Paulina and Felicia

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Chapter 5: Time difference Dilemma

Part III

It had been three hours since the incident happened. Alice was still asleep, her chest rising and falling as she slept. Lina sat right in front of the couch. She never left her sister out of sight. She wanted to be the first one that Alice saw when she awoke. Everyone understood that though. Isabella sat beside the sliding glass doors, staring into open space. Phineas and Ferb sat at the kitchen table while Candace tried to calm Lina down. It worked only to a degree. Lina now sat more comfortable at her position. Hoping that Candace was correct in everything she said.

"So Ferb, when do you think she'll be up from her sleep?" Phineas questioned.

Ferb looked down with a sad look in his eyes before shrugging. Phineas looked down. A muffled gasp came from in front of the couch. Phineas looked up to see Lina with a horror-struck look on her face. Phineas flinched back at her face.

"Now Lina, that means nothing. She's going to be alright but just don't know when she'll wake up," Phineas said quickly.

Those words of wisdom didn't help. Lina raced out of the room in tears. Phineas looked to Ferb for some help. He nodded and gave Phineas a look that said, 'go after her.' Phineas nodded and raced after Lina.

Ferb went over and sat in the position Lina sat in only a moment before. He watched with a pained look on his as Alice slept. She shifted her position and cried out in pain. Ferb quickly jumped up to her cry. He stroked her arm to calm her down. It worked to calm her down but she breathed heavily from the pain it caused her. Ferb's eyebrows furrowed. It was mostly his fault. If he had seen the piece of metal he would have pulled her out of the way. Tears welled up in his eyes from both guilt and sadness. Candace put her hand on her younger brother's shoulder. He looked up at her with tears streaming down his face. She was shocked. She had never seen him cry before. She pulled him into a tight hug. Now it was Ferb's turn to be shocked. It quickly went away as he returned the hug and sobbed into Candace's shoulder. Suddenly, he felt a third hand on his shoulder. He turned out of Candace's grip quickly to look at an awakened Alice. She smiled softly to him and he automatically smiled back. Candace tapped on Isabella's shoulder then to the sliding glass door. Isabella understood and the two girls took their leave, leaving Alice and Ferb to be all alone in the living room.

"How are you feeling Alice?" Ferb asked.

Alice thought for a moment before replying, "Despite my throbbing head, I believe I'm alright. Well physical wise."

Ferb cocked his head to the side, "what do you mean?"

"I mean my wound was and is okay but seeing you cry, my friend, cut me deeper than that wound," she replied.

Once again Ferb cocked his head to the side in confusion. Alice giggled lightly at his face but quickly stopped at the throb of her head. She placed one hand on his shoulder again.

"Just promise me you won't cry for me anymore unless I'm dying or you've got a trouble you're coming to me about. Okay?" Alice asked.

Ferb chuckled and replied, "I promise."

Alice smiled once more, leaned over, and kissed Ferb's forehead before turning over and falling back asleep from pain. Ferb sat there in complete shock. The spot on his forehead where she had kissed him felt like a million spiders were crawling there. He placed a hand to the spot as his cheeks grew a maroon red. He smiled once again and went to see if Phineas was making any progress calming Lina down.