Helga Pov

The loud tune music kept the party going that night. Everyone was on the dance floor dancing and having a good time. Rhonda really went overboard with her last farewell party, she had the best of everything, the best DJ, the best party hall, and the best food with alcoholic drinks for everyone. Yet with all that glamorous and fun entertainment around me, I just couldn't enjoy myself and have a good time.

My mind kept directing me towards Arnold and the way he looked at me that night when I approached the table. His eyes connected for a second in mine, and I felt something at that precise moment, I don't know what he felt to gazed at me that way....but for me, it was the eyes of the man I loved staring at my soul so beautifully, almost trying to tell me something with his gaze, well that's what it felt to me, but maybe I was imagining things.

Lorenzo invited me dance, and his moves couldn't have been more awkward for me, the boy could dance there was no doubt about it but I just couldn't move with his rhythm. Lorenzo kept swinging me around in the dance floor. I felt has if I was his price and he was trying to show me off to everyone. I hated it. But even at that uncomfortable moment, I couldn't take my mind away from Arnold and how concerned he looked by seeing Lorenzo trying to touch me at the table. Maybe Arnold notice I didn't like how Lorenzo was treating me and the gentleman inside of him made him react that way. His just trying to be a good friend, I supposed. After Arnold left the table with Lila, Lorenzo whisper in my ear "His jealous because you're with me." My eyes widened with my heart beating strongly against my chest, could it be true? Could football head show jealousy towards me? My hearts said yes, but my mind....said forget it. But how could I forget it, I could I give up on him....no, that night I was going to try my best to catch his attention and be able to talk to him alone and maybe just maybe, he could be drawn to me just enough to make my ultimate wish come true.*

"You're too quiet." Said Lorenzo while dancing with Helga.

"Quiet? Would you prefer if I yell at you then?" She grinned staring at his eyes.

"Calm down beautiful. Why would you prefer to scream at me?" he asked confused with a smirk on his face.

"Shish...let me think. First you kiss my neck in front of everyone when you knew I hated it. Second you try to pass on to me in front of all my friends at the table, except for Lila since she's not my friend, but in front of Phoebe, Gerald who I don't care that much, and Arnold. Third...."

"Hold that thought doll. You got Arnolds attention and made him jealous wasn't that what you wanted? I thought that was the only reason why you came to this party dress so provocative."

"What the hell are you referring too?! I came to this party because I wanted to have a good time."

"Well then, have a good time." He stated.

"I will, don't you worry about that."

Lorenzo laughed seeing how Helga gazed at other couples in the dance floor. "You don't fool me Helga, I know how a girl looks when she wants someone, unfortunately that person you want is not me, but I'm okay with it, as long as you keep using me for your own dirty purposes."

"My own dirty purposes, you wish Lorenzo."

"So your Dad is out on that business trip for a couple of day's right?"

"Yeah, Bob is out of the house and so is Miriam, so I have the entire house for myself at least for this week."

"Sweet." Said Lorenzo with a smile. "You can come over to my house then and we can...."

"Crimity Lorenzo is sex all you think about?!"

"Hold on doll, who said anything about sex, I was going to suggest we watch a movie and eat popcorn, and you can sleep in one of the guest rooms."

"Yeah right I know what you're thinking."

"Not really Helga, I wasn't thinking about sex at all, but now that you brought it up, we could have some...."

"Don't even go there Lorenzo, or I'll let you have Betsy and the five avengers straight in to that twenty thousand dollar nose your father paid for you to have."

Lorenzo covered his nose in embarrassment.

"How do you know about my nose job?" he asked.

"How stupid do you think I am, one week your nose is huge and the next it looks like ken's babie doll nose."

"You're mean Helga."

"Well that's the way I am rich boy and I like it, so next time you put your hands on me in a way I don't approve you better cover your damn barbie nose. Got it?!"

A couple of steps away from them, Lila was having a slow dance with Arnold and she kept wondering why Arnold reacted aggressively towards Lorenzo. In all the time she has known him, she never saw him act impulsive towards anything much less anyone. Lila would stare in to his green eyes which it was clear to see his mind was somewhere else.

