Isabella's P.O.V:
Gosh, I'm pretty nervous about tonight, which is graduation night. Well, I'm also very excited, I mean who wouldn't be? Phineas has been hyper all day knowing that it's going to be summer soon. Heck, Ferb is so happy that he said more than three sentences at school! It was a half day today, since all we had to do is practice for this evening, which is in… thirty minutes. Wait, thirty minutes!? I have to get to school now!
I get up from my bed and go downstairs quickly, running out the door immediately. Mom is a work, but she'll be there later when the parents are supposed to go in the auditorium. I practically race to school and into the designated room, where the principal is making sure everyone's here.
"Chen Fu?" I hear her voice utter loudly into the crowd of sixteen year-olds.
"Here!" an Asian girl answers.
"Isabella Garcia-Shapiro?"
I raise my hand in the air as I rush next to where my friends are standing, already in their gowns. Now that I think about, everyone is in their gowns but me.
"Miss Shapiro, where is your robe?"
Darn, I know it's in school, where all the other ones were, but where is that?"
"I'll take her to them so she can get ready, Mrs. Stewart!" Phineas shouts, raising his hand.
"Thank you, Mr. Flynn. Consider yourself lucky, Miss Shapiro, without Mr. Flynn, you would've been punished," the principal states angrily.
I nod and leave with Phin. I follow his around the halls until we arrive to the gym, where there are still some tables and hangers from this morning, when we were fitted into a specific robe size.
Phin takes one from the table along with the cap next to it. He checks the tag and smiles, and then rips it off.
"Yup, this one's yours Izzy!" he announces, handing both pieces of clothing to me.
I nod and give him a small smile, showing my gratefulness. I grab the robe and cap and follow Phineas back into the hallway.
"You can change in the bathroom; I'll wait for you out here."
I walk into the bathroom and into a stall to change. Once I'm done, I open the door to look at myself in the mirror above the sinks.
I look exactly the same, which is disappointing. Well, what was I expecting, to be like Cinderella and turn extremely beautiful until midnight? Not likely. But I still feel like something's missing, but what? Oh, I know!
I snap my fingers thinking about the missing thing. I take out my bow and place in the middle of my cap, under the small roof on top of it. I look myself in the mirror again, satisfied with my bow. At least the bow is beautiful, it helps, I guess. I'm kind of a lost cause anyways.
I stroll out of the girls' bathroom where Phineas is waiting for me like he promised. He looks kind of surprised when he sees my bow, but also looks really happy after the shock wears off.
"Come on, Izzy. We should go to your locker so you can put your clothes," he suggests.
I agree with my head and we saunter to my locker, next to each other. We arrive to my locker, I unlock it and store my folded outfit in it.
"We should probably get to the auditorium quickly, they must be about to start the last practice by now," Phin tells me as I close my locker.
"How about we race?" he asks, a cute, competitive expression on his face. Wait, what?
"One, two-" I interrupt him by running past him, getting a head start.
"Hey!" he shouts, starting to run himself.
I just grin as I see the entrance to the auditorium. Surprised I'm still winning, I enter the auditorium running.
"W-Woah!" Phineas utters.
I fell something bump into me as I fall to the floor. Ouch, that hurt a little. I rub my head as I open my eyes. I see Phin, blushing furiously, looking amazed. Somehow, he ended up on top of me and our faces were closer than ever, so my face is probably as red as a tomato too. To my surprise, I see Phineas completely clear, even though I see him all fuzzy-like since my bangs are always covering my eyes.
Wait, I feel my face, no bangs. Oh, darn, I quickly put my bangs to their original place, covering my eye. He probably thinks I'm the ugliest girl in the world and he won't talk to me ever again.
He helps me up, completely silent, and drags me out the door, leaving a confused group of graduates behind.
He makes sure the door is closed before he turns to me letting go of my hand, much to my dismay. That's it, he hates me. I look at my feet as I feel my eyes tear up at the thought of losing my best friend because of how pathetic I am.
I feel a finger pull my face up and a hand tuck my bangs behind my ears. Tears start to stream down my cheeks, one by one. Phineas wipes them away carefully, what? I thought he hated me.
"Izzy, I brought you out here to tell you one thing, your eyes are breathtaking."
W-What? This can't be real.
"Why do you hide them?"
'I… don't want to talk about it,' I send him.
He checks and quickly looks back at me.
"Okay, I won't make you then, don't worry," he says, smiling sympathetically, putting his hands to his sides.
"We have to go back in, you know that, right?"
I nod, putting my bangs back in their place. I see him frown slightly, sighing, then grin again.
"Shall we?" he asks, gesturing towards the door.
I nod, still in shock.
He opens the door and we both enter the auditorium.
"What, a new chapter? And it didn't take forever and a half?! Someone call the news, spread the word! RD isn't being lazy!" the reader shouted, completely shocked.
Yup, that's right, friend! New chapter, and a good one at that! ;3 Hope you enjoy!