WHAT DO I REALLY FEEL ABOUT ISABELLA? (Chapter 1 REDUX)

PHINEAS, along with his step-brother, proceeded to build their hundredth invention today to celebrate their near-end of summertime. Thinking it should be the biggest invention that they've made in their life of building, they prepared to do it very early in the morning (with their mom in a 'trip' with Lawrence).

It's 8 AM when they were finished with the contraption's base and when Candace interrupted again.

"You're taking advantage of mom not being here, huh? Well I WON'T definitely let that happen. I will do everything I can to bust you... And this time, I will definitely succeed!"

Phineas agreed, actually ignoring Candace and focused himself in making this invention. He decided that citizens of Danville should be able to take part of the fun he planned this invention to be so he would share this celebration of near-end summer.

But he had definitely no idea that this fun he's hoping will just fade like dust the moment Isabella entered his backyard.

While inside the contraption, he heard Isabella's voice, which made him to stop working for a while and talk with her for a moment.

"Oh, hey Isabella!"

He exclaimed as he waved his hand with the wrench, but this sight of Isabella is indeed strange... He felt it odd not to hear Isabella's catch phrase, so he sensed there might be something wrong.

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

Isabella continued to frown, unusually playing with her fingers and she seems to avoid Phineas's sight.

"Phineas," He finally heard her talk, but never expected the very unexpected news she brought to him. "We're moving out."

Phineas's jaws dropped, at the same time letting go of the wrench in shock. WHAT? ISABELLA'S MOVING OUT? What's that supposed to mean?

"W-Wait," Phineas rubbed his head... He's hoping to hear wrong. "Did you just say 'move out'? By moving out... Do you mean leaving? Something like that?"

He saw Isabella nod, which turned his jolly expression into disappointment. No, that's not true, is it? There's no way Isabella would move out... She mustn't... She CAN'T.

His thoughts were in total diffusion right now. Isabella continued to talk, but he doesn't seem to listen anymore. This news just shocked him a lot that it made him so silent. He heard her say the words Philippines, mom's business, etc... But his mind's so confused that he wasn't able to understand what she's saying anymore. He couldn't take it!

Why am I feeling this way? Why do I feel so HURT of some sort?

"I-Isabella..." He tried to gasp for words, but he remained breathless. "When will you be coming back...?"

Hoping for some answer that will make him relieved, it turned out the opposite. This answer just made him MORE shocked than ever in his life.

"We will never be coming back, Phineas... Ever."

Phineas's eyes almost drop in ultimate surprise. He couldn't help but hide this feeling of disappointment and upset. He would make himself weird if he tried to react against this... Since he thinks Isabella would like to actually move out than stay here.

He's almost about to ask when they will leave, but Isabella advanced him by answering his supposed question.

"Y-You're leaving tomorrow?" Phineas twitched his eyebrows. "Isn't that... A bit sudden?"

"I know." Isabella just muttered silently. Phineas is hoping for more coming out from Isabella, but she began to walk away from him.

No, don't... You can't... This is what Phineas kept uttering in his mind. He lifted his hand in attempt to stop her, but no... He cannot stop her anymore. They're leaving tomorrow. What could he do to stop that? It's her mother's idea, and Isabella 'looks like' she also desires this opportunity. No, he can't do anything anymore. All he could do is to stare at her leaving, even if he somewhat wanted to hug her, he doesn't seem capable of being able to. He's just surprised when he saw Isabella jump over him in tears.

"Oh, Phineas," He heard Isabella whisper in his ears. "I'll miss you so much... I'm so glad I've met you."

This very words made his eyes widen. What the... Isabella's just in tears? So she really doesn't want to go? But she seems helpless... He realized she's just forced with it and she have to obey her mom. This can't be. He can't allow this.

I'll miss you too... That's what he wanted to say, but those words doesn't seem to get out from his mouth. He wanted to hug her tightly, but he just can't bring himself to. Instead he just rests his hands on her shoulder, full of thoughts of that he might do anything to stop it.

He then felt her let go, in which he refuses to... But he realized there's nothing he could do anymore. He just silently watches Isabella leave, completely upset in which he, himself couldn't understand why.

. . .

Three days has passed and his supposed-to-be biggest invention still isn't finished. Baljeet and Buford were now curious since Phineas and Ferb are able to build the tallest building ever in just one day, but this one still isn't finished in the past three days. He seems to be really bothered of not seeing Isabella this long.

He misses her coming in, misses hearing her 'Watcha doin'?' phrase... But his naiveté's still overcoming since he has no idea why he feels so hurt about Isabella leaving. He then suddenly thought:

What do I really feel about Isabella?

He scratches his head with this sudden 'unanswerable' question, and now it's bugging his mind throughout the day which causes him to stop working a lot often. He now keeps imagining Isabella even beside her... He's probably out of his mind now.

Suddenly, one day, he heard someone step inside in their backyard and said, "Watcha doin?' "

Phineas eagerly bloomed as he excitedly turned to see it. "Isabella!"

This smile turned into deep frown when he saw it's just Baljeet mimicking her. "Ohh, do I sound like Isabella now?"

Phineas rolled his eyes and sat down in frustration.

