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Chapter 6: First Session and Memories
"Ok it's time for your first Physical Therapy session, are you ready?" Asked the doctor in charge.
"Fireside Girls are always prepared" Gretchen muttered to herself, and she said to the doctor, "Ready as I will ever be"
"Okay Gretchen?" The doctor said looking down at the clipboard.
"Yeah, I said I was ready to start the session" Gretchen commented, as she started fidgeting in the wheelchair.
"Gretchen please stop fidgeting" sighed Ferb, his light British accent making Gretchen flush a bright red.
"Fine Ferb, by the way what are you doing here" Gretchen asked her boyfriend.
"Your mom asked me to be here because she is swamped at work" Ferb replied.
"That figures" Gretchen muttered, knowing the real reason her mom had Ferb sit in on the first Physical Therapy session. She then realized that the doctor had not introduced herself, so she asked "So Dr.?"
"Oh sorry I forgot my manners I am Dr. Wilkinson" The Doctor said brightly.
"Ok Dr. Wilkinson, shall we start?" Gretchen asked her.
They went through explanation of what the sessions would consist of. Then they started the session. Taking breaks whenever Gretchen got tired or she started hurting. After an hour they stopped.
"That was a great first Physical Therapy session. If I didn't know any better I could have sworn you were a Fireside Girl at one point in time" Dr. Wilkinson commented
"Actually I am a former Fireside Girl" Gretchen said.
"Really what Troop?" Dr. Wilkinson asked
"Danville Fireside Girls Troop 46231" Gretchen responded.
"Wow" Dr. Wilkinson whistled, then noting the expression on Gretchen's face "Feel free to go and you can go outside now"
"Thank you" Gretchen said quietly
Gretchen started to wheel her wheelchair out of the room, when Ferb came up behind her.
"Here move your hands and I'll push you" Ferb said.
"What did I do to deserve such a loving boyfriend like you?" Gretchen asked Ferb.
"I think the same thing all the time except it is: what did I do to deserve you" Ferb said in reply, "remember Phineas and Izzy's first date."
"Yeah, we were spectators remember?" Gretchen said as they headed outside to the courtyard.
They both laughed lightly. They had found it humorous when Phineas and Isabella had started dating they had been dragged along by the two (Gretchen was dragged along by Isabella and Ferb was dragged along by Phineas). This had actually made them realize that they like "like" each other.
Two years and six months ago….
Phineas and Ferb were sitting on one side of the table with Isabella and Gretchen on the other. All four of them were in thick winter clothing. Isabella and Phineas were wearing brightly colored clothing. Gretchen and Ferb on the other hand were wearing more subdued colors with reflective striping on it.
"Umm will you guys excuse me for a second" Gretchen said standing up, "Shouldn't have drank that much soda"
"Ok Gretchen" Isabella said although Gretchen knew she was scared, but a least Ferb was still there.
Gretchen walked over by the restrooms and watched them. Ferb soon excused himself and came over to Gretchen.
"Let me guess Phineas dragged you here" Gretchen said with her arms folded across her chest.
"Isabella do the same to you" Ferb said but not as a question.
"Yeah she was terrified of coming alone here with Phineas" Gretchen said watching her best friend and one of her friends, chatting.
"Phineas was terrified of coming alone too, he wouldn't stop bugging me" Ferb said, he too was watching his brother and one of his friends, leaning closer together.
They kissed and both Gretchen and Ferb said "Finally"
"Good thing this is fast food restaurant" Ferb muttered in to Gretchen's ear.
"Yeah otherwise we'd be waiting forever for those two to finally work up the nerve to kiss" Gretchen said in response as they came back to the table.
As they left the restaurant Isabella leaned close to Gretchen and muttered in her ear "Thank you for leaving the table, so that Phineas and I could get alone time."
"Any time Chief" Gretchen said dropping in to her Second-in-Command mode.
Present Day…..
"Those two were so nervous" Ferb laughed, "It scared them real bad when I left the table"
"At least we didn't drag anyone along with us on our first date" Gretchen said, stretching out her arms enjoying the sunlit courtyard.
Two Years Ago….
"Ferb what are you doing" Phineas asked his brother, who was digging through the closet.
"Nothing" Ferb said, he was trying to find his favorite tennis shoes, to prepare for his first date.
"You are up to something, tell me" Phineas said.
