Spongebob smiles at his mother who adjusts his red bow tie, she slides her hands down his shoulders, a small tear sets at the edge of her eyes, she smiles, "You're so grown up." she says as she tugs at his jacket.
She stops smiling, "but, are you sure you wanna go? I mean you don't have to." she shook her head, Spongebob holds her hands, "Of course I wanna go, I've only got one prom ya know, I won't get this chance again."
Margaret fakes a smile, "I don't want you going alone, do ya hear?" she said, Spongebob smiled brightly, "Don't worry, Patrick's going, and I just know Ivy'll be there." he informed, Margaret sighed, he was only going to hurt himself, but he was young and needed to know.
"Well, come on then, let's get going." she said as she lead the well dressed sponge out to the boat, "well, come on, are you getting in?" she asked him as she looked at him through the driver's seat, Spongebob looked up at her and then back at the boat, "Come on dear, it's ok, nothing's gonna happen." she said as she patted his spot in the seat.
"Now, remember, to have fun, but not too much fun, you've got an appointment with in six days." she said as they came to a halt in front of the recreation hall, the outside was lined with lights, flower arches lined the walkway up to the building, young teens stood outside the building talking to their friends while the rest walked into the building.
Spongebob let a nervous sigh as his mother drove off. Spongebob looked all around the big room, it was amazing, columns of balloons stood tall, hanging stars, lights and streamers hung from the roof like a starry night. Long tables of food and drinks, a few tables sat in the back corner next to the buffet, while many party goers danced in the middle of the room.
Some fish stopped to stare at the sponge, some of them waved but he knew none of them, as he made his way through the crowd of dancers, maybe he'd find what he was looking for among these fish.
Spongebob stood back, smiling as he caught sight of a lonely sponge, her back faced him, he slowly crept up behind her. Ivy jumped when a pair of thin arms wrapped around her, but she then laughed, "Oh, there you are I- Spongebob?" she questioned as she looked at him.
Spongebob smiled, "Hi Ivy, I made it, c, can you believe it?" he asked her, a small smile crossed her lips, "Th, that's great, but, what are you doing here?" she asked him, Spongebob laughed, "I'm here to dance with you, they released me a few weeks ago." he informed her, Ivy looked at him, "but I have to go back in about a week for my check up, look I still got the stitches." he showed her as he rubbed the stitches on his head.
Ivy glanced up, he had at least four stitches left, "Did you miss me?" he asked her, "Spongebob." she spoke up, Spongebob laughed, bringing her in a hug, "I, I missed you too, I honestly didn't think I'd ever see you again!"
"Spongebob-" Spongebob's eyes filled with tears as he lowered their hands, he looked away, "Wh, why weren't you there?" he asked her, he looked back, squeezing her hands, "I, I called, and texted you, and you never answered me, I needed you but you weren't there." he cried even more, but then he smiled.
"But, I'm sure you have a good reason, right? You must've been grounded or something, and you couldn't talk or see me." he said, "Spongebob, I-" "N, No it's, it's ok, I forgive you, you probably wouldn't have wanted to see me that way anyways, I know I wouldn't, hehe i know, I was in that condition, it was hard, but, I, I did it! I lived, I died, but, I lived! I just wish you were there to help me through it all." Spongebob sniffed.
Tears filled Ivy's eyes, "Spongebob-" "I love you too, I, I love you, and I don't ever wanna be apart from you that long again!" he said as he brought her in a kiss, but he stopped when a familiar voice rang in his ears.
Spongebob looked up, smiling, "oh, hey Jared!" Spongebob greeted, "Hey lil sponge." he waved as he stepped up, "What are you doing here, I thought you were dead." he said as he cocked his eyebrow, Spongebob laughed, "Twice! But I'm super strong! See my muscles?" Spongebob asked as he showed him his weak arm muscles.
"I live through both of them, the doctor said that I was lucky, of course I have to go back and get these removed but, other then that, I am good as new." Spongebob smiled, Jared looked at Ivy, "and now, me and Ivy can-" "Spongebob, listen." Ivy spoke up.
"We're not together anymore." she informed, Spongebob cocked his eyebrow, "we're not together? Hehe, silly Ivy, were together right now, you, me, and even Jared, see?" Spongebob said, Ivy looked at him questionly.
"N, no, not like that, what I mean is-" she looks up at Jared and Jared wraps his arm around her and smiles, Spongebob cocked his eyebrow, "So you two are friends? That's great, you know it's better to have more friends, don't you think?" Spongebob questioned.
"Listen, Spongebob you and Ivy are done, she broke up with you, and now she is with me, ya got that?" Jared blurted, Spongebob shook his head, not quite understanding it until he got a closer look, seeing Ivy hug Jared as he hugged his arm around her.
