Hey guys, Risa here. I promised an explanation for Phinny and Izzy having to break up for over a year. So here it is. I will say that I have the ending of "Act Your Age" as a beginning, but I added a little more to it to make it fit.
I do NOT own Phineas and Ferb. That honor goes to Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh.
Without further ado, please enjoy!
OH!
For the singing portions of this story, I have a reference so that you can know who is singing what.
Isabella is in italic print
Phineas in in boldprint
Both in italic bold
You're welcome.
Isabella pulled out her wallet, to put her final check in it, and something fell out and onto the ground. "Whoops…" she bent down and picked it up. It was Phineas' senior picture. He had a huge grin on his face and she smiled softly remembering when he gave it to her.
"Here. It's not a very good picture, but I'd like you to have it anyway…"
She smiled as his words popped into her head. It may have been because they were best friends, but she still wanted to think he gave it to her just because he liked her. She let out a sigh as she put the photo back into her wallet. She climbed into her fuchsia Volkswagen Beetle and closed the door.
'I wanted you to see me
But for so long you were blind
Now it's time to face tomorrow
And leave all that stuff behind'
She adjusted her rearview mirror and clicked her seatbelt. She started to imagine how things could have been if she and Phineas would have gotten together.
'Of what would our lives have been like
If you'd just given me a sign'
In her visions she imagined them walking hand-in-hand and him giving her a rose.
''Cause I like you more than every other
thing I like combined'
She began to recall those many days that she would come by his house and say her usual line 'what'cha doin?'.
'I spent so many summers
Hoping something would begin
I thought that I was over you
But here I am again
What might have been…'
She pulled away from the curb and started on her way, not realizing that Phineas was just a moment behind her, rushing to the restaurant.
He stopped and caught his breath before taking a deep breath I have to tell her how I feel… he thought as he opened the door. Mrs. Garcia-Shapiro was standing at the counter and smiled when she saw him "Phineas honey! How are you?" Vivian said as she approached him.
"Hi Mrs. Garcia-Shapiro… uh… is Isabella here?" He looked around as he asked her. He had really hoped to see her there so he could confront her about their feelings. Please be here… he thought.
"Oh no sweetie… she's gone" Vivian replied.
Phineas felt his heart sink a little bit "gone like, driving… car… school gone?" he asked hoping that Vivian would tell him she had just gone to gather a few things. He really hoped that was the case.
"Yes, you just missed her…" Vivian said, sadly. She could see the disappointment on his face as she spoke, "it's too bad you didn't get to see her off…" she smiled, "you know… since you were kids, she's had a huge crush on you"
Phineas rubbed the back of his neck apparently everyone knew but me… nice… "ugh…"he turned and started for the door, "I wish I had known" he said as he opened the door and walked out. He sighed sadly and stuffed his hands in his pockets starting to walk back home.
'I can't believe that all this time
You never said a word
Although it's possible you did
And I just never heard
I never even noticed
I guess I wasn't that alert
But I must say that in retrospect
You were being quite overt
Now our endless summer
Is finally coming to an end
I tried to make the most of every day
But now the years just seem misspent…
What might have been'
Both of their visions kind of started to blend together as the duet continued.
Isabella saw visions of them dancing together at a formal of some kind
'I could have been your girlfriend…'
Phineas saw himself pushing Isabella on a tree swing
'I could have been your fella
We might have been an item…'
Isabella invisioned them walking along the beach and watching the sunset.
'they would have called us 'Phinabella'
Phineas saw himself holding the door for her as she walked out of a building
'I would have held the door for you
You could have shared my umbrella…'
Isabella remembered a time when she was sick, only she pictured him there.
'you could have held my hair back
When I was sick with salmonella'
(sick with salmonella)
'We could have been together
All you had to say was when
And though I wanted so much more
I guess you'll always be my friend
What might have been'
'What might have been"
Isabella saw the "NOW LEAVING DANVILLE" sign and sighed "what might have been…"
She stopped and looked around "what am I doing? I have to at least say goodbye to him properly" she said as she turned the car around and started heading back to their neighborhood.
