Chapter 4
"Well, that was fast," Isabella said.
"Yep. That fast forward remote really comes in handy," Phineas said.
Isabella put her hands behind her back and said, "Sooo… Whatcha' doin'?"
Phineas held out his arms towards the machine.
"Ta-da! We're going to have every girl on the playground go through this machine. Whiff will give them a good whiff and then, they have to write, 'I like vanilla' on a piece of paper with their name on it. Then, we give the papers to this machine over here. The machine will store every piece of writing and compare each of them to the secret admirer note," Phineas explained.
"Oh wow. Does every girl have to go in?" Isabella asked.
"Yep. Just to be on the safe side."
Isabella turned back to her friends and smiled. They went to the end of the line.
Meanwhile…
Perry pulled out some goggles, gloves, and some gardening sheers. He put the goggles and gloves on and began snipping his way through the thorns of his rose cage.
"You know, what is it about some comedians that are so funny? Why do people laugh at them? What's the difference between their jokes and mine? I- I just don't get it," Dr. Doofenshmirtz complained.
"Maybe people are too entertained by fart jokes now a days. What do you think, Perry the Platypus?"
Dr. D looked at the platypus who quickly hid his gardening gear behind his back.
Back at the school time had flown by a bit.
Candace was still talking away.
"And then Jeremy and I will get married and have two kids named Xavier and Amanda!" she cried.
Vanessa moaned, "We know. You told us about twenty times already."
Stacy said, "Hey. You do know that if for some reason you ever actually do marry Jeremy, that Little Susie would end up being your sister-in-law. Don't you?"
Candace's smile faded and her eyes widened in horror. There was a long silence after that. Finally, Candace looked out the window and saw Phineas and Ferb's invention.
"What are they- Ya know what? I'm not even going to say it. It's Valentine's Day. I should be focusing on Jeremy."
Stacy and Vanessa both groaned.
Isabella was nearing the front of the line. Ferb stacked all the possibilities that the machine had printed out together.
"Yes! I'm next!" Isabella cried. Just then, the whistle blew and everyone had to line up.
"Whoops. Sorry girls," Phineas said. "If we can't figure it out from this stack, we'll try to figure it out from there on what to do."
Isabella was getting really frustrated. She tried her best to be patient though. During their next period classes, they both worked on narrowing down the possibilities the computer had made.
On the other hand, Isabella met with some of her friends again. "She said, you know, this is getting way out of hand. Maybe I should just tell him it was me."
"Why?" Katie asked.
"Phineas apparently is not going to figure it out and I just want to get it done with. I'll meet him at his locker after class."
Meanwhile…
"Almost done. And… here it is! Behold the Ha-ha-hainator!" Doofenshmirtz held it up.
"Get ready to meet your laughing doom!" Doofenshmirtz began pumping the gas out the window.
Perry's eyes widened he continued to slice through the thorns, but when he escaped it was too late.
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Isabella walked down the hall towards Phineas' locker. "Just do it, Isabella. You can do it," she told herself. She hiccupped. "Well, after I get rid of these hiccups. I want to *hiccup* make sure he can take me ser-*hiccup*iously." Isabella held her breath for ten seconds, which at the very same moment was when the gas had traveled to the school.