What Happened To Us?

[WWESpongefan]

Both Spongebob and Sandy have been very busy with work lately. Every time they wanted to hang out one of them or sometimes both of them had to work. Sandy would sometimes come to see Spongebob at the Krusty Krab, but she doesn't really get to talk to him because he only gets ten minute lunch breaks. They occasionally have lunch together, but sometimes Patrick would come in and interrupt them.

Other times When Sandy is busy with her work Spongebob is really tired from working all day at the Krusty Krab. As much as he would love to come in and see her he knew she didn't like being interrupted and he would just distract her. He had tried a few times to help her with her work, but he would just get in the way and she would yell at him.

He walks home, but he is not in his usual cheerful mood. He had a good day at work, but it felt like something was missing. Of course to him it was more like a someone. He sat down in his chair and looked at his photo album. He has pictures of all if his friends, but he focused on the ones with him and Sandy. In one picture it showed Spongebob and Patrick throwing Sandy a Welcome Home party. Sandy had just got back from Texas and the picture showed Spongebob and Sandy hugging.

Spongebob thought about the last time that he had been over to see Sandy.

(Flashback)

He had always thought of Sandy as beautiful. One thing that he has always wanted to do was hold her hand. She seemed a little busy but Spongebob went over to her anyway. He was standing right beside her at her table. He noticed that her left hand was sitting on the table. At the moment Sandy was reading something in her science book so she could figure out what to do next. He blushed but was a little nervous because he didn't know what was going to happen. As she was reading and as her hand was sitting on the table she suddenly felt his hand in hers.

She blushed at first and then turned to look at him. He was holding her hand.

"Um... Spongebob. What are you doing?"

Spongebob then let go of her hand assuming that she didn't like it and backed away.

"Nothing... Sorry keep working. I need to go feed Gary anyway."

He was walking backwards towards the exit, but what he didn't notice was that Sandy had been building something important and he bumped into it and it fell and broke into pieces. Sandy heard the noise and went over to it. She had been working on it for two weeks and she was almost finished with it and Spongebob just ruined two weeks worth of work.

"Spongebob! I've been working two weeks on that. It was very important and you ruined it."

I'm really sorry Sandy. I didn't see it, I didn't mean for it to happen. It was an accident."

"Everything is an accident with you. Get out of here... I can't get anything done with you around."

Spongebob was almost in tears. He had never remembered seeing Sandy so mad at him, but he replaced his sadness with anger.

"Fine... If that's the way you want it. I won't bother you anymore."

He walks out of the treedome and slams the door. He stands there for a minute on the other side of the door. He took a moment to hold back the tears but it was no use. As he started crying he ran home. Sandy was busy cleaning up the mess, but later felt guilty for the way that she yelled at him, but thought he would get over it and be back the next day. She was wrong because it turned out to be a whole month before they saw each other again.

(End Flashback)

Spongebob sat in his chair still thinking about that day a month ago and he started crying as he closed the photo album. He saw Sandy earlier that day at the Krusty Krab. Seeing her didn't really help him either. He saw her look directly at him through the window, but he ducked down and continued to work. He started crying and thought about all of the times they've had together. He didn't want this to be the end of their friendship.

"What happened to us? We used to be great friends, but now... She won't even talk to me. Have I ruined her life that much?"

Just as he said this his phone rang. He looked at the caller ID and sure enough it was Sandy. She was calling him, he couldn't believe it. His sadness went away, but he didn't get too excited. He was curious as to what she had to say so he picked up the phone.

"Hello?"

"Hi Spongebob it's Sandy.... We need to talk."

(To be Continued... If anyone ever reads this that is.)

[FearOfAKrabbyPatty]

This story is great! I can't wait for the next part.

[AcidicDragon]

This was a good read.

And this is coming from someone who's not too big on shipping.

Excited for the next one.

[WWESpongefan]

Sandy called Spongebob and told him that they needed to talk. She told him that she would rather talk to him face to face so she invited him over. Spongebob walked over to Sandy's treedome and put on his water helmet. Just before he opened the door he stood there and thought to himself for a moment. He remembered what happened last time he came over and he remembered how mad Sandy was at him. When she was on the phone with him he couldn't really tell what she was feeling. He was afraid that the same thing would happen again. He knocked on her door and she let him in. He doesn't really smile at her or greet her like he normally would but she invited him in anyway and they sat down at her picnic table. At first they were both quiet for a while and they didn't look at each other. Things seemed a bit awkward between them, but finally Spongebob spoke up.

