The street was dark, there were a few people staring at the accident scene. You could hear the ambulance and firefighter's sirens closing by. The car was burning out of control, Arnold and Gerald were able to get Helga and Miriam out of the car on time, before the flames consumed them.

Arnold couldn't stop shedding tears as he held Helga in his arms.
"Helga, you mean the world to me, stay strong I'l never leave you....I'm here." Whisper Arnold to Helga as he was pressing down on her head wound.
"How is she Arnold?" Asked Gerald concern.
"I don't know Gerald, I was able to stop the bleeding but she's unconscious and very pale."
"Is she breathing?" Asked Gerald alarmed.
"Barely" Replied Arnold heartbroken.
"I'll go and check on Helga's mom, but she's not bleeding, I think she'll be fine." Said Gerald as he left to check on Miriam.

The ambulance arrived and the paramedics rushed to Arnold. "Is she breathing?" Asked one paramedic "Yes barely, I was able to stop the Hemorrhage, but she lost a lot of blood." Replied Arnold.
"Will take it from here." Replied the paramedic as they placed her on a stretcher and placed an oxygen mask on her to help her breath. "Is she going to be all right?" Asked Arnold with fear in his eyes. The paramedic saw Arnold scare for her and cover in blood "Look you did good, you saved her life, will take her to North Hospital if you want to check up on her later, what's you name?" asked the paramedic.

"Arnold"

"Will let the hospital staff know what you did for her." The paramedics placed Helga inside the ambulance and they left. Another ambulance took her mother as well. The firefighters were putting out the fire on the vehicle.

Arnold was left standing with his bloody sweater in his hands and staring into the ambulance as they drove off. He was in shock, the image of Helga bleeding inside the burning car was too much for him. I saw her hurt in my dream and I couldn't save her from getting hurt. Thought Arnold has he drop to his knees on the floor "Helga please be okay." Arnold looked at his shirt and saw the locket cover in blood. Just like the dream "Helga said, soon my love but first you have to be strong. What does that mean?." Said Arnold staring in to space.

"Arnold snap out of it... I called Phoebe and she will contact Helga's father, my Dad can give us a ride to the hospital. I'll tell him to bring a clean shirt for ya."
"Thanks Gerald."
A firefighter walked over to Arnold.
"Are you related to the young lady that was taken to the hospital."
"Aaaahhh.." Arnold didn't know what to say.
"Yes Sir, he's her boyfriend." Replied Gerald.
Arnold's eyes widened.
"Okay than, this belongs to her, we found it inside the car, it's the only thing that wasn't burn." The firefighters handed Arnold, Helgas's ballet gym bag. It was partially burn but the stuff inside the bag were safe from damage.

A couple of hours later. Arnold, Gerald, Phoebe and Bob were at the waiting room. Waiting on the Doctors to say something about Helga and Miriam.

Arnold gave Phoebe Helga's gym bag for safe keeping. Bob was seating alone and apart from the rest of them with his hands on his head looking down.

The Doctor walked over to the waiting room.
"Mr. Pataki?" Asked the Doctor
"Yes that's me." Bob stood up with tired eyes.
"Your wife just woke up, she's stable and talking. She suffers minor head injuries and she'll have to spend the night for observation, she can go home tomorrow morning."
"What about my daughter?" Asked Bob very concern.
The Doctor change his face expression, Arnold noticed it and feared the worst.
"Your daughter came to us in shock, she lost lots of blood and suffer a temporal artery injury and needed transfusion."
Arnold felt his entire body frozen, his mind was ready to hear the unthinkable, his heart raced in fear.

"We were able to keep her stable, but the next forty-eight hours are critical." As the Doctor was explaining he looked at Gerald and Arnold.
"Who's the young lady's boyfriend?" Asked the Doctor.
Gerald pushed Arnold towards the Doctor. "He is Doctor." Arnold's eyes were widened with embarrassment, when Gerald said that in front of the Doctor and especially in front of Helga's father.
"Young man, the paramedics told me what you did and by stopping the hemorrhage and keeping her warmed you saved her life, not to mention you and your friend, we're able to pulled the young lady and her mother from the burning vehicle, that was a very heroic and selfless act. Mr. Pataki you should feel proud for these two young man, especially your daughter's boyfriend for saving her life. What's your name young man?" Asked the Doctor.
"Aww...Arnold" he answered shyly.
The Doctor shook his hand and Gerald's.
"Can we see Helga Doctor?" Asked Phoebe.
"Yes, her nurse will take you all to see her in a minute." Said the Doctor as he walked away.

Bob turned to look at Arnold with a mad face and walked up to him. "So you're Helga's boyfriend?"
Arnold looked at Bob and felt intimidated. "Well Sir, actually there's been a.." as Arnold was explaining Bob gave Arnold a big hug.
"Thank you for saving my little girl's life and....her mother's" Bob had change his face expression drastically. He had shed a tear and was very thankful to Arnold and Gerald for what they had done.

A couple of minutes later a nurse walked over to the waiting area. "Who's here to see Helga Pataki?" Asked the nurse.
"We are, it's me and my daughter's friends" Replied Helga's father.
"My name is Samantha and I'm your daughter's nurse Mr. Pataki, please follow me everyone."
The gang and Helga's father follow the nurse to the intensive health care unit . "Here we are just don't make too much noise. The patient is still unconscious from her accident, the Doctor is expecting for her to be conscious with in the next twelve to twenty four hours."
Helga had her head wrapped and was on IV.
The gang gave Bob space to be close to his daughter while they stand at the edge of the bed.
"My daughter I did this to her." Bob sat next to her bed holding Helga's hand.
"Mr. Pataki it was an accident, it wasn't your fault." Replied Phoebe
Bob didn't reply back, he just sat there looking at Helga.

