I'm back and ready to go. … I've been thinking a lot about this chapter and that's because something big (and I mean big) is going to happen either in this one or the next one. Now I don't mean Phinabella but it will be something that will go into the upper portion of the rating. So … ya, now I can officially say that this story is rated T so … ya don't have much else to say about that. Also I'd like to clarify something on Erick's condition, he can get angry but only in extreme circumstances, like if he were to get downright pissed then he would fully feel downright pissed. I say this for the sole reason to clarify his condition.

Skypan: Honestly if I had waited another day to post the last chapter I would have pared him with Ginger, why is this might you ask? Because I saw the preview for "Happy New Year" the following day (arg! Why must I get through another four days before seeing that episode), well … things are going to get a little messy for those two.

14AmyChan: Things are not going to, how you say "straighten out" this chapter.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything or anyone except Erick.

(Buford's POV)

I was watching as Baljeet ran off in the direction of his new girlfriend and just stared 'congrats Baljeet' I thought to myself.

My attention was quickly returned to Brigitte as she started talking "Buford?" she started "you were saying?"

I quickly modified my plan to work without Baljeet "yes I was wondering if you had plans this evening?"

She smiled a little "I'm quite busy for the rest of the day, why do you ask?"

"I was wondering if you had some free time to share, I would really enjoy spending time with one of my friends that I almost never see anymore" ya that was my plan; playing it out like we were friends, truth is we were and still are so I was really hoping that this would work.

"Well … I have some free time tomorrow, would you like to … I don't know, go to the park?" secretly I was about to burst with excitement, but I kept my cool.

"That would be lovely"

(Phineas's POV)

(Later that night)

I got home rather late but still managed to get home before dinner. It was taco night and I must say that my mom makes the best tacos. "So Phineas, Ferb how was your day?" she asked.

I took a huge bite of my taco and swallowed it "I had a relatively good day, Gretchen and I want to the better panda restaurant, then I just roamed around the mall for a while"

"Well that sounds nice, how about you Ferb?" Ferb just remained silent.

"He doesn't want to talk about it" I answered for him, he slowly nodded in agreement.

"Why what happened?"

He just looked down at his plate "I don't want to talk about it" he said.

"Oh my, honey, are you okay?" Ferb got up and excused himself from the table to go to the bathroom.

"He broke up with Isabella" I said while he was gone

"Oh my! No wonder he's so moody"

(Ferb's POV)

I was in the bathroom trying not to cry; I just lost the love of my life to my brother because I agreed to go out with a girl to make him jealous. I hadn't told Phineas yet but I sure enough was planning to do it at some point. Not sure if it would make me feel better and I was sure that it wouldn't make up for doing it in the first place but I still had to do it at some point. 'Maybe in a few days … after I feel better'

(Django's POV)

(The next day)

Well I had searched all yesterday and all today and still I couldn't find that drive. I was beginning to think that it was just something to distract me or something to that effect. I sat down and started thinking 'if I was a kid forced into doing criminal acts and I had made a drive to get me out of the situation where would I put it?' the first answer that came to me was somewhere where no one would find it but me and that didn't really help seeing as I wasn't the one who hid it. Then it hit me 'the last place someone would think to look would be where they would look first, the first place someone would look would be where they would look second, the only way to hide something from someone who is looking for it is to put it in some place where they can't look' (A.N. Anyone who just asked "what does that mean?" can help themselves to a cookie) I made my way over to a mirror that they had for some odd reason, I took a closer look and surly enough I didn't see any means of getting behind it 'what better place to hide something then behind something that's nailed into the wall, not to mention that Connor is a very superstitious person' I picked up one of the cassettes and threw it at the mirror. The mirror smashed to reveal a hidden compartment behind it 'success' I made my way out of the hide out and started walking toward the nearest police station.

(Buford's POV)

Brigitte and I were sitting under a tree enjoying the day "this is nice isn't it?" I asked "just the two of us sitting under a tree without a care in the world"

She looked over to me and smiled "yes it is quite nice" she paused "Buford … you've really changed"

I shrugged "I guess I have changed a little, it has been about a year after all"

She looked left and right "well … yes but … nothing" we continued to enjoy the nice day while watching Django make a frantic run to who knows where.

(Phineas's POV)

(Later that night)

It had been a whole day since Ferb had broken up with Isabella and I could tell that he didn't want to talk but I could also tell that he would never get over this if he didn't, so I decided to ask him about it "hey Ferb … can you tell me what happened between you and Isabella" he looked at me with a surprised look, apparently I forget that he hasn't told anyone yet "I heard it from Erick who heard it from Katie who heard it from Isabella" Ferb looked away, then I realized that he was nowhere near ready to talk about it "sorry Ferb I didn't mean to-"

"No … it's alright" I gave him a confused look "this something that I need to tell someone"

"But are you ready to talk about it?" I asked.

He sighed "the problem isn't whether or not I'm ready; the problem is … I don't want people to think badly of me"

My eyes opened wide "Ferb … what did you do?"

He but his bottom lip and closed his eyes tight "I …" he started "Isabella and I … were never really dating"

I swear that if I wasn't wearing the patch I would have snapped at that point "what do you mean?"

"Isabella asked me to fake date her to make … someone jealous"

"What?" I had made a mental note to myself to not take the patch off until tomorrow morning.

"There was someone that she was in love with and … he never returned her feelings so she wanted to make him extremely jealous by going out with someone else and if he showed jealousy then she would know that he felt the same way"

"Kinda over the top, don't ya think?"

"I was going through a stupid phase when she asked me to go thru with this, I regretted it every day since and … finally decided to put an end to the charade"

I paused for a second "did it work?"

Ferb was extremely hesitant in answering "I don't know I wasn't really paying attention to him"

There was a long silence "who is he?"

Ferb but his lower lip again "I promised Isabella that I wouldn't tell, I might be upset with her right now but I am not going to break my promise"

I nodded "one more question, why did you finally decide to stop?"

He almost started crying "because we never built things when I was dating her and … I really missed seizing the day with you"

I almost burst out into laughter "then why didn't you say something?" he looked at me like I had an extra head or something "we can do something tomorrow first thing in the morning"

He looked sad eyed at me "then you mean … you're not mad at me?"

I laughed "well I'm guessing it happened sometime around when I saw you eating cereal out of the sink with a fork so I guess I can't blame you for going through a phase" Ferb scratched the back of his head "it's just one big circumstantial thing, Isabella had a bad impulse and asked you if it was a good idea, you being in a stupid phase, no offence, thought it would be a good idea and there you have it, one big misunderstanding"

Ferb was silent for a bit "thank you Phineas" he said.

"No problem, now let's get some sleep"

"Phineas?" Ferb said before I could put my head down.

"What is it?"

"Please don't tell anyone"

I smiled "sure thing"

(Phineas's POV)

(The next day)

We were setting up to play croquet Y-8 and to our surprise not many people were here; it was just Ferb, myself, Gretchen, Baljeet, Ginger, and Milly. "Hey Ferb, where's everyone else?" Ferb shrugged indicating that he didn't know.

(Adyson's POV)

I was on my way out ready to partake in whatever activity Phineas and Ferb had cooked up, I recently heard that Isabella and Ferb had broken up so I didn't expect to see Isabella there, but the one person who I was hoping to be there was Django. I believed that the two of us could spend some time together, even though we would not be able to date because Connor would go to great extremes to make sure that that wouldn't happen, didn't mean that I couldn't spend time with him. I was about to leave my house when I heard someone knocking at my door. I slowly opened it to reveal that it was Connor "ugh what do you want?" I asked not opening the door enough to let him in.

"I want to know how exactly you managed to get the police on my tail"

I was shocked "what do you mean?"

"They've been looking for me; they told my mother that they had a warrant to bring me in"

I opened the door just enough to get my head out and get a good look at his face "I have no idea what you're talking about"

He started pacing around then turned to me "you're going to help me out of this" he demanded.

I glared at him and pulled my head back in "there's no way I'm going to help you" I said through the door.

"Oh come on" he shouted "what did I ever do to you?"

I pocked my head out again "do you want your list in alphabetical or chronological order?"

