The alarm clock beeped quietly. A robotic arm reached out from the top of the alarm clock, reached over, and tapped the blue platypus lying on the bed.
"Gyrurururururu!" The platypus chattered.
Phineas, asleep in his bed, awoke at the sound of his pet platypus chattering. He glanced down to see his platypus, Perry, at his feet.
Phineas smiled at the sight of Perry.
"Now that's the way to wake up!" he said to himself.
"Ferb!" he called to his older stepbrother. "Wake up! We have to decide what we're going to do today!" Phineas smiled, his big blue eyes full of excitement.
Ferb sat up in his bed on the other side of the room and shook his rectangular head no.
"What do you mean, 'no'?" Phineas cried, confused.
Ferb climbed out of bed and walked over to the calendar on the wall, the feet of his yellow foodie pajamas making a soft padding noise. He pointed to the date up on the calendar.
"oh, yeah." Phineas mumbled. "First day of school."
Ferb nodded, his green hair flopping as he did so.
"Well, then what are we waiting for?" Phineas cried enthusiastically. "Let's get going!" he crawled out of his bed.
The two boys quickly got dressed. Phineas in an orange and cream striped tee and shorts, and Ferb in a cream colored collared shirt and purple chest-high pants.
Phineas slid down the stairs railing to get downstairs, and Ferb followed.
Downstairs in the kitchen they found their mother, Linda, busily packing their lunches for school.
"Hey mom!" Phineas greeted his mom.
"Oh, hi honey!" Linda smiled.
"Where's Candace?" Phineas frowned, pulling a box of cereal from the cupboard.
Linda stopped and put down the peanut butter sandwich she had been trying to stuff into a sandwich bag.
"You know, I don't know!" she said.
"She should really be getting ready for school." Phineas stated, shoving a spoonful of cornflakes into his mouth. "The bus is going to be here soon!"
As if on cue, Candace came trudging into the kitchen.
"Hi sweetie!" Linda called brightly.
Candace simply moaned in response. Her hair was messy, and she still wore her purple bathrobe and bunny slippers.
"Candace! You aren't even dressed!" Phineas cried, shocked.
Candace simply moaned again.
"Candace honey, would you like some cornflakes?" Linda asked.
"Sure. fine. Whatever." Candace mumbled sleepily as her mom poured her a bowl of cornflakes.
"Candace, Honey, what's wrong?" Linda asked, shoving the cereal bowl in Candace's direction.
"School is so early!" Candace moaned.
"Y'know sis, it probably doesn't help that you were up until twelve last night on the phone with Stacey." Phineas said in between bites of cereal.
Linda's eyes widened.
"Oh, who asked you?" Candace snapped. She took another bite of cereal. "We had to decide what to wear for the first day of school."
"Why do you need to pick out a special outfit just for school?" Phineas questioned, confused.
"Uh, Hello!" Candace cried. "You have to make a good first impression! I don't want everyone at school thinking I'm a slob or something!"
Phineas and Ferb exchanged a confused look. Ferb shrugged.
"I will never understand fashion." Ferb said in a heavy British accent.
"Well, whatever you're wearing Candace, you better get it on soon. The bus will be here any minute!" Linda said.
"Alright." Candace muttered, leaving the room.
Phineas and Ferb finished their breakfast and quickly began packing their backpacks for school.
A few minutes later, Candace came down the stairs in a red t-shirt and white shorts, her hair in two low pigtails.
"Alright, let's do this." she said enthusiastically.
Linda went to hand Candace her lunch, but stopped in her tracks.
"Candace honey, are you wearing... Makeup?" she asked slowly.
"Yeah! You like it?" Candace smiled and spun around.
"Well alright then." shrugged Linda, handing a paper lunch bag to Candace and the boys.
"See ya mom!" Phineas smiled, slinging his black and orange backpack onto his shoulder.
"Bye mom." Candace said absentmindedly, grabbing her messenger bag and smoothing her red shirt.
Ferb simply smiled and waved, silent as usual. He picked up his green and black backpack and slipped his arms through the straps.
"Oh, you three are so cute!" Linda cried excitedly. "Say cheese!" she pulled out a camera and snapped a picture of her three children all ready for school.
A big yellow school bus pulled up at the end of the driveway.
"Alright, don't be late!" Linda smiled. "Go, go, go!" she waved her three children out the door.