I find that it's more difficult to fix a story rather than write one, that's what's probably taking me so long. But in other news I have something important to say … or ask … you guys do know that these stories require reviews for sustenance, right? Seriously, how do you think more chapters come about? It's true, people write reviews about the story and the story grows based on the review that it consumed, if it's a good review then the story grows in the direction it's already growing in and if it's a bad review then the story will grow in another direction. If you recall, the same thing happened with 'better not left unsaid' it consumed a huge amount of reviews thus it grew out of proportion and became the 50 some odd chapter story it was. Whereas … well let's just stop there and get to the reviews that I got.

Sabrina06: Well … this chapter might turn your entire perspective of this story upside down.

Pregnantnun227: Well I'm glad that I brought it to your attention.

DScribbleF: Yes, but they were using Phineas and Ferb characters, right? Well, the Isabella they used couldn't have been the one from the main show so it must have been the one from the alternate universe, that means that she does have a crush on Phineas and all altFerbella fans are WRONG!

Disclaimer: Phineas and Ferb characters belong to Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh.

Erick and story belongs to me

(Phineas's POV)

(The next day)

I was lying awake the next morning after a night of not being able to sleep; the entire night I was thinking about Isabella, how I suddenly had feelings for her and how she had feelings for me since who knows how long, and how I also still had feelings for Rica. Eventually the alarm sounded and I got out of bed, got dressed, and walked into the bathroom. "What am I going to do?" I asked myself as I looked into the mirror. "Why do I have these sudden feelings in the first place? I've known Isabella all my life and I only start to have feelings for her after I get a girlfriend? That's just not right." I brushed my teeth and made my way downstairs and into the kitchen. While I got breakfast, Ferb came downstairs and looked at me curiously.

"Didn't bother waiting up I see." He said as he took a seat next to me. After A moment he gave me a strange look. "Are you feeling alright?" He asked.

I slowly looked up from my cereal. "I'm fine … any reason you ask?"

"You haven't started blurting about how great it is to have Isabella back for the weekend … or do you not like having her back?"

"DON'T YOU DARE SAY THAT FERB!" I hollered.

"That's more like you." He said as he poured himself some cereal. "Now what's the problem?'

I let out a sigh in defeat. "I don't know Ferb, it's just … well … what do you do when you fall in love with your best friend?"

Ferb looked at me shocked then shook his head. "You mean to tell me that you're in love with Isabella?"

"Yes Ferb." I responded bluntly. "Now what the heck am I supposed to do?"

Ferb looked around for a moment before responding. "Well … tell her. She might feel the same way about you."

I let out a sigh and shook my head. "Ferb … I already know that she feels the same way about me … I know that she fell in love with me a long time ago and that I've been breaking her heart every time I failed to notice her attempts to flirt with me."

He looked at me surprised. "How … how did you find that out about Isabella's feelings?"

I looked at him for a moment then I looked back down. "Don't tell anyone this but … Baljeet was venting and I just so happen to be in the area at that time."

Ferb was silent for a moment. "Wow … Isabella would kill him if she ever found out whether you have feelings for her or not."

"Yes, poor Baljeet, we should make sure that Isabella doesn't find out that I found out about her feelings from him, now can we get back to the problem at hand?"

Ferb looked at me then looked away for a moment. "Well … if you like her and you know that she likes you then I don't see the problem here."

I stood up and slammed my hands on the table. "The problem is that I'm already dating Rica, who I still love mind you, and I fell in love with my best friend who I told Rica that I had no feelings for!"

Ferb was taken aback for a moment before scratching the back of his head. "Yeah … I … guess that would be a problem."

I sighed and sat back down. "You know … just … forget I ever said anything … alright?"

He gave me a sympathetic look. "Look, Phineas-"

"No Ferb." I interrupted. "Please, just forget I ever said anything."

Ferb looked back at his bowl of cereal and began eating. "So … any idea what you are going to put into the time capsule?" He asked.

I sighed and looked over to him. "Not yet, I've been trying to think of something but nothing seems to come to mind … how about you? Any idea what you are going to put into the time capsule?"

