Disclaimer- again, I do not own any SpongeBob characters. They belong to Nickolodeon.

"I'm ready, I'm ready!" SpongeBob sang to himself on his way to work. He was going to tell Mr. Krabs, his boss at the Krusty Krab, home of the Krabby Patty, that he had to take a couple of weeks off of work.

"I'm ready, I'm ready!" he kept on singing to himself. "I'm ready, I'm ready I'm ready-edy-edy. I'm re..." he stopped in front of the Krusty Krab. He wasn't ready. Mr. Krabs had a fit when SpongeBob even took a five minute break!

"How am I gonna do this?" he asked himself. "What if I get fired?" he was really stuck on this. He didn't want to get fired! He had no choice but to take a chance.

He walked into Mr. Krabs's office. " Mr. Krabs!"

"Yes, laddy?" replied Mr. Krabs.

"Um... I have to take some time off work." SpongeBob muttered softly.

"Sorry, lad. Speak up a bit. I thought I heard that you wanted to take some time off work!!" Mr. Krabs laughed.

"Uhh... I did." SpongeBob said in a scared voice. Mr. Krabs stopped laughing. He looked like he'd gone mental!

"WHAT?????!!!!!!" He screamed so loud the roof went up and down and everyone ran out of the restaurant. "YOU WANT TO WHAT???????!!!!!!!"

"I want to take some..." SpongeBob started.

"Haven't you ever heard of a rhetorical question, boy?" Mr. Krabs yelled.

"Yes, but what does that have to do with this?" SpongeBob asked.

"Oh well," said Mr Krabs. "How long do you want to take off from work?"

"You mean, I'm allowed?" SpongeBob said smiling with a sparkle in his eye.

"Sure, lad," Mr. Krabs started to whisper because Squidward, who worked there, too, had just walked in. "You're allowed but Squidward would never be allowed because he never does anything around here."

Thank you so much, Mr. Krabs!" said SpongeBob. "Is it alright to take off... um... three weeks?"

"No," Mr Krabs told him, " you're allowed to take off one week and that's all."

One week wasn't enough for SpongeBob but he couldn't risk losing his job for the second time and so he left to start his very long, but in short period of time, quest.

A/N- Sorry this chapter isn't very long either. I actually think it's shorter!!!! Pweez R&R!!!!