Chapter 12 – Umm…You Weren't Supposed To Hear That

I decided to get rid of the Wait, WHAT??? Title – I originally planned on all of the final chapters to have the same name, but that seems boring.

I realize now that Baljeet, Buford, and the Fireside Girls have pretty much vanished from the story. They really don't play that much of an important role in the story anymore. I guess just imagine that they went home or something, I don't know. Really stupid gap to leave in the story, but hey, nobody's perfect.

BTW, you'll notice I use the phrase "Oh fudge" with Phineas a lot. That's 'cuz I would normally use f*ck there, but Phineas is 10 in this story, and I really don't think he even knows what that means.

Next chapter up, sorry for leaving you hanging all day


Phineas' POV

Oh, fudge. Oh, fudge fudge fudge fudge FUDGE! How the heck did THIS happen?!?

Izzy stared at me timidly, apparently waiting for an answer. Great Phin, how are you gonna get yourself out of this one?

"I, uh…Isabella, you…heard all of that, didn't you." I stuttered, staring down at my feet, and not really sure what to say.

I saw her nod, still with a questioning look on her face.

"Umm…well, yeah. Yeah, you did like me." I used the past tense, afraid she'd say that she didn't like me now. For some reason, that really mattered to me: knowing that she liked me.

She looked awfully uncomfortable. Because she just saw me freaking out or because she's apparently supposed to be in love with someone she doesn't remember, I don't know.

Ferb interrupted my thoughts then. "Maybe I could explain this better."

I nodded, still looking down. I'm not really sure I'm ready to talk myself. Heck, I can't even look her in the eye anymore.

Ferb sat down in the grass, and motioned for Izzy to sit next to him. Taking another glance at me, she sat down. I sat at Ferb's other side, still looking at my feet in front of me.

He opened the album to the Summer All the Time Picture. "Remember before, when you guys couldn't figure what this thing was that you were holding?"

She peered down at the photo. "Yeah?"

"Well, that's actually a cut out you made. See how it looks like hearts and triangles?"

She nodded.

"Well," Ferb said, "the triangles are actually Phineas. He looks sort of like a triangle, so you cut out hearts around them to show that you like him."

She looked over at me, and I quickly put my head down again.

"So…if I showed him…that I liked him…then why does he seem so surprised right now?" she asked Ferb. I felt myself blush – I still can't believe I couldn't see the signs.

"Umm, honestly, Phineas is a little…well, he didn't really understand this stuff until now," Ferb replied.

Izzy laid down on the grass, and closed her eyes. She stayed this way for a few minutes, and I wondered if she was remembering anything at all. "So…am I ever…ever going to get my memory back? Am I gonna be stuck this way, confused and not knowing who I am?"

That really struck a nerve. That guiltiness had come back now. I guess it really never disappeared, just got camouflaged by the whole 'crush' incident.

Ferb didn't seem to know what to say, because he didn't answer right away. I figured that I should give it a try. I probably couldn't make anything worse, right? I just wish someone would say 'right'; it'd make me feel better.

"I…I don't really know for sure. But even if you don't…you know, get it back…we could try and start over. Like when we first met. We could pretend to meet all over again, introduce you to the town like it's your first day here," I said, trying to be reassuring. "You could start your whole life all over again, make it the way you want it to be."

She looked like she was thinking it over. Finally, she said, "Yeah, I guess that could work."

I didn't realize until after she said that that there were serious gaps in my plan: she'd have to get used to her house again, try and act normal in front of her mom. Not to mention everyone at school when summer was over, because obviously she couldn't change everything.

I felt a tugging on my sleeve then. I hadn't realized Ferb had moved behind me. He had something in his hands, something he wanted me to have, by the look on his face.

I took the photo from his hands and looked down at it. It was the Labor Day carnival picture covered in hearts. The one that had started the mess about Izzy's feelings for me. I flipped it over in my hand, reading the back again. And I thought of an idea, one that may be her only chance to get her memory back.

I scooted over next to her and showed her the front of the picture.

"I know it's a long shot, but…do you remember this? It was you and me at the Labor Day carnival last year." I handed the picture to her.

She gazed down at it, thinking. "Hmm…it sorta looks familiar, but…I don't know."

I knew what I was about to do was my last chance, and I was afraid to use it. But I'd do anything to get the old Izzy back. Gathering up all my courage, I took the photo, flipped it, and handed it back to her. "Do…do you…remember…writing this?" I asked, scared to hear the answer.

Again, she looked down at it. Again, she started to say, "It doesn't really…" But then she stopped. She stared wide eyed at the message on the back. She then looked up at me, mouth wide open, the photo falling from her hands.

And then she fainted.


I'm so so SO sorry to leave another cliffhanger again! But I think I like them a little too much.

I promise to update 2morrow; I don't have any school, so the wait won't be as long.

Chapter 13 coming!