Confession-Chp2

Everyone gathered around at Puke Your Guts Out Funfair as soon as school ended. Everyone was there, including Rhonda, Brainy, Eugene and Lila. In fact, almost the whole class was there to see the duel between Helga and the boys.

“Ready to barf out your lunch, losers?” Helga broke the ice, folding her arms across her chest proudly.

“Oh yeah? We’ll see who barfs first!” Harold pointed an accusing finger at Helga. “Come on, guys! Let’s show her what a real ride pro is!”

Everyone dashed into the funfair and bought their tickets. First they tried a kinder one, namely the Ferris Wheel. It was a psych as no one had a sick stomach. But some did experience a few fears of heights. Then it was the bumper cars, the twisting and turning Coffee Cups and the Sin Twister roller coasters. The roller coaster really lived up to its name: people who rode it were soon beginning to yell and confess their terrible sins they have done in the past. As the ride went on, more people were going down. The first person to go down was Sid, puking out half-digested baloney sandwich and smoothies. Then it was Gerald’s oatmeal and cheese, Stinky’s cafeteria set lunch and Harold’s eggs and bacon and set lunch and orange juice and…(ugh) the list goes on of his food. So far, only Helga, Arnold, Eugene and Phoebe (who tagged along in the last minute) are the only ones standing.

“Gee, Helga, I must admit,” Arnold said, licking a cotton candy after all the excitement. “I’m impressed. You didn’t even turn green at all the rides. And you’ve taken those rides like a number of times.”

“You should be impressed!” Helga, who had taken 10 bumper car rides, 5 Ferris Wheel rides, 6 Sin Twister roller coaster rides, 4 airplane merry-go-rounds and 7 swing twister rides, replied proudly. “I told you I could handle all this without a single barf.”

Arnold couldn’t help looking at Helga. She had that smug on her face that made her look like ‘I’m the Queen of the World’ type of attitude. As he continued looking, he noticed that under her smug and outspoken blue eyes and headstrong blonde hair, lies something that was far more beautiful than he had ever imagined. It was like looking at her for the first time even though they had known each other since pre-school.

‘She looked so pretty even with that smug…’ Arnold thought. Helga noticed him staring at her and scowled.

“What are you looking at, football head? Checking if I had a zit?”

“No. Nothing. Sorry,” Arnold turned away, his imagination broke away like a burst bubble.

“So what’s your secret, Helga? I mean, how are you able to take so many rides and still don’t get sick?” Eugene asked. “I almost puked just by taking one ride on that swing twister thingy.”

“That, my poor inexperienced friend, is an art. And an artist doesn’t reveal his/her arts to others.”

“Come on, Helga,” Phoebe was also curious. “You can tell us. I mean it is logically speaking that there is no way someone is able to handle so many rides in a row and not regurgitate himself. We won’t tell anyone else.”

“Are you kidding me? And ruin the beauty of my craftsmanship and art of funfair rides? No way!!”

“Please, pretty please!” Phoebe begged. “I always get humiliated when I took funfair rides when I was a kid. Please tell us! Please!”

“Yeah, Helga. I often experience the same thing. We won’t tell anyone, honest!” Eugene was in the verge of going down on his knees and beg.

Helga looked at the eager eyes on Eugene and Phoebe and turned to Arnold. Arnold shrugged and smiled, saying, “Well, it wouldn’t hurt telling only us. The others are still in the bathroom trying to get rid of that nasty feeling in their guts.”

Helga considered a little and sighed, saying, “Alright, since you losers wanna know so much about it, I guess I can let you in a little. My secret is…”

Helga’s secret was cut short by a loud scream from afar. They all spun round to see something incoming fast towards them. It was so fast, they were unable to think straight for a moment there. Helga noticed immediately that the incoming thing was huge and bulky and the angle of it was more towards Arnold. Arnold was in danger, she realized. Never mind if it’s gonna crush the other guys, but it was heading towards Arnold! I have to save him! I have to save my love!

Within that split second, Helga pushed Arnold a few yards away from her and aimed her feet at Phoebe and Eugene who was behind her, kicking them far enough from the incoming object. When she herself was about to take off, she felt a sudden impact on her. She felt like she was being hit by a bullet train. She could even feel herself flying away into the horizon like a feather blown by the wind. She had no time for pain and no time for answers to all the happenings that was going on in her body. All she knew that she was going down—fast. She could still feel the heaviness on her as she dropped onto the solid ground like a bullet.

It was happening so fast, she wasn’t sure this is all a dream…