Phineas and Ferb: Mystery of the Love Notes Chapter 3: A Notable Exchange, a phineas and ferb fanfic

I am so lazy, this took way longer to write than it needed to, makes me worried about writing the rest of this mess I got myself in.

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? POV

Tomorrow night, I heard that Phineas and Katie are going out to the mall. But I hear Katie hasn't told him though, I was told they were going to "talk about the notes." Well there's about to be another one.

I took a sticky note and wrote a message on it before stuffing it in an envelope and tossing it in my bag.

Katie POV (at school)

What a week. And today isn't going to be any easier, sure I am excited about tonight, going out with Phineas. But I know I'm going to struggle talking to him. I know I'm going to stutter. I know I'm going to embarrass myself.

As I turned the corner towards the 7th grade lockers, I noticed another envelope on my locker. The third day in a row.

Not again

I leaned up against my locker and quickly tore it open before reading…

"Tell him tonight, I know you're going to be together."

Great, not only am I getting these random ass notes. Now I'm being stalked and they know what I'm doing all the time. Fan-fucking-tastic.

I looked down at my watch and read 7:56. Time to head off to history. History has always bored me, learning about dead racist white guys has never been my forte. I've never understood why learning about stuff that happened hundreds of years before I was born matters but it is what it is.

I walked into the classroom at 7:58 and took my seat. Before I was able to get my notes out I saw my phone light up with a text from Phineas. My heart sped up as I read the text.

*Is 6:30 good for tonight?*

I quickly sent back a "Yes," before putting my phone away in my bag. The teachers here are strict when it comes to cell phones. They get taken away if they're even seen.

6:30, just gota make it through today and I'll get to have Phineas all to myself tonight

"Good Morning class." Mrs Felton said.

Collective hellos along with a few groans arose from the students who just wanted to get though the day.

"Today we are going to be continuing our unit on The Great Depression."

Ugh. It's Friday, no one wants to talk about the Great Depression dammit. I can't be bothered with this class, why the hell do I need to know or even care about all this shit?

Instead of struggling to pay attention to my dumb teacher's lecture about irrelevant crap, I had an idea.

I grabbed a notebook out of my bag and opened up to a new page.

I am gonna try and write Phineas a letter. No way I give it to him tonight, but I'll bring it, just in case.

"Dear Phineas,

You probably aren't going to read this, but if you do it's because I worked up the strength and the courage to tell you what has been on my heart and mind for years. You see Phineas, I really like you. You're the smartest, funniest, sweetest, most creative, fun-loving guy I know. I've liked you for years, even back to when we were friends in elementary school. You have all the qualities that I love, you make something out of nothing in an attempt to make not only your day, but everyone around you as well. Your creative spirit in an attempt to seize every day is super inspiring and I love that about you. I-

"James! Pay attention!"

Oh shit. I was really going there

"Sorry Mrs. Felton."

I'll have to finish writing this later.

*Later*

"Morning girls." I said as I sat down for lunch. I couldn't help but smile as I'd been thinking about Phineas all day long.

"Katie, something you wanna share with the group?" Adyson asked.

I blushed, "What do you mean?"

"You're blushing and smiling from ear to ear Katie." Adyson replied, "Is there something we need to know?"

"Well… if you must know." I said slowly. "I'm going to the mall with Phineas tonight."

"Katie! That's awesome!" Milly said.

"Totally!" Ginger said.

"Yeah!" Gretchen said.

"I know, I know. I'm starting to think these notes that I've been getting have been a blessing." I started before pulling out the note from my bag. "Speaking of notes…" I said before revealing the note to the other three.

*Tell him tonight. I know you're going to be together.*

"Well, are you going to?" Adyson asked.

"I doubt it. He asked me to go hang out at the mall so we could, 'talk about the notes.' He got one and he thinks that since I got one too that there's something we have to figure out." I stated. "I told Milly this, but we were on the phone the other day, and we somehow got on the topic and I told him that I like somebody. But I didn't tell him it was him that I have a crush on."

"Katie! That was your chance!" Adyson said.

"Yeah, I know. I blew it. But, hopefully I get a chance to tell him tonight."

"We're rooting for you!" Gretchen said.

"Thanks girls."

Phineas POV (after school)

… and NaCl is sodium chloride. Bang, done. Glad that's out of the way.

I checked the time and read 4:19.

I guess I should call Katie and see if we're still hanging out tonight. After all, I'd have to leave here in like an hour to walk over there.

*RING RING RING*

"Hello?"

"Hey Katie."

"Hi Phineas, what's up?"

"Just making sure we're still on for tonight."

"Yeah, of course."

"Cool. Could you bring the note from your locker? I'm hoping maybe we can figure something out regarding this."

"Phineas, I really don't know if it's that deep but sure, I'll bring them."

"Them?"

"Yeah, I got another note today. I'll tell you about it later."

"Ok, sounds good. I know I said we could meet up in the mall, but do you want to just walk there together? I can get you from your house. Or I could ask Candace to drive us."

"Either way is fine, it's really not far from my house. About a mile and a half"

Katie POV

Oh shit. I just screwed myself. Now he's gonna want to see all my notes that say things like "Tell Phineas how you feel" and he's gonna figure it out.

I pulled out the start to the letter that I was writing this morning.

I don't know if I'll be able to tell him I like him, but maybe I can give him this.

"Dear Phineas,

Whether I've shown it or not, I feel like you are one of the people I can count on the most. Someone I could turn to if I ever needed it. I'm sure you don't feel the same way about me, but if you're seeing this, it's because I really feel like you should know and deserve to know. I hope that you give me a chance to be with you.

With love,

Katie

I really hope I don't choke tonight.

Phineas POV

I walked down the hall to Candace's room to see if she would drive Katie and I to the mall. I knocked on the door to hear a "come in" from Candace.

"Hi Candace."

"Hi Phineas, what's up?"

"Do you think you could drop me and Katie off at the mall later? At around 6:30?"

Candace smiled at me before asking, "Does my little brother have a date tonight?"

"It's not a date, Candace." I replied.

"Oh come on Phineas. Surely you're over Isabella by now." Candace said.

"Candace, it's not a date!" I said, a little more aggressive than I would've liked.

"Ok Phineas, I'm sorry. I can drive you."

"Thanks," I said softly as I walked out of Candace's room.

It's been a few years since Isabella moved, but after she left, Baljeet and Ferb decided to tell me that Isabella liked me. And so I spent months wondering how I didn't realize them. I still wish I could go back and do things differently, at least tell Isabella that her feelings were mutual. But, this isn't the time to be worrying about Isabella. Katie and I have to figure out these notes we've been getting.

The weird thing is that Katie's gotten multiple notes, but she only told me about the one where she had to call me.

On Wednesday, I got the first note and was asking if anybody knew what it meant; Baljeet said something about not thinking something was wrong. Maybe he knows something I don't. It's worth a try at least.

*RING RING RING*

"Hello?"

"Hi Baljeet"

"Hi Phineas, is there something I can do for you?"

"Do you remember on Wