Stephen: "I PROMISE, I PROMISE!"

Keely: "That's right. Listen to Keely. That's a good boy. HeeHee!" (turns off record player.) "Now do as we say, or the record plays again, and we set the pics on fire! Do you hear me???"

Stephen: "Yes, yes, I hear you!" (walks over to his drawing desk) "First thing's first...there's got to be a plot. DO either of you have an idea for exactly HOW the episode should go?"

Keely: "Ok! Let's make it dramatic and romantic! Meg! Give him an example from one of your stories!"

Meg: (hands Stephen her notebooks) "Gahead and browse through those, I've got some stuff you might like."

Keely: (picks up a page and reads it. eyes grow big. sings in opera voice-) "Meg, you're a genius!!!"

Stephen: "I kinda like the Bikini Bottom Valentine Ball idea...but it's so close to Christmas time right now..."

Keely: "Ohhhh. Fine! Umm...how about we change it to a bikini bottom Christmas ball???" (looks around smiling like this-) -D

Meg: "Yeah, yeah! YEAH!"

Keely: "Stop look around, Hillengurg! Get writing or the records turns on!!! Got it???" (acts like she is about to play it.)

Stephen: "Okay, I'm thinking!" (sits down and rubs his head)

Meg: (steps up behind him) (gazes intently at the notebook)

Keely: "What are you thinking, Meg? Is he doing ok?" (starts pacing around impatiently) "Is he???"

Stephen: (glances up at Meg) "Dude, you're in my thinking space."

Meg: "GET TO WORK!"

Stephen: "On second thought, there's plenty of thinking space." (smiles)

Keely: "That's right! Shut up and get to work." (whispers to herself.) "I guess he DOES deserve a hug soon. After all...He DID make that show we love so much!" (looks up at all of the art.) "This isn't so bad Hillenburg! Actually...may we each take one home?"

Stephen: "Well, I..."

Meg: (makes the puppy-dog face again) "Please?"

Stephen: (sigh) "I suppose..."

Keely: "That's great!!!" (shakes his hand SO hard!!!) "Thanks a lot buddy!"

Stephen: "Okay...uh, kid? You're gonna pull my arm off..."

Keely: (stops shakling hand.) "Sorry! You know that we have wished to come here for SO long! Good thing I found a rocket ship in my closet. What would I be able to do without my messy little sister. Sigh."

Meg: "I know, and a good thing we packed all those potato chips too, or else we probably wouldn't have survived that whole ten minute ride."

Keely: "I know." (starts biting lip.) "Sorry about the chip fight we had. It's just...sniff...My mom thinks we need to stop eating junkfood and...I couldn't help myself! I NEEDED to eat one! Or 10. Or 30. Or the whole bag!" (settles down.) "Anyways. Sorry 'bout that!"

Meg: "I'm sorry, too..." (sniffs) "My mom wants me to stop eating junk food too!"

Stephen: (looks a bit perplexed)

Keely: (sniffles) "Really? That makes me so happy! Come and...come give a hug buddy!" (opens arms for a hug.)

Meg: (gives Keely a big giant hug...and pauses as there is a cracking sound)

Meg: "Guess I shouldn't have put those duck eggs in my pocket...huh?"

Keely: "ummm...yeah. So that's what your mom feeds you? My mom keeps buying coconut cookies instead of oreos!"

Meg: "Yuck...there's so much coconut in this house...coconut milk, coconut oil, coconut shortening, coconut shavings...it could make a girl sick!"

Stephen: "Alright, are we gonna work on this episode, or are you two gonna complain about your diets?"

Keely: "Ewww...Sorry Mr.H! I can't help but feel sorry for myself! Don't you agree that coconut is the worst thing on earth???"

Stephen: "Well...no. I do like tropical foods...but that's a personal opinion. I'm really at a loss here girls, you're going to have to help me out."

Meg: (grumbles) "I hate coconut."

Keely: (whispers agreeingly.) "Me too!" (looks up, seeing fake paper jelyfish hang from the cieling.) "Cool. Did you know that I want to be a Marine biologist like you? I mean...You are so cool!"

Stephen: "Well...thank you!"

Meg: (shivers) "I don't know how you guys can do that...I'm scared to death of the ocean!"

Stephen: (GASP!)

