Phineas and Ferb

Dude, Where's My Girlfriend?

Chapter 10: Pain, Go Away.

A/N: I'm so grateful to everyone who's been reading this story so far! Thanks to everyone who made this story my fifth most read story ever, and my third most reviewed! If I had known how popular it was going to be, I'd have written it a long time ago! In fact, I think I might turn this into a transcript and send it to Dan and Jeff and you may even see it on TV someday! Dan, and Jeff, if you're reading this...don't turn this idea away!

Disclaimer: Phineas and Ferb does not belong to me. It belongs to the two geniuses Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh. Keep up the good work, gentlemen! Also any songs featured in this FanFiction are also not mine unless I say they are, which probably will not be the case!


Isabella had to stay in the hospital for a few days to recover from the trauma the liquid heroin had done to her. She was weakened physically and emotionally, but she stayed strong because she knew when she got out, she'd have something to go after now: her relationship with Phineas.

Everyday, Phineas visited her, bringing her either flowers or chocolate with her. He was so excited to see her everyday because everyday she seemed to have more energy and was more optimistic than the previous day. (Ironically, it also took Perry the Platypus 3 days to make his way back to California, but that was only because of gadget trouble and stuff.)

Finally, on Sunday, June 21st, Isabella was finally deemed well enough to be released from the hospital, and as soon as she was, she ran into the arms of her best friend, as they all walked out together.

"Well, it's about time they let you out. I was starting to worry that they'd keep you in there forever." Phineas commented while holding Isabella's hand.

"I now. It was horrible in there! I couldn't eat any of my favorite foods, I couldn't do anything I wanted, it was like prison, only the food tasted better." She replied, relieved to be out of the hospital with her friends & family.

"And now that you're out, we can finally go back home and continue the best summer vacation ever!"

"Now remember what the doctor said, Phineas. She has to take it easy for the next few days or so, so go easy on her." Linda explained to the boy, who only paid little attention.

"Yes, mother." The boy replied sarcastically, which got a laugh from Isabella. "Don't worry, Isabella. Nothing bad can ever happen to you while you're with me."

"That's why I love you!" She said back with giggles as he kissed her cheek again.

As they all walked back to their house, Isabella couldn't help but look on to where KISS was at, the home right next to the abandoned warehouse where she collapsed and almost died. Then she began reminiscing on the concerts she played with them and what a great time she had with them. But she also remembered that she resented Phineas during that time, and hated him with all her guts. She didn't want that to continue, but she also didn't want to give up her dream of being a rock star.

She was totally confused, because on one hand, if she were to go back to Danville, she'd give up her rock star dream, and be back home with her friends, and her almost-boyfriend. If she stayed with KISS, she'd give up her old life in Danville and she'd probably never see any of her friends again.

These thoughts continued to haunt her even during dinner time. She couldn't concentrate on eating at all because her mind was all over the place. It was definitely noticable, and Phineas didn't hesitate to get involved.

"Hey Isabella, what's the matter?" He asked her.

"Yes, niña. You barely touched your food, and you heard the doctor. You need to eat as much as you can to regain your strength."

"Sorry, mamá. I guess I'm just not in the mood."

"Is something wrong?" Candace asked, trying to contribute to the conversation.

"Yeah, Isabella. You're always one of the first to jump for my mom's ravioli." Phineas said, taking Isabella's shoulder. "Does your stomach bother you? Do you need me to make you a bi-carbonated soda?"

"No, my stomach's fine. I just...I guess I just have a lot on my mind."

"What do you mean?"

"Well...I...oh Phineas, I need to talk to you right now!" She shouted as she stood up, grabbed Phineas's arm, and dragged him upstairs into a private room. The others simply looked on in surprise.

"Isabella, what are you doing!?"

"Phineas, I have a problem!" She said as she started pacing around and Phineas took a seat on the bed.

"Well, what's the matter?"

"Well, I'm kind of feeling conflicted."

"What are you talking about?"

"I really want to come back to Danville with you and the others, but I also feel compelled to stay here with KISS because of my commitment towards them."

"But...you only joined them because you were so mad at me."

"I know. But I had such a great time performing with them that I don't know if I want to leave. But then again, you were the reason I stayed in Danville in the first place, and now that our love is out in the open like this, I'd feel bad if I didn't come back."

"Oh I see what's going on. The crossroads of life. My mom told me about this."

"What's that?"

"It's a time of your life where you have to make a decision that could change your life as you know it. I mean, think about it, Isabella. This is a choice between your old life and your new life. It's tough because you really can't go back on your decision once you make it."

"I know, and that's why I came to you for help!" She shouted out in frustration, loud enough for everyone downstairs to hear her. "Phineas, I need help! I don't know what to do!"

