Ferb was in such a rush to get to the garage with his sister that he didn't even notice that his father had just come home from a day at the antique shop. He swung the door to the garage open and began opening up different drawers and pulling out all sorts of blueprints for various machines.
Once Candace realized what Ferb was doing, she quickly protested against it. "Oh no, no, no, no! You're not getting me involved in one of your crazy schemes, Ferb! I need to draw the line right here- oh, is that a hovercraft lounge chair?"
Ferb smiled brightly and said, "I thought that you would like that one. Phineas and I never ended up building it though. Come on, let's go build it!"
For a split second, Candace thought about how relaxing a hovercraft lounge chair would be, and how happy everyone would be when they had built one for the whole family- 'WAIT! Snap out of it, Candace! You're supposed to be the adult here. Do what you do best!' she thought to herself.
"Arrgh, I need to bust you for this… but I can't…" Candace was having a difficult time between choosing the lesser of two evils, but then she saw Ferb's hand slowly reach out in a friendly sort of way.
The red-head gave a large sigh and reluctantly put her hand in Ferb's, and the two of them walked out to the backyard.
Once in the backyard, Candace asked, "Alright then, where do we start?" She could not believe that she asked that, let alone actually be helping her brothers with one of their inventions.
Instead of giving her a verbal response, Ferb ran back into the garage, leaving Candace standing in the middle of the backyard. "Ok then…" she mused.
As if right on cue, Linda opened the back door and turned to her daughter. "Hi, honey! What are you and Ferb doing now?"
"Hovercraft lounge chair," her daughter answered so casually that it made it seem like the most natural thing in the world.
Linda shook her head and smiled at her daughter. "I think your brothers' imaginations are starting to rub off on you, Candace. Anyways, your father and I are heading out for dinner and a movie in a few minutes. Call me if you need anything, and make sure that you look after your brother. Bye!"
A casual wave followed her mother's departure into the house, and when she turned back to the garage, Ferb came out with a box-full of supplies.
"Do we really need all of this stuff? I mean jet engines, drills, banana peels, thermometers… how long is this going to take?"
Ferb answered with a shrug of his shoulders and beckoned for his sister to come over to wear he held the blueprint in his hands.
15 minutes later…
"Wow, that didn't take any time at all! Are you sure that you've never built these before?" Candace asked in disbelief of what they'd created.
The lounge chairs came fully-loaded with a head rest, a remote for adjusting the chair and, of course, it hovered above the ground (the remote could also adjust how far off the ground the chair was placed at). Oh, and it had cup holders, too.
Ferb nodded his head and replied, "We've never built these before, although I must say that it did take far less time to build these than the other inventions."
Candace had her eyes wide open and her mouth slightly ajar in amusement. She still couldn't believe it. After years of trying to bust the boys, she finally built an invention that she would've inevitably tried to bust them for.
The two of them climbed up on the floating chairs and relaxed as they gently floated around the backyard. Ferb pulled out two pairs of sunglasses and gave one pair to his sister, who gladly accepted them and laid back in her chair. Neither of them said a word for a while as they relaxed and watched the sun go down.
Candace was the first to break the silence when she said, "Well, Ferb, I can't believe that I'm saying this, but I've had a lot of fun with you today."
Ferb gave her his signature thumbs up and looked back at the horizon.
"… although, we probably should've made some sort of beverage machine to go along with it."
Candace turned to see Ferb scribbling that idea down in his notebook, and a huge grin of excitement suddenly overtook her.
"Oh! We could also maybe do a huge wave pool that changes temperature to whatever you wanted! And maybe we could also make a bowling alley that won't roll away from the backyard this time! And we could also…"
Ferb had a small smile on his face as he listened to his sister go on and on about her ideas. 'Phineas is gonna get a kick out of this.' Ferb thought with a chuckle.
He continued to write Candace's ideas down in the notebook, all the while thinking of how exactly he was going to build all of these things.
What the heck was going on with Candace?
Thanks for reading! I'll be sure to write some more Ferb and Candace fics soon!
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it and please review!
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