"Why do I kept thinking about her? What on earth is with me? Will someone tell me why I can't remove Isabella out of my mind?"

Ferb silently approached her and patted his shoulder.

"Think of your feelings." Ferb uttered. "And Isabella's."

Phineas's eyes widened blankly. My feelings? This is the first time he actually thought of combing the words 'my' and 'feelings' together. And if he added Isabella's name, it would mean...

"My feelings... FOR Isabella?"

Phineas stared blankly over nowhere, and took him one... Two... Three...

"I-I like her," It took him FOUR hours to finally realize it. He then reminisces the times when Isabella's giving obvious clues concerning her feelings.

"W-Wait!" Phineas exclaimed. "So... This whole time... Starting when she won't leave me alone when I'm building the rollercoaster, oh, and that time when she kept singing that song when we're in Paris, I thought it's just some random song regarding Paris: the city of love. Oh, and also when she lets me say her catchphrases even if she doesn't want others to! And that's why she always bother me during the search for Meap! And that's why she kept inviting me to watch that Stumbleberry Finkbat movie... Only me! All because she also...!"

"Yes, yes it is." Ferb interrupted, and patted his shoulder again. He gave an encouraging smile to Phineas, in which the latter gets motivated again.

"I can't believe it. I'm so stupid... I never thought of that. OKAY, then. Ferb, I changed my mind about the biggest invention. We should modify it to make it a ship so we could follow Isabella and I could finally tell her what I feel!"

Ferb agreed and their friends decided to help. But seeing their contraption so far is in shape of a disc, they decided to make it in close resemblance to a UFO. They then headed to work.

Candace appeared once again and saw the boys doing a ship, despite their plans to make it some kind of fun ride.

"What're you doing?" Candace asked. "What's with the ship?"

Phineas popped out from inside and introduced the ship to her. "I finally knew what I really feel, Candace! I'm going to follow Isabella to Philippines and tell her about it! I revived the Amazing Sun-Beater 3000 to the Amazing Flying-Abroad 4000!"

Candace raised her eyebrow. "What was that supposed to mean?"

Phineas climbed down from the ship and headed towards the house. "I can't wait to call Isabella and tell her about this..."

Candace suddenly caught grip of him. "Wait... Let me get this straight. By feelings, is that about the you-know-what? And you intend to follow your feelings so you changed your mind and built that UFO thing. Is that what you're saying?"

Phineas nodded. "Yeeeaah... So what about it?"

Candace thought that this idea of Phineas isn't bad at all, since she can now see that her brother's slowly turning into an adult. She decided to help Phineas about his plan and gives him love advice.

"I'll tell you, Phineas." Candace leaned closer to his ear and whispers. "Girls wanted surprises, especially coming from the boys they like. I believe you shouldn't call her right now but instead surprise her when you get there. I'm telling you, bro, it's gonna work."

Phineas widened his eyes. "R-Really? It's like that?"

"I assure you. Now go ahead and finish that ship so you could go and follow her already."

Phineas agreed and proceeded to finish the ship, but Ferb, on the other hand, doesn't seem to agree with what Candace adviced.

He kept thinking that Isabella's probably waiting for him to call, so he decided to indeed call her secretly.

. . .

"Phineas?"

Ferb heard Isabella say on the other line, but he cleared his throat to reveal his presence.

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

Ferb brought the receiver high enough to let Isabella hear the noise going on outside, and as expected, she realized it was Phineas. Ferb thought that Isabella knew about what Phineas's trying to do, but it turned out the opposite. Isabella looks like she's gotten a bit furious, thinking that Phineas doesn't care about her anymore.

When he's about to say something, he realized that Isabella hung up. He dropped the phone anyway, and knew if Phineas appeared before her, she'll understand that he's trying to do this for her.

. . .

Finally, one day, Phineas and Ferb managed to finish the ship. Phineas estimated the time that if they go now, it'll be nighttime in Philippines. He decided it'll be better since he might gather attention with his UFO-like ship.

He figured out where Isabella lives and headed there as quickly as the ship could go, and they successfully made it there. He finally saw Isabella and he can't believe how happy he is to see her face again.

The two had their talk and finally knew their feelings for each other... And for the first time, they shared the most wonderful kiss one would ever have.

"I was always bothered by questions such as: What is she for me? What am I for her? Now that I finally overcame my obliviousness, I realized that all this time, I actually knew the answer."

- Phineas Flynn

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

(TUNE TO THE FIRST CHAPTER TO WITNESS THEIR CONVERSATION DURING THE PHINABELLA SCENE)

I realized that this chapter is a little longer than anticipated, so I cut several scenes including their last conversation (which I abandoned so I just gave reference with the first chapter), and some scenes with Phineas building the ship.

I hope some of your questions were answered in this chapter, so if you still have more, feel free to ask and I'll answer those next.

Also, Israel is considered as Isabella's hometown so I decided to bring them somewhere else more 'unique' and I thought of my hometown. Haha. Hope it's all right. :)

I'll still be thinking if I accept question requests, but I'll accept that "Why doesn't Ferb talk much?" question and will be published sometime in the future. Thank you. :)

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