Pearl's 18th birthday
I OWN AND REGRET NOTHING!
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I THANK GOD FOR EVERYTHING!
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In a large anchor, this being a well furnished home inside, is where we find a young whale. Granted her size might make one think otherwise, but for her species? She was actually pretty small...though no one who valued their life would EVER say that outloud...
Pearl hummed as she headed downstairs, nearly jumping down the steps in excitement. When she got to the front door, she headed outside and saw her friends in their boat. "Hi girls!"
"Pearl! Looking good." one called as the whale ran over and got into the seat. "Happy 18th girl."
"Thanks Chelsea." she let out to the pink fish with her blonde hair styled in a ponytail with a light blue top and pants on.
"Took you long enough, but you're officially a woman." Joked the next fish; this one having lime green skin with red hair styled in a pigtail with clam earrings and wearing a blonde dress that went down to her knees.
"And here I thought your old man would be throwing a fit." came the final fish who had black hair that was short with purple skin and wore a navy blue long sleeved shirt that left her belly exposed with matching shorts.
"So where to, girlfriend?"
"The Krusty Krab, my dad wanted me to drop by when I got up." Pearl rolled her eyes before Chelsea got the boat going and drove down the road.
"Yikes, this'll be fun." the green fish let out crossing her arms. "This is gonna be a real drag, I just know it."
"Like her 16th." the purple fish with Pearl smiling and looking up.
"Gosh, it actually feels like just yesterday when I had it. Time flies by when you get older. Hard to believe it was only 2 years ago."
"Huh, feels more like four." remarked Chelsa.
"18 would've been my guess." remarked the green fish, making Pearl look to the backseats with a frown.
"What did I say about being meta?"
"Sorry."
"Honestly girls, everyone knows that's SO last season." She said while rolling her eyes.
Chelsea just shrugged, "Whatever, I'm just worried about what boring thing your old man has in mind."
"Probably some old coral petting zoo." remarked the purple fish.
"Aw don't be silly Greta, it'll probably be something gross. Like some lame slip-n-slide using mustard."
"Gross!" all four chorused, sticking their tongues out.
...
In no time, the four had reached the restaurant with Pearl letting out a heavy groan.
"Let's get this over with girls." she lead them inside with the tables and chairs filled with customers, Squidward standing at the register bored as always, with her dad nowhere in sight.
"Well look who it is, the birthday girl." droned the squid in his usual tone, which Pearl chose to ignore.
"Hey Squidmard, have you seen my dad?"
"Let me get him." he turned away and held his tentacle near his mouth. "Mr Krabs! Pearl's here!"
Immediately the office door slammed open with said crab popping out. "Pearly! There ya are." he scuttled over and hugged her. "Happy birthday."
"Thanks dad." she hugged him back before he pulled back and she crossed her arms. "Alright, let's hear it. What kinda cheap party did you have in mind?"
"Cheap? Nonsense; this is a huge day for you. The day you become an official adult and grow out of being me little girl." he sniffled and had to wipe a tear away. "Reminds me of when ya were just a wee little thing in me arms. Oh, the time goes by at the drop of a hat, brings a tear to the eye."
"Dad." she groaned, rolling her eyes as her friends chuckled. "We both know you're going to try and go cheap like usual, so just tell me and we can get it over with."
"Now now Pearl, your old man might be a bit of a penny pincher, but today is a day worth splurging for. Which is why you and your little friends are gonna be going on a completely free, all expense paid day, at Glove World!"
That made the four girls gasp collectively before letting out squeals of excitement, jumping up and down together. With Pearl jumping, it just made the restaurant shake and cause numerous things to fall over the shelves with the customers and tables doing the same before Pearl stopped.
"Hey wait a minute," turning to her father, she narrowed her eyes. She walked over to him and looked around him, raising a claw, even leaning in closer to look him in the eyes with the crab leaning back.
"Uh…Pearl? Is everything-"
"Have you been replaced by an alien? No WAY would my dad get us a trip that sounds this good. Especially if it's free with everything paid for."
Mr Krabs gasped and held a claw to his chest. "Pearl, I am insulted. To think me own daughter would think I have no virtue, especially for his own pride and joy. You're crushing your old man's heart."
"hey Mr. Krabs! I'm ready to go! I can't wait to use my platinum pass to give Pearl her VIP trip to Glove world! I don't even care if I'm fronting the cost for everything! THIS WILL BE FABULOUS!" Shouts Spongebob from outside!
Mr krabs got a very sheepish look, chuckling nervously as he rubbed the back of his neck. Pearl just shook her head, giving her father a judgemental, unimpressed glare.
