(Author's Note)
So I am already disciplining myself to do a weekly update on this shiz. If you guys don't know I posted a new chapter on TTFF (Take Two with FanFiction) and this time I was able to interview iheartphinabella05. This will be my last week to get a chance to do my stuff so I have doubts on doing the Take Two with FanFiction thing (especially now that my schedule involves classes until 7pm and your university is an hour of commuting away.) So I might make some immediate decisions in order to finish the next interview soon but things are starting to come up such as my cousins coming to visit my house (which involves full time bonding) and a halloween party this saturday. Oh life always keeps you busy. Maybe I shouldve been more productive with this shiz. Next Tuesday would be the start of my next semester and I wouldn't want my writing to be a bothersome matter so I hope I would get to finish everything soon (I'm not forgetting that I have my crew to help me but I'm the one who's mostly doing the work FYI.)
Enough of my ramblings about pressing matters. It's time for me to reveal the next chapter. I hope you enjoy BTW! :D.
Chapter 4 "Me? In Love?"
"Candace! CANDACE!" called Phineas, banging on her door.
Candace unlocked the door irritably. "WHAT IS IT YOU-OOOF!" Phineas pushes her inside her room.
"You gotta listen to me, please! It's kinda important."
"I…. Alright. This better be good."
"*exhale* alright. You're not gonna believe this, and this might sound crazy but, I think I'm in love with Isabella."
She looks at him, surprised. "What made you say that?"
"Well I accidentally came by her house and she answered my survey and…"
"Whoa wait wait! YOU MADE A SURVEY?"
"Look! After today, I realized it wasn't the best decision I could've made." He confessed.
"Well, at least you know. Let me see that."
He gives her his clipboard. She analyzes the list carefully and she looked at him in surprise.
"Hey! This is everything I said about romance yesterday!" she said as she gave back the clipboard.
"Well yeah! I asked for your advice, remember?"
*facepalm* "Knowing brother, I should've seen that coming. Anyway, why do you think you love her?"
"Well I checked the list and…"
She gently lowers the clipboard from Phineas's face and rests her left hand on his right shoulder.
"Tell me from the heart." she said gently.
He looks at her curiously but then exhales and starts talking. "Okay. Well I have reasons why I should be in love with her. But I'm not really sure why I am attracted to her. Well for one thing she's smart, a born leader, fearless, cute…"
"Wait! You think she's cute?" asked Candace with a smile.
"Well… yeah! I mean, I had to recalibrate my cute tracker during the time when…"
"Phineas. From the heart." she gently interrupted.
"Okay okay. Yes she's cute. I mean, irresistibly cute! Cutest thing in the universe. Scientifically and honestly."
Candace smiles and leads him to her bed and they sit together. "Go on."
"Now as to why I'm in love with her, I'm not really sure. It's just that, when I saw her earlier, she looked kinda different. Especially when I talked to her, she was also kinda different. I kept blinking my eyes to check if my brain was playing a trick or something but it was still the same Isabella. It's just…. I dunno. BOOM!" he punches the air with both fists and falls down on her bed. "She's awesome." He said dreamily.
OOOOHHHHH! She couldn't help but giggle at this epic moment with her brother. Well she's also amused by the fact that she knows both sides of the story. She just wonders how it would end up.
"Looks like you have a crush." she said as she lied down with her brother.
"On Isabella?" he thought about it then chuckled at the thought. "I guess so."
"Are you two close?"
"Well… We hug… A lot."
"That…. Wasn't what I meant about "close" but… go on."
"Well, every now and then she would sometimes give a warm hug about something. A few days ago she kept hugging me more than usual. She's so warm. That's not the only thing we do as being "close." I tend to hold her hand. I dunno why but she's really comforting. There's just something about her warmth. I also felt that warmth, moments ago when we held hands…"
"Wait! Why'd you hold hands with her?"
"Well she seemed a little out of breath and she was covering her mouth. I thought she needed air so I took them in my hands and held it. As soon as I held it, I had the urge to swing it just for fun but it was too comfortably warm to play with. I didn't want to let go but I had to since she thought it was strange."
"Or maybe a little too much for Isabella." she thought.
"Errrr would you mind if I tried something?" she asked.
"What?" he asked in reply.
"Okay, close your eyes."
He closed his eyes.
"Okay! Now think about a rainy day where you couldn't invent something." she said.
"Well I could always use the indoors." he said.
"How about if you weren't allowed to invent something? Like if mom said something like that."
Suddenly that thought struck his mind. Not allowed to invent for an entire day? That would be boring and lonely. I wouldn't be able to make someone happy.