"Isabella, I can't make this decision for you. You have to do it yourself." He helped Isabella onto the bed with him as she grew more anxious. "Look, Isabella, you are my very best friend in the entire world, and you always will be. Nothing could ever change that!"

"You're my best friend, too."

"And you know that if I could do anything to make your life easier, I would, right?"

Isabella responded with a nod this time.

"But this sort of thing...I just can't help you with. It's your life, not mine. But just know that whatever you decide to do in the end...I'll support it."

"You will?"

"Of course, 'Bel. I meant what I said; we're always going to be best friends forever, and right now our friendship couldn't possibly get any stronger." He backed his response up with a kiss with her.

"You're right, Phineas. But still, I can't help but feel bad about this because the last thing I wanna do is hurt you guys again! Especially you, Phineas!" By now, Isabella was crying and now she had to embrace Phineas just to keep herself from sobbing hysterically. Phineas accepted the embrace as he could see how upset she was.

"Come on, Isabella. Don't cry. Everything's gonna turn out OK." He tried to say to calm her down. The stress from the confusion was making Isabella miserable inside. But she felt totally happy while she was hugging Phineas.

"I'm sorry, Phineas. I'm just so confused."

"Look," He started as they parted. "Just follow your heart. I guess that's all I can tell you to do. Remember Isabella, it's your life, not mine." He looked deeply into her eyes, and soon her mood was beginning to lift. She knew that deep down, Phineas was speaking the truth, and that he was always stand by her no matter what. But she was still very confused. "Look, why don't you just sleep on it? You're probably just really exhausted from your ordeal these past couple of weeks."

"You're probably right." She agreed as she let out a yawn, stretching her arms out. "I think I'm gonna turn in early today."

"You do that. You look beat." Phineas helped his soon-to-be-girlfriend get her pajamas on and get her into bed and gave her her teddy bear to sleep with. "Now just get some sleep. And remember, it's your life. Nobody's in control but you."

"Thanks, Phineas. You always seem to know what to do." Isabella smiled as the two blushed and shared one final hug before Phineas left the room and shut the lights off. She really wasn't that sleepy, so she just layed in bed for a while, staring at the ceiling, holding her teddy bear close to her heart.

Maybe it's the things I say,
Maybe I should think before I speak
But I thought that I knew enough
To know myself and do what's right for me

And these walls I'm building now
You used to bring them down
The tears I'm crying out
You used to wipe away

For a long time, she contemplated all the possible outcomes of her actions. She considered how she would stay friends with everyone if she decided to stay in Danville, and how she would sky-rocket into glory if she chose her dream. None of them helped her, and only made her feel worse.

I thought you said it was easy,
listening to your heart
I thought you said I'd be ok
So why am I breaking apart?

Don't wanna be torn
Don't wanna be torn
Don't wanna be torn
Don't wanna be torn

It took her a long time to finally fall asleep, but when she did, it was quite peacful and relaxing. Or...at least it was during the first half hour of her slumber. But after that, she started to have a nightmare.

(Cue Nightmare Sequence)

February 17th, 2021

It was the night of KISS's biggest performance ever. They were about to play for the president of the United State of America, Presient Douchebag. (Yet another reference to "Family Guy") The expected audience, including both telecast, and the audience gathered at the White House, was expected to be over 25 Billion. All four of the original KISS members, Gene, Tommy, Paul, & Eric, along with Isabella, were on stage and giving their most powerful peformance ever, and everyone was enjoying it. Everyone.

When they finished, they looked onto the audience and accepted their standing ovation. Isabella, in particular, was enjoying it alot, since her close friends, her former Fireside Girl troop, her mom, and her father, Glenn Quagmire (who was now in a wheelchair due to rectal trauma), were there. And guess who was also there...Phineas. That's right, Isabella suddenly realized that her former best friend, Phineas Flynn, was also in the audience, but he was with his date...Madison Pettis. They were kissing during the standing ovation, which totally struck Isabella.

She was so upset by this, she couldn't even smile while the audience were cheering. In fact, when Phineas looked her way after he was done making out, all he did was smirk and go back to kissing, leaving Isabella so hurt and distraught that she dropped her guitar and ran off stage, crying.

(End Nightmare Sequence)

Don't make me have to choose between
What I want and what you think I need
Cause I'll always be a little girl
But even little girls got to dream

This nightmare of hers caused her to stir around a lot in her sleep. SHe wasn't getting any better. In fact, she was now starting to sweat. But the hardships didn't stop there. She had another nightmare that started just moments later.

