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OCs: Sam, Rachel, Parker, Glenn, Wisteria, Kurtis, and Jessie
Rating: T for mild swearing and graphic imagery.
The Nightmare Before Christmas and "This is Halloween" belongs to Disney and Tim Burton.
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Chapter 7: Four Months later and another flashback
"Gretchen it's time for your Physical Therapy Session" Wisteria called from the garage
"Coming mom" Gretchen said as she wheeled out to the car.
Gretchen was wearing a white graphic tee that said 'I've got your back!' depicting two stick figures one without the back, the other one had a stick in its hand. She had put on black and grey camouflage pants, with white tennis shoes. She was wearing, as usual, her glasses.
Gretchen got into the car. She sat in silence while the wheelchair was loaded up in to the back of her mom's Suburban. Her mom started driving. Gretchen just stared out the window seeing the Jack 'o Lanterns, that people had carved. This only served to depress her.
"When do you think they will allow me to use crutches?" Gretchen asked quietly.
"Maybe today" Her mom responded, "The Halloween Bash is on your mind isn't it?"
"Yes, The dance to "This is Halloween" in particular" Gretchen responded
"I don't think that they will be doing that this year anyway" Wisteria said, and then noting her daughters' expression, "It is because they can't find anyone to fill all four parts"
"They should try the freshman drama club" Gretchen said, "All of the kids in there now were in eighth grade trying to recreate the movements and only four got it down right"
"Really? Then they should tell the organizers of the bash" Wisteria said
"Yeah," Gretchen said then sighed "it has been five months since the accident and they still haven't found the occupants of the black car"
"I know it's frustrating but they will get them" Wisteria said.
The session went as usual. Gretchen was cleared to switch to crutches. The mother and daughter returned to the vehicle. They went back home. Gretchen went back to her room. She stared at her ceiling for a while then she looked at her watch, 2:30pm. She sighed Ferb didn't get out of class until three. Her classes were done for the day, as she had to take them via the internet but it still was the class she would be taking in person.
She started as her cell phone started to ring. It was Isabella's ringtone: A pop version of the Fireside Girls Anthem.
"Hey Izzy" Gretchen answered.
"Hey Gretchen" Isabella said.
"Aren't you supposed to be in class right now" Gretchen asked
"Yeah but someone cause a chemical reaction that has everyone cleared out of the buildings" Isabella said sounding irritated.
"It wasn't one of the boys was it" Gretchen said sitting up.
"Nope, Phineas and Ferb are more careful than that" Isabella stated
"That's a relief but who would do something like that" Gretchen said
"Irving surprisingly" Isabella said
"Wow Irving isn't usually that careless" Gretchen noted
"I know," Isabella said, "How did your Physical Therapy session go today"
"Well I got switched to crutches today" Gretchen replied
"So you will be able to attend the Bash?"
"Yes"
"Cool, I heard someone made a suggestion to use four members of the freshman drama club to take our places for the next four years as we can't do the dance"
"So what do you think about it?"
"I think it is a great idea"
"Cool Izzy"
"Ferb wanted me to tell you that Perry will be dropping by and that Perry wants to talk with you"
"Okay, I have to get off the phone now Izzy, I will call you later"
"Okay Gretchen talk with you later"
Gretchen hung up. She went over to the window seat and sat there watching the cars go by. After half an hour she heard a tap on her window. It was Perry.
"Come on in Perry" Gretchen said allowing the teal platypus in her room.
The platypus smiled and pulled out his micro translator.
"Thank you Gretchen" Perry said with a deep and rich voice.
"You are most welcome Perry, but I gather this isn't a social visit" Gretchen replied.
"Always perceptive aren't you" Perry said smiling slightly
"Yeah, something is troubling you" She said
"You know Ferb said the same thing this morning" Perry noted
"It has to do with the accident doesn't it" Gretchen said
"Yeah, as a matter of fact it does" Perry replied
"The occupants of the Sedan right" Gretchen inquired
"Yeah they were owners of a rouge agent, well the driver was at least they still haven't found the other occupants of the car," Perry said
"So the agency is stepping in?" Gretchen asked
"Only with the driver at the current moment" Perry said
"When will the police get the chance to question him or her or whatever" Gretchen inquired
"Just until we can confirm that the driver has no idea about their pet being a former secret agent" Perry said, "You are taking this much calmer than the boys did"
"Well I have accepted the fact that everything happens for a reason" Gretchen said shifting her crutches so she could see the secret agent better.
"Ferb wanted to meet the guy so he could kick his butt from he to next century" Perry commented grimacing at the thought of the green haired British young man's anger.
