Before Isabella knew it, she woke up to the feeling of somebody tracing their fingers over her hand, which had fallen limply on Phineas' bed. It was morning already. She lazily opened her eyes. To say the least, what she saw after made her bounce with joy.

Phineas was wide awake, with Isabella's hand in his, smiling at her. He looked healthy and normal, except for the bandage around his neck. She squealed in joy, jumping up and giving him an emotional hug. She was careful to not tax his recovering neck too much. He chuckled and returned the hug with equal joy. He kissed her forehead and spoke for the first time since the unfortunate afternoon. "Goodmorning Isabella. How are you?"

"I'm happy Phin, very happy. So glad that you're allright." She inevitably shed a few tears of joy.

He looked into her eyes and delicately wiped her tears away with his bed sheet. He then took her into his arms and held her there for a while. She nuzzled into his chest and smiled. She asked, "How long have you been awake?"

He still held her close, "For awhile. It's kind of hard to fall asleep when you're watching paid programming and there's no way to turn off the darn TV."

Isabella giggled. "Oh, sorry about that. I was just so tired yesterday from everything that happened, I forgot to turn it off."

"No, it's okay Izzy. You needed rest. I got more than enough now, even though I'm still sleepy."

"Yeah, I didn't rest that well last night", she replied.

He asked, "Do you want to share the bed?"

She blushed, "No, Phin. I'm not the one that needs it."

"Come on, I insist. You spent the whole night on that recliner. The least you deserve is resting on a bed, even though it's kind of small."

Isabella accepted. She got onto the bed, lying right next to Phineas. He scooted to the side, and put his arm behind her neck, resting his hand on her shoulder. He asked, "So, what happened after I lost consciousness on the bus?"

She told him about how they went to the general hospital in Juarez, how he had been flown across the border, and the ordeal that they had gone through to get to the hospital. She was no longer sad. Now, she was more than happy in knowing he had pulled through okay.

They gave the subject a rest and talked about other things. Phineas said that even though his first visit to Mexico hadn't been the ideal one, he still loved the experience. He even wanted to go again once he recovered. Secretly, his hands were itching to use the tools he had seen at Isabella's grandparents' house. More importantly, he really wanted to spend time with the girl now at his side, in the lovely courtyard.

Soon, the two grew tired again, and they dozed off to sleep. Isabella turned towards Phineas, who put his arm over her. They curled into each other, fast asleep.

In the middle of the day, a nurse walked in to check on Phineas' recovery. Upon seeing the two sleeping together, she smiled and left. As she made notes on her clipboard, she mumbled, "I guess he's recovering quite fine."

Hooray, Phineas pulled out okay! Will he seize the opportunity to make a move on Isabella? Stay tuned to find out :)

Until then, happy reviewing.