"I know what we're gonna do today!" Phineas exclaimed, jumping off his bed. The sunlight was streaming through his bedroom window.

Ferb nudged him. Phineas could read his expression.

You always say that. Why not try something else?

"Okay, how about 'we're gonna build-"

"Phineas! Ferb!" their mum called from downstairs. "Breakfast's ready!"

"Oh, boy!" Phineas exclaimed, tearing down the steps.

Ferb followed behind, already smelling waffles.

The two brothers came into the kitchen, to find their mum and dad sitting at the table, Lawrence wearing a starched business suit. Phineas was already munching on his waffles.

"Phineas, don't you know gluttony is one of the seven deadly sins?" Ferb said in jest.

"I''m not being a glutton. I'm just breaking my fast." Phineas replied, swallowing his food.

Ferb gave him a friendly punch in return.

"Alright boys, remember we'll be back tomorrow at seven. The flight is at half past eight, so we'd better get going. Don't want to miss out on any of the antiques, do we?" he said, looking at Linda.

Linda just said, "Finish the waffles, dear. And boys, are you absolutely sure you can handle yourself, for two whole days? I could ask Candace to come over..."

"No worries, mum. You and Dad just enjoy yourself in London. And of course I wouldn't dream of disturbing the newlyweds..."Phineas trailed off.

There was awkward silence, broken by Lawrence.

"Alright, everything ready?" he asked Linda.

"All set!"

"Well then, you take care of yourselves, okay?"

"You betcha!" Phineas said. If the dream had any impression on him, he hid it very well. He was his normal sunny self.

"Remember, we've got rice in the cupboard. It will be a good chance for Ferb to practice his cooking-you will help him, won't you Phineas?"

"Of course! Although, truth be told, he's way better then I am..."

Linda and Lawrence grabbed their briefcases and headed for the door. After one quick kiss to Phineas and Ferb, Linda looked at Lawrence, and asked him, "Got the tickets?"

"Yes, it's right...um..." he said, searching his pockets. "I could've sworn I put it-"

"-in your breast pocket." all three chorused.

"Oh yes, that's right, I always forget. Alright, see you kids in a bit."

Then their mum and dad left.

As soon as they were out, Phineas and Ferb set off on their Big Idea, the same way they had done for the past five summers, since they were ten. And, without fail-

"Hey, where's Perry?"

Perry was, indeed, at Dr. Doofenshmirtz's place. He busted through the door, taking care not to break it-

-and was immediately, predictably, trapped. This time it was a tile he stepped on that folded into a thin box, restraining him to his waist.

"Ah, Perry the Platypus. Let me show you my latest invention. The Teleportor...inator!"he finished with a flourish.

He moved aside to let Perry behold the might of his creation. The Teleportorinator didn't look any different from an ordinary inator, prompting Perry to stare at Doofenshmirtz. You really are running out of ideas, aren't you?

"Don't judge me. I've got a good reason for doing this. You see, my nose has always been the pointiest in the entire Tri-State area. And to mock me, who do they erect a statue of, right in front of my building?

Perry just shrugged.

"Only Roger Doofenshmirtz, the man with the most photogenic nose around! He even keeps 'his nose out of trouble...has a nose for danger..." Doofenshmirtz was reading from Danville Daily. "So I'm going to zap it with the ray. He moved it towards his balcony.

He walked towards the ray, getting it warmed up-

-just as Perry tried another Houdini-like trick to escape. By breathing strongly, he hoped to expand the box enough to escape-

-Doofenshmirtz was aiming his ray-

-as the tiles that formed Perry's prison just fell away after his breathing trick-

-and, as Doofenshmirtz let loose, Perry kicked him from behind, and caused the ray to fire in all directions!

Phineas and Ferb had built a simulation Gothic castle. It even had a medieval water torture chamber. Right on cue, Isabella wondered in. "What'cha doing?

"We're building a Gothic castle! Wanna help us?"Phineas said.

"Sure!" she replied enthusiastically.

For six years she had known Phineas. They've done things that other people could only dream of: flown around the world, travelled through time and others. In the six years her love for Phineas had not faded one bit.

I'm dreaming of a kiss...literally. I saw myself kiss him, in all my dreams. How I wish I could do that in real life...but all my plans somehow fizzle out.

Zap! The ray fired towards the suburbs of Danville. Perry jumped on the ray and directed it towards the device.

Doofenshmirtz saw what was coming. The ray hit the apparatus and the whole invention just disappeared to places unknown.

But Perry had overreached himself. He fell off the balcony-

No worries. He had his parachute. And without fail-

"Curse you, Perry the Platypus!"

Perry merely shrugged. All in a day's work.

"The castle just disappeared!" Isabella told Phineas, who had just gone in to get some lemonade.

"Does anyone know where it went?"

Ferb and Isabella both shrugged.

"Oh well, easy come, easy go. Hey, Isabella," a thought striking him, "How would you like to come over tonight? You can be the judge of whose cooking is better..."

"Sure!" Isabella said, barely restraining herself. You. Will. Not. Giggle. Like. A. Lovestruck. Teenaged. Girl. "Half past six's okay with you?"

"Yeah, see you later!" Phineas said, seeing her out. It was barely half past two.

For Isabella, time couldn't move quickly enough.

Normally, she wanted more of the day. More daylight meant more projects, which meant more Phineas. Her mum had gladly let her go for the night, confident she could take care of herself-she was already fifteen.

When half past six came, Isabella went over to the Flynn-Fletcher's place.

She walked into the kitchen, and saw both Phineas and Ferb preparing the vegetables. "What'cha doing?" You know it's not really directed at Ferb, she almost added.

"We're trying to see who can cook better," he said, while holding some vegetables. He threw them up into the air and tried to slice them, but he missed completely.

Ferb chuckled softly, then performed perfectly the same move Phineas had attempted.

"I think it's pretty obvious who's the winner. Ferb, you're making us dinner." Isabella said.

Ferb gave her the thumbs-up. Isabella and Phineas decided to wait in the living room.

In short order, the meal was done. How Ferb managed to pull it off was a mystery, but all three agreed that the food was delicious.

"You've really outdone yourself, Ferb," Phineas said, polishing off his rice.

Just then they heard a beeping noise coming from the backyard. Phineas got up to investigate. "Wait here for me, Isabella." he said.

He and Ferb went into the backyard, leaving Isabella alone.