Phineas and Ferb
Phineas and Ferb's Best Christmas Adventure Ever
Chapter 4: Love, Joy, and Lots of Eggnog
A/N: Sorry about the lousy formatting of the last chapter. My stupid document manage has been acting up and I can't seem to get things the way I want them lately! Still, it shouldn't stop you from enjoying it!
Disclaimer: Phineas and Ferb does not belong to me. It belongs to the two geniuses Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh. Keep up the good work, gentlemen! Also don't expect any good original songs! Sorry, but I'm not good with writing original songs. Never have been.
Phineas Flynn had no idea how it had happened, but he had truly fallen in love with his best friend, and he loved that feeling. Just having Isabella sitting there right next to him made him feel so good.
The two kids sat on Isabella's couch for a while, just hugging each other and watching TV. Neither of them could ask for anything more. The clock struck 9 and Phineas knew it was almost time for bed. But, he didn't want to leave Isabella's side just yet because he was just beginning to discover his feelings for her, and he felt he needed to be with her a littel bit longer. So he called his mother on his cellphone and asked to sleep over at her house for the night. Even though she was reluctant at first, once Phineas explained what was happening and what he was feeling, she was more than willing to let him stay there for the night.
Linda came over and brought Phineas a pair of his pajamas to change into for the night. Then he went up into the bathroom, changed into his pajamas, came out, and went into Isabella's room to wait for her. It took Isabella a couple of minutes to change into her pajamas and then enter her room. Upon seeing her come in, Phineas couldn't help himself, and he ran up to her and jumped right into her arms. He was still a bit hurt and felt like he had to make it up to her somehow, but when he told her this, she assured him that he had nothing he had to make up to her.
The two climbed into Isabella's bed together, got snuggled under the covers, warmed up to each other, and fell asleep together. Phineas wrapped his arms around Isabella before he fell asleep, to which she smiled greatly. She couldn't help herself. She was stricken with love.
They slept like that the entire night, from 9:00 to 6:00 the next morning, and their thoughts were nothing but happy thoughts about them getting married and having children and being young and together forever.
Wow, this is actually happening! Isabella thought to herself as she slept right beside her best friend. Phineas really is in love with me!
The next morning, Isabella's alarm clock rang, and Isabella was the first one to wake up. She opened her eyes slowly and saw the clock going off. So she slowly removed Phineas's arms from her waist, stroked Phineas's hair lightly while he was still asleep, and shut the clock off. It was only 6:00, she noticed, and she didn't set her alarm clock for 6, so she was curious as to why it went off. But, she didn't dwell on it, and instead climbed back into bed, and allowed herself to be wrapped in Phineas's arms, as she fell asleep again for a few more hours.
The two of them woke up for real a couple of hours later, at about 8:30 a.m. They both arose from the bed and realized the time. But they didn't panic. No, instead they turned to look at each other, and gazed into each other's eyes. "Good morning, Isabella." Phineas said warmly.
"Good morning, Phineas." She said cutely, and the two embraced again before getting out of bed and running downstairs to eat some breakfast. "Morning, mom!" She said happily to her mother, who was reading the paper.
"Good morning, Isa. How did you and Phineas sleep?" She asked, which made Isabella drop her fork and dart her vision to her mother. Isabella had forgotten to tell Vivian that Linda said it was OK for Phineas to sleep over last night.
"Uh...w-what do you mean?"
"Isa, I'm not clueless. I saw you and Phineas snuggling together in your bed last night."
Isabella was starting to sweat, because she believed she was about to be punished. But then her mother got up from her seat and walked over to her daughter. "Does this mean the fight's over?" She whispered into Isabella's ear.
"Yes." She whispered back.
"And you two are friends again?"
"Oh we're more than friends now!" Isabella squealed like a horny schoolgirl just thinking about it. "I really think he loves me just like I love him!"
"Honey, that's wonderful!"
"I know, isn't it, mom!"
"It sure is." Phineas whispered, interrupting Isabella, having heard their conversation, which made Isabella shriek out of fear.
"Phineas! Don't you know it's rude to listen in on someone else's conversation?"
"Then next time take it in another room so I don't hear it!" He lightly jabbed Isabella's arm while laughing, which caused her to start laughing as well. They were finished with their breakfast, so they put their dishes in the sink and headed into the living room to watch some TV. They wrapped each other in their arms as they watched "Disney's How the Grinch Stole Christmas".
"So..." Isabella began. "What do you think we should do now?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well, now that we know...just how much we really care about each other, where do we go from here? I mean, I think it would be a bit boring to just stay friends now that the secret's out, but at the same time I don't want us to rush into anything too serious."