Spongebob looked at Ivy, "I, Ivy?" Spongebob choked, "I, is this true?" he asked her, Ivy sighed, looking away from him, she couldn't look at him, not like this, she nodded, Spongebob shook his head, "Wh, why? I, I thought you loved me, you were mine, and, how could you keep this from me, why couldn't you tell me?" Spongebob asked as his eyes filled with tears.
"I couldn't tell you, you were in the hospital the entire time, I couldn't tell you that when you were in the process of healing." she shook her head, "and so, you just, cheated on me?" Spongebob asked, "and that makes it all better?"
Ivy shook her head, "I didn't know what to do, ok, that night you got in that really bad accident-"
Ivy sat in the waiting room full of concerned patients, a father talking to one of the many doctors, "Sir, your wife and daughter will be fine, the mother just has a broken arm, and the girl just has a small wound, they'll be fine, we promise, just, go wait in the waiting room, there are other patients that need us." he said before he walked off.
A few feet in front of her stood Spongebob's parents, Spongebob's dad was holding his wife, rubbing her shoulder as she cried into him, Patrick's parents were sitting two seats down from her, they weren't crying, they were shaking, obviously worried for their son, crying wouldn't help their son.
Ivy stood up when the doctor approached Spongebob's parents, standing just a few feet behind them, "Your son made it." he said, Spongebob's mother smiled, hugging her husband, "Did you hear that, he made it!"
"Yes, but, he's not in the best condition, he was very lucky to have made it out alive." the doctor said before he gestured for them to follow him.
Ivy slowly walked into the room, finding her boyfriend, or what was left of him, in the bed, tubes, and wires hooked up to him, he was on life support, and had bandages, and stitches covering his body. The doctor turned to the visitors, "You may not think it, but, Spongebob was very lucky, as I had said, he actually died on the table, but with the power of the other surgeons, he was brought back, but this wouldn't be the first time that he'd escaped death, now was it." the doctor smiled.
"It would seem that, Neptune has some plans for this little sponge, doesn't he." the doctor sighed, "now, I don't know how long it will take for the boy to wake up, it may take a few days, maybe a week or two, but even when he wakes up, he won't be able to get out of bed, to use the bathroom, or even eat properly, both of his legs were severely broken, he may not ever walk again, but it's possible, he's a strong lad, he broke one arm, and four ribs, he had lost a good amount of blood as well, it was a good thing that you were here Harold, or he might not even be here." the doctor shook his head.
The doctor looked passed the parents and at the young girl at the side of Spongebob's bed, she brushed her hand down the side of his face before she went to hold his hand, bruised, bloody knuckles caught her eye, tears fell from her eyes.
"You must be his girlfriend, I'm doctor Brandy, Spongebob's doctor, i've actually been his doctor since he was a wee boy, and don't worry little miss, he'll be fine, good as new in a few months or so, he is a strong young man." The doctor assured.
Ivy looked up at him, "H, How did this, how could-" The doctor shrugged, "He was in a bad accident, it happens, and he was just lucky to make it out alive, if those firemen didn't make it in time when they did, the boy would have died last night."
Ivy looked back at Spongebob, "Lucky." she mumbled under her breath, the doctor looked at the boy's bruised face, "Much luckier than his friend, the starfish." he spoke up, Ivy looked up at him, "the boy will be crushed, there's nothing more we can do except keep him on life support, until his parents sign the paper, but we're not talking about Patrick." the doctor shook his head.
"Just give it time, he'll be fine in no time." the doctor said before he turned to Spongebob's parents, "I think that it's time that we all go, and come back later, like I said, he'll be fine." he said as he walked out of the room, "Come on dear." Margaret called out before leaving the room.
Ivy stood at Spongebob's side, her hands on the bars, staring down at him, she didn't hear anything of what the doctor had said, all she heard was, he was dead, it sure looked that way.
"A, and that's the last time I seen you, I couldn't do it, I couldn't stand to see you that way, I honestly thought you were going to die, and I couldn't be there when that happened." Ivy shook her head, she then looked at Jared.
"I was upset about what had happened to you, heart broken even, and I needed someone to talk to, and Jared, he was there, and he made everything better, I ended up liking him, the way I liked you, I tried my best not to get caught up with him, but I couldn't help it, and I couldn't come out and tell you because I didn't want you to hurt yourself."
"And, so you choose to hurt me yourself? I just got out of recovery, I can walk again, I can talk, eat, even Jellyfish! I came here tonight to be with you, and you want to be with him, someone that you knew I loathed, if you told me before, I wouldn't have even came to this stupid prom." Spongebob shook his head.
"Hey!" Jared raised his voice, Spongebob scoffed holding his hand up to keep him from speaking, "Maybe, this is for the best, I don't need you, all those times that I thought I needed you in my life, I was only fooling myself, because when it came down to it, with me in that bed, you weren't there, when I thought I needed you to support me, I did it for myself, not you, I know now that some day, when I find me a real woman, I'll have you to thank." Spongebob smiled, glancing up at Jared before looking at Ivy.