She parked in front of the Flynn-Fletcher house and got out of the car. She walked to the door and knocked. Linda opened the door and smiled "hi Isabella… what brings you here?"
"Hey, Mrs. Flynn-Fletcher. Is Phineas home?"
"I don't believe he is, dear. He's bound to be back sometime if you want to wait for him"
"Oh… it's okay. I'm just going to sit outside. I have to get going soon anyway…" she turned and walked to the end of the steps where she sat down and put her hands on her knees. A gray delivery truck pulled in, in front of her car and blocked her view from the street. The delivery guy got out and looked at her "do you live here?" he asked. She just shook her head and pointed to the door. He tipped his hat and walked passed her and to the door.
Isabella sighed and looked down at her feet for a moment.
Phineas made his way down the sidewalk until he stopped in front of Isabella's house. He sighed and stared at the house in front of him with a disappointed look on his face. His red hair moved slightly in the breeze. He let out a sigh and turned to walk back to his house as the gray delivery truck, that was parked out front, pulled away to reveal Isabella sitting on the front steps of the house. He caught a glimpse of someone sitting there out of the corner of his eye and turned his head to see her there I didn't miss her after all… he thought before their eyes met. He stared at her for a moment, watching her frown a bit, and then he stuffed his hands in his pockets and walked across the street.
"What'cha doin?" he asked, the same way that Isabella used to all those years ago. He then chuckled nervously.
Isabella's frown faded into a smile when she heard him he's such a dork, she thought seeing him standing in front of her with his hands in his pockets. He was wearing his usual attire which consisted of a white long-sleeved shirt under a yellow T-shirt with an orange stripe across the front and around both sleeves.
Phineas approached the front steps and gestured to the step beside Isabella "is this step taken?"
Isabella smiled and gestured her hand to the step as if to say 'please sit down'. She looked at him "I actually came by to… say goodbye to you…" she said as the smile faded from her face.
"Off to school, huh?" Phineas replied, a solemn expression obvious on his face as he looked at her.
"Yeah" Isabella said shortly, "I'm going two weeks early because I'm in R.A… and in soccer… debate camp… student government…"
Phineas' felt something tugging at his heart but disregarded it and just frowned a bit "yeah… I haven't seen you all summer" he looked over at her.
She closed her eyes and looked away "I've been busy…" trying to avoid you… she thought to herself.
There was a bit of silence between the two of them before Phineas decided to break the silence here goes nothing… he thought "y'know… Baljeet said something funny" he smiled, "he said you had a crush on me back in grade school…"
Of course he did… Isabella looked back at him "oh… yeah… I had a big crush on you…" she admitted.
Phineas felt his heart flutter a little bit, hearing it from her. "Well…" he looked down, "I had no idea…"
You have got to be kidding me! Isabella's eyes widened "really!?" seriously!? She thought, "I thought I was being so obvious!"
Phineas smiled sheepishly "absolutely clueless." He said and then looked down at his feet "sorry…"
"I… sort of gave up when we got to high school…" Isabella said.
Great timing Phineas… he bit his lip. "Yeah…" Phineas said still looking at his feet "I think that's when I started having a thing for you…"
Isabella's eyes widened in shock is he serious!? Now he tells me! She just sighed and looked at him as he looked back at her "Well" she said, "that's unfortunate timing…"
Phineas looked back down at his feet "yep…" he said trying not to sound too disappointed, "you're off to college…"
"Tristate State…" she looked up at him "have you decided where you're going yet?"
Phineas looked at her duh! The acceptance letter! He smiled, "you know what?" he pulled out one of the letters, "I just did" he said as he handed her the letter.
Isabella looked at the letter for a moment as if this doesn't make me feel worse… thanks Phin… "oh… huh…" she said, the disappointment evident in her voice.
