Well you see I had this idea in my head for a little while and I wanted to write it, and well, here it is. This story is about how Spongebob and Gary met and how they got to where they are now, I hope you enjoy.

(Update: I wanted to fix these couple old chapters, because, yeah they needed it, still kinda sucks tho.)

The day had started off great, a young couple who had been adored by many passing citizens who'd stop and aw at the sight of an extended bump, they'd ask for the expected childs name, and the mother would look up at the father responsible, and smiled, "We uh, haven't quite picked one out yet, but, we're thinking somewhere around Robert." the pregnant woman answered as she rubbed her belly.

The people of the ocean seemed to be suprised to find a pregnant sea sponge, walking around with a baby in her belly, since, normally, sea sponges reproduced by budding, but then we're reminded that this is Bikini Atoll, which is known for changing some sea creatures.

The day that had started off great, had also ended great, the married couple stood at the entrance of a dark room, staring at the empty white crib in the room, the woman, Margaret Squarepants leaned against her husband, laying her head on his shoulder, "Do you think we'll be good parents?" she asked him, and having him turn and smile, kissing her forehead.

"I know we will, our son will grow up to be a wonderful, young man, a lawyer, or a doctor." he smiled as he rubbed her shoulder, she smiled, it'd be great to see their future son to grow up and be one of those two things.

The man closed the door, and the light cut off from the screen, before a loud, ear peircing scream erupted over the small house. The lights quickly turned back, and we are in the master bed room, it is at least four in the morning, and Margaret is sitting up, holding her stomach.

"H, Harold, I, I think he's coming-" she said as she smacked him, panting as she clutched his sleeve, "Whos coming?" the man asked as he looked at her holding her stomach, "Who do you think! The baby!" she shouted, "Wh, what? Now, Are you sure dear? Isn't it a little too soon for-" "It doesn't matt- ha, ha ow, Harold, w, we need to go." she ordered as she attempted to get up but she couldn't, it was too painful.

Harold rushed around to her side of the bed, having to pick her up and carry her to the boat, "J, just, sit tight, ok dear, I'll get you there as soon as possible." he said as he roared the engine and mashed the gas.

Double doors burst open as a crowd rush through the hospital, Margaret is now being wheeled to the emergency room on a hospital bed, her doctors give orders to his assistants. Harold was pushed out of the room as soon as they entered, something wasn't right, she was growing pale.

"Wh, what's happening to my wife?" Harold asked the doctors but wouldn't get a clear answer until he forced himself into the room, just as they pulled the baby out, the doctor turned to the nurse who took him and handed the baby to the father in the room.

Harold looked down at the little thing, he was so tiny, and red, like, where was his orange-ish skin? "H, Harold?" he heard his wife's voice which she was losing, after all that screaming, he walked over to her, she looked up at his hands where the baby was, tears filled her eyes as she reached her hand up and played with his small hand.

"Heh, he's so, tiny." she said as she was growing tired, her eyes were starting to droop, he jumped at the sudden sound of panicking machines, we're losing her!" the doctor shouted out to everyone in the room, Harold just stood back, still holding the baby, before the doctor looked at him and signaled the nurses one, who took the baby and the other escorted him out of the room just before another set of machines went off.

"Mr. Squarepants?" spoke a nurse called out to the only sponge in the waiting room who had been pacing back and forth, chewing on his nails, he stopped and looked at the nurse, "M, my wife- is she-" the nurse just stepped aside to let him pass.

Harold hand nearly pushed the man to get past him, when he ran in the room he stopped, seeing his wife in her bed, sleeping, the calm beaps of the monitars filler the room, he looked to his right to see his new born son, who was born just a few long hours ago, way sooner then he should have been, he was now completely yellow, he was cute, and just, precious, but in his eyes, this was anything but any of those words, this little thing, as tiny as it was, nearly killed his wife, and not to mention, himself.

