(Sandy is always doing her science experiments and Spongebob just wants to spend time with her, but he doesn't understand a thing about science. It bothered Sandy when Spongebob wanted to help, but only made things worse. So Sandy invents a machine that makes people smarter. Spongebob tries it out without her knowing, but the results aren't the way she wanted them to be. Spongebob is smarter, but he is not the Spongebob that she had always known and loved. When the machine breaks she tries everything to get him back to the way he was.)

Heart over Mind

(Chapter One)

"I'm sorry Spongebob but I have some very important work to do, I don't have time for karate today." Said Sandy.

Spongebob's happy mood quickly changes because he had no one to play with; Patrick wasn't feeling very well and Squidward was always busy.

"With me working at the Krusty Krab, and with you doing all of your science experiments, we never get to hang out anymore." Spongebob says sadly.

"I know, maybe next time we can hang out ok?" Asked Sandy.

"What are you working on?" Asked Spongebob.

"It's not finished yet, but it's a helmet that you put on to become smarter." Said Sandy.

"Cool, do you need any help?" Asked Spongebob.

"I don't know if you can help me Spongebob." Said Sandy.

"Well can I at least watch you work?" Asked Spongebob.

"Well… ok, but don't touch anything." Said Sandy.

"Ok, science never was my best subject in school, maybe you could teach me sometime Sandy; and then we could work together." Said Spongebob smiling.

"Or maybe when I finish the helmet I could test it out on you." She says laughing a little.

"That could work too." Said Spongebob.

"I don't think that's such a good idea." Said Sandy.

"It would make me smarter; why wouldn't it be a good idea?" Asked Spongebob.

"There could be such a thing as too smart; some smart people lose their sense of feeling emotions because they believe that knowledge is more important than anything else in life. So those people don't experience happiness, anger, sadness, fear, or any other emotion. I don't want to take that risk by testing it on you Spongebob." Said Sandy.

She said that because she cared about him, but he wasn't paying attention. He was only thinking about getting smarter; he was thinking about all the things they could do together if he was smarter, he didn't hear her warning.

"If only I were smarter, I could impress her and then she would like me. She would want me as her science partner and we could win science awards together. Girls like guys that are smart; I'm just not in that category." He thinks to himself sadly.

"Oh well… can I still watch you build it Sandy?" Asked Spongebob.

"Sure Spongebob." Said Sandy.

Since she almost had it finished, it only took her about an hour to finish it.

"Ok it's finished." Said Sandy.

"That looked like a lot of work." Said Spongebob.

"Well I had most of it done before today, but yeah it was a lot of work." Said Sandy.

"How are you going to test it Sandy?" Asked Spongebob.

"It's simple really… you see I have two lab rats and a mini maze for the rats to run through. Neither one of them have ran through this maze before. So I will time them to see how long it takes to complete the course. One lab rat will be running on its normal brain capacity, and I will test the other one after I test my machine. The key is to see if the brain machine works and if the rat that I test it on gets through the maze faster than the normal lab rat." Said Sandy.

"Ok…." Spongebob said with confusion.

"You didn't get any of that did you Spongebob?" Asked Sandy.

"No… not really." Said Spongebob.

"Just watch…" Said Sandy.

She opens the mini door and the first rat starts to run the maze. The rat smelled the cheese and was in a hurry to get it, but made several mistakes and ran into the maze wall a few times. Finally, the rat made it out with a time of three minutes and forty two seconds. She tests the other rat and it doesn't do any better; it finishes with a time of three minutes and forty five seconds.

"Ok so you've tested both of them, so what is the point of your machine?" Asked Spongebob.

"We're going to have them do the same maze again. Without the brain machine my theory is they won't do much better, but if one of them is smarter, that rat will get through the maze quicker." Said Sandy.

She tests one of the rats again. It does a little better than the first time, but still makes a few mistakes. This time the rat finishes with a time of three minutes and twenty three seconds. She hooks the other rat up to her machine and flips the switch. A small burst of electricity goes through its body then the machine powers down.

"Ok now let's see if it worked." Said Sandy

She puts it down and opens up the door to the maze; the rat did just as she predicted, it ran through the maze much faster. Since the rat was smarter it realized its mistakes unlike the other rat and ran through the maze without making any mistakes; it finished with a time of three minutes and fifteen seconds, which was the fastest of all the tests.

"It worked, the test was a success, isn't that great Spongebob?" She asked him?

But she did not get a response; he saw that the rat had run through the maze faster and knew that the machine worked. When she turned around to see him she saw that he had his water helmet off and that he had hooked himself up to the machine and was about to flip the switch.

"Spongebob no don't!" She yelled at him.

It was too late he had already flipped the switch; she watched in horror as a bigger burst of electricity went through his body. Since he was much bigger than a rat the machine could not handle the stress and it falls apart. There was another burst of electricity that hit him before the helmet fell off. He fell to the ground and Sandy ran over to him.

"Spongebob!" She yelled with tears in her eyes.

(I'm not sure how many chapters I'm going to do, but stay tuned to the next chapter, if anyone comments that is…)