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Even though I said that I'm gonna update this on June, I wanna give you the newest chapter as a token of my appreciation.
But before that, let's go to the RECAP!
Unexpected, Diana arrived at Danville earlier. Phineas is still in dilemma how he will explain everything to her and to Isabella. The day after Diana's comeback, Phineas visited Isabella and he tried to tell her about his feelings but...
Diana saw them.
Isabella tried to explain but Diana gave her a slap on her face and she went away from her.
But most sadly... Phineas and Isabella's day was ended by their revelations to each other and it didn't end happily.
What would happen to our characters? Find out more here in Must Be Love!
(Disclaimer: I don't own everything! Except for Diana...)
Phineas's POV (Setting: On the way to Flynn-Fletcher's house)
You know, I have this crush on him about 10 years and he developed his crush at the girl in just two hours?!
In everything I am, in everything I've ever done, and looking back, I know that I should have told you how much you've always meant to me.
Yes, Phineas. I love you... more than just a best friend.
You wanna know the very last thing that entered my mind? ...You.
I thought that if I became beautiful just like Diana, you would finally notice my feelings to you.
Phineas, I loved you since we've met ten years ago but you never noticed.
Why?
I'm so sorry, Phineas.
Why I didn't notice it?
All I have ever done is hurt the girl I loved. And the bad thing is? I'm hurting her unconsciously.
Phineas Kristoff, you really an oblivious as ever!
As I entered my house, Ferb and Candace greeted me.
"Hey Phineas!" They said.
"Hi guys." I said sadly as I sat on the chair.
"Phineas? Is there something wrong?" Ferb asked me.
I faced him. "You are right, Frank William. I am really oblivious as ever."
I let out a tear. Candace sat beside me. "Is something happened between you and Isabella?"
"Candace... you are the best sister ever." I smiled. "How did you-"
"Phineas, you are my brother. I know when you have a problem between you and your best friend. So, what happened?"
I hugged them tightly and I cried. "Candace, Ferb, I didn't say to you this earlier but... I have a crush on her. And I mean by her, I mean Izzy."
"WHAT?!" They shouted.
Here we go again.
"Could you please stop interrupting me?" I pleaded. They nodded in response. "Now... she confessed that she also loved me. Guys, she has this crush on me in ten years. Ten years, Ferb and I didn't even notice her hints... her hints of love for me."
I paused. "And what is the worst part? I became her cousin's boyfriend. It's really hard for her to see me loving someone else because she loved her cousin very much. I think she made the martyr thing."
"Um Phineas..." Candace said.
"What?"
"We want to say that... we know about it. About Isabella having a crush on you."
"Wait, you mean you know about it and I didn't?!"
Candace put a hand on my shoulder. "Everybody knows about it, my dear little brother. Mom knows about it, Dad knows about it, your friends know about it. You are the only one never knew about her love admiration for you."
"If you know about it, why you two didn't tell me about it?" I asked.
Ferb faced me and held my shoulders. "Phineas, we know that if we tell you about it, Isabella might lose her chance to tell it in person. And we know that she is not ready to tell it to you. Also, she wanted for you to discover it by yourself."
"Why I didn't ever notice it? Am I that stupid?" I said while crying.
"Phineas... you are just really a naive boy, that's all." Candace said as she and Ferb hugged me in comfort.
"You know... there are moments when I wish I could roll back the clock and take all the sadness away, but I have the feeling that if I did, the joy would be gone as well." I said.
"You're right Phineas, even though you can do the impossible..." Candace said to me. "...there are moments that should not be changed."
Ferb moved out in our embrace. "I should really get going. Dad needs me."
"Yeah." I said.
As he went for the door, we followed him. Before he reached for the doorknob, I said something to him.
"Ferb?" He looked at me. "Thanks for everything."
"I'm just helping you out, my brother and I'm always glad to help." He said.
I smiled. "You better get goin', bro."
"Yeah, bye Phineas. Bye Candace."
"Goodbye Ferb." We said in unison as he left the house.
Candace looked at me and put her hand on my shoulder. "Phineas, do you remember the day that you asked me if I believed in the 'slow-mo' moment?"
"Yeah, why did you ask?"
"Because I will answer your question." She answered.
We went to my room and we sat on the bed. "I'll ask you again, my dearest sister." I started. "Do you believe in the 'slow-mo- moment?"
She smiled. "No."
"What?"
"I do not believe in the 'slow-mo' moment." She said and paused. "But I do believe in the 'fast-forward' moment."
I'm confused. "The 'fast-forward' moment? What is that?"
"Well... It has the concept of the 'slow-mo' moment but the difference is... When you saw the right person for you, the time will go fast and it will give you the vision of you and the person you loved in the future.
"I saw the 'fast-forward' moment at Jeremy. When I first saw him, I saw myself waking towards him... at our wedding ceremony." She said.
Wait a moment... Candace and I have the same vision.
"Candace... I have the same vision. I saw it at Isabella. Not just once, but twice." I said.
"What happened at the vision?" She asked.
"Well the first vision... I saw her in our wedding ceremony... she's very beautiful..." I trailed off.
"And the second one?"
"The second vision... I saw my older self proposing to Izzy... at the rooftop we always went." I said.
Long pause.
"Phineas?"
"Yes?"
"Do you want to know why Mom and Dad named you 'Phineas'?"
I nodded.
"When Dad met Mom in their teenage years, Mom saw Dad in her slow-mo moment and Dad saw Mom in his fast-forward moment. Now, when they were thinking of your name, they agreed that you will name Phineas, after the son of Poseidon. Your name means 'the oracle'. This relates Phineas's gift, the demigod, of the prophecy to see the past and the future."
"I was named Phineas because of the slow-mo and the fast-forward moment of Mom and Dad?"
"Yes."
Wow. I thought I was named Phineas because of Dad's fondness of Greek mythology but I was wrong. I didn't expect that my name will have a rich history.
Long pause. As always, I broke it.
"Candace, is this means that the visions, the 'slow-mo' and the 'fast-forward' moments that I have saw, the feeling that I have for Isabella... must be love?" I asked.
She smiled and I looked up. "Phineas Kristoff, it is not all about the 'slow-mo' or the 'fast-forward' moments. You don't need to those moments just to know if this must be love.
"If you like her, if she makes you happy, and if you feel like you know her—then don't let her go. And that's love, Phineas. It's simple."
"But why I chose Diana instead of Isabella?" I asked.
"I have one answer for that. Phineas, you always have a choice. It's just that some people or some things make the wrong one."
Here we go at the confusing answer again.
"Phineas, can I ask a question?" She said.
"You are asking a question now."
"Why you've fell in-love at Isabella?" She asked.
"I don't know in exact but..."
"But?"
"But... There was something inside her that longed to be desired, to be cared for and protected, to be listened to and accepted without judgment. To be loved." I answered her.
Long pause.
I realized what I have said earlier. "Wait, that's it!"
"That's what?" Candace asked me.
"That's the reason why I've fell in-love at Isabella!" I shouted as I stood up.
"Huh?" She said.
"I should really say this to her!"
"Hey, hey, slow down dweeb! You do realize that she needs space?" Candace said.
"Um..." I didn't reply.
"I'll take that as a no. You know, I'm going to her house." She stood up. "You stay here and guard the house. Maybe later this house might be burned down if nobody's here."
I sighed. "Okay. Bye Candace." I said as she went outside of the room.
"It wasn't over. It still isn't over." I said to myself.
Isabella's POV (Setting: Isabella's room)
As I looked at the necklaces and cried, my mind is crowded by million thoughts.
Why?
I know he loved me and he know I loved him but...
Why I am feeling this way? Why I'm feeling sad about it?
Is it because I didn't accept his kiss? Or is it because I don't want to hurt Diana anymore?
Is it-
My thoughts were interrupted by a knock on the door. "Isa, Candace is here." Mom said.
"Isabella, can I come in?" I heard Candace's voice.
"Okay, you can come in." I replied.
The door opened and I saw Candace. I quickly hid the two necklaces on my hand and put it on the box.
"Hey Isabella, what are you doin'?" She asked.
I wiped my tears. "Nothing at all. What brings you here, Candace?"
She smiled. "I came here because I heard from my dearest oblivious little brother about what happened. I got worried about you and also, I wanted to visit you."
I gave her a seat beside me. "Candace... can I ask you something?"
"Sure, no problemo."
"Do you felt sad when you rejected somebody?" I asked.
"Yes, of course. Y' know, when I rejected Jeremy (A/N: That's another story, if you ask.), I felt bad because I never gave him a chance. I never gave him the chance to love me." She said. "Why did you ask anyway?"
"Because that's the same feeling I have now. I felt bad rejecting Phin because I still loved him." I said. "Now that I rejected him, maybe he doesn't love me anymore. Maybe he hated me."
"That's wrong, Isabella!" Candace said to me.
"What?" I asked in response.
"He still loved you, Isabella." She said. "And he doesn't hate you."
Long pause.
"Candace... I'm backing out." I told her.
"What do you mean you're backing out?"
"I'm backing out in the make-up contest."
"Why?"
"If I still his partner at the presentation, Diana might be angry at me again. And besides, we might not win at the contest if I'm your model. You might lose and fail because of me."
"Isabella, you are the most beautiful person I have ever known. I know we could win that contest."
"But still... Diana might be mad at me."
"Isabella-"
"Candace, I made up my decision." I interrupted her. "I'm backing out."
She went silent.
"I'm really sorry, Candace." I said. "I know it is 2 days before the contest, but I couldn't take this anymore. I don't want to hurt anybody."
She didn't respond.
"Candace?"
"Why I felt that my plan failed?" She muttered.
"What?"
"Nothing." She said.
Long pause.
"Maybe Diana could replace me in the contest. Well, she's beautiful, pretty, and glamorous... and here I am, the most pathetic girl in the world."
She hugged me in comfort. "Isabella, do you want to know why I chose you to be my model?"
"Is it because you want me to be more beautiful than before?"
"No, Isabella. The reason is more than that." She said. "It's because I want you to be more confident. I want you to build your courage so that you could say your feelings to Phineas."
I looked at her. "Really? You did that, for me?"
"Well yes, yes I did. You know Isabella, I really want you for Phineas. You two would really make a perfect match. But everything became cuckoo and here we are."
She cried a little and I hugged Candace. "I'm so sorry, Candace."
"For what?"
"You tried everything just to make me and Phin a couple..."
"That's okay Isabella." She hugged me tightly.
"Maybe I should get going. Jeremy is waiting for me at the mall."
"Yeah, thanks for the visit Candace."
"Very welcome." She said. "Bye, Isabella."
"Bye." And she left.
After some moments, I decided to talk to Diana. I should say sorry for her.
As I walked at her room, I took some deep breaths. I knocked the door.
"Diana, it's me. I wanna talk with you."
The door opened and I entered. I saw Diana sitting on the floor.
"What do you want to talk about?" She asked.
"Look, I am really sorry. I know I shouldn't do that. Please forgive me. I-"
She held my hand. "Isabella, I would forgive you. You are my cousin. And I wanna forget about that."
"Hey, if you want... you might wanna replace me at the make-up contest."
"Wait, did you back out?"
"Yeah."
"Why?"
I looked away. "I don't wanna talk about it. So, do you want?"
She smiled. "I'm on it."
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