"Well, Isabella, you know just as much as I do that I am totally clueless when it comes to this romance stuff." Phineas said, not wanting to say something that would end up hurting Isabella's feelings again. "I don't want to do something or say something that is going to hurt you again."
"You're afraid."
"Of course! I care about you alot, Isabella. You are one of my best friends in the whole world, and I want you to be in my life forever, whether you're my wife, my girlfriend or just my friend."
"Aww, and I will, Phineas. I'll always be in your life because I like you for who you are, not for your crazy inventions or any amount of money you may have."
"And I like you for your charisma, charm, and that adorable catchphrase you have." Phineas hugged her tightly as she giggled warmly. "Look, I don't want to mess things up for us if we decide to start, you know...dating. So...would you, I don't know, help me on this romance stuff?"
"I would be honored, Phineas."
"Great. But not right now."
"What? Why not?"
"Because...we still have a job to do." He got up from the couch, went upstairs, got his winter stuff on, and then came back down. Isabella smiled because she knew just what that meant. "Danville's still holiday spiritless, and it's still our job to get it back before Christmas! Isabella, we're gonna save Christmas!"
"Yay! I just knew you'd come around!" She jumped up with glee and ran up to her friend, and gave him the biggest hug she had ever given anyone.
"Come on, Isabella! Tonight's Christmas Eve, which means we have a lot of work to do." Phineas said as he joined in on her hug. "It's going to be difficult, but failure's not an option at this point."
"But what else can we do? I mean, you said it yourself. You're out of ideas!" Isabella reminded him.
"Oh yeah. I forgot that I was out of ideas. I was so excited to hang out with you yesterday that I forgot to jot any more thoughts down." Phineas went back to the couch along with Isabella, and sat down, hoping to think of some more ideas before they went out. "Man, we tried everything this week but nothing has gotten people happy. Hey, wait a minute! That reminds me!" He took Isabella's hand and raced right out of the house and took her all the way to the park where the concert was a few days ago, and where they had put up their Christmas tree.
The tree was conly half decorated with Christmas figurines and whatnot. So the two of them decided to finish themselves. It took them until 5:00 that evening to finish, and by that time, they were extremely proud of the work they had done. But there was one very important thing that was missing. "Why didn't I see this before?"
"What? What is it, Phineas?"
"We forgot to put the star up on the tree!" Phineas reminded her, showing her that the tip of the tree was bare. "Remember? You stormed off angrily the other day before we got a chance to do that?"
"Oh. Yeah, I remember that."
"Well...it's only Christmas Eve. It's not too late." He took out the star that he was going to put on the Christmas tree from his back packet, and handed it to Isabella. Then he ran off and got a nearby ladder and leaned it against the tree. Isabella was truly flattered that Phineas was allowing her to be the one to put the star up on the tree.
She started climbing up the ladder, with each step seeming a little bit harder to reach than the last. Phineas followed right behind her, just in case she fell off, so he would be able to catch her. She finally reached the top of the tree. She looked over the tree and saw the view of the entire Tri-State Area. "Wow, the view up here is absolutely beautiful!"
"Well what are you waiting for, Isabella?" Phineas asked right below her. "Put the star on the tree so we can light this baby up!"
"Alright already! Hold your horses!" SHe joked back to him, which made him laugh. Isabella reached up and placed the star gently on the tree, and then the two kids climbed down from the ladder to get a glimpse of it. "Wow, Phineas. It looks absolutely beautiful!"
"You think it's great now? Wait until I plug it in." Phineas showed her the plug and the outlet in which it needed to be plugged into. He slowly plugged it in, and in seconds, the tree was lit up in dozens of beautiful lights.
Isabella gasped in surprise. "Oh my gosh! Phineas, it's absolutely gorgeous!"
"Ain't it, Isabella?" Phineas agreed, wrapped his left arm around Isabella's shoulder, which made the two of them blush. "Isabella, I'm really sorry."
"For what?"
"About all of this. I mean, about yelling at you yesterday, about me not noticing you crushing on me..."
"Oh don't worry about that. Boys are supposed to be clueless." Phineas frowned. "But it's OK, because I know even though you don't know what romance is, you do know what love is, and you love me for who I am. That's all I could ever ask for. And I love you just the same." The two hugged warmly as they gazed upon the tree.
