Isabella Garcia-Shapiro marched up to the Flynn-Fletcher house. She was annoyed. That was an understatment, really. She politely greeted Candace, who opened the door. They chatted for a bit and she made her way up to Phineas' room. She opened the door to find him slumped on the bed staring at the ceiling.

"You!"

"What?" he shouted in surprise and darted up. "Oh, hi Isabella. What's up?"

"No, don't 'What's up' me! What is wrong with you, Phineas?"

"Nothing..I"

"No, you've been moping around, you're shutting yourself off, and you're becoming forgetful!"

"I'm not becoming forgetful!"

"Where were you supposed to be right after school today?"

"I was...OH! We were going to visit that new Thai restaurant. I'm sorry. I guess I have been...out of sorts lately."

"Look, I know you miss Ferb, but..."

"I don't miss Ferb!" He shouted.

"Please, Phineas. You couldn't be any more transparent. You're angry at him for leaving but you miss him like crazy."

"No! That's not true!

"Then what is it? What is the reason that the normally perky, enthusiastic Phineas Flynn has turned into a depressed loner?"

"It's because...he hates me."

"Who does?"

"Ferb! I said some things...before he left. The things I said...I don't know if you can forgive. I was just so upset!"

Ferb was packing up to leave for university. His room was almost done when Phineas knocked on the door. They hadn't really spoken since the incident where Ferb ran away, so this came as a surprise to Ferb.

"Yes?" Ferb said, watching as Phineas stood in the doorway.

"So you're actually doing it, huh?" Phineas asked, not looking up from the ground. When he didn't receive a response, he continued. "It's fine. Not like you being here made much of a difference anyway."

Ferb shirked back as if he'd been struck in the face. "What?"

"It'll be a nice vacation from all that 'woe is me, no one loves me' stuff. I liked it better when you didn't talk."

"Is that so?" Ferb said.

"But hey, this decision you made all on your own. I wasn't there to 'bully' you or 'take over'."

"Are you quite done behaving like a spoiled brat?" Ferb barked.

"Oh ho, so it speaks. Just long enough to talk down to me again, I see."

"Whatever problem you're having won't be my concern until you can converse like someone who isn't a petulant child."

"well, it's a good thing you won't have to deal with my 'childish' behavior for much longer. Who knows, you may just get fed up with me and kill me like you did your mother!"

The second it left his mouth, he knew he'd crossed a line. He was about to apologize when Ferb calmly stood up, walked over to Phineas, and slammed his fist into his face. He then continued to beat Phineas for what seemed to be hours. The only reason he'd stopped was because his parents came and pulled the two apart. Once everything had been explained. Lawrence and Linda were furious with Phineas. They'd treated his wounds and sent him to his room. It took hours to calm Ferb down. He'd spent so much of his life bottling his emotions that he'd never really gotten a grasp of letting them out in a controlled manner, so he went on a rampage.

The next few days, Ferb continued to pack for school, and Phineas stayed in his room. They weren't ever in the same room again.

"You said that?!" Isabella asked, stunned at this different side of Phineas Flynn.

"I was upset. He'd basically accused me of keeping him under my thumb and blamed me for his unhappiness. He'd never said anything or talked to me, like actually talked. I mean, did he think I was so bad of a person that he couldn't share with me? We've been through so much together, so..."

"Let me answer your question with another question. Why would you take information shared with you from someone you say NEVER shares and throw it back in his face like that?"

"But I didn't mean to..."

"But you did. Look, I understand you were upset, but you went about it in completely the wrong way. If it were me, you wouldn't be talking, much less talking to me. I'd never trust you with any information again. You crossed a serious line, Phineas."

"I KNOW! Look, I want to make this right. I want to go see him, ask him to forgive me, but you haven't seen Ferb angry...it's haunting. He may reject me altogether."

"You accused him of killing his mother because he'd gotten tired of her..." she just pinched the bridge of her nose and sighed. "Look, tell you what, I'll go with you, maybe I can be of some help."

"I dunno..."

"It's either this or you go on moping, but it'll be worse because you'll be single." she casually said, looking at her nails.

"I know what we're gonna do today!" he suddenly piped up.

"Yeah, I figured you would." she said, rolling her eyes. "Hey, where's Perry?" she asked.

"Good afternoon, Agent P. Today you'll be going back to school...or to school. Have you ever been to school, Agent P?"

Perry just made his signature chirp in an annoyed fashioned waiting for the Major to get on with it.

"Anyway, Doofenshirtz has been see lurking around the Danville University campus, we need you to see what he's up to and put a stop to it."

Perry saluted and headed for his hovercar. He figured while he was there, he'd visit his owner, Ferb.

He loved his green haired friend, perhaps even a bit more than the red-haired one. Perry still remembers when his identity was revealed to the boys during their trip to the alternate dimension. While Phineas went on an understandably long tirade, Ferb didn't seem to surprised. He was his typical silent self. You'd think after such a major revelation, he'd be as upset as his brother. It always seemed to Perry that Ferb had a better understanding about the world around him because he was always so quiet. He observed a lot more. He may have already known about Perry's double life, but just never commented on it.