"Great! He's frowning .That means it is working."
"Okay. Now think about that moment with her you had moments ago: her cute face, her warm hands, and basically everything about her."
He thought hard about that moment. He thought about her scent, how she always smiled, how she giggled, how she was always herself. It managed to make Phineas smile in just a matter of seconds.
"And for the final touch, I hope Isabella doesn't mind me asking but…" she clears her throat. "Hey Phineas! Wat-cha do-in?" she asked slowly.
He squeezed his eyes tight and his grin stretched to his ears. He even managed to chuckle a bit.
"Hey! You do a great impression of Isabella." he said.
Candace didn't respond. Instead, she just kept staring at him smiling like the happiest woman in the world.
"Wha-hat?" he asked while chuckling.
"You're smiling." she pointed.
"Oh-kay? So?"
"You didn't notice that you were frowning earlier?"
He was about to respond but then a thought struck his mind.
"Wait! Are you saying that I'm smiling because of…" he mouthed Isabella and Candace slowly and teasingly nodded. "… no way!"
"Hmph!" she brings out her phone, pushes a few buttons and clicks to reveal a recorded file "Hey Phineas! Whatcha doin?"
He gasped in surprise that she was able to record Isabella's voice but at the same time he was giggling.
"You're giggling." she stated.
"Okay okay! So maybe she does pull a bit of strings to make me happy."
"Strings as in heartstrings?"
"Candace!"
"Oh admit it Phineas Flynn. You're in loooove."
He bashfully groans and takes a pillow and buries his face with it while Candace laughs at him teasingly. Unfortunately Linda knocks and interrupts their talk.
"Dinner's ready!"
"MOM! WE'RE HAVING A HEART TO HEART TALK HERE!" she nudges Phineas teasingly.
"CANDACE!" he yells under the pillow.
"Looks like you two are having a bonding moment." said Linda.
"Get out mom!" she yells and throws a pillow at her.
"Okay okay! The leftovers are going to be in the microwave."
"Okay mom! GET OUT!"
Linda hurriedly closes the door.
"Sooo, do you have any plans of going out with her?" asked Candace
"Why'd you ask that?" asked Phineas, finally taking the pillow off his face.
"Oh I was wondering if you're interested of knowing her better."
"You mean, making her my girlfriend?"
"Well, not too soon."
"Good! Because I can't nor I should."
"Oh!" she said disappointedly "Why's that?"
"Well yesterday we had a conversation about, believe or not, falling in love. I'M WARNING YOU-HU! STOP SMILING LIKE THAT!"
She stubbornly refuses only to make Phineas groan a bit and then he continues. "Well we came to the point where we talked about how we would find the right person for ourselves but then I decided to kid around by telling her I was the right one for her, but then she said "Oh please Phineas! Like I'd ever fall for a guy like you." And that's why I thought it was best that we stayed friends."
"Maybe she was just playing along. After all, all you did was just kid around."
"I guess you're right. But what if she doesn't like me back?"
"What makes you think she wouldn't? You're her best friend."
"True, but what if she wants to remain best friends?"
"Are you seriously going to ask that after what you two just did to each other earlier?"
He wanted to reply but that question left him to analyze what really happened not only earlier but even the days before. The hugs, the hand holdings, the awkward yet fun atmospheres, it definitely wasn't friendly. It was more. Thinking of another excuse just made Phineas argue with his Id and Superego. Now all that's left with Phineas is his butterflies and a phone. Even after a few minutes he's still arguing with himself whether or not to call her.
"Why don't you give her a call? Go out with her!"
"Well… I think it's a bad idea."
"C'mon! It's just one day alone with her Phineas."
"Hehe! I dunno…."
"Ugh! Fine! I'm gonna make a phone call instead." said Candace impatiently.
Phineas just ignored her completely and continued lying there, staring at the ceiling, and thinking about his next move. He was able to hear Candace punch some numbers on his phone but decided to continue thinking. He was able to sense Candace and her phone by his right ear.
"Hello?" answered the phone.
"Oh hi Isabella!" said Candace loudly.
Hearing her name was enough to catch Phineas's attention and he stared in shock as Candace continued talking through his phone.
"CANDACE! GIVE IT BACK!" yelled Phineas.
Candace retreated far enough before Phineas could snatch the phone back and she just kept pushing Phineas back as he wrestled Candace ineffectively to get his phone.
"Why'd I call? Why am I using Phineas's phone? Oh yeah speaking of which, he wants to ask you something. Imma give it back to him now."
