CHAPTER 46

IN HELGA'S SHOES

While holding Arnold tighter by the minute G took a deep breath not believing what she just heard escape those annoying lips of that nosey Football-Head, she then took a step backwards taking the golden chain with her.

Arnold took small breaths not able to think of any reason for what he just said

"Did Arnold, the same Arnold that I once loved endlessly just say that?" thought G, "the same Arnold that once gave me hope to see another day?, she began to feel a fiery sensation on her cheeks but she shook it off "no no no no no nooo"

Arnold looked on as G pondered, he currently had the urge to go home, hide under his covers and never come out.

Why would Arnold P Shortman say such thing? Yeah sure, she had to admit, at one point of her life she would have gladly die just to hear him say that to her, but now, now it was different, G had no idea what to say but was going to say something, anything just to kill the silence but then someone caught her eye, G bit her lip angrily, could this night go any worse.

The silence was killing him and just when Arnold finally decided to avoid eye contact with G, she began to tug at his shirt, "I can't believe that he escaped, we need to Run NOW" she whispered harshly

Arnold who currently had too much on his mind and not understanding what she was trying to say just stood there

"What are you deaf?" she spat, "Run Now!"

Arnold Blinked

G sighed deeply in frustration, and began to run; hoping that he'll mimic her actions sooner or later

Arnold looked back and noticed that the same guy who was being too friendly with G was heading his way, and oh no, he did not look friendly at all this time.

"G" called Arnold as he ran after the girl, only to see her looking back as she ran, if Arnold didn't know any better, he'd say that she kinda looked relieved that he was running after her, this sort of made him kinda happy, he smiled widely as he began to daydream that he was running in the beach chasing a really happy looking G, her dark hair danced along with the waves of the ocean as he got closer to her.

G looked back and noticed that Arnold had a really wide and goofy smile on his face, she also noticed that he didn't seem to be aware of what he was doing because he was running directly into the pool.

With a hand up her forehead the girl ran back towards the boy, hoping to snap him out of whatever daydream he was having

But everything seemed to be happening so fast that without any chance for escape Arnold ran right into G, thus resulting in both falling right into the pool with a huge splash

Swimming up to the surface as fast as she could G gasped for air immediately searching for Arnold; "Arnold" called out G desperately as she felt herself losing a shoe in the deep water

"G" called out Arnold from the deeper end of the pool "are you okay"

G didn't know whether to rip his face apart for making her go though this, or to rip his face apart because he was so considerate "UGHHHHH" grunted the girl as she swam towards an edge where she could jump out of the water, as soon as she got off, Arnold was being taken away by her latest victim and a few other men.

She noticed that there were some more men coming towards her, so she had no choice but to run for it

G currently sat in the Employee break area, earlier tonight she noticed that there were some extra uniforms in the back, she guessed that they were extra pairs just incase an employee had an accident, the girl traded her soaked dress for a pair of black pants, and a white long sleeved shirt with a black bow tie.

And as for the shoes, G decided to walk out barefoot, besides the pants fit her a bit long and, most of the guests were too busy with their own thing to notice anything

"You" said Kevin the bartender a bit shocked that G came back after everything that just happened "What are you still doing here?"

"Came back to grab my hidden stash of course," said the girl "and to get Arnold" she said lowly as she put her head down

"Arnold?" repeated Kevin, "that kid with the weird head?" he asked, before G could even answer, he asked "but why?"

G nodded, "can't bear to think that he could get beaten up because of this, got any idea where he could be?"

"Ahhh, I see," thought Kevin with understanding, "well, I guess that I can find out where they hold the trouble makers, wait here okay"

G sighed out an "okay" as she held Arnolds Golden Chain in her hand "I just hope he's okay"

"Pssst" G turned her head coming face to face with an odd looking short, bald and chubby man, "I know exactly where you friend is, follow me"

With a raised brow and all, G followed along, after all, how much harm can this short guy do?

The Short Guy, whom went by the name of George lead G all the way to the dark end of the house, he then walked down a narrow hallway, and all the way to the last door, he stood in front of it and unlocked it, motioning for G to open it.

G opened the door, there in the middle of the floor laid Arnold, who didn't even budge when he heard the door open?

G's heart sank "Arnold?" asked the girl in a worried tone

Arnold lifted his head up, "G? Oh no they caught you too?"

G shook her head disapprovingly, "Me? Caught?, No way, she joked, I came here to bail you out" she then grabbed his hand and pulled him up, "hurry up before they come back"

Arnold couldn't help but smile; G did care about him after all

"hey hey hey, not so fast" said George, "you didn't think that I'd lead you down here without a price did you?"

Arnold noticed how G's sweet and worried tone immediately turned into a serious one "of course not" she said "how much"

"Everything, every cent you stole tonight" grinned the bald short man as he rubbed his hands with joy

G baled up her fists, right now, she felt like beating the crap out of this over grown baby

"hey, why are you looking at me that way" snickered the man, "think of me as the Robin Hood here, you're the one who was stealing first, oh and don't try anything funny, see that man up there" he pointed to the other side of the hall way, that guy is my back up and if he doesn't see me come out safe, it will be your undoing, so undo those fists you have this instant"

Who the hell does this little guy think he is? G never did un-ball her fists, she also noticed that from the corner of her eye that Arnold had a really shocked expression, and without any other choice G began to walk out the door, "Alright, I'll be right back"

"Oh, before you go"

By now the girl just wanted to whack this troll with the door again and again until he no longer existed, but held her cool, as of now, there was no other way out "what!" she spat

"Hand over that Gold Necklace that you have on your pocket, you know, think of it as an advance"

G sighed deeply as she handed the man the first item she has ever been ashamed of stealing "happy now"

"Very" said the man as he showed Arnold the object

Arnold couldn't help but feel around his empty neck, feeling his knees weak from all of this he sat down quietly "how could she" whispered the boy to himself

G walked up to the closet where she hid all her money, as she searched for an empty box where she could stack up all of her money, she noticed that another of George's friends was following her around to make sure that she didn't try anything funny, "no you bozo's" thought G with defeat "there is no way that I am going to leave Arnold behind, not that I love him or anything, but because….. Because… Alex can find out about all this and er…. Grandpa will never forgive me, yeah, yeah that's it," thought G as she tried to convince herself that she was doing this for fear of being caught and not because she was worried for Arnold

knock….. knock

George opened the door with enthusiasm, "come in" he said as he waved for G to come in, but the girl didn't budge, she just stood there as she handed the man the box, "No, I hand you the box, and you hand me the Boy"

"Alright, Alright" said the man as he closed the door on G, he then said down as he opened the box "Wow, now this is what I call a good day"

Arnold peeked at what was in the box, he shook his head in disappointment, how could G have stolen all of this money in one night?"

"Alright you boy, you can go with your girlfriend now" said George as he hurried Arnold out, "get outta here before the guys who caught you earlier come back with their whips" he laughed

Next thing Arnold knew, was that G held his wrist tightly and ran out the door with him

"No G, Whose car is this," said Arnold as he pointed at the sharp Ferrari that was parked in front of him

"It belongs to that one guy you were fighting with earlier tonight, the same guy who caught you, got your answers? Now shut up and let's go" said G whom was currently in revenge mode

"No, you can't take his car G, it's not right, and what if you get caught?"

"I wont, get in"

Arnold stood his ground, "no, I can't, I'm sorry but I can't participate in these type of things"

G shrugged, "fine, not that I feel like seeing your Football-Face right now, you're lucky that my fist isn't paying a visit to your Football-Face after all that you did by now Football-Face"

Arnold was now as red as a tomato with anger; "I know you're calling me Football-Face on purpose, you told me that you weren't going to call me that anymore"

"Yeah well tough luck, I suggest that you get used to it Football-Face, thanks to you, I lost all of my Money!"

"Your Money? That is not your money, you stole it, I can't believe you did that" said Arnold as he waived his hands in the air with desperation

"You know what!" exclaimed G as she got in the car "I don't need to listen to this crap" she then slammed the door and started the engine

With a freaked out look on his face, Arnold hopped in the car as fast as he could

Arnold held onto his seatbelt tightly, horrified by the way G speed around the street, "Why are you driving so fast?"

"Cause I'm Pissed, That's why, you Football-Face"

"How fast are we going?" said the boy as he shook with fear "can you slow down please"

"None of your damn business, and no, I wont slow down"

After a while of no words coming out of anyone mouth G said, "you know the last time I did this, I crashed into a tree and nearly died, maybe this time we can die together"

"You're just saying that to scare me," said Arnold trying to not seem frightened but hearing that…. really did frighten him.

