Phineas and Ferb

Baby Adventures of Phineas

Chapter 5: The Stranger

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 was in the living room, drawing in his coloring book without a care in the world. Linda came into the room to console him. "Phineas, I'm going to the bathroom for a few minutes. Now, I'm expecting somebody at the door, so if they should come, I need you to go get Candace OK?" She said. The boy giggled and nodded his head. Linda walked up the stairs towards the bathroom. The boy resumed drawing.

For several minutes, he was all alone, coloring to his little heart's content. But his tranquility was interrupted by a knock at the door. Phineas instantly dropped his crayons and ran to the door, squealing happily. "Who is it?" He asked happily.

"I'm here to see a Ms. Linda Flynn?" The voice behind the door said, sounding rather impatiently. "Please let me in."

"That's not what I asked!" Phineas shouted, clearly flustered. "Who are you?"

"Just...Just let me in. I need to speak with her."

"No! You're a stranger, and Mommy says I shouldn't talk to strangers! Mommy lovers me, and I don't wanna make her sad!"

The voice outside stayed silent for a minute. "Who is this?"

"I'm Phineas!" Phineas shouted gleefully. "And you're not allowed in here until my mommy gets here! I don't trust strangers." He laughed out loud for a moment.

"How old are you?" The voice asked Phineas. He had to think for a moment and use his fingers to help - he could only count to ten as it stood.

"I'm...I'm this many!" He held out two fingers towards the door, completely unaware of the fact that the voice outside could not see Phineas's fingers. Nevertheless, the voice chuckled.

"My, you're old, aren't you?" It said sarcastically. Phineas, however, didn't laugh.

"No! I'm a baby! I'm this many!" He held out his fingers again towards the door.

Meanwhile, from afar, Candace was watching and she couldn't help but laugh as Phineas tried his best to not let the person in. She eventually walked in. "Phineas? What are you doing?" She asked him. The boy happily turned to her.

"Candy! There's a stranger at the door!" Phineas shouted, pointing at the door. "He says he wants to see Mommy, buy Mommy said not to let strangers in!"

"But Phineas, Mom was expecting someone today. It had something to do with her job."

"I don't care! He's a stranger, and I don't want a stranger hurting Mommy! I love Mommy! And if that man makes my Mommy sad, I'll make him sad! I don't want him hurting Mommy!"

"Son, I'm not going to hurt her." The voice said. "I would never do that."

Phineas turned to the door. "Really?"

"Yes. Now let me in."

"We can't! Mom told us not to let you in until she got back." Candace explained.

"Well where is she?"

"She's on the potty!" Phineas shouted, as he laughed again. Candace picked up the boy and held him in her arms. "Mommy's on the potty, Candy!"

"Not anymore she's not." Linda said as she climbed down the stairs.

"Mommy!" Phineas shouted. "You're not on the potty no more!"

"Candace, who's waiting outside?"

"I don't know. I found Phineas trying to talk through the door and not let him in."

"You said I don't talk to strangers!" Phineas pointed out. "And I wasn't. I was talking to the door." He laughed again. "I was talking to the door."

"I see you were." She walked towards the door and opened it up. There was a short, portly man standing there in a fancy suit. "Mr. Lagares, I am so sorry about my kids. They were only doing what I told them to do." The man walked into the room and immediately spotted Phineas in Candace's arms.

"So these are your children, Mrs. Flynn?" He asked.

"Yes. That's my daughter Candace, and in her arms is my two-year old son Phineas." Linda smiled at both her children. As the man reached his hand out to touch Phineas, Phineas whined softly and wriggled in Candace's arms in defense.

"Who are you?" He asked again.

"I'm your mom's boss, Mr. Lagares. But you can call me Casey."

"C-C-Cansy?" He tried to pronounce his name as best he could. Casey and the others got a good laugh out of it.

"So you're the one who's trying to protect his mom."

"You better not hurt Mommy!"

"I'm not going to hurt her. I promise."

"See, Phineas? He's a nice man. Why don't you shake his hand?" Candace said. Casey held out his hand gently for Phineas to shake. Phineas waved his arms around as he tried to reach his hand out to shake Casey's. Eventually he did, and with it came loud laughter. "There you go, Phineas. Now you have a new friend."

"New friend?"

"Yeah. And I think he likes you too."

"OK, but you don't hurt Mommy! If you hurt Mommy or make her sad, I'll make you sad." Phineas pointed at him as he finished his sentence.

"I promise I won't hurt her."

Phineas turned to Linda. "Mommy, if he hurts you, you call, and I'll come and I'll hurt him so I can stop you being sad." He said, almost with a sad expression on his face. Linda aww'd.

"I promise I'll call you if he hurts me, Phineas."

"You too, Candy." Phineas said to Candace. Candace laughed as she kissed him again and took him upstairs leaving Linda and Casey downstairs to discuss Linda's job.

Later that day, Phineas was playing with his toys in his room while Candace was in her room talking to Stacy on the phone. Linda knocked on the door to get his attention. "Phineas?"

The boy shot up at her. "Hi Mommy!" He waved ever so frantically at her.

"I want to talk to you about something." She walked into the room, sat down on the floor and picked up her son into her lap. "Listen, honey, I really appreciate the fact that you defended me so hard against what you thought was a threat."

"I love you, Mommy. If you got hurt or sad I'd be really sad too. I love you."

"I love you too, honey. But you shouldn't have to feel like you always have to come to my defense all the time. Phineas, I'm the adult here. It's my job to protect you and Candace, not the other way around. OK, Phineas?"

"OK, Mommy. I'm sorry, but I love you and I don't want that man to hurt you." He giggled.

"Well, it's definitely nice to know that I have a knight in shining armor to protect me."

"Two! You forgot Candy!" Phineas shouted, pointing to Candace as she came into room. "Hi Candy!" He waved frantically to her. She came over to him and sat down right next to him. "Don't forget Candy, Mommy."

"I wouldn't dream of it, sweetie." Linda hugged and kissed both of her loving children. Today was yet another example of how lucky she was to have two children who loved her so very much. "I love you both."

"We love you too, Mom." Candace responded. "So, how did the job thing go?"

"Well, I don't know yet, but...I think I'm getting a promotion!"

Candace and Phineas both cheered in delight. "That's great! Congratulations."

"Thank you. Really, I owe it to you two that it actually happened. He said that I'm the perfect representative of the company due to my "family first mentality."

"I don't know what that means, but we're so proud of you, Mom."

"And I'm so proud of you kids. I know things have been hard for us ever since Dad left, but Candace, I am so proud of how you've stepped up and taken a lead role in caring for your brother. And Phineas, you've been so well behaved."

"Thank you Mommy. I love you."

"I love you guys too." She hugged both of her children as tightly as she could. Both children reciprocated. "Hey, who wants meatloaf for dinner?" The two kids cheered wildly. "That's what I thought. I'll get started on dinner and call you when it's done. You two play nice."

"We will!" Phineas and Candace shouted simultaneously and embraced in another hug. Linda left to go start dinner and let her kids bond. The bond between the three of them was already incredibly strong, and today's mishap only made it stronger.

End of Chapter 5