"Why did you acted so hasty towards Lorenzo?" asked Lila with her arms around his neck.

"Maybe I imagined seeing something I didn't like." He responded showing a serious look in his face.

"What did you imagined" asked Lila.

Arnold signed in frustration. "Never mind Lila, don't worry about it. I don't know what came over me."

"I'm glad teddy, I was ever so worry for a moment."

Suddenly Lila's cell phone vibrated within her little purse.

"Oh gosh who can be calling me now?" she asked as she reached for her cell. "Hello.......okay. Arnold, I need to take this call outside can you wait for me for a moment?"

"Sure Lila, take your time."

Arnold walked towards the bar to grab another water bottle when he bump in to a friend he knew.

"Hey Arnold I didn't know you where here."

"Hey Sid, I been here for a while now."

"Were you seating with General and Phoebe?"

"Yeah, I was at their table chatting with them but Lila wanted to dance a little."

"That's cool man." said Sid.

"So, did you bring anyone to the party?"

"Nah Arnold, you know I'm not lucky with the ladies."

"You shouldn't think like that Sid, there's a lot of pretty girl in this party, you can ask one them to dance with you." said Arnold as he stare at the people dancing and drinking from the water bottle he had in his hand.

"I was thinking about asking someone I knew to dance with me." express Sid with a smile on his eyes.

"Good for you Sid. By the way who are you referring to?"

"Helga. Did you saw what she was wearing, shit that girl change this summer! Just on her tits alone I could dig my...."

Arnold began choking uncontrollably on the water he was drinking.

"Are you okay man?" asked Sid seeing Arnold trying to catch his breath after choking.

"When did you saw Helga?" Arnold's voice was cutting off from the cough.

"When she came in I was going to say hi to her but then I saw Lorenzo grabbing her by the waist, almost wanting to mark his territory with her like a damn dog."

"Helga is nobody's territory Sid." said Arnold with a serious face.

"Yeah well...Lorenzo leaves a good wealthy impression in all the girls he dates."

"What do you know about Lorenzo?" asked Arnold with firm stare.

"I know his Dad owns a lot of companies in this area and the only thing that boy does is waist his money away in cars and woman. Damn lucky bastard! Anyways...any girl of Lorenzo stays with Lorenzo you know. So I'm surprise to see Helga with him, I never imagine she could like that kind of guy with money you know. But hey...money makes a lot of people change so maybe Helga is letting Lorenzo dig in to her little...."

"Don't even say it Sid!" said Arnold with an upset look in his face.

"Oh, I forgot how you don't like anyone referring to a friend as being a...well you know."

"No I don't know Sid and I don't want to know."

"Fine, you know Arnold my only consolation about seeing a pretty girl like Helga with Lorenzo is that he won't enjoy her for that long."

"What do you mean?" asked Arnold.

"Helga told Stinky the other day that she was going to a University like eight hours drive from here, she said, she was tired of this stink hole and wanted to get out. I think that's a pretty good idea."

"Wait Sid, so what you're saying is, that Helga will leave Hillwood for good."

"Oh yeah...she will move on with her life away from all of us."

"But she can't leave Hillwood, she can't just leave everyone behind and forgot about us."
Arnold insisted with a firm voice.

Sid turned to look at Arnold who wouldn't back down from staring in to Helga, as she continued dancing with Lorenzo.

"Arnold do you like Helga?" asked Sid.

"NO....why would I....I mean, not that I can't like her but.....I have a girlfriend and...it wouldn't be fair for Lila to know that I....." Arnold began coughing nervously. "...I may or may not have feelings for, ummmm..."

"Teddy is everything alright." Lila asked as she approached him from behind.

"LILA! You startle me."

"How did I startle you when this place is so loud."

Lila placed her gentle hand over his shoulder.
Arnold gulped trying to think what to say.

"I don't know how, it just happened."

Sid walked up to Arnold nodding with a smile.

"I'll let you go man before the bomb goes off and let me tell you, you got it bad."

"What did he meant by that remark?" asked Lila.

"Sid is just playing around Lila, you know how stupid he can be sometimes with his comments."

