Chapter 4 – Now Spongebob needs a Job, Fast

Spongebob spent a night in jail. The next morning, Officer Nancy released him.

"All right, you were bailed by someone. But this is an IOU bail, so if he doesn't pay up by night, you're going back to jail," explained Officer Nancy, "In the meanwhile, get a job!"

"Um, that's the problem, I can't get a job. Can you tell me where I can get a job?" asked Spongebob.

"No," replied Officer Nancy as Spongebob left the Police Dept.

When Spongebob got back to his pineapple house, he was approaching the door when he saw something.

"Oh, Gary's having a little garage sale. How cute," observed Spongebob as he was about to go inside the house when he saw what Gary was selling, all of his stuff.

"Gary! What are you doing, selling my stuff?" asked Spongebob as he went over to the table where Gary was selling Spongebob's stuff.

"Meow," replied Gary.

"We're not that poor. In fact, why are you selling all the good stuff, like the TV, foghorn alarm clock, and a Bikini Bottom Achievement Award!" yelled Spongebob as he pointed to the things he mentioned, and then another fish took the trophy.

"How much do I have to pay for this?" asked the fish.

"Meow," replied Gary.

"$50? Ouch. Oh well," said the fish as he paid for the trophy, but then Spongebob reached for the trophy and tried to pull it away from the fish.

"That's my trophy! It has my name engraved on it!" protested Spongebob.

"No it doesn't. The name's scratched off!" said the fish as he pointed to where Spongebob's name was scratched off, but Spongebob used that time to take the trophy away from the fish.

"Hey! That's my trophy!" protested the fish.

"It was awarded to me!" said Spongebob.

"Well, I bought it for a cool fifty dollars!" argued the fish.

"Will you just shut UP? I'm trying to have my beauty rest!" shouted Squidward as he came to the scene, "What in barnacles is going on here to make you this loud?"

"Squidward, he's stealing my Bikini Bottom Achievement Award. The award worth all of my luster and hard work!" said Spongebob.

"Well, he's trying to steal my Bikini Bottom Achievement Award I bought for fifty dollars, which is worth more than this trophy anyway!" argued the fish.

"What?? How dare you call my award cheap!" shouted Spongebob.

"All right! Fine! I'll be the judge of this!" shouted Squidward as he snatched the trophy from Spongebob's hands and gave it to the fish, "Congratulations, it's yours."

"Yay!" said the fish as he ran off.

"Squidward! How dare you support the side of that fish! It's un-human, or un-fish!" exclaimed Spongebob.

"Oh be quiet," said Squidward as he picked up a CD, "Say, is this Fishton John?" asked Squidward as he paid Gary some money and left with the CD to his house.

"Oh well, at least we got a lot of money to support us for a long time," admitted Spongebob as he picked up the money Gary got from the garage sale.

Then a fish in a business suit and glasses came and took the money.

"Does this cover the damage done to the fire department, police department, and the bail?" asked the fish.

"Meow, meow, meow," replied Gary.

"Okay," said the fish.

"Wait! Who are you?" asked Spongebob.

"Your insurance realtor," replied the fish.

"Uh, is there no such thing?" asked Spongebob.

"Not until this chapter," replied the realtor.

"Then how come I didn't pay at all during the last years?"

"Because Mr. Krabs paid for them," replied the realtor

"He did?"

"No, his tantrums did."

"So how come I have to pay?" asked Spongebob.

"Well, in the recent days, you've done damage to where you tried to work and to the Krusty Krab, and that also includes freeing the prisoners, burning the fire department, and destroying other buildings and hospitalizing customers, stuff like that. Anyway, you have to pay," explained the realtor.

"Why do I have to pay?" asked Spongebob.

"Don't ask me, ask the rules," replied the realtor as he dashed off.

"Well, at least we don't need to owe anymore money," Spongebob said to Gary when the realtor came back.

"You have to pay the rent for your house in two days. If you don't pay, you lose your house and have to leave Bikini Bottom, part of the rules," explained the realtor.

"WHAT???" asked Spongebob in shock.

"Yeah, so, get a job, pay with money you don't have, or leave," said the realtor as he dashed off.

"OH MAN! I NEED A JOB RIGHT NOW!" shrieked Spongebob as he ran off, and panicky song that you hear in Spongebob cartoons like in "Employee of the Month" when Spongebob and Squidward set traps against each other while racing to the Krusty Krab. You know, that song! That's like, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, dooooo, doo, doo, doo, doo, do-do-do-do, dooo! Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, dooo, dooo…

"Uh author? Why don't I end thees chapter for now?" asked the French narrator.

"Oh! You're still here? Okay, do that while I found out how the song goes. Yeah, do that," ordered Homer Starrun.

"Will Spongebob get a job? Or will he leave Bikini Bottom, for real?" asked the French narrator.

TO BE CONTINUED…