"So Sandy, is there a reason why you invited me over?"

"Yes. I invited you over because I wanted to talk to you face to face, not over the phone."

"Ok so what do you want to talk about Sandy?"

"I think you know why I invited you over here."

Spongebob looked down at the ground. He could feel their friendship fading away. He thought it had been fading away for a long time.

"What happened to us Sandy?"

Sandy gave him a look as if she didn't really know what he was talking about.

"What do you mean Spongebob?"

"I mean what happened to us? We used to be great friends Sandy, we would hang out all the time. The last time I came over I accidentally broke something that you were working on."

"Well I worked two weeks on that Spongebob. I almost had it finished and you ruined it."

"There you go again Sandy... you're already getting angry at me and we're just talking about it. You're acting like I just did it."

Sandy took a moment to calm down and listened to what he had to say.

"Even before I broke your invention you yelled at me because I got in the way. I was just trying to help Sandy. I'm sorry for wanting to spend time with you."

Sandy couldn't really tell but Spongegbob had a few tears in his eyes, but the water in his helmet made it almost invisible. She could still tell the emotion in his voice.

"I'm sorry Spongebob... I really shouldn't have yelled at you that day. You were just trying to help and it was just an accident. It's been a month since that happened and I haven't really seen you or talked to you since that happened."

"That's because you said you couldn't get anything done with me around so I just decided to leave you alone and not bother you anymore. Sandy this has been going on for a while now. I feel like our friendship is falling apart."

"That's what I thought too Spongebob. It wasn't just that one accident that caused us to drift apart, we've both been really busy with work and haven't really had time to see each other as much as we used to."

"I don't know about you Sandy, but our friendship means everything to me and I don't want it to end this way."

"I know what you mean Spongebob. Our friendship means everything to me too."

"I just want things to go back to the way they were... like when we first met. We were so close back then and we would do everything together."

Sandy thought to herself for a moment. Sometimes Spongebob would try to get close to her. The last time he was over at her house he tried holding her hand. He never really held her hand before, and all of this talk him wanting things to be the way they used to be made her a little suspicious and it made her question him.

"I'm with you on the whole we need to do something to save our friendship, but it seems to me like the last time you came over here you were throwing around a hint like maybe you wanted to be more than friends. Explain that to me Spongebob."

Spongebob blushed and tried to defend himself.

"I don't know what you mean Sandy."

Sandy wasn't buying any of it.

"Oh yeah? What was the deal with you trying to hold my hand last time you were over here?"

Spongebob didn't really know what to say next. It was as if Sandy had just read him like a book. He re-adjusts his ties nervously and started making his way to the door.

"You know... the holding your hand thing was kind of just an accident too. I guess you didn't really like it, it won't happen again. Ok now it was great seeing you... maybe next time we could do karate or something. I really should get going."

Sandy wasn't going to have any of this. She pressed a button that was under her table and her door locked. Spongebob noticed this and was kind of nervous being locked in with her.

"Um Sandy... I think you accidentally locked the door."

"Oh that was no accident Spongebob, I believe you still have some explaining to do. We've got plenty of time to talk... so why don't you tell me what's on your mind Spongebob."

He realized that he wasn't going to get out of there until he told her the truth so he slowly and makes his way back to the table. He looked at her as he came back over and his heart rate started to pick up. This was not going to be easy...

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Spongebob couldn't believe it. He was trapped inside the treedome and he was being forced to tell her how he really felt. He walked back over to the table and sat back down. His heart rate picked up as Sandy began questioning him.

"Ok Spongebob I believe I told you that you weren't leaving until you explained some things to me. The sooner you answer my questions, the sooner you can leave."

Spongebob didn't say anything but nodded showing that he understood.

"The first thing I wanted to ask you is why you held my hand?"

"Well... It's something we've never done before and it was something that I really wanted to do. I have a question for you too Sandy."

"Fire away."

"You didn't really seem to respond to me holding your hand. I assumed you didn't like it so I started making my way out the door, but now I'm getting a different idea. Did you like it when I held your hand?"

Now it was Sandy's turn to get a little nervous.

"Well?"

"I did like it Spongebob. Even though I was busy with my work, I thought it was very sweet of you to come over and hold my hand. You still didn't really answer my question as to why you wanted to hold me hand."