"Look, you're getting a free day at the sea's greatest amusement park for your ding-dang birthday, what are you complaining about!?," He threw his claws up as he shouted exasperated.
Realizing he was right and had a point, Pearl lost the judging and rubbed the back of her neck feeling ashamed. "Yeah, You're right, sorry dad. THANK you, that sounds wonderful "
Perking up, Mr Krabs smiled and turned to the parking lot. "Spongebob! Get your butt in here!"
"Already here Mr Krabs." came the sponge's voice before dropping down from the rafters, making all of them jump. "Sorry Mr Krabs, I wanted to dust out some cobwebs before we went."
He cleared his throat and put a claw on his fry cook and smiled at Pearl and her friends. "So just to make sure were all on the same page: Spongebob here has something to make the trip possible, a Platinums Glove World Season pass."
Pearl's friends gasped in shock.
"You mean the one that's only available for VIPS?!"
"The one that allows no limit on guests?!"
"And the one that lets you ride all you want and eat all you want?!"
"Yup! The very same." confirmed the sponge with a smile. "Had to cut some costs and save up my paychecks for half a year, but it's worth it!"
"Well what are we waiting for? Let's go!" spoke Chelsea getting a resounding cheer of agreement from the others.
"Let's go!" Pearl and the girls ran out with Mr Krabs holding Spongebob back.
"Now remember boy, this is a big day for Pearl, so make sure she has a great time without any mistakes, understand?"
"Not to worry Mr Krabs, Pearl's going to have a birthday she won't ever forget." with a salute, the sea sponge headed outside with a confidant skip.
"Let's hope it's in a good way." muttered the old crab.
...
After getting in the boat, the group of five went down the road with all of them excited and nearly bouncing in their seats.
"Oh man, I wonder what we should do first."
"Why don't we stuff our faces? I'm on a diet, but it's Pearl's birthday so a little cheat day couldn't hurt."
"I say we try some of the games and win a few prizes."
"Forget that, let's stick with the rides, I wanna scream until my voice is gone."
"What about you Pearl? What do you wanna do?"
"Oooh, hmmm…there's so many things that it's hard to pick." she tapped her chin with Spongebob smiling.
"I thought the same thing when I first found Glove World. I was so happy and had such a blast I wanted to go back the next day, but I had to work."
"Huh, for a place called Glove World, I never really thought about how it got to be so big." remarked the whale, looking up in thought. "How does something like that even become a thing?"
"Who cares girl? The only thing you should care about is having a blast."
"You said it Sam, this is gonna rock." smiled Chelsea as they spotted the amusement park and made it to the parking lot, driving around to find a spot with Spongebob trying to keep from jumping out of the boat in excitement. He needed to remember this was Pearl's big day after all.
"Ooh! Over there!"
After parking the boat, they got out and made their way through the lot, only to stop with the girl's gasping with Spongebob confused and followed where they were looking.
"I can't believe you!"
"Like, yeah! You really messed up."
"But it's not my fault!"
There they saw a fish surrounded by several others, who was talking down to a girl with square glasses, braces, and brown hair done up in two pigtails who was bowing her head down. The one at the front was a purple fish who had blonde hair in a low ponytail, pink sunglasses over her eyes, with a sky blue colored tank top and matching pair of jeans that seemed to sparkle. The fish around her were dressed in similar glittery and sparkly clothing, but of lesser quality.
"You promised us free tickets to this place through your loser boyfriend."
"I-I know! I know! B-But it's not my fault! Mark, he…he got caught! His manager found out he'd been selling free passes on the sly and told him he either dumped me or be fired. He went and dumped me instead!" She said begining to sob.
"Hmmm, yeah, I don't care." the girl remarked bluntly. "You're out of the group, forever."
"No! Please Carrie, don't!" pleaded the girl while the stuck up fish and the other girls around her started typing on their phones.
"There, now it's online."
"NOOOOOO!", bawled the girl as she ran away in tears.
"Oh my gosh!" Spongebob let out, the other girls thinking the same. "Who is that?"
"That's Sandra, she's the most popular girl around." informed Chelsea. "Anybody who's anybody wishes they could hang out with her."
"She's not showing any mercy, poor Darcy." Sam shook her head.
"I'd think she was sick if she actually acted nice." remarked Greta with a roll of her eyes. "I just hope Darcy will be ok."
With each of them concerned for the girl, Pearl herself felt a lightbulb go off in her head.
"Wait a sec girls, that's it!"
"What's it?"
"With Darcy kicked out, that means there's a spot open for Carrie's group!" she smiled, clapping her arms together and looking at them. "Do you know what this means? They wanna go to Glove World, and WE have the perfect way to make it happen!"