"No because you will tell Isabella" Ferb replied, having found his favorite pair of tennis shoes he proceeded to put them on, as he had a date with someone and he didn't want Phineas and his girlfriend, Isabella to interfere.
"So if I promise you that I won't tell Isabella will you tell me?" Phineas asked
"No" Ferb answered, "I will tell you when I get back ok?"
"Fine" Phineas grumbled
-Meanwhile…
"Come on tell me Gretchen" Isabella said, she was sitting at her computer, the two girls were web chatting.
"No Izzy, not going to tell you" Gretchen responded, bobbing in and out of the webcams view.
"Why not?" Isabella asked
"Because you will tell Phineas and Phineas will tell Ferb" Gretchen said, even though she was about to go on her first date with Ferb, but she didn't want to be bugged by constant texts from her best friend.
"If I promise not to tell Phineas will you tell me" Isabella asked
"No," Gretchen said then hearing the doorbell ring, "I will give you a call later"
"Fine Gretchen talk with you later" Isabella said closing her window.
Ferb picked Gretchen up at the prearranged time. They went to the park that the boy had held a few invention projects there, including the giant bubble.
They laid on their backs pointing out their favorite constellations. They had a picnic style dinner.
"This is the best first date ever Ferb" Gretchen said leaning her head against her shoulder.
"Yes, Yes it is" Ferb said and looked at Gretchen, who removed her head from his shoulder and smiled at him.
He took her by the chin and lightly kissed her. She blushed and then kissed him back.
"Your reaction is a lot calmer than I thought it would be" Ferb said.
"You should know me better than that" Gretchen responded.
Present Day…..
"When I call Izzy after our first date, she screamed and made me deaf in my left ear for a week" Gretchen said.
"Phineas just about passed out when I told him" Ferb said with a chuckle.
Ferb sat in a bench next to Gretchen's wheelchair. She took his hand in hers. He smiled at her.
"This weather is nice" Gretchen said looking up.
"Yeah, it is and it is quiet out here" Ferb said.
"Aw hell, I forgot Izzy is coming over" Gretchen said when her phone rang the anthem for the Fireside Girls, but with a little pop style to it.
"You gonna answer it?" Ferb asked looking at her.
"Have to; otherwise Izzy will start freaking out" Gretchen said, and then flipped her phone open, "Hey Izzy"
"Gretchen you usually answer on the first ring, everything ok?" Isabella's voice came over the phone.
"Yeah everything is ok, had my first Physical Therapy session today" Gretchen said.
"Really, was your mom or step-dad with you?" Isabella asked
"No, it wasn't either of them" Gretchen said with a glance at Ferb.
"Sam?" Isabella asked
"Nope guess again Chief" Gretchen said with a smile
"Ferb" Asked Isabella.
"You got it" Gretchen replied.
"You do realize that the news is still doing reports on the accident" Isabella said
"Yeah I know but I wish they would stop" Gretchen said quietly, "No one needs to be reminded about that"
"I will be right up but I have to hang up" Isabella said
"I am in the court yard just by the elevator" Gretchen said
"Ok" Isabella said and then hung up.
A few seconds later popped into the courtyard. She smiled at the sight of the two of them, and then said "Hey you two Whatcha Doin?"
"Enjoying the nice weather" Gretchen said, while Ferb nodded.
"Where's Phineas?" Ferb asked, noting that his brother was missing.
"He said something about an image projection device" Isabella said.
"Oh that" Ferb said quietly.
"So has Adyson been accident prone on any of her recent dates with Buford" Gretchen asked jokingly
"Surprisingly no, Buford is good for her" Isabella replied catching the joking tone in Gretchen's voice.
"Kinda like Baljeet and Ginger?" Laughed Gretchen.
"You know everything started to change in the second half of our Sophomore year" Isabella said.
"Yeah it did" Gretchen said.
"Let's see Adyson and Buford started going out that year, you got a job at Mr. Slushy Dwag" Isabella said.
"Yeah and while you were on your date with Phineas, I was working," Gretchen said, "It was a week before school ended for the summer."
"When did Ferb ask you on your guys' first date" Isabella asked.
"That Friday you guys had a date" Ferb said, "I waited at her house with a Sweet Pea for her" (A/N: A Sweet Pea is a flower)
"Yeah and you startled me so bad I nearly decked you" Gretchen said with a laugh "Good thing you move fast"
"Not one of my best ideas" Ferb admitted, "Surprising a black belt in several martial arts, I was glad that you didn't judo throw me"
"Yeah that was probably a good thing" Gretchen said, while locking the wheels on her wheelchair.
