Okay let me just say one thing; at the time I typed this I really had nothing else to do. I mean I could have done homework and all but I would need my room for that and unfortunately my roommate was sleeping. Another note at present it is exactly 5:48PM on Monday January 28. Next note, when this story is done I would like everyone to look back and read over this story and tell me how it was all the way through.

Hot4dbz: You're actually less confused by the last chapter? Wow. And to answer your last question Erick wasn't always the way he was when I first introduced him.

Hillbillygirl11: You haven't seen anything yet.

14AmyChan: Things will be less confusing next chapter.

Sabrina06: I kinda like it when people can guess that I'm about to make this more confusing.

Skypan: You will find out later.

PianoMan5: I was refering to your profile picture but now that you mention it the cover to your story is also cool. I often have that problem myself and when I have free time I read through the whole story.

Phinbella-cute1: I will.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything or anyone except Erick, Peter, and Connor.

(Peter's POV)

I walked into Erick's room and pulled up his desk chair, "what happened?" I asked.

It was a while before he answered, "I snapped"

I breathed a sigh of relief, "is that it?" I saw him shake his head which brought my fear back, "why dont you tall me"

"I was enjoying … no … I was partaking in the event that my friends Phineas and Ferb thought up when, out of concern Isabella and Phineas came up to me to ask me where Katie was"

I tilted my head in confusion, "I'm not seeing the problem here"

I heard Erick let out a small cry, "Katie … broke up with me not to long ago"

"Oh" I said in shame, "I see"

"To be more accurate Isabella asked where my girlfriend was"

I narrowed my eye's, "why would she say something like that?"

"Because she doesn't know that Katie broke up with me"

I paused, "who does?"

"No one"

I was stricken with sorrow, "is that what set you off?"

Erick let out some more tears and shook his head, "after I told her that Katie wasn't my girlfriend she ..."

"What happened?"

"She said did my parents never teach me about confidence or something"

I felt an intense cold sensation over take my body, "you still haven't told them yet have you?" Erick shook his head and I sighed, "have you told anyone?"

Erick was silent for a while, "I told … one person"

I shook my head, "what happened after that?"

"That's when I snapped" Erick sniffed, "I turned around and … I tried to punch her"

I was filled with uncomfort and fear, I wanted to tell Erick that getting mad was wrong bit … he doesn't really get mad that often so he has a lack of control when he does. "what happened next? Did you come out of your senses or ..."

"Phineas pushed her out of the way in time for Buford to slam me into a wall before I could hit him"

I sighed, "Erick … it's okay to get mad … sometimes-"

"I've gotten mad a total of four times in my life"

I tilted my head, "last I checked it was two"

There was a long silence, "moment's after Katie broke up with me I found that a kid from school named Connor had put a knife in one of my friends and a bullet in another so I put him in a coma"

I froze, "you took revenge?"

"It was just after he had done it and they were bleeding out"

I closed my eyes, "I'm proud that you protected your friends but … about what happened earlier today" Erick pulled himself into the fetal position, "I'm not mad at you" I placed a hand on his head and felt him loosen up, "but you have to let your friends know what makes you on edge. You don't get angry all that often and when you do you have no way of controlling yourself"

Erick let out some more tears, "it never got to me that much before today. What changed?"

I sighed, "Katie?"

Erick stopped crying for a moment only to let out many more silent tears, "why did she have to break up with me? All it was was the two of us not having enough free time. It would have passed, we could have made it. Why did she break up with me?"

I closed my eyes, "I'm sorry, … that's not a question I can answer"

I got up and made my way to the door when Erick said something more, "that wasn't all" I looked back to him, "all day, until that moment … I walked around with my head down and my hood up. I didn't say much of anything and … didn't talk much when talked too"

I looked down, "I see … shh really meant that much to you didn't she?"

Erick let out a few more tears, "I love her"

I paused, "you want me to stay in here with you?"

"Thanks but … I want to be alone"

I walked out the door and closed it, 'sis your kid's not doing to well'

(Phineas's POV)

After Erick's little … show, we decided to congregate in the tree house. Candace and Jeremy decided leave us alone, and Irving and Holly had to leave. "what on earth could have caused Erick's tantrum? It's not like he's capable of getting angry without an extreme reason" I said looking at everyone.

"He's acting a lot like he used to, being antisocial and walking around with his hood up not looking anyone in the eye" Isabella said with sorrow in her voice.

Buford scowled, "I thought we saw the last of that Erick a long time ago, what could cause him to revert"

All eyes turned to Ferb who suddenly started to speak, "the personality that Erick developed probably had a linchpin"

"What's a linchpin?" Django and Adyson asked.

"A linchpin is an object that if taken out of it's structure, will cause the whole thing to unravel and come apart"

I stood up, "so all we need to do is put the pin back and he should slowly return to normal"

Buford rolled his eyes, "how are we supposed to find this object and how exactly are we supposed to put into Erick's personality?"

"It's not necessarily an object" Isabella started, "it could be anything that he had in his life. It can be anything from a simple playing card to a family member"

"Erick snapped after you mentioned Katie, his confidence, and his parents" Baljeet reminded.

I clapped my hands together, "okay then, I doubt it has something to do with his confidence so I'm guessing ether his parents are not getting along or something like that or there's a problem with him and Katie"

"If it is his parents then all we have to do is show them what it is doing to there son and they should stop right?" Isabella asked.

