Hello all! At the moment, I'm finishing up my stories based on limey's artworks. My last story based on her comics is of this one, http: / / limey404 . deviantart . com / art / the – drivein – seriously – needs – ac – 161361900. And I thought to clear new readers up with all the other stories I did based on her art, I have them set in my opinionated chronological order based on all that happens in each of them. It begins with "I Need a Mop," then "Errrrr Awkward," "The Best Giddup Evarr," "Don't Know What They're Missing," and concludes with this story: "The Drivein Seriously Needs AC." (I even make a few references to the past stories in this chapter.)

Like "Errrrr Awkward," this story will have a few chapters, setting an introduction and aftermath around the actual comic. If you have seen that artwork, I think you will know what's coming up in this story. But this first chapter will build up to what goes on for Arnold and Helga, before they go to the drive-in in the Packard on a hot summer evening.

Enjoy, and don't forget, I don't own the show or characters!

It was 6:30 P.M.

Over at the Pataki's house at this moment, Helga was lying on her bed, looking up at the ceiling, and going into a deep thought.

Now eighteen years old, having celebrated her birthday near the end of March, Helga had finally graduated from high school at H.S. 118 with all of her old childhood classmates. She had graduated with high honors, and was going to college to study English and law. She wanted to study English since she still had her incredible gift for poetry and literature, and she also wanted to study law because she was still very aggressive, articulate, and argumentative, which were the very traits that would make her an excellent attorney.

Throughout this past year, Helga had faced more happiness than she ever had in her life when Arnold, her childhood football-headed crush and later boyfriend, returned to Hillwood after living with his parents in San Lorenzo for a few years. The two of them had broken up long before he moved, but they reunited when he returned and vowed never to break up again, now realizing even more than they didn't want anyone else but each other.

During their last year of high school, Arnold and Helga had faced so much together. They frequently got together at each other's houses to do homework, even when they didn't have projects to do together. They went on many dates together: for pizza, ice cream, a restaurant, and even the movies. Sometimes they even had picnics in the park so they could enjoy being outside together. Other times, they would just sit on a bench in the area and cuddle together.

At school, they sometimes snuck into a janitor's closet so they could make out in privacy, but they only got caught once by Brainy, who didn't dare speak of it. They always hung out together at their respective lockers after class, walked together in the halls (holding hands or shoulders), sat together at lunch, and if they walked to and from school, they would always do it together. If they didn't walk, they would always sit together on the bus.

It was no big surprise to their friends and classmates when Arnold and Helga got back together. Not long after school began, Helga gave Arnold hickeys because she saw other younger (and prettier) girls had their eyes on him, so she gave him love bites to indicate that he was with going out with someone. Luckily, it worked, and no one else ever came between them.

It was also no surprise to the class when Arnold and Helga were each other's dates to their senior prom. He gave her a corsage, picked her up and brought her home, and danced with her at every dance. Like all their other dates, Arnold wanted to make Helga happy by creating wonderful memories of their prom night. He wanted it to be a night she would never forget in their lives. Seeing her happy at any given time always made him so happy since he loved her so much.

And by the end of the night, Helga told Arnold that it was definitely one of the best nights of her life and she would never forget it. Of course, they shared one final kiss that night, after he brought her home, to help make sure neither of them would ever forget it.

In the present time, it was now the start of summer vacation and the first week of June. When summer was over and school began again, Helga was going to pursue her studies at Hillwood University, which was also where Arnold was going, and the two of them were planning move out of their homes and live together in a nearby apartment.

Helga continued staring up at her ceiling as she thought back on all that happened to her and Arnold over the last months, almost a year since his return. After all this time that Arnold had come back and the two of them had gotten back together, there was still one thing they hadn't done together. It was one thing Helga definitely wanted to do with Arnold, and she was quite sure that he wanted to do it with her as well.

Helga wanted to make love to Arnold.