Ferb thought to himself for a moment before answering. "I'm going to put my old toolbox in."

"Really?" I asked as I looked up from my bowl.

"Yeah, why not? It does describe me rather well."

"It's just a box with tools in it."

"It's not the box Phineas, it's the tools inside, I have one for just about any job."

"Always prepared?"

"Precisely." He responded.

I looked down at my bowl of cereal and sighed. "And I still have no idea what I'm going to put into the time capsule."

Ferb took a bit of his cereal then looked at me. "I'm sure you'll think of something."

(Phineas's POV)

(Later)

Ferb and I had finished putting the finishing touches on the time capsule and were waiting for everyone else to arrive. At present, only Erick had arrived and he was talking to Ferb about something important. When they were done Erick walked over with a defeated expression. "Well that could have goon better." He said.

I looked at him curiously for a moment. "What happened?" I asked.

He looked away slightly and sighed. "Ferb lectured me about using your micro bug designed to spy on everyone … I don't see the problem seeing as that was what they were designed for."

"I had second thoughts." I retorted. "I realized that they were immoral and caned the project early."

"I got that from Ferb thank you very much." He said as he turned his head. "Not to mention that I would rather not talk about it so can we talk about something else?"

I let out a sigh and looked down. "Well … what do you do when you find out that your best friend has had a crush on you for long enough that it makes you feel like you've been a horrible person?"

Erick slowly turned to look at me with wide eyes. "I … have no idea how to respond to that … maybe you should give me more info."

I looked away again and sighed. "Well … you might find this hard to believe but … I recently found out that Isabella has had a crush on me for years."

I waited for a moment for him to burst into laughter after hearing something so outrageous but I heard nothing. After a few minutes I looked at him and he remained shocked. "The only think I find hard to believe is that you found that out without any help."

"Wait, wait, wait." I said as I waved my hands. "You mean you already knew?"

"Yeah Phineas." He responded. "It's kinda obvious … I mean if Katie hadn't … accidently told me then I would have found out eventually by simply looking at her."

"Well that's just great." I said as I turned around. "She's been my closest friend for my whole life and I completely ignore the fact that she has been in love with me for years if not longer."

"I still think you shouldn't be beating yourself up about it."

"We were in Paris!" I exclaimed. "If she had just told me about her feelings then I would have made out with her a little underneath the Eiffel tower."

"Did I need to know that?" Erick asked with a concerned look.

I ignored him and continued. "I mean I felt … something for her but I had no idea what it was. It was just so strong and so … unusual … I should have known that I would eventually develop feelings for her but I just never knew what they would feel like until Ferb explained it to me in detail when I fell in love with Rica."

"Speaking of which, aren't you still dating her?" Erick asked nervously.

"I AM!" I pleaded. "I love Isabella just as much as I love Rica but for some reason when I fell in love with Rica I completely forgot that I was feeling the same thing for Isabella, it's like every time I think of one, my mind is forgetting the other."

"Wait … what?" Erick asked surprised.

"All this time wasted focusing on my stupid inventions when she was right there trying to tell me how she felt … had I only known then life could have been so much better."

"I think she likes you for those so called 'stupid inventions' Phineas."

"Having Isabella as my girlfriend every summer for the past few summers would have made every amazing day even more amazing … and I was looking for something to make them all more amazing too."

Erick looked from side to side for a moment. "I don't think you're listening to a word I'm saying."

I ignored Erick and continued ranting. "Yeah, I'm dating Rica and I feel the same way for her that I feel for Isabella for some reason … and I have no idea why that is either."

Erick face palmed then leered at me. "Why do I get the feeling that I'm wasting my breath?"

"I can't very well break up with Rica, I still love her … and I only feel confused when I see Isabella and Rica seems to make all me bad feelings go away … it's like she's … magical."

Erick looked at me confused for a moment. "Well that's not right …"

"I just hope that Rica never finds out about Isabella's feelings for me. That would completely ruin my relationship with her."

"Wait." Erick said as he turned around. "Which her?"

