User blog:Groovy1960/Lovesick Sponge: Chapter Seven

'''Hello der. So, this chapter is probably going to take me all day to write just because I have some ideas for it in some areas, but in others I'm just gonna wing it XD Hope you enjoy. This'll probably be the last chapter anyway, so yeah :)'''

                                                                                            Lovesick Sponge

~French Narrator~

"Five hours later."

SpongeBob stood in front of his bedroom mirror, holding up several different pairs of the square pants he always wore in front of him. He switched them back and forth, holding them up to his body. "Hmm... which one, Gare Bear?" He asked his loyal pet for his opinion.

"Meow (They're all the same...)" He replied flatly.

He continued to switch them back and forth. "This one seems a little less wrinkled" stated SpongeBob.

"Meow (Good! go with that one)".

"Then again, This one is a little brighter in color... hmm" He said, his lips pursed to the side.

"Meow (I really don't think it matters which one, SpongeBob)"

His owner chuckled. "Oh, Gary of course it does. It's always important to look your best. I think I'll go with... this one!" He happily declared, holding up the one he chose high in the air as if it was the most glorious thing he'd ever seen.

Gary smirked, as he knew that his master could've just worn the same pair he'd been wearing all day.

SpongeBob ripped off the clothes he was wearing, and immediately stepped into the clean set. "There! what do ya think?" He asked with a cheeky smile.

"Meow! (Looking sharp! I think she'll be impressed...)"

His owner waved him off, and chuckled once more. "Oh, Gary, I'm not trying to impress anyone!" He stated.

"Meow? (Then what would you say you are trying to do?)"

He stuttered, his pulse quickening as he wracked his brain for an answer. "W-well, I can't just go to the science convention with all those smart people covered in ketchup stains, now can I?" He laughed nervously.

"Meow (Why, no. we wouldn't want that, now would we?)" He teased.

SpongeBob then made his way into the bathroom, his pet following closely behind him. He brushed his teeth, straightened his tie, and tied his shoes,  All of which he did on the regular. But He then proceeded to do something that was not in his usual routine; He doused himself with a heavy cologne.

"Meow? (any particular reason for using the manly fragrance all of a sudden, hmm?)" He asked with great interest.

"Well, of course! I can't go out in public smelling like old Krabby Patties! ha ha ha..." He smiled sheepishly as he continued to spray himself.

"Meow.... (Sure. whatever you say, master...)" He slowly slithered out of the room.

The sponge shook his head. "Snails; I'll never understand em' " He said to himself.

Minutes later, He rushed down the stairs and into the living room. "I'M READY!" He shouted enthusiastically. "I-I mean..." He cleared his throat, "I'm ready" He said flatly, correcting his excited tone.

He then noticed the time on the wall clock. "Hmm... Five-thirty" He said. "I still have a little time to feed my favorite pet!" He stated happily. "Meow? (Don't you mean your only pet?)" asked Gary. "Y-yeah, well you get the idea, Gary." He then made his way into the kitchen, and served Gary his usual can of Snail-po.

"Well, I guess it's time to head out the door. Don't wait up for me, Gare Bear!" He said, giving a quick wave to the snail.

"Meow! (Have fun!)" He waited until he heard the front door shut before saying to himself, "Meow.. (Should be an interesting evening...)" He smiled deviously.

It was about a fifteen minute walk to Goo Lagoon. As He confidently strode along, He felt very calm and relaxed. "This whole evening will be a piece of cake" He smugly thought to himself.

He eventually approached the outskirts of the beach. And as he came closer to everything, He was amazed at all of the effort put into the whole thing. It was quite the elaborate setup; scientists from all over the place were working on setting up their public experiments. There were rows of large tents that seemed to go on for miles. On top of everything, There were thousands of orange and yellow lights strung up overhead, creating a canopy of brightness that seemed to light up the entire beach.

He walked along, taking everything in. He took notice of the hundreds of people chatting amongst themselves.

He stopped in front of one the massive tents to watch a small presentation. He stood at the very edge of a crowd of people blocking his view. He stood on his tiptoes, attempting to see above the heads of all of the fish that were miles ahead of him in height.

"This is the Cream Chopper Two Thousand!" Shouted the male scientist. There sat a little table set up in front of him, a large blender sitting on top of it. "This may appear to be your standard blender. But ladies and gentlemen, it is a revolutionary product that will save you so much precious time! allow me to demonstrate".

The scientist proceeded to place two whole carrots inside of the blender, while pulling out a tray near the bottom to place two mushrooms in. "Now, you can liquify and slice and dice all at the same time!" He pushed the tray back in, placed the lid to the blender back on top and pressed the power button.

The crowd gasped in amazement as the device liquefied the carrots within seconds. However, the mushrooms remained the same. "Uh... heh heh, allow me to just-" but before he could fix it, the device began shorting out. "Come on! YOU NO GOOD CHOPPING MACHINE! CURSE YOU-" He kicked the table, but as he did so, the blender exploded out of nowhere. A big black puff of smoke filled the air as every person in the crowd coughed.

Once the smoke cleared, It was revealed that the scientist had been burnt to a crisp. "I probably shouldn't have cut that wire that was sticking out from the cord..." He stated, his voice cracking.

SpongeBob at this point was lying on the ground on his stomach, trying to see through the legs of the crowd. "Ouch, that had to have hurt" said a familiar voice above him.

"Huh?" said SpongeBob. He looked up behind him, and gasped as Sandy stood over him.

He jumped to his feet. "Hi Sandy! Boy, you're here early" He said, his pulse starting to quicken. "Well, I did say it started at six. I just now got here. There sure are a lot of interested scientific minds out here tonight. I never would've guessed" She said with a smile.

''Oh no. ''There was that smile again.

"So when did you get here?" She asked casually.

"Oh, me? ha ha, I didn't want to be late so I got here before you did" He started to break into a sweat.

"Uh huh... well, I don't think you would've missed much" She said, raising an eyebrow at his sudden odd behavior.

As the evening progressed, they slowly made their way to each and every tent. Stopping to watch every experiment that they spotted, Most of the the time being Sandy's idea to do so. SpongeBob, on the other hand, slowly became more and more dizzy as the hours went by. He wanted more than anything to plop down in a chair before he hurled.