Now it all feels like a fight
You were always on my side
But the lonely I feel now
You used to make it go away

(Cue Nightmare Sequence)

June 23th, 2010

Phineas, Isabella, and Ferb are sitting under the big oak tree in Phineas and Ferb's backyard. Isabella and Phineas are holding hands and smiling at each other. "Wow, Isabella. I can't believe we've been together for an entire year now. It feels like barely any time's gone."

"I know. It's amazing." Isabella replied, looking into her boyfriend's eyes. "It's amazing what can happen when you're with the love of your life."

"You got that right." The two of them continued staring at each other with lots of love in their eyes and in their hearts. Nothing could ruin the moment except the sudden earthquake that popped out of nowhere. It was truly unexplainable, and millions of homes across the globe were destroyed, including Cleveland's, but this isn't the time for that joke.

Phineas, Isabella, and Ferb were all running for their lives from a giant crack in the earth that could cut it in half and cause them all to fall to the center of the earth. Ferb was the first one of them to fall to the center of the earth, and they were unable to save him. But they didn't stop and worry about him. They couldn't. They had to keep running. And they did. For five minutes they ran non-stop, but finally, it seemed like mother nature had it out for them, because the earth finally just cracked open beneath them, and Phineas began falling to the center, but Isabella caught him by his hand before that happened.

Unfortunately, for some reason, her grip wasn't that good, and eventually, Phineas did start slipping. "Phineas!!"

"Isabella!! Don't let go!"

But it was in vain. Her grip was fading fast. "Phineas, I can't! Y-You're slipping!"

I thought you said it was easy,
listening to your heart

"Don't let go!"

"I...I can't hold on...any longer!!" Isabella struggled with all her might to hang on as long as she could. But finally, it felt to her like her body had given out, and she released him from her grip. "PHINEAS!!!"

"ISABELLA!" The girl watched painfully as her boyfriend fell to the center of the earth, never to be seen or heard from again.

"NOOOOOOO--"

(End Nightmare Sequence)

"AHH!" Isabella shrieked as she awakened from her awful nightmares. She was sweating fiercely and panting hard, trying to regain some composure.

I thought you said I'd be ok
So why am I breaking apart?
Don't wanna be torn

She huffed and puffed until she was able to breath normally. She was so traumatized by her dream that she spent the next couple of hours grieving and crying. In fact, during the night, she actually got out of bed and went into the next room to see if Phineas was still there. She was relieved when she saw him asleep, snoring in his bed with his step-brother.

Why is all this so confusing
Complicating and consuming
Why did all this made me angry
I want to go back to being happy

Tears strolled down her eyes as she couldn't help but stare at her love for the next couple of hours. Stricken with grief and depression, she finally couldn't take the pain anymore and in a flash, burst into the room running, went up to Phineas, and gave him the biggest hug of her life, while sobbing hysterically. This hysterical act caused Phineas and Ferb to both awaken from their slumber, but Phineas was gracious enough to return the embrace because he saw how much in pain Isabella was.

"Isabella, are you OK?" He asked her while she was still sobbing hysterically.

"Oh Phineas! I just had the most horrible dreams! I dreamt that I was a rock star and that you were married to someone else, and then I dreamt that I lost you in an earthquake, and then--"

"Shh, Isabella, it's OK. It's over now." He said trying to calm her down. Her hysterical crying was bothering him, but he wasn't sure how to handle it. They continued hugging as Linda, Vivian, and Candace gathered outside, witnessing these events unfold.

"It was so frightening, Phineas!"

"Well, it's all over now. Why don't you go back to sleep."

"I don't know if I can, Phineas. Those horrible dreams are still flashing before my eyes!" She was trying to stop herself from crying, but was having a hard time by herself. Luckily, she was being held by the love of her life, and that alone was helping her calm down. It didn't take too long for her to stop crying, and once she did, she finally fell asleep again, which relieved Phineas. But instead of taking her back to her room like he intended to, he didn't want to see her cry again, so he layed her down in his bed with him, and got the two of them under the blankets to keep themselves warm. And after that, he and his brother fell asleep.

Isabella didn't know what was going on due to being asleep, but she could tell she was in bed with Phineas. So she instinctively snuggled upclose to him and got really comfortable against his body. Neither of them really knew what was going on, but they both enjoyed the other's company.

These tears I'm crying out
You used to wipe away

I thought you said it was easy,
listening to your heart
I thought you said I'd be ok
So why am I breaking apart?

Don't wanna be torn
Don't wanna be torn
Don't wanna be torn
Don't wanna be torn

Don't wanna be torn
Don't wanna be torn
Don't wanna be torn
Don't wanna be torn

Isabella had made her decision, and things were never going to be the same again.

End of Chapter 10!

Next Time: Isabella's decision, plus the epilogue.

Expected Update: Thursday, October 22nd