body was muscular. She worked out a few days a week to keep in shape. Her booty is what brought in Gerald. Overall, she had a good sized body.
Arnold's body wasn't so much. He was terribly skinny and had dark circle under his eyes. He was strong for his body, but most of the other guys were bigger and not skinny. I think that is why most girls tend to lean away from him. His body says that he isn't very confident. People tend to stay away from Helga from her confidence.
Lila's confidence is what brings guys in. Her confidence is different from Helga's. Hers say that she can get whatever she wants. She has bigger boobs than Helga and her body is more of a figure. She has a good sized booty as well. Lila also is strong, but Helga is a lot stronger.
"Arnold!" Helga grabbed Arnold and stood him up straight.
"Thank you Helga. Sorry, I almost grabbed your boob." Arnold blushed a little.
"It's alright Arnold. That's why I stopped you in time. You have to stop being clumsy." Helga laughed.
"I know. I'm trying to though." Arnold said.
The bell rang and it was time to go shopping.
"Arnold, don't forget, next Wednesday is our first meeting for decathlon. Well I will be by you to tell you haha." Helga said.
"Thank you Helga, and sorry." He said.
"Don't be sorry all the time Arnold. See you tomorrow!" Helga walked off.
Arnold walked towards the bench and found Gerald.
"Hey Gerald. Let's get going." Arnold said.
"Alright Arnold. So we should find clothes to look cool and stylish. We gotta look good for our women." Gerald said.
"Gerald! I don't have a woman." Arnold blushed.
"Alright, then we gotta make you look good for the women." Gerald said.
Gerald already lost his virginity to Phoebe. This is a secret that Arnold only knows and Gerald thinks if Arnold gets laid, he will get more confidence. Not by Lila though. Gerald despises Lila.
Arnold picked out some clothes, and so did Gerald and did a fitting montage. Finally, they came up with sexy outfits and went home.
Gerald said his goodbyes and went home to call Phoebe to talk about his day.
Arnold went home to his room and listened to some music. He was getting excited for the party tomorrow!