She opened her page to a notification, which is what made her open the application. She was still sitting against her doorway, looking at the boxes. The note had told her to talk to Ferb. Phineas' brother. She wondered what happened to him to make him need her help. His life had gotten ruined too? She shuddered at the fact that such a smart, amazing boy's life could've gotten ruined. The notification she got made her gasp. Ferb had sent her a friend request. She couldn't remember them not being friends anymore, so of course she accepted it. He was supposed to help her, and she was supposed to help him, maybe he would know what to do. She smiled as a message popped up onto her screen.
Isabella?
Hey, Ferb! What's going on?
You're moving back soon?
How did you know that?
It's sort of a long story.
Ferb, what happened to you? I heard you had some sort of accident.
How did you know that?
It's a long story. You go first.
Okay, well….
They talked for a while on this strange person who had met with both of them, telling them they could fix things. Their stories were almost the exact same thing, the strange guy, the strange note telling that something that happened to the other person.
Hmm. That's a bit strange, don't you think, Ferb? I mean isn't it weird that we both meet the same guy on the same day?
It is a bit strange.
So tell me what happened with you then.
One day, Phin and I were working at the mayor's office, he had asked us to make something for him that would be able to file his papers for him, so he didn't have to memorize where all of his files were kept. But when we were there, I was fixing a bolt on the top of the machine when out of nowhere a green laser beam came through the window and zapped Phineas and the mayor. After that, they were both in the hospital. Mayor Doofenshmirtz couldn't remember who he was, and neither could Phineas. After a few weeks in the hospital, Phin regained his memory, but the mayor didn't. But no one believed that I didn't do it. I didn't get arrested or anything, but, no one wants me to work for them. They're all afraid that I'm going to get them hurt. It's kind of sad, anyway. And Phineas has admitted that he saw the beam, but he won't tell anyone about it because he thinks that everyone will think that he's crazy. And now my parents are throwing a graduation party for Phineas and I, but after the accident, which was two years ago, all of our friends stopped talking to me. They would come for Phineas, but he wouldn't talk to me. Today was the first day he spoke to me in a really long time. But I don't know how to fix this. But, what happened to you?
Wow. I'm really sorry about all of that, Ferb. And I'm sorry Phineas won't help you. Maybe I'll be able to help when I get back! We can do some detective work. But with me, it wasn't as bad as that. When we moved here, I tried to get into the local Fireside girl troop, and make new friends, but everyone here was so different. Once they found out who I was, they didn't want me in their troop because they were scared that I couldn't handle not being a leader. Because of that, I couldn't ever get into another troop. No one wanted me. And everyone back home who was in my troop, they wouldn't talk to me because they were ashamed that their leader was gone and that no one would take her in. So they stopped talking to me. I heard Adyson took over for me. Good for her, I mean. You know? She should've done a very good job. But other than that, I didn't make any friends. And everyone from home stopped talking to me because I guess the fireside girls had gotten to everyone. So I don't know. I just want my friends back.
I remember that. After Adyson became the new troop leader they came over one day. Adyson told everyone that you didn't want to talk to us anymore, that you had made better friends and you didn't need us anymore.
I didn't say anything like that!
I didn't believe you would, but, we were never really that close so I didn't think I should even ask you.
"Isa! Come help me pack the living room!" Isabella sighed. There were still two whole days left before they had to go. She didn't want to help her mother pack anything. And after finding out this new information, she didn't want to go back at all.
Ferb? I have to go help my mom pack. I wish you would've asked me about it though. Can I message you later?
You can message me whenever you'd like.
She sighed and put her phone down, and opened her door. Her mom was on the phone when she finally came into the living room.
"I know we're leaving in a few days. It's my husband, his job is transferring him, and it's to a town my daughter grew up in, I can't stay here while my family moves back to a place where we lived for a long time. I know and I'm sorry it's short notice, I just found out myself. I can still come in and help you tomorrow, yes. Alright. I'll see you in the morning then." She hung up the phone and sighed. "Oh Isabella, I didn't know you were there. I wanna talk to you; will you sit down with me?" Isabella nodded, and sat on the couch next to her mom.
"What's going on?"
"I'm not sure how much you heard, but, I have to go into work tomorrow, though, I'm not sure why. But I'm going to need you to try to keep packing as much as you can. I know it's going to be awful, and I'll be able to help you when I can, but, we have a lot of packing to do and not a lot of time to do it in." Isabella nodded.
"Okay mom, I don't mind helping." She smiled weakly at her mom, and put her hand on her arm. Her mom smiled, and got up.
"Let's start on this living room then!" She got up and helped her mother. After they were done with that room, they had a small snack. Isabella's father was working late, as usual. They ate grilled cheese sandwiches and then started on the guest room. Isabella's mom gave her a list of the rooms that she wanted her to start on the next day. When her father got back, he had brought Chinese food. They sat at the kitchen table and joked around and then he got serious.
"Isabella, are you sure that you're alright with this? You haven't seemed very happy."
"It's fine, Dad. It's going to be fine." She smiled and put her dinner in the fridge. "But, I'm going to get to sleep. I've got a lot of packing to do tomorrow!" She said goodnight and went upstairs. She grabbed her phone to find a message from Ferb.
Hey guys! The italics is Isabella and Ferb messaging each other. So this is pretty much all I have written so far, I have a little bit more, but not enough for a whole new chapter. If you have any suggestions please give them to me, I will gladly accept them. I have the day off tomorrow so hopefully I can get some more writing done, depending on what's going on. If you want to see anything specific I'll try to get it in there!