"I wanted to tell you teddy that....my aunt is very sick again and I need to help my father take care of her."

"Okay Lila, so you want to me to drive you home."

"Well my daddy said he could pick me up and we could take the two hour drive to my aunt's house."

"Oh I see..." said Arnold

"Gosh Arnold, I feel ever so bad by leaving you alone in this party."

"Don't worry Lila, I won't be alone, Gerald is here and I have other friends I can hang out with. So don't you worry about me."

"Okay...I still feel bad thou but...I'll see you in a couple of days okay."

"Okay Lila."

Lila's cell vibrated again. "My daddy just texted me and his waiting for me outside."

"In that case let me walked you out." Said Arnold grabbing her hand.

"No that's okay teddy don't worry, I can manage. You stay here and have fun okay."
Lila kissed him good night and rushed outside to meet her father.

After Arnold was left alone without his girlfriend he felt more at ease to be able to gaze at Helga and try to unravel his heart. The more he kept staring at Helga dance in Lorenzo's arms, the more he could feel his blood boil.

"What's happening to me? I shouldn't feel this way. Why do I feel so much....anger by seeing her dance? I need to stop looking at her."

Arnold walked towards the table where Gerald and Phoebe were seating and try to relax a bit.

"Hey bro....where's Lila?" asked Gerald.

"She left, her aunt is sick and her father picked her up."

"That sucks bro...well look at the bright side you get to party without your girlfriend."

"Yeah what a trilled." Said Arnold with a straight face.

"Why the long face man?" asked Gerald.

"Gerald I don't feel like myself tonight, I feel so tense."

"Is that why you yelled at Lorenzo?" asked Gerald.

"He was placing his lips all over...."

"His girlfriend bro. Get over it, Lorenzo and Helga are dating why is it so difficult for you to see that and accepted. Besides you make it to easy to read you bro."

"Is it that obvious?"

"Yeah man, it's obvious you have something weird going on for Pataki, I thought you grew out of it when you started dating Lila but I see its still in you."

"I don't know why I always felt so protective over her."

"You know Arnold its okay to like Pataki, but it's not okay to get upset over it. So change that attitude of yours and move on. You have your girlfriend and Pataki has Lorenzo....that's life man."

"Your right Gerald, I need to stop thinking whatever I may be thinking and stop this nonsense."

"That's the spirit man! Hey....where are you going?" asked Gerald seeing his best friend get up from the chair.

"I'm going to talk to some friends over on the other of the hall, I'll see you later Gerald."

"Later man."

Has Arnold left the table Helga and Lorenzo arrived to get some drinks. Helga looked nervous and anxious as she looked around the table.

"You danced a lot Helga." said Phoebe.

"A little, Lorenzo kept moving me around." Helga got closer to Phoebe and whisper on her ear. "Where's Arnold?"

"His on the other side of the reception hall talking to some friends, apparently Lila was picked up by her father so his alone for now."

"Crimity Phoebe this is my chance." Whisper Helga in excitement.

"Helga you better be careful how you want to handle this." Phoebe reminded her. "Besides you're not alone, Lorenzo is with you."

"So what...he knows why I decided to come to this party."

"I understand that Helga but don't make your absence on this table too obvious, be discreet."

Helga rolled her eyes. "Fine, I'll be discreet."

Time kept passing by and Helga become even more anxious about Arnold's whereabouts. The waiter brought a new bottle of wine to the table while Helga kept pouring the drink mix with her soda. The more she thought about talking to Arnold that night the more wine she drank.

"Helga don't drink too much, you don't want to get intoxicated tonight." Her friend reminded her.

"I'm fine Pheebs." Helga answered with a tipsy smile.

Lorenzo and Gerald were having a conversation when Helga stood up from her chair.

"Where're you going?" asked Lorenzo

"I'm going to the ladies room... don't tell me you want to come with me."

"I'll go with you Helga." Suggested Phoebe.

"There's no need for that Pheebs, I'll be fine."

