Disclaimer: Phineas & Ferb belongs to Dan Povenmire, Jeff 'Swampy' Marsh and Disney. I own nothing.

Chapter 8

Phineas never knew that his subconscious could be so much fun. It appeared the part of his mind that contained memories had took the appearance of his and Ferb's Coolest Coaster Ever from a few years back. As he re-rode the coaster for the third time, his memories would flash bye. From meeting his new brother, to the first day at school and adopting Perry, his memories were flashing before his eyes. After a few seconds he saw, the Coolest Coaster Ever, fly past, the real one and so he knew he was getting close. Soon came the portal to mars, the Aglet awareness concert, Aunt Tiana and Uncle Bob's wedding day, the rocket to the moon, the football X-7 stadium, nanobots. As all their summer days flew past he suddenly shot up and pulled the lever at the front of the cart. The rollercoaster began to go backwards as he noticed a small flicker in his memories, the smallest of spaces that was filled with white nothingness. 'Aha! This must be what I can't remember, that day of summer that no one remembers!' He stopped the rollercoaster at a precise point where he was surrounded by the nothingness.

Just then he remembered something he learned in science class. 'White is made up of red, green and blue. White is basically every colour at once!' This made him want to try something. He sat back on the padded seats of the rollercoaster and slowly closed his eyes. He began to relax, thinking of nothing, for the first time of his life perhaps. As both his heart and mind slowed down, the white background surrounding him began to flicker in different colours. When he had a steady and slow heartbeat and his breathing was long and quiet, the whiteness surrounding him began to form images. He opened his eyes to see images of his past inventions, but something was different. 'Did Ferb ever ride our mechanical bulls downtown? Is that Baljeet as The Beak?' Before he could make out anymore, the images began to fade back to white. He started to relax himself again as the images slowly formed again. These memories were going at hyper speed or something and with Phineas' mind always racing, it was no wonder he couldn't find them. 'Okay. I need to relax' he thought to himself as he reopened his eyes where the final images on that day were surrounding him. He was in pure shock to what he was seeing. Baljeet as The Beak and Ferb riding mechanical bulls downtown was surprising and confusing, but what he was seeing was enough to snap him out of his subconscious. He looked behind him to see that the rest of the rollercoaster behind him was crumbling. 'I'm waking up!' Without a second thought, he forced open the safety bar, keeping him locked down and jumped towards one particular image. He ended up floating to it but it served the same purpose. He put his hand up the image in front of him which began to play the scene in which it was included. The act of placing his had up against it seemed to 'save' the memory. He closed his eyes as the world around him began to crumble. He was at the edge of the end with one particular moment in his hands to help him wake up.

Just then, back in reality, the machine powered down. Without missing a beat, Isabella raced to his side when all the lights on the machine went out. There was smoke coming from underneath the helmet, but the fact that he wasn't moving scared her most. Ferb rushed to her side as he carefully removed the helmet from Phineas' head. He wasn't hurt but his hair was slightly singed. Tears formed in her eyes when she saw this. It was a pretty pathetic thing for her to cry about, she told herself, but she hated seeing Phineas hurt as well as upset. Ferb then gave her a comforting hand on her shoulder as if to say 'He's gonna be fine' and headed off inside to check on her mom because if she saw Phineas, she would freak. He wasn't concerned about her seeing their invention. Their mom was still chatting to Vivian on the phone, a feat that Ferb could never achieve. Outside, Isabella held Phineas' head in her arms as he began to stir. His eyes opened to see the girl next door, trying to hold in her tears. Her first question was obvious.

"Phineas are…are you okay? He was slow to respond but he did with the biggest grin he could manage.

"I'm more than Okay." He said with his voice as soft as silk. "I've never felt better in my life." With her concern for him fading, she needed to tell him now, while they were alone. Inside, Ferb saw the look on her face and decided to head up back to his room. He knew they needed space.

"Phineas… look I know it's not the best time, but…" She stopped and shuddered as he placed his index finger softly on her mouth.

"Shh." Her whispered to her. He saw in her eyes a longing that had been there for several years and had never been fulfilled. His eyes turned to the screen behind her. A small smirk appeared on his face as he lowered his finger. "Look at the screen" he said, continuing to whisper. Isabella had no idea what to make of this. Why was he acting so weird, so… in love? She looked at him obviously confused and his eyes gestured to behind her. Unknown to her, at least for a few seconds more, something was playing in the background of their conversation. As she took her eyes off of Phineas and to the screen she froze. Phineas wanted to laugh at her expression but he had been playing her for too long to mess with her anymore. The images, flickering on the screen told a thousand words.

It was them, ten and eleven years old but still looking as young as they did today. Isabella didn't know what to make of it. This wasn't real was it? She didn't remember what was being shown to her and she would have remembered this for sure. Then she remembered what Ferb said. 'He wanted to enter his subconscious… Something about memories'. Memory? This was one of his memories? 'How?' was all she could think, as she turned to meet him.

"How?" was all that escaped her mouth before he smiled and moved his hand to the back of her head. No words. No interferences. Nothing but the two of them and this moment. He gently moved her head towards his as his lips brushed against hers, sending her over the edge in a passionate embrace. They stayed this way for over a minute, the world passing them by. He wanted to make sure that she was completely satisfied. To her, this was more important than anything in the world. More important than her friends, her dog, Ferb or her mother. She hated to admit it but it was true. She could still hardly believe that this was happening. She had a completely different scenario in her head and it was all planned out, every question, every response, and every emotion. But this threw her completely off. But this was better, probably because it was so unexpected, so romantic. She returned to the real world where she saw Phineas, who had broken their kiss a few seconds ago and was waiting for her, staring, lovingly, into her eyes. She was barely able to talk. "W…w…why?" It was a stupid question but he didn't seem to mind.

"Why'd you think?" he said giving her another grin. She struggled to find her words but the answer was clear.

"You l…l…love…me?" He let out a sigh of relief.

"Yes I love you. I was wondering how long it would take you" he said, laughing. 'How long' she thought. He was supposed to be the oblivious one, not her. But she just overlooked this as this was the best day of her life. No one could upset her today. She turned again to the screen which was still playing that same moment again and again.

"If this was your memory, why can't I remember it? When was this? How did it happen?" She would have continued her endless amount of questions but Phineas had placed his finger over her lips again. She began to love it when he did this, her lips still trembling a bit from their kiss.

"Shhh" he whispered. "I honestly don't know but I'll tell you everything that happened while I was plugged in. But let's go inside first." She wanted answers and now she wasn't sure if she would get a straight answer. As he helped her off of the floor, he suddenly grabbed her arms which made her jump. "Isabella Garcia-Shapiro, I want you to know, no matter what anyone thinks, no matter what anyone says, no matter what anyone does, I will always love you. No one can change it now. I don't know why we couldn't remember our first but I assure you; I will not let you forget this." Her eyes began to swell again as tears of immense joy began to make their way past her cheeks. She had never felt like this and… it was wonderful. He leaned in to kiss her again but she met him half way and met his lips with the same passion she had just experienced. After another minute, lost in their own little world, he took her hand and led her into his house, just before a hole opened up in their tree as Perry, who had been watching the events, gave a small smile to his owner and friend and made his way to his secret lair, ready to thwart Dr. D's latest evil scheme.

The End

Complete. However I might be considering a sequel. Just brainstorming ideas at the moment but I'm not 100% on it yet. As stated before, please review if you enjoyed this story and feel free to help me with any ideas or techniques.