Chapter 1: Goodbye Isabella… possibly forever.

(Phineas's POV)

"Goodbye Isabella, I hope to see you tomorrow." I leaned in and kissed my 16 year old girlfriend, Isabella's soft cheek in front of our middle school, Danville Middle School. She smelled like vanilla; yum.

"Goodbye Phineas, I will call you tonight. But if I can't, I will call you tomorrow morning. Love you." "Love you." She walked off towards her house, while I went back in the school building for my afterschool computer class.

When I got home, only my mom and step-dad were home. Candace was at Jeremy's (Like usual) and I had no clue where Ferb was. But no one was worried about Ferb, because he usually spent his afternoons helping construction workers in building a new home for the needy downtown.

Candace came home later, but Ferb did not. Still, no one was worried because sometimes he was out all night.

When I woke up, Ferb was sleeping like a baby in his bed. I looked at my alarm clock to see that it was 10 o'clock in the morning.

I walked over to Ferb to wake him up, and then saw a little red scrape on his face. I rubbed my finger over it, only to find it was dry blood. Ferb stirred.

"Why is there blood on your cheek Ferb?" I asked as my step brother awoke. "What?" "I said, 'Why is there blood on your cheek'!" "Oh. Umm…" Ferb looked clueless. I was beginning to question his sobriety, because sometimes he drank with the construction workers, but then he simply said, "One of the other construction workers got wounded, so I helped him, and got blood on me." "And you didn't wash it off because…" "Because as soon as I got home, I fell asleep here, in my bed." I believed him, because that usually happened to him. "Okay. I'm going to go eat breakfast."

As I told my step brother, I ate breakfast, and then went to school, without a single call, text, or e-mail from Isabella. She wasn't at school either.

(Ferb's POV)

"Okay. I'm going to go eat breakfast." I watched my step brother get up and leave our room, closing the door behind himself. I got up when he left and locked the door. I took a deep breath. My brother was absolutely clueless of what had happened the night before. Let's just say, the blood wasn't from another construction worker.

I called my beloved Gretchen, and we talked about the night before. "I'm happy we got it over with, Ferb." "Me too, my dear." "Now we can be together in peace." All though I could not see her, I knew my Gretchen was smiling mischievously. We talked about it a little more, then we hung up. I also smiled mischievously.

(Phineas's POV)

I spent that day walking around town looking for Isabella, knowing she never spent her Saturday mornings at home.

Finally I decided to check her home after checking the mall, the salon and spa, the park, and literally everywhere else in town.

I entered her house to my family being there. They were all crying, but Ferb, who was frowning blankly, like he was thinking hard. Isabella's mom and 3 year old sister, Lily, were also crying. "Oh, Phineas! There you are!" My mom came up and hugged me tightly. "Umm, yes. Here I am." I was confused. "Wait, you don't know, do you, Phineas?" "What Mom?" "Phineas, your dear little Isabella is, is… missing."

Wow, great way to end a chapter, huh? Yeah. And sorry the chapter is so short; chapter 2 will be longer. (: