CHAPTER 36

SURPRISE, SURPRISE

The day went a little awkward for Arnold, due to the fact that most of his classmates and Teachers treated him differently, it wasn't everyday that Arnold would lose it, especially in public they never expected Arnold to go wild like that on Frankie G

Everything was different but the only thing that wasn't was G, she acted the same, private and away from everyone else, Arnold really wanted to spend some more time with her at lunch, but Gerald wouldn't let it happen.

G pretty much had a usual day, she noticed that Arnold wasn't at all comfortable and that Gerald kept pulling him away from her, something that made her a bit down

Even if that was exactly what her flirting with Gerald was all about, that's what she wanted in the first place... right?

G walked down the hall on her way to her sixth period when in the corner of her eye she noticed two familiar girls wearing a student teacher badge on their shirts Ruth McDougal and Big Patty, The Dark-Haired Girl noticed that they were talking about Arnold, which for today wasn't unusual.

G decided to shrug it off and entered her sixth period with a halt, because most of her classmates were at a corner in the room making a big fuss out of something.

"Hey G" said a soft and calm manly voice

"Hey Arnold" said G without turning around

"what's going on over there?" he asked as he followed G to her desk

"No Idea, and don't care"

Arnold silently took Stinky's seat and sat by G, he couldn't help but stare at her

The Dark-Haired girl chuckled nervously, cleared her throat and leaned back on her chair "Whats your deal?" she crossed her arms

Arnold blinked for his thoughts were cut short "what do you mean?"

"you sitting in Stinky's seat and staring at me as if I were a Shark on land"

Arnold widened his eyes and looked away to where the commotion was still happening, a wide smile spread among the Football-Headed boys face as soon as he saw why, he excitingly stood up "Mr. Simmons?"

Mr. Simmons looked towards the direction to where the familiar voice was coming from, he happily walked towards one of the persons he originally came for "Arnold, So good to see you" he then looked over at the surprised girl sitting next to him.

The Teacher couldn't believe that it was Helga, he wouldn't have ever recognized her in a million years "and you must be G" he said while extending his hand for a handshake

G looked over at her old teacher and with her arms still crossed, greeted him with a simple nod "yup, names G, if you call me anything else other than that, you will have a problem, Got It Teach!"

"Sure, Sure" Said Mr. Simmons taking his unshaken hand back "nice to meet you G" he said a little thoughtfully

G may have looked cool on the outside but on the inside she was a nervous wreck, obviously Mr. Simmons hasn't recognized her YET, but what If he took attendance? Would he recognize her name then? She couldn't take that chance, so she decided to kiss ass for her own sake, she stood up and bit her lip, she really hated the whole kissing ass thing "you know what? I really hate to start off in the wrong foot with you, so let me start over" G extended her hand out and through gritted her teeth put on a forced smile "Nice to meet you Mr. Simmons, are you the Brother of Mrs. Simmons?"

Mr. Simmons shook her hand with pleasure "No, I am her husband, but good guess"

"Oh, so where is she?"

"Good Question" Said the Man, "Why don't we all form a big circle with our desks and get informed"

"Whoop-De-Doo" whispered G to herself, that man hasn't changed one bit, he probably chased his own wife away with his over enthusiasm sheesh

"Okay everybody" said Mr. Simmons loudly to get attention, "Please move your seats into a huge circle"

Once everyone sat the way Mr Simmons directed, he sat a single chair in the middle of everyone, he then grabbed his clipboard and sat down "Before we begin, I will be taking attendance... Harold Berman"

"Heeereeee" Said Harold lazily

G immediately stood up from her chair, she jumped over her own desk and into the middle of the circle where Mr. Simmons was "Why don't you let me handle this" she said as swiped the Clipboard away from him

"Oh sure G" said the Man, this was a bit more interesting than what he expected

After taking attendance G took her seat, she felt the odd looks but didn't care, she couldn't risk the chance to get caught

"Hello Children" Started Mr. Simmons, "I am so glad to be here today, I see that this class resembles the one I taught so many years ago, I'm so glad to see many special and familiar faces"

"I speak for everyone when I say that we are all delighted to see you as well Mr. Simmons" said Phoebe

"Thank You very much Phoebe" Said the cheerful man

"So what's going on with the Wifey?" asked Sid "I'm pretty sure that I saw her here earlier today"

"I'm sure you did Sid, She is going to take over my class for the rest of the day, we switched for a few weeks"

"But Why?" asked Harold

"Because, I... I am, she is going... We had a bet" Lied Mr. Simmons, he wasn't used to lying but it's for a good cause

"What kind of Bet?" asked Eugene

"That... That teaching fourth graders is not easy" he laughed

"This is the best news I've heard all day" said Sid "I'm tired of the thick books Mrs. Simmons makes us read"

Mr. Simmons laughed patiently, most of the kids haven't changed much "any other questions?"

All the students mumbled amongst each other and decided not to ask anymore questions, Mr. Simmons noticed that Helga or as she likes to be called "G" put her head down on her desk"

"any more questions?" asked Mr. Simmons again "anybody?"

He waited, and the whole class went silent

"Okay then, I would like to start on our first activity, Look at the person across you, I want you to say something that you like about them"

G lifted her head up and looked straight ahead, there sat none other than Arnold "Oh bother" she whispered, not only was she weak from the nervous wreck that she was minutes ago, but now she had to think about saying something nice about the person in front of her... Arnold, can this day get any worse?

"let's start with Lila and Stinky" said Mr. Simmons

Lila looked straight at Stinky "I think you're just ever so sweet"

Stinky smiled "Why thank you Miss Lila, you are the most kindest girl I have ever met in my life"

Mr. Simmons smiled and looked on as Phoebe and Gerald took their turns

Gerald had a little smirk on his face and said "you are the smartest girl in the universe"

Phoebe blushed shyly and replied "and you are finest basketball player in Hillwood"

Both teens smiled at each other as Curly and Rhonda took their turn

Rhonda gulped and looked up at Curly "you're an okay guy"

Curly didn't need for Rhonda to say much, just by looking in her eyes he knew she wanted to say so much more, from within he was jumping with joy, but he also kept in mind what G told him "um... you're hair looks okay" he replied trying hard to look disinterested he noticed Rhonda's disappointment, she was usually used to much more than that from him

The whole room noticed, but Arnold broke the silence by taking on his turn

"G, you are the most interesting person I have ever met, you're really fun and um... I like it when you smile" Arnold blushed, did he really just said that out loud

G felt her cheeks burning, she didn't know whether to smile or punch herself for swooning just a tad "I um... Thanks" she said softly, "I think... I think" she breathed deeply "that your shirt looks alright" "Great", thought G, "that was even lamer than Curly's PURPOSELY LAME response"

Arnold looked at his shirt and smiled "really? thanks"

G sighed once again, "why does he have to be so nice"

Once done with the activity, Mr Simmons passed out an Interview your classmate packet for Homework, it was pre-filled with questions to ask the person that was in front of you, the man smiled for he was truly happy that Helga was back in Hillwood, he really hoped he didn't stress her out too much though, and just like he and his Wife planned...

"Baby Steps to go a long way", he thought to himself

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