Hello everyone! My names Axis24 and here is my latest story which I'm posting in honor of my pen name change. Yes I know I changed it yesterday but I was busy for most of yesterday so I couldn't get it up in time. But I digress, I bet you all are eager to get to reading this story so I will not keep you any longer.

Disclaimer: Phineas and Ferb characters belong to Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh.

Erick and story belongs to me

Beta read by Sabrina06

(Phineas's POV)

It was yet another wonderful summer day in Danville, only it was night, not day, and Ferb and I were getting ready for company so we could have a friendly game of poker. "Are the refreshments ready Ferb?" I asked from the dining room.

Ferb poked his head out from the kitchen and gave me a thumbs up. Poker night had become a Friday night tradition among our friends, although we never go over a dollar if any at all. It had started shortly after our first finals week in high school, but it was such a great means of distraction from school stress that we made it a tradition.

"Think it'll be the whole gang again?" I asked.

Ferb shrugged. I walked over to the kitchen to see that Ferb had finished getting the sodas and juice out of the fridge. Just then, we heard the doorbell ring and I rushed to get it.

As I opened the door I saw Buford, Baljeet, Django and Erick had all arrived. "Hey guys, come on in." I greeted as I opened the door for them all to enter. "It's good to see that you could finally make it Baljeet."

"Yes well, college homework seems a bit slow nowadays so I decided that I would join the party."

"I guess Buford didn't want to be the first one out this time." Erick said as he walked in behind Baljeet."

"Hey! That deck was totally stacked against me." Buford exclaimed.

"Only Ferb is capable of such calculations Buford and he wasn't the dealer on a single hand you sucked on." Django mocked.

"I'll have you know Buford, that I have a pretty mean poker face." Baljeet said jokingly. "Then again if we were really playing to win, would we really be playing with Ferb?"

"Ferb has yet to win a game thus far." I added.

"What?" Baljeet asked. "How is that possible? He has the best poker face I have ever seen."

"I'm not sure how it's possible either." I said as I scratched the back of my head. "But enough about winning streaks, let's get started."

Everyone walked into the dining room where a deck of cards was set up, along with chips for everyone. "So are we expecting anyone else?" Django asked.

"Don't think so." I answered. "Isabella's busy, none of the other Fireside Girls usually come …" I looked over to Erick. "How about on your end?"

"Everyone's busy with something or other or doesn't feel like it." Erick answered.

"Meaning this is everyone." I said as I turned to the table. "So let's get started!"

Everyone took a seat at the table as Ferb came in from the kitchen with a drink for everyone. "As always, refills are in the kitchen so help yourselves."

Everyone took their drink and placed it on their coaster. "So, I have heard that there is usually a buy in?" Baljeet asked.

"Thanks for reminding us Baljeet." I said as I pulled out a dollar. "Is everyone good for tonight?" Everyone pulled out a dollar and nodded. "All right then, let's begin."

I passed the cards to Ferb who started shuffling them.

"I have another question." Baljeet mentioned as he raised a hand.

"What's with you and all these questions?" Buford asked.

"Sorry but this is something I am a little worried about." Baljeet began nervously. "We are not doing anything illegal here by betting, are we?"

"So long as it's private, the house isn't collecting any money from hosting, we don't advertise, and we're all friends outside the game then we don't have anything to worry about." I answered.

"But seriously, don't go advertising it." Buford added.

Ferb dealt out two cards to everyone who took a quick peek at them. "Small blind is one cent and big blind is two cents." I said as I threw two white chips in. Ferb was the first dealer and to his left was Django, followed by Baljeet, Buford, Erick, and then myself.

Erick threw in one chip and looked at his cards again. Ferb took a quick look at his cards then pushed them forward. Attention turned to Django who looked at his cards, sighed, and then pushed them forward. "Not with these cards."

Baljeet looked at his cards again then back at everyone else. "I guess my chances aren't horrible." He threw two chips in.

"I ain't sitting out the first round." Buford said as he threw in two chips.

Erick was still looking at his cards with a look of contempt. "I don't think this hand could have been worse." He said as he pushed his cards forward.

I looked at my cards and saw an ace of diamonds and a king of hearts. "Well, I'm already the big blind so no reason for folding."

Ferb dealt a card face down then dealt three cards face up in the center of the table. The first card was a two of spades followed by a two of clubs, and last a five of hearts.

Baljeet quickly looked at his cards and smiled. "I will bet five cents." He said as he threw in a red chip.

Buford looked at his cards and shook his head. "The only thing worse than this hand now is Baljeet's love life." He said as he gently tossed his cards towards the center of the table.

"I will have you know Buford, that I have made a lot of progress with getting together with Ginger." Baljeet defended.

