The Principal's Office

[tailor_made]

The door to the principal’s office is open at all hours, although you will only find Hester at the receptionist’s desk from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. This is primarily where you can have private conversations with her. Though there’s an actual office in the back, it is always closed and locked.

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[As it so happens, Spongebob busts in on Hester staring intently at her laptop screen looking very much like she's reading something. Her focus is completely broken with his sudden appearance and she yelps in surprise, slamming her computer as quickly as she can.

She turns to look at him with wide-eyed surprise and her cheeks slightly pink.]

S-Spongebob! Uh- do I have a what now?

[employeeoftheyear]

[Interesting! I'm sure that's not important whatsoever.]

Tapes of my show! Farrah told me today that I'm a cartoon and I wanna see it!

[He beams at her with childlike excitement.]

[tailor_made]

[Surely not!

She blinks a few times, like she's trying to process exactly what he means before she purses her lips in a slightly mischievous smile.] Give me a second and let me try something-

[She pops open her laptop again, quickly clicking off whatever screen she was on before but Spongebob might catch a quick glimpse of this guy with...some kind of text box at the bottom of the screen. She quickly types something into a new window then closes the laptop again.]

Now we wait just a minute to see what happens.

[employeeoftheyear]

Oh thank you so much Hester! I just can't wait to show everyone what I really look like!

[He pauses for a second. He's stupid but he's not that unobservant.]

So while we're waiting, watcha looking at?

[On the computer, obviously.]

[tailor_made]

N...othing. I wasn't looking at anything, I don't know what you're talking about. What's a computer? [Said as she discreetly tries to shove her laptop under a stack of empty manila folders.]

[employeeoftheyear]

[He laughs his very iconic laugh.]

The one in front of you, silly! You weren't looking up anything embarrassing, were you?

[Spongebob seems a lot more amused than anything else.]

[tailor_made]

No! [She says it a little too quickly and her cheeks are just getting more pink.] It's...nothing. Just a game I play when it's just me in my office to pass the time.

[Never mind the fact the guy on the poster on the backwall of the office sure looks like the same guy. Total coincidence.]

[employeeoftheyear]

[He notices he and he just

Gives her a very sly look.]

Oh I see.

It looks like someone has a crush!

[tailor_made]

I do not! [Yells the girl with the crush.] I just think he's extremely aesthetically pleasing in a non-threatening way and highly talented and I think it's an absolute travesty he hasn't won a Tony yet considering he's been consistently excellent in everything he's performed in for almost two decades!

But it's not a crush, that's just childish.

[employeeoftheyear]

[:)]

There's nothing wrong with having a crush or being childish! He is really handsome after all. If I'm not careful I could develop a crush on him too!

[He is half being coy and half being serious.]

[tailor_made]

[Oh, that coyness is going straight over her head because her eyes go wide.]

I mean, if you want to watch some things he's been in I have a couple of boot- oh right! It should be here now. [She pulls open one of the many drawers of her desk and pulls out a gift.] There we go!

[employeeoftheyear]

[Well luckily the keyword is "half" because he is still excited to watch stuff this mysterious handsome guy is in.]

That would be wonderful! Maybe we can watch it together, like a movie night!!

[And then Hester pulls out the disc. Spongebob's eyes go wide before he suddenly goes to pull Hester into a hug]

Thank you so much Hester! You're the best!

[tailor_made]

[Hester goes very still when he hugs her, unsure of how to respond. Normally she's the hugger so being on the recieving end is a bit of a shock.]

I-I think I'd like that, Spongebob. You're welcome for the DVD.

[After a few moments of hesitation she returns the hug, squeezing him extra tight.]