Squidward's Silent Love (Squidward X Silent! Reader (Broadway version))

Chapter Thirty-One: Best day ever?

"If we don't stop this, Bikini Bottom's not going to last ten more minutes!" Spongebob said.

"But it'll take hours to climb down," Sandy said.

"Guys, I have an idea-" Patrick tried to tell them.

"We could roll down. It might hurt a little..."

"I have an idea-"

"If we tuck in our heads-"

"Pay attention to me!" Spongebob and Sandy stopped talking, "this jetpack, it has a parachute."

"Of course!" Sandy remembered.

"See? My ideas are worth listening to."

"You can say that again," Spongebob said.

"See! My ideas are worth-"

"Okay, boys! Let's do this thing!"

The three locked arms and parachuted down to Bikini Bottom to see everyone still fighting and (Y/N) still in her hiding spot.

Spongebob rang the jetpack like a bell and shouted, "stop!" Everyone did just that, "what are you doing!"

"Is that a rhetorical question?" Squidward asked.

Plankton and Karen climbed the platform (Y/N) was hiding under, "Quick, everyone! Those fools perished in an avalanche! We have to get into the escape pod now."

"Honey, they're alive," Karen told him.

"They are?"

"Yes, we are," Spongebob said, "but thanks for worrying about our safety, Plankton. Seems you're the only one with some decency left."

"We made it to the top and dropped the bubble device into the volcano. In seven minutes, we'll know if we saved the town," Sandy explained.

"But if you keep going like this, it won't matter either way. There won't be anything left to save!" Spongebob told everyone.

"Deep thoughts, Spongebob, but we're kinda busy here-" Squidward said before being interrupted.

"I'm not finished!" Spongebob said in a deep voice leaning towards Squidward, "at a time like this, we should be coming together. Instead, you're looking for someone to blame, or to follow, to exploit, or control!"

"You're all so scared for yourselves that you're turning against each other! And that's just as dangerous as any volcano," Sandy told everyone.

"It doesn't have to be like this. We may only have seven minutes left, but we could make them the best seven minutes ever."

"How?" Mrs. Puff asked, "the whole town is in ruins!"

"Like I said before, Spongebob, the world is a horrible place filled with fear, suffering, and despair. And you didn't believe me!" Squidward told Spongebob again.

"And I still don't! Just look at the sun... it's still shining! Look at the kelp... it's still... kelp-y. Look at us... we still have each other."

Everyone was silent thinking over what Spongebob was saying.

'Just six more minutes left... we've done all we could do... and whatever happens next, I'm glad I'm here with you... Mr. Sun came up and he smiled at me. Said it's gonna be the best day just wait and see! Volcanic doomsday caught us unaware but we're still here and Mr. Sun's up there! Could be the best day ever...'

'Best day ever!' Sandy sang with Spongebob.

'It still could be the best day ever...'