Arnold never imagine seeing Helga like that in a hospital bed, she always showed so much strength and energy towards life. It was very painful for Arnold seeing Helga like that, with her body full of scratches and bruises. Even in a hospital bed, no one can take your beauty away. Thought Arnold.

Phoebe stepped outside the room for a minute to talk to Gerald. Arnold was left alone in the room with Bob.
"You know, all this is my fault." Said Bob to Arnold while he stared at Helga.
"Why Sir?" Asked Arnold confused
Bob took a deep breath. "Today when I got home Miriam told me she was going to admit herself in a rehab center for ninety days and so I had to watch over Helga during that time..... I didn't like it, I yelled at her to find some other way to fix her own damn problems. She mention she had promised to Helga about getting admit, since she help her qualify for the program. I told her, I was too damn tired of all her alcohol problems crap and I wasn't going to be dealing with the house and Helga alone for ninety days just so that she can have it easy.
I grabbed my bag and I left the house. Next thing I know their in the hospital because Miriam was drunk driving."

Arnold couldn't believe what he was hearing, it wasn't an accident. Miriam was driving drunk oh my poor Helga, you tried to help your Mother by getting her qualify for the program and your father still didn't support her. Thought Arnold.

"You see, I'm the real monster of the story, I was too concern with my selfish life that I never notice how hard it was on Helga to deal with her drunk mother everyday and than having to deal with me."

Arnold started to understand more and more why Helga told him so many times My life is shit when it comes to them, I want to escape my life, I'm dealing with a lot of shit, I don't want you dealing with my problems, I'm not worth caring for. Arnold remember all the times Helga complained about her parents and her life, but she never gave him details to why she kept having problems with them. Arnold finally understood why she kept trying to avoid talking to him about her problems, she didn't want Arnold to know her mother had an alcohol addiction problem and her father never cared for her. But Helga was able to open up to Andrew, right? Why did she tell Andrew about it and not me? Was it because she like him or she loved him enough to feel comfortable around him to tell him her deepest secrets. Thought Arnold.

"It turns out I am a coward, like my daughter Said. All this time and she was right about me, about everything. Now she hates me." Said Bob has he held Helga's hand.

Arnold stood up from his seat "Helga is also mad at me, she got very upset because I didn't give her the space and privacy she needed to settle her feelings for me, the last thing she said was how disappointed she was of me and that she didn't loved me."

"You can fix it." Replied Bob
"No, it's too late she was very upset at me." Replied Arnold looking down.
"My daughter has my temper, but she's a better person than what I'll ever be. It's never too late, anything can be fix except death." Replied Bob.
"Are you going to fix it with your daughter?"
Asked Arnold.
Bob was silence thinking staring at Helga.
"I owe her that and more." Replied Bob.
Without her knowing, that night Helga had two silver knights by her side to protect her, her father and Arnold.

The nurse step in the room, "Mr.Pataki visitors hours are till 9pm so you have 15 minutes left, do you wish to see your wife?"
"Yes ma,am." Replied Bob as he step out of the room following the nurse.
Arnold was left in the room with Helga.
Arnold sat next to Helga's bed and held her hand. "I don't know if you can hear me Helga, but I want you to know that I love you and I'll will always be there for you, I promise." Said Arnold has he kissed her hand.
The nurse return to the room and was checking Helga's IV and blood pressures. Helga was connected to a heart beat monitor and the nurse was reading the heart beat record.
"How is she?" Asked Arnold
"Very good, at first her heart beat was low but I see it pick up." Replied the nurse
"Really, when?"
"Just now actually." Said the nurse looking at the heart monitor chart.
"Can she hear me?" Asked Arnold excited.
"It's difficult to know, the mind works in misterios ways, but it is proven when you talk to a person that's unconscious they can hear you and it helps their recovery. Even if they don't remember what you said to them, their mind does. So talk to your girlfriend to help her get better." Arnold cheeks turn red.
"Who told you I was her boyfriend?"
The nurse smiled. "All the staff knows, how you saved her life. Guys like you are hard to fine, she's very lucky to have you." Said the nurse
"I'm the lucky one." Said Arnold has he stared at Helga.
"Young love, there's nothing like it." Replied the nurse as she looked at the time. "Well young man, visiting hours are over. You can visit your girlfriend tomorrow by 8am if you like."
Phoebe and Gerald walked back to the room.
"How's Helga?" Asked Phoebe
"A bit better a think, but visiting hours are over so will have to come back tomorrow." Said Arnold
Phoebe leaned over to Helga and gave her a soft hug. "I'll be leaving now Helga, I'll be back tomorrow after school."
Phoebe was holding Helga's ballet gym bag when suddenly, the pink diary felt through a hole in the bag landing under Helga's bed.

Arnold got close to Helga and whispered on her hear. "I'll be back tomorrow morning, I love you."

The gang left the hospital for the day.

Notes:
I really like the way Gerald introduced Arnold as Helga's boyfriend, especially in front of her father.

I also wanted to show another side to Bob, in the episode Arnold's Halloween there was a tender side to him even if it was small at the end of the episode when he hugged Helga. I wanted to explore more of that, he just needs to be committed to changing for Helga.