CHAPTER 37

SOMEONE'S ALWAYS WATCHING

During some of the free time in class Rhonda walked up to G and handed her a bag "I don't know if Arnold has had the chance to tell you, but you took the wrong bags the other night"

G took the bag and started to go though it "hey, what's this doing here?" asked the girl as she began to take out a red dress from the bag

"Like I said" whispered Rhonda "It looks spectacular on you, I want you to wear it on the Valentines Day Dance"

G scoffed "No way, I'm not even going, you might as well have given me the thousand bucks or whatever you spent on it, if you wanted to waste money around like that"

With a smirk on her face Rhonda rolled her eyes "just take it will you?, or else I won't leave you alone until you will, and I can be pretty annoying" she said while crossing her arms

"You got some nerve to talk to me that way Princess" smirked G, "but you know what? fine, I'll take it, but I can't tell ya that I'll keep it"

"I've got a feeling that you will" grinned the girl "I don't know what it is, but for some reason, something is telling me to give it to you"

The Dark-Haired girl raised her unseen eyebrow and shrugged "not admitting your love for that Curly boy is sure making you Coo-Coo en la Cabeza"

Rhonda bit her lip hoping that no one heard that, yeah right, like she'd be crazy in the head for Curly "you're a smart one for taking my offer, It would have been my pleasure to annoy you on purpose"

as the two girls went on with their chat Phoebe couldn't help herself but stare, "what is the deal with these two? could it be that Rhonda invited G to her December 5th party?"

Mr. Simmons dismissed the class, he looked at G not believing that it was Helga, she has grown so much, well just like everyone else, but since he hasn't seen Helga for a while he felt the difference, the man smiled to himself thinking about how old that made him feel.

After finishing up with Rhonda, G stood up and sighed, "okay, G Ol' Girl" she whispered to herself, this whole Simmons situation has truly been a bit stressing, not only was her secret almost revealed but now she had to do a homework questionnaire with Arnold

Not wanting to miss her because she was always quick in leaving class, Arnold quickly ran to G's side as soon as she was out in the hallway, and breathlessly whispered a "Hey"

"Hey" said G as coolly as she could, she thanked the heavens that Arnold convinced her to go to school today, she couldn't even imagine the faces of her fellow classmates if Mr. Simmons were to say her real name while she wasn't there

"I was thinking that maybe I could go pick up my bike before work, what do you think?" asked Arnold, breaking G's chain of thoughts

"uh, yeah yeah" she paused "I'm sure Mrs. Vitello would want that"

Arnold looked at his wrist watch and nodded, "Humm maybe I could catch a ride from one of my friends, The mechanic shop closes before the bus could even get there"

"then go" smirked G as she gave him a little push on the shoulder "can't work on the bike if you don't get it" she would never admit it but he was walking too close for her liking, because she liked it

Arnold jokingly rolled his eyes and smiled "fine fine finnnneeee" he then gave her a hug "I really appreciate your help"

G, while standing there stiff, could have sworn that she was blushing like crazy, she took a deep breath and shook off that Girly sigh that wanted to escape her lips "ughh, watch it K... Kid" and with a shaky hand she pushed him away, while repeating Alex's description to Arnold "you're lucky you're my landlords grandson, otherwise you would have had a black eye by now"

Arnold gulped, not that her threat scared him, but because he hugged her, oh what in the world possessed him to do THAT? He laughed nervously and backed away, "sorry about that, it's just that... Thanks"

G sighed "finnnnne" she mimicked "I'll let it go, just this once"

Arnold touched his burning cheek and nodded "Thanks" he then ran off, hoping to shake off his embarrassment

Phoebe whom was peeking through her opened locker smiled at how cute that looked, "you just have to be Helga" she thought sadly, yet hopeful

G pushed open the school doors, she really didn't look forward to walking to work since she had a perfect ride sitting at home, she hated how Alex learned to punish her, what happened to the old days when he "thought" he knew he was punishing her

"How's it going Babe?" said Wolfgang while wrapping his arms around G's waist

G grunted, she remembered the way Wolfgang cowardly hid during the fight she had with Frankie G, not that it was nothing new, no one has ever stood up for her, no one except Arnold, she gulped when she remembered that, "stupid Arnold" she thought to herself

"eh" answered G, knowing very well that she had Wolfgang all tied up to a leash "see this back pack" she pointed "most of it is full of Mrs. Simmons make-up work, how in the world does she expect me to read that retarded "Love Until the End book" do the report and multiple choices in three days" she pouted, wishing that Wolfgang would also do Mister Simmons Homework assignment, but there was no way out of that one

Wolfgang brought G a little closer towards him, an action that made her cringe in the inside "Oh no no, no worries, I still have my work from last year, I can take care of that for you Babe"

"really?" asked G still putting up an act

"really" assured Wolfgang while bringing his face extremely close to G

And with a flirtatious humm G twirled her hair and smiled, "Thank You Cutie" she whispered, a word that was always easy for her to say when she didn't mean it

lost in ecstasy Wolfgang asked, "Want to go to my place right now?"

