Hey Arnold – Back at home (Chapter 23)
Fanfiction written by djddt
All rights by Nickelodeon and Craig Bartlett
„You can sleep in my bed, i take the couch.", Arnold said to Helga.
„What? I should sleep in yo...yo...your bed?", Helga asked and started sweatting.
„Yes, i thought it would be more comfy for you.", Arnold answered. „I cannot let sleep you on the couch!"
„Always the gentleman, right!?", Helga winked. „But hey, i don't want to drum you out of your own bed!"
„That's okay, Helga!", Arnold ensured her with a smile, „I insist on it! You deserve a good sleep!"
„Ohhh Arnold…", Helga started to swoon, but managed to stop and said: „Uhm...thanks, that's nice of you!"
„I can manage to sleep some weeks on the couch.", Arnold said, „I am more afraid about the privacy."
„Don't fear, Arnoldo, i use your room just for sleeping, if you want!", Helga said with a stern look.
„No! That's not what i meant!", Arnold answered, „I was talking about YOUR privacy!"
„Oh...sorry!", Helga said meekly. „Uhm...i don't have anything anymore! Everything burned down! What private thing should i want to do here?"
„Change your clothes!?", Arnold asked.
„Foot...Arnold, i only have, what i wear right now!", Helga said dryly.
„We're going shopping tomorrow, i promise!", Arnold said.
„Together?", Helga asked wideeyed.
„Uhm...yes...only if you WANT of course!", Arnold answered. „If it is too embarasing for you buying clothes together with me, then i stay at home!"
„No, no...i'd like to go shopping with you!", Helga said.
„Really? Don't you fear somebody could see us?", Arnold asked.
„They already know that we are an item!", Helga answered.
„Yes. But shopping together is another level!", Arnold said.
„And? It's damn time we raise our relationship to a new level, or not!?", Helga asked.
„If you really want it, than i am happy to do it with you!", Arnold smiled.
They both arranged his room the whole afternoon, so it's useable for 2 persons.
They entered the kitchen for evening meal.
„Hey, could you handle how to use the room together?", Stella asked.
„Yes Mom, first Helga didn't want to…", Arnold said, but was shut up by Helga, placing her hand on his mouth.
„Everything is fine! No Problems!", she said.
„Helga? What's the matter?", he asked.
„Not everybody needs to know i'm sleeping in your bed?", she whispered in his ear.
„Okay, you're right!", he sighed.
„Everything okay?", Miles asked, „Are you sure, you're able to share a room?"
„Uhh La La!", Ernie laughed.
Miles wanted to drink, but choked.
Arnold quickly shouted: „No! It's not like that!"
„I always see you smooching everywhere!", Ernie said.
„Yes...but...that...that is not the same!", Arnold stuttered.
Helga's head was glowing bright red.
„ERNIE! STOP THAT!", Stella yelled. „Don't embarress them!"
„I...i think i better sleep in the living room on the couch...or in the backyard...or on a bench at the park...or…" Helga stammered and was stopped by Arnold.
„Not happening!", he said, „You suffered enough! I don't let you do that!"
„Ohhh Arnold…", Helga swooned for the 2nd time.
„Uhm...i'm sorry!", Ernie said, „I didn't realize it would get out of control like that!"
„Apology accepted!", Arnold said, „But back down from now on, okay!?"
„I promise!", Ernie answered, „I don't want to hurt you two!"
„That's good! Thanks Ernie!", Stella said, „Then we can start eating now!"
After the meal Arnold and Helga were going back to there room.
Miles looked at Stella and asked her: „Do you realy believe it was a good idea to let the kids share a room?!"
„Don't you trust our son?", Stella asked.
„Sure i do, but…", he answered.
„But what?", Stella asked.
„Hormones!", Miles said.
Stella sighed and said: „Yes, they are in love, but they also are decent and clever jung persons. More like smooching and cuddling is not happening, i'm sure! And that is totally okay for ME!"
„You just had to accentuate YOU, had you!?", Miles asked sulky.
„Yes, because you seem to have a problem with that!", Stalla answered.
„We have been adults, when we started dating!", Miles said.
„They are NOT us!", Stella said, „They are there own people!"
„But they are SO young!", Miles whined, „That's not right!"
„Hey Honey, don't do anything wrong now, okay!?", Stella warned him, „Don't try to seperate them!"
„But, but,…", Miles stuttered.
„NO BUTS!", Stella groused, „They have been gone through so MUCH together! They BELONG together! If you seperate them, you ruin there lives!"
Miles sighed loud.
„But i have to do something against it!", he said.
„Against WHAT?", Stella grumbled, „Against LOVE? Do they really derserve to be punished by you?! And what for? Because you are imaginating something?!"
„What? They are making out!", Miles said.
„Damn, even if it's true...Helga is not getting pregnent soon!", Stella yelled.
„Oh my god...that really could happen! I have to break them up right now!", he shouted.
He wanted to run upstairs, but Stella tackled him from behind.
„OUCH!", Miles shouted, when his face hits the floor.
„Let them alone, understand!?", Stella hissed at him.
„Okay, okay, you won!", Miles said, „But if something happens, i blame YOU for it!"
„Okay, SHOULD something happen, i take the full responsibility on ME!", she said, „But i trust them! They are good kids! And they behave more mature than you do!"
Miles sighed again. He knew she was right.
„Good...i am sorry! I overreacted!", he said.
„Really?", Stella asked sarcastically.
Up in the kids room, Arnold and Helga looked puzzled at each other.
„Were my parents fighting? I couldn't understand it all from up here.", Arnold asked.
„I think yes!", Helga answered, „And i think it was about us, as far as i could understand it."
„Damn, they are fighting about US!", Arnold said sadly.
„And it's all my fault!", Helga said and teared up. „Everything i do, i fail! I am only always causing trouble! Sometimes i wish, i was never born!"
„WHAT?", Arnold shrieked, „NO! Don't say that!"
„But it's true, Arnold!", Helga cried, „Without me, everybody of our entourage would have a better life!"
„Helga, that's NOT true!", Arnold said and hugged her, „I would be lonely without you! I would not have gotten back my parents without you! And Phoebe would be alone, too!"
„Thanks Arnold, but if i were not born, you would not know me, and could not miss me. And you all would have found some other friends...better friends. And Phoebe would be together with Gerald despite me not existing! And you were together with Lila or Ruth!", Helga said.
„Ruth? Never, not in 100 lightyears!", Arnold said.
„But you have been hot for her!", Helga said.
„Yes, but that was a fail!", he said, „She is too shallow for me!"
„And Lila?", Helga asked.
„She is nice, but too onedimentional!", Arnold answered, „Helga, i need YOU! Phoebe needs YOU! And even Olga needs YOU!"
„Uhm… sniff ...thanks Anold!", Helga said and kissed him on the mouth.
„I love you, Helga!", Arnold said.
„I love you, too!", Helga said.
„Are you feeling better now?", he asked.
„Yes, thanks to you!", she smiled.
„Okay, than let's wait until my parents enter there sleepingroom!", Arnold said.
„Why?", Helga asked.
„Well, after a fight, they need to reconcile, you know!?", Arnold answered, „And then we can watch the horror-movie-marathon in the livingroom."
„Greal idea!", Helga grinned.
Half an hour later they really heard how the door of there sleepingroom was closed and they sneaked down to watch TV together.