Spongebob hid behind a coral near Sandy's treedome. "Teeheeheeheehee. I'll get the jump on Sandy THIS time..."

Sandy stepped out of the treedome wearing stylish pants and a t-shirt. Spongebob made his KA-RA-TAY battle cry and lept through the water, stopping just short of Sandy.

"Not now, Spongebob, I'm on a date."

"What?"

"I'm headed down to the new bar down the street from the Krusty Krab. Can't mess up my fur before that."

"Larry?"

"Spongebob, Larry and I broke up."

Spongebob imagined Sandy cracking one of Larry's claws off and shuddered. "Who then?"

"Sheldon."

"Oh." Spongebob smiled, blissfully unawares of who exactly Sheldon was. "Have fun!"

"You too. Maybe you should practice some so's you can sneak up on me better."

Plankton looked up at the clock. "She should be here by now..."

The bartender looked down at him. "What the hell are you?"

"I'm Mickey Mouse. What do you think I am? I'm a Plankton."

Sandy walked up to the bar. "Sorry I'm late, Sheldon."

"It's quite allright. I was explaining to this imbicile what a plankton is."

"Plankton, from the Greek for 'drifter.'"

"Exactly. My God, you're beautiful and smart!"

Sandy giggled. "Ain't you the charmer?"

"So, what do you do for a living?"

"Mainly research. I collect samples of plants and send them up to a lab on land. And sketches and such of the undersea critters."

"Where did you go to school?"

"TSU--- Texas Squirrel University."

"You went to College?" Plankton asked, obviously excited. "I think you're the first college-educated person besides myself IN Bikini Bottom."

"Where'd you go?"

"The University of Kelp Forest."

"Biology major?"

"Biomedical engineering, actually."

"Then why waste your time trying to steal the Krabby Patty secret formula?"

"Do you know how hard it is to find a job as a Biomedical engineer when you're 1/3 the size of the machine you're supposed to be building?"

"But you build all those great robots..."

"That were supposed to be performing operations in the great hospitals." He looked away. "The world isn't cut out for me..."

"So you wanted to cut your place in the world?"

"If by that, you mean 'take it over' then yes."

Sandy and Plankton laughed and drank and talked for the rest of the evening. When it was over, Plankton walked Sandy home. "Well, good night, Sandy Cheeks."

"Good night, Sheldon Plankton."