She had known about sex for years, namely what it was and what resulted from the action of it. She was curious about the experience, and the thought of doing it with Arnold had crossed her mind more than once. She knew that she wanted him to be her first time, just like she knew that she wanted to share her first kiss with him. By now, more so than when she was a kid, Helga only wanted to kiss and make love to Arnold and no else for as long as she lived.

But despite all her thoughts, Helga knew that when she was nine, sex was completely out of her league at that age. Though it was tempting at times, she decided it was best to wait until she and Arnold both were older. Once she had grown up and matured enough to embrace the hormones, it would be a better time for them to take that step together.

She knew that most people said that waiting until marriage was the preferable time to have sex for the first time, but Helga didn't care about that. She loved Arnold with all her heart, and her love had only intensified over the years, even during the time that they had broken up. And she knew by now, more than ever, that he felt the same way about her. Even though they couldn't do it now, they knew they wanted to marry each other someday. If they were to make love to each other before marriage, again, Helga wouldn't care. She loved him that much, and wanted to take her love for him to the intimate level.

Helga had wanted to make love to Arnold once they officially became a couple again and vowed never to break up a second time, but so much came up during the school year that prevented them from taking careful time to do it, and they never had enough time to sit down and talk about it to plan it out. The closest they had gotten was a time in the fall, when Helga came to his house. They had wrapped up doing a history project together and had stripped down to their undergarments (Arnold left his pants on) and caressed each others' bodies to get used to seeing each other virtually unclothed. Then they fell asleep in each others' arms on Arnold's bed.

But they didn't dare try to do the deed on that night because having his family and the boarders there would limit their privacy and they would get caught for sure.

Though they never said this to each other, Arnold and Helga decided to wait a little longer and would do it during a period when they were free and nothing could get in their way.

But now, with school finally out and it being the first week of summer break, Helga had grown tired of waiting. She wanted to sleep with Arnold and she wanted to do it now.

Though she knew the risks of her getting pregnant if she and Arnold had sex, she had been keeping track of her menstrual cycle over time. Now was a good chance where it was less likely to occur if she slept with Arnold, and this would help if he didn't have any protection with him.

Helga immediately sat up from her bed. "I'm going to call him. I want to see him now. I need to be alone with him." She looked over at the phone on her nightstand and immediately picked it up and started to dial Arnold's number.

At the same time that Helga had been on her bed and looking up at her ceiling, Arnold was lying on HIS bed and looking up at the skylights on his ceiling.

For some time now, he had been doing nothing but that, thinking on all that happened between him and Helga since he came back to Hillwood. But the one thing that wouldn't leave his mind was that he and Helga had yet to take their relationship to the next level.

Even though he had grown up, matured more, and still maintained many of his qualities as a kid, especially when it came to doing the right thing, Arnold was tempted to have sex with Helga. But it was because he loved Helga so much; he wanted to take that step with her for the right reasons. Like Helga, he believed that, even if they made love now, it would only strengthen their bond of love even further, giving them the stronger feeling that would be together forever one day.

He was now getting bored of lying down and doing nothing, so he immediately sat up. "I'm going to call her now. I have to see her. Now that school's out and nothing's keeping us busy, this is the perfect time for us to have more privacy together."

Arnold glanced over at his clock, and the time was 6:40 P.M. He was just about to get up off the bed when the phone near his collapsible couch suddenly rang. He ran over to it and picked it up before the second ring finished. "Hello?"

"Arnold? I've gotta see you!" He heard Helga exclaim on the other line.

Arnold's eyes widened with surprise. Has she been thinking the same things I've been thinking? She sounds desperate, like a subject like sex with me has been on her mind lately. He thought, then asked, "Helga? Why now? Are you all right?"

"I'm fine, Arnold. I just…I really want to see you." Helga replied, this time in a lower tone. Back in her room, her hand that was holding the phone started to shake with anxiety.

Arnold just smiled. "I want to see you, too. Come on over."

"Okay, thanks. I'll be over soon." Helga hung up the phone at the same time Arnold did.

But Arnold wanted to see Helga alone before everyone else saw her first. So he left his room through his skylight roof, then climbed down his fire escape to wait in the alley for Helga.

"Mom, Dad! I'm going over to Arnold's for a bit!" Helga called to her parents, who were watching TV in the living room.

"Okay, honey." Miriam called back, then Bob, who briefly turned his head away from the TV, gestured in her direction. "Yeah, yeah, sure, sure, Helga. See you later."

Helga looked in their direction and rolled her eyes before she opened the door and walked out of it.

After a few minutes of walking in the direction of Arnold's house, Helga began to get a little worried about what to say to Arnold. She wondered if what she said to him over the phone when he first answered sounded needy and desperate, not to mention obvious for what she really wanted. But she just said she wanted to see him, she didn't say anything along the lines of "I want to have sex with you" or "I want us to make love now, Arnold!"

She had gotten so wrapped up in her thoughts that she almost didn't notice when Arnold's house finally came into view. Once she recognized where she was, she immediately stopped walking. "Oh, almost there. Well, I'll get this sorted later. Right now, I just want to see my football head."

Helga continued walking until she came to the corner of the store right next to the boarding house, where she heard someone whisper to her."Psst, Helga!"

"Huh?" Helga stopped in her tracks. "Who's that?"

"Helga, it's me, Arnold!" The voice whispered a little louder.

"Arnold? Well, where are you?" She turned her head to look around.

"Right here, in the alley." Arnold said a little louder than before, enough so hopefully only she would hear him.

Helga looked in the direction of the alley next to the boarding house and saw a familiar figure in the dark that she knew only belonged to Arnold. She smiled widely and ran over to him, throwing her arms around his neck as soon she came into his presence while he grabbed her around her waist.

As soon as they embraced, Arnold and Helga started kissing madly, with a good amount of passion and force, like they never wanted to stop. Arnold pushed Helga up against the wall of the boarding house (though not hard so he would hurt her) as they continued kissing. Helga occasionally clutched at his head and ran her fingers through his hair. Arnold caressed Helga's shoulders and cheeks, also running his fingers through her hair. Since they were so wrapped up in each other, Arnold didn't take a moment to think as he placed both of his hands over her clothed breasts.

After what seemed like forever for both of them, Arnold and Helga finally unsnapped their lips for good and pulled their hands off each other. They were both panting heavily after realizing how much air they had lost. Arnold placed his left hand on the wall, right next to Helga's right shoulder and looked her in the eye while Helga looked down as she removed some of her hair that had fallen in her face before she looked back at him.

Arnold gave a small smile, still gasping a little for air. "Do you want to go somewhere?'

Though she was also still panting some from the lack of oxygen, Helga managed to smile back and nodded. "Okay."

"How about the drive-in? I thought we should go someplace to be alone entirely. And it's still pretty hot out tonight; I doubt a lot of cars will be there."

"Sounds good enough for me, hair boy. But first, I better call my parents so they know where I am. I told them I was coming here, but they should know that I won't be home for a while."

"Okay. Why don't you come inside and just call them? And, uh, maybe you shouldn't tell them we're going to the drive-in. They might get the wrong idea. And to avoid suspicion from my family as well, why don't we take the Packard and go out to dinner first, then go to the movie?"

Wrong idea? Helga thought. Does that mean Arnold's thinking…? Yes, I think so! He even said he wanted to go somewhere so we could be alone! And what better place than the drive-in? Oh, Arnold, my football-headed love god, you DO want to take that step with me! Helga's eyes widened a little at her thoughts, and she started to smile, but then she shook her head to snap out of her trance and answer Arnold's question. "Uh, yeah. That's fine with me." Then she smirked at him. "I mean, whatever floats your boat, football head!"

Arnold smiled at Helga, then took her by the hand as they walked up to the doorstep together. Though he didn't notice it, Helga glanced at Arnold with a loving, sweet smile and half-lidded gaze.

Arnold opened the door and called out to his family. "Mom? Dad? Grandma? Grandpa?"

"In the kitchen, short man!" Phil called back.

