Phineas and Ferb

Worldwide

Fanfiction Summary: Side-story to "New Adventures". With school just around the corner, Isabella is invited on a country-wide, week long trip as part of an elective she is taking. The problem is that she was only given two tickets, for her and her mother. In otherwords: no Phineas. And on top of that, the trip is mandatory. Plus, if she makes a good impression, she could be invited to study all the way across the world. How will Phineas take all of this? Meanwhile, when Candace discovers Jeremy and his band were invited to play for the royal family, old feelings come up. Will feature the Big Time Rush song "Worldwide".

Chapter 1: Summer Fun

Disclaimer: Phineas and Ferb does not belong to me. It belongs to the two geniuses Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh. Keep up the good work, gentlemen!

The summer for Danville was winding down quickly, and with only a few weeks left, Phineas, Ferb, Isabella, and the entire gang wanted to make the final days of their summer vacation their most memorable ones ever. Today's project: the biggest, bounciest trampoline in the world. Everyone was pitching in, basking in the glory of their final weeks of summer vacation.

The trampoline was, of course, Phineas and Ferb's idea. Everyone had an idea for what to do for the day, and they all took a vote, and it was revealed that everyone, with the exception of Isabella, had either lousy or self-serving ideas. Buford suggested that they all find a playground and steal all of the little children's lunch money, and everyone immediately shot that idea down. Baljeet's idea was that they all started preparing their brains for the new school year. Again, instantly shot down. Even Buford shot the idea down. Irving's idea was for a device that allowed for an object to pop out of it at will that would help in a particular situation, and Phineas & Ferb agreed to use that idea for another day.

Isabella didn't really give a suggestion as to what the group could do together for the day. Moreso, she suggested something that she and Phineas could do later, such as go for a swim, which Phineas agreed to, saving it for after they were finished with the trampoline.

Assembling the trampoline itself did not take long at all, and early on in the morning, they were already finished at the trampoline was ready for bouncing.

"And...done!" Phineas shouted as he and Ferb put the finishing touches on the trampoline. "Voila! Our trampoline is finished, guaranteed to propel you at least 50 feet into the air with one bounce. Now, who wants to be the first one to test it?"

"I'll do it!" Buford volunteered. "If it can bounce me, it can bounce any of us." He climbed up onto the trampoline and readied himself to bounce. "It already feels a little bouncy."

"Just wait until you start jumping."

"We'll see, Dinner-" Buford took one jump, and as soon as he came back down, he shot right back up. "BELLLLLLLL!" Buford started screaming, initially frightened, but as soon as he touched down again and bounced back up, he stopped screaming and saw that he was actually bouncing really high. "Whoa!" He laughed. "THIS IS AWESOME!"

"My turn!" Irving shouted, climbing up onto the trampoline, being absolutely cautious so he wouldn't be crushed by Buford's feet. Luckily, he avoided such a tragedy, and once he started bouncing himself, he was having just as much fun as Buford was. Soon enough, everybody joined in the fun, and had a blast bouncing around on the trampoline. They didn't have a care in the world, because all they were thinking about was their summer vacation, and how it has been the best of their lives.

Meanwhile, across town, another Flynn-Fletcher was enjoying her summer day. Candace was in the middle of a date with her new boyfriend, Kurt Strong. After having had a horrible falling out with her ex, Jeremy, they broke up hastily, but then subsequently made up later in the summer, though they never got back together. Candace never look back, though, and realized that she had a much better time with Kurt anyway. She felt so relaxed around him and felt like she didn't have to go crazy trying to be a good girlfriend to him.

They were at the skate park, where Kurt had offered to give Candace some skating lessons. After Kurt went on a mini-rant, expressing skateboarding as one of his favorite activities, Candace decided that she wanted to give it a chance, it order to spend more time with him. However, watching professional skateboarders on TV and then actually trying to skateboard herself were two different things.

The mechanics of skateboarding were very difficult for Candace to master. It took her a couple of hours before she could even balance herself on her skateboard without falling all over herself. But after she did so, Kurt decided to show her a few simple tricks that anyone could do. The new tricks provided an entirely new level of difficulty for Candace, as each time she tried to do a trick, she would either fall down and hurt herself even worse than when she tried to balance herself, or she would get frustrated and throw her skateboard to the ground.

"Hey, don't beat yourself up so much." Kurt said encouragingly. "It took me a long time to master those simple tricks, too."

"But you make it look so easy." She responded, after her latest fall scrapped her knees and bruised her elbow.

"Years of practice. Years. This is, like, your first time doing this, and you're doing just fine."

"You think so?" She asked, as he helped her stand up.

"Of course I do. Come on, let's go get a first aid kit to tend to these wounds of yours."

Kurt helped Candace walk over to a nearby bench and helped her down while he got a nearby first aid kit and started tending to her wounds. "Wow, Kurt. I don't know how I can thank you for this."

"Please. Don't be so modest." He chuckled, she giggled. Pretty soon, Candace's thoughts shifted from her injuries to the blistering sun, as she remembered that summer would soon be coming to an end. "I can't believe the summer's almost over."

"Yeah, time sure flies when you're having fun, doesn't it?"

"Yeah. Yeah, I guess it does." She then started thinking about everything that had transpired over the course of the past three months, from her outburst towards Phineas & Ferb and the family, to Phineas's emotional meltdown, to her big fight with Jeremy, all the way down to meeting Kurt. "A lot sure has happened. It's going to be kind of sad to see it all end."

"Relax. Just nine more months and then we get another summer. Unless, you know, you fail your classes."

"Don't remind me."

"Hey, don't sweat it. You're a very smart girl, and I'm sure you'll be fine."

"Aw, thanks." She blushed.

"Come on, I'll walk you home if you're still a little bit shaky."

"No, that's OK. I-I'm fine. I can make it. Thanks, though. See you tomorrow?"

"You betcha." The two shared a brief embrace and then parted ways as Candace started walking back home, while Kurt decided to return to the skate park to perfect his skills.

While Candace was walking home, her cell phone when off, and her best friend, Stacy, was on the other line. "Hey Stacy."

"Candace, you are NOT going to believe this."

"Stacy, can it wait? I just got done with my date with Kurt. He took me skateboarding and I ache all over."

"Well then you should probably be sitting down. You would probably want to anyway after I give you this news."

"What is it Stacy?"

"Jeremy and his band are going to perform in England!"

Immediately, Candace stopped walking, and gave her full, undivided attention to her best friend. "What are you talking about?"

"Well, after Kate Middleton and Prince William got married, they decided they wanted to have a big after party to celebrate the occasion, an after party that would be televised worldwide, just like the wedding."

"Wasn't that, like, 4 months ago?"

"It took them over a year to prepare the wedding, didn't it?"

"I guess so. Still, and..., wait a second, Jeremy's band, out of all possible choices in the world, were chosen?"

"It turns out that there was some sort of write-in contest or something where a random musical act would be chosen to perform for them, like they do on Britan's Got Talent."

"And how is it that Jeremy's band got chosen. I mean, they're good and all, but..."

"Apparently, they were the only ones who entered."

"Yikes."

"So they're going to be heading out to England to perform for them."

"OK. That's great for him. I really am happy for him. When does he leave?"

"In a couple of days."

"That doesn't sound so bad?"

"No, it doesn't, but there's one other thing."

"What's that?"

"If they do really well with the royal family, they'll be invited on a country wide tour, with performances all over England. Which means Jeremy would be gone for a few months."

"A...A few months?"

"Yeah. But that shouldn't be a problem because you're totally over him, right?" Candace hesitated with her answer. Stacy grew concerned. "Right, Candace?"

