Arnold's greatest treasure

I'll be here

It was the day Olga was coming home. Helga talked to her father several times about the issue but he kept ignoring her. It had been a long time since she saw her sister Olga, almost four years ago. Olga loved being in college and now she was preparing for a Master Degree. She was still single and had a lot of attention from guys. Well it was the last thing Helga knew about her.

It was almost time for school to be out, Helga kept looking at the clock. The last bell of the day rang and the students run out of the class. Helga kept thinking about seeing her sister that day, once she gets home.

"Is there something wrong Helga?" Asked Arnold.

"My sister is home and I honestly don't want to see her."

"I know your relationship with your sister has never been good but, she's still family."Said Arnold as he placed his hand on her shoulder. Helga was walking out of class looking unhappy.

"Yeah family, is hard for me to feel a bond with that word." She said melancholy.

Arnold followed Helga to her locker and left some of his books there. Since they became a couple they began sharing lockers, they knew each other's combinations.

"Why is it so hard Helga?"

"To start with, my mother was never the motherly type, the only memories I have of her is her drinking. My Dad well now his slightly improving but he was always angry at us and working all the time to avoid the house. And than there's Olga, the perfect sister that got all of my parents attention and love, the sister that got away the first chance she got and now she's coming back because my Dad is forcing her....she never care about Miriam or me. She was older and knew my mother had an alcohol problem and still did nothing, she saw how Bob and Miriam treated me less because I wasn't her and still she did nothing. I don't need her in my life and I don't want to see her. The word Family, it's still unknown to me. Not in till I have a family of my own, I'll be able to know it's true meaning of the word...till then."
Said Helga thoughtful.

Arnold gazed at his lovely Helga looking sad with her head down. She was seating on a bench outside the school, Arnold sat next to her listening to her sad memories.

"I can't relate to your pain when it comes to your parents but, I can relate with the term of not knowing, family. My grandparents have always been there for me and I always received their attention. But they are not my parents and leaving in a border house is not exactly your dream family home. But my grandparents did the best they could with me and I can't complain about that. But leaving without my parents and not feeling the warmth of a home and their love is in a way, not knowing the meaning of family to me. But like you said, one day I too wish to have a large family of my own, to feel the true meaning of the word, family."

"Large family football head?" Asked Helga thinking.

"Yes large... I'm an only child, so one day I wish to have well....children." Said Arnold blushing has he scratched the back of his head.

"Children?" Asked Helga with her cheeks red staring at him.

Gerald and Phoebe catch up to them. "So do you guys want to hang out a bit?" Asked Gerald.

"We can have some coffee, I have violin lessons today by six. I can have my parents pick me up by the start bucks?" Suggested Phoebe.

"Sounds good I could use a cup of joe." Said Helga.

"Alright let's go." Said Arnold as they began to walk over to the local Starbucks.

The gang order and sat in a table to chat.
"So what are you'll plans for the New Years?" Asked Gerald.