"Saying hi to her once doesn't count as progress Baljeet." Buford retorted.

"Hey, who is the one still in this hand?" Baljeet asked.

"Only you Baljeet." I said as I threw my cards towards the center. "Man I thought that would go better."

"Does that mean I won?" Baljeet asked.

"Yes Baljeet." Erick answered. "You won the first hand but that doesn't mean you've come out on top."

"If my luck doesn't improve then he just might." Buford responded.

The cards were collected and then passed to Django who dealt them out again. Everyone looked at their cards as Django threw in two chips. "Yeah, I'll play this one." He said.

Baljeet took some time to look over his cards while Ferb and I threw in our chips for being the blinds. "I think I'll call this one." He said as he threw in his two chips.

Buford's eyes went wide as he saw his cards then put them down before starting off into space. "No … I know where this is going and I'm NOT going to fall for the same trap three weeks in a row."

"What trap?" Baljeet asked.

"Going all in with a pair of two's." Erick said as he tossed in two chips.

"I did not go all in!" Buford exclaimed.

"Of course not." Erick responded as he threw in two chips. "You only bet away half your stash."

Buford leered at Erick while I looked at my hand to see a king of hearts again as well as a seven of clubs. "Well I'm going to … bet five." I said as I threw in five.

Ferb looked at his hand before pushing it forward.

Django looked at the pot for a moment before following Ferb's example. "My cards aren't that good." He said before sitting back in his chair.

"I will see how this goes." Baljeet said as he met my bet.

Erick looked at his cards then back at the pot. "Well you can't win if you don't play." He said before tossing in a five.

Django turned a card face down then flipped over the first three to show a six of spades, a ten of diamonds, and a two of hearts. "I check." Baljeet said.

Erick looked at his cards before smiling and throwing in another five. "Bet you wish you stayed in now, don't you Buford?" Erick asked as he threw in a ten.

"Never said I had two two's." Buford responded.

I placed my hands on my cards and pushed them forward. "There's more folding here then when the Fireside Girls tried to get their 'Massive Laundry Crisis' patch."

"I will not be attending this hand thank you very much." Baljeet said as he pushed his cards forward.

"Man, you guys wouldn't know a bluff if it hit you in the face, would you?" Erick said as he accepted the pot.

"It's not that." I responded. "I literally had nothing that would have helped me."

"Then let's all hope that the next hand goes better." Django said as he passed the cards to Baljeet.

(Phineas's POV)

(Later)

Baljeet had been doing amazing, for his first time playing; he was already a whole dollar ahead of when he started. "HA!" He exclaimed as he took a pot consisting of an entire dollar. "If you all keep indulging my transparent honesty then I will rule this night!"

"Say what?" Buford asked.

"He was bluffing." Erick answered.

"Oh." Buford responded. "He's getting the hang of it then."

"Beginner's luck." Django said as he dealt the cards out to everyone. "It will run out eventually."

"I'm not going to fall for your bluffs again Baljeet." I said as I looked at my cards to see an eight and nine of hearts. Ferb and I threw in our blinds as Django mulled over his hand for a moment before checking as well.

I looked over to Baljeet, who was biting his lower lip. "Um … I will raise." He said as he threw in a five.

"Small bet Baljeet?" Buford asked as he saw Baljeet's raise. "You're not going to bluff me again."

Erick looked at his hand then back at the pot a few times before seeing Baljeet as well. "I have a good feeling about this."

I looked at my hand once more. A nine and eight of hearts didn't seem like something that would inspire an amazing play; but I felt good as well so I saw Baljeet's raise.

Ferb and Django also saw the raise then the flop revealed a ten of diamonds, clubs, and hearts. "Well that was unexpected." Erick said as he laughed and as Ferb tapped to indicate that he checked.

"I'll check." Django said as he tapped the table.

"I will most defiantly check." Baljeet said as he began thinking.

Buford was about to say something before pausing and looking around. "I'll … check."

"As will I." Erick said as he tapped the table.

Everyone else checked and the next card was dealt face down then a jack of hearts was revealed. I was shocked at the site, all I needed was one card and my hand would be almost unbeatable. I looked over to Ferb who checked and sat back.

"I'll bet ten cents." Django said as he threw in a black chip.

"I think I will see that." Baljeet said as he also threw in a ten.

"I am so into this hand." Buford said with a smile as he checked the bet.

"I was into these cards before it was cool." Erick retorted as he threw in a ten.

I looked at the pot then at the cards in the center of the table. It was a risk sure, and I could see that if someone had a ten then I would be playing risky but with three already out it was unlikely.

"I'll check that." I said as I threw in a ten.

