Chapter 4

Hey guys, welcome back to the next chapter of When we were kids, and well, I don't have much to say, other than thanks for reading ^^.

Spongebob signed under his breath as he stood in the mirror, checking himself for his date, but something wasn't right, nothing was, he was confused, was going on this date such a good idea? Now, while he a million other things that ran through his mind, like, Laura, kissing him, and well, and him kissing back, but it wasn't like it was the first time they've kissed, like back when they were kids, in that tree- oh who was he kidding, he 'didn't remember' that, which is what he'd told her.

Spongebob jumped when his mother knocked on his door, asking him if he was ready to go on that date, he sighed as he grabbed his jacket off the hook and walked outside to the boat, his mother would be driving, she looked at her son from across the seat, seeing that there was something wrong with him.

"You feeling ok, dear?" she asked, spongebob just sighed, and smiled, "Yeah, just thinking." he said, about her, "Are you sure this is the right one?" she asked him out of the blue, he looked at her, "huh?" he asked, and she shrugged, "I dunno, I mean, I was sure that you and Laura would get together, i mean, you two were just so close, and, I was looking forward to that wedding." she admitted, and he just looked out the window.

"yeah me too." he mumbled under his breath before he shook his head, "Sho is just fine, mom, shes sweet, kind, funny, e, everything i could look for in a woman." he said, she glanced at him, "Are you sure? I mean, so is Laura" she informed, "yes, mom, i'm sure! Now, can you please just drop it? I, I'm dating Sho, n, not." he looked away and sighed, ashamed that he'd raised his voice, "Sorry, i'm just, so confused."

"She probably hates me now anyways, i mean, after today- i don't think she'll ever talk to me again." He said as he slumped down in his seat, he sighed, "Sho is a wonderful, bright cheery girl, and, she loves me, what more can i ask for?" He asked, and his mother sighed, "i just hope you make the right decision, before it's too late." She said as she parked outside of a movie theater.

Spongebob stepped out and waved to his mother as she drove off and he was hugged from behind.

"Ready to go see that movie?" She asked and he smiled, "you bet." He said as they walked towards the booth.

They'd sat down in their seats, holding popcorn, candy and soda, the movie was a chick flick, and being a boy, he thought it was lame, but actually, when he started to watch it, it wasn't so bad, it was about two friends who'd known eachother since they were babies, they'd grown up together, but as they grew older, they started to drift apart, the girl had gotten in a horrible relationship with some douche, and it wasn't fair because her friend loved her, and it was obvious that she loved him too, but she was too afraid to end her current relationship, and so it went on, and when she did break up with him, it was too late, her friend had moved!

Sho turned her head towards him after she felt something cold and wet hit her hand while she was holding his hand, tears were falling down his face, "Spongebob?" she softly spoke, he shook his head, "I, it's just so sad, they were supposed to get together, he loved her and, she loved him, but they were just too-" he paused, looking down at his drink, it sounded a lot familiar to, he sighed, rubbing his face free of tears.

Sho rubbed his shoulder, "It's ok, Spongebob, it's just a movie, and, I'm sure that they end up together in the end." she smiled, and he smiled back, "yeah, i'm not so sure." he said as he rested his head on her shoulder, he closed his eyes, he should be happy, and he was, wasn't he? He opened his eyes to look up at her, and with the look on his face, she shook her head and leaned in to kiss him.

Spongebob watched as she closed her eyes and continued to kiss him, and he allowed her, her fin rested on his cheek, he leaned in closer, closing his eyes to try and enjoy the feeling, but, something wasn't right, they slowly pulled out of the kiss, she stared down at his lips, she attempted to lean in again, hoping that he would do the same but when he didn't, she looked up at him, she sighed and stood up and walked out of the theater. Spongebob sat back, glancing at the screen and the swinging door, and the movie wasn't even over.

Laura sat at the kitchen table, chasing peas around her plate with a fork, "Laura, honey, stop playing with your food, and eat, it's not very lady like." her mother spoke from the other side of the table. Lady like? Laura put her fork down and looked to the ground, "I'm not hungry." she said as she put her hands in her lap.

Christine looked at her husband, who in return, looked back at her, both noticing something was off with their daughter, other then normal. Her mother took a sip of her water, "Laura, honey, is there something wrong, dear?" she asked her, and Laura just sighed, "I, it's nothing."

"Is it a boy?" she asked, and Laura looked up at her, tears threatened to fall, "It's, Spongebob." she shook her head, reaching her hand up to wipe her face, immediately their faces turned to shock, and hurt, seeing their precious daughter this way, her father stood up, slamming his hands down on the table, "What did he do? Did he hurt you? did he touch you, I'm gonna kill em!" he shouted before his wife stood up and calmed him down.

She walked over to her daughter, placing her hand on her shoulder, "Do you want to talk about it, honey?" she asked, and Laura stood up, "No." she said before she ran up the stairs to her room, where she slammed and locked the door, she just wanted to be alone.

She fell on her bed, crying, talking to her parents only made things worse, thinking that while he was on that date with that stranger, she was home, crying over something she shouldn't be. She sat up, wiping her eyes, maybe she should take a bath, and, get ready for bed? Or just, skip the bath and go to bed.

Just as she started to drift off to sleep, her attention was brought to her window, what was that sound? She sighed, it was probably nothing, so she closed her eyes, but then, there it was again.

Laura walked over to her window to see a couple small pebbles hit her window, looking outside, and down on her grassy front lawn, was Spongebob, standing the rain, he smiled and waved, before he crossed his arms to keep warm, she rolled her eyes and turned away, but as soon as she did, she turned around to her now, opened window, with the sponge climbing in.

"Spongebob! what are you doing in my room, get out." she ordered as she pointed to the window he came in through, he just glanced at it and then looked back at her, he didn't want to leave, "I can't." he shook his head, "yes you can, i'm not in the mood- are you crying?" she asked as she seen a few tears fall from his face, he wiped his face, "Why hide it?" he questioned, as more tears came, he slumped down.

"You were right, like always." he said as his lip quivered, she blinked a couple times, watching as he fell to his knees, "Spongebob?" she approached him, "She broke up with me." he told her, she glanced towards the window, she'd say she was sorry for him, but, she wasn't.

He looked up at her, crying even more, he looked so pathetic, "It hurts, i thought she loved me, I don't know what went wrong, everything was fine." he said, he sighed, looking away, "and you probably don't care, heck, you hate me, don't you?" he asked, Laura awed under her breath, she hated seeing him like this, she reached to rub his shoulder.

He reached to hug her, crying in her shoulder, she blinked a couple awkward times as she reached to pat his back, he flinched at the touch, with each second that passed, the worse she felt, and she wasn't the one who hurt him, it was that, Sho girl.

She pulled him off of her, "I'll be right back." she said before she stood up and ran towards her door, "Where are you going?" he asked as he stood up, "Nowhere, just, stay in here, an, don't come out, ma and pa will be furious if they know you're here." she said before she left the room, and ran down stairs, picking up a jacket, she was going to find this girl, and make her pay for hurting her Spongebob.

As she opened the door, she jumped back when she seen that Sho was standing at her door, her hand raised to knock, she stepped back, "what are you doing here?" Laura asked, Sho sighed, shaking her head, "I would like to ask myself the same thing." she said, she sighed, "You come to hurt him even more? Is that it?" Laura questioned as she stepped up to her, the two of them might have their rough patches, but she'd still always stand up for her, like he would.

Sho's jaw dropped a little, "He's here?" she asked, tears filling her eyes, "Of course he's here! You really hurt him, Sho, why'd you have to go and break his heart!" she shouted, and Sho took another step back, "Hurt him?" she questioned, before she shook her head.

"I didn't hurt him, he's the one who hurt me." Sho defended, "He loved you!" Laura pointed at her, having Sho scoff, "I wish he did, but he loved you, more than me." she said, she shook her head, "Do you think I wanted to break up with him?" she asked her, "I loved him, I didn't want to let go, but, you know what they say, if you love something, or someone, let them go, he was in love with someone else, you." she pointed at her.

"Hey, why'd you leave?" Spongebob asked as he ran up to her as she was walking towards the exit, she turned around, wiping away the tears she had in her eyes before he could see.

"You love her." she spoke up, she couldn't even look at him, "What?" he softly asked, she sighed, "You don't love me, n, not like I love you." she shook her head and looked up at him, "I can see it in your eyes, the way you look at her, she's always on your mind, even just now." she said as she gestured to the theater, Spongebob shook his head, "Who are you talking about?" he asked as he held his hands out in question.

"Your female sponge friend, Laura." she crossed her arms, tears rolled down their faces, he shook his head, seeing her cry, he couldn't bare to think that he was the cause of her pain, "N, no, baby, that's not, I don't love Laura, I, I love you." he reached out for her, "If what you say is true, then, kiss me." she said, and he blinked, "Um, ok."

She stepped up to him and leaned down to him, their kiss was soft, and just, she pulled away, shaking her head, "You don't love me, Spongebob, you can't even kiss me like you do, you kiss me like you're being forced." she shook her head, she sighed before she turned around and left, "Sho." he reached out for her but she didn't stop.

Tears filled their eyes, she kept walking while he screamed and ran away.

Laura just blinked, "I tried everything, to get him to actually love me, but you just kept getting in the way, we couldn't even enjoy our date before he kept thinking of you, his kisses weren't filled with love, he didn't love me, and it was hurting him, and it hurt me even more to know he didn't want to be with me, do you know how used I felt?" she asked, tears falling down her face.

"I found this in his pocket." Sho said as she handed her a crumpled up piece of paper, Laura glanced at her before she straightened the paper, to find some notes from third, and all around in the empty space, drawings of her, and a couple with the both of them, kissing, one was of him, with tears in his eyes, hearts, X's and O's, I heart you, and S EVER.

Laura looked up at her, Sho sighed, "I wanted to toss that in the fire, and just punch him in the face." she shook her head, before their eyes met, "You are beautiful, weird, but, pretty, please, take care of him." she said before she turned around and left.

Laura stood in the doorway, still staring down at the paper, she looked up the stairs that lead to her room, she slowly walked up the steps to her room, she found him sitting on her bed, he'd heard, she looked up at him before she took a seat next to him, she still hold the paper, he wasn't looking at her, "Spongebob-"

"I lied." he interrupted her, she looked at him, he squeezed the sheets between his hands, "When you asked if I remembered our wedding." he said, shaking his head, tears formed in his eyes, "The truth is, I remember every second of it, from the moment where I bought those rings at the candy shop, to when I was so nervous about asking you, I was for sure you'd punch me and push me out of the tree, and then down to the very last second of our kiss." he said as he reached his hand up to touch his lips as if he could still feel her there.

Laura looked at him, and he looked up at her, "and, i lied that day too when I thought that kiss was gross, because, I actually, liked it, i really, I loved you then, Laura, and I love you now, dating her was a mistake, I wasted time on her, which should have been spent on you." he said as he reached for her hands.

She looked down at their hands, she looked back at his face, she felt trapped by his stare, as they both leaned in, they tilted their heads slightly to connect lips, soft, and gentle at first, experimental, the pulled back, his lip brushing against hers as he reached to touch her hair, he kissed her again, this time, with more tongue, he sucked on her lip before letting go.

She moaned as they came back for more, her arms wrapped around his neck as they pulled each other in closer.

Ok, we'll stop things here, let's try and keep this at least a T.