-36 1/2 HOURS REMAIN-

It was 9:30. Everyone was sound asleep in their tents...except for Phineas. The young boy tossed and turned in his covers but the Summer air was hotter than normal. His stomach churned and he could feel the cold sweat on his face.

"Hey, Dinnerbell. Watch it, your keeping us up..", Buford mumbled in his sleep as all the boys shared one inflatable bed while Candace and Isabella shared another tent and bed.

"Sorry, I...", Phineas groaned a bit, holding his stomach with a pillow.

"Phineas, you okay?", Ferb asked, sitting up.

Another groan escaped him and Phineas ran into the house as fast as he could and into the bathroom. He leaned over the toilet and waited as his knees shook. As if it wasn't bad enough he was about to die soon, now his entire body was in full alertness of upcoming nausea. As he took a couple of shaky sighs, waiting for the vomit, he heard footsteps approaching and soon Isabella, having been awake to see Phineas run into the house, was in the doorway.

"Phineas, are you alright?", she asked in concern.

Phineas only shook his head and the girl could tell what her boyfriend was up to. She came over, sat on the edge of the bathtub, and placed a reassuring hand on his back.

"Anything I can do to help?", she asked, earning another shake.

"I'm just waiting..", Phineas said quietly.

Unfortunately the wait was very long and it didn't take much time before Phineas became bored of sitting there and placed toilet paper on the seat so he could lean against it. His stomach hurt, yes, but nothing was coming out.

"...You know, this is probably the only time a boy and a girl, not related, could be in the bathroom at the same time.", Phineas noticed, making Isabella giggle.

"Well, what else is a girlfriend supposed to do?", she asked, earning a smile.

She gently kissed him on the cheek and he seemed to relax a bit as Phineas felt his heart melt under it. But only a second later, he doubled over and finally began to show the remains of his last meal...partially through his nose. Isabella was startled for a moment, but rubbed his back and tried to be as reassuring as possible. Once it was over and Phineas cleaned up, the two began to head back out, Isabella never once leaving his side.

"Sorry you had to see that.", Phineas apologized.

"No, no, it's okay. I'm your best friend. It's what we do.", she reassured before her attention was caught to the night sky. "Whoa.. Phineas, check this out!"

Phineas looked up and had to slightly gasp at the millions of stars that shone above them. If Baljeet was right about the sky making it harder to see the galaxy, Phineas could only imagine what the real thing looked like from this point of view. Before they could say anything, one star began to twinkle and Phineas suddenly realized it was only a firefly right in front of him. Soon there was a lot of fireflies, shining and almost dancing in the backyard. The kids, Perry, and Candace came out of their tents, wondering what the other two were doing and everyone looked around. Buford could barely believe his eyes as it seemed over ten million of the glowing insects were flying around the backyard. Phineas looked over at Candace, wondering if they should just go to bed. But even with the dew on the ground, Candace gave a nod, and he smiled back up at them, hardly able to stop staring. Suddenly, it seemed as if everything was suddenly slowed down and even Perry had to admit that he wouldn't want to miss the experience that night for anything in the world as a firefly landed on his snout, wearing a tiny fedora.

The fireflies swarmed around the children as they danced and laughed under the moonlight. The fireflies split up into two groups as they also seemed to dance. The group that flew above them seemed to be doing a foxtrot but the ones that kept close to the ground were doing a something more of a sock-hop. Isabella leaned more into Phineas's chest as the two danced, happier than she's ever been because of this moment.

But with the playing and everyone having fun dancing, singing, catching fireflies in jars, there didn't seem to be any reason for anyone at that point to fall asleep. Even Candace was having her share of the fun with her brothers. But as the majority of them left, Phineas watched, feeling saddened by their sudden departure. The time had seemed so endless and perfect, he was almost hateful of having to say good-bye at this point. Perry, however, saw the ones they had collected in the jar and saw how his fellow agent was trapped as well. He smiled over at the kids, unscrewed the lid, and they all flew out for one more play, joyous of their freedom. But the funny thing about the entire moment though as Baljeet offered a yawn and began to lean back on his arms as he sat in the grass, was that while everyone else was becoming tired and the last few finally flew away, Phineas couldn't remember falling asleep.

Okay, if no one recognizes the song-reference in this chapter (hence why it's so short), I'm gonna feel a bit like a loser. XP