Phineas walked back into the house after a nice, somewhat normal day. What day really was ever normal? She sat her purse down on the end table and decided to head up to her room. Company was gonna come over soon and she wanted to make sure her hair won't get in the way. But as she looked for a scrunchy in her bedroom, she heard the front door open and close.

"Ferb? You're back already?", Phineas called out.

"But it's not Ferb.", Candace said in reality, as Phineas blinked from her imagination, slightly curious.

"...Dad?", she asked, earning a head-shake. "Perry? YOU? Either one?"

Head-shakes to each guess. Phineas began to become confused.

"Well who is it?"

"We don't know.", Isabella shrugged. "And neither do you."

Phineas began to feel her guts knot up again as they continued on with their story.

"A stranger. A male stranger, to be specific.", Candace said, her smile, widening.

"He runs up the stairs, quickly and quietly.", Isabella said in a more rushed manner, grabbing Phineas by the shoulder, making her jump back a bit.

"You turn around to see why Ferb didn't reply and lay eyes on this stranger.", Candace went on to say, equally rushed, coming a bit closer, making Phineas cringe away from her, becoming quickly worried.

"And before you can reach your cell phone to call anyone...", Isabella said slowly.

"You're...", Candace began before both jumped in.

"RAPED!", they shouted, with raised arms.

Phineas tumbled back with a shriek in fear and after seeing them laugh at the reaction quickly began to get mad and upset at the same time.

"Th-that's not funny!", Phineas said, scowling at them though tears of distress came to her eyes. "Oh my gosh, who would really go and do that?!"

"BOYS!", the girls replied in unison.

"Well that doesn't mean you had to go and scare me like that!", Phineas pouted now. "You coulda just told me!"

"Yeah, but we HAD to see your face!", Isabella giggled. "Don't worry though, we won't ever let it happen to you."

"Yeah, NEVER.", Candace reassured with a smile.

As Phineas wiped away the tears, trying hard not to just fall apart, there was pounding footsteps in the hallway and within a second, Ferb was at the doorway with a somewhat scared expression on his face.

"I heard screaming, what's wrong?", he asked.

"Oh, we were just telling scary stories!", Candace said, waving a hand aside uncaringly.

Ferb could guess what the story was but looking about at the make-up that was on the floor, Phineas' hair in a braid, and the bowl of popcorn and pile of movies that were next to Candace's bed, he instantly knew what really was wrong. He quickly came in, grabbed Phineas by the hand, and began to pick her up to her feet and lead her away.

"Come on Phineas. It's time for bed.", he quickly said through gritted teeth.

"Wh-?", Phineas began, slightly confused.

"Hey! Wait a minute!", Candace said, getting up for Phineas' defense. "How come you're suddenly taking her away? We're kinda in the middle of a sleep-over!"

"Yeah well, party's over.", Ferb said, turning back to glare at the middle child. "Have fun with your nail polish by yourselves. Phineas, bathroom and our room, okay?"

"No hang on! You still didn't answer the question! WHY are you taking Phineas away? You're acting as if something actually HAPPENED to her!"

"Candace, LOOK AT HER!", Ferb finally yelled, surprising everyone else. "Her hair's in a braid, she's wearing cover-up, and she's being told silly girly stories! There IS something that's happening to her and I'm not gonna stand by and watch!"

"NOTHING'S HAPPENED!", Candace said in exasperation. "Gosh, if I didn't know any better I'd say YOU were the one on a period!"

"Candace.. I'm gonna hate myself for saying this but you just don't get it..", Ferb said before effectively pushing Phineas out of the room. "..do you?"

The door was closed before another word was said and Candace was left to only sigh from frustration and continue on the fun without the hostess. As Phineas got ready and was sitting on the bed while Ferb took out her braid, she couldn't help but feel a little troubled. It was incredibly weird to see Ferb suddenly burst out like that and behaving like this, but it seems that ever since she became a girl, he's been up in arms about anyone who got near the subject. It was an unavoidable topic and yet he's treating it like everyone's out to hurt her.

"...You know..", she began after a moment of odd silence. "I WAS the one who offered the invitation to Isabella."

Ferb remained quiet, sat the rubber bands on the end table, and went to dress himself for bed.

"...Ferb, come on, talk to me!", she insisted, annoyed when Ferb became quiet on purpose.

"Phineas..", he finally began after another moment. "I just don't want you to hang around Candace and Isabella like this. Alright? I'm just looking out for you."

