"Meow!"

"Gary! I'm so happy to see you again! You poor little guy, I bet you're starving aren't you?"

"Meow."

"Well I take care of that right now." SpongeBob ran into the kitchen and started pulling out cans of snail food. Gary quickly slithered in after him and stood beside his food bowl. Once the bowl was completely filled he gulped everything down and started to clean himself. SpongeBob went back out of the kitchen and saw Sandy sitting on the couch. He thought about how beautiful she looked sitting there and he couldn't help himself.

"Sandy, you look very beautiful tonight."

"Thanks SpongeBob. But I'm really tired and need to think about how I'm gonna fix my dome so should I make up on a bed on the couch?"

"Of course not! I'm not going to make my guest sleep on the sofa. You can go sleep in my bedroom."

"Are you sure?"

"Yea, sure, it's no problem."

"Wow thanks again."

"Don't worry about it. Besides I've got some very important business to attend to and I wouldn't want to wake you." Sandy felt kind of guilty after he allowed her to sleep on his bed. After all she had just assumed he would be fine on her couch. Now that she thought of it, it was kind of selfish. SpongeBob had already run out the door so she decided to go ahead and lay down. She went up to his bedroom and before she knew it was fast asleep.

Outside, SpongeBob was banging on Patrick's rock.

"Patrick it's me, SpongeBob! Open up!"

"SpongeBob! I missed you! I thought you were gone forever! What happened to you?"

"I got trapped in Sandy's tree dome with her for the past few days."

"Was Sandy with you?"

"Yea, why?"

"You mean you've been trapped in Sandy's dome with her for over five days?"

"Well… yea."

"Did you tell her you like her?"

"Umm…"

"You did, didn't you?"

"Yea, so what?"

"What did she say?"

"She said that she liked me too. We're going out now."

"Have you kissed her yet!"

"Yes"

"Woo! Go SpongeBob! Where is she now?"

"At my house. Why?"

"She's at your house? Well I think I'll just leave you two love birds together then."

"Patrick what are you talking about?"

"Oh nothing. I'm just going back to bed now. Bye." Patrick turned around and winked at SpongeBob as he went inside his home. SpongeBob was turning a deep shade of red now. He kind of had a feeling that he knew what Patrick was getting at.

"There's no way I would do that with Sandy" SpongeBob mumbled to himself. But now that he was thinking of it, he couldn't stop. He decided to go down to the Krusty Krab and try to get things evened out with Mr. Krabs. Soon he was standing in front of the restaurant. He was still a little afraid of how they would take it. He pushed on the door and immediately heard Mr. Krabs talking to Squidward.

"I wonder where that little feller could have gone. He's been missing for days now. I hope the little guy is alright."

"Yea. It's really weird but I almost miss the little yellow idiot."

"Uh Mr. Krabs? Hi." SpongeBob smiled sheepishly and gave a little wave.

"SpongeBob, you're back! Thank goodness. It's been torture without you in the kitchen. I had to close the restaurant and lost me money."

"That's terrible Mr. Krabs! I'm so sorry but I got stuck in Sandy's tree dome when it malfunctioned. We just got out today!"

"Wait a second; you've been stuck in Sandy's tree dome, all alone with her, for about five days."

"Yes, yes, and yes. Geez I've already been through this with Patrick."

"So SpongeBob," Squidward finally spoke up. "Did you tell her you like her?"

"Yes and now we're going out. And if you're wondering too I have already kissed her."

"Wow SpongeBob I didn't know you had it in you." Said Mr. Krabs. SpongeBob was starting to get annoyed.

"Yea, well, I better get back home. Sandy's over and– "

"She's over at your house?" Squidward and Mr. Krabs both yelled out in unison.

"Well her dome over flo– "

"You better hurry home now boy. Wouldn't want to keep you lover waiting." SpongeBob turned all red again and stormed out of the Krusty Krab. When he looked back both Squidward and Mr. Krabs were laughing. He ran all the way home and almost knocked over Sandy when he came in.

"Hey SpongeBob, what's the rush." He looked over at her and started to blush again.

"I just had a few awkward conversations with Patrick, Squidward, and Mr. Krabs."

"About what?" he turned even redder.

"I told them how we were going out and that you were at my house and they just kind of assumed… well you know." He smiled awkwardly up at her and found that she was blushing too. But there was a certain look in her eyes. She looked back at him as a devious smile crept across her face.

"Well… are they right?"

"Maybe, do you think they are?"

"Yep."