"Girl, you're kidding."
"Nope!" Pearl looked at Spongebob. "Spongebob, please please PLEASE include them in with us! If they get to enjoy everything too, it'll be a shoe in for us!"
"I don't know Pearl, she seemed really really mean and rude. I mean, I know what it's like to see your hero and get excited about joining them...but sometimes there just jerks. I had to learn that the hard way with Kevin the Sea cucumber...," said Spongebob with a sad, resigned sigh.
"Oh, Spongebob, that was just some nerd with tacky fashion." she waved off dismissively. "These girls are way better; they're cool, popular, and stay up to date with ALL the best trends."
Spongebob felt that sting, being put down so casually, but looking at Pearl's pleading eyes tugged at his heartstrings. "Well….I guess it couldn't hurt, it is your birthday after all."
"EEEEEH! Thank you Spongebob!" she gave him a brief, but tight hug with the sponge's back looking like it was bent the wrong way before dropping him and clearing her throat. "Alright, time to get things started." turning back towards the crowd and steadying her nerves, she walked over with the others following. "Hey there Carrie."
The girl glanced over before rolling her eyes. "What do you want Perry?"
"Uh, it's Pearl, actually."
"Whatever, what do you want? Can't you see we're busy?" she remarked with Pearl herself nearly faltering, but forced herself to keep it together.
"Well, I couldn't help but overhear you couldn't get tickets to Glove World. Lucky for you, I've got a Platinum Glove World Season pass." she boasted, making Carrie lower her glasses.
"You?"
"Yes."
"You expect me to believe that?"
"Uh…well…it's true!" her arm moved behind her to Spongebob who discretely handed it to her before the whale held it up for them to see. "Allow me to handle everything."
Carrie and her friends were momentarily caught off guard, but still looked doubtedly as Pearl walked up to the ticket booth.
"We'll be heading inside now, thank you." she flashed the card, making the employee nod their heads.
"Go right on ahead, and have a wonderful time."
Pearl gave a smug smile as the gate opened before turning to Carrie who walked over and smirked.
"Huh, well in that case, let's have some fun."
Pearl waited till Carrie and her group walked inside first before giving a thumbs up to Spongebob who gave one back before the sponge and her friends followed inside to the amusement park.
It was here that things went off with relatively nothing bad. Pearl treated the cool fish to anything and everything they wanted. Whether it be going on any ride Carrie picked out for them, any of the game stands they had, to even the many food vendors; although Carrie made the excuse she was on a diet, but today would be a cheat day for her.
Spongebob and Pearl's friends didn't say much since they could tell Pearl really wanted this, and stuck by for the ride, although some of Carrie's snide comments about their fashion DID irk the girls with Spongebob more confused on what was wrong with his style.
It didn't help that during their fun time, Pearl didn't even bother defending her friends when the popular kids just made snide remarks over and over again, which was starting to grate on the girl's nerves.
Pearl herself didn't notice, too focused on impressing them with all the free food they wanted, and all the rides they went on no matter how many times. She was feeling on top of the world and positive this would work out perfectly.
It wasn't until the two groups got off the latest ride; one involving them rising up before dropping down, before it repeated a few times leading to some feeling nauseous, that Pearl rubbed her arms together and walked up to Carrie.
"Uh, hey Carrie?"
"What is it?" asked the snide fish, checking her makeup with her compact mirror, not bothering to face the whale.
"Um…I was just wondering…since we're having such a fun time, and since you've got an open space now….if I could, you know…join your circle?"
Carrie looked ahead, closing the mirror, before slowly getting an idea and turned to the whale with a seemingly kind smile. "Well…gee, Pearl, I don't know... ordinarily we'd have a big interview process...can't just let any loser join us, y'know?"
Pearl chuckled nervously, "Heh, heh...right..."
Seeing she was hooked, she continued. "But then again...you have been amazing and done oh so MUCH for us...I guess we could make an exception-
"YES! THANK YOU!"
"Whoa there big girl! At the bare minimum, you need to pass an initiation first. It's TRADITION."
"Really?!", Pearl tried to keep from squealing out again, lest she ruin her chances. "Sure thing! What do you want me to do?"
"Easy. You have to go into the Tunnel of Glove," she pointed over at the glove shaped entrance of the tunnel with a boat resting in the water leading into it, "with a dork."
"Easy, who?"
"Him." she pointed over to where Spongebob was trying to knock down a tower of bottles at one of the stands, missing each throw by a long shot with numerous balls on the ground to further emphasize he was doing awful.
