Okay, so this chapter is a little late, so what? I still got it up today. In other news there isn't much other news so I will now get to the reviews.

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(Phineas's POV)

Our mom had okayed our going to the amusement park, as long as we took Candace with us. "All right everyone, Mom put me in charge; so no one does anything without my say so." Candace said as we all walked into the garage.

I let out a sigh. "Candace, could you please not do this today?" I asked. "We're trying to have a good time."

"Whatever." Candace said, as she folded her arms. "Mom already left, so I can't show her your oversized ATV. Everyone just hurry up and get in."

We had added an extra row of seats to the ATV some time ago; due to our increasing number of friends. There was Erick who had joined our little group just over a year ago, Django began hanging with us more, and for some reason the rest of the fireside girls had begun hanging with us on a more casual basis.

Django was the first to get in followed closely by Baljeet. Erick and Katie had to transfer Buford from a wheelbarrow to the ATV; so they took a while to get in. Ferb took the front seat leaving the two seats in the middle left for Isabella and I. "After you." I said as I took a step back.

"Why thank you Phin." She said with a smile that made my heart rate pick up. "You're such a gentleman."

I watched her get in and I could feel the area getting hotter. I blocked it out and followed her into the vehicle.

"All right kids, let's get this thing started." Candace said, as she opened the garage door and started the car up.

As we drove to the amusement park I kept catching myself stealing glances at Isabella. I would notice her soft raven black hair, her gorgeous blue eyes, her soft red lips, and her amazing smile. Damn it Phineas, get a hold of yourself. I thought, as I shook my head. She's your best friend, if she found out that you liked her this way then she'll never want to be your friend again. Just then I heard my phone ring, as I looked at it, I saw that I had a text from Erick.

I took a quick glance to the back of the car, where he was sitting, then back to my phone to read the text. 'I think the only person in this car who doesn't know that you're in love with Isabella is Isabella … and possibly Buford but he's in the trunk so he doesn't count.'

I rolled my eyes and quickly wrote up a response. 'I'm not in love with her, I'm just a little uncomfortable when she's in close proximity after getting the talk last night.' I hit send, set my phone to vibrate, and waited for Erick to respond. A few moments later, my phone lit up signaling Erick had texted me back.

'If that were the case, then you wouldn't be drooling.' I quickly checked my mouth and much to my surprise I was, in fact, drooling.

I wiped away the saliva and wrote a response to Erick. 'Isabella's my best friend. Even if I was in love with her; she probably wouldn't return my feelings.'

I looked to the back of the car to see Erick attempt to hold in a laugh and shake his head. Soon after that, I received his response. 'First you can drop the 'if,' second, what you're feeling right now is called 'being in the friend zone.'

I was confused by the comment and was about to ask what he meant by that, but before I could type up a response the car came to a stop. I looked up and saw that we had arrived at our destination, and we were already parked.

"All right everyone, stick together until we get to the park. Then we'll establish a designated meeting time." Candace said, as we all got out of the car.

"What are we going to do about Buford?" Baljeet asked.

"What about Buford?" Buford said as he came out of the trunk. "And why was I in the trunk?"

Erick leaned over to me. "I think he forgot about what happened to him."

I nodded in agreement. After some time, we managed to enter the park and found our way to the center where the paths diverged to the different areas of the park.

"All right then." Candace began. "I trust you all to take care of yourselves; we will all meet up back here at four, sharp. I trust that you all can handle yourselves until then." And with that, Candace walked away.

Without another word, Buford picked Baljeet up like luggage and began carrying him off in one direction. "Well it looks like they've got their day all planed out." I said with a laugh. "So, are the rest of us sticking together or what?"

"I'm up for sticking together to start with." Erick said with a shrug. "At least until after the first ride, I would like to do at least one as a group."

"Well then what ride will we be doing first?" Isabella asked.

I picked up a map of the park, from a near by booth. "Well, I think the 'Scrambled Eggs' ride should have a relatively short line right now. After all they do have three of them."

"What's that?" Katie asked.

"Well, it's a ride where the riders are seated in small cars clustered together which are also connected by beams at a top to a central point. The clustered cars are spun in one direction, while the ride as a whole spins in the opposite direction." I answered.

"Is that what's it's called?" Katie asked.

"It's the name of one of the ones they have here, the other two are called the 'Lunch Chucker' and the 'Vertiginous'."

