"Snelly!?" shouted Spongebob. "She seems to be better suited for Gary than for me!" Suddenly, Gary appeared in Squidward's doorway. He was so over her. He stuck his tongue out and blew a raspberry at Snelly before slithering off back toward the pineapple.
"I'm just trying to help you keep the tradition alive!" said Squidward. Snelly slithered in and up onto the sofa beside Patrick. She batted her girly snail eyelashes at him very flirty.
"Uh Spongebob, your girlfriend is hitting on me!" said Patrick pointing to Snelly.
"She's not my girlfriend!" Spongebob shouted back defensively.
"Yet" Patrick said. "After midnight she will be" Snelly slithered onto Patrick's large stomach.
"Whoa there Snelly" Patrick said. "You're with Spongebob" he said taking her off and turning her to face the small yellow sponge.
"Patrick, stop tempting her!" Spongebob yelled. Snelly focused her attention back on Patrick. She cuddled up to him and purred. Suddenly, Squidward had an idea."I know!" thought Squidward. "I'll make Patrick kiss the snail! She already likes him anyway!" Squidward chuckled to himself. He approached Patrick and the flirty snail.
"Well, I now see that Spongebob isn't one for tradition" he said. Spongebob became sad at this remark. "So, since Snelly likes Patrick, he will have the opportunity to follow the tradition!" said Squidward, trying very hard to hide his evil smile. Patrick's eyes grew 3 sizes bigger and he spit out the mouthful of soda he had.
"Thanks Squid, but I'm not really one for tradition" Patrick said, hurrying for the door. Snelly was pursuing him. Right before Snelly got outside, Patrick slammed the door, denying her access to him. Her eyestalks drooped and she headed back for the sofa.
Squidward walked over and whispered in Spongebob's ear.
"Ok, here is your chance to redeem yourself, got sit by her and make yourself seem attractive!" he whispered. "If that's even possible. Go get her boy!" he said and pushed Spongebob toward the snail.
"H-h-h-Hi there Snelly" he said. She turned around to face the door, waiting for Patrick to return. Spongebob glanced at the clock. He gasped. It was 11:00! Snelly's new owner must have been late bringing her over. He sat down next to Snelly and just stared off into space. Seconds seemed like hours. Minutes seemed like days. When he finally snapped out of the trance he was in, it was already 11:58! He panicked. He looked over and saw Squidward watching the ball drop on TV. Spongebob had to decide whether to kiss the snail, and lose his dignity, or not kiss her, and break a tradition. This was a hard decision, so he did what he did for all hard decisions. He flipped a coin. Heads mean kiss, tails meant not. He tossed the coin into the air.
"Drat!" he said. "Heads, best 2 out of 3." He tossed the coin up and it was…
"Heads drat!" The crowd was now counting down until the New Year.
"20, 19, 18" they shouted. Spongebob prepared himself. There was a knock at the door before somebody barged in. (Patrick hadn't locked the door). It was Snelly's new owner!
"Time to go Snelly!" he said, and scooped her into the cage.
"See you guys later!" he said before slamming the door shut behind him. Squidward sat with his jaw almost touching the floor. Spongebob too, was awestruck.
"3, 2, 1, HAPPY NEW YEAR!" The TV crowd cheered. Spongebob ran outside and pulled the string on his hat. Fireworks shot into the air from his house and from his hat forming a brilliant fireworks display. Spongebob laughed with joy. He ran over to Squidward.
"Guess I didn't have to follow that tradition after all!" he shouted. Squidward fell onto his back.
"Why me!?" he shouted into the sky.