Keely: (gasps with Stephen.) "You!" (points finger at Meg in a VERY scary way) "There is nothing scary 'bout the ocean. Except of course for man-eating sharks and killer whales. And jellyfish. And...gulp...crocodiles." (steps back-away from Stephen- to Meg.) "You are SO right, Meg!"

Meg: "Thank you. NOW, maybe if we role play, we can get this episode on the road."

Keely: "Right!" (taps chin.) "It is a beautiful day in bikini bottom. Meg, any ideas?"

Meg: "Not really...it's almost always a beautiful day in Bikini Bottom...let's make it a rainy day in Bikini Bottom. I like rain." (grins)

Keely: "Me too! And wind! Oh! Be sure to make Spongebob kiss Sandy in the ep!!!!"

Stephen: "Whoa whoa, kiss? They've got to kiss?"

Meg: (points at the unfinished picture) "Why don't you tell us what that is all about?"

Stephen: "Well yeah, I just--"

Keely: "Yeah. Blushing. Spongebob. And look at the backround! He is in the TREEDOME you bonehead! Did you have any idea???"

Stephen: "Well...alright, I guess I was maybe just kinda thinking about it..."

Keely: "You're afraid aren't you? That they will hate you for it? No way! Do you know how many of us wish for them to kiss? For Spongebob to admit he loves her? PLEASE let them kiss!!!!" (get's on knees and starts begging.) "PLEASE!!!!" (grasps onto his leg! "I worship you!!!! Well...not really..."

Stephen: (looks a little freaked out) "Okay, okay, I'll finish the picture! But you know...these kinds of things take time. What if...what if I have the episode out by Christmas?"

Keely: "Christmas? If you are going to wait till then, you may as well make it a movie." (eyes grow HUGH) "A MOVIE!!"

Stephen: "Ah no...no no no no! I will make the episode...but mind you the movie took a YEAR. A year!"

Keely: "You are such a baby! A year? You could make THREE movies in a year." (eyes grow big again.) "THREE MOVIES!"

Stephen: "No! Now I promised you girls I'd make the movie--rr episode, alright! Now even that will take some time and planning."

Meg: (scoffs) "A movie would be better."

Keely: "Yes! Thank you, Meg." (smiles) "When are you and your family coming down to FL?"

Meg: "February...I'm pretty sure it's February."

Keely: "February! Ok! Make two! If you aren't going to make a movie- that is. One for Christmas, and one for Meg and I!!!"

Meg: "Yeah! Two!"

Stephen: "Well...I'll try..."

Keely."You better. Or else Stinkey Wizzelteetz is going to pay you a little visit." (holds up record player.) "If you know what I mean!"

Stephen: "I told you, I'll try! A guy can only get so many things done at once." (grins sheepishly)

Keely: "What DO you do? Soak it up here in California? Why not go and make us those eps! We are dying here! Waiting for you to get off your fat..butt... and get going with that ep. After that...you really don't need to make any more. That's all we want!"

Stephen: (takes a step back) "Well, to tell you the truth...I'm...uh...sort of having a bit of a..." (grins sheepishly) "A writers block, you could say." (sighs) "I know, I know! I'm not supposed to have those problems, I'm a professional, right? RIGHT!?"

Meg: "Uh...right..."

Stephen: "Wrong!"

Keely: "Don't tell me, Hillenburg! You're...You're losing faith in what you do???"

Stephen: "It's getting REALLY HARD for me to come up with good idea...I need your guys' help."

Keely: (pulls you to the side.) "Hear that, Meg? He needs OUR help! EEEK!"

Meg: "I know! This will be so COOL!"

Keely: (Acts all cool. Laid back. Unexcited.) "I guess we COULD help you a little. Yes. A...a little." (turns around and does a little scream) (whispers.) "This is SO cool!"

Meg: (copies her posture) "Yeah, I guess." (grins wide behind her hand)

Keely: "Hear that? We are going to help. You should be THANKFUL!" (giggles. looks at you.) "He is so needy of us right now! He is SO desperate!"

Meg: "Well, to ask me for help he must be..." (grins wide) "But I'll do it anyway!"

Keely: "Yeah! IT's a dream come true." (freezes.) "Err..I mean...I guess we could help."

Meg: (freezes also) "Alright, let's get to work! Er...where should we start?"

Keely: "Spongebob wakes up in his undies!"

