"Patient is erratic- he needs to be sedated quickly!"

"Right away, doctor!"

A screaming Squidward was wheeled through the hallway on a stretcher, screaming bloody murder.

"Doctor, his appendix could burst at any second! How shall we proceed?"

"Nurse, give me…" The doctor trailed off for a moment, and gasped. "Oooh! Hi, Squidward!"

"Spongebob?!" Squidward yelled. "What are YOU doing here?!"

"I'm a doctor, silly!" he said, giggling inappropriately. "Gosh! You're acting like-"

"SINCE WHEN?!" yelled Squidward. He screamed again. The nurse began to sedate him.

"I graduated from medical school seven years ago," Spongebob said, looking a bit hurt. "Did you not receive my invitation to the ceremony?!"

Squidward shrieked, and the nurse tried to calm him down. "Count backwards from 10," Spongebob instructed him.

"Don't worry, Squiddie, ol' pal, we'll have that appendix out in no time!" Doctor Spongebob patted his friend on the head as he went under.

"10, 9, 8… 7…. 5….."

A couple hours later, Squidward opened his eyes, to see Doctor Spongebob standing at his bedside.

"Hi, Sleepy-head!" he chirped.

"Am I dead?" Squidward asked reluctantly.

"Nope! You're absolutely fine! I cut out your appendix with no problem, no complications. Here!" Doctor Spongebob held up a jar which contained the appendix. He'd died a little pink bow around the jar. He tried to hand the jar to Squidward, who cringed and pushed it away.

"Gross," said Squidward. He pulled down the blankets and looked at the stitches on his belly, then he looked up at Spongebob. "So… you really did this?"

"Uh-huh," said the sponge, who nodded.

"And you didn't kill me?" Squidward said.

"Nope!" Spongebob said.

"Well… Wow, thanks, Spongebob!" said Squidward gratefully. "You saved my life!"

Spongebob let out a high-pitched giggle. "I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE OKAY!" he bleated. He wrapped his hands around Squidward's head and hugged him tightly. "I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!"

"Doctor!" said the nurse. "That is inappropriate- you cannot fraternize with a patient in such a manner!"

"Oh, my mistake!" said Spongebob in alarm. "You're absolutely right!" He rushed from the room, and then zipped back, having shed his scrubs and surgical hair net in favor of his button-down shirt and tie.

He held a big bouquet of flowers and had a massive grin on his face. Sponge placed the flowers on the nightstand, then went back to hugging Squidward.

Squidward glared at him, and gently nudged him away. "Stop doing that," he grunted.