Phineas and Ferb

Baby Adventures of Phineas

Chapter 2: The Misunderstanding

Disclaimer: Phineas and Ferb does not belong to me. It belongs to Dan Povenmire and Jeff Swampy Marsh, who have done an amazing job with this show the past 8+ years. Here's to 8+ MORE years!

Phineas, Candace, and Linda were out shopping at the super market. Phineas was being pushed in his stroller and taking in all the sights.

"OK, kids." Linda let Phineas out of his stroller and put him on the ground. "Go look around and see if there's anything you want." Both Candace and Phineas went off to look for stuff. Linda followed closely behind Phineas. Phineas, for his part, found another little boy who was eating a gummy bear. Phineas was intrigued by the sight of the gummy bear.

"Excuse me!" Phineas shouted. As a toddler, he tended to shout more often than he should, but it was only to get attention, not to hurt. "What are you doing?"

The boy swallowed. "gummy bear." He responded.

"What's that?"

"It's a treat. And it's good."

"Can I have one?"

"Phineas, no!" Linda shouted as she picked up the boy. "No."

"What?" Phineas shouted, as he was clearly confused.

"Phineas, that's not a very good idea."

Phineas turned his head to look at Linda. "Why not?"

"Candy is bad for you."

Phineas's eyes widened. To him, "candy" meant "Candace" since he couldn't yet pronounce her full name. To him, his mother was telling him that his sister was bad for him. "Candy is bad?"

"Yes, candy is bad for you."

Phineas blinked. He groaned as Linda took him away and put him back in his stroller. Linda thought little of what he had said to Phineas, as to her, she thought she was passing on a good message. But little did she know that Phineas's narrow comprehension of complicated words and meanings would come back to bite her.

When they returned home, Linda put Phineas on the floor. "We're home."

Candace turned to Phineas. "Phineas, would you like to-" But as she went to grab him, Phineas took ten steps back.

"No!" He squealed nervously.

"What?"

"No!"

"Phineas, what's wrong?" She took another step towards him, and he took another step back. "You look like you've seen a ghost. It's me, Candace. Or...Candy, as you like to call me."

Phineas's eyes widened again. He heeded the words his mother gave him. "No! Candy is bad for me! Mommy said so!"

"What?" Candace raised an eyebrow and turned to his mother, who seemed just as confused as Candace was.

"Candy is bad for me!" Phineas repeated as he ran into the kitchen whining. Linda and Candace chased after her.

"Phineas!" Linda shouted. She chased Phineas several times around the table before Candace came into the picture and grabbed Phineas and stopped him. "Young man, what are you doing?"

"Mommy, you said! You said!" He shouted, pointing at her.

"Honey, what did I say?"

"You said Candy is bad for me. You said Candy is bad! But I love Candy! I love Candy very much! You can't make me hate her!" He turned to face Candace and reached his arms out to hug her. Candace responded by lifting him up to her neck and allowing him to wrap his arms around her neck. It was at this time that Linda had realized her mistake, having forgotten that Phineas still couldn't pronounce Candace's full name, and She approached him.

"Phineas, I think I misspoke." She said slowly. "I'm very sorry. When I said that candy was bad for you, I wasn't talking about your sister."

Phineas reverse cross-eyed, as he always does when he's really confused. "You weren't?"

"No. I was talking about the food that the little kid was eating."

Phineas was still very confused. "The gummy?"

"Yes, the gummy. It's not very good for you but more importantly you're not old enough to eat it yet. You need teeth, and you don't have any."

Phineas blinked again. "But Candy isn't bad?"

Linda took Phineas out of Candace's arms. "No, honey. Your sister isn't bad for you at all. Your sister loves you very, very much. And I love you very, very much. I'm sorry for causing you so much confusion."

"OK!" He shouted happily before turning to Candace. "I'm sorry, Candy. Do you still love me?" He asked so innocently. They couldn't help but "aww" at Phineas's cuteness.

"Yes, yes she does. In fact..." Linda gave Phineas back to Candace; Phineas giggled loudly. "Candace, why don't you take Phineas up to your room and play with him for a little while." Phineas's eyes went wide, and he burst into loud and cute laughter, coupled along with rapid hand-clapping.

"I guess Phineas doesn't mind." Candace said with a chuckle as she left the kitchen and carried her brother upstairs to her room.

Linda stayed away for about an hour to give Phineas & Candace time for themselves. After the confusion that happened at the store, she thought Phineas could use some time with her sister. So when she went up to check on them later, it didn't surprise her to find that Candace was cuddling with her brother on her bed. Candace looked like she was napping and Phineas was busy laughing, and hugging & kissing her.

Linda silently aww'd at the scene, even taking a photo with her camera to commemorate. She knew Phineas loved her and Candace so dearly, and this scene was even further proof of that. After taking some photos, promosing to use them on a Christmas card, she closed the door quietly and left them alone.

End of Chapter 2.

And chapter 2 is done. I'm leaving for Vacation tomorrow so I'll be offline for about a week. So the next update won't be for a while. Hope this tides you over until then.