The couple walked to the kitchen, where Gertie was walking around and wearing her safari hat and carrying her fly swatter (apparently looking for another fly or some sort of insect). Phil was looking in the refrigerator, and Miles and Stella were sitting at the table together, talking.

"Hi, everyone." Arnold said as Helga waved to them.

"Hey there, little lady!" Phil said as he looked up from the fridge.

"Wonderful to see you again, Eleanor!" Gertie said cheerfully.

"Hello, Helga." Miles and Stella said together.

"Mom, Dad, can Helga and I go out to have dinner and see a movie?" He looked at Phil and added, "And can we take the Packard?"

Miles and Stella looked at each other and smiled. "Of course you can, son." Stella said as Miles nodded.

"Yes, you can take the Packard, short man." Phil walked over to Arnold and handed him the keys. "But remember to be careful with it."

"Don't worry, Grandpa. You can count on me." Arnold smiled as he pocketed the keys, then he looked at Helga. "You wanna go call your parents? You can use the phone near the stairs." He pointed in the direction of where the phone was located.

Helga nodded, then let go of his hand as she walked out of the kitchen and over to the phone. She dialed her home number, and the phone was answered after the second ring. "Hello, Mom? I'm at Arnold's. He and I are planning to see a movie and go out to dinner."

"Okay, honey. Have fun." Miriam said on the other end. "Just be home no later than midnight."

"Sure, Mom. See you later." Helga replied.

"Bye." Then Helga heard the line click, and she hung up the phone. Then she walked back to the kitchen where Arnold was still waiting with the adults.

As soon as Helga came back, Arnold, who was sitting at the table with Phil and his parents, turned towards her. "You ready?"

"Yes, Arnold."

"All right then, let's go." He stood up from his seat and took Helga's hand again as the two of them walked towards the back door. "Bye, guys." Arnold called to his family and waved to them.

"Bye, everyone." Helga also called and waved to them.

"Bye, kids." Miles called after them.

"Be back before midnight, Arnold." Stella said.

"I will, Mom."

"See you later, Arnold. Enjoy your date with your little lady." Phil chuckled.

"Hope you and Eleanor have a good outing, Kimba." Gertie called to them.

As soon as everyone said their goodbyes to the couple, Arnold and Helga made their way out the back door and to the driveway where the Packard was located. Arnold walked over to the passenger's seat with Helga and opened the door for her. He smiled as he gestured, "Ladies first." Helga smiled at him, then slid into the seat, with Arnold shutting the door. Then he made his way over to the driver's seat. After he got in and shut the door, he turned to Helga. "So where do you wanna go? Chez Paris?"

"Why not? It brings back so many memories for us." Helga smiled lovingly at him.

"It sure does, Helga. It sure does." Arnold smiled back, then he tucked back a few strands of her hair that were falling into her face. As soon as he finished, he and Helga leaned towards each other simultaneously and kissed on the lips.

Again, this kiss was not brief, and while it held passion, it was more gentle and soft unlike their passionate kiss earlier.

When they broke apart, Arnold and Helga gazed at each other with all the love they had for each other. Arnold brought one of his hands to her cheek and began to stroke it as he smiled at her. "I love you, Helga."

Helga brought one of her fingers up to trace Arnold's lips as she smiled back at him. "I love you, too, Arnold."

At that moment, Arnold leaned closer to her and they kissed again. This one was not as long as their last two kisses, but it wasn't so short either, especially since Helga still didn't give short kisses!

They broke apart again, then leaned back into their seats and buckled their seat belts as Arnold started the Packard and pulled out of the driveway, then headed down the street in the direction of Chez Paris.

As Arnold continued driving, both he and Helga were silent and started thinking deeply.

Maybe tonight is finally the night we can…do it. Helga thought as she looked out the window.

Maybe tonight is our chance to finally…do it. Arnold thought as he looked ahead of him.

While neither of them acknowledged their thoughts to each other for the time being, Arnold and Helga continued feeling nervous the whole ride to the restaurant, wondering if they were ever going to bring it up instead of just ignoring it, especially since they knew that wouldn't help them.