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Phineas, Ferb, and Isabella walked towards the lockers looking for Ryan. They saw him and walked towards him.

As they got closer, they noticed him putting his things inside his locker. They could just make out what he was saying to himself.

"Well sis, first day of school and someone has already punched me and now others are pointing me out, great, just great." Ryan said angrily as he looked at his locket.

"Um, excuse me." Phineas said.

Ryan jumped and looked to the side to see who was bothering him. He recognized them as the people pointing him out, he sighed and said "Look just, do what you're going to do and be on your way. I've already had one person mess with me today… might as well make it four. As a matter of fact I'll do it for you."

He then dumped his things out of the locker and onto the floor.

"There saved you the trouble, now unless you're going to punch or insult me just go." He said as he knelt down and started to pick up his things.

"Um" Phineas said confused while Ferb and Isabella looked at each other with raised eyebrows as they shrugged their shoulders in question. They all knelt down and started to help Ryan pick up his things.

"What are you doing?" He asked in confusion as he looked at them.

"We're helping you, what does it look like." Phineas replied

"You're…. helping me?" Ryan said as if he didn't know the meaning of the phrase.

"Of course why wouldn't we." Isabella replied and Ferb nodded

Ryan watched them in total confusion thinking why would these people help me when they were pointing me out like they were targeting me?

When all Ryan's things were picked up, they stood up and Phineas said "I'm Phineas Flynn, this is my brother Ferb Fletcher, and this is Isabella Garcia-Shapiro. What's your name?" He said as he indicated with his hand to the named person then extended his hand towards Ryan.

"Ryan, Ryan O'Neil" he replied as he shook hands with Phineas, a confused look on his face.

"Why do you keep giving us that weird look?" Phineas asked.

"I'm sorry, it's just well … we just met each other and you're helping me when I thought you came to harass and insult me because I saw Ferb pointing me out, but now I can see that you're actually friendly. I'm sorry for glaring at you by the way," He replied sadly.

Ferb gave a simple thumb up in reply.

"I would like to apologize for glaring back at you when you glared at him," Isabella replied.

"We're all sorry, for pointing you out, we just didn't recognize you. Why would we want harass and insult you anyway?" Phineas asked.

"Thanks and well," Ryan started. "It's just; I've always been picked on for being quiet and having a mild form of autism, people think that I can't understand things and make fun of me for it. I also don't have the best control of my anger when it comes out."

He started rubbing his arm as he spoke. "Today, One person shown me kindness since I came to school, but then another gave me a punch in the gut and you help me, I just know that I'm going to feel like crap again later. It's just a never ending cycle for me." He sadly stated.

"But," he continued "I've learned to expect and live with it." He said looking up.

"You've learned to expect it?" Isabella questioned.

"Yeah, my mother and I moved to Danville two weeks ago, I've haven't made any friends, and my family has been torn apart twice. I've just come to expect the worst in life." Ryan answered as held onto the locket.

Isabella put a hand on Ryan's shoulder but he grabbed her wrist; Phineas and Ferb watched, worried, but Ryan let her go.

"I'm sorry it's a habit for me these days. I'm always on edge, but I never want to hurt anyone, unless I have too." He said as he lowered his head in shame.

"It's okay, though why are you constantly on edge" Isabella asked.

"Well, I've been made fun of a lot and beaten up. Like I said I've just come to expect the worst things in life."

"Well how about a good thing happening for once. I think I speak for all three of us when I say we'll be your friends and will you join our group?" Phineas asked.

Ryan looked up in surprise and somewhat confused. "You want to be friends with me?" He asked.

"Of course why wouldn't we?" Phineas replied.

"People should never be judged because they are different, it's only your character that matters," Ferb said.

"Some people are just bullies and treat others like crap, but we're not those people." Isabella said.

Ryan stared at them, studying them. He then smiled and said "I accept your friendship and invite. Now we better get to class."

"What class do you have first Ryan?" Phineas asked.

"Um" he said as he looked at his schedule "English in A102 it looks like."

"Hey that's our classroom too," Phineas excitedly said.

Ryan let out a sigh and said "Good, not everyone will be a stranger"

"Come on what are we waiting for," Phineas said.

As they walked towards their classroom Ryan thought, Mom was right not all people are the same, though why am I still on edge, old habits I guess.

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