Pearl lost her smile, now looking unsure. She didn't think calling the sponge a dork behind his back was really nice, but the idea of getting into the group made her nod. "Alright, I'll do it."
"Good girl." Carrie smirked, sending a wink to the other cool fish who each had to stifle themselves from laughing.
Pearl walked over to Spongebob and cleared her throat. "Hey Spongebob? Wanna go on the next ride with just the two of us?"
"Sure thing! Let me just get this last throw in." he raised his hand back and threw, but the ball just bounced off the backside of the stand and came back at him, knocking him flat on his back and making him see chirping scallops. "Oooh….look at all the scallops."
Pearl shook her head and grabbed his hand, dragging him over to the tunnel with the ride operator looking bored as can be.
"Welcome to the Tunnel of Glove, a wondrous ride full of passion and fun. Please make sure to keep all appendages inside the boat." he advised as the two climbed into the boat with the bored fish pushing a lever and moving the boat into the tunnel via the underwater mechanisms.
Carrie and her friends snickered, with Pearl's friends wanting to say something, but didn't want to cause a scene.
"Wow Carrie, you're so bad."
"I know." she smirked before looking at the operator and gave an evil grin. "Watch this." making sure her hair looked good, she walked over to the fish with a suave grin. "Hey there, big boy~"
"Huh?" turning to her, he took note of the look she gave him, but didn't react. "What is it?"
"Hey handsome, you seem to know your way around here-"
The fish cut her off with an apathetic sigh. "You want me to sabotage the ride to prank someone you need to make it worth my while, my boss is watching me like a hawk now…" he muttered, glancing over at a larger fish with his arms crossed and staring at the teen, while at the same time sitting at a stand munching on a hot dog. "After I screwed up, I can't blame him."
Carrie was taken back for a moment due to this blunt turnabout...but she quickly composed herself."No problem Mike."
"It's Mark." he corrected, trying to keep from groaning at her attitude.
"Whatever." she reached into her pocket to look for some extra money, but then had to check the other, making her realize she didn't have any on her. "Uh…Britney! Pay him."
"What? But I didn't bring any cash." spoke up the addressed fish, making Carrie glare.
"You have your dad's credit card, duh. The one you took. Sure would be bad if he 'happened' to learn about that."
Britney paled and quickly reached into her purse, handing Carrie the card who handed it to Mark.
"Right away." he groaned.
...
Inside the tunnel, Spongebob looked around at the numerous glove designs and decorations littering the inside of the tunnel with Pearl herself not saying much, mostly hoping the ride went by quick.
"Wow, I never get tired of the Tunnel of Glove. I always ride it on my own since Patrick gets boat sick." Spongebob remarked with Pearl questioning in her head how that made any sense. "How are you liking Glove World?"
"Huh? Oh it's pretty good." she casually replied, not focusing too much as she looked around. 'How much longer is this gonna be?'
That's when the ride came to a sudden stop, confusing the two.
"Sorry folks, we've got some ride malfunction going on. We'll get it fixed as soon as possible, so just sit tight." came Mark's bored tone over the speakers.
"Oh great." Pearl threw her arms up with Spongebob not looking bothered. "Why did this have to happen to me?"
"Aw don't worry Pearl, I'm sure the ride will get fixed in no time." reassured the sponge.
Pearl rolled her eyes, right before they suddenly heard music come through the speakers. The kind you'd hear from a soap opera during one of the passionate scenes. "Hey, what's going on?"
"Ooh, this is smooth." smiled Spongebob before several robotic arms with gloves on them popped up from the sides of the boat. "Oh! I've never seen these before, they must be-"
RIP!
Spongebob was cut off with his pupils shrinking as he registered the fact the arms just ripped his clothes off him one go. He was surprised, before snapping out of it when he heard Pearl scream.
"MY CLOTHES!"
Turning, his eyes popped right out of his skull when he saw Pearl looking flushed and bare ass naked. He took note of her chest, her breasts looking way bigger than they looked under her top. Not to mention the fact her stomach was slim with her legs looking thicker than he imagined.
So naturally seeing all this, with her being an official adult now, led to part of him reacting.
Pearl herself looked at Spongebob, but was held up from telling him not to look when she took note of ... .something rising up between his legs. "S-Spongebob?! What are you doing?!"
"Oh!" he covered his groin with a blush as Pearl stared at him in surprise. "S-Sorry! I didn't mean to stare!"
"Spongebob? Are…you getting an erection?" she asked. The idea of the little sponge getting turned on by her was both gross, but at the same time flattering that he'd find her THAT hot.
"Uh….I-I'm not a pervert, I swear! It just…sorta happened." he tried to explain as best as possible.
