WHAT DOES PHINEAS REALLY FEEL ABOUT ME?

ISABELLA happily skips all the way to the kitchen one early morning as she caught sight of her mom making breakfast. She surprises her mom by giving her a quick kiss on the cheek and eagerly helped her prepare the table, humming sweetly. Her mom's smile suddenly turns into a frown when she noticed her daughter feeling so very happy today... Thinking how she will break the news to her.

Just after a silent moment of eating, Isabella quickly washed the dishes and headed out to the door.

"Isabella?" Her mom called out, seemingly unaware of where her daughter may be going.

"I'm going to Phineas's house, mom," Isabella reminded her. "I always go there almost everyday, right?"

Her mom smiled a bit, sweating heavily. "Oh, oh yes... You're right, I forgot..." She then grabbed a tissue and hurriedly wiped that sweat away, trying hard not to how her anxiety.

"Mom?" Isabella finally noticed despite her mom's attempts of not to. "Is something wrong?"

Her mom sighed of nervousness, thinking of all possible ways to spill the beans to her daughter and prepares of how Isabella would react with it.

"Isabella," her mom begun. "There's something I should tell you. I've been keeping this for a while now..."

Isabella gulped, developing a tensed feeling about this. She thought that whatever this news is, she probably won't like it.

"We're moving out."

Isabella's eyes widened, face blank.

"W-What?"

"We're moving out, Isa. And by move out, I mean we're going overseas. You see, your aunt's husband - um, your uncle - provides me a good job in Philippines, and I can't find any reason to refuse it... So we're going to move there. We're going to leave tomorrow, Isa... I'm sorry I kept it to you."

Isabella silenced, gathering herself up into absorbing her mom's words. Tomorrow? Already? She caught grip of her chest, and several things suddenly came to her mind.

"W-When will we come back?"

Vivian sadly shook her head. "We will never go back. We'll stay there... Forever."

Isabella gave a faint sound of gasp, covering her mouth with her hands. They can't stay there forever... What about Danville? What about her school? What about her friends? What about Phineas?

Oh, Phineas... How is she going to tell him this? They're moving away, but her relationship with Phineas still hadn't evolved since the time she moved here. Isn't there any way to at least let Phineas finally know what she feels? And especially vice versa?

Isabella sadly made her way across the street, heading to her favorite hang out: the Flynn-Fletcher backyard. Even though she's still halfway crossing the street she can already hear hammer and blowtorch sounds from the backyard; probably the two were doing something 'incredible' again.

She finally took her step inside and opened the backyard door. She then muttered sadly, "Hey, Phineas."

Phineas popped his head out from inside their weird contraption and waved his hand with a wrench. "Oh, hello Isabella!"

Isabella just continued to walk inside, which confuses Phineas a bit... It's a little strange for not hearing her catch phrase, and it only means one thing: Isabella's not in mood.

"Isabella?" Phineas asked as Isabella approached her. "Is everything all right? You look so sad."

Isabella played with her fingers in anxiety, thinking on how to give out the proper statement to tell him about it.

"Phineas," Isabella muttered, giving Phineas a slight shiver. "We're moving out."

"Moving out?" Phineas repeated, eyes widened. "By moving out... Do you mean you're leaving? Or something like that?"

Isabella nodded slightly. "We're going to the Philippines. My mom's found a job there and she can't refuse it, and we're leaving tomorrow. She just told me this a while ago too, so I'm sorry."

Phineas gave out an expression of slight distress of some sort, and suddenly became unable to speak. Isabella's hoping that he'll panic or something like that, ranting and begging for her not to go... But no. Nothing happened. He just stood there like a dead twig.

"So..." Phineas emitted, "When will you be coming back?"

Isabella shook her head. "We will never come back, Phineas. We'll be staying there... Forever."

Phineas then dropped his wrench in surprise, but his face remained expressionless. No gasp, no 'What? Really?' kind of face, he just stared at her with eyes wide open.

Trying to ignore his obliviousness, Isabella continued. "We'll be leaving tomorrow, so I'm going to help my mother pack today. I just passed here to say this to you, only you, and I want to say good bye. Please say good bye to Candace and the others for me, too."

"You're leaving tomorrow?" Phineas asked. "Isn't that too sudden?"

"Yeah, I know..." Isabella sadly said, and slowly walks away from the backyard. She's waiting for Phineas to come hug her and cry begging her not to go, or at least ask her out for the last time, but no... This boy's not moving from his position.

Isabella can't help not to see Phineas's face anymore, and at least for the last time, she wanted to hold his hand and hug him. So non-hesitantly, she suddenly jumped over Phineas and hugged him tightly, shedding a tear.

"Oh, Phineas..." Isabella sobbed, "I'll miss you so much... I'm so glad I've met you."

She then felt Phineas's hands on her shoulders. Wait, was that even a hug? Isabella just sighed and ignored it, starting to became hopeless that Phineas will never understand the true meaning of love. She slowly walked outside the backyard, and glanced one last time on Phineas's blank expression, and left.