Spongebob was going to be completely honest with his next statement.

"I did it because I wanted to get your attention Sandy. You're always so busy with your experiments, I really do want things to be the way they used to be. We used to spend a lot of time together, but ever since you started with all of your science experiments I've felt like you've been ignoring me."

Sandy took a moment to think. She had been busy with her experiments, and not just for a few months, but for a few years. She realized that her job was part of the reason why their friendship was fading.

"I'm so sorry Spongebob... I never realized how ignored and left out you've felt these past few years. I have been very busy, but that doesn't mean it's ok to ignore people. You've been trying to tell me something, probably for years now, but I never took the time to take a break from work to even listen to you."

Spongebob realized how guilty she felt, but he realized that it wasn't just her fault that their friendship was fading.

"Hang on a minute Sandy... You shouldn't blame yourself for this. I work probably about as much as you do, and sometimes even when I could have come to see you I didn't because I've been hiding something from you for years now. I think you've finally found out, but you've been trying to let me down easy."

Sandy sort of knew what he was talking about, but wanted him to explain further.

"Sandy... I've been hiding my feeling from you for too long. Like when you went after that Alaskan Bull Worm I tried my hardest to stop you from going after it."

"Yeah yeah and you turned out to be right about it. I get it."

"I said all kinds of crazy things that day, but there was one thing that I wanted to say to you, but I didn't because I didn't even think that would have stopped you from going after it."

"Well you can't change the past, but you seemed really desperate when you tried to stop me. Almost like you were trying to tell me..."

"That I love you?"

Sandy noticed the loving stare we was giving her, but did just the same.

"Yeah... So that day and ever since then you've wanted to tell me that you love me?"

Spongebob smiled at her and put on a brave face and said it.

"That' right. I've wanted to tell you for so long now that I love you, but I distanced myself away from you because I was afraid."

The mood in the room changed a little.

"Afraid that I wouldn't feel the same way?"

"Right... So that day that you went after the Alaskan Bull Worm, I didn't tell you that I loved you because I was afraid that you wouldn't feel the same way and it still wouldn't have stopped you. Would it have stopped you Sandy?"

Sandy smiled at him and went over to we're he was sitting and held his hand.

"I think it would have Spongebob. I would have been so surprised if you would have told me back then. It would have stopped me because I loved you back then too Spongebob."

Spongebob was so excited he thought he was about to explode, but then a thought came over him.

"Wait... You said you loved me back then, but what about now?"

Sandy was kind of prepared for this. She pressed a button and her sprinklers came on. She lifted up Spongebob's helmet.

"You tell me Spongebob."

Spongebob seemed a little unsure about what was going on, but was happy when Sandy started hugging him. Sandy then made the first move and kissed him. Then he realized that she didn't do this just to hug him. He took the hint and started kissing her back. It was better than anything he had ever imagined. He always dreamed about one day kissing Sandy, but now couldn't believe that it was finally happening. Sandy finally broke the kiss and smiled at him.

"I love you Spongebob."

"I love you too Sandy."

They both smiled at each other and hugged again. As great as the kiss was, they enjoyed nothing more than being in each other's arms. Sandy then realized it was getting late and knew that Spongebob would have to leave soon. She pressed the button that was under her table and unlocked the door.

"Ok Spongebob... You're free to go now. I know I can't keep you here forever. You've got work tomorrow."

Spongebob could kind of tell the sadness in her voice as she said that. He thought of something they could do together that would cheer her up.

"Well I don't have to leave right away. Hey how would you like to go see a movie? It could be our first date... If you want to call it that."

Sandy smiled at him and liked the idea of them finally going out on a date.

"I'd like that very much. Sure it's a date... Boyfriend."

Spongebob liked being called her boyfriend and happily replied back.

"Well alright... Girlfriend."

Sandy couldn't help but laugh at this. She told him to wait a moment. She turns off the water sprinklers and went to get her suit and helmet. A few minutes later she came back out. As they made their way out Spongebob slipped his hand into hers. They walked to the movie theatre hand in hand not really caring who saw. Finally the long time best friends became something more.

The End

[energiafenix]

I love the happy endings

[Muffin]

Love it!

[WWESpongefan]

Thanks. I've got another idea that I'll do soon. Also I have more stories on Fanfiction.net my username there is WWESpongefan