"Can…Can I see it?" she asked, making Spongebob look surprised as she blushed harder. "I-I just wanna see what a real one looks like, that's all!"
"Well ... .if you're curious…." he trailed off, moving his hands away and letting Pearl look at his appendage.
One that looked close to an inch.
"...uh….I….." Pearl let out, transfixed before biting her tongue and trying to stifle herself, but couldn't stop before she burst out laughing. She leaned back on the boat holding herself as she laughed her head off. "T-T-THAT'S your penis?! I-I-It's tiny! Itty bitty!"
"Aw come on! It's not that small." he huffed in indignation, but blushed harder as she laughed. "I just…haven't hit my growth spurt yet."
"Ahahahahahaha!" Pearl kept laughing, holding herself as she kicked her feet in the air, trying to catch her breath with tears in her eyes. "S-Stop! Stop it! It's too much!"
The sea sponge sat there, not bothering to cover up his crotch and just crossed his arms, waiting for her to calm down. When she eventually caught her breath, she sat up and sighed in relief. "Better?"
"Yeah….Yeah, I'm…better." she got out, letting out one more chuckle before she remembered their situation, making her frown. "Hey wait a second, what kinda ride would strip people?"
"Must be a new feature."
"Well we can't just stay here naked, someone might see us." she let out a horrified gasp. "Oh no! If Carrie sees this, I'll never get to join!"
Back with said girl, she and her friends snickered while tossing Pearl and Spongebob's clothes in a trashcan. Said clothes had fallen in a bin meant to be returned after the ride, but they had better plans.
"Aw relax Pearl, I'm sure they're fine." Spongebob tried to reassure her. "Why don't we just walk out of the tunnel? No telling how long the ride will be stuck."
"Yeah…Yeah maybe you're right." she agreed with a nod. "But we can't let ANYONE see us like this! Not a single soul."
"Relax, I'm a master at stealth." boasted Spongebob before they climbed out of the boat. "Onward!"
Pearl sighed before following Spongebob as they went through the tunnel. They came across one boat with a fish in it and had to crouch down as they tried to maneuver around him without being seen. When Pearl's head bumped into it though, it swayed and made the fish turn his head.
"Hey watch it y-WOAH! YOU'RE NAKED!"
"No we're not!" Spongebob let out before he and Pearl ran past the fish who started laughing. "Don't worry, we'll surely get past the next one."
When they came across the next boat, which had a couple in it, he and Pearl tried to dive under the water and swim beneath the boat. But due to Spongebob's natural body, he wound up soaking in too much water and inflated, which lead to him lifting the boat up from the water and causing the couple to splash down out of the boat and look livid.
"What is your deal?!"
"We were having a-NAKED!" the girl stopped and cried out when she took note of the lack of clothing.
Her boyfriend covered her eyes before Pearl grabbed Spongebob and dragged him off while sprinting away. "Cover yourselves you perverts!"
Pearl didn't stop, but she did wanna crawl under a rock with each boat she went past as more and more people cried out in alarm when they caught her, with a few of them wolf whistling. 'Oh this couldn't get any worse!'
Her luck proved that thought very wrong as in her haste to run, her foot tripped over one of the cables connected to the various lights. She fell down with a grunt, yanking on it with enough force to cause it to pull the lights down. They dropped down with the cable they were on tugging on one of the generators hooked up to it coming undone and breaking through the side of the tunnel. This lead to numerous sparks coming out before flames were lit up.
This lead to the fishes in the tunnel screaming and took off running out of the ride with Pearl standing up while Spongebob sat up and squeezed the excess water out of himself.
"Oh no!"
...
Back at the Krusty Krab, Mr. Krabs was counting his money, as per usual, and looking like he was in heavy while sniffing each and every bill.
"Ahhh, sweet sweet money, nothings too good for ya." he sighed before his mini TV suddenly changed the program ro a sudden news report.
"This just in, we have an emergency news story going on at the local amusement park, Glove World. There on the site is Perch Perkins with the news."
Mr. Krabs looked at the screen, his attention changed as soon as he heard the site as the screen turned to the news fish.
"Perch Perkins here, live on the site here at Glove World. Behind me is the remains of the Tunnel of Glove, which has just recently collapsed and caught on fire from a mysterious cause." he spoke while the fire department was putting out the flames with the tunnel completely fallen apart. "Nobody knows what could have caused it, but we can be assured it will be quite the hassle to rebuild."
"Ha! Like you'd ever catch me spendin' that much money on a tunnel." chuckled Mr. Krabs before his eyes caught sight of something in the distance, coming up from the rubble.