"I'm serious" laughed G, "ahhh is there any better types of revenge than taking out all your angry energy on some guys Ferrari, and scaring the boy who ruined the night to death? "

"Oh, and you know what?" said G, "it was a BMW, nothing compared to a Ferrari when it comes to speed" she laughed

Arnold furrowed his eyebrows as he remembered that Alex told him about that story, "on Thanksgiving, right?" asked Arnold

G then slammed on the breaks unexpectedly, causing both of the teens to feel their seatbelt tighten and feeling their heads almost hit the dash

"How do you know that?" asked the Girl

"Alex told me," said Arnold as he breathed heavily in horror

"I can't believe it, what else did that weirdo tell you"

Arnold was about to answer nothing but couldn't due to G making inappropriate remarks towards Alex

"How dare he tell people my business"

"Don't be so mad G, he was just telling me that because he felt really bad for leaving"

"Ugh….. What is it with you and defending people" said the girl as she began to drive again

"G" asked Arnold softly; "so did you find my necklace in the pool?"

G rolled her eyes, "you know very well that I stole it, so quit trying to lie to yourself, I'm not a good person"

If Arnold were to be stabbed right now, he wouldn't feel it compared to the pain from hearing those words come out of G's lips, it hurt much more than what he thought would

"Why do you steal?" he asked knowing very well that her answer might cause even much more pain, but he just had to know

"Because, Why not, said G, I….. Can't live off of selling Flowers kid, I have to much debt, besides, they were wasting all that money on pole dancers, I think that I deserve it more than they do"

"But G, you never know why those pole dancers are doing what they are doing, they need the money too, you know"

"OH Jeez, I never thought I'd hear the day, when Arnold P Shortman defends Strippers"

"It's just… that its not right to steal, what if someone stole from you, how would you feel?"

"Arnold, you just witnessed me being the victim of a troll, and you know what? At least those people get Jacked by someone they don't know, do you know how it feels to be Jacked by someone you consider a little brother? Now that, was painful"

"Oh" said Arnold not being able to imagine that, "I guess that it is more painful than being a victim from the girl who is your friend and lives at your boarding house, that necklace wasn't even mine" sighed Arnold

G cleared her throat, she couldn't help but let out a weak smile at the word friend, "Ha!, seems like you have a huge debt now you know how I feel, but you know what, you're right Football-Face and for that I am kinda sorry, BUT you asked for it, what were you doing there in the first place?"

Arnold also let out a soft smile, she did sort of apologized "I….. I don't know" shrugged Arnold

G shook her head disapprovingly as she began to push the gas pedal even more to gain speed and through her teeth she said, "I lost ten thousand dollars because of you, and you don't even know what you were dong there in the first place? Ahhhhhh"

"But that money didn't belong to you!" said Arnold as he held on to his seat belt once again

"Yeah, now it belongs to a troll who took it because I needed to save the princess that was trapped under his bridge" spat G

"Arnold crossed his arms angrily"

An idea clicked on G's head and she then began to slow the car down, "I'll make sure that he never follows me again" grinned G "so, did you follow me to the party because you….. Love me?" smirked G

Arnold jumped in his seat; never did he expect this…. "Nnn…. No"

"Oh, I think you did" laughed G as she pointed at herself; "you just can't resist me, right?"

Arnold gulped, now this was nerve racking, "no, I…. You…." He said as G drove in a well-lit area

G then once again stopped the car unexpectedly as something in Arnolds face caught her eye, she touched Arnolds cheek, "ah… I see that you've been aquatinted with" she then touched his other cheek "so this is why you're defending strippers all of a sudden?"

Arnold couldn't help but blush like crazy, when G saw that, she couldn't help but feel a pinch of jealousy, "I um…. So I see…. I guess you told me that you love me because it was a Moment thing right?"

"Like a Heat of the moment thing right?" repeated Arnold

"Yeah" said G softly as she remembered something familiar that she has forgotten a long time ago "I mean, remember Frankie G how he wanted to marry me? Lots of guys have a moment thing with me you know" said G with hurt in her voice as she got out of the car

Arnold also got out and just stood there messing his hair and starred at G as she rolled the Ferrari off a cliff

G sighed as she looked at the expensive Vehicle roll down into scrap metal junk "Arnold sure did take the fun out of this, eh, at least I got three thousand dollars", thought the girl as she felt under her bra, she then dusted her hands off and walked up to the boy, when she noticed that she was barefoot she couldn't help but let a short laugh escape "well, it wasn't that bad" mumbled G to herself, she then looked directly at Arnold and pointed to a certain direction "I guess we walk from here"

Arnold looked on as G walked away into the darkness, he then slowly put up a hand onto his chest "now I know this pain that you felt when you had to lie about loving me Helga" whispered Arnold as he followed G from a distance.

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