"I hope you know what you're doing, because you know what he is, you may think that he is a dream boat but in the end, your dream will turn into a nightmare." he said before he walked away.
Spongebob sat alone at an empty table, a small plate of food sat in front of him, he was silently crying to himself, he didn't want anyone else to know that he wasn't happy, it would be horrible if they all got sad.
Spongebob was all alone, until a wheelchair was pushed up next to him, it was Patrick, Spongebob smiled, "Hey Patrick, hey Margie." Spongebob waved, Margie sat down in the seat next to Patrick.
"Say, what are you doing, sitting around?" Margie asked, "Why aren't you dancing, your legs aren't broke, are they?" she asked, Spongebob laughed at the joke, Spongebob twirled his fork around his plate, his smile fading away.
"I can't." he said, Margie cocked her head, "Whaddya mean ya can't, I've seen ya dance before, so I know you know how, so why can't ya, where's that gal of yers?" Margie asked, Spongebob dropped his head onto the table, he was crying but the music overpowered the sounds of him crying, his shoulders just shook.
Margie glances up at the food table, seeing the girl that was supposed to be Spongebob's girlfriend with another guy standing by the punch bowl, laughing, hugging, and now kissing. Margie awed in sympathy, getting up she walked around the table and sat down next to him, she wrapped her arm around him and brought him in a hug, he accepted the hug, burying his face in her chest, his arms wrapping around her.
"Awe ya poor little thing, I know, it must hurt." she said as she began to rub his back, "It hurts, but it won't last forever, oh, don't even worry about Becky, dear, there will be someone who is much better, you can do better off." she shook her head, Spongebob raised his head slightly, "but-"
"She was just one girl out of the many more to come, consider this a lesson." Spongebob sighed, "Thanks mama Star." he said as he wiped away a tear, Margie stood up, holding her hand out.
"What are you?" Spongebob looked at her hand, "You wanna dance, don't you?" she asked him, "Y, yeah, are you sure? What about Patrick?" he asked, Margie laughed, "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't even have a Patrick." she admitted, "This is the least I can do, come on, it'll be fun, I don't bite."
Spongebob laughed as he took her hand, they walked out onto the dance floor, not too far from Patrick. The two had danced to like five different songs before walking back to the table, Margie was laughing, "Well, Spongebob, I think it's time that we get going, Patrick needs to take his medicine before he goes to bed, would you like a ride home?" she asked him, "Sure, that would be great!" how could he refuse?
"Hey Pat, I got another joke for you, what does Mermaid Man get in his drinks?" he asked as he bit his lip to keep from laughing, "Uh, don't tell me, this is a hard one, um… it can't be mayo, is it?" Patrick asked, Spongebob snickered, "No." he shook his head.
"Oh, I thought it was Mayo, I like mayo, have you ever tried Mayo on a Krabby Patty? Hmm Mustard, they have mustard on Krabby patties, does Mermaid man get mustard in his drinks?" Patrick asked, "No, ya give up?" Spongebob asked.
Patrick nodded, "Just ice." Spongebob answered before he busted out in laughter, Patrick laughed along, "ha ha, ha ha, wait, I don't get it." Patrick scratched his head, "Can you explain it to me?" Patrick asked, Spongebob stopped laughing, "Oh, um well- maybe next time, my house it right here, I'll see you later Pat!" Spongebob waved as he ran inside.
Margaret stood in front of the kitchen counter, an apron wrapped around her waist as she whisked white cream in a bowl, "Oh, you're home early, how was it?" she asked him as Spongebob walked into the kitchen.
Spongebob smiled and kissed his mother on the cheek, "I had a blast." he answered, Margaret giggled, "Did you see Ivy?" she asked, Spongebob sighed as he sat down, "Yeah, I saw her, but she wasn't with me, she was with Jared, she cheated on me." he informed as he wiggled his tie off.
"Awe, that's horrible, are you ok?" she asked him, Spongebob shrugged, "Not at first, but Margie was there and she talked to me, she danced with me, and honestly, it was great after that, she gave me a ride home."
Margaret smiled, "I'll have to thank her later." she said, "So, did you already eat? I made dinner and saved you a plate just in case, it's on the counter, I'm making your favorite sea urchin pie, of course it's not as good as your grandmother's but, it's still second best."
Spongebob smiled, "I love you." he said before standing up to hug her, kissing her once again on her cheek, "I'm gonna go get changed and I'll be down here in a bit to help you with that." he said before he went to his room to change, "Hey Gare Bare." Spongebob waved as he passed him by on the stairs.
Well, I guess that's a happy ending for this chapter, I know, too soon for the prom? Oh well, it was thing in his life, no date to his junior prom, like he said in the episode 'Chaperone' and he had to have danced with Margie, since he mentioned her. Until next time guys.