Chapter 12

Oh my gawd, it's the end! And I still own nothing more then a pop corn bag! Okay you know by now I own none of these characters.

Helga is gone…….

Helga walked silently down the hallway of busy girls. She wore the same uniform they all did of a black, green, and navy blue plaid skirt. A long sleeve white button up dress shirt. A greenish black vest with the school crest on the right breast. Her hair was braided into two pig tails that started low and toward the back of her head. Each braid ended in a black ribbon. Her knee high black socks matched perfectly with her shiny mary jane shoes. She carried her books in her arms and had a large messenger bag on her side. Girls pointed and snickered at her.

"I heard she got sent back because her mom lost all their money. Figures she would have to rely on Olga. Olga was the only good thing to come out of that whole family from what I hear." A girl leaning against a locker laughed. Helga just put her head down and walked past, pretending not to hear.

She walked into the library and put her books down. She had to study in the library today since it was raining and PE was canceled. The rest of her PE class was spread out around the long tables. She reached into her messenger bag and pulled out a laptop. All girls at this school had one, since paper and pen were seen as out dated. She reached over to a small box in the middle of the table. Inside were hook ups for the internet. She pulled out the wire and snapped into the back of her laptop.

"Great, I'll just play games all study period to pass the time." Helga said in a depressing voice and logged in. As soon as she did a little Message Alert popped up. "Who would be sending me a message?"

She clicked on it and it open.

"Helga,

Sorry little sis, Daniel had to borrow my car and I won't be able to pick you up today. Maybe you can get a ride with a friend. J

Olga"

"Great Olga, I don't have any friends!" Helga said angrily at her screen. A few girls looked over at her and she shot them back a glare. They quickly went back to their books. Helga brought up a web browser and her home page was displayed. It mostly said a bunch of news and the weather. She was about to click onto 'GAMES' when she noticed an interesting flashing phrase under her horoscope.

"Want to know your Future?" Helga read. She looked back and forth, "Hmph, why not?"

She clicked on to it and filled out the categories like name, birthday, and so on. She really didn't believe in this crap, even since that love potion calamity in the forth grade. After filling it out she clicked on "TELL MY FUTURE!" button at the bottom of the page. She was transferred to a page covered with little zodiac symbols and a read out in the middle.

"Helga's Astronomical Expectation---

Under the cosmic influence around today, you could connect with someone in a deep and profoundly spiritual way. The planetary alignment reveals that perhaps the two of you have been destined to meet, and now the time has arrived. This is not something that can be planned, or even looked for; it is usually completely unexpected - but deeply and perfectly satisfying. Keep an open mind and heart.

 ---Clover the Mystic"

(Note: Thanks to Yahoo Horoscopes for that, I don't own that horoscope in anyway or form. But it was weird because that is my actual horoscope for today! YIPPIE)

"Pssh, yeah right!" Helga said and clicked off the page and went for the game section. She stayed in the library for a hour till the bell rung. She looked out the window, it seemed to be clearing up. She lessened her frown, at least she wouldn't have to walk in the rain home. She packed up her laptop and picked up her books. She left and went into the hallway, most everyone all cleared out. She figured there was a sale at the mall or something.

She walked down to her locker and started to put her books away. At this point she was totally alone in the hallway. She heard footsteps at the end of the hall. She turned to see an outline standing in front of the large window doors. It's head looked like they had large tuffs of hair sticking out like cowlicks.

"Arnold?" Helga asked herself. She ran down the hall at top speed and came to a stop five feet away from the figure.

"HEY NO RUNNING IN THE HALLS!" The janitor yelled at her as he moved the small potted palm tree. It's leafs stuck up like tuffs of hair.

"Sorry." Helga said and walked past him out the doors. "Stupid plant that looks like football head."

As soon as she went out the doors, the crash of lightning streaked across the sky and the crash of thunder followed. The rain began yet another downpour. Within 10 seconds Helga was soaked to the bone in water. She let out a scream.

"I hate stupid California!" she cried out and stomped down the front steps on the school. "I hate everything in the world!"