Helga walked away from the table as fast as she could, for a moment she thought Lorenzo would follow her but she noticed him very attentive to Gerald's conversation about cars. She wanted to take that opportunity to be alone and talk to Arnold. Even if she was focus on her plan, she felt unsteady and disoriented by the wine she had drunk. Still she managed to get to the restroom and relieved herself.

When she came out she kept looking around to see if she could see Arnold, she try to focus her sight and find him in between the many faces she came across. A lot of people were already extremely drunk at that time and were making loud noises with a lot of commotion. Unexpectedly a young man wrapped his arms around her waist and sat her on his pelvis.

"I got you sweetheart. I got you seat right here." He mumbled with his heavy alcoholic breath against her face.

"Get your dirty hands away from me you wasted piece of shit!" Helga tried to free herself from his strong grip but he wouldn't let her go.

"Oh come on, you know you can feel my dick all over your ass." he whispered to her.

"I said, let me go!!" shouted Helga closing her fist tightly to strike. When she saw someone grabbed the young man by his shoulders and slammed him against the floor, giving her enough time to get away from him.

"Don't touch her again!" said Arnold infuriated by what his eyes had witnessed.

Helga kept staring at Arnold shocked by his violent reaction to protect her. In all the years she had known him, she never saw him push anyone with such force and fury. 

"Where do you come from Arnoldo?!" she asked placing her hands on her waist.

Arnold grabbed her by her arms with a deeply concern look on his face. "Are you alright? Did he hurt you, because if he did I will...."

"I'm fine football head he just said some nasty shit to me that's all. Nothing that I can't handle."

"Damn baster!" said Arnold turning his head to look at the young man who was getting up from the floor.

"Hey dude I'm sorry...I didn't know she was you gal." said the strange young man "She's way to pretty to be wondering alone, you should take  better care of her... or someone might snatch her away from you." The men turned around and walked away in confusion.

Arnold sighed staring back in to Helga's eyes relief to know she was safe "Helga what are you doing over here, can't you see there's a lot of drunk man in this area?!"

"Mmmm...really, I didn't noticed."

"Helga are you drunk?"

"What would you say such a thing football head, I'm not druk, I'm just....tipsy that's all."

"What have you been drinking?" asked Arnold.

"Wine, soda and water..."

"You shouldn't be drinking wine Helga, and why are you alone? Where's Lorenzo?"

Helga took a deep breath trying to find the right words to use. Her head kept spinning in confusion as she tried to steady her thoughts.

"Lorenzo doesn't matter Arnoldo, actually no one matters to me but one person alone...and I'm about to lose that person for ever..."Helga began to shed tears "...I don't know what to do. I been hiding my thoughts and my heart for the longest time....and now.....now I want to feel free and release all my feelings....all my anger, my torments, and my heart.....I want to release it all....but, I still don't know how to do it...I hate this, if that person, that special person only knew how important this last wish is to me."

Has Helga sob heavy tears in front of Arnold she didn't realize how deeply moved he was by seeing her cry.

Arnold Pov
Seeing her tears running down her cheeks touch my heart in a way I never imagine. My chest accelerated with every breath I took, I felt overwhelm by having her presence so fragile, so delicate and so beautiful. She looked so desperate for something I couldn't understand. Her face showed a deep sadness by just staring at my eyes. What is Helga hiding inside her heart that I can't see? And why am I so lost in her blue dazzling eyes. In all the years I have known her she always showed strength and authority, but not tonight. Tonight she seemed lost in a sorrow, a feeling I couldn't comprehend, I wanted to help her and make her feel better. To let her know everything was going to be alright and see that beautiful healthy glow in her cheeks again, but I couldn't. I didn't know what to say or do to ease her suffering.

I got closer to her and open my arms to embrace her tightly against my chest. At that moment I was submerge in her scent and her warmth. Helga wrapped her arms around my torso as she continued to shed tears against my chest. I leaned my head down towards her and breathe in her sweet rose scent. In that moment I couldn't hear anything else around me, I could only feel her breast pressed against my body with her warmth taking over my entire body. Without thinking it, I open my mouth and said.

"Helga, let's get out of here."

Author notes:
Thank you for your patience. I have another chapter ready and it will be release this week.
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