Wolfgang and Nadine [COMPLETED] | a Hey Arnold! Fanfic

Chapter 9

The limo pulled up in front of the Lloyd household. Rhonda exited the vehicle, and was surprised to find Wolfgang standing on her front porch.

Rhonda scoffed in disgust. "You've got some nerve..."

"Hey, you're friends with that Bug Girl, right?"

"Hmph!" Rhonda completely shunned Wolfgang and attempted to walk past him to the entrance of her home.

"Wait a second! I'm not done talking to you!"

Wolfgang put a hand on Rhonda's shoulder, and when he did, Rhonda turned around and slapped Wolfgang unexpectedly across the face.

"OW! Geez..."

"That was for Nadine, because I know she's too nice to ever do it herself. For your information, I just spent the entire afternoon comforting the poor girl because YOU broke her heart! The only thing worse than my best friend falling for a geek is that she would fall for a bully. And that's what you are, Wolfgang. You're nothing but a big, fat bully, and you don't DESERVE Nadine!"

Rhonda slammed the door in Wolfgang's face.

"....You're right," Wolfgang admitted to the door.

The door slowly opened, ever so slightly. Rhonda's eye could barely be seen through the slit.

"What did you say?"

"I said you were right," Wolfgang repeated.

"No, no – I heard you the first time, I just – wow....I don't think I've ever heard you agree with a fourth-grader before."

"I feel really bad about what happened today. I know she won't want to hear it from me, but I figured since you're her best friend, maybe you could relay the message to her that I'm...ya know...."

Rhonda's eyes narrowed. "You're serious about this?"

Wolfgang nodded.

Rhonda thought for a moment. She then opened the door wider. "In that case, get inside before I change my mind. We've got a lot of work to do."

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"Come on, Rhonda – where are you taking me?"

It was early evening. Rhonda was a girl on a mission, practically dragging an exasperated Nadine by the hand through an unfamiliar section of the City Park.

"Patience, Nadine," said Rhonda in a singsong voice. "Goodness, you're even more impatient than when I'm trying on clothes at the mall."

"I don't see why this is so important. I was right in the middle of observing the mating habits of the Madagascar hissing cockroaches firsthand!"

"Trust me, Nadine. I think you'll find this experience a lot more stimulating..."

At last Rhonda stopped in a large clearing bordering a small pond. She let go of the perplexed Nadine's hand. "Okay...now I want you to close your eyes, and count backwards from 30."

Nadine sighed, but complied. "All right – 30, 29, 28, 27, 26..."

As Nadine counted backwards from 30, Rhonda quietly slipped away from the area. Nadine, who had her eyes closed, was completely unaware of her friend's departure.

"...5, 4, 3, 2, 1...okay, Rhonda, now what? Rhonda?" Nadine opened her eyes and looked around to see that Rhonda had vanished. "Rhonda, where did you...oh, my..."

Only when Nadine looked in front of her did she see what she was meant to see: hovering just above the water, hundreds upon hundreds of fireflies danced and flickered, illuminating the dusk with their soft, ethereal glow. Needless to say, Nadine was simply mesmerized.