PNF Fan fiction

Chapter 1, part 10

Isabella did not know what to do. Ferb was watching her, flames in his eyes, waiting for her answer. She looked at her new boyfriend and smiled mentally at the confused look he was wearing. And finally, she looked at her sister, who was sitting in the grass in fear. She met her gaze and Isabella watched as she slowly placed the side of her index finger on her lips, signaling her not to remain quiet. Izzy knew what to do.

"I don't know Ferb, who is Kyle?" she asked.

"You know bloody well who he is! Now tell me!" he said with clenched teeth as his voice slowly rose.

Phineas stared in shock at his brother. He had never seen him like that, all shook up. Ferb was usually very calm and mature about everything, but right now, something was severely wrong.

"Ferb it's none of your business!" said the neighbor girl, getting really irritated.

"It is my business!" he said loudly, without thinking.

"Oh really, how so?" she asked in a sarcastic manner.

Oh no. Oh no. Oh no. T.D. was thinking to herself. This was not happening! It couldn't be! Damn. Damn. Damn.

"Well...T.D. is..." he couldn't continue. He didn't want to. But, unfortunately, he had to. "Every time that guy's name is mentioned, T.D. starts..." He didn't how to explain himself. He wasn't even sure if he should. He took a deep breath and attempted to rephrase it.

"Every time she says him name or hears it... I can actually see pain in her eyes, I can also sort of...hear it in her voice." he continued.

He sounded insane, he thought. Should he continue? Well, he went this far... might as well go on with it.

"Something had happened concerning this... male person, and I would like to know, because it doesn't seem too good." He went on.

There was a pause. Even though Ferb was now staring at the ground beneath him, he could feel 3 very strong gazes on him. It didn't feel very good, to be honest.

"Why do you want to know so badly?" asked the raven haired girl, who was seemed to be growing an interest to Ferb's words.

"I want to know because T.D. is a friend now... and you have to care about your well...friends. So if something is bothering her, then its bother me as well." He said, actually blushing to his brother's complete astonishment.

There was a moment of silence. Then Isabella spoke.

"Ferb, you care about her?" she asked as a giant grin grew on her face and her shiny eyes popped open.

She looked like she was waiting for Ferb to hand her a puppy, which confused him. Wait... he thought for a second. She thinks that... Oh, Ferb thought. Ferb shook his head wildly as he realized what was going on in the neighbor's head.

"No! No! Not like that! I care in a brotherly way, a friendly way."

Ferb spoke that sentence much too quickly. Also, his voice was uneven and was rising into higher pitch.

"Oh...sure, of course." Said Isabella, who didn't seem to buy what the green haired boy was saying.

T.D. slowly got up and felt everyone in the yard look at her. She just kept on staring at the grass she was destroying for the last few minutes and made her way to the wooden gate.

"Well, I'm tired. See you guys tomorrow, I think." She said, trying to sound cheerful, but did not look at any of them.

And so, she was gone.

They were all silent and still watching the garden gate, even though T.D. was no longer there.

"I don't understand. What's wrong? What's going on?" Phineas was lost as usual, but right, no one could really blame the kid.

Isabella sighed, turned to her Phineas and explained to him the whole "Kyle" situation.

Yet, Ferb was still staring at the gate. He was lost in thought about the girl. She wasn't okay, that was for sure. Should he go after her? He just didn't know. Even if he wanted to, he couldn't. So he just stood there, his mind far away, he could only hear the buzz of Isabella's voice across the yard. He was feeling so much at that moment; regret, pain, confusion. And also, this one feeling, that he hadn't felt for a very long while... He was brought back to earth by the sound of his brother's high pitched voice.

"Okay, I get it, but who's Kyle?"

"I can't tell you." She answered simply as she crossed her arms in refusal.

"Why not?" It took Ferb some time to realize that the words had come out of his mouth.

"Because it's a secret and T.D. doesn't like to talk about that person." She said.

"Okay, all right, I understand, but at least tell us how old he is so we can get an idea, sort of like a hint, please?"

Did he just beg? Ferb thought to himself. He never begs! He was surprised... of himself!

"Um... okay, he's our age." Isabella said, raising an eyebrow.

There was, again, silence.

"Look," Isabella said as she slowly put her arms around Phineas."I need to go check on her. So, I'll see you tomorrow." She ended her sentence and broke the embrace.

"Bye." Said Phineas as he watched her go.

When the raven haired girl was finally gone, Phineas looked at his brother.

"What's going on with you?" he asked.

Ferb prepared himself to lie and say that there was nothing wrong, but he decided to do otherwise.

"I don't know. I really just don't know." Ferb said.

"Well whoever Kyle is, he must've been someone very important to her."

"How do you know?" asked Ferb

"Well because she called you Kyle. And let's just say that I'm not that blind when it comes to other people." He said and winked.

"Phineas, are you actually suggesting that-"Ferb was cut off.

"I'm not suggesting anything Ferb. Just remember, she called you Kyle...nobody else, only you."

The red haired boy slowly turned his back to his silent brother and went inside the house with a slow yawn.

Only him... what was his brother talking about? He was right though; he was the only one whom T.D. had called Kyle.

Ferb sighed and stepped inside, for the weather was getting cold and he had started to get goose bumps.

He lay in his bed, and without changing out of his street clothes drifted off to a sleep guided by the thought of a certain "Kyle" who probably once meant the world to a specific girl. And she, by now, was starting to mean the whole universe to a particular young British boy.

"T.D., are you all right?"

Isabella slowly opened the bedroom door. She found the brunette sitting at the computer, staring blankly at the desktop picture.

"Did you tell them?" she asked in a whisper.

"No, you told me not to… so I didn't."

"Thanks hon." T.D. said and turned her head slowly to her sister. She didn't look sad per say, but she seemed bothered.

"All right, look. I know you're hurting and all, but you have to get over Kyle, T.D.! You can't go on with your life if-"

"I am." T.D. cut off her sister. "I'm over him."

Isabella slowly crossed the room and hugged her sister.

"Then what's the matter?"

"Izzy... he's him."

"Sis, that doesn't make any sense" Isabella said.

T.D. smiled sadly and started over.

"Izzy... its Ferb, he's just like him."

"Ferb's like Kyle? Really? I mean Kyle's an ass and Ferb real nice, despite the fact that he barely says anything."

"I don't know. He just reminds me of him. It's not a personality thing, it's just in the way he acts, speaks and looks at me."

"It reminds you... of Kyle? Well, wow." Isabella was kind of shocked. Her sister was into Ferb and she hadn't even realized yet. Did Ferb feel the same way? She asked herself. Did Ferb feel anything? No one would ever know. She took a look at her sister; she was utterly clueless. T.D. had no idea that she, herself, had fallen for Ferb.

"Well T.D., I'm going to go sleep all right?"

T.D. nodded and Isabella left.

Isabella walked down the hallway toward her room as she thought:

Apparently, Phineas wasn't the only blind one.