"That is surprising considering how calm Ferb normally is" Gretchen stated.
"I can see why he fell for you" Perry chuckled.
"Your boss still hasn't found out that we know" Gretchen inquired.
"Not yet and I do not intend for him to find out" Perry replied, "But I thought you should know, my boss said he would call me if there is any new info"
"All right Perry," Gretchen commented, she then gave the teal platypus a light kiss on his forehead, "Thank you Perry"
"I better go now," Perry said, "Otherwise my boss will know something is up"
"Ok Perry, good idea too because my dufus brother is coming up the stairs" Gretchen noted, opening the window again, the rain thickening once more, "Sorry about the rain though"
"It's all right, I am a semi-aquatic mammal after all" Perry replied smiling.
He got Gretchen to smile and chuckle lightly. With that he left, disappearing quickly in to the rain. Just in time too.
"Who were you talking to?" inquired Glenn, her oldest brother inquired
"No one it was just the TV" Gretchen answered, gesturing at the TV which had been on since she got home from her Physical Therapy session.
"Okay" Glenn said his blue-green eyes narrowing, "Why do you have the window open?"
"I like the rain" Gretchen shot back at him, "What are you doing here anyway?"
"Jessie and I have an announcement," Glenn said.
"She's pregnant" Gretchen commented.
"How did you" Glenn began
"Well you two are already married, so basically the only logical one is that you two are having a kid yourselves" Gretchen noted interrupting, shifting her crutches to stand up.
"Damn Brainiac you are better at figuring this stuff out then Kurtis and Mom" Glenn said
"Mom probably already knows" Gretchen commented, standing up and leaning on her crutches.
"You're right, Samantha does too" Glenn said, sounding slightly irritated.
"Don't let Sam hear you call her that" Gretchen said noticing who was now standing behind Glenn.
"What calling her Samantha, What she doesn't know won't hurt her" Glenn replied.
"I told you Glenn to never ever use my full first name" Sam said from behind Glenn making the latter nearly jump out of his skin.
Gretchen was laughing hysterically. Sam started to laugh too.
"That's NOT FUNNY" Glenn shouted at his oldest and youngest sisters.
"Yes, Yes it is" Gretchen commented between breaths.
"What is with the yelling" Wisteria said standing in the doorway.
"Nothing Mom" All three of the siblings said simultaneously.
"Except Sam scared the crap out of Glenn" Gretchen added.
"Come on you lot down stairs now" Wisteria said moving out of the doorway.
The three siblings went down stairs to the living room. Gretchen sat at the piano bench. Sam sat next to her. Glenn sat next to his wife on the loveseat. Kurtis and Wisteria were sitting on the sectional sofa that was in the corner. There was an awkward silence, which was broken by Gretchen.
"Okay, then music" Gretchen said turning around and started playing Fur Elise by Beethoven.
During the song Sam moved to sit on the other side of her mother. Everyone listened to the piece. Gretchen had always play Fur Elise well. She finished the piece. Still no one was speaking. Gretchen sighed and then started playing Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. Parker and Rachel arrived halfway through the piece. After Gretchen finished playing it, Glenn and Jessie finally had worked up the nerve to say what they were going to say.
"You two good now" Gretchen asked with a smile turning around on the bench.
"Yeah thanks for filling the silence" Glenn said
"No problem" Gretchen said.
Glenn cleared his throat before saying "Uh Mom, Kurtis, everyone, Jessie and I have some news"
"What is it Glenn?" Parker asked slightly irritated
"Jessie and I are going to have a baby" Glenn stated.
This was met by gasps from Rachel, Parker and Kurtis.
"You didn't tell anyone beforehand did you Glenn?" Jessie asked her husband.
"Nope Mom, Sam and Gretchen figured it out" Glenn grumbled
"Three out of the four and the fourth got here a few minutes ago so that figures" Jessie commented.
"Don't you know Jessie, Glenn is horrible at keeping secrets" Rachel said jokingly.
OCTOBER 31ST, HALLOWEEN….
The DJ was spinning dance music. Gretchen sighed and resigned herself to just listening to it.
"Hey there" She heard a soft voice behind her.
"Hey there yourself" She replied with a board grin.
"I wasn't expecting you to be here since you are, you know" The green hair British young man commented. He was dressed in a purple tuxedo with a yellow shirt, black dress shoes and a loose red tie. He face was painted white with red around his mouth. (A/N: Anyone notice anything familiar? If not lets see who Gretchen is dressed as shall we?)