"can't" whispered G as she brought a finger down his chest "I need to go to work", she then removed her pout and began to bite her lip "never in a million years Bucko"

unknown to her true thoughts, Wolfgang was bothered by her reply but yet asked "would you like a ride?"

G smirked and walked towards Wolfgang's SUV "can I drive?"

He grabbed the keys from his pocket and handed them to her "sure, anything for you Babe"

Arnold was tightening his fist so hard that it was turning blue

"are you okay Arnold?" asked Nadine while preparing to start the engine on her custom Ladybug painted Volkswagen Beetle

Arnold blinked unable to understand what he was feeling "ah, um yes I'm fine Nadine" he said still unable too keep his eyes off Wolfgang's and G's direction

Nadine followed his glare and couldn't help but chuckle "looks like you and Rhonda have something in common" once that comment left her lips, Nadine immediately regretted it, she hardly ever mentioned Rhonda to nor in front of Arnold

As much as Arnold tried to keep the name Rhonda out of his life, curiosity got the best of him so he had to ask "How so?"

"well, um, you really wouldn't want to know Arnold," said Nadine as she backed her beetle up, "just forget about what I said"

"Please Nadine, Tell me" asked Arnold while still peeking away at the Dark SUV

"It's just that, Rhonda acted the same way when she saw Curly and G all" Nadine choose her words carefully and said "Together"

"how was she acting?" asked Arnold

"um... Jealous" said Nadine

"Jealous? Rhonda was jealous?" laughed the Football-Headed boy remembering that one time Rhonda came in the Flower Shop just to argue with G

"oh yeah" giggled Nadine as she pushed the brake on the red light "She made a deal with her so that she would stay away from Curly"

Arnold raised an eyebrow "Rhonda... Does Rhonda have a thing for Curly?" he asked a bit shocked

"she's had a thing for him ever since Elementary School Arnold, and shamefully still to this day, she just doesn't realize it yet"

"oh" was all Arnold could say

"can you believe that she even took her to the Nine store to buy G any dress she wanted?"

"oh yeah?, I would have never thought that G was interested in dresses and stuff, especially a Nine Brand" said Arnold

"yeah, G told Rhonda that she was invited to Travis Cash's Birthday Party, can you believe that?"

"No, I can't" said the Football-Headed Boy, "I thought that you had to be at least 18 to go to any of his parties"

"Well, who ever invited G must be at least 18 years old, Rhonda herself can't even go to that one, not that she can't get in because she can, she just doesn't want to be recognized, everyone knows she's not 18 yet, so that's why we're having our own party at the same night, for the ones who aren't 18 yet" smiled the Girl

"I've heard about her party, she's been trying to invite me"

Nadine gave Arnold a soft and sad smile "she would do anything for you to forgive her"

"I... I did," said Arnold in a serious tone

"I know you did, it's just that she doesn't feel it"

"it's just that, it's very hard to forget," said the Boy, he closed his eyes looking away

"I understand," said Nadine, but if you ever need anything, anything at all, we will be there for you okay?"

Arnold nodded "I know, I know"

The car was quiet for a few minutes but Arnold decided to speak up "soooo then, G agreed not to see Curly anymore for a dress?"

"yup" laughed Nadine

The Football-Headed Boy was relieved and Nadine could tell, she could tell by the wacky happy face he was making

"So, what's up with you and G anyway? Is there anything going on there?"

"What? No!" replied a wide eyed Arnold "No, what makes you think that?"

"ummm the thing you and Rhonda both have in common, jealousy, remember?"

"No, I'm not jealous" blushed Arnold "Why would you say that I'm jealous?"

"rightttt, you're not jealous, you enjoy seeing Wolfgang and her hang out," said Nadine sarcastically "so do you like her?"

Arnold gulped "yeah, yeah, she's a nice friend"

"I guess I need to be more specific," thought Nadine to herself "I mean do you like-like her?"

Arnold couldn't help but laugh really awkwardly "no haha, I don't like her THAT her that way" this ride was nothing like he expected, at this moment Arnold felt like opening the door and running away like a loon "Oh look, the shop is over here" said the Football-Headed boy in relief

Nadine pulled over, and in haste Arnold unbuckled his seatbelt and opened the door "Thank You Nadine, you really did me a huge favor"

Nadine smiled "No problem at all, but before you go, can you please keep everything that I just told you between the two of us?"

"Oh yeah, sure, I would love that" replied Arnold, he then closed the door and waived goodbye, boy was glad the the ride wasn't any longer, all those questions Nadine asked him made him way too nervous

"looks like you have two things in common with Rhonda, Arnold" mumbled Nadine to herself "you just don't know it yet either, you just don't know it"

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