"Hey what's wro—" he realized that the letter said 'DANVILLE UNIVERSITY' in big letters and mentally slapped himself good grief… he thought "Oh shoot!" he grabbed the letter, "I'm sorry" he chuckled feeling like an idiot, "wrong letter…"
Isabella took the letter and read the front 'TRISTATE STATE' a smile found its way to her features. Always such a dork… she looked over at him "well" she said happily, "I guess I'll see you in two weeks"
"Yes… yes you will" Phineas smiled that could have gone smoother… but at least she gets it.
The sound of their friends clapping brought them out of their moment and they both looked up.
"It's about time" Addison said with a smile, crossing her arms.
Baljeet laughed before making his way over to them. Phineas and Isabella stood up and Baljeet grasped Phineas' hand putting his other on the teen's shoulder "we have been trying to get you two together all day!" he exclaimed.
Phineas smiled "you guys are the best…" he said.
Buford walked over to them wearing the same cupid costume that he wore when they got Candace and Jeremy together. "so… what did I miss?"
"It was as if love had kicked them both in the face" Baljeet said with a chuckle.
"Yeah!?" Buford did a little fist pump, "Called it!"
Isabella was hugging the rest of the former fireside girls "I'm going to miss you guys!" she said. Phineas walked over to her and took both of her hands in his. His heart was thundering against his chest. They looked at eachother for a moment before they embraced. He held her close, inhaling the scent of sweet pea. Probably from her hair. He didn't know, but she smelled nice. He made a mental note to tell her later.
They pulled away and looked at one-another for a moment should I kiss her? Phineas thought. Isabella was having similar thoughts
Is he gonna kiss me?
They both just smiled and blushed, then slowly pulled away from eachother. Isabella walked to her car, a little disappointed that he didn't kiss her but she kept a smile on her face.
I should have kissed her… Phineas thought as she got in her car "see ya…" she said.
"In two weeks…" Phineas said, holding up two fingers. Truth be told, he couldn't wait for those two weeks to pass.
"Eh…" Isabella smiled, "I've waited this long" she said as she climbed into the car and shut the door.
Phineas watched as she drove away and let out a soft sigh I have a feeling these two weeks are going to go by very slowly… he thought as the car disappeared from sight as it turned a corner.
"So…" Ferb came up behind him, placing his arm around his brother and resting his hand on his shoulder, "Tristate State, huh?" Ferb smiled slightly, "good choice"
The honking of a fancy yellow sports car startled them both and then turned around. Ferb looked at the pretty brunette in the driver's seat and grinned that's a sexy car… he thought.
"Hey Ferbs, you ready?" Vanessa said as she pulled up alongside them.
Ferb climbed into the car, kissing her before resting his elbow on the door of the convertible with his other arm around his gorgeous girlfriend.
"Hi Phineas!" Vanessa waved.
"Hi Nessa!" He waved back, "where you guys going?"
Vanessa grinned "Oh. Ferb's taking me out for Ukrainian food" Vanessa said.
Phineas smiled, noting that she was all dressed up for something. Ferb looked at him for a moment "can we… drop you anywhere" he asked.
Phineas thought for a moment "hmm" he grinned, "as a matter of fact… yes, yes you can" he jumped into the back seat of the convertible "if you can, I want to catch Isabella before she leaves town"
Vanessa smiled "that's so cute!" she said causing Ferb to snort. He nodded "okay, you heard him love… catch that car!"
Vanessa put her foot on the gas and took the same turn that Isabella did.
After a few minutes of driving, Phineas had begun to get a little worried that they may have missed her. That was until he saw the familiar fuchsia Volkswagen Beetle, with all kinds of baggage strapped to it, stopped at a red light. "There!"
Isabella let out a sigh as she waited for the light to turn green I miss him already… she thought with a smile.
Vanessa's yellow convertible pulled to a stop beside her and Phineas jumped out and rushed to her window, putting his hands on the window with a soft 'thump' startling the raven-haired teenager. She looked over and smiled "Phineas!?" she rolled the window down halfway but then he opened her door and she got out "what are you doing?"