He was startled when he heard her voice, he walked over to her, "Dear, are you, ok?" he asked, and she just smiled, "Where is he? I, I wanna see our son." Harold hesitated, "I don't think that's a good idea-"

"Oh, why not?" she asked as she attempted to sit up but found it was a little hard to when a burst of pain shot up her spine, when the doctor walked in, holding a clip board, he smiled, "How are we feeling, Mrs. Squarepants?" he asked, she nodded, "A little tired, and, my um- it hurts." she informed, the man laughed, "That's because you just had a baby, miss, and my, he is a beauty, i don't think I've ever seen such a beautiful block of cheese in my entire life." he said.

"Cheese?" the mother questioned as the doctor picked up the baby who was just starting to wake up, and he handed him to the mother, who moved the blanket out of his face, seeing her boy finally open his bright blue eyes, her heart just sank, tears of joy came flowing, "Oh, Harold, just look at him, isn't he just, beautiful- makes you wanna have another doesn't it?"

"Now, hold up a minute, I almost forgot, this is something serious, we almost lost you, while you were having him, and, him too, you guys can't have anymore babies, unless you want them to grow up without a mother, or you adopt." the doctor informed, having the two parents look at eachother, they wanted at least three children, and now-

"Now, there's a matter of names, have you decided to name it?" the doctor asked, Margaret sighed, pushing past the fact that they couldn't have another baby, she looked to Harold, "How about, Spongebob?" she asked, looking down at the baby who had started to smile at her, "It's cute, and people will know he's a sponge- Harold?"

Harold just glared down at the new born who started to sniffle, he was getting hungry, "Yeah, uh, whatever, it's nice-" he said as he stuck his hands in his pocket.

It was the start of a very bright Monday morning and a little four year old sponge was starting to wake up, which his name would be greatly known as Spongebob Squarepants of Bikini Bottom in a matter of 9 to 12 years from now. Spongebob had woken up to the smell of breakfast, his mother was downstairs cooking breakfast, his first thought was, 'how, mommy is always at work at this time,' he thought as he got out of his bed and walked to his door, then he remembered, 'Today is mommy's day off,' he thought then he smiled and ran down to see his mother.

Margret turned around to see her son come down the stairs, "Good morning, Spongebob honey, are you hungry?" she asked bringing a plate of pancakes to the table, Spongebob smiled, "Yes mommy," he said sitting down at the table, his mother placed his plate in front of him, the pancakes were decorated in a smiley face, two strawberry eyes, and a smile made from bananas and blueberries, "There you go, made them just the way you like them," she said pouring syrup over his pancakes, "Thank you mommy," he said hugging her, which he rarely did because she was always at work, she only had one day off a month and then she had to go back to work, Spongebob loved spending time with his family, whenever they were around.

While Spongebob was eating his breakfast his father, Harold sat down next to him, but he didn't look at Spongebob, he just stared down at his news paper, "Hi dad," Spongebob greeted, "Hello son, did you sleep well?" he asked, "Well actually, I had a bad dream, and" "Oh, that's good son," his dad interrupted him, Margret nudged his shoulder to ask Spongebob what it was about.

Harold rolled his eyes and put his paper down, and looked at his son who was just now playing with his food, he knew his dad wouldn't really care too much, he never really seen his dad either, only when his mother cooked or when Spongebob got up early to use the bathroom when his dad was going to work, but then he never really said hi to him, knowing that he'd just be ignored.

Harold crossed his arms, "Would you care to talk about it, son?" Harold asked, Spongebob glanced up at his dad and then back at his food, "No, I'm fine, you never listen anyway," Spongebob said, "You see dear, he's fine, now if you excuse me I'm going to go back to my article," he said lifting the paper back up.

Margaret looked at her son, "Sorry Spongebob, do you want to talk about it to me?" she asked, he just shook his head, there was no point telling her either, "Well if you're not going to talk, then finish your food, I promised Aunt Coral that we'd help her down at the shop after breakfast," she said, Spongebob smiled again, he loved seeing his Aunt Coral, he bent over the table and shoved his food in his mouth, he turned to his mother with his cheeks full, "Now, go get dressed sweetheart," she laughed, taking his dishes and putting them into the sink.

Few minutes later Spongebob came down stairs, fully dressed, "I'm ready," he said stopping at the front door, then he seen his dad coming, "Hi, dad" he waved looking at him, Harold just glanced down at him, "Bye, dad" Spongebob quietly said, his dad still didn't say anything, then Margaret walked to the door and held out her hand, Spongebob looked up from the ground and at her hand, then at her face she was smiling down at him, Spongebob smiled back and gladly took her hand and she lead him to her boat.

While Spongebob and mother were driving to Aunt Coral's shop, Spongebob is in the back seat looking out the window, and then he turned and looked at the ground, "Mommy?" Spongebob questioned looking at the rearview mirror to see her face, she didn't answer, she just kept driving, "Does dad, love me?" he asked, "Mommies driving dear," she said, Spongebob looked back out the window, "Yes mommy," he said, his little eyes filled up with tiny tears, until they pulled into the shop.

Spongebob let himself out of the boat and he ran to the building, "Wait for mommy, dear" Margret said, Spongebob looked at his mother and waited for her. Spongebob and his mother then went inside the shop and they were greeted by his Aunt, "Aunty Coral!" Spongebob ran and hugged her, "Wow, you've gotten big," she smiled down at him, "I almost didn't recognize you," she said pinching Spongebob's freckled cheek, Spongebob giggled, "That tickles," he said, his aunt and mother both laughed.

Aunt coral looked at Margaret, "I sure am glad you came to help out, I mean, this place is so busy," she said, his aunt was a manager of a pet shelter and she needed some stuff moved and labeled, Spongebob wasn't big enough to handle the big stuff so, he just carried empty boxes to and from Coral.

While Spongebob was carrying boxes to a storage room he heard a little noise, like a meow, but he didn't know where it came from, he immediately shoved it to the side, like it was all his imagination, and he went and put the boxes away and came back, and he heard the same noise, "Ok, what is that sound," he asked himself as he looked around, he followed the sound until he seen this big bin, he heard more of the noises and being curious he looked inside the bin and seen over ten different baby snails in one area playing with a pink and blue snail, they were all so cute, "Awe," he said aloud and they all turned away from the snail and looked at Spongebob, and they all came running to him, he put his hand out to pet them, he looked over them, but when his eyes laid on the little one in the back his heart melted.

The baby snail was the smallest of all, and it was hiding in its shell, it must have been scared, then it hit Spongebob, those snails must have been bullying it. Spongebob felt bad, he could relate to how the poor thing must have felt, whenever he'd go to the park with his mom, he'd always get pushed, and shoved, they'd throw sand at him, some of it would even get in his pants.

"Oh, you poor thing," Spongebob said, "You don't have to be afraid anymore, I've got you," Spongebob smiled, when he and Spongebob's eyes connected it came out of its shell and went closer to him, Spongebob smiled bigger, and he reached out to pick it up, "Oh, I want you," Spongebob said, and he brought it into a hug, and it started to purr.

Spongebob pulled the snail out of his hug, "Oh how rude of me, my name is Spongebob Squarepants, but you can call me Spongebob," Spongebob said, "What's your name?" He asked, the snail just shook its head, "Oh, you don't have a name?" Spongebob asked, "OK, then I'll name you," Spongebob said, Spongebob scanned over the snail, "You're a boy, right?" Spongebob asked, the snail nodded, "How about, Fred?" Spongebob asked, the snail shook its head, "No, how about, Rocko?" causing the snail to hiss, and the sponge to laugh, "No, not that one I guess, how about, oh this one is great, how about Gerald Wilson Jr, Gary for short?" Spongebob asked, the snail smiled and nodded its head, and it licked Spongebob's face, "You like that name, Gary?" Spongebob asked, the snail nodded, "Ok, Gary it is, hello Gary" Spongebob laughed and Gary laughed too, "Oh, I got to find mom," he said looking from side to side.

