Ok so I think everyone knows that I'm a Spandy (SpongebobxSandy) fan by now, but maybe what you didn't know about me is that I love PlanktonxKaren moments too. I thought I would try to write a story that has Spandy, and PlanktonxKaren moments in it. Wish me luck; this is my first attempt at trying to write a PlanktonxKaren story.

Switching Lives

Plankton found himself inside the lab of the Chum Bucket; he didn't really feel like trying to steal the formula today.

"So what is your evil plan for today Plankton?"

"You know Karen… I don't really feel like going after the formula today. I want to do something else."

Since Plankton programmed Karen with emotions she felt very happy about this because usually when Plankton didn't go after the formula, he would spend the day with her.

"Ok so you don't want to go after the formula, does this mean that you want to spend some quality time with me?"

"I don't know yet Karen… I don't really want to steal the formula, but I still want to do something mischievous."

"We can do something together." Says Karen as she puts a smile on her screen.

Plankton almost burst out laughing at this because Karen had never done anything evil since he built her.

"I don't know Karen… I've never seen you do anything evil; I don't think you have what it takes."

Karen felt sad about this and rolled away into a different room. When Plankton didn't hear a smart remark he turned around to see that she wasn't there but heard her roll into another room.

"Karen?"

"You know what Plankton you're right… I've never done anything evil, but I think it's because you programmed me this way. You're always trying to come up with evil plans to steal the formula, but there is more to you than that Plankton. Somewhere deep inside of you is the old Plankton, the Plankton that programmed me to love. Lately it seems like these failed plans are causing you to obsess over the formula more, but it's causing our relationship to fade."

Plankton had a bored look on his face and it seemed like he wasn't even listening.

"Plankton are you even listening to me?"

"What? Sorry Karen I got bored. I was sure you were going to go straight to nagging me so I kind of tuned you out."

Karen was both angry and sad at this point; she was tired of being ignored.

"That's it Plankton! This is exactly what I'm talking about. You're not even listening to me. Your bitterness, jealousy, and hate for your former friend is driving me crazy, not only that but you never spend time with me anymore."

"I'm sorry Karen… I tuned out again."

"Fine, if you're listening at all listen to this closely Plankton. I'm tired of going around unloved, ignored, and underappreciated around here and I'm not going to take it anymore. If you ever do come to your senses and when you think you're talking to me, you'll just be talking to the walls of your empty restaurant. Goodbye Plankton, I hope you're happy with the life you've chosen."

She rolls out of the Chum Bucket displaying tears on her screen. Plankton wasn't really paying attention to anything that she was saying, but finally the loud sound of a door slamming finally brought him back to reality.

"Huh what was that? Oh… Karen just went out for a while, I know I wasn't paying attention, but what I could hear is that she was either sad or angry with me. Oh well, it won't last forever. She'll eventually get over and come back, she always comes back so nothing to worry about here. She'll be back in a few hours. Oh well, I'm not going to steal the formula today but I can test out my new invention. I thought I would build this just for fun I guess. Two unlucky people are going to have their lives changed. It's more like a practical joke really, I'll blast them with my life switcher and then they will find themselves in different bodies. I think I know who I want to see freak out, for some reason I always seem to enjoy watching Spongebob freak out about things so I'll try it out on him."

Plankton looked across the road and realized that the Krusty Krab was closed for the night.

"Ok so I guess I lost track of time and the Krusty Krab is closed, but Spongebob being the guy that he is wouldn't go straight home."

He looks through his telescope and saw him headed for Sandy's treedome.

"Ok so he's on his way to see that squirrel… well I forgot her name, not that it matters anyway. Well this could be pretty funny. Wow I'm thinking funny instead of evil now; I bet Karen would be proud. Anyway since Spongebob is a guy and the squirrel is a girl, it would make things a bit awkward between them once they find out that they switched bodies. I wonder how that would work out; she's a land creature too."

Plankton laughs evilly and leaves the Chum Bucket and makes his way to Sandy's treedome.

"I feel more like a prankster right now than I do an evil genius, but still I can't wait to see the look on their faces when it happens. I've got to be very careful; I wouldn't want them to see me."

Spongebob got off of work about fifteen minutes ago and was on his way home.

"Actually… I think I'll go pay Sandy a visit. It's been almost two weeks since I've seen her last, but first before I see Sandy… I need to go buy some flowers for her. She always seems to like that."

After Spongebob paid for the flowers he walked the rest of the way to Sandy's treedome while whistling a tune and thinking about Sandy. Lately when they saw each other it seemed like they get closer than ever. They've been best friends for years, but they both hide feeling for each other that they don't want revealed yet. Plankton arrived at the treedome just a few seconds after Spongebob, but since he was so small, he had to run to get inside before the door shut him out.

"Hey Sandy… I know it's a little later than usual, but I thought I'd come by and visit anyway."

"Oh don't worry about it being late; I stay up pretty late any way. Come on and sit down Spongebob."

He smiles at her and does what she said. He remembers the flowers that he bought her and turned a light shade of red while giving them to her.

"I uh… I bought you some flowers Sandy."

Sandy grabs them from the bottom of the stems as she takes them from him. She didn't seem to notice the blush and smile that he had on his face. She was too busy admiring the flowers and thanking him for them.

"Wow Spongebob, they smell and look pretty, that you so much Spongebob."

Spongebob laughs nervously because he wasn't sure if she knew that he was blushing or not.

"Heh heh, sure thing Sandy, I'm glad you like them."

Plankton thought that he would wait a minute before trying out his life switcher invention when he saw the way they were acting around each other and he thinks to himself.

"Surely these two can't be that dumb not to notice the way they're acting around each other."