That something was Spongebob, bursting out of the remains with a gasp and looked to be panting before wiping at his forehead with a smile. "Phew, that was a close one." he reached under the rubble and pulled up, Pearl popping up beside him who was wide eyed and patted her head.
"W…We're alive? We're alive!" she cheered out with relief before grabbing Spongebob and hugged him close. "Oooh, thanks Spongebob! You saved me!"
"Well it wasn't a big deal; I'm just naturally absorbent to water AND collapsing tunnels." he smiled like it was completely natural.
Pearl would have held the hug, but she took note of flashes and turned her head before paling when she saw the numerous reporters, and cameras.
All aimed at her and Spongebob.
Her face turned bright red before dropping Spongebob and tried covering herself while Mr. Krabs himself gawked with wide eyes with the stalks themselves shattering like glass before regrowing back as he grabbed the TV.
"Pearl! What happened to my baby girl?! And WHY are you naked!?" he let out with each shake before slamming it down before his face turned into a scowl when he took note Spongebob was the same. "Spongebob…you've got some explaining to do."
He stood up and chucked the TV at the wall, smashing it to bits before he ran out of his office, smashing the door in his wake and doing the same to the wall of the restaurant; only focused on giving his best employee a little 'talk'.
...
Back at Glove World, Spongebob and Pearl had run off to try and hide behind a huge bush with Pearl covering her eyes.
"Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh, I'm ruined!" she wailed as Spongebob looked at her with worry.
"It's alright Pearl, they'll never find us behind this thick bush." he tried to reassure her before they heard the sound of a camera snapping. Poking their heads through it, they noted how they were still close enough to the reporters to where they had seen where they moved with some of them snapping pictures of them.
"You were saying?" glowered Pearl at the sponge who tapped his fingers and gave a nervous chuckle.
"Well…I mean, it could-"
"Don't you dare say it could get worse." she warned him before they heard a sound. It sounded like something was screaming and coming close to them. "Wait, you hear that?"
"Yeah, it kinda sounds like-" Spongebob was cut off when he suddenly found himself knocked over with his eyes nearly bugging out of his head as he found his throat in a vice grip and his boss above him.
"You dirty little landlubber! I thought I could trust you!" roared Mr. Krabs with blind fury before he picked Spongebob up and shook him without letting go. "You go off and do this to me little girl?!"
"Dad!? What are you doing?!" Pearl cried out in shock and alarm.
"I saw this dirty little sponge flaunting himself in his birthday suit! And then he goes and drags you into doing the same!"
Pearl would have tried to come to his defense, telling her dad it's not like that and the sponge had actually saved her life from the collapsing tunnel, but her eyes spotted the cool kids a bit away. The idea of joining by going on the ride with Spongebob came back to mind, and since she went through with it, that meant she completed it. She grabbed parts of the bush to cover her chest and groin before running over. "Carrie! Hey Carrie!"
The group stopped with Carrie turning, having a smug smirk on her face. "Hey Patty, enjoy the ride?"
Pearl blushed when she noted the others were chuckling at her lack of attire, but tried to push her embarrassment down, "I-I passed the initiation like you said; does this mean I'm in?"
"Initiation?" Carrie raised an eyebrow. "Oooh, yeah, that one. Yeah no, not gonna happen."
Pearl swore she heard glass shatter with her eyes widening. "W-What? B-But I-"
"There's no way we'd take in an embarrassment like you." Carrie scoffed with a smirk. "Look on the bright side, you can be popular in front of the camera for EVERYONE to see, so really, you're welcome."
"I…I….I…." Pearl felt her heart break at those words, trying not to break down in tears and feeling more humiliated than ever.
"Honestly, messing with the ride went better than I thought." Carrie waved her fin in amusement.
'What?' Pearl stared at the girl with revelation. The image of their clothes getting torn off when the ride stopped popped at the front of her mind, making her mouth drop. "You….You planned this?"
"The tunnel falling apart? No, but sticking you there with a total loser and giving you 'alone time'? Big time." laughed Carrie with her friends all joining her in laughing at the whale who felt tears rise up in her eyes.
What the snobbish fish didn't realize however, was her tone was loud enough to reach Mr. Krabs and Spongebob, said crab raising his claw back to slug his employee before stopping when the words rang in their heads.
"What?!" he dropped Spongebob and growled in blind anger. "That no good scum sucking little-"
"Mr. Krabs wait!" Spongebob jumped up and grabbed his boss' shirt before he could move over. "Please, you can't get involved and dos something you'll regret."
"I'm not gonna regret fricasseeing those little brats for making my Pearly upset!" Mr. Krabs let out, moving towards them with Spongebob being dragged behind him via the shirt.
