I walk up to Baljeet's door behind Phineas. He knocks, and a few seconds later, Baljeet answers.
"Oh, hello friends!" He greets with a smile. He opens the door and lets us in. "I'm so glad you guys are here, my mom just left to go see a movie. I'm staying here to watch the house while she's away, but it's kinda lonely."
We all take a seat in his bedroom, Baljeet on a stool and Phineas and I on his bed next to him.
"Okay, so uh, we have a bit of a problem…" I say nervously. I don't know what Phineas wants said or not said, heck, I don't even know how he feels about this. Actually, now that I think about it, he's been awful quiet...
"Okay… So what's the problem?" Ballet asks. I look at Phineas as if telling him he should say what he wants. "Ehm, a few nights ago, we were kidnapped and taken to a place where I was shot with some sort of machine." He says slowly.
"Are you okay? What was the machine for!?" Baljeet exclaims, hoping his friend is okay. "I'm… I'm okay right now. But we need your help for future events." Phineas says. I watch him as he speaks, noticing a slight tremble in his bottom lip. Baljeet gives Phineas a weird look, and then he looks to me and back to Phin. "Do you know what to do about forms of werewolfism?" He asks.
Baljeet sits there, eyes slowly widening more and more, and his jaw starts to open. When Baljeets realizes, he shuts his mouth and eyes and looks at Phineas. "W-what..? I don't think I understa—" "During the next full moon, I'll turn into a monster! Werewolfism! What is there to not understand!?" Phineas yells, suddenly breaking down into tears.
"Woah, Phineas! What the heck just happened!?" I say as I put my hand on his shoulder.
"I-I'm a monster! My dad made me a monster. How am I supposed to feel about this!? I could hurt you, I could hurt Baljeet, I could hurt mom and dad! I could hurt Isabella! I could hurt Buford! Heck, I could KILL any of you! What am I gonna do!?" He cries even harder. I put my arm around him and try to comfort him, while still being shocked at how easily he broke. I have literally never seen him cry! But after certain circumstances, I suppose anybody could become prone to falling apart.
"I'm really sorry Phineas, I was just kind of shocked! I really didn't expect you to say that… I'm sorry…" He says shamefully as he rubs his arm uncomfortably. Phineas wipes his eyes with his sleeve and sniffles before looking up at Baljeet. "You're fine, 'Jeet. I was the impulsive one, you were just genuinely shocked. If anybody should be sorry here, it's me…" He says. He continues to wipe his tears with his sleeve.
"No. Nobody here is at any sort of fault. I know I would not be happy talking about something like this if it happened to me. But it happened to you. And I'm really sorry. But you just need to stay out of the moonlight once a month! You'll be okay, Phin. I promise. I won't let anything happen to you. Ever." I say as I hug him. "And I promise I'll help in any way I can. I don't really ever see you sad, but when I do, I know it's bad." Baljeet adds.
Phineas gives us a small smile within his tears as he pulls Baljeet and me into a big group hug.