Ferb also threw in a ten and the third and final card was revealed to be the queen of hearts, which was one of the two cards I needed.

"All in." Django said as he pushed the remaining twenty five tokens he had into the pot.

"Ha." Baljeet said as he pushed twenty five worth of chips into the pot. "I will see you and raise you another twenty."

"Chump change." Buford said as he pushed in all his chips. "I'm all in as well."

"But that's more than Django." Baljeet said.

"Django's on a side pot then." Erick said as he looked at his cards. "As is Buford at this point … that being said, I'd like to make a special bet before going all in."

"A special bet?" Baljeet asked.

"Sometime people make special bets that involve things other than money." I answered. "But everyone has to agree for them to make it.

"All right then." Baljeet said as he looked at Erick. "What is your special bet?"

"Simple." Erick said as he cracked his knuckles. "Should I lose, I will go up to the girl that I have a crush on and tell her, in whatever way I wish, that I love her, and that I want her to be my girlfriend."

Everyone's attention quickly turned to Erick in shock. "Why would you make a bet like that?" Django asked.

"I want to see how everyone goes about it." Erick responded.

I looked at my hand and thought to myself for a moment. "I'm in." I said as I pushed the remainder of my chips in.

"Hold on Phineas." Erick said as he pushed the rest of his chips in. "I still have to go all in."

"Wait, wait, wait." Buford began. "Now I'm confused, who's in side pots?"

"Everyone but …" I looked around to see who had the most chips. "Ferb?" I said as I noticed that he somehow managed to get the most. "How … how is that-"

"Remember three hands ago when he had that really lucky play?" Erick asked. "Aside from that, he's been folding from the start unless he was one of the blinds."

Ferb pushed all his chips in signaling that he was also going all in but would only lose as much as the second, should he lose.

"Well I can't lose this hand so I'm up for it." Django said with a smile.

"I will most defiantly be watching as everyone goes up to their crush and tells them how they feel, which would make for a great opportunity for me to ask Ginger out." Baljeet said as he pushed the rest of his chips in.

Buford looked over to Baljeet and leered. "I will only agree to this if Baljeet goes first when he loses."

"So you are going to go in turns?" Erick asked.

"It is fine by me." Baljeet responded. "I cannot lose anyway."

"Looks like that's everyone." Erick said as he smiled. "Let's make this interesting and go one person at a time."

"All right." Django said as he turned over his cards to show a nine of clubs and an eight of spades. "I have a straight, I'd like to see someone beat that."

"Since you asked." Baljeet said as he turned over his cards to reveal a two of hearts and a four of hearts. "I have a flush, which is better than a straight unless I am mistaken about how this game works."

"Hold on." Django said as he looked at the cards. "Queen of hearts, Jack of hearts, ten of hearts, ten of clubs, ten of diamonds …" He sat back in his chair with a look of dread on his face. "I have to tell Adyson I love her."

"Not before Baljeet tells Ginger that he's in love with her." Buford said as he revealed a five of diamonds and a five of hearts. "Along with the three tens that makes a full house, meaning I win."

Erick laughed. "Baljeet bluffs us with a two and a four and ends up getting a flush only to be beat, how lady luck is fickle." Erick shook his head. "But what I find more surprising is that no one stopped to think that someone here might have had the fourth ten." Erick said as he turned over his cards to reveal the ten of spades and ace of diamonds. "Four of a kind beats a full house Buford, meaning I win."

"Au contraire." I began.

"This is turning into the most unlikely hand I've ever seen Django said as he sat back in his chair.

I watched Django walk away a little confused at first but shook it off before revealing my nine and eight of hearts. "A straight flush." I said as I reached over to scoop in the pot. "Meaning that everyone here is going to have to-" I was interrupted as Ferb threw his cards between me and the pot.

I looked down at his cards and slinked back as if they were infected. "No." I began. "It's not possible."

"What is it?" Baljeet asked.

Erick looked over and his eyes went wide. He then took off his glasses, cleaned them, and then put them back on. "But that's … impossible."

"Nothing's impossible." I stated.

"Apparently." Erick responded.

"What does Ferb have already?" Buford demanded as he walked over to see what it was. "The ace and king of hearts? What's so special about that?"

"Wait." Django began. "Combined with the Queen, Jack, and Ace of hearts in the communal pool …"

"FERB HAS A ROYAL FLUSH!" Baljeet exclaimed.

And there you have it, the first chapter in my latest story. Now this doesn't mean I stopped my previous story or that I'm finished with this one, I plan to work on both at the same time and hopefully not fall behind in anything (I know, I have high expectations of myself but who cares). That's all for now so I will see you all later with another chapter in one of my stories that haven't been canceled. So until next time, … I'm calling it a day.

R&R