Candace tosses it to Phineas and himself to catch it in the air.
"CANDACE!" he mouthed.
"GO!" she mouthed back, doing a shooing gesture.
He looks at the phone, gulps in some saliva and puts the phone in his ear. "Ummm, Isabella?"
"Hey Phineas!" she greeted gleefully.
"Oh! He-hey Isabella! Uhhh, Watcha doin?"
"Hey! I was going to ask that!"
"Your loss! I beat you to it!"
"Hehe! I just finished dinner and I'm getting ready for bed. I'm not yet in my pajamas. Other than that, I'm also wondering why Candace called me. She said that you wanted to ask me something and was it necessary for Candace to tell me that, where as you could be the one to tell me?"
"Oh! Candace pick pocketed my phone."
"Why?"
"It's a long story."
"Oh-kay." she said confusedly. "So, what was that you were going to ask?"
"Well, I was wondering. Would you like to hang out tomorrow?"
"Uhhh Duh! So what could we do tomorrow?"
Phineas looks at Candace excitedly and she simply gives two thumbs-up.
"Well we could spin top that actually spins inside out. We could also watch a movie that is actually lifelike or maybe make one ourselves. Oooh! Maybe a-uh ride roller coaster again!"
"Oh!" she said disappointedly. "Sure! We could do that. But… have you made up your mind?"
"Not yet. Oh I almost forgot about one thing about the rollercoaster. Maybe we could…. Wait… Isabella? Are you okay?"
She sighed. "Yeah. I'm okay. I'm just listening to you about your ideas for tomorrow." she said disappointedly,
Phineas felt a little smashed that she didn't sound interested on going out tomorrow.
"You know what? I-it's actually cool if you don't want to go out with me."
"Oh. Wait WHAT!"
"Look I understand. You just want stay my best friend and all right?" he asked.
"WHA- WHAT DID YOU SAY?!"
He bit his lip and shut his eyes. "Sorry. Gotta go."
"OH NO! PHINEAS! WAI-"
He ends the call before she got to finish. He wasn't able to hear that last sentence. He just lies there on Candace's bed feeling like he just wrecked something he never intended to destroy.
"Well?" asked Candace.
Phineas hears her and he grabs a pillow and hits Candace with it.
"Hey! What gives?!"
"I told you it was a bad idea!"
"It is not, wait! WHAT!? She actually rejected you?"
"Oh I only heard a disappointed Isabella that didn't want to go out with me in the first place."
Candace was stunned. She… rejected… Phineas?
"*Sigh*. I'm going downstairs to eat my dinner now."
He walks slowly towards the door. Candace sat there on her bed confused about what just happened. Now she's the one having an argument with her Id and Superego.
"Candace? Ya comin?" asked Phineas.
He caught her attention. She gave a sigh and then stood up to join her brother.
"C'mon. Let's go." she said quietly, patting her brother's back.
-End of Chapter 4-
(Author's Note)
I actually have some content here that was deleted. This part happens before Phineas visits Candace's room.
Bonus Content:
Wait! Wait! Let me recheck this thing. Number 1, what did I like about her? Well, she could cook, she has a cute laugh, she's cute when she smiles, and she's a born leader… WAIT! That wasn't the reason why I checked #1. Suddenly a bunch of other thoughts are coming to mind about her, and I like it. Okay, now I'm confused. Number 2, what made me happy? Pfft! That's easy. She's my best friend! She always makes me happy. I mean ALWAYS. But what about that day when I was "The Beak" or maybe that time we were on that island and we got stranded or maybe that time when she got depressed about her dad?… well she only scolded me for letting despair overwhelm me… wait… does that mean she cares about me too? I'll skip that part. She was able to understand that I was trying to protect her. As for those times about her dad, those were sensitive moments that needed very tender loving care, besides she was able to move on. So those are exceptions. She obviously makes me happy because… ummm… wow! I can't even remember. Probably more than 365 days she makes me happy at good and bad times. Number 3, what made her irresistible? Like I said earlier, she's cute. She always was, but that doesn't count that it made her irresistible to my eyes… wait…. I actually take that back. There was always something that made me look at her in a good way most of the time. I don't know anymore. As for the smell, she did always use that really good shampoo of hers. For touch, she was always warm. Not the kind of atmosphere warm, the Isabella kind, if ever there is such a thing. I dunno. She was always warm. She has a cute laugh. *Sigh.* You know, everything I try to describe about her it always has the word "cute". Okay. Now my head hurts. I guess there's one left thing to do to be sure about this.