A/N - Well, after working most of last night to get the next chapter done for this, I feel pretty good about it. Many thanks to Mikey H for beta reading the chapter for me. After a couple of corrections I feel satisfied with the chapter. Thanks to those who reviewed the last chapter, and the reveiws I get for this chapter will motivate me to get the next chapter in faster. This will cover Phineas' internal thoughts and the brothers' reaction towards Swinter.
Phineas' thoughts will be in italics
Phineas was happily indulged in his dreams of endless happiness and enjoyment.
The summer has been turning out to be the ultimate summer for, possibly, any kid in the world. With Ferb at his side, the pair were practically unstoppable. It's not like they were ever fazed by a problem concerning their projects. All except that one time on that small deserted island. It appeared to be the one time where Phineas was out of ideas, he actually believed they weren't going to make it off the island. If it weren't for her, for Isabella, well he wasn't quite sure if he would have recuperated from his partial mental breakdown.
"Isabella... That wouldn't have been the first time she wound up saving us, or me to be specific."
She had saved him, and not to mention Ferb and Candace as well, when the Buford from the video game threatened to hurt them. She had literally saved his life when he had wound up stuck in the haunted house and fallen hundreds of feet to the ground, only to fall into her arms.
He sure was thankful to have her in his life.
Phineas, now partially awake, turned to lie on his back.
It was times like these where he could allow his thoughts to wander as much as they'd like. During the day he was so preoccupied with his inventions that he only focused on one thing. Then he went to sleep where he let he body and mind rest. But it was these predawn awakenings where he could think of many things.
It was during these times where Phineas thought about other things.
Strangely enough he found himself staring at the ceiling thinking about Isabella. As the summer progressed Phineas couldn't help but notice Isabella a bit differently. There was something distinct about her that he couldn't quite put his finger on but it definitely separated her from the rest.
"Well this is peculiar." Phineas began wondering why he began thinking of Isabella all of a sudden.
He had known Isabella for years but this was the first time he began to think of her in such a way.
"She's just my best friend, I've seen her practically every day this summer, that must be it. Just a random thought."he told himself.
He dismissed the matter and made a mental note of what just happened, just for future reference.
And that is when it occurred to him.
It was absolutely freezing in their room. The air conditioner has been on almost every night but it never made the room this cold. He was so deep in thought he hadn't noticed the temperature, or the fact that he was shivering. Glancing over to Ferb's bed could tell his stepbrother also felt the cold. If Ferb wasn't completely covered by his comforter he would surely be shaking as bad as Phineas was.
Jumping out of bed, Phineas quickly made his was towards his closet and pulled out a hoodie which he threw over himself immediately. Now that he was slowly regaining warmth he dragged his feet over to the a/c and turned it off.
Not wanting to disturb Ferb in his sleep, Phineas opted for a flashlight, instead of turning the lamp on, to check out the thermostat. He had to rub his eyes when he saw what it said.
"56 degrees!" he couldn't help but say aloud, a little to loud. He turned around to see Ferb turn around in his bed, his back now turned towards Phineas.
Not even in the winter had it ever gone to 56 degrees inside the house. Now that he thought about it, the heat had been turned on in those instances and the air now could have only contributed to the plunging temperature. But why in the world would it become those cold in the summer.
Now walking towards the window, Phineas dropped the flashlight on his bed before looking around for his platypus. Perry's random disappearances never really worried him.
"Perry is a platypus after all, they don't do much."he reminded himself.
Now at the window, Phineas opened the blinds and his jaw dropped a considerable length. What he saw outside his window baffled him only for a second, before a smile quickly replaced his look of confusion. Racing over to Ferb's bedside, he shook his brother so violently that Ferb almost fell off the side of his bed.
Phineas had to laugh, "Sorry about that man, but you won't believe it."
Ferb merely rubbed his eyes for a moment before staring at the silhouette of his beloved brother. Taking Ferb's silence as his way of allowing Phineas to speak, he blurted out, "Dude, it's Swinter!"
Ferb was beginning to wonder why Phineas was bothering to bring up their old project, especially at this hour.
"I'm sorry Phineas but haven't we already done that?" Ferb questioned, the grogginess from just waking up still apparent in his tone of voice.
"Well yeah we have, but really Ferb, check this out," he went over to the blinds and pulled them up, "I give you, Swinter!"
Ferb quickly looked away to avoid having his eyes hurt while adjusting to the light outside, but found that it wasn't all that necessary. The light hadn't changes much even though Phineas pulled the shade all the way up. Walking over to the window he was surely surprised.
It was snowing, like actual snow falling from the darkened sky. When he and Phineas had made Swinter in their backyard, it was only an enormous pile of snow made from their father's snow cone machine. But now there was snow falling from the sky.
Phineas noticed the awe struck look on his face and decided not to ask Ferb how he managed to make it snow. Ferb's question confirmed to Phineas that Ferb wasn't the one responsible for this.
"How?" Ferb calmly questioned.
"I don't know, but isn't it cool!"
Seeing how excited Phineas had gotten, Ferb could only smile at him.
"I wonder if the others are up, they've got to see this." Phineas said to himself out loud as he went to get his phone to call the others.
Seeing this, Ferb went over and stopped his brother from waking their friends up before their usual time.
"Oh I think they'll find out soon enough."
Phineas, knowing that Ferb was right, didn't bother to pick up the phone off of his night table and merely chuckled.
"Yes, yes they will."
A short pause followed, and Phineas now couldn't suppress the urge to ask.
"So you didn't do this Ferb?"
Ferb simply pointed out side, as if asking if that was what Phineas meant.
Phineas nodded.
Fern simply shook his head, "We've already been there, done that, you know."
"Yeah, you're right, it just that this is pretty insane"
Fern nodded and went over to his closet to put on a sweater for he was beginning to get incredibly cold.
Phineas walked over to the window and stared across the street. He still hadn't forgotten about what he was thinking about earlier that morning.
"It was just random," he thought, "maybe."
Ferb turned his head around to spot his brother with his elbows on the window sill, staring out across the street.
He stared at his step brother for a moment, then shrugged his shoulders and found a sweater to put on.
Phineas was now brainstorming on what to do this morning. He hadn't anticipated snow, so he was adjusting his plans.
"Ferb, I know what we're going to do today!"
Ferb, now dressed head to toe in snow clothing, was obviously ready for the day.
"We're going to make this the best Swinter ever! Who knows how long it will keep snowing, but I've already got ideas. Let's do this thing!" Phineas stated.
Ferb gave his trademark thumbs up, and the two brothers were off.
A/N - Alright! Thats chapter 2, I hope you all don't hate me for having the story start off so slow in terms of the Phinabella content but I promise you, the next chapter will be the begining of something grand. Please review, let me know what you think, and I'll begin working on the next chapter.
Unfortunately, I have to start working on my summer reading for school and that means reading "The Grapes of Wrath"... I dont know how long it will take me to finish that but I'll give it my best effort to get the chapter in soon.