HA: Without You 11

Chapter Eleven

"I'm not so sure if I'm ready for this Lila…" Helga admitted as she stood in front of the gentle green house squashed between two tall apartment complexes. With a gulp Helga turned back to Lila quickly, her feet fidgeting across the street's gravel. Lila crossed her arms, standing her ground as Helga suddenly yelled out, twisting and turning this way and that.

"Don't make me do this!" She yelled out angrily. Lila shook her head softly.

"You need to see this Helga." She stated.

"You don't understand, my sister and I never had a great relationship, what if I like…blow up on her or something?" Helga sighed and looked up at the house, it was so damn…perfect looking. Just like the portraits on the wall, her smile, hell, just like the way she did EVERYTHING. As Helga scowled Lila moved up and pressed the doorbell.

"Lila no!" Helga scowled. It didn't take long, the door swung open, Helga closed her eyes tightly and waited for that irritating voice to ring through her ears. She waited…and waited….slowly Helga peeked open an eye, the door was open but no one was there.

"What the fuck-" Helga muttered.

"Fuck is a bad word." A tiny voice piped out.

Helga's eyes rolled down to see a small girl, about three or four feet tall, her eyes nearly two times the size of her face to match her large ears. She wore a pink vest and black skirt with white leggings. Slowly she tilted her head, the small ponytail atop her head following with her.

"Aunty Lila whose this ugly girl?" She asked. Helga twitched before reaching out her hand to strangle the little brat, the small girl giggled and jumped back as Lila calmly pushed past Helga, her other hand rubbing the small girls head as she went into the household.

"This is Helga, and she's not ugly, that was very rude of you Patricia, you should apologize." Lila commanded. The girl, Patricia, scrunched up her nose before mumbling something under her breath. Lila raised a brow angrily making the small girl sigh before doing a rather mocking curtsy.

"I'm SO sorry hell girl." She whispered. Helga pulled at the girls ponytail quickly.

"Helga…H-E-L-G-A." She muttered. Patricia rubbed her head a bit before rolling her eyes.

"Yea yea." Patricia whispered before running away from Helga's hands. Lila bent forward, peering into the living room before sighing softly to herself.

"Are your parents home?" Lila asked in a hushed tone. Patricia nodded and then shook her head.

"Mommy's here, Daddy's playing house with Madeline." Patricia drew out the word in annoyance before scratching her neck gently.

"Patricia honey where's your mommy?" Lila asked, bending down to the ground to reach the girls level. Patricia pointed up stairs before running off into the living room. Helga looked around, the place seemed deserted. Lila started to walk upstairs and so Helga had no choice but to follow, still wondering what it was she would find.

"Olga….Olga are you in there?" Lila whispered as she stood outside of one of the many doors within the second stories hallway. Lila sighed, looking as if she had been in this position many times before. Slowly she knocked once more, creaking the door open a bit.

"It's me…Lila…can I come in?" She asked. Helga heard a sniffle before the door opened up, Olga, with mascara running down her face and a large smile, laughed softly to herself. Helga held onto her chest tightly as she felt a pain suddenly sting at her heart.

"Oh my goodness, little sister I didn't know you brought company." Olga laughed out through gritted teeth as she suddenly leaned forward, taking Helga in her small and pale arms. Helga slowly wrapped her arms around Olga as well, noticing how small her body felt against her own.

"She's just so adorable." Olga cooed as she pulled away, grasping Helga by the shoulders before moving her hand down the girls cheek gently. It took all of Helga's effort not to flinch under her cold touch.

"Oh how simply rude of me, what's your name?" Olga asked tilting her head gently. Helga lost her breath for a moment but coughed to gain it back. Slowly she shifted her feet before nodding.

"Helga…I…my names Helga…" she whispered.

"Wow! What a lovely name! I had a sister named Helga you know." Olga whispered with a smile as she invited the girls into her room. Both Helga and Lila's eyes went wide as they suddenly chased after Olga.

"Wait you did?" Helga asked quickly. Olga nodded as she picked up some knitting needles from beside her, she laughed gently before sighing under her breath, her face caught between happiness and crushing depression. Pills were strewn all across her nightstand, though everything else seemed to be in its own perfect place.

"Yes…she was a stillborn unfortunately…it was very hard for all of us in the family to recover after that…we'd already had a room picked out for her and everything." Olga laughed out gently. Helga gulped some before twisting her hands nervously. She was dead here?

"That's it then." Olga decided with a nod. "You shall be my baby sister. I have a feeling we were just meant to be friends."

Lila smiled and nodded quickly however Helga was a bit more hesitant. With a nervous laugh she started to study the room around her. Pictures of the 'perfect' family covered the wall like paint, a dresser stood beside a worn in bed, though one side still looked like new. Helga guessed that someone hadn't been sleeping on that side lately.

"So…Doug's out again hm?" Lila asked as softly as she could. Olga laughed a bit, nodding as she pressed her wire like hair past her ears nervously.

"Yea, he has to stay late for work again, he tries so hard for us you know." Olga whispered. Lila slowly nodded before sighing. Helga raised a brow before opening her mouth, Lila shot her a glance and she quickly closed it.

"Yea..you…sure are lucky…." Helga mumbled.

"Oh I really am." Olga whispered as she nodded gently, her hands clasping together. "Little sister comes and visits me every week, and I have our sweet little Patricia to keep me company while he's away. Doug is such a sweet husband, he takes very good care of us." Olga whispered.

Helga bit the inside of her cheek to keep from making some snide comment and instead let out a low breath.

"…it's good you're…happy…"

"So happy." Olga commented. "Couldn't be happier."

She giggled before folding her hands.

"You know you're a very easy person to talk to Helga, you really must come back with little sister Lila to come visit me."

Olga giggled softly before hugging Helga again. Helga closed her eyes a bit before slowly wrapping her arms around Olga's small frame, holding her gently.

"….Yea…I guess I can do that…"

Olga was shaking and so Helga merely patted her back, not knowing how else to comfort the woman.

"Mama don't hug her you'll get rabies." Patricia suddenly called out from the hallway. Olga looked up, a cross of anger and surprise taking over her body as she shook her head quickly, her entire demeanor changing.

"How many times have I told you Patricia, insulting other people is rude."

Helga sighed before rubbing her temple.

"No no it's alright, I'll deal with her, I'm great with kids." Helga mumbled as she walked towards Patricia, she flinched a bit but stood her ground, crossing her arms defiantly. Helga stared down at her, darkness overtaking her entire frame as she laughed a bit under her breath.

"So you think that I'm some disease ridden animal do you?" She whispered. Patricia smirked a bit before nodding. Helga laughed under her breath, making Lila shiver out of fear as she got down on her knees, her eyes dark and afire.

"Well you have a unibrow." Helga cooed. Patricia's eyes widened as she suddenly threw her hands over her forehead, hiding her eyebrow's in the process, with a bit of a stutter she backed away from Helga.

"I-I-I do not!"

"We'd better go." Lila mumbled as she stormed out, grabbing Helga's hand, dragging her away from the now scared little girl. Helga laughed out menacingly before shaking her fist into the air.

"YOU'RE ADOPTED!"