. . .

Three days has passed and she was now trying to adapt herself in this foreign country. They're currently living in the 17th floor of an apartment building since they still hadn't found a permanent house to reside in. She realized it really is very different from her hometown and from Danville... It'll be very hard to adjust to this new life.

Since school in Philippines starts at June (which is summer time in Danville), she advances on studying the Filipino language and becoming a foreign transfer student. Because of this, she hasn't the time to at least call her friends from Danville.

But even she hasn't the time to call her friends... Why are her friends not even bothering to call her? Especially Phineas? He has a lot of time (except building things) to at least say hi to her and ask how she's going with her new life, but no... No single ring from her telephone. No single letter. No single friend.

She misses asking 'Watcha doin'?', she misses stepping inside Phineas and Ferb's backyard, she misses hanging out with them, she misses their inventions, she misses her beloved Fireside Girls troop, whose leader is now Adyson... She couldn't help but sigh everyday. She's having difficulties with adjusting to her new life even she has new friends... She enjoys her always-fun time in Danville.

Everyday she looks at her phone and their mailbox in hopes of someone to call, but if someone does, it's about the business her mother's working right now. Maybe they have forgotten all about her... Maybe Phineas really have no feelings with her... Maybe she shoud just give up and finally forget about him.

Finally one day, a ring came from the telephone and Isabella answered it, hoping that call came from her beloved.

"Phineas!"

She exclaimed hopingly, but no one responded. A few moments of silence made her realize this isn't Phineas, but actually...

"Oh, it's you, Ferb." Isabella sighed. "I'm glad you called me anyway. How about Phineas? Is he there?"

She suddenly heard hammer and electric screwdriver noises from the other line, and realized that Phineas is probably the one doing that.

"Oh. He's building something again." Isabella muttered sadly. "Maybe he really did forget about me, didn't he? Thank you Ferb, at least you care about me. Just send Phineas my regards... Don't worry, I'm having a lot of fun in here. I'll call you guys if I have time."

She then hung up and buried herself in her arms. Yeah... Phineas really never cared about her. At least Ferb bothered to do so even if he didn't at least utter a single word. Maybe it's time to move on...?

. . .

That night, as she was just done with her homework and prepares herself to bed, a blinding light came from outside her window. Despite being scared of what it may be, she curiously checked it out. She saw an Unindentified Flying Object across her window, with blinding lights on the rim. She almost screamed when she realized the pilot of that ship.

"Phineas?"

The cockpit glass opened and there stood Phineas in the pilot seat with Ferb beside him, trying to balance himself from falling. She also caught sight of Baljeet, Buford, Adyson and Ginger in the backseat.

"I-Isabella!" Phineas exclaimed as he stretches his arms on his side to maintain his balance as he walks slowly towards Isabella's window.

As soon as he finally reached the windowsill, Isabella helped him get inside her room. Phineas signalled Ferb to hide the ship for a moment to avoid attention, and wait for him to come back.

"Phineas, what are you doing here?" Isabella asked when they're finally alone.

Phineas panted for a while, and suddenly holds on to Isabella's shoulder. When he's finally had the strength to talk, he began to hug her tightly.

"Isabella..." That word almost become a faint whisper in Isabella's ears. "I-I realized that I'm not used with you not being with us everyday. Everyone in Danville misses you, and I miss you. I always feel a part of me is missing when you left, and I realized that summer's boring without you."

Isabella began to shed a tear when she realized that she was wrong with all of her hunches. Phineas does care for her. But... Is that really just care?

"Phineas," Isabella remarked, "What do you feel about me?"

Phineas's eyes widened with this sudden question, seeing that he seemed to be very nervous with it.

"Isabella," Phineas stated. "I-I'm sorry if I became too oblivious with your feelings for me. I didn't know about it all along until Ferb told me... And I realized that I..." Phineas rests his hands over Isabella's cheeks. "I feel the same way too."

Isabella cried in tears of joy, finally receiving the answer of her very anticipated question. Phineas pulled Isabella close to him, and the two share a passionate kiss.

"I really hoped and hoped even until the verge of giving up, but because of my optimism and belief that love will soon come back to you, I succeeded."

-Isabella Garcia-Shapiro

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

Well, here's the first one-shot of my 'Unanswered Questions' saga. Even this one's unanswered throughout the series, we'll be sure about its outcome so it's kinda obvious, but oh well. xD

I included the country Philippines here because I would want to put a reference in my country, even if it's not really that necessary. Please don't further complicate things... Thank you.

What about Isabella coming back to Danville, you say? Well, I left that a mystery if she did stay there or go back since the only subject of this chapter is What Phineas Feels About Her.

Flames are welcome, but please be reminded that I won't comment anything about it. Just a beginner here, so sorry if I did anything wrong or unpleasant.

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