"I mean really, who'd want the daughter of an ugly fast food joint owner with us? We have standards."
Mr. Krabs started looking so rad with anger he looked about ready to be a steamed crab. Before he could lunge, his eyes were grabbed and turned back around to Spongebob.
"Mr. Krabs wait! I mean you don't need to get your claws dirty, because I've got an idea." smirked the sponge with a knowing look, snapping Mr. Krabs out of it and turn around, intrigued.
"I'm listening."
"Watch and learn." he made sure the bush cover was on properly around his waist and marched over to them with Pearls about ready to break down. "Hold it right there!"
"Oooh, look, it's Pearl's LITTLE boyfriend." mocked Carrie as her friends laughed and pointed.
"Not quite, but I AM the one who'd like to point out a little something you didn't know. That Platinum Privilege card Pearl has? It has quite the little addition to it." he smirked, crossing his arms smugly.
"Oh yeah? And what's that?"
"Well, besides the fact it can't be destroyed no matter what, OR be lost even if your clothes are destroyed, it also gives the recipient, Pearl here, the ' when your trying to treat popular kids to make them like you, but find out they're total jerks and now it's time for payback' privilege. Read it."
"Oh please, that's total crap." she scoffed as Pearl looked at the card and read it word for word, surprised and finding it oddly specific.
"Crap is it? I don't think so missy."
The teens and sponge all turned with Spongebob gasping with wide eyes and hands on his cheeks as there standing before them was Hieronymus Glove himself, still trapped in his block of ice with two security guards beside him.
"Hieronymus Glove?! What are you doing here?" asked Spongebob who was trying to keep himself from asking for an autograph.
"Well I was out for a walk around my park when I caught wind of THIS little missy thinking a rule I implemented personally was 'crap'." he replied, frowning at Carrie who shrunk back a little. "Let me tell you this missy; I dealt with your kind all too often while growing up, and that's PRECISELY why I made that an official rule. My lawyers have long made sure it's legally binding too which means that since you seemed to have such a fun time taking advantage of this lady who had such high hopes for ambition and camaraderie- His eccentirc smirk suddnly turned a rather smug nasty... -then you can have a just as much a fun time paying back EVERYTHING you and your friends accumulated."
"WHAT?!" Carrie gaped in horror.
"Oh don't worry; I'm sure your friends can easily pitch in and pay it off no problem, right?" he looked at the group with the fishes all looking away or appearing sheepish.
"I….can't pay." spoke one of them.
"M-Me neither."
"Or me."
"What?! Don't give me that, you all are loaded!" glared Carrie.
"Actually…I lied."
"Me too."
"My dad actually works at a gas station."
"Mine's a pizza deliveryman."
"My dad cleans septic tanks."
Carrie's jaw dropped in disbelief with Hieronymus frowning.
"Well then, since none of you can pay the bill, there is another answer for it. Boys?"
The security guards nodded and moved over to the fish who basked up.
"Wait, what are you do-EEP! Stop that!"
"My shirt!"
"Give me back my clothes!"
"You all can experience the same thing these two have dealt with, while sitting in Glove World jail."
"Nooooo!" they let out, huddled together with Carrie in the middle as they tried to cover themselves. All of them cried out as the guards lead them away with the paparazzi and news crew getting numerous photos and film of their shame. The various fish who were there enjoying the park pointed and laughed at them.
The shark smiled before Pearl walked up to him, holding the card.
"Uh...sir? Not to seem ungrateful...but that seems like a weirdly specific privilege."
"Well my dear, it's quite simple. You see, I was once the son of a 'uncool' glove maker, and I wanted to fit in with the 'cool' crowd at the time. In my foolish youth, I went and did something I still regret to this day. To try and look 'cool' to them, I went and destroyed my father's store- one that I loved so dearly growing up -just to appease them. But I was a fool! They revealed they never intended to let me join, and when my father saw me destroy the very store he built and managed...he up and died of a broken heart there and then." he looked down with closed eyes, making Pearl gasp with Spongebob tearing up.
"That's horrible." sniffled the sponge as the shark looked up with determination.
"That's why I made a decision to never try and go with the crowd and focus on deciding what I myself thought was cool! And if the world didn't agree? Well pardon my language, but it could kiss my barnacles!"
Pearl blushed at the language, but didn't say anything to interrupt the shark.
"So I went and made the greatest theme park in the world! A GLOVE themed park no less!" He explained with a sly link. "Forget about letting other people tell you what's 'cool', I MAKE what I love cool!"
Pearl was impressed, "So...in a weird way...this whole park...is kinda one big middle finger to those jerks-
"Pearl! Language!" Interrupts her dad.