"Well I am your girlfriend Ferb" Gretchen replied. She was dress in a red and black jester costume. Her face was painted white as well but with black lipstick and black paint around her eyes. She was wearing her contacts as to not interfere with the character she was dressed as.
"Oh no it's The Joker and Harley Quinn" The couple heard a familiar voice call out.
"The bad guys have more fun" Ferb said to his brother as he walked up to them.
"But heroes are well loved" Phineas retorted. He was dressed as Muti-man from the Team Improbable cartoon they made a long time ago.
"Well 'a hero is a hero but everyone loves a good villain' remember that Phineas" Ferb asked his brother.
"I remember that, you said it to Candace when we did the Team Importable vs. The Control Freak" Isabella said coming up to where the three were standing. She was dressed as her character, The Rainbow, from the short.
"Who else is dressed as their character from the show" Gretchen inquired, "I saw that Candace was dressed as the Control Freak"
"Just me, Candace, and Phineas" Isabella answered.
"While Ferb and I are The Joker and Harley Quinn" laughed Gretchen, "I love Halloween"
"You still have the Pumpkin Headed Figure costume Gretchen" Phineas asked
"Yeah why do you ask Phineas" Gretchen replied, cocking her head to one side.
"I want to modify some of features on it" Phineas replied, "Make the Halloween show more fun by the time we graduate College"
"Okay I will bring it over tomorrow" Gretchen replied, "By the way has anyone else seen the new dancers for 'This is Halloween'?"
"Yeah they were ok" Ferb, Isabella, and Phineas commented.
"I thought so too" Gretchen noted.
"What are you guys doing" Candace said as she walked up behind the two couples.
Gretchen jumped and lost her hold on her crutches. She started to fall, and she swore "Shit"
Luckily Ferb caught her. He held her upright and Candace picked up the crutches. Candace handed the crutches back to Gretchen.
"I am so sorry. I just wanted to surprise you guys not make you fall over Gretchen" Candace apologized.
"It's all right Candace. I wasn't expecting you to pop out of nowhere" Gretchen said with a slight chuckle, "of course as a former Fireside Girl I should have been more alert"
"Love makes us more relaxed in our surroundings" Candace commented with a chuckle, Trust me on this one"
"All ready do Candace" Isabella and Gretchen stated simultaneously.
The two younger women started laughing. Candace smiled broadly as she watched her brothers and their girlfriends. Candace just shook her head she could see the two couples being together for a very long time.
"Candace, Jeremy is looking for you" Katie said as she came up to the small group.
"Thank you Katie" Candace said and went off looking for her husband.
"Where's Irving Katie" Isabella asked the blonde.
"I am right here" Irving answered walking up to his girlfriend. He was dressed as Hawkeye. Katie looped her arm with his. She was dressed as the Black Widow.
"Hawkeye nice" Phineas commented admiring Irving's costume.
"Muti-man, The Rainbow, The Joker and Harley Quinn, all very nice" Irving commented in response.
"The Joker and Harley Quinn are villians" Gretchen pointed out.
"Your costumes are great did you make them your selves" Katie inquired.
"I had Isabella make mine" Phineas admitted.
"Well Gretchen and I made our costumes sperately. I did however tell her that I was going to The Joker this year" Ferb stated
"All of the former Fireside Girls, as you well know, have our sewing patches" Gretchen replied with a light smirk.
A slow song started playing. Irving took Katie's hand and let her out to dance. Phineas and Isabella followed suit. Ferb slipped his hands around Gretchen's waist.
"Do you trust me" Ferb asked.
"Without a doubt" Gretchen replied automatically.
"Then just set your crutches down and lets dance" Ferb whispered into her ear.
Gretchen set her crutches on a nearby chair. She wrapped her arms around Ferb's neck. He took her out to the dance floor. They danced to the slow song. Candace and Jeremy watched Ferb and Gretchen dance, she smiled when Gretchen rested her head on Ferb's shoulder.
"they make a good couple don't they honey" Jeremy Johnson asked his wife.
"Phineas and Isabella or Ferb and Gretchen" Candace inquired back.
"Ferb and Gretchen. Didn't Ferb have a crush on Vanessa Doofenshmirtz when they were younger" Jeremy replied.
"Yes Ferb and Gretchen do make a good couple. Yes Ferb did have a crush on Vanessa Doofenshmirtz" Candace answered.
"What happened to his crush on her" Jeremy asked.
"She broke his heart" Candace replied softly.
"Will you tell me how that happened" Jeremy inquired.