I turned around to face Erick. "Both of them of course; Rica would be upset that I lied to her or Isabella would be concerned that she would ruin my relationship with Rica and stop being my friend."

Erick took a step back and began to scratch the back of his head. "Well … good luck with that." He said before walking away.

(Phineas's POV)

(Later)

As time moved on and more people arrived I wasn't feeling much better but I managed to convince myself to put the whole dilemma off until at least after the party. Most everyone had found something that they wanted to put into the time capsule and were in the process of packaging it for the 20 years it would be buried in the ground. Ferb chose his old toolbox, Erick simply put in a picture of himself, Baljeet chose his favorite text book from when he was a child, Buford put in his bully log book, Django decided on his first painting set, Irving believe it or not put his scrap book in, and the fireside girls each chose their favorite accomplishment patch. That left Isabella and myself and I still had no idea what I was going to put in. "So Isabella what are you going to put in?" I asked her.

She smiled and shook from side to side with her hands behind her back then pulled out her sash. "I'm going to put this in."

My eyes widened at the sight. "But Isabella that's you fireside girl sash with all your accomplishment patches, aren't you going to need that?"

She smiled again "I have a spare and look closely, it's my first sash not my current one" I took another look and sure enough it was Isabella's old sash.

'Isabella's old sash huh, why does she want to put her first one in?' Then it hit me, 'That's the sash she had when it was … just the two of us.' My mind froze, and then I realized what it was that I wanted to put into the time capsule. "I know what I'm going to put in the time capsule!" I ran upstairs and searched my room. I began searching around my closet, under my bed, and in my drawers. "Where is it?" I asked myself. After about five minutes of searching I finally found what I was looking for and ran down to show it to everyone. I held it up to show and amaze everyone.

"It's just a blanket." Irving said a little disappointed.

"Oh this is more than just a blanket." I turned to Isabella. "You remember this right?"

She tilted her head and stared at the blanket I had in my arms. "It looks familiar but … I'm sorry I just can't place my finger on it"

I gave her a forgiving smile. "It's okay it was a very long time ago, it was back when we were very little and my mom was about to go on a business trip to England."

"The same trip when she met dad I'm assuming." Ferb said.

I nodded and looked back to Isabella. "She needed someone to look after me and Candace so she left Candace at Stacie's and she left me at your house."

Isabella's eye's popped open as she remembered what I was talking about "Oh I remember, that was way back when you called me 'Isa' because that's what my mom called me."

I smiled guiltily. "Yeah, I didn't know that you didn't like it at the time."

"Well don't keep us in suspense, what happened?" Buford demanded.

"Well like I said it was a long time ago when we were really young. My mom couldn't afford a sitter so she asked Isabella's mom if she was willing to look after me for the week"

"Don't forget this was during the winter break so it was very cold" Isabella reminded me.

I laughed a little. "Yeah, it was cold. So anyway when the first night came around Isabella's mom only had one blanket for the two of us and noticed that we were both very cold, not to mention the heater gave out, so she decided to wrap us together in the blanket so that we would not be left without one and that our natural body heat would keep the two of us warm"

"And that's how we slept every day that week" Isabella finished. We both looked at the blanket as I placed it in the time capsule.

After I placed the blanket in the time capsule I looked back up to Isabella. I noticed again how beautiful she was and how much I was in love with her. I also remembered that Baljeet said that she was in love with me. It was at that moment that I felt an urge … no it was at that moment that, I recognized an urge (or rerecognized it), the urge to kiss Isabella. It was so strong that I was just a small push from throwing my arms around her waist, and kissing her with as much passion as possible, "Well I'd better get this thing ready for Rica and what she wants to put in." I said as I turned around.

Isabella looked heartbroken (which I now know that she was) "Phineas … I need to tell you something."

"Later Isa." I responded.

"Phineas It's really important." She pleaded.

"Isa it's late, It'll have to wait till next time." I knew that she wanted to say that she was in love with me and that she thinks that I should be with her instead of Rica.

"Phineas … you called me Isa again." I froze.