He sighed and ran his fingers through his hair "what the hell am I going to do?" I was about to pull my head back in when he froze "I don't believe it" he said quietly.

"What?" I asked. He didn't answer my question, he just ran "what are you doing?!" I shouted, but he just kept running.

(Erick's POV)

(That night) (Monday night)

I had already called up Katie and told her that I was on my way. I had also made up my mind that I would wait until after our third date to tell her that I knew that I was in love with her, but despite that I could not stop thinking about how I was going to tell her, I was thinking about it so much in fact that I almost didn't realize that I was already at her house. I took a deep breath and rang the doorbell, it took about a minute but she answered "hi Erick" she greeted.

"Hi … Katie, ready?"

She smiled weakly and took my hand "ya" The walk there was more or less uneventful and the movie itself was even less so, but I didn't care. All I cared about was the girl sitting beside me.

(Django's POV)

(A while later)

I was walking down the street wondering if the drive I left was going to be any good 'I wonder if they put Connor away yet?' more thought continued to flow into my head until they were answered by Connor running into my.

"Hello Django" he said with a hint of sarcasm.

'I guess they haven't caught him yet' I thought to myself "hi Connor what brings you to this part of town?"

He leered at me "come with me Django" he said

I took a few steps back "I'd rather not" I tried to get away but he grabbed on to my arm and started pulling me.

He gave me a menacing smile "I insist"

(Erick's POV)

The movie was over and Katie and I were on our way out of the theater "so what did you think of the movie?" I asked her when we finally got outside.

She was silent for a while "it was alright I guess"

I immediately saw her face and got concerned "what's the matter?"

She looked down and closed her eyes "Erick I …"

"What is it?" I asked again.

I saw a single tear escape from her eyes "Idon'tthinkweshouldcontinuedating "

I took me a second to put it together but I could only say one thing "what?"

She let out a few more tears "I said I don't think we should keep dating"

I was in shock with my mouth partially opened "why?"

"We don't have any time for each other anymore and" she turned away from me "I don't think this is going to work out" now I was really in shock. I tried to say something but nothing came out "I'm sorry" she ran.

I stood there for a few minutes contemplating what just happened "she just … broke up with me" my breathing slowly became faster and I closed my eyes, after a moment my breathing became harder to, I closed my eyes tighter in an attempt to chase off the feeling of uneasiness but it only get stronger, the feeling kept building until I couldn't contain it any more. I attacked the nearest thing I could see (in this situation it was a street sign) snapping it in two with just a single punch. I then realized what it was that I was feeling. I was angry.

(Django's POV) (A.N. This part is not recommended for the faint of heart so if you get scared easily or are afraid of extremely dramatic cliffhangers then I suggest waiting for the next chapter before reading this)

Connor had pulled me into an ally and threw me against the far end. "So talk to anyone interesting lately?" he asked.

I knew exactly what he was talking about but I didn't want to just say that I was the one who gave the police the drive "no I haven't" all of his goons were in the ally as well so I knew that there was no escape.

"Django, Django, Django" he said shaking his head "you know I really didn't want it to come to this but you've left me no choice"

"Choice?" I asked "you had a choice, you could have chosen to not drag innocent kids into your little pretend crime syndicate, you could have chosen to turn yourself in and told them that you blackmailed those kids into helping you" I breathed heavily then looked him in the eye "and you could have chosen to leave Adyson alone"

He smiled at me "and you could have chosen to just take my advice and not get involved with her" I felt a sharp cold stinging pain in my abdomen, I looked down to see a knife … and Connors hand "at least then" he pulled the knife out as my hands rushed to the stab wound "you could have lived" I slowly dropped to the ground grasping for air. As I looked at the laughing bunch of criminals in front of me one thing stood out, not amongst them but at the end of the ally, it was Adyson, and even though she was far away I could tell that her eyes were full of fear.

Let me begin by saying that I absolutely don't like doing Bufords part, but I started it so I must. "what's changed?": let me say that I planed that last scene since the beginning of the story, it just wasn't supposed to happen at the end of a chapter. I'm sorry for people who want to find out about what will happen to Django but do to class registration, tests, reports, and sleep I won't be able to update for a while.

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