"Ok, lets see Phineas, Ferb and the Fireside Girls had just entered High School" Candace said remembering
Four Years and Two months ago…
"Hey Phineas, Hey Ferb Whatcha doin" Isabella asked the Flynn-Fletcher duo as she and her best friend Gretchen sat across from the popular duo.
"Nothing much just making plans for next summer" Phineas replied.
"Doing homework from my first period class" Ferb replied as well.
"So how are you doing Ferb" Gretchen inquired quietly.
"Ok I guess" Ferb answered.
They were at the Mr. Slushy Dawg at the mall. Candace had taken them there while she looked for a Ducky Momo misprint plate.
Vanessa Doofenshmirtz walked through the area. She stopped short when she saw the British youth.
"Ferb" Vanessa called out.
"Vanessa what are you doing here" Ferb asked the gothic twenty year old.
"I am here with my fincee" Vanessa answered
"Oh when do you two get married" Ferb asked his eyes downcast.
"A year and half from now" Vanessa replied.
"oh" Ferb siad quietly.
"Did you have a crush on me Ferb" Vanessa inquired, his silence speaking the unspoken words.
"Yes" Ferb admitted
"Ferb you do realize it would have never worked between us right" Vanessa asked him trying not to completely destroy the British youth.
"I realize that now" Ferb said, silently cursing himself for thinking he could be with someone who was six years older than himself.
"Feelings can't go one way. Ferb you are a nice guy but I am not the one for you. You will make some girl very happy someday" Vanessa explianed, every word ripping through Ferb like a machette, " I'm sorry Ferb. I am happy with my Fiancee"
"Okay Vanessa," Ferb mumbled.
"Find someone who will make you happy. I am moving away from Danville, so this is goodbye" Vanessa said.
"Goodbye Vanessa, I truly wish you luck and happiness" Ferb replied
Vanessa left the Googleplex mall. Ferb returned to the table where his brother and two of his friends were sitting. He sat back down in the middle of a conversation between Isabella and Gretchen.
"This is completely…..geez Izzy what the hell did you" Gretchen trialed off when she saw Isabella's expression, and then she notice Ferb's expression, "Ferb is anything wrong?"
"The girl who I thought I loved just broke my heart" Ferb siad quietly.
"Oh, That must have sucked" Gretchen commented.
"It does. It feels like my heart has been ripped out and someone stomped on it and put it back" Ferb stated.
"Heartbreak only leads to finding something you did realize before" Gretchen said, she glanced at her watch, "Izzy you need to get to Fireside distrubution center"
"Crap you're right, I will see you guys later" Isabella said shoving her homework back in to her backpack, slung it over her shoulder and took off running.
"I swear that girl would forget her head if it wasn't attached sometimes" Gretchen comments shaking her head.
Her phone beeped as did Ferb's. She checked her phone. She smiled.
"The new book just came in" Gretchen said standing up, and grabbing her backpack.
"I know I just got an alert too." Ferb said also grabbing his backpack, "Hey Phineas I am going to the book store I will be back"
"Yeah sure ok Ferb" Phineas replied abesentmidedly.
"Come on then Ferb" Gretchen commented grabbing Ferb's wrist and pulling him to the closest elevator.
Ferb glanced at the former Fireside Girl, who was bouncing slightly to the music in the elevator. Ferb noticed what the music was: Gitchee Gitchee Goo. Ferb smiled at hearing the song after four years. Gretchen glanced over at him and smiled too.
Present Day…..
"Wow she hurt him bad didn't she" Jeremy commeted.
"She did but it was at that point Ferb realized that he had feelings for someone else, he was just too stubborn to accept them. I believe that Vanesssa breaking his heart allowed him to realize his feelings for the girl" Candace replied, glancing over her shoulder at her daughter who was blissfully sleeping in her playpen.
"Who was the girl" Jeremy inquired confused.
"The same girl who was with him when he got the book , the same girl you hired in their sophomore year, and the same girl he is dancing with" Candace replied, her smile returning as she watched Ferb help Gretchen with her crutches.
"Gretchen, Ferb is lucky to have someone like her" Jeremy stated wrapping his arms around his wife's waist, "I think you should plan on being their wedding planner as well"
"Maybe I will" Candace replied chuckling slightly, "Come on it is time for the return of the Control Freak"
Soon the night was over and everyone went to their respective dwellings. Most went to bed wondering wht the Flynn-Fletcher would do to top the celebration next year. Ferb went to bed wondering how long it would be until Gretchen was cleared to drive again. Phineas went to bed remebering the big kiss he got from Isabella when they said their goodnights.
Okay so Chapter Seven, I am sorry for it being so long. And Sorry for taking so long to write and upload it. But anyway Reviews.