Spongebob ran off to find his mother and he found her talking to his aunt, they were by the register, "Mommy, Mommy," Spongebob said, his mother turned to look at her son, "Yes, what is it Spongebob honey," she said, Spongebob stopped and looked at Gary, and back at his mother, "Can I have him?" Spongebob said showing the snail to his mother.

"What?" she questioned, "Please mommy, I really want him" Spongebob said, "But, Spongebob, you don't even know how to take care of a snail," his mother said, "I can learn, I learn fast, please mommy I love him," he said, "Oh come on Maggie, let him have it," Coral said, Margret looked at Coral, "Not you too," she said, "Come on, why can't he have it," she asked, "because, because," "see you can't even come up with an excuse, I mean come on what's the worse that can happen, I mean you and your husband are never around, and he gets lonely too," Coral acrossed her arms.

Margaret looked at her son, and back at Coral, "That's not true, I'm around," "Yeah every once a month, then you have to leave the rest of the month, and your husband, he doesn't even pay attention to your son." Coral says, "Yes he does, Harold loves Spongebob," Margaret said, "Did you ask Spongebob what he felt, because I strictly remember him crying one night, and saying how his dad doesn't want him around, he doesn't even listen to his own son, it's terrible when your four year old son has to ask if his father loves him," Coral said, Margaret looked at Spongebob, "He needs a friend, he doesn't have siblings so, a pet is the best thing from him," Coral said, "Look at him, they love each other," Coral said pointing to Spongebob and Gary, who were hugging each other.

Margaret sighed, "What will Harold say, he doesn't like pets," Margaret said, "So, make him see it too that his son needs someone," she said, "What if he doesn't," "He will," Coral said, "but we don't have the money to buy it," she said, "Don't worry about it, I'll pay for it, it's an early birthday present" she said, "but what about food, we can't afford," "I'll give you a month's supply of snail food," she said.

Margaret looked back at the snail, "Please mommy, I want him, please don't make me put him back, those other snails were being mean to him, I can't put him back," Spongebob said, he was starting to cry, "I'll never ask for a, anything again," he cried, "Ok, ok, Spongebob you can keep him, but you have to take care of him, get it food, give it baths, water it, anything that needs to be done, it is your job, do you understand?" she asked, Spongebob nodded his head, "Yes mommy," he said looking at Gary, "Thank you mommy," he said, "Guess what Gary, I get to take you home," he said, and Gary started to purr.

Spongebob's mother and aunt bent down to look at the snail, "He sure is a cute one," his mother said, "No kidding, so Spongebob, what are you going to name it?" his Aunt Coral asked, "It's a he, and his name is Gary," Spongebob said, "Oh, you've already picked out a name?" Coral asked, "Actually, we picked out his name, together," Spongebob said, "Didn't we, Gary" Spongebob asked, "Mew" "Awe" they all said at the same time.

Spongebob was waiting in the boat with Gary in his arms, he had a carrier but he wasn't ready to put the snail down. He had all the other stuff that he needed for his newly adopted snail. Margaret was talking to Aunt Coral, thanking her for the snail, and Coral thanking her for the help.

Spongebob and his mother drove home together, both happy, "Thank you mommy, for letting me keep Gary, you're the bestest mommy ever" he said, "You're welcome sweet heart," she said, Spongebob smiled brighter at Gary, "I will love and care for you, forever, we will be the bestest friends, like brothers, I will take care of you, I love you Gary" Spongebob said, "Mew" Gary mewed and started to purr, "I'm guessing, that means you love me too, huh Gary," he said, "Mew," Gary said closing his eyes and falling asleep, "Awe, mommy, he's asleep" Spongebob said petting his shell, and then soon, Spongebob fell asleep too.

Well, this has been the brand new chapter of a brand new story, and I hope you liked it, I personally think its good, until next time.