Phineas wanted to press on but Ferb had already climbed into bed and turned off the lights. It took her a while to finally get situated but after Perry finally retired to the room and replaced the pillow she was hugging, Phineas found comfort and fell fast asleep.

The next morning, she felt something moving but after a few drowsy seconds, realized she was being gently shoved on and woke up to find Candace who quickly covered her mouth.

"Phineas, get dressed and come down stairs. Don't wake up Ferb.", Candace said in a half-whisper.

She crept back out of the room and Phineas looked about to find Perry was on Ferb's bed so, obviously, she awoke one, she'd wake the other. It was weird for Candace to be acting like this, but for Phineas to shrug it off would never be the end of a nagging curiosity so she did as told. Once down stairs, Candace was writing quickly on a note pad when Isabella came up with a bright smile and a plate of eggs.

"Morning, Phineas!", she greeted. "Breakfast?"

"Oh.. Uh, thanks, Isabella.", Phineas said, taking the plate. "I'll go sit down and eat it."
"No, just wulf it down, Phineas.", Candace said, turning around. "Not a lot of time."

"Candace, what's going on?", Phineas asked before taking a bite.

"Phineas, I'm a girl. We all know that. But no one knows exactly how much stress I've had to put up with two obnoxious brothers on a daily basis, no offense. I can tell when someone's stressed out and you, Phineas, NEED some time off from all this madness. You NEED some girly time ot just relax. But if Ferb's gonna blow a gasket, we're gonna have to sneak out instead."

Phineas couldn't help but feel slightly alarmed at this. Their parents were gone, Ferb was put in charge, and just later on that day Heinz was going to come over.

"Candace, shouldn't we tell Ferb we're going out?", Phineas asked.

"NO. He's gonna lose his marbles if he finds out which is why we need to hurry BEFORE he wakes up.", Candace saw the hesitation and sighed. "Phineas.. I'm getting this one and only chance to spend time with a sister I never had. Please, if for nothing else, experience and all aside, can we please just go hang out and be sisters? That's really all this is. I just wanna be able to have fun with you. I'm not boy-ish enough to enjoy sweating like a pig and getting motor-oil all over my clothes."

Phineas thought this over for a moment, but Candace did have some good points. She was only going to be a girl for another 7 days. And if this is gonna be like last night before the stories and Ferb, it would be a great change of pace. And it wasn't going to be all day long either so she'd still have time to finish her project. After eating breakfast the three left the house. Candace had her driver's license handy as well as keys so she took the car and they were soon on their way to the mall. The sound of engines is one things boys like Phineas and Ferb would never be able to ignore and it slowly began to rouse the young adult as the family car started up. When he and Perry finally came to and Ferb headed down stairs to see what was going on, he saw the house was empty except for him and the platypus. Phineas wasn't in the bathroom. She wasn't in the kitchen, basement, or back yard. Perry then saw the note Candace had left and read over it.

"Ferb,
Gone for the day.

See you later, Candace."

When the note was handed over, Ferb read over and then slowly crumbled it in his clenched fist.

"...Perry, we're heading out.", he said as he spun on his heels and ran up the stairs.

There really was only one place three girls, two being sisters, would go to on a nice Summer morning such as this; the mall. And as they looked about, window shopping, and laughing about this and that, Phineas did feel rather relieved. Granted, going into a store to try on dresses was one thing she declined on, but there was plenty of things for the trio to enjoy. Oddly enough, she even began to wonder if she would continue to like this even as a boy.

"Ha ha! Yeah what's up with that?", Phineas giggled as they continued. "Why does wearing 5-inch high heel boots feel so good?"
"Oh probably something about being tall, I'm guessing.", Candace shrugged with a laugh. "Who knows and who cares, right? It's just so fun!"

"Oh, my gosh. Hey Candace, come look at this teddy bear!", Isabella said, leading the older away as Phineas trailed behind.
"Aww! It's so cute!", Candace cooed.

Suddenly everything happy and peaceful changed. Phineas wasn't even sure of how it got started as most don't, but as she paused to look at a poster on a warehouse's window about a new blow torch, she suddenly found herself with her back against the glass and with a boy leaning on it with one arm while smiling down deviously at her.

Okay, about what Candace and Izzy said at the sleepover, we thought it'd be best to censor it because we don't like actually saying it. But I think it's obvious enough to understand what they said. And if it's not, just let us know and we'll PM you. ^_^