"You guys went out the next day, Saturday" Isabella said remembering.
"Yeah" Ferb and Gretchen responded.
"You kept it a secret Gretchen" Isabella said
"Yes, you and the texting" Gretchen said with a sly smile.
"If it makes you feel any better Izzy, I didn't tell Phineas" Ferb said.
Isabella opened her mouth to respond when Gretchen's phone went off again. It was a hip-hop version of the Fireside Girls Anthem. Gretchen and Isabella smiled, Ferb got confused, as he had never heard Adyson's ringtone on Gretchen's phone.
"Hey Addy" Gretchen said answering the phone, she listened for a little bit, "Okay, yeah, it's fine by me"
A few seconds later Adyson Sweetwater and her boyfriend Buford Van Stomm came in to the courtyard. Buford looked embarrassed when he saw two of his girlfriend's friends sitting in the courtyard and Ferb, a friend of his.
"Hey Addy" Gretchen and Isabella said.
"Hey Buford" Gretchen said noting the husky young man.
"Hey" He said with his deep, gruff voice.
Wow dating Adyson has really mellowed him. Buford's gruff tone hasn't changed but that's what makes Buford, Buford. He has become more lax in his bulling of Baljeet since dating Adyson. Ferb thought.
"Buford you look uncomfortable" Isabella said.
"Hospitals give me the creeps" Buford said
"Same here" Gretchen said
"Really?" Buford asked Gretchen
"Yup," Gretchen said nodding, "Adyson on the other hand, hospitals are her best friend"
"Gretchen" Adyson said turning a bright red.
"Well it's the truth as long as you are accident prone then yeah hospitals are you best friend" Gretchen said laughing.
"Ok yeah it's true" Adyson said laughing too.
"Okay question for you Gretchen is the second rule really 'Never talk about the Fireside Girls'?" Isabella asked
"No Adyson came up with that one kinda an unofficial rule" Gretchen said.
"Yeah well it is a good one" Adyson said defending the rule that she had jokingly made up. The other two girls cracked up laughing.
"What?" Adyson asked
"It actually became an unspoken rule with all troops" Gretchen said while chuckling.
"Wow it did?" Isabella asked
"Yup" Gretchen said confirming.
Isabella looked at her phone. She noticed the time and said "I have to get going Gretchen, gotta pick up my books for the semester at Danville College"
"So do we" Adyson said as she and Buford stood up.
"Okay" Gretchen said giving a hug to both of the girls before they left.
"I already picked up my books" Ferb said when Gretchen looked at him inquiringly, "How about you Gretchen?"
When Gretchen was silent, Ferb asked "Aren't you going to the college here in Danville?"
"No" Her response was almost a whisper.
Her response had shocked him, he was expecting her to yeah she had already gotten her books for her course of studies. He swallowed and asked "Where are you going to college?"
"Olsenburg, eight hours away" Gretchen said, not looking at Ferb.
"I understand" Ferb said, and he did, the course of study Gretchen wanted to do wasn't readily available at Danville College (DC), but at DC's sister College in Olsenburg.
"It's not so bad, I will be coming back for Christmas you know, well after I get out of the hospital" Gretchen said.
"Isn't Baljeet going there too?" Ferb asked
"Yeah he is Ginger is not too happy about it though" Gretchen said, she then noticed the time and unlocked the wheels on the wheelchair, "Okay we need to get back inside Ferb"
They went back inside when Ferb got a text from Phineas. He sighed in fustartion, as he read the text.
"I have to go Phineas wants me to pick up a few things since I have his car" Ferb said apologizing to her.
"I can handle myself Ferb and you know that" Gretchen said with a girn.
"I know you can" Ferb said giving her a kiss, "I will see you later"
"Okay Ferb" Gretchen said as she watched him go.
She wheeled herself back to her hospital room. She sat in thought for a little while before turning the TV on. She put it on the news. Yet again it was on the accident. She sighed in disgust as she changed the channel. The channel she changed it towas playing an old TV show that she was rather fond of.
A/N: Warning Time skipping occurs for Chapter 7
Okay that was Chapter 6 Time for the Reviews.