I thought for a second, "It's a start but it could take some time and effort" I paused, "does anyone know what his parents are like?" there was silence, "well that would make sense then, he doesn't like talking about them then it must be for a reason, I'm guessing it has something to do with the personality change he's been having"

Buford leered at me, "why should we help him if it's none of our business?"

I sighed, "if you owe Erick then raise your hand" after a moment every boy in the room (along with Adyson) had his hand raised, "that's why Buford we all owe him for taking time away from spending time with Katie to help us"

Isabella taped me on the shoulder and I turned around, "Phineas? What exactly do you mean when you say he took time away from spending time with Katie?"

I scratched the back of my head, "well … every boy here needed his help with … hold on Ferb when did he help you?" Ferb had a ripple dissolve, "you know we cant see that right?" Ferb just continued rippling, "Okay, well any way as I found out later every time someone asked him for help it was when he was supposed to be spending time with Katie" I saw a guilty look on Isabella and Ginger, "what happened?"

"I kinda asked Katie for comfort when I thought that you and Gretchen were dating" there was a long moment of silence, "and I later found out that She and Erick were supposed to go to the movies that day"

Everyone looked at Ginger, "I … kinda asked her for comfort when I saw Baljeet kiss Mishti" there was an even longer moment of silence, "but they were only supposed to plan there date when I asked her for help, I didn't interrupt a date in progress or anything"

Isabella face palmed, "then it's also likely that not spending time with his girlfriend has caused something like the removal of a linchpin" she sighed, "which means we should also talk to Katie"

"Alright then" I said as I prepared a plan, "I'll go check on his parents and see if anything is up with them and if so then try to talk to them or him and try to make things better"

Isabella raised her hand, "I'll come too, Erick's likely to be at his house now and I would like to apologize to him for saying whatever ti was I said" I turned to Isabella about to tell her that I wasn't going to allow her to talk to after what he tried to do to her but realized that nothing I say would change her mind. She was one of the most determined people I know and that was one of the many thing's I love about her.

Gretchen stood up, "then I guess the rest of us will talk to Katie, might not look to good if all of Erick's friends show up to talk about his state of mind"

"That all depends on how bad it actually is" Isabella said.

I sighed and looked down, "hopefully it's not that bad"

(Phineas's POV)

After a while Isabella and I finally made it to Erick's house, "you want to do the honors?" I asked. Isabella took a breath and pressed the doorbell.

"So what do you think his parent's are like?" Isabella asked me.

I shrugged. Moments later a man in a suit with short brown hair came to the door, "can I help you?" the man asked.

Isabella and I looked at each other, this guy looked to be in his early twenties at most, how could he be Erick's father, "hello are you Mr. Tribulationis-Factorem?" I asked.

He looked confused at both of us, "yes," he said slowly.

I looked at Isabella one more time before continuing, "your son Erick In-molestiae Tribulationis-Factorem is a close friend of ours and … we are worried about him"

He looked concerned for a moment, "Erick … is not my son"

"He isn't?" Isabella and I said in unison.

"No he's my nephew"

"Oh" I looked back to Isabella and then to this man, "do you know where his parents are?"

He looked down with hurt present in his face, "would you two like to come in?"

(Ferb's POV)

After some time of looking we finally managed to find Katie; she was at the park siting on a bench with the most hurt look in her face, "Katie!" Gretchen shouted as we got close.

She looked up at us and smiled slightly, "hi" she said weakly.

We slowly walked up to her, "can we talk about something?" I asked.

She looked down as a shadow covered her faced, "it's about Erick isn't it?"

"So you've noticed it too?" Gretchen asked.

Katie shook her head, "I amused that her would act different after..." A tear escaped her eye, "could we go somewhere else?"

(Phineas's POV)

Isabella and I were siting down in Erick's living room with Peter (apparently) siting across from us, "would either of you like something to eat?" he asked. We both looked at him like he was doing something strange and in truth he was, we came to find out what was happening with Erick, or more specificity if his parents were somehow the cause, "I'm sorry you two came here to help Erick didn't you?" we nodded. "Well … it all started a long time ago"

(Ferb's POV)

We found a seat under a tree so that we wouldn't draw attention, we even had a blanket and some snacks so that it looked like we were on a picnic, "alright so what can you tell us about Erick" Baljeet asked.

There was still a shadow on her face, "he's acting weird because I broke up with him" shock ran through all of us, Baljeet even spat his soda in my face.

"Why would you do that?" Ginger asked.

Katie looked down more, "I … told him it was because we never had any time to spend together but … that wasn't my main reason" Everyone was staring at her intensely waiting for her to finish, "the main reason I broke up with him … was because I knew he would never really be in love with me" there was another group shock but this time it was accompanied by confusion.

"What do you mean he would never really be in love with you? He told me himself that he loved you" Gretchen snapped.

Katie smiled a little, "he might say that he's in love with me but … I know that he cant really fall in love with anyone"

"Why's that?" Buford asked.

Katie sighed, "well … it all started a long time ago"

Wow … I did not expect to finish this chapter today … well at the current moment I'm back in my dorm and my roommate is gone (probably gone to baseball or to hang out with his girlfriend). This chapter was posted a day after finishing and I would like to say that unless something like this happens again I wont write on Monday or Thursday. Sorry but I must focus on school.

R&R