Chapter 22: The User

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CHAPTER 22

THE USER

G rolled in bed hugging and unconsciously sniffing a familiar scent; she opened her eyes unaware of the smile that she had on her face, and equally unaware that was sleeping on a bed.

"Woaaaaaa..."

THUMP

"Owwwwww" yelped the girl

She quickly stood up blinking her self-awake "what the" she looked at her hands, that were wrapped in band-aids, she then scratched her head in confusion as she looked at the bed.

KNOCK...KNOCK...KNOCK

"Who is it?" groaned the teen

"It's me Arnold... Are you ok?"

The dizzy girl opened the door "what do you want foot..." she paused, flashing Arnold a smirk.

"What happened?" asked the concerned football-headed boy "I heard a loud noise.." he paused once again, getting lost in her deep blue eyes

An awkward silence arouse and the only sound that could be heard where the dripping sounds of water that was falling from Arnold

A blush crept along the boy's face due to the fact that G wasn't answering him and staring at his chest, he brushed his hair nervously "I was..."

G cleared her throat and started to laugh "what's with the pink skirt?"

Arnold now pink all the way up to his face looked down "I heard that nose and quickly... Hey it's not a skirt... It's my Grandma's..."

SLAM...

G slammed the door and she could be heard laughing maniacally behind it

"Towel" whispered the blushing boy

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Arnold walked into the kitchen finding his Grandpa reading a newspaper "hi Grandpa" he sat down and started to fill a plate with food

"So" laughed Grandpa "what are you doing up extra early today?" he winked

"I..."

Arnold was interrupted by the Elderly Man "Hey! Hey! There's my favorite Boarder!"

"Mornin' Gramps" greeted G, she opened the refrigerator to grab a carton of orange juice "I wonder why Arnold is up this early?"she then walked to the table and stood next to Grandpa "Hey Gramps I got a Q for ya?"

"If it's about Raspberries, you've come to the right place" he laughed

She gave him a small chuckle "no, I was wondering..."

Grandpa nodded and gave her a knowing look "go on"

"How did I..." she cleared her throat "did you take me to my room yesterday?"

Grandpa rubbed his chin in a thoughtful manner "ah... no, I was going to, but someone else beat me to it hehehe" he nudged Arnold then laughed again

Arnold smiled while chewing his food "I didn't want to wake you up"

G, with furrowed eyebrows behind her shades whispered a low "oh" and walked away

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The black-haired female bolted out of the Boarding House "what am I gonna do now, I need the stupid bike errrrr" as she turned the corner she spotted Frankie G, "shoot" she quickly backed off and hid within the alley

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A disappointed Arnold ran to look for G, he had high hopes of walking with her, and maybe get to know her a little bit better but the girl left without him realizing it, luckily for him he spotted her sticking her head out near a corner "Hey G!" he waved maybe waking up early wasn't a waste

He could see that she turned his way, but instead of waving back she hid deeper within the shadows.

"Just my luck, Arnoldo is here to break my cover" she thought

"G?" Arnold peeked his head in to look for her "I know you're here, why are you hiding from me?" he walked in and found her near a Dumpster.

"I..um" she cleared her throat "I wasn't hiding from you"

"Then what are you doing?" he inquired

"sheesh when is this football-head ever gonna leave me alone" sighed the teen thoughtfully "I was looking for a..." she looked around and said, "dog, yeah... a dog"

"A dog?"

"Yeah, I think that he was hurt"

"Oh no" said Arnold

"Yeah" she pointed deeper within the shadows and said, "I think that I saw him run over there"

"Ok, let's go find him," said Arnold

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Arnold whistled for the dog, while G kept an eye out hoping that Frankie G would leave soon.

When the coast was clear she said "lets just go"

Arnold, whom was still looking for the dog answered "no G, you go ahead I'll find him"

G gave him a soft smile and pointed to a certain direction "I um, just saw someone else pick him up over there"

"You did?"

"Yeah"

"Let's go see if he's ok"

G crossed her arms and tapped her foot on the concrete "this is not even cute anymore, now he's just getting annoying" but her thoughts were cut short when Arnold pulled on her arm "where did you say he went?"

the girl couldn't help but sigh annoyingly and pointed where ever "over there"

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Arnold was upset that he didn't find the dog, as he walked along with G he said, "do you think he'll be ok?"

"Yeah, sure" she said as she looked in all directions, and walking faster and ahead of him

Arnold noticed but he just kept trying to catch up to her "I didn't even notice when you left" he said, trying to start a conversation, but G didn't answer him and just kept walking faster.

"Are you still mad at me?" he asked a little hurt

G paused her walking and faced him "mad... At you?" stated the Girl sarcastically

"Oh no" thought Arnold, already preparing himself for a speech

"I wasn't actually mad at you Arn... Arnold" said G while facing away "I was already mad, then you had to come and make it all worse"

Arnold looked at her oddly, what did she mean about that? "why were you mad?" he could see her gulp as she tried to say something.

"I was having a bad day, that's all"

BEEEP BEEEP!

The Ford Excursion pulled over revealing a lovesick Wolfgang "Hey babe, need a ride?"

G tipped her shades low giving the boy a flirtatious look "hey have you by any chance seen my backpack around?"

"Got it right here baby" he grinned, "I called your place but this lady kept talking about a mission in outer space, how can you live with such lunatics?" he laughed

"Hey that's my family you're talking about!" said Arnold through gritted teeth, how dare he insult his family

"Yeaaaa" said G as she walked over to the SUV "Was looking everywhere for it, I had some tough homework to do" she paused and slowly traced the side of the half-opened window

"Oh babe don't worry about that," said Wolfgang "I did it for you"

G inwardly rejoiced "the fool, he fell for it hahaha" "but you shouldn't have..." she acted

Wolfgang didn't let her finish "don't worry about it babe, it was easy, I had Mrs. Simmons last year and besides I'll always have your back" he reached for the door and as he opened it asked "so are you coming?"

"Alright" she hopped in leaving a hurt Arnold behind

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Mimi whistled when she entered Mr. Koller's class

Today was the day that she will finally win the award for her class, thanks to Gerald who has distracted Phoebe enough for her not to study for the big test that they took yesterday.

The girl stopped not knowing where to sit,

Mr. Koller looked up from his desk and said, "sit anywhere Hun"

She smiled and choose the seat in the front

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As Arnold sat in his new desk, he thought about G "where could she be?"

DING...

An out of breath G ran inside the room not knowing where to sit

Mr. Koller smiled and pointed to the empty seat next to Arnold "Great!" she thought, she stomped her way there and annoyingly set her books down

Arnold looked at her and whispered "Why are you late?"

G didn't turn her head, nor answered him... She couldn't concentrate, Mr. Koller's blabbing made her want to scream and Arnold's smell... The smell she desperately tried to scrub off in the morning was surrounding her all over again "stupid football-head and his stupid shampoo or whatever he does errrrr"

"... is G, you may come up and choose The Class Prize, he said proudly"

"Huh?"

"Come on up, don't be shy" he waved in

"But..." she walked up and felt him pat her back "this girl right here got a 99.8 on the test, a close call compared to my third period's usual winner"

The class clapped and cheered "Pizza, Pizza Pizza" except for Mimi who sat there with a huge frown, and Arnold with a shocked face

"So what's it gonna be?" asked Mr. Koller

"Pizza" she shrugged not even caring

"woooooo hoooooooo" cheered the class

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Phoebe, Mimi, Gerald and Arnold sat together in their usual lunch table

"So G got it" stated Phoebe

"Yes, Phoebe I think that she was lying to Alex yesterday"

"Why would she lie?" said Gerald "she probably cheated"

"That test is highly impossible to cheat at" said Mimi flatly

Gerald gave her an annoying look, Mimi obviously didn't understand what he was trying to do, he wrapped Phoebe within his arms and said, "you'll do better next time"

Phoebe gave him a small peck in the cheek "Indeed I will"

Arnold whom was currently eating a meatball said, "Where is she anyway"

The group scanned the lunchroom and shrugged "who knows?" said Gerald

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G ran back into school grounds "no freakin' pay phones anywhere, sheesh" since the beginning of lunch G decided to skip out and look for a Pay Phone but to her luck none were nearby, she entered the school and stopped in front of her locker to pull out some books that she was going to need when...

She felt a painful squeeze in her shoulder "What the..."

Her hand was grabbed and pinned within another locker, she turned to face its causer

As shocked as she was, she still managed to smirk "hey Frankie boy, What's up?"

"Don't play dumb with me B***h! I know you did it!"

With her loose hand G softly touched his hair "Oh that's such a tough word to throw out, what's wrong cutie?"

"That's not working on me again you... You"

The Female traced the side of his face softly "I was looking for you yesterday"

"You liar, your phone number wasn't even real" he shook her and said, "give it back!"

"Give what back?" she asked while trying to hold her laughter

"That was my Moms antique ring, her Mom gave it to her and so on, GIVE IT BACK!"

G looked on to her right and noticed that Wolfgang was slowly backing away and out of the area "no cutie I don't even know what you're talking about?"

"STOP LYING" he twisted her arm and….

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