'I can't break Rica's heart like that, especially since I love Rica …' my mind froze 'Just as much as I love Isabella'

"Sorry … Isabella I didn't mean to-"

"I don't mind anymore." There was a long silence.

"I need to go inside" I said before running inside.

(Erick's POV)

(Later that night)

So the welcome back party was over and Phineas has once again broken Isabella's heart. I was at my dorm room (seeing as the break is over tomorrow and I have class in the morning) frantically typing on my laptop. "There's just no way." I said as I began pulling a few pictures up.

"No way of what?" Baljeet asked from his laptop. "No way that Phineas could break Isabella's heart yet again? No way that he could be so oblivious that even after I accidentally told him that Isabella has a crush on him that he still didn't acknowledge that she liked him?"

"Not that." I said as I pulled up a few pictures and stared at them in disbelief. "My god … I see it and I still can't believe it."

"Believe what?" Baljeet asked as he looked at what I was looking at. "What's so unbelievable about the group picture and the picture of Phineas and Rica?"

I turned around and gave Baljeet a serious look. "Baljeet, do you see something odd about both of these?"

He took a closer look then shook his head. "Nope, can't say I do."

I turned back to my laptop and bit my thumb nail. "All this time … clever."

"I don't get it." Baljeet said as he took another look at the picture. "What am I supposed to be seeing?"

I continued looking for a few more moments then turned back to Baljeet. "Hey, Baljeet, I need you to check something for me."

"What is it?" He asked.

"Get on your laptop and I'll tell you the rest."

He walked over to his laptop confused then booted it up. "What's so important Erick?" He asked.

I turned to him and sighed. "I need you to hack the school and look up a few things about Rica.

(Baljeet's POV)

I was taken aback by Erick comment and turned to my computer and started typing in frustration "Hack? Hack?! Hacking is wrong, invasive, illegal, immoral, and-" I finally accessed the school's main database. "Way to easy. Okay what was her last name again?"

"No idea but she is in most of Phineas's classes" Erick responded as he leaned back in his chair.

I looked at the rosters for the classes Phineas was in and what I saw shocked me beyond belief. "My god." I whispered. I turned to face Erick. "Hey Erick Isabella said that Phineas used to call her Isa right?"

He looked at me with a confused expression. "Yeah why?"

"Don't you find it odd that the nickname that Phineas gave Isabella sounds an awful lot like …"

(Phineas's POV)

(The next day)

'I'm dating Rica and I am equally in love with both her and Isabella … should I tell Rica.' This thought ran through my head time and time again until I noticed Rica walking into class.

"Hi Phineas." she said in her usual shy voice. "What'd I miss over the break?"

"Well we built a time capsule and were waiting for you to put something in it before we burry it."

"Really?" She asked as she was sitting down.

"Really." I pulled her into a kiss, it felt just as good as ever but this time something felt … odd. I had the feeling of relief, like I a big weight was lifted off my chest when our lips touched. 'It's probably just the urge.' I thought to myself. I pulled off Rica's glasses and looked into her eyes for the first time. "I love you." I whispered. As I looked into her sapphire eyes something clicked. 'my god.' I thought. 'I recognize those eyes.' my mind flashed back to the night's when Isabella and I were wrapped in the same blanket to avoid the cold, I would look into her eyes and would see the most beautiful sapphire eyes I had ever seen in my life, the same eyes that I was looking into right now. 'My god … Rica … is Isabella'

And now to the bad news … there's … something that … I need to talk to everyone about … you see … the thing is … I'm pulling the plug on 'three short dates' … yeah … I tried to write something earlier … or last week but nothing came to me, it just … I can't do that story idea when they already know each other … not to mention I already blew my trump card in that story way to early. But I digress, as of this moment, there are five in progress stories under my account, three of them are canceled and 'three short dates' is up for adoption if anyone is interested but please contact me first. I will be repeating this in three short dates some time tomorrow and putting a 'canceled' sticker on it but until then, Axis23 is out, peace!

Hello, my name is Axis23 and I enjoy torturing characters.

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