Perry landed in a crowded area, unseen by any passersby and began his search for the dastardly doctor. He didn't have to look for long, though. He spotted a familiar face standing outside of one of the campus' coffee shops in a terrible disguise as a college student. He was wearing jeans that sagged below his waist and a long t-shirt with some obscure band on the front. He stood out like a sore thumb.

Perry leaped into the air and kicked Heinz into the nearby bushes, so as to not bring attention to himself.

"Ow! Perry the Platypus! What are you doing here?!"

Perry just rolled his eyes and got into a fighting stance.

"What? Oh, no no. I don't have a scheme today. I'm just watching my daughter on her date with Major Monogram's son."

Perry looked stunned. He didn't know that the European man knew that his daughter was dating the head of the O.W.C.A's son.

"Yes, Perry the Platypus, it came to a shock to me as well. She brought him home to meet her mother and I just HAPPENED to be in the bushes at the time. I burst in the front door, after Charlene let me in, and began to question them both. She became furious and told me that she never wanted to see me again. I've been watching from afar ever since, just waiting for the day that...guy breaks my little girl's heart, so I can pick up the pieces."

Perry just sighed, pat the doctor on the leg and went inside the coffee shop. There he saw Vanessa and Monty sharing a table with...Ferb and Baljeet! He didn't know what to do. No matter which of his personas he uses, he'll be discovered by the other person. He snuck back out and after making sure the over fifty year old man didn't cause too much of a scene, he headed for Ferb's dorm. He would wait for him there.

Ferb watched as the door closed and he could have sworn he saw Perry in his agent hat walk out. 'I wonder what he was doing here...' he thought to himself. Ferb had known for a while about Perry being a secret agent. He'd known ever since that day he and Phineas accidentally found his lair. It was pretty obvious with all the platypus themed equipment lying around. Plus the man with the moustache said 'Agent P', didn't take a genius to figure it out. He had no idea platypuses were capable of being secret agents, but he didn't think to question it. He tried all day to explain to Phineas that it wasn't him who built the lair, but it was Perry's, but of course, Phineas didn't give him the opportunity to say anything.

He wondered if Perry would stop by his dorm before leaving. He made some excuse to Baljeet and the others and took his leave.

Ferb arrived at his dorm to find his platypus friend on the living room floor.

"Hey buddy, I thought I saw you earlier. Catch any evildoers today?" he whispered while stroking the mammal's fur.

Perry suddenly looked at Ferb.

"It's ok. Your secret's safe with me...Agent P." he chuckled.

Perry then stood on his hind legs and put on his hat and hugged Ferb.

"It must be cool to be a secret agent, but it must get pretty dangerous sometimes..." Ferb said out loud, not really talking to anyone, just voicing his opinion. "I remember when I was the bottom half of the Beak. Even thought Phineas got all the credit, as he always did, it was fun while it lasted. It was also exhausting trying to keep it a secret, so I can kind of understand what you're going through."

Parry placed one paw on Ferb's leg in support. He'd been there watching the boys growing up. He heard Ferb softly sob while asleep some nights and cuddled even closer. Perry loved his family immensely, but he was always the closest to Ferb. This just deepened the bond.

"Hey, would it be alright if I built a translator for you? One that you only wear with me? I know the last time we tried it you couldn't really say anything because of your secret identity, but maybe..."

Perry watched as Ferb face lit up for the first time in a long time. True to his past, the prospect of bulding something got Ferb excited the same way it did as when he was younger. He just nodded and gave his permission.

"Thanks, buddy." Ferb said, holding out his fist for Perry to bump. Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Perry hurriedly reverted back to his pet form and Ferb answered the door. Whatever joy that was in his face vanished immediately and was replaced by seething rage at who stood before him.

"H-Hey Ferb." Phineas whispered.

Baljeet stayed for a few minutes longer but decided he was being a bit of a third wheel so he left Vanessa ad Monty after making plans for them all to do something for the weekend. He walked up to his dorm and saw a familiar bike parked outside. Baljeet ran up the stairs eager to see his friends, but was taken aback by the scene that greeted him.

Buford was doing his best to restrain Ferb, while Isabella and Candace stood between him and Phineas trying to calm everybody down.

"What is going on?!" Baljeet yelled. Suddenly all eyes were on him.

"Baljeet!" Isabella called out running over to the confused boy.

"Isabella, what is going on?"

"It's a long story, we'll explain once we get inside, if Ferb ever lets us inside."

Baljeet just nodded and walked over to his irate friend. "Ferb...FERB!" he yelled. "Look at me."

Ferb surprised everyone by doing just that.

"I don't know what is going on, but is it worth you fighting and causing trouble? Worth getting thrown out before you've finished a semester? Calm yourself, my friend."

Ferb stared at Baljeet and Baljeet stared back. After a few seconds, Ferb exhaled and his face softened a bit. He then stormed back inside and let the others in. Candace went in first, greeting Baljeet and hugging him. Next was Isabella and Phineas. Buford went last grabbing his boyfriend and placing a peck on his cheek.

"That's my nerd," he bragged and they went inside.