She walked a few feet and then saw a rock on the sidewalk. She decided to focus all her hate on to that rocked and kicked the shit out of it. It flew about 30 yards into the street. But the kick caused Helga to lose her balance on the wet slippery sidewalk and she fell flat on her back. She sat there looking up at the sky before she pushed herself up into a sitting position and hugged her knees. She began to cry in the pouring rain.

"I hate everything and everything hates me." She cried. The rain poured down on her. Washing the fresh water in her the tears on her cheeks. She growled again. "AND I HATE THE STUPID RAIN!"

Suddenly the rain stop falling on Helga. It was raining still, but not on her. She looked above to see an umbrella being held over her.

"You know in all the years we known each other, you always seem to forget your umbrella." A voice said from behind her. She wiped her eyes clean of her tears and looked behind her. Only one person could have been holding that umbrella, the person who had done it so many years ago when a little girl. Arnold.

"What are you doing here?" Helga said in a livid tone of voice. She turned from him and crossed her arms over her knees, resting her chin on her wrist. Arnold squatted down next to her.

"Well, I took that money I had and bought a plane ticket. Then I came to California so I could give you back this." Arnold said and pulled out the pink ribbon. Helga looked over at it. "I mean, Helga without her ribbon is like me without a football head."

"So you came here just to give me back my ribbon? Only that after what you did?" Helga said. She refused to look him in the eyes, so she kept her back to him.

"Helga, it's been about a week since we seen each other. And I tried to figure out what the hell Miriam told you that made you get on that plane. And I still don't know. She won't tell me." Arnold said and put his hand on Helga's shoulder.

"She told me what you told her to tell me." Helga said looking forward. "Before you left."

Arnold looked at Helga questioningly. "I don't mean to call your mom a liar, but she is. That night Helga, Miriam told me to go inside to tell everyone we arrived and she would wake you. She took off in the car after I got out. If you don't believe me, you can ask Phoebe, she was there with me as I raced through the airport to catch you."

Helga sat there in stillness. She was going over that night over and over in her head. The facts seem to add up in favor of Arnold's story. She knew in her heart she should have never trusted Miriam. Helga's tears started to build up in her eyes again and she turn to face Arnold.

"I am so sorry Arnold!" Helga said and threw herself into Arnold's arms. He wrapped his arms around her. Again she suddenly felt that peace she had back in his bedroom. Where everything seemed right in the world as long as she was in his arms. They sat there as she cried for around ten minutes before Arnold pulled her to her feet.

"Look at you! You look like Brittney Spears after a hurricane!" Arnold said jokingly. Helga looked him up in down. He was in baggy dark blue jeans, a shirt with some college basket ball team on it, and his trusty black windbreaker. She look down on the ground to see a huge puddle. An evil smirk spread across her face.

"Oh I do, do I? Well Football head, you are about to look like a drowned Backstreet Boy!" Helga said and leaped in the air and came splashing down in the puddle.

"Ahhh, Helga!" Arnold said. She grabbed the umbrella away from him and he became soaked from above now too.

"Now we match!" Helga said with a cute smile as she twirled the umbrella.

"I thought we were a perfect match before I was wet." Arnold said with a chuckle and wrapped his arms around Helga. He pulled her up to his lips and kissed her. He pulled her tight to him till only her toes were touching the ground. His hand gently cradled

her head. Helga was so impressed with the romantic grasp he held on her, he knew he must have asked Gerald for advice.

"I love you helga." Arnold said.

"I love you too Arnold." Helga said and went back to kissing him in the sweet tenderness of the rain. She really didn't hate the rain as long as he was near her.

THE END!

Okay, before I get bitching for a sequel there will be one, just not now. I need a break from this plot. I have another story about Arnold and Helga as kids still called "A Fate Worse Then Destiny" that people seem to like. And I have another one coming out soon about them in High School, it's going to be sweet like this one though, but still a great Helga and Arnold fic. I am going to keep writing fics about them till Nick makes them get together. BYE!