A/N – I just thought I'd give it a nice ending. I'm a bit sad that it's finally over, I had great fun writing it and great fun seeing you read it. Here's the last chapter:
Chapter 14: Oh, there you are Perry
At the same time the couple raced outside into the lovely early summer afternoon backyard laughing and playing with each other. Phineas ran out the sliding door followed closely by Isabella who reached out and tackled him to the ground right next to the backyard tree, both laughing.
They laughed and laughed, playfully wrestling with each other for awhile until they simply ended up staring into the other's eyes, Phineas running his fingers through her hair while Isabella wrapped her arms around his neck. They lay like this for what could have been hours, just listening to their synchronized breathing and heartbeats until Isabella spoke up.
"Phineas, sorry about the kiss earlier" she mumbled, "I'm not a very good kisser." Phineas was taken aback, "no, uh, no. Don't be sorry Isabella. It was… fun?" he consoled. Isabella's look of mild depression quickly changed to a smile as she laughed and punched him in the arm, "you make it sound so un-fun" she giggled.
Phineas grinned, "oh but that won't do! I don't do anything that's not fun. Therefore: it must have been fun" he argued. Isabella laughed, "well then, how about we try again? To prove how fun it is" she tempted. Phineas grinned, "sure… but just to prove that it is, of course"
"Of course" Isabella smiled. And then Phineas pulled her still smiling lips to his in their third kiss, second of the day. He was Phineas Flynn. He was the odd boy, the inventor, the magician of words and gears. He never did anything the usual way. He thought outside the box… heck, he smashed the box. He thought in every direction imaginable. He thought on multiple levels… almost multi-dimensionally. He was the one to go out of the ordinary on a regular basis. He broke the laws of reality every day, whether in a big way or a small way. It was safe to say that Phineas was out of the ordinary. Therefore, nothing was out of the ordinary to him.
And yet this was completely odd to him. He had never acted this lovey-dovey before nor had he ever initiated a kiss. He had never held a girl, let alone Isabella – his best friend – this way. He never even touched anyone this way, stroking their hair and holding them as close as he could to himself. He had never dreamed that he would be kissing his best friend… well, he had dreamt about kissing Isabella before but he had never told anyone or believed it would actually happen.
He had never thought kissing could be this… exciting, exhilarating, fun? He didn't think that he would ever do this. A child at heart for his whole life, Phineas had always seen kissing as gross – when it was other people, if it was Isabella he didn't find it that bad. But still, kissing was just yuck! And yet here he was, kissing the girl of his dreams… and it was great. As his tongue played with Isabella's all he could think of were the words 'gonna marry her ay?' the voice that they had flowed from, the man who had said it and the young girl he was holding in a beautiful white wedding gown while they sealed their marriage with a sweet kiss.
As they broke away, Isabella snuggled up to him and Phineas broke out of his daydream, the reality was so much better. "So Phineas, am I your girlfriend now?" she giggled. Phineas smiled at her warmly, "I think that that question's redundant, Izzy" he replied. Isabella giggled again, "humor me"
"Yes, Izzy, you sure are; in fact, maybe more"
Isabella smiled gratefully and gave him a peck on the lips, "Phineas, are you suggesting…"
"Marriage?" he finished for her. Isabella giggled, "Phineas!" she scoffed, "you know we're too young for that"
Phineas grinned, "maybe…"
"Phineas, you know perfectly well it's the law – and there's no loophole"
Phineas sighed jokingly, "well… eventually at least"
Isabella grinned at him and drew herself closer, if that was possible. "you're sweet Phineas" she cooed, Phineas smiled. "If not a little eager" she added. Phineas laughed, "Ma chère, Je t'aime" he whispered in her ear before closing his eyes.
And then, before she fell into sleep, Isabella opened her eyes to gaze one last time at her new boyfriend and ask "Oh, and Phineas?"
"Mmm...?"
"Who's Izzy?"
Phineas chuckled, "Oh, just the beautiful young woman lying in my arms right now. The most perfect, gorgeous human being on the planet – or, at least, that's what I think"
"Oh Phineas" she sighed contentedly, "you don't know how happy you've made me"
"Oh, I think I do. Most happy girlfriend in the world? Or most happy girlfriend in the universe?" he teased. Isabella chuckled once, her eyes already closed, and promptly fell into a deep sleep, snuggling into Phineas as she did so. Phineas responded by stroking her hair, closing his eyes and kissing her on the forehead before doing the same.
'gonna marry her ay?'
Phineas smiled in his half-sleep, 'yes Dad, yes I will'
"*chatter*"
Phineas opened his eyes, still holding Isabella close by him, her warm body giving him a magnificent sense of comfort. He shuffled around a bit, making sure not to wake her and turned to his blue platypus, standing wall-eyed and mindless on the lawn in front of him, gazing at who he was sure were his future owners. "Oh, there you are Perry."
A/N - And that's it. The end of the story. Hoped you liked it and feel free to review, criticize and grammatically correct (*wink*). I had a lot of fun writing this and I hope you found it worthwhile.
PM me if you have any questions or "nagging doubts" and check out my other stories if you liked this one (though I apologize if you don't find them on par with this one. This has been my longest story so far and I believe my best written. My other two stories (so far) are raather old and may not be as exciting).
Until next time then…
EdinaC
P.S. Characters © Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh.
Story, Writing and Idea © Me and the sources of my inspiration.
(those of you who have seen Blackadder II will get the "nagging doubt" reference *wink* - those of you who haven't are missing out).