This was fate. This was destiny. Phineas and Isabella was always destined to be friends forever. But Isabella never believed that Phineas would love her the way she loved him. The term romancewill never, ever apply to these two because Phineas...well, let's face it, has no freakin' clue how to pull that off. I mean, remember that episode where he tried to host a romantic cruise for Baljeet and Mishti, and he tried to make a list of what people do with romance? Yeah, that turned out spiffy! But, the term love will forever be in their minds. Phineas loves her, and that's all Isabella wanted for the holidays.
As they continued hugging each other, snow began falling lightly in the Tri-State Area. It began to cover Danville in a blanket of white snow, turning it into a winter wonderland for Christmas. Also, some bypassers who were now extremely glum about the holidays, saw the Christmas tree, and the light of the star on top drew them towards the tree. At first it was only 1 person, but then, the light began drawing more people to the scene. Even the kids, Buford, Baljeet, Ferb, & Irving, the parents, Mrs. & Mr. Flynn-Fletcher & Mrs. Garcia-Shapiro, and even the teenagers, including Candace, Stacy, Coltrane, and Jeremy, all gathered at the scene to witness what they believed was a holiday miracle.
"It's beautiful." One person said, gazing upon the light.
"I've never seen anything more precious in my entire life." Another one agreed.
"Is this a...Christmas tree?" Some of the folks started stirring up some coversations and accusations as to who was responsible for the putting up of the tree. At this point, Phineas decided to take the stage with a microphone and get the message out to the Tri-State Area.
"People of the Tri-State Area!" He shouted into his microphone, getting everyone's attention almost immediately. "What you see in front of you is the symbol of one of the greatest holidays in America!"
"The death of Bernie Madoff!?" One idiot in the audience shouted.
"No, he's still alive and rotting in jail. No, I'm talking about Christmas!" They started stirring around again. "Don't be alarmed, people! It's OK! Christmas is supposed to be a happy time of the year where families gather and spend the holiday together. Christmas is about the spirit of giving. That's why we all exchange presents on Christmas day. It's always better to give than to receive! I mean, this is the time of the year when we're all supposed to be at our happiest! It's about family, giving, eggnog, presents, and most of all--" He dashed his glance to Isabella, who clasped her hands together and started tearing up. "Love."
At that moment, Isabella ran up the stairs of the stage to Phineas, and gave him a giant hug. Everyone in the audience awwed, and then began contemplating on what Phineas has said.
"Hey that needle-headed boy is right! Christmas isn't a time to be depressed and glum."
"Yeah, it's about being with family!"
"And drinking eggnog!"
"And opening presents on Christmas morning!"
"And making crank calls to my father-in-law!"
Phineas and Isabella started smiling widely as they saw everyone's belief in the holiday slowly come back. "Isabella, it's working! I think they're starting to believe again!" At this moment, their friends, Baljeet, Buford, Ferb, and Irving had gotten up onto the stage to join the two kids.
"Hey, wait a minute!" One guy shouted out, stopping everyone else. "There's still one thing I don't get. What the hell could have possibly happened to make us stop believing in Christmas in the first place!?"
Meanwhile, back at Dr. Doofenshmirtz's lair, he was busy reading one of his books. It was Christmas Eve, and his plan had already gone through successfully. (though shockingly enough, he had not noticed as he was too busy watching Chrismtas specials on TV) It was close to 5, so he decided to start cooking up some dinner.
"Hmm, let's see. What to have for dinner on this atrocious Christmas Eve. Hmm, I think I'm in the mood for some pizza." He said to himself as he went to his refrigerator. But as he was approaching it, he tripped over one of his old gadgets: it was a tiny bomb with wheels which he called his "Moving Explos-inator". Once he tripped, he actually kicked it hard and it started moving quickly towards his Holiday Gloominator. "What the--oh no! Not my Holiday Gloominator! If it hits, then the thing will explode and I will lose my contra--"
BOOM! It was too late. The bomb had exploded and as a result, its velocity caused the machine to travel straight out of the window, now completely wrecked. Plus, it traveled far enough to be just over where everyone was in the park. So now it was falling...falling...falling...and...
CRASH! It landed right in the middle of the park for everyone to see. It scared everyone out of their pants, and it even scared Isabella so much that she instinctively jumped into Phineas's arms, which he enjoyed. One of the guys walked over to the machine and read the text that was on it. "Holiday Gloominator 5000-inator. Property of Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz of Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated." One guy read aloud. "I don't know what this thing does, but I have a pretty good feeling that whoever this "Heinz Doofenshmirtz" bastard is is the guy responsible for us not liking the holidays anymore."
"Where is this "Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorportaed" place anyway? It must be pretty hard to find if this is the first that we're hearing of it." Another woman barked up.
