When the wind blew...
chapter one
Fifteen year old Isabella Garcia Shapiro walked over to the Flynn Fletcher household.
It was a very bright day and she said her usual catch phrase "Hey phineas, watchya doing'?" as she opened the gate.
But she was greeted by a mysterious silence from the backyard.
Phineas Flynn was not at work, nor was his step brother Ferb Fletcher.
Isabella moved inside to knock the door "Phineas, are you home? Ferb? Candace?"
She was about to move out when suddenly a familiar voice called out "Isabella?"
It was Candace. The girl looked beautiful. The thing that Jeremy and she were boyfriend and girlfriend officially has brought a lot of difference in her. Candace Flynn was no more the chattering and busting elder sister, but a mature and understanding friend to all. However she never stopped trying to tell her brothers to stop inventing crazy things.
"Candace, is Phineas home? ...and Ferb too?" she looked at Candace with a hopeless smiled at Isabella's mentioning of Phineas. It was always obvious to her that this cute black haired girl in front of her had a big crush on her younger brother. She had always wanted to talk freely to Isabella, so she continued "Isabella, Phineas and Ferb are at the mall…" Isabella's face fell "…why don't the pair of us have a little girly chat, if you don't mind, I mean."
"Why not" said Isabella with a doubted face. It wasn't usual for Candace to ask her for a chat. But she went inside the house and sat down on the couch. Candace brought her lemonade and it was a relief to drink something cool on that hot sunny day.
"Be frank with me Isabella…it's been a while and I think you tried every possible way…and I have seen it all the time…why do you think is he so oblivious?" Candace asked her.
Isabella froze for a minute but then acted as she didn't understand "what is it Candace? What are you talking about? Who is oblivious?"
Candace gave her a smile and said one single word "phineas!"
Isabella couldn't hide her blush. Nothing could be more embarrassing than discussing her crush with the crush's sister. But she tried to sound normal "I have no idea what you're talking about."
Candace's smile grew wider and she burst out "Isabella Garcia Shapiro, what do you think are you doing? Do you really think that all of us are oblivious just like Phineas? Then you are mistaken miss."
Candace now started talking in a whisper "you can tell anything to me. I know that you like my brother and I know how you feel when he is unaware of it."
"How come?" Isabella asked Candace, she was now feeling a bit free at the thought that Candace had known this all from a long time.
"Because it was the same with Jeremy. Not that he was like phineas, but I had a great problem in telling him how I felt about him."
Isabella watched Candace without blinking. At one point she was sure that Candace might have had a situation like hers. But then she realized and spoke it out "But Jeremy liked you too…"
"Hey silly girl, I didn't know how he felt about me until I asked him one day. Actually it was like a dream come true. Jeremy liked me and he kept it inside just like I did. It was only the beginning…I realized I was really in love with him only when I spoke it out…" Candace looked Isabella, straight into her eye now "…in your case it should be much more easy"
Isabella was suddenly shaking. She couldn't see anything. Her entire view was misty and it tickled when a drop of tear rolled down her pink cheek. It had never occurred to her that she should be brave enough to tell phineas that she truly loved him.
It was hard for her, she should admit, when phineas came home last year holding the hand of his classmate and the prettiest girl in school, Laura.
It was a very tough week then. What phineas always wanted to talk was about Laura and she didn't even have the courage to tell him to stop. She was later relieved when phineas broke up with her.
"Isabella are you crying?" Candace frowned "what did I do when I was supposed to be giving this girl some courage? I am a bad person…" she said to herself.
Isabella swiftly rubbed the tears off her cheeks and looked at Candace.
At the same time an orange haired boy stopped in front of his house alone. It was boring for him alone as Ferb stayed to talk with Vanessa Doofenshmirtz. So phineas Flynn was backing home to start a blueprint on 'The Hall Of Truth'. As he reached near the door, he heard familiar voices. Phineas leaned in and was surprised to hear Isabella and Candace.
"I'm sorry Candace, but I don't know what to do than cry. He is just like that"
It was Isabella's he recognized.
And then came his sister's "Don't worry. Let me tell you this, I'll always be with you…like your own sister. Some boys are like that…"
After a pause Phineas heard something that made him disturbed. Candace was saying, "You are a pretty girl, Isabella…I am sure that he will come around…the boy of your life…"
Phineas moved to the backyard to sit under his favorite tree. He felt disturbed…but didn't know why. For some reason, he felt like he shouldn't show himself to Isabella and Candace at the moment. So Phineas Flynn watched secretly as Isabella walked away from his house.
'The boy of her life…' The thought somehow disturbed him and he sat there for a long time…Phineas was never ever a complicated personality…he was just Phineas.
He had never been so stressed about something he heard, especially from his sister…but this made him uneasy. He couldn't figure it out, so he went inside… believing that Ferb might have an answer to his problems…