SpongeBob woke up and could see that it was early in the morning outside. He had a cramp in his neck from sleeping on the couch. Maybe if Sandy was in a better mood today he would ask her about somewhere else to sleep. Suddenly he remembered how he had gotten in here. If he could tunnel in, maybe they could tunnel out too! He jumped up and went to find Sandy. She wasn't in the kitchen or outside. That only left one place. Her bedroom. But SpongeBob knew better than to go into her room and invade her privacy. He decided to just go outside and play in the snow until she woke up. About ten minutes later he came back inside shivering. He had forgotten that snow was so cold. Upstairs, he could hear someone moving around which meant that Sandy was awake. He sat on the couch and waited for her to come down.
"Howdy SpongeBob. Good morning."
"Good morning Sandy. Are you all right?"
"Yea I'm fine, why do you ask?"
"You look really tired." Sandy started to say something but yawned before she could get it out. "Are you sure you got enough sleep last night?"
"Well it's just that I'm used to hibernating all winter long and all this snow is making me sleepy. But I promise I'm fine. It'll just take a bit of getting used to being awake." She yawned again and went into the kitchen. SpongeBob followed her. When he got into the kitchen he saw her clock hanging up on the wall.
"Oh my gosh, its 8:30 I'm going to be late for work!" he took off out of the tree house and ran for the front door. He was about halfway there when he realized he was still trapped. He walked slowly back into the tree house and gave Sandy a sheepish smile. "Oh yea, I forgot." Sandy started to giggle.
"That's right SquarePants. You're stuck in here with me. So what do you wanna do today?"
"One moment please." He replied while going into the front room. He popped back up wearing his karate gear and lunged for Sandy (who already had hers on).
"You can't fool me SpongeBob!" she grabbed his arm and threw him out of the tree house. He hit the wall and slid to the ground.
"Ouch." He got up and looked around for Sandy. That was when he noticed the snow melting. "Sandy! Why is the snow melting!?" She ran over to where he was standing and she too noticed the snow slowly disappearing.
"Maybe my bosses fixed the malfunction!" She got really excited and ran over to a large computer and started doing a bunch of stuff that SpongeBob didn't understand. For some reason he started to feel gloomy. Why wasn't he excited that the problem was fixed like Sandy was? He realized that he didn't want to leave so soon. He liked being trapped alone with Sandy. Just the two of them so they could do anything they wanted without getting yelled or stared at. Sandy turned around and saw SpongeBob looking down at the ground. He had a frown on his face which was really unusual for him.
"What's wrong SpongeBob? Aren't you excited about getting out of here?"
"Well yea, but…" he was cut off when an alarm went off coming from the computer. "What is that!?"
"It's the seasonal alarm! That means my dome is changing into spring mode!" She ran back to her computer and started pushing a bunch of buttons. SpongeBob didn't know what to do so he ran inside the tree house and watched Sandy through the window. The air started to dry up and so was he. SpongeBob searched frantically through the house for his water helmet. He found it lying beside the couch, empty. He put it on and ran for the kitchen sink. The water finally reached his mouth and he gasped, sucking in as much as he could. Once he was back to his old spongy self, he went back outside to see what Sandy was doing.
"The dome's not as stable as I thought it was. It'll start changing seasons rapidly. One minute it will be summer and the next, fall. It should go in order though so we know what will happen next. SpongeBob couldn't help thinking of how badly he wanted it to be winter again. He felt closer to Sandy without his stupid helmet. He could imagine himself holding her in his arms and leaning forward to kiss her on the lips. What am I thinking? Sandy's my best friend. I don't want to kiss her! But in his heart he knew that he did. It started to grow dark in the dome. SpongeBob thought about his plan to escape by tunneling out. He had never gotten the chance to tell Sandy. Now he didn't want to. He wanted to stay with her for as long as possible. Just the two of them.