"Actually, it's that big building over there." Ferb said into the microphone, pointing to the Doofenshmirtz building.
Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated! After Hours.
"Well what are we doing sitting around here!?" Another guy asked everyone. "Let's grab something hard and let's get that jerk!"
"YEAH!" Nearly everyone shouted, as they all quickly ran, grabbed a stick or a rock or something that would hurt Doofenshmirtz, and then ran towards the building in an effort to hurt him. After all of that, Linda, Lawrence, Vivian, Jeremy, Stacy, Coltrane, Candace, Phineas, Isabella, Ferb, Buford, Baljeet, and Irving were left in the park.
Everyone made their way to the stage as they kept looking at the giant tree that was standing right there in front of them. "Boys, did you do all of that yourselves?" Linda asked Phineas & Ferb.
"Well not just the two of us. All of our friends helped out." Phineas told her.
"Yeah! It was awesome!" Irving shouted out.
"What are you talking about!? You barely did anything!" Buford screamed to him.
"So!? I was still there."
Buford gave Irving a death glare. "Tell you what, nerd. Here's a baseball bat." Buford grabbed a baseball bat that was lying on the ground and gave it to Irving. "Go join that angry mob."
"OK!" Irving shouted and immediately left to find the mob.
"You know guys," Candace said as Linda, Stacy, Jeremy, and Coltrane rolled their eyes. "All I wanted for Christmas was for you guys to be normal for one day. But I guess, not even for Christmas, you can't even be normal."
"Well gee, Candace, I didn't know it was a crime to have fun." Phineas joked, making everyone there laugh, even Candace.
"But..." She continued, this time, more sincerely. "Maybe it's OK not to be normal, especially when it comes to you guys." Everyone who rolled their eyes suddenly smiled, and, on the inside, were mentally hitting themselves for rolling their eyes. "I mean, this Christmas tree is awesome!"
"Thanks! We gathered all of the decorations from our homes and put them on the tree ourselves!" Isabella began to explain to her, as Phineas looked up and saw a mistletoe hanging above the two of them. "And then I carved out a mini statue of Phineas made out of snow, but then he mistook it for Frosty the Snow--"
She was stopped in her tracks when Phineas made a surprise attack by leaning in and kissed her right on the lips. Everybody gasped as Isabella's eyes widened, both with confusion and delight. He let go after a few seconds, and embraced her. Everyone around her was quite shocked, and yet now, they couldn't be happier for them. "Phineas! W-W-What was that for!?"
"You said it yourself! Boys and girls kiss under the mistletoe. See?" He pointed upward to the roof and showed the hanging mistletoe. Isabella looked up and was surprised that Phineas actually remembered that. "And you thought I'd forget about it."
"Well...yeah. But boy, I have never been so happy to have been proven wrong in my entire life!" And then the two hugged once again. "I love you so much, Phineas Flynn!"
"I love you too, Isabella Garcia-Shapiro!"
Everyone else couldn't help but look on as the two child lovers hugged each other. "Oh isn't this just adorable!" Linda pulled out her digital camera, "Smile, you two!" And snapped a picture of the two of them hugging each other and smiling towards the camera.
Unfortunately, what nobody knew was that the flash that the camera released caused the star on the tree to light up to levels nobody knew was possible. The result was that the light blinded a nearby driver who was passing by. He temporarily lost his eyesight, and the result was he lost control of his car. The car started swirving around uncontrollably and passed by oncoming cars, and eventually, it was going up to 100 miles an hour, and because of that, he could not steer at all, and finally, it crashed into a nearby house. Yes, it was Cleveland Brown's house, and once again, he was taking a bath when this happened. And he was completely oblivious to what had happened around him in the entire episode.
The floorboard slowly started tipping downward and the bathtub started sliding off. "No, no, no, NO, NO, NO!" He yelled as his bathtub slid right off and fell to the ground, breaking on impact. He looked around for a moment and saw that everybody was now hurrying up to put Christmas decorations on their homes before Christmas morning. "Hey, what'd I miss? Oh come on, people! Like you weren't expecting this!"
End of Chapter 4!
Wow! I know it's a little earlier than I said, but I was so excited because I finished this chapter so early. I couldn't wait to post it up! Don't forget, Phineas and Ferb's Christmas Vacation airs on Disney XD December 6th, on Disney Channel December 11th, and on ABC Family December 18th!
Next Time: It's Christmas day in Danville, and nothing will ever be the same for our friends!
Expected Update: December 11th.