"Oh, it's quite alright my good man, I admire candor...besides she's right!" He chuckled.
"I actually wanted to make a literal giant middle-finger glove in the middle of the park for ALL to see..., but there was a lawsuit so I sadly had to scrap it." He admitted with a sad sigh, "But that's neither here nor there." He turns to Pearl with a somber yet serious look.
"My dear, never make the same mistake I did. It doesn't matter what others thinks is cool, what matters is what YOU think is cool, what makes YOU happy. Because at the end of the day, that's all that truly matters."
Pearl felt her chest heat up at the encouraging words, losing her tears as the shark chuckled.
"Who knows? Maybe someday what everyone mocked you for is the very thing that makes you a billionaire in charge of the world's greatest amusement park." he gave a wink.
"Really?" she asked, her tone excited at the idea.
"Absolutely!" he nodded with a smile before his face turned serious again. "Of course, none of that can happen if you end up in jail for indecent exposure which I'll have to do if you don't put some clothes on right this instant young lady." he nodded to a guard who handed Pearl some folded up spare clothes. "Seriously, please get dressed RIGHT NOW. You're making everyone uncomfortable and the last things I need right now is another lawsuit…" he trailed off with a few mothers around them having to cover their children's eyes.
Pearl- remembering her current 'natural' state - chuckled nervously as she covered herself and gave a sheepish, flustered smile. "Heh, heh, sorry, thank you, I'll go do that now." She turns and rushed off away back where Spongebob stood with him smiling.
"Well I'd say that was one way to spend your big birthday."
"Yeah….." she looked to the side while sliding the shirt on, with some difficulty, and then the pants. "Uh…Spongebob? Thanks, for being a great friend."
It went quiet between them, which Spongebob didn't seem to notice as Pearl rubbed the back of her head.
"Aw to heck with it; you're cool to me, and everyone can go to hell!" without hesitation, she reached down and picked him up before pressing their lips together with a moan, making out with the sea sponge right there on the spot.
Spongebob himself went still as a statue, not prepared for this at all.
Mr. Krabs' mouth dropped to the ground before he growled and flew into a blind rage, tackling him to the ground, again. "You're defilin' me baby girl again boy!"
Pearl groaned and shook her head as she ran over to try and break it up. "Daddy! Knock it off! You're embarrassing me!"
...The next day...
"Come on you slackers! Make sure this place is spotless!" barked Mr. Krabs.
"Yeah yeah, old crab…" grumbled Carrie, sweeping the floorboards of the Krusty Krab with all of the 'cool' kids trying to make it look clean...STILL completely naked mind you.
After word of what they pulled- along with the BIG bill, -had reached their parent's ears? They were LIVID. So much so they had decided to sell all their worldly possessions AND clothes, then- after a hearty suggestion from Mr. Krabs. -made them work at the restaurant as unpaid interns to have them see what menial labor is REALLY like to see if it would straighten them out...
In the meantime, they could also learn humility at the same time without a smidgen of cover to really hammer it home how much they screwed up.
"If I see one spec of dust, I'll make ya all do it again!" barked Mr. Krabs before hearing a loud scream as Squidward ran past him while on fire. The old crab went to the kitchen and poked his head in. "Pearl, you did it again."
"Sorry daddy." apologized Pearl wearing the hat of the Krusty Krab and holding a spatula while standing in front of the grill.
"Eh don't worry, Squidward can handle it." her father waved off with a smile while his employee was rolling across the sand outside to put the flames out…again. "How's those next two orders coming?"
"Oh they're done." she smiled, flipping two patties onto the ready buns with ease while tossing two sesame buns on top of them like they were frisbees, hitting the mark spot on. "Order up."
"That's my girl, a natural like her old man." he praised.
"Thanks daddy, and thanks for giving Spongebob the day off."
"Well after coming to your rescue, and the pleading you kept doing, how could I not? Just so long as I don't catch him putting the moves on you again." he warned with a serious tone to be left in the air.
"Oh daddy." Pearl shook her head, but goes back to work...
'Huh, this is still kinda gross...but...weirdly enough it's also kinda satisfying to make something with my own hands...and...honestly they taste pretty good too...come to think of it...the first time I came to work here...I never really gave it a chance, I was too hung up on how 'uncoral' it would make me look...maybe this could be my thing? Heck, maybe this could be my theme park...my own middle finger to the world!'
Pearl was so caught up in her thoughts, she didn't notice that she'd gotten too close to the grill and her apron had caught fire-
FWOOM!
Rendering her naked in an instant...
'Or...maybe not...' Thinks a flustered Pearl as she covered herself yet again...
...III...
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