Everything I'm Not
Disclaimer: I don't own Phineas and Ferb.
Summery: Ferb Fletcher left for London at the beginning of Sophmore year without telling his friends, including his brother Phineas. One year later he's back. Can he piece back together his life in Danville and mend his burned bridges?
Two
Once they arrived at his childhood home he fought every part of him that wanted him to run. He decided to let Candace and Jeremy go first while he went and got his luggage. His eyes made his way across the street and spotted the lights on at the Scarpio-Garcia home. He bit his lip as remembered the last time he had been there. He then pushed the thought out of his mind and focused at the task at hand.
He took his bags in to the house and paused. It was like he had never left. Phineas was talking what sounded like a mile a minute and Candace was scolding him then his Mother interrupted the two.
"Where is he?" Her voice asked and Ferb knew it was his time to come in but he wasn't ready yet.
"Where's who Mum? We're all here" Phineas responded confused and he knew he had to come out now whether he liked it or not.
"Me" He said coming out of the shadows.
Everyone had fallen silent. Yet, Ferb found himself not caring, he was focused on Phineas. His brother had looked shocked for a moment and had tensed up slightly and was staring at him as well. Before he could speak however, his mother had pulled him into a hug.
"Welcome home," She said with a smile. Soon his father followed suit. Then he looked at Phineas. He knew something was going on in that mind of his but he couldn't for the life of him figure out what.
"Welcome back," Phineas said flatly and Ferb knew that this bridge was going to be the hardest to rebuild. Ferb nodded at his brother.
"Righty ho, let's go to have some dinner" His father motioned to the dining room table. Ferb bit his lip he honestly had no idea where he was going to sit. Even up until he left for London he sat next to Phineas quite happily.
Yet, he didn't think he was welcome to. For the first time in years he felt like a stranger to Phineas. He missed his sister shooting a look between the two and thankfully solved his problem for him when she went and sat in his seat and Phineas didn't put up a fuss. Ferb took Candace's usual seat which was opposite him and Jeremy sat beside him.
He almost grinned when he spotted his mother come out with her prized meatloaf. If there was one meal that he had missed while he was away it was defiantly that one. He gave his mother a smile when she passed him a slice.
"Thank you," He granted. He looked over at his father and he wanted to ask how his appointment was but he knew that his sister and brother didn't know so he couldn't say anything. He instead decided to focus on his meal.
"So Ferb why are you back?" Phineas questioned. Ferb slowly swallowed as he stole a glance at his father who subtlety shook his head. He bit his lip.
"I felt like it was the right time to come back" Phineas studied him for a moment and then went to his meal. He listened to his family chat around him. It seemed that Candace had forgotten about their earlier conversation and hadn't called him out about it.
For a moment Ferb wished it was that summer again. When they didn't have to worry about anything except making the best of summer vacation, longing to hear Phineas say 'I know what we're going to do today.'
Ferb knew he had to talk to his father and mother soon. He needed to know why they weren't telling Phineas and Candace what was going on. He knew they needed to know. He also knew that it was his father's choice to tell them. A part of him wanted not to not know. Yet he also knew he wouldn't have come home without this information.
That he had to be there for his family and couldn't abandon them now.
Later on that evening Ferb had retreated to his room. He'd been moved into Candace's room and he half wondered if it had been Phineas who had made that decision claiming what was once their room as his own while he was away.
He looked around the room and he had to admit his parents had done a good job. Candace's pink walls had been painted over with and now held a creamy colour much like the shirts he used to wear as a child. His curtains where a royal purple and he had a matching rug (admittedly slightly fluffy for his tastes but it still worked for the room). A white desk that sat near his window and his bedspread was Perry green which tour at his heart slightly as he remembered their former pet.
He started to unpack his things placing his laptop computer on his desk and placing things quickly, his room soon was starting to look like his.
He suddenly felt a presence watching him and he looked around and found Phineas staring at him. He motioned for him to come in, but Phineas stayed at the edge of the door. Ferb knew something was on the tip of Phineas' tongue but he didn't know what it was. He waited patiently for him to say what it was that he wanted to say.
"You shouldn't have come back." Phineas' voice was colder than Ferb had ever heard it before and it caused him to freeze. He stared at his brother and watched as Phineas turned sharply out of his room he heard him thunder down the stairs then a few seconds later the front door opened and slam shut yet, Ferb was rooted to his spot, Phineas' words echoing in his brain.
To Be Continued