He watches how fast things change; about a minute later they are both in their karate gear ready to fight one another.

"Well that little love moment went fast."

He still wondered when he should use his invention and was getting bored and was having thoughts about leaving when suddenly something happened in their karate match. Sandy found herself tripping backwards over a tree root and Spongebob was close enough to catch her. The only thing wrong with that picture is that sometimes Spongebob could be a little clumsy and the whole situation happened so fast that he found himself falling on top of her. The whole situation was kind of awkward because his water helmet came off and they were just inches away from each other's lips when they landed. Once Plankton saw them land he immediately activated his life switcher and watched for what would happen next. Spongebob and Sandy were both really embarrassed and were both blushing, but what they didn't know was that they were no longer in their own bodies. Sandy, now in Spongebob's body got off of Spongebob, now in Sandy's body. They were both quiet for a few seconds until finally one of them spoke. They looked away from each other and blushed.

"Um sorry Sandy… I tried to catch you, but I found myself tripping too."

"It's ok… accidents happen Spongebob."

They take a look at each other blushing and looked away again. Then it occurred to them that something was not right. They looked at each other again and screamed at each other. Sandy was the first one to respond.

"What the heck just happened? When I looked at you, I was looking at myself."

"Yeah same here Sandy. I saw myself when I looked at you… or me? I don't know… What's going on Sandy?"

"Well I think it's pretty obvious Spongebob… I'm you, and you are me. We've switched bodies, or minds, or something."

"I think it's just bodies Sandy because I don't know anything new. I still know everything that I knew before; if we switched minds we would know new things. Ok so I have a question Sandy…"

"No time for questions Spongebob… I've got to find out how we switched bodies."

"Wow… that was kind of what I wanted to ask you. So you don't know how this happened."

"Nope."

"It wasn't any of your inventions was it Sandy."

"No, none of my inventions has ever done anything like this. This is the work of something else."

"What do we do Sandy?"

"I honestly don't know Spongebob. All I know is that it happened after we fell."

"Can you invent something that will get us back to normal Sandy?"

"I don't know if I can, but I've got to do something, this is too weird."

"Maybe if we're lucky we'll just change back sometime, but then again… what if we're stuck like this forever Sandy?'

"I don't know Spongebob… but it's too late to do anything right now… we've got to figure this out tomorrow or something."

"Hang on Sandy… We've got a few problems… since we didn't gain any new information and since you are me how are you going to cook Krabby Patties. I… I mean you… me have to work tomorrow. This whole situation is confusing ok.

"On come on Spongebob… how hard could it be?"

"Trust me Sandy… it's a lot harder than it looks. It takes years of practice to master fry cooking."

"I know how to cook things Spongebob… I've just never had a job as a cook."

"Also one other thing I'm confused about is who needs water and who needs air Sandy?"

"Well since I am you, as a sponge I guess I'll need the water. You'll need air if you decide to go out of the treedome."

"Ok I guess that is taken care of, I trust that you can get to work on time and take care of Gary, but there are certain things that I do before I go to bed at night. Sometimes I have to walk Gary, go visit Patrick, and since I've worked all day, I usually sweat a lot so could you…"

"Hang on there a minute. I think I know where this is going. I'm sorry Spongebob, but I am not taking a bath or a shower as you, and you better not even think about doing that with me."

"Wait Sandy… I know this is all new and weird, but what if we have to…"

"Hold that thought… I don't even want to hear the rest of that sentence. I know what you mean Spongebob. If we have to do… that then fine, but while we do, we should not do anything to the body that does not belong to us."

"Ok Sandy, but hey the same rules apply to you too you know."

"Yes I know… How exactly are we going to make this work Spongebob?"

"I have no idea…"

Plankton laughed to himself quietly because he loved how this was turning out. He waited for Sandy as Spongebob to leave and he quickly and quietly exited the treedome, making sure that no one saw him as he left. He returned to the Chum Bucket and he found that things were strangely quiet and looked around for Karen.

"This is strange… usually Karen doesn't stay mad this long, but I'm sure that she'll get over it soon and be back."

As he walked along the floor he noticed a piece of paper that was lying on the floor. He must not have noticed it before, but it was a piece of paper that Karen printed out just before she left. His attitude quickly changed as he read the letter.

Dear Plankton,

It seems like you are so busy with other things that you didn't even seem to notice me leave. I know in the past I've come back to you, but that was when you realized what you've done. This time, I'm not coming back; it's always the same thing… I get angry or sad and leave and then come back later. It's not going to happen that way this time Plankton, your obsession with the formula and jealousy is completely taking over your life. I can't even remember the last time we spent the day together because you're always out wanting to steal the formula. You programmed me to love you, and I always will, but I can't live like this feeling unloved, ignored and underappreciated. Sometimes when your plans fail you blame me for it. I'm not evil like you are; you didn't program me that way and I can't be something that I'm not. I will always love you Plankton, but I don't think you know what love is because you never show it to me or say it. You may be better off with me, or you may be better off without me, but I guess that's just something that you will have to find out now on your own. Best of luck in your future, I hope you live a better life without me than you did with me.

Karen.

After Plankton read this he immediately felt bad for the way he had been treating her and now he had to find her and beg her to forgive him. He tried her phone number, but there was no answer. He knew that she either didn't know he was calling or didn't care to answer. He didn't know what else to do other than search for her. He didn't know where he was going and he didn't care if he got lost trying to find her. It was getting dark out, but he ran outside anyway shouting for her.

"What have I done? Karen I'm so sorry, please come back!"

(To be continued. Ok this took me maybe two hours to write. I don't want to hear complaints about how long or short it is. Also for all of you Plankton and Karen supporters out there just chill… it is not going to end this way.)