Meg: "Keely, he ALWAYS wakes up in his underwear."

Keely: "I know! Isn't it great!"

Meg: "YEAH! Okay, and then...hmm...he notices that it's raining! Because it's been storming all night..."

Keely: "Oh! Very nice! And he notices that today is the day that he and Sandy were going to have their annual All-Day karate match! But it's rainy."

Meg: "Yeah! and so...he calls her and asks if she still wants to go--even though there'll be mud all over the place."

Stephen: "I'm beginning to think you two are just a LITTLE obsessed."

Keely: "You think we came all this way in a rocket ship I found in my closet for nothing at all???" (frowns.)

Stephen: "Well...I guess not..."

Meg: "TRUST me, we know what we're doing." (smiles) "Where were we? Karate, oh yea!"

Keely: "Yes! That is correct!"

Meg: "SO he picked up the phone and called her..."

Keely: "Oh! I'm likin' this so far! And he says...ummm...HELLO!"

Meg: "And she asked 'Yeah, what's up?'"

Keely: (shakes.) "I'm not very good at this. So he says back to her, 'Nothing. It's raining outside. Is it raning there?' and she answers, 'Yes!' and Spongebob looks kinda sad!" (looks over at Meg waiting for her part.)

Meg: "There's no such thing as being bad at role playing." (smiles) " 'So...are we gonna cancel the karate match?' Spongebob asks."

Keely: "OHHH! Remember when it was snowing...how Spongebob and Pat could breathe under water? Well...It's raining there, so he can take off his helemt, and he and she could you know...kiss...in the RAIN!"

Meg: "Ooh, that's an EXCELLENT idea! So then...she said 'No, that actually makes it easier, Spongebob. You can come here, and neither of us have to wear helmets!' "

Keely: (giggles.) "I feel all mushy inside! ok. 'That's great Sandy! I'll be over soon!' and he runs out the door, of course after putting on pants. And he sees the treedome ahead. Your turn!"

Meg: "So...he walks inside the treedome, wearing his karate mitts and helmet. And he says 'Hiya Sandy! You ready for a fan-TABULOUS day of Karate!?' "

Keely: "And Sandy says, 'I'm always ready!' and karate chops him in the head and...' I can't think of anything else, really. But I'm still thinking about the kiss! Oh how I wish we could skip ahead!!!"

Meg: "I know, but we have to build the atmosphere!"

Keely: "Fine! Ok! So they are running around the treedome, and then the narrator says, '6 hours later.' "

Meg: "LOL! Okay...so then, they're taking a lunch break. And they're sitting at Sandy's picnic table."

Keely: "Oh yeah!" .

Meg: "So...they were sitting down to eat...what were they going to eat?"

Keely: "Ummm...How about some tea and cookies? Spongebob love that! Especially when eating them with her!I guess they will need an umbrella above the table. Because...it IS raining! They are eating tea and cookies at her umbrela picnic table!"

Meg: "Yeah!" (sighs) "I think rain is simply romantic..."

Keely: "Me too!" (smiles. sighs.) "SO romantic!!!"

Stephen: "Okay..."

Meg: (clears throat) "ANYWHO..."

Keely: "Sandy passes Spongebob a plate of chocolate-acorn cookies, and some tea! Spongebob begans to enjoy his food with her. That's about all I got for now. Your turn!"

Meg: "And of course they start talking...and Spongebob asks 'So Sandy...ever think about, you know, life? I mean, it's not like we'll all stay young forever...' "

Keely: "Ooook! Me like that! And then Sandy answers, 'What do you mean?' and Spongebob swallows down his cookie."

Meg: "And...he chuckles nervously. 'Well, I mean, we've got to start thinking about...permanent...things...' His voice trails awkwardly off."

Keely: "And then Sandy freezes. 'Permanent things? Um...like...?' and Spongebob starts shaking a bit."

Meg: "(As you can tell, Spongebob is a bit nervous--and pink in the face) 'Well...like, did you ever think that you'd...you know, wanna get married?' he twiddles his thumbs under the table, nervously."

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Reviews would be HIGHLY appreciated! Keely and I had SO much fun writing this story...it wouldn't be right if we didn't know that YOU had as much fun reading it! I think the next chapter is one of my personal favorites...but then again, the whole STORY is my personal favorite!

Enjoy!