YAY! Update, update, finally! I have so many random snippets of this, but it's getting into the busy time of the year.

I felt like the biggest hypocrite in the entire universe. How could I tell Phineas to just… get over his first love? ME? I mean, yes, I had done it, but still, it had taken years. And Phineas had never been ripped out of my life. Neither had Ferb. Not even after we stopped being together for a point before I admitted I was in love with him. Phineas didn't know how to deal with heartbreak; it came with being an innocent soul. His parents never even had the heart to tell Phineas their dog had died. How could anyone just flat out break it to him that…

Tonight, I am boarding a flight to India, ok? Do you understand? Phineas, they're right! They're all right! Get your head out of the clouds!

Gack! Talk about keeping him grounded. She had shot him out of the sky. But, it wasn't Mishti's fault. I mean, Phineas was her frie… he was her… ok, to be honest, I don't know what Phineas was to Mishti. But I knew she cared about him. Maybe she did have feelings for him. Just… how do you fall for the human torture that is Phineas and Vanessa wrapped up in one person? I didn't think that was possible! But… yeah, she was as oblivious as Phineas, while as irresistibly beautiful as Vanessa and just as good at friend-zoning. So, that could mean anything! She could be friend-zoning him or she could just be oblivious to his love, or maybe neither… maybe she was madly in love with him herself.

"This is getting serious." Ferb stated. "He's only making himself feel worse. He needs to snap out of it."

"What? You want us to go play good cop, bad cop again?" I asked. "I already yelled at him, Ferb. How can we, of all people, help him to get over her? We suck at getting over people. And we're the ones who drove him to this in the first place! The teasing, the scheming, constantly hooking up, the dates leaving him out; all of it! Now he's at an all time low, all because of us!"

Ferb paused for a moment. "Ok… We can't make him feel better. But, I know who can."

I sighed. "I know long-distance relationships are a thing, Ferb. But we can't just poof her over here. We don't even know if she likes him the way he likes her. And she'll have to go back again at some point, it's not good for…"

"I wasn't talking about Mishti."

"Phineas?"

"I told you to leave me alone, Ferb!" Phineas said loudly, chucking a balled up sweatshirt as a poor weapon towards the door. He missed.

"Phineas," I said. "It's not just Ferb and me."

"Hi Phineas."

"Baljeet!" Phineas actually sat up so fast I couldn't believe it. "You… you're talking to me again?"

"Yes." He said. "I suppose I am."

There was a long awkward pause. What to say now? Ferb was right… Phineas and Baljeet missed each other, and the five of us had been split up for too long. And Miss Mishti was gone now. What was the point in fighting? Misery loves company.

"I'm sorry!" They both said loudly at the same time.

"Baljeet… you know I never…" Phineas said in a pained voice. "And then… it got so out of hand!"

"I have been acting like a huge jerk!" Baljeet said sadly. "I am so ashamed of myself."

"No, it's my fault! You were right! I'm the one who got drunk and I should take responsibility for that. And you liked her and I knew that."

"No, I acted irrationally. And misogynistic. And jealous. And Phineas, I know I could never… I do not… not the way you… You are… in love with Mi- Mi… And I… I still love…" Baljeet couldn't finish his sentence. He could barely form his sentence. It was too depressing right now.

"Well, I missed my best friend." Phineas smiled a little.

"Me too." Baljeet said.

Finally, the gang was back together.

The world was back to normal. Sort of. I mean, yesterday, I got to watch all four of my boys build a portal to Pluto, then debate about whether it was a planet or not. Phineas wasn't clinically depressed anymore. Ginger and Baljeet were, um, not ready to kill each other at all times? It was a start.

I draped my legs lazily over Ferb's. "Soooo…" He glanced at me. "Are we going to… and tell Phineas… and then?" He stared back. "Oh, just say something!" I exclaimed.

"I can't." He stated.

I pouted. "But, yeah, Ferb…"

"Isabella, I can't. He's in a fragile place." He stated.

"But Baljeet and… I know." I replied. I couldn't take Ferb away from Phineas. Not after Mishti. I can't imagine Phineas and Ferb living a million miles away from each other again. Back in college, Phineas and Ferb had gone off to different places, and you know, they were a little off. It was good for them in some aspects, but they missed each other. Ferb missed Phineas when he was off with his little girlfriend… and Phineas missed Ferb when he was off with his.

"I'm not going to ruin anything for him."

"Ruin what for who?" Phineas himself remarked, as he, Buford, and amazingly Baljeet.

"Ferb and I want to move in together!" I blurted out. Oh my god, why did I just say that? Ferb was giving me a look.

"Oh shoot." Buford remarked. "You guys really are our perfect couple."

Phineas tilted his head. "Phineas, I didn't mean to… just could we…?"

"Are you asking for my permission?" He asked, sounding surprised. "Why would you need to do that?"

"Well, Ferb is YOUR roommate, and I just thought…" I trailed off.

"Yeah, but… you two are Ferb and Isabella." He emphasized. "How could this not happen at some point?"

"I… " What? Ferb was also giving me a look. Then, the funny thought occurred to me again that… they had all been shipping this. Phineas had been the one shipping this. Phineas had been waiting for us to get together. Even trying to help with Vanessa, even testing the waters with me himself… he had always sort of wanted me to end up with Ferb.

"Have you been looking?" Phineas asked. "For an apartment?"

"Sort of." I answered.

"I don't know why you would want to leave." Buford remarked. "This place is great. And we're all here."

"I have an idea." Baljeet piped up. "Switch."

"Huh?" We stared back.

"Phineas and Isabella should switch places." He said. "The apartments will be sized for them, and they will still be next to each other. Everyone will still be together."

What a… good idea! Why hadn't we thought of this before? Oh, right because our group was a total mess. "So?"

"Let's do it." Phineas said, genuinely brightly.

And everything was back to perfect.

And as the title goes, the status quo is God. All is back to normal, right? You know, except the whole "Ohmygosh-they're-moving-in-together!"
...And Balinger

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