Chapter 2

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Years had passed, time seemed to have slipped away when they were growing up, it seemed like the two best friends, secretly married friends, would never be too far apart from one another, they did almost everything together, they learned together, played together, slept together, no, not like that they were just kids! They even cried together, especially when the day came when the two had to be separated when middle school showed up, Laura's school was an all girls school, and with the homework and other things assigned to the both of them, it was impossible to do homework together when the other school taught differently.

They however, made the effort to hang out, even if it was every once in a while. Now, you may ask, what does this have to do with anything? Well, you'll see, you just have to be patient till the end of this story.

Bells rang down the halls as the male sponge stepped inside the building of his new high school, he stood at the door, waiting for his friend who he was supposed to meet up with, three years is a long time, but they were over and now, the two of them could be together again as friends.

Spongebob sighed as he sat on a bench it was the first day of school, no one would want to miss this, not even Laura, so then, where as she, maybe her parents found another all girls school, and she didn't have time to tell him before she was shipped off, but why would they do that? They knew how important their relationship was to their daughter, that, or they just didn't care.

He looked down at his schedule as he stood up to find his first class before his attention was brought back towards the entrance when he heard someone call his name, he gasped as he seen that it was in fact, Laura! He ran out to her, holding out his arms as he hugged her.

She'd grown since the last time he'd really seen her, she was wearing a white long sleave turtle neck sweater, and some brown pants that ran to wear her ankels would be if she had them, her hair was also put up in a short pony tail with some of it down, and well, she was a young woman, and if you looked at him, he still looked the same, sure, a little taller, and with some nerdy school clothes of some sort.

"wow, you look great, Laura." he spoke, and she just rolled her eyes, "Please, I didn't even try, I just threw on whatever was in my dresser, now you, well, look you're almost as tall as me now." she pointed at him, Spongebob blushed, "Only by two inches." he brushed it off before he handed her her schedule, "We have the same homeroom together, as well as the first, and third classes of the day." he said with a smile, and she smiled too, "well, let's get going we don't wanna be late on the first day." she said as she grabbed his hand.

Their first class together was Algebra 1, not Spongebob's best skill, but it was no matter, now that he had his smart study buddy back, Laura was extra smart when it came to math, all he could do was count how many seconds it takes to flip a patty on each side.

For the most part, the school was great, except for when they had the other sitting on the other side of the room, which, Squarepants didn't seem to mind, when she sat at least three rows down and three seats up from him, when the room was quite, and the attention was drawn to their papers instead of the teacher, he couldn't help but to occasionally stare at the back of her head, like some kind of creep, they were just friends, and nothing else, and that's all they'd ever be, right?

"Mr. Squarepants, eyes on your own paper." the teacher said over the room as she looked up from her desk, she had been reading a magazine, "Y, Yes, Ms. Tonya." he said as he looked down at his paper, glancing at her one more time before he started to scribble random numbers down on his test, unsure if the numbers were actually the correct answer or not.

Spongebob sighed as he carried his tray back to his table, Laura had told him to find them a seat when he was done and wait for her, and well that's what he was doing. He glanced up at the long line were she was standing, he was staring at her again, her unique, pink skin, and her beautiful brown and blonde hair, her bright smile when she turned to him and smiled, her eyes, still as brown as ever, maybe even a little brighter, he sighed as his heart fluttered, he smiled and waved, not wanting her to think something was wrong, because, there wasn't, why would there be?

Spongebob shook his head, placing his head in his hands, he needed to stop, she was his friend, just his friend, why couldnt he get that through his skull? She didn't love him like he loved her, she couldn't, she would never be his, she'd walk away, slap him first actually, and then walk away if he told her how he felt, this wasn't healthy.

"Hi." spoke a soft voice, having his attention drawn towards a female fish, who was green, with a small yellow fin at the top of her head, she wore a purple sweater and blue jeans, and she was talking to him, "Um, hello?" he spoke, she smiled, "sorry to bother you, but is this seat taken?" she asked as she pointed at a seat next to him, he glanced at the other empty seat, being sure that there was another seat for Laura.

"Um, no." he answered, "Oh great, do you mind?" she asked, and he shook his head and let her sit, she sighed as she placed her tray down, she then turned to him, "My name's Sho, like, show, but not spelt the same." she introduced herself, "Uh, Spongebob." he reached his hand out to shake, "Oh, I know who you are, you're the cute little sponge in my second block, I sit a few rows back, so you wouldn't have possibly noticed me." she shook her head, "i'm not a very popular person, I don't have very many friends, would you like to be my friend?" she asked, Spongebob smiled, "Friend? Of course." he smiled, "Oh, that's great!" she said as she hugged him.

While they were hugging, Laura was slowly making her way to the table, being cautious, she had never seen this girl before, and Spongebob, did he know her? Spongebob turned to Laura as she sat down and smiled, "Hey Laura, you finally made it." he said, she giggled a couple times while the glanced at the strange girl behind her, "Who's your friend?" she asked, Spongebob smiled, "This is Sho, we just met, she needs some friends, and we can be her friends, right Laura?" he asked, Laura put on a fake smile, "Uh, yeah." she nodded.

"Hey, is she your girlfriend, Spongebob?" Sho spoke up, having them both blush, they looked at eachother before looking at her, "No, we're just friends, this is Laura, she's my best friend, next to Patrick, and Gary." he answered, Patrick had a different lunch, and well Gary, he was at home with his parents, probably sleeping on his bed.

The girl smiled, "So, you mean, you're just friends, nothing else? Right? I mean it looks like you two are close and-" "We are, that's why we're best friends, we've known eachother since, we met in Daycare, about, fifteen years ago." he smiled, turning to Laura, "Right?" he asked, and she just nodded.

Sho smiled, "I just assumed, but now that I know, I think that it's great, and I hope that one day, we can be like that." she said, Spongebob smiled, "Maybe one day." he said before Sho nudged him, and talked some more, she was a very nice, talkative girl, she wasn't among the popular, preppy girls, she was more of a loser kind of girl, so, just someone in their level.

Normally, she would be fine if a random girl talked to him, he was a very likeable person, but, this girl, she clearly had a thing for him, she was flirting real hard, touching his arms, shoulder and even his lap, laughing at every dumb joke, complimenting him on his good looks. Laura sat back, watching this sad play, she didn't know why this girl gave her the feeling of anxiety, she was just talking to him, right?

Her attention was called to the bell, it was time to go back to class, but something had caught her off guard, which was when that girl, Sho, kissed Spongebob, I mean, she ACTUALLY kissed him, not on the cheek, or the forehead, not on the nose, but, on, his lips! And it lasted longer then she thought it would have lasted, he hadn't even bothered to push her off, he was in too much shock.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, it's just, I just got so excited talking to you, I didn't even-" Spongebob laughed, "It's fine, it wasn't that bad." he said, having Laura glare at him before she walked away to throw her trash away.

She jumped when Spongebob snuck up on her, she sighed, turning around, "I like her." he said, Laura just rolled her eyes, "If you like her so much, then why don't you just marry her." she said, Spongebob just looked at her, sincing something was wrong, but he just brushed it off, "She gave me her number." he said as he held up a slip of paper, having her look at it, "That's real nice, Spongebob, look, I gotta go." she said as she walked off, leaving him alone.

"What was that about?" he asked himself before he looked down at the slip of paper with some numbers scribbled down on it, covered in hearts, he smiled, this may just be what he needs to get over her, and he had a date with her this Saturday.

To be continued..