Hey Arnold:A new turn out#2

Arnold runs

Arnold walked through the door of the boarding house.He leaned on the door breathless.He had just ran from Lila,he had just left her standing there.He hadn't known what else to do,Lila had just told him she loved him and he couldn't do anything."Hey shortman, It's about time.Why are you so out of breathe?"he heard his Grampa ask him.

"Grampa,It is such a mess!I don't know what to think"Arnold told him,not explaining but freaking out.

"Never eat rasberries!Does that help?"Grampa stated

"No Grampa,it doesn't."Arnold said looking at the ground,How had things become such a mess?

"Ohhh,girl trouble?"Gram pa realized winking at Arnold.

Arnold simply nodded,

"Let me guess you friend with the one eyebrow?"

"Kind of...this girl told me she liked me liked me and I didn't know what to do,so I ran"

With that, Phil started laughing,he put his hands on his stomach and almost fell over.He whipped away a tear from his eye and stood up,"Pft-well do you like her back?"he said,that was the question Arnold was trying to avoid.

"I don't know Gram pa. I thought I did-"

"Thought?Arnold,you love someone with your heart not your brain,silly nit wit"Gram pa said pointing to his football of a head to where is heart is.

"Your right Gram pa,but how am I supposed to tell her?"

"You don't!You get together with her till college and lose touch"no longer being helpful,not that he was that much to begin with.

"Gram pa!"

"Never eat raspberries Arnold!RASPBERRIES!" he said loudly over Arnold and ran to the "office".

Arnold rolled his eyes and headed up stairs to his room.When he got there he dropped his book bag on the floor and turned on some music,and laid on his couch and stared at the ceiling."What should I do?!"he said to himself,"I can't hurt her,not after the last time". It's funny,when you like someone and they don't really like you back,it's not so bad,but when you really 'like' them like them,but you find out they just like you,it hurts. the words of last time came to his mind.He then remembered who he had said it to,Helga.Her face when he asked her if the same thing ever happened to her,she had looked so sad.She quickly covered it but Arnold saw it. That was one of the few times she was nice to him and helped him when he was really down,and those times are about the times he was most hurt. I wonder if she does care about me at all,she wouldn't do those things if she completely hated me.I don't think I hate her,no,I don't hate her. Arnold thought to himself,then an idea hit him.What if he went to Helga's,she had always helped him in really bad situations.He got up ran down stairs and headed out the door.

When he finally got to Helga's house he noticed someone coming out.He squinted to see who it was and when he realized who it was, he froze,It was Lila.