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Love, Silver

You wouldn't think it would be Mission Impossible. In fact, most believe it would be far from it. Getting Phineas to go out with Isabella, I mean. Everyone who's ever met them can see that they're meant for each other. Or at least that's what they assume.

I remember what happened several years ago, in middle school. Phineas got his first real girlfriend. I don't remember her very well, but I think she was Iranian and very smart and pretty. Anyway, she was the first girl Phineas seemed to have really taken a liking to, and after just a few dates, they were labeled as "boyfriend and girlfriend" by our peers. And something in Isabella just… snapped. She came to me later on, with no tears, with no words. I didn't know how to comfort her or what to do. But, only days later, Isabella forced herself to return to normal, and eventually, Phineas and his girlfriend broke up, and everything went back to the way it was before. But, it was in that moment that I realized that the assumption was wrong. Phineas and Isabella weren't magically going to end up together. It was going to take a little more than that.

The problem was I didn't know what I could possibly do to fulfill my promise to Isabella. My brain was only slightly more romantically inclined than my brother's, which isn't saying much.

"Ferb!" Wynne loudly snapped her fingers in front of my face. I shook my head and silently apologized. We were sitting on the carpeted floor of her new apartment.

Before anyone goes jumping to conclusions, Wynne and I are hardly dating. She was actually the one who broke it off. She said she sensed I wasn't completely into us dating. I just couldn't be, not with my strands of Vanessa hope and my mess of Isabella confusion. But we decided to be friends. Which is good, since I'm finding it harder and harder to confide in my other friends nowadays.

"How do you think you would get Phineas and Isabella to go out together?" I asked her.

Wynne giggled. "I knew there was something up between them."

"You… you did?" I answered. I couldn't help feeling bothered by that. Even a completely new girl thought Isabella should end up with Phineas. A new girl who had even seen Isabella follow me on a date. Phineas and Isabella. The inevitable love story, despite the lack of reciprocated proof.

"Are you trying to get them together?" She asked. I nodded. "You're a good friend Ferb. I guess I would try to convince Phineas to do something fun with Isabella. You know, no mention of an actual date." I nodded, listening closely. "I'll tell you what I think though." Wynne said thoughtfully. "Don't you think that Isabella ending up with Phineas is a little predictable?" I opened my mouth in protest. "You said it yourself. Everyone thinks, assumes, predicts, that they'll end up together." She said. I closed my mouth. I had no argument, it was true. "Isabella and Phineas are both unpredictable, exciting, and a little insane. I don't think a boring predictable relationship between them is going to work out."

I was trying it. I don't care what Wynne says; I had to get Isabella and Phineas together. I was doing it for Isabella. I was even doing it for Phineas. And maybe I was doing it for myself. Maybe I was trying to prove that if these two can end up together, so can Vanessa and I. Or maybe I just wanted to prove I'm truly the best Cupid around here.

I caught him, Phineas I mean, at home, mulling over another project. What keeps him so driven? Before it was getting the most out of summer before school started. Now, I guess he just wants the most out of life. Carpe Diem.

I wasn't sure what to say. I ran my hand through my hair. Man, sometimes I feel like I'm floating with no paddle.

Phineas must have heard me, because he turned around excitedly. "Ferb, Ferb, come here and look at this!"

I walked over and peered over his shoulder. I wasn't really paying attention to it. I was trying to think of how to get Phineas to go out with Isabella without telling him outright that Isabella loved him. I feel like I did owe this to her. I basically had to ask my own brother on a not-date.

I felt myself squirming as Phineas kept chatting. My eyes were wandering until they landed on something on the table, and they lit up. I snatched the object from the table and held it up in front of Phineas.

"Hmm?" He said. "Oh, that's just a coupon for the Better Panda restaurant. You know, that Chinese restaurant. Dinner for two. It's going to expire soon. Do you want it?"

I shook my head no. Phineas shrugged, and turned back to his work. After a few minutes of silence I suddenly spoke up. "Why don't you take Isabella?"

Phineas turned back towards me. "Isabella? Why?" He asked suspiciously.

"Uh, you know… because… she loves Chinese?" I said weakly.

Phineas shrugged. "I guess. You can take it if you guys want to use it."

"No." I said. "She'd rather go with you." I hope I wasn't being too obvious.

Phineas stared at me for a while. I felt like I was being scrutinized. But then he smiled. "Yeah, okay. I guess we can go tomorrow night for dinner. If that's okay with you, I mean. I wouldn't want to abandon you." He said.

I gently nodded, showing that I would be fine without them. Then, I left for my room. Wow, I had no idea how much stress I could give myself from just trying to set up one little date. But then again, I give myself stress all the time. I grabbed the phone and called up Isabella.

"Hello?"

"You're going on a date with Phineas tomorrow night." I said quickly. She had barely finished saying hello.

"Really? Wow, I… I can't believe it. I'm actually going out with Phineas?" She didn't sound nearly as excited as I expected her to. "Ferb, I… Ferb… Ferb…"

"Stop it. Stop saying my name." I whispered quietly.

"What?"

I hung the phone up before she could say anymore. She wasn't even supposed to hear what I said. Whatever. I had given them that push they needed. Isabella was going out with Phineas. It was… inevitable.