"Why do they have three?" Django asked.

"Probably to shorten the line." Erick answered.

"Hold on." Isabella said as she raised a hand. "I need to use the bathroom first."

She ran off towards the nearest set of bathrooms while the rest of us waited . "Hey guys." I began. "What is the 'friend zone'?"

Django looked at me, confused, while Katie and Erick suppressed a laugh. "You really don't know what the 'friend zone' is Phineas?" Katie asked.

"No not really." I replied.

Django tilted his head to the side and seemed confused. "Why do you want to know?"

"Well, Erick and I were texting, and he said that Isabella has me in the 'friend zone'."

Django looked at me incredulously. "Are you sure it wasn't the other-" Django was cut off by Kate hitting him over the head with a book that she pulled out of nowhere. "I'm sorry." Django corrected. "What I meant to ask is, why do you think Isabella has you in the 'friend zone'?"

"Well ..." I began as I scratched the back of my head. "That's … complicated."

"Phineas is in love with Isabella and thinks that if she finds out then she won't want to be friends with him anymore." Erick answered, causing my eyes to go wide.

"ERICK!" I exclaimed.

"What? I uncomplicated it." He replied. "Any way, the 'friend zone' is when a girl decides that you're her friend and no longer a dating option. You become this 'non-romantic entity' in her eyes, like a brother, or a lamp."

"A lamp?" I repeated, incredulously.

"Yes Phineas, a lamp." Erick responded.

"Oh this is just too sweet." Katie said as she clasped her hands together. "I can't wait to tell Isabella."

I was shocked, hearing what Katie said, that I almost went into shock. "YOU CAN'T TELL ISABELLA!" I shouted as I took her by the shoulders and shook her.

"But … you … and …" She shook her head and gathered her sentence. "But you are in love with your best friend. It's just so sweet, especially since-"

Erick quickly covered her mouth. "She just doesn't want to keep a secret from her troop leader. She made an oath, that no matter what, she would never reveal a secret if asked; unless someone's life was at stake."

Katie's eyes widened, for some reason, as Erick removed his hand from her mouth. "Um … yeah … I just … don't want to … keep that from Isabella."

"It would ruin our friendship Katie." I pleaded.

"But-" Katie tried to say.

"Please?" I begged.

Katie sighed and eventually gave in. "Fine, I won't tell Isabella or anyone else who doesn't already know."

"Thank you." I said as I smiled.

"I'm back." I heard Isabella say from a short distance away. "Sorry I took so long."

"No worries Isabella, it wasn't that long. Now let's get a move on."

Erick and Katie looked at each other for a moment before looking back to the rest of us. "Um, you guys go ahead, we'll catch up in a moment."

I looked at them curiously, but just let it go. "All right then, let's get a move on."

(Erick's POV)

Katie and I waited for the others to be out of earshot before beginning. "So I just made a promise that's going to torture me for the rest of my days." Katie said as she shoved her hands in her pockets.

"Only until they get together Katie. After that, I'm sure you'll be fine." I responded.

"Well Phineas is never going to realize Isabella's feelings for him and Phineas isn't likely to let something slip; to let Isabella know his feelings for her." Her eyes shot open and a smile formed on her face. "You could tell her that Phineas is in love with her."

I looked at Katie for a moment and shook my head. "Sorry, the guy code prevents me from doing something so outrageous."

Katie crossed her arms and pouted. "And you promised Isabella that you wouldn't tell Phineas about her feelings; we're stuck."

"Yeah." I said as we watched the others walk away. "Do you remember what happened when you first got the talk?" I asked.

Katie cringed and nodded. "Yeah, I was silent for so long."

I laughed. "I thought I would be able to handle it better than I did; apparently I was wrong."

"Yeah." Katie said with a smile. "I thought you were closing yourself off from me after that, remember?"

I smiled at the memory. "Yeah, then not too long after that, I spoke to you for the first time."

It was at that moment that both of us realized that we had somehow joined hands. We both released the other's hand, faster than a child with his hand caught in the cookie jar. "We'd … better catch up to them." Katie said as she blushed.

"Yeah." I agreed as I blushed, as well.

I bet that a lot of people are really excited to read the next chapter, well let me tell you that I will be putting it up tomorrow and no sooner. So … yeah … not much else to say.

Hello, my name is Axis22 and I enjoy torturing characters.

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