�Shall we?� he asked, smiling at Helga, half frustrated, but trying to sound sincere.
�Lets,� she said happily and the two walked arm in arm to a bucket, passing the already making out Phoebe and Gerald who didn�t even need to wait until they were off the ground. Helga was in heaven through the three-minute ride, but Arnold was slightly miffed that he hadn�t gotten to be with Lila at all during the carnival.
After the ride, they walked through the haunted house. Phoebe and Gerald weren�t really paying attention to their surroundings, taking full advantage of the dark. Suddenly, a figure jumped out at them. Phoebe and Gerald didn�t notice, but Lila screamed and held onto Arnold. Helga also screamed and held onto Arnold. Someone else screamed. The three of them turned around to see who it was and they saw�
�Mr. Simmons?!� said Arnold.
Mr. Simmons quickly let go of the person he had hugged in fright and stuttered, �Hello, Arnold, Helga, Lila. This is, um, my friend Trevor. Remember, he came to class one day to give a discussion about a book he wrote that we read.�
�Hey Trevor,� said Arnold.
�Hey yourself ladies man,� said Trevor looking at the way Helga and Lila were holding Arnold. The girls let go of him after that and Arnold turned bright red. They continued through the haunted house and saw Gerald and Phoebe waiting for them.
Gerald stopped kissing Phoebe and said, �What took you three?� He winked at Arnold.
Arnold gave him an annoyed look and said, �We just ran into Mr. Simmons and actually walked through slowly to enjoy the place.�
�Easy man, easy,� he said and kissed Phoebe again.
After that, they ran to the midway and played some games. Gerald won Phoebe a large stuffed panda. �Thank you Gerald,� she said, kissing him on the nose.
Arnold won a stuffed penguin and tried to give it to Lila but she gave him the same excuse as always, �I�m ever so sorry, but I�m allergic to stuffed animals.� He gave it to Helga instead who gladly accepted it.
Helga also tried her hand at the games and won a small teddy bear whose head was kind of oblong shaped. �Here Arnold, you take him, he looks kinda like you,� Arnold smiled and put the small bear with the oblong head in one of his large pockets.
�Thanks Helga.�
They played games for a while, and then went to go eat pizza. It was late, but they still had time for one more ride; the ride that Gerald had been begging to go on since the beginning. �Now can we go on the Tunnel of Love?!� Gerald begged.
�Ok,� said Arnold realizing that this was his chance. He turned to Lila, �Listen Lila, I know you don�t like me like me, but you haven�t gone on anything with me all night, and I just want to go on this one thing with you, please?� asked Arnold.
�Alright, I will, but just as friends, ok?� said Lila.
�Fine with me!� said Arnold happily.
�I think I�ll wait for you guys at the exit. The Tunnel isn�t really my thing,� Helga lied.
�Ok, see ya there,� said Arnold.
The four raced to the Tunnel of Love and got on the ride. Phoebe and Gerald started making out as soon as they got in the boat. Arnold helped Lila into the boat and then got in himself.
�Thank you. You�re ever so sweet,� said Lila.
�Not as sweet as you,� said Arnold giving her the flirty eyes
�Arnold, please don�t look at me that way.�
�Sorry.�
The boat went into the tunnel and it got dark. Arnold and Lila just watched the little bit of scenery in silence. Arnold tried to hold Lila�s hand, but she pushed hers away.
�This is sooo frustrating!!� thought Arnold. �I�m sitting in the Tunnel of Love with the girl of my dreams and I�m getting nowhere! I have to do something!�
Arnold waited until it got very dark in the tunnel and thought, �Ok, I�m gonna do it.� His heart was beating a mile a minute, he was so nervous. Quickly, so Lila wouldn�t have time to react, he grabbed her face and pressed her lips to his. Lila let out a closed mouthed gasp. In an attempt to hush her, Arnold opened his mouth and began French kissing her. To his great shock, she began to kiss him back! They kissed for about twenty seconds; then Lila pulled away.
�Arnold, you kiss ever so well, where�d you learn that?�
�Um, I�ve never actually kissed kissed anyone before, I was saving my first kiss kiss for you, but Gerald�s told me stuff,�
�Wow, I�ve been kissed by lots of guys, but that was the best kiss I�ve ever had!�
�So do you want me to do it again?�
�Yes, Arnold, I do,� said Lila smiling.
�Only if you�ll be my girlfriend.�
�Ok Arnold, I�ll be your girlfriend, that kiss kind of woke me up.�
Arnold and Lila made out until the ride was over, continuing even after they had exited the tunnel.
Helga saw this and didn�t know what to think.
The next day was Saturday. Arnold had come home after Grandpa was in bed, and it wasn�t till breakfast that Grandpa saw how cheerful he was. Arnold�s smile looked like it was going to force his head in two any second. Grandpa was a little suspicious. �Mornin� Short man. Why are you so cheerful this morning?�
�Why not, Grandpa? It�s a Saturday, I have no homework, I�m gonna go to the park to hang with my friends, oh and I forgot that only the girl of my dreams finally loves me back!�
�Oh, so that�s what�s gotcha so chipper this morning.� Grandpa was happy that Lila finally liked Arnold back, but he was also a little worried about Helga.
Arnold ate his breakfast, and then went to the park. He saw Lila there and instead of playing football with his friends, he went over to Lila. Stinky, Sid, and a few others watched them go into the wooded area of the park.
�That durned fool never does give up, do he?�
�No, poor Arnold. He likes Lila so much and she doesn�t like him.� Sid shook his head after his statement, watching them go. Gerald kept his mouth shut.