Sorry for the wait here. Please enjoy the next chapter and small time skip.
Phineas and Ferb sat in their backyard, working when the sound of the fence opening caught their attention. Looking up, the stepbrothers saw the Fireside Girls walking into the backyard. Phineas looked at Isabella before glancing at Katie and shook his head before focusing on the work in front of him, "Hi Phineas," Isabella smiled as she stepped away from the group and over to the two, "What'cha doing?" the redheaded genius ignored the raven-haired girl and Isabella frowned, "So…do you need any help?"
"Actually…I need to talk to you…and Katie," Phineas sighed as he stood up and looked down at Ferb, "Ferb, you got this handled for a moment, right?" Ferb gave a silent thumb up before Phineas walked towards the Fireside Girls and Isabella followed him.
Isabella, Katie and Phineas stood on the back porch while the others helped Ferb. The two looked at Phineas in confusion and Katie arched a brow, "So…why did you need to talk to us?"
"Yeah Phineas, what's going on?" Isabella questioned and Phineas slowly shook his head and mumbled under his breath, "Phineas? Is something wrong?"
"I…Candace was talking to me and…I…Katie," he looked up and the blonde looked at him in confusion before Phineas inhaled slowly, "Listen…Candace told me something and…it sounds a bit strange but-"
"You're…rambling, Phineas," Katie frowned, "What's wrong?"
"She told me that you…have feelings for me," Isabella looked at the blonde and Katie frowned as Phineas and shook his head, "I…I know that sounds a bit off, but-"
"I…it's not," Phineas looked at her with wide eyes as Katie hung her head, "I've had feelings for you since we were nine, but…I don't know…I was just…I-"
"Katie," Kati looked back up and Phineas frowned and shook his head as he rubbed the back of his neck, "Listen…I know that no matter what I say, I'm going to sound like an ass…and I'm sorry if I hurt you…but you're a great friend and I don't want to ruin that," he tightly closed his eyes, ready to feel the stinging sensation of Katie's hand slapping across his cheek.
Several seconds have passed and Phineas opened his eyes and looked up to see Katie still standing in front of him, a somber look crossing her face, "Katie, I-"
"It's fine, Phineas," the three frowned as Katie took a deep breath, "To be honest, I wasn't expecting you to feel the same…but it was still fun to…yeah," Katie slightly smiled and shook her head, "I can probably guess why too," Phineas slightly nodded, "Well you have my support…if it goes well or if it doesn't…I'm still here for both of you,"
"Thanks Katie," Katie slightly smiled and the two hugged as Isabella watched and frowned.
Separating from the blonde, Phineas inhaled slowly and shook his head before mumbling under his breath, "And now comes the more challenging part," Isabella arched a brow as the two looked at her and Phineas took a deep breath, "Isabella…while I know our parents haven't exactly gotten along in a while…and Candace and my mom…well they uh…they have a few choice words about you and…I really don't care what they say…Isabella, I…I-"
"What's going on out here?" they heard Candace's voice call and they looked up to see the older redhead standing behind them.
Candace glared at the raven-haired girl with narrowed eyes and Isabella frowned as she looked between Candace and Phineas before she frowned and hung her head, "I…I should get home…my mom's probably wondering where I am," she turned and slowly walked away as Candance crossed her arms and shook her head before walking back into the house.
Phineas sighed and shook his head, "I'm sorry," he looked up at his longtime friend and frowned, "I know what you were going to say…and like I said, I'm going to support you two as best I can, but I don't think I can stop your families from fighting,"
"Nah…don't worry about it, Katie," Phineas sighed and sat down, "I appreciate it…and I'm sure Isabella does to…if she knew you were referring to her," Katie slowly nodded and sat down as the two of them watched their friends work on the project in front of them, "A simple machine to pollenate planets," Katie stared at him in confusion, "Well…bees are becoming endangered, Ferb and I decided to build a machine to pollenate the plants. We can't stop a species from going extinct, but we can help other lifeforms from dying out because of the butterfly effect,"
"Change one thing in the slightest way possible and you screw everything up," Phineas hummed and nodded, "But why are you explaining this to me and not going after Isabella? She looked like she needed someone to turn to and-"
"If I go there and her mother answers the door, I'll be staring up at the barrel of a gun and the last thing I'll see will either be the bullet in the gun or Mrs. Garcia-Shapiro's cold glare," Katie scuffed and rolled her eyes, "I know it makes me sound like a coward, but my mom and Candace blame Isabella for my dad's death, and Mrs. Garcia-Shapiro doesn't like that and our families have been feuding ever since. Why she's allowed to come over on an almost daily basis is something I will never be able to figure out, but I was happy. And now that Candace scared her away, I doubt she'll be coming-" before he could finish, he felt the sting of a slap hit him across the face.
He looked up and Katie sighed as she shook her head, "And here you're supposed to be this intelligent kid,"
"Katie, what are yo-"
"Phineas, Isabella isn't going to stop coming here. Your families haven been fighting for the longest time and yet she still came here, not caring what happens," Katie stood up and Phineas looked up with a confused look crossing his face, "I'm going to go check on Isabella. But don't worry…I won't tell her," she looked down, a frown painted across her lips, "I will tell her that you were worried about her."
"T…thanks Katie," Phineas took a deep breath and stood up, "And…I owe you," Katie shook her head, "You're being this awesome friend who…even though you have a crush on me, you're going to be supporting me and Isabella…I owe you. You name it and it's yours,"
"I'll keep that in mind," Katie slightly smiled before she began walking away, "I'll see you around, Phineas," Phineas nodded as he watched the blonde Fireside Girl walk out of the yard before he turned and walked over to the others.
Okay…sorry for the wait here…please enjoy everyone and please let me know what everyone thinks.