"Where is SpongeBob!?" This be the second day he's missed work!"

"How should I know? I think it's better without him around."

"Quiet Squidward I'm trying to think. Now where could he have gotten off to?" Just then, Patrick walked into the Krusty Krab.

"Squidward it's terrible! I can't find SpongeBob anywhere!"

"Patrick either order or leave."

"Oh well in that case I'll have a… uhhhhhh" Squidward realized his mistake and started banging his head on the cash register. Normally SpongeBob would lean out the window and tell him to get a Krabby Patty. But SpongeBob wasn't here right now so it looked like he would have to put up with Patrick all by himself.

"Why don't you just have a Krabby Patty?"

"Ok."

"And will that be for here or to go?" He clamped his hand over his mouth.

"Uhhhhhhh…"

"Patrick me boy! How's about you go and find SpongeBob and I'll give you that patty for 10% off?

"No way! I want 5% off or no deal."

"Uh… ok 5% off."

"Deal!"

"Now hurry it up and go bring back me fry cook!"

"I'm on it boss!" Patrick ran out the door and took off in a random direction. After about three minutes, he started to give up. "I'll never find SpongeBob." He spotted Sandy's tree dome and decided to go ask her if she had seen him.

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Meanwhile in the tree dome SpongeBob and Sandy were sitting at the picnic table, eating cookies.

"These are great Sandy!"

"Thanks SpongeBob. You're cookin' ain't that bad either." Just then they heard a knock at the door.

"Sandy! Have you seen SpongeBob?"

"I think that's Patrick!" He was about to yell out but stopped. He still didn't want to leave the tree dome. "Sandy… I, I don't want to leave yet."

"Me neither SpongeBob. Maybe if we just stay quiet he'll leave." They sat there in complete silence until they heard footsteps going away from the door.

"Sandy are you sure you're not tired of being stuck in here with me?"

"Yea I'm sure SpongeBob. To tell the truth, this is the closest I've ever really felt to you." She looked down into his eyes and smiled."

"Sandy? Was last night real or did I just dream it."

"It was real SpongeBob."

"Well in that case…" he stood up and walked over to Sandy. She seemed to know what he was about to do and blushed. She didn't pull away when he grabbed her hand. And when she saw him leaning in towards her, she leaned too. They kissed lightly on the lips and pulled back, smiling. He let go of Sandy's hand and was about to go sit down when she grabbed him again. This time she pulled him close and they kissed deeply on the lips, staying there until they had to stop and breathe.

"I don't care how long we're stuck in here. Every moment spent with you is the best one in my life." Sandy started to blush and realized once again that he was definitely the sweetest creature in the sea. No one had ever told her anything like that before.

"You know SpongeBob? I'm glad you got stuck in here with me too." She kissed him on the cheek. "It really makes you wonder if it was just fate that brought you here at the same moment my dome was malfunctioning."

"There's something I should tell you Sandy. The way I got in here was by tunneling in. I thought about that on the second day we were in here but didn't want to tell you. I was afraid you would want to leave."

"I thought about that too on the first night. Even if you had told me and I wanted to leave it wouldn't have worked. My dome closes up on the bottom too."

"Oh. I shouldn't have kept that a secret from you though."

"Don't worry SpongeBob. I still love you."

"I love you to Sandy." They kissed each other again. This was the perfect day.

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"I didn't find him Mr. Krabs."

"Well where did you look?"

"His house, Sandy's house, Squidward's house, my house."

"Wait a second! You went in my house!"

"Yea."

"Why!?"

"I was looking for SpongeBob."

"Did you touch anything?"

"Well… I found your secret food stash."

"What secret food stash?"

"The one in that big metal box thing in your kitchen."

"You mean my fridge?" Squirdward was now talking through clenched teeth.

"Yep that's the one!"

"Patrick! I'm going to kill you!"

"Can I at least have that Krabby Patty first?"