Chapter One: Fun with Patrick

Disclaimer: I don't own SpongeBob.

It was a quiet and peaceful morning until...SpongeBob's alarm went off. Gary woke with a start by the loud sound of the sponge's alarm. The sponge rocketed out of his bed and ran down the stairs to get ready to go to his favorite job in the whole sea, the Krusty Krab. Once he put on his pants and his work hat, he said good-bye to Gary and ran out the door. SpongeBob ran to the Krusty Krab and threw open the glass doors.

"Good morning, Squidward! Nice day, isn't it?" SpongeBob said while walking into the kitchen to make some Krabby Patties.

"No," the squid said as a customer approached.

"I'll have a Krabby Patty," the customer said.

"One Krabby Patty," Squidward shouted to the sponge.

"Coming right up!" SpongeBob then sprung into action. He threw a patty on the grill and flipped it until it was ready. SpongeBob put it in between buns, put lettuce, pickles, tomatoes, onions, ketchup, and mustard in it and then served it to the customer on a plate.

"Here you go, sir!" Then he dashed back into the kitchen to make the rest of the orders.

The day went by pretty fast, and before SpongeBob knew it, the Krusty Krab was closing. Squidward walked home with SpongeBob, following him. Just before SpongeBob could get in Squidward's house, he shut the door behind him. So, the sponge just jumped over to his best friend's house which was a rock. He knocked on it and immediately the rock opened, revealing Patrick watching TV in a comfy green chair. Patrick looked up at SpongeBob and then shut off his TV. The starfish jumped out of his rock home and greeted SpongeBob.

"Hi, Patrick! Wanna go jellyfishing?" SpongeBob suggested.

"Sure!" SpongeBob and Patrick pulled out their jellyfishing nets and skipped to Jellyfish fields. Once they got there, the starfish and sponge were bouncing around trying to catch some jellyfish.

"Hey, I caught one!" SpongeBob shouted, walking over to Patrick.

"Ooh, you did!" They both admired the species for a few moments, then let it go.

"Jellyfish are so pretty," SpongeBob said.

"Yep," Patrick agreed. "Let's go play another game!" he blurted out.

"Like what, Patrick?" Sponge asked his buddy.

"How about...tag?"

"Yeah!" So they ran around trying to tag each other until the sky got dark. When it started to set, SpongeBob and Patrick stopped playing tag and just sat back and watched the sunset.

"Sunsets are so beautiful," SpongeBob said looking up at the sky.

"What does 'beautiful' mean? Does it hurt?" Patrick sat up.

"No, silly."

SpongeBob and Patrick were quiet after that. Once it was completely nighttime, the starfish and sponge walked to their homes and said goodnight to each other.

"Hi, Gary!" SpongeBob greeted his pet snail while he took off his pants and work hat.

"Meow."

"I know I'm home late, Gary. After work, I went jellyfishing with Patrick and played tag until the sun set." He hopped in his bed. "Well, goodnight, Gary."

With those words, he fell asleep.