"Uh...Uh, Stacy, I'm gonna have to call you back." She hastily hung up the phone, avoiding answering Stacy's question. Candace thought she had convinced herself and everyone else that she was over Jeremy. But when she was faced with the thought of having her ex-boyfriend leave for a tour in England for several months, endless thoughts began racing through her mind. In an effort to simply put it out of her mind for the time being, Candace decided to forget about it and continue walking home.

Meanwhile, back in Danville, the kids had all finished up their fun on the trampoline, and most of them decided to head home. As for Phineas, Ferb, and Isabella, they had some other ideas in mind. Ferb decided that he wanted to get in contact with his family in England, while Phineas decided to go swimming with Isabella, as he had promised her earlier.

"I'm going to run home and grab my swim suit." Isabella told her boyfriend, as she prepared to run back home.

"Don't take too long, Isabella." He advised her jokingly.

"I'll come out when I'm good and ready." She joked back, as she blew him an air kiss and ran off; he blew one back just in time as she entered her home through the front door. Her mother was sitting on the couch, going through mail. "Mom, Phineas invited me to go swimming at the local pool. Can I go?"

"Of course you can, mijita." Her mother optimistically responded. "But before you go, you got a letter in the mail from your school."

"The school sent me a letter?" Isabella walked over to her mother as she handed her the letter. "What about?"

"I don't know. I haven't opened the envelope yet." Isabella slowly opened the envelope, and unfold the piece of paper. "What's it say, Isa?"

She sat down on the couch next to her as she read the letter aloud. "Dear Isabella Garcia-Shapiro, as an introduction to your "World Language" course in the upcoming 2011-2012 school year, we invite you and your mother for a 1 week trip with your fellow classmates to explore the many wonders of the world. You'll explore exotic countries such as France, Russia, Brazil, Mexico, Japan, and even Iraq. While the benefits of the trip are optional, the trip itself is mandatory, and will count for approximately one-fifth of your first marking period grade. During the trip, you will be given the opportunity to meet with one of the many representatives of the "World Culture Academy" located in New Zealand, and if you make a good impression, you may even be invited to study there full time."

"We have provided for you two tickets, one for you, and one for your mother, for a Southwest airline flight, dictated in your tickets below. We hope to see you there." Isabella handed the letter to her mother.

"Wow, Isa. A week-long trip and a possible invite to a fancy school all the way across the world. That sounds so exciting."

"Mom, you don't get it, do you? That would mean that I would have to be away from Phineas."

"Well...oh. Oh, I see."

"Besides, I've only got two tickets - one for me and one for you. So, it's not like I can invite him on this trip with me."

"But Isa, you read the letter. The trip is mandatory and it's one-fifth of your first quarter grade."

"I know that. I really want to go on this trip, Mom. But I don't know how I'm going to break it to him. He hates to be away from me, and it just eats my heart out when he tells me how much he hurts when I'm not with him."

"You're going to have to tell him sooner or later. According to these tickets, we leave tomorrow night."

"What? Tomorrow?" Isabella hastily looked at the tickets and saw that her mother was correct. "Oh no!"

Suddenly, there was a knock at the front door. It swung open, revealing Phineas, dressed in his swim suit, with a towel, ready to go. "Hey, Isabella. Aren't you ready yet?"

Isabella and Vivian both stared at Phineas for a brief moment. Neither could find any words to utter.

"What? Did I say something?"

"N-No. It-It's fine." Isabella quickly said. "I was just going now. Sorry, I'll be right down." She stood up, ran right past Phineas, and up the stairs, changing into her swimsuit quickly and then heading out the door. She looked back at her mother before closing the door behind her, a solemn look of concern and partial regret on her face. Vivian knew that Isabella was perfectly happy with Phineas, and she didn't want to take him away from her. But this was something far beyond her control, and soon, it may even be the thing that broke the two children apart.

To be continued...

Next Time: Relationships begin to unravel as Candace gives her feelings for Jeremy a second thought, and Isabella faces the mind-wrenching task of having to tell Phineas her big news.