Phineas smiled it's now or never, Phineas… he thought as he approached her "this…" he said as he placed his hands on either side of her face and pressed his lips to hers. Isabella's eyes went wide for a moment before she realized what had just happened oh my goodness! YES! She then wrapped her arms around him and he held her close as she returned the kiss.
Vanessa and Ferb watched for a moment "I never knew she had a thing for him" Vanessa said.
Ferb looked at her like she was crazy "seriously?"
"Nah, I'm just messing with you" Vanessa replied chuckling softly, "everyone knew" she said as she and Ferb drove off leaving Phineas and Isabella in the street, sharing their first kiss.
They pulled away and Isabella kept her eyes closed for a moment "well…" she started before she slowly opened her eyes "that was worth the wait" the nostalgia from the kiss made her body tingle.
"Yes, yes it was" Phineas said before pulling her back into his arms, kissing her again.
They pulled away and Phineas looked at her for a moment "something to remember me by…" he said, his cheeks flushing slightly. Isabella smiled and climbed back into the car "totally worth it" she said. Phineas walked over to her and kissed her once more before shutting her door for her.
Isabella rolled the window all the way down and grabbed him by the back of his neck, pressing her lips to his again.
"Mmph!" Phineas squeaked in surprise as she yanked him to her again.
She released him and smiled. "The light's green…" she said.
"Yeah…" Phineas replied.
They just stared at eachother for a moment before Isabella clicked her seatbelt and blew him a kiss "see you in two weeks…" she said.
"Yes, yes you will" Phineas replied.
Isabella rolled up her window and drove away, watching as Phineas disappeared in her rear-view mirror.
For the second time, Phineas watched as the fuchsia car disappeared from sight. He stuffed his hands in his pockets and sighed "two weeks… is just too long" he said quietly before starting to walk back to his house. He turned and looked down the empty street for a moment and then let out a sigh. He smiled remembering the way her lips felt against his and returned to his place on cloud nine.
Phineas reached his house just as his mother and father were walking out to the car "where are you two going?" he asked as he approached them.
Linda chuckled "well, your father had a wild hair and decided to take me horseback riding… I don't know where all his energy is coming from today. He's a madman" she climbed into the car. Phineas shrugged "so I take it you won't be back for a while, huh"
"At least not until later tonight" Linda replied, "why?"
"No reason. It's just going to be me today then…" he turned and started for the door, "oh… by the way, do you mind if I use the station wagon?"
"Not for another one of your schemes, I hope"
"Oh no! Of course not. I was actually thinking of taking a trip out of town to help Isabella move her things in" He smiled, "and maybe take her out to dinner tonight"
"Oh?" Linda thought for a moment and smiled, "take her out as in a date?"
Phineas looked at her for a moment and a blush spread across his face. His mind wandered to the kiss and he grinned "did you know that Isabella had an enormous crush on me since grade school?" He turned and walked back over to the silver car, "I mean, everyone else knew"
"Yes I did."
Phineas shrugged, "well… I know now so it's not a big deal that nobody told me" he smiled, "I told her how I feel so yeah… I'm going to ask her out for our fist date"
"Well" Linda said, "congratulations to you both" she smiled and looked over at Lawrence, "did you hear that, honey?"
"I heard. Jolly good" he said as he started the car, "now we'd better get going, those horses won't saddle themselves"
"The keys are in my room on the dresser. There is also two twenties under them. You are welcome to take that for your date" Linda smiled, "I am so proud of you son" she rolled up the window as she and Lawrence backed out of the driveway and headed on their way to their date.
Phineas smiled and then realized he didn't have her new address. If he wanted to surprise her, he needed to get her address before he just randomly showed up on her doorstep. He pulled out his phone and dialed.
"Hello?"
"Ginger? It's Phineas, I need a favor"
I know I left it at a bit of a cliffhanger, but I just wanted to leave you all in anticipation. I am currently in progress on chapter two. Please review. I need at least 4 before I update. Sorry it's so short :/
-Risa
