It was an early Sunday morning, and the last full day that Phineas and Isabella would spend in El Paso. Phineas was already awake by 6 in the morning. True, they had gone to sleep really late because of the party the previous day. But he was early riser by nature, and today was not the exception. Besides, he had a mission in mind: to see the Southwest sunrise with his girlfriend.

He nudged Isabella awake. "Izzy, wake up! We won't get to see the sunrise!" It was already 6:15. Dawn was going to break any minute.

She opened her eyes sleepily and looked at Phineas with utter confusion. She drawled sleepily, "What's the big deal? I'm tired."

"I'm tired too. But you have to see this."

She replied a terse, "Fine," reluctantly getting up and following him outside. Using a ladder, they got on the roof and watched the horizon expectantly. It was still relatively dark outside. In the distance, the sky was starting to turn a light shade of red.

Phineas cuddled Isabella into his embrace as they both witnessed darkness giving way to daylight. They were mesmerized by the Southwestern sunrise. He turned towards the girl in his arms, who was now watching the sky in awe. He asked with a smile, "Was that worth it?"

She replied softly, "It was totally worth it, Phin."

He chuckled, "Good. Now we can go back to sleep."

They got off the roof and went back to their guest room. He carried Isabella into the room and placed her delicately on her bed. She gave him a small smile and asked softly, "Phin, would you mind laying in bed with me?"

"No, no I wouldn't." He lay next to her, resting his arm on her hip. She nuzzled into him, falling asleep. He dozed off soon after.

When they woke up, it was already midday. Phineas took the initiative to make Isabella some brunch, cooking up some scrambled eggs and making French toast. Soon enough, they finished eating and went off to prepare their things for the return trip home. They washed and dried their dirty clothes, packing it into their suitcases when it was ready. The couple also cleaned up the guest room that they had used for their stay.

After making the beds and vacuuming the carpets, Isabella called her mother about their airplane tickets for the return trip. Vivian instructed her to go into her online American Airlines account, and print out the pages that confirmed the purchase of tickets. These pages contained the ID and password needed to print their individual boarding passes at the airport. Phineas took a look at the information. Surprisingly, their connection city was now Houston instead of Dallas. It didn't make sense to him, since Houston was father away from Danville than Dallas. At any rate, he shrugged and continued to read. They were to leave at 6:30 in the morning, just like last time. They also had two hours to spare in Houston between flights. The only difference was that they would arrive later at Danville, touching down a little past 4 in the afternoon.

After the flights were taken care of, Phineas and Isabella relaxed in the living room, watching television. When Uncle Juan and Rosa arrived from work, they brought along seasoned meat to make carne asada. The uncle was about to walk outside to turn on the grill, when Phineas said, "No sir, you treated us to a nice stay. Me and Izzy will cook. You guys just relax."

Phineas went outside to grill the meat, as Isabella prepared the rice in the kitchen. Aunt and uncle were taken aback by this voluntary act of niceness, and they sat back, watching the couple work together.

Phineas would occasionally go back inside, to look for utensils to help with cooking the meat, like tongs, aluminum foil, among other things. While waiting for the meat to cook, he would also venture inside to help Isabella in any way possible.

Rosa and Juan looked on, and were surprised about one thing. As the couple cooked the meal together, they functioned in perfect harmony. Not once did they ever bump into each other, or have to speak in order to understand what the other wanted. If one needed something, the other would automatically hand it to them, as if they communicated telepathically. Working in perfect synchronization, they finished cooking the meal in a flash. The hosts were in awe; they had never seen a couple function that perfectly in sync with each other.

When everybody was seated and they started eating, Rosa asked the couple, "How did you guys do that?"

Isabella asked, "Did what?"

"When you were cooking. You didn't even bump into each other or talk. How did you know what the other needed just at the right time?"

Phineas and Isabella just shrugged. He offered an explanation, as he looked at his girlfriend endearingly, "I guess we know each other too well."

They finished eating, and watched a movie with the family, about a father that was searching for his kidnapped daughter in Europe. When the movie ended, they talked for a bit, until Phineas and Isabella called it a night. It was barely past ten, but they had to go to sleep early if they were to wake up early the next day. Phineas and Isabella went to the guest room, and he set the alarm clock for 4:15 in the morning.

They talked for a while; first about the movie. Then, they remembered what they had done over the course of the vacation. The couple still couldn't believe that they had already spent two weeks in El Paso. It still seemed like yesterday when Isabella had invited Phineas to tag along with her.

They recalled everything; the flight where they cuddled asleep, the romantic restaurant, the visit to Juarez and the hospital stay, where they revealed their feelings for each other. And of course, they recalled the grandparents' house, where they had become boyfriend and girlfriend.

Phineas and Isabella were sitting next to each other on his bed, telling each other how happy they were at the moment. He smiled, saying, "See, I told you I had a feeling that this would be a good vacation."

She leaned into him, humming softly as he put his arm around her shoulder. He whispered in her ear, "I love you, Isabella," as he guided her chin up to meet in a kiss.

When she pulled away, she replied cheerfully, "I love you too, Phineas."

He grinned the toothy smile. "Well, we need to get to sleep if we want to wake up early tomorrow. What is the saying? Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."

Isabella giggled and said, "Yes, a Ben Franklin quote. Well, I guess we should call it a night then." She paused and asked, "Phin?"

"Yes?"

"Would you mind sleeping together?"

He grinned and looked at her suspiciously.

She continued, "Well, it's our last night on vacation. And it will probably be our last night sleeping like this for a long, long time. So I just wanted to…"

Phineas interrupted her, "Shh…I understand Izzy. Yes, I'd love to share the bed with you. I was going to ask you myself, but you beat me to it."

She smiled triumphantly and went into the bathroom to change into her sleepwear. Phineas changed too, and before long, they were ready, and in his bed. He kissed her before he turned off the lights.

"Goodnight Isabella. I love you."

"Nighty night, Phin. I love you so much."

He put his arm over her, as she curled into him. By now, they had grown used to the closeness, and it felt perfectly natural. Phineas looked on as Isabella fell asleep, and carefully guided some loose strands of hair off of her face.

He was intensely grateful that they could be this comfortable loving each other in this way. Looking at her sleeping figure, he thought, wow, she's absolutely gorgeous. He knew, deep down side his heart, that he would do anything possible to make her happy, and would demonstrate, every single day, how much he loved her.

As his eyelids grew heavy with fatigue, Phineas' arm protectively pulled Isabella closer to him. She curled into him even further, and went into her slumber once again. His last waking thought going to sleep was, 'consider the day seized.'

I don't really consider this my best writing. I really want to do a "going out with a bang" ending, but it's kind of hard. I don't want to disappoint with the last chapter. Don't worry, I'll try to make it the best I can. If I don't update tomorrow, I definitely will by Thursday or Friday.

Haha, I'm glad that I'm almost done with the story, but it's a bittersweet feeling. I really appreciate the feedback that I've gotten as the story progressed, you guys have seriously been too kind with me.

As for the upcoming story, I already have the title and a solid storyline running. I'll add in a description with the last chapter. See you soon :)