Paulina and Felicia

Tomorrow is Christmas Eve. And even though I'll be spending time with my mom, I'll probably will come on and update a few chapters. Just to get them in before Christmas Day.

Merry Christmas from sparkleeyes20.

Chapter4: Time Difference Dilemma Part II

"Okay guys, Ferb made the plans for our next invention and a way to help you two," Phineas said while pointing to Alice and Lina at the last part.

"Well lay it on us," Lina said, "we'd kill to be able to get used to the time difference faster."

"Sit 'em up Isabella," Phineas said.

Isabella nodded and grabbed both girls' hands. She yanked them into a sitting position. While Ferb brought the blue prints over to them. He sat down in front of them to show them the plan. Just as he was about to open the prints, Alice began to fall back from exhaustion. Ferb reacted quickly and grabbed her hand. She grasped his hand back for support. Ferb blushed and gulped silently at her touch. He slowly pulled her back into her sitting position.

"Thank you Ferb," Alice mumbled tiredly.

He nodded and dropped her hand, thankful that she was too tired to notice his blush. He slowly unrolled the blue paper in his hands. 'Internal Clock Reset' was written on the top in Ferb's neat handwriting. Phineas came and stood right behind the girls with Isabella at his side.

"Okay so here's how it works. It does just as it says, it goes inside your mind and finds your 'internal clock' so to speak. It then speeds it up or slows it down to get you used to the time difference. Then your good to go," Phineas explained.

Alice smiled broadly to show she was excited. Lina threw her fist in the air as best as she could.

"If you need any help, ask Alice. She's really good at building things," Lina said.

Alice looked at her sister and sighed.

I knew she'd say that, Alice thought.

"I'm going to try and catch up on the sleep I missed," Lina then said.

Alice sighed again before getting up to help Ferb with the building. Ferb showed her the part that she would be building. After one glance at the part on the print, she nodded and left to go get the metal build it. Ferb watched her go to the pile of metal and pick up a piece of metal that would work for the part. It was her first choice so it was kind of shocking to Ferb. He didn't show it though, he just watched her pick up piece after piece that would work for her part. He picked up the pieces he would be using for his part and rejoined her under the tree after she was finished. He looked back to see Phineas and Isabella carrying Lina inside their house. He sighed very quickly before returning to his own work. He was just about finished when he glanced over at Alice. Her part was finished and she was doing a quick check on how it would support the machine. He watched her with fascination at how she checked every screw and support in it. Suddenly, a piece metal went flying through the air and hit Alice on the side of her head quite hard. She began to fall to the ground. Ferb rushed over and caught her in his arms before she hit the ground.

"Oww!" she screamed and put a hand to the place where the metal hit her.

Ferb looked to where the metal came flying from and saw Buford chuckling. He got furious at the bully. He growled at Buford. Buford heard this and ran off, never seeing Ferb that angry. Ferb felt like chasing him but a soft moan directed his attention back to the girl in his arms. He saw that on her hand blood was beginning to seep through her fingers and palm. He quickly carried her bridal style inside the Flynn-Fletcher home. Phineas and Isabella looked up when they saw Ferb come in. Ferb looked down at Alice. She moaned again. Isabella looked horrified. Phineas looked shocked. Isabella grabbed Lina's shirt collar and pulled her off the couch. Ferb quickly set her down and raced off to the kitchen.

"What's goin' on?" Lina asked now awake.

"Alice is hurt!" Isabella answered.

By about that time Ferb raced back into the room. Now holding a wet rag and an ice pack.

"Candace? Could you please bring the first aid kit down?" Phineas asked his sister, who was upstairs.

"Why should I?" was the muffled reply.

"Please! Our friend is hurt," Phineas pleaded.

"Fine," was all that came.

Alice moaned in pain again. Using his right hand, Ferb carefully removed the hand that was over her wound and stroked the arm that he just moved. His other hand held the wet cloth and he gently dabbed it over the wound. Alice stiffened in pain and he stroked her arm even more to comfort her. Isabella and Lina just stood back and watched with very scared expressions on their faces. Candace saw the girl lying on the couch and nearly dropped the first aid kit. She handed the kit to Ferb and stood back to watch with the other three. Ferb quickly finished cleaning the wound and bandaged it up. She stayed relaxed so long as Ferb stroked her arm. She enjoyed the reassuring comfort it gave her. After he finished she relaxed completely and fell into a deep sleep to make up for the hours she missed.

"So Ferb," Phineas asked, getting his step brother's attention, "how did this happen?"

"Buford hit her with a piece of metal," he said quickly, now angry once again.

The girls recoiled in fear. Lina was the most shocked. Her own sister was hit in the head with metal by some bully. What would she do without her if Alice lost her memory? They all gathered around and waited for Alice to wake up.

Yes I made Buford a jerk because he is a jerk. I know that much from just watching a few episodes. Anyway long chapter I know. Hope I can update again soon.

Merry Christmas from sparkleeyes20.