Hey Arnold – Back at home (Chapter 26)
Fanfiction written by djddt
All rights by Nickelodeon and Craig Bartlett
Helga and Arnold were sitting hand in hand on his couch, listening to quiet music.
„Are you feeling better?", Arnold asked.
„As long as you are near me, i always feel good!", Helga answered.
Arnold smiled and kissed her cheek.
„This could last forver and ever!", Helga said.
„I don't want to change a thing!", Arnold said.
„But do you think we can manage to keep it that way?", Helga asked sadly.
„Why should'nt we?", Arnold asked.
„You know o love you more than anything in this world, but…", Helga said and sighed.
„Helga, what's up?", Arnold asked worried.
„Well, you never know. It could be over just in an instant.", Helga answered.
„Okay, something CAN happen anytime, that's right.", Arnold said, „But we always should assume that everything is going right!"
„And if not?", Helga asked.
„Than we have to find a way to handle it!", Arnold answered, „And that's what we are doing all the time, anyway!"
„You're right!", Helga said. „I think i should orientate more on you!"
„Yes, that would be a good idea!", Arnold smiled, „I want to see yoi happy, not sad!"
„Oh Arnooold…", Helga swooned and put her head on his shoulder.
„I swear, i'll never leave you, ever!", Arnold ensured her. „There is no other better girl in this world for me!"
„Not even Lila?", Helga asked.
„No! We are too much alike! That would not work for long!", he answered. „And she and me don't have the bonding YOU und me have!"
„Yes, even before we really came together, we already have been some kind of friends...even when i was mean to you!", Helga sighed.
„I thought we are over that? Helga, i love you and nothing or nobody in this world can change that!", Arnold said and kissed Helga on her mouth.
Helga opened her eyes wide, but then she closed them and enjoyed the kiss.
After the kiss the two cuddled one hour on the couch.
Suddenly glass clashed and an arrow hit helga on her neck.
„What happend?", Arnold asked.
„Something...hit...me...i…", Helga answered and fell from the couch on the floor.
Arnold looked up and and saw a hole in the window. He ran onto the roof and saw Wolfgang escaping with a rope.
He ran back into his room and called an ambulance.
Later he waited at the hospital for the doctor, together with his parents.
„Mr. And Mrs. Shortman?", the doctor asked?
„Yes?", they amswered in unison.
„I am sorry, but i have bad news for you!", he said sternly.
„NO! PLEASE NOT!", Arnold cried with tears in his eyes.
„No, your girlfriend is alive, but she fell into a coma.", the doctor said. „Waiting is the only thing we can do now!"
Arnold was relieved that she is still alive, but of corse sad, that she fell into a coma. But what could he do against it? Right, nothing!
He visited her regulary. He talked to her. He held her hand. But she won't wake up.
Years were going by. Many years.
After 10 years, Arnold was 21 now and worked as an anthropologist, he got a call from the hospital.
„Yes? Shortman here!", he said.
„Mister Shortman? Your girlfriend woke up!", was the answer at the other end of the line.
„WHAT? REALLY?", he asked and shed tears of joy. „I am coing as fast as possible!"
And indeed, he drove like a maniac over the streets.
He entered her room and saw Helga lying in her bed with open eyes, but still weak after the long time.
„Arnold!", she said and her eyes were sparkling.
„Helga, you're back!", he said and tears were running down his cheeks.
He took her hand.
„I am so happy you woke up again!", he said and kissed the hand.
„How long did i sleep? Did i miss something?", she asked.
„10 Years and yes, a lot!", he answered.
„What? Really? 10 Years?", she asked disbelievingly.
„Yes, 10 years of uncertainty!", Arnold sighed.
Helga looked sadly at him, but then she started to smile.
„And you waited for me all this years!", she said dreamily.
„Of corse! I swore my love to you!", he answered.
„Oh Arnooold!", she swooned. „I'd like to hug you, but i'm still too weak!"
„I will help you with your rehab!", he said, „You have to build up muscle mess after that long time!"
„Yes...thanks Arnold!", Helga said and sighed, „But i am more concerned of the missed education! I'll never get a job without it!"
„You wanted to become an author, right!?", he asked, „You can do that anytime, because you always had a talent with words."
„You are SO right, Arnold!", she smiled. „It was a dream i had. That or becoming preseident of the USA!"
Both were laughing.
Helga could leave the hospital after some weeks. The rehab took one year. After it, she was almost as agile as before. And she needed the time to get used to some other changes her body was going through, when she was asleep.
To celebrate her recovery, Arnold took her to a restaurant.
„Arnold? Chez Paris? Really?", she asked him.
„Yes, for nostalgic reasons!", he winked at her.
„I don't rinse this time!", she joked.
„You don't need to!", he ensured her.
After the meal they drank a Café Au Lait.
Suddenly Arnold stood up and Helga wondered what got into him.
But when he kneeled down, she almost choked on her coffee.
„Helga, we know each other for SO long and i love you more than anything else! Do you want to become my wife?", he asked and opened a box with an expensive looking ring in it.
„Oh my god!", Helga shrieked, „YES! YES, I WANT!"
She jumped up and hugged and kissed him fervently.
The whole restaurant clapped for them.
That's the end of this story! Helga and Arnold got married and how it continued in there honeymoon, you can read in my crossoverstory „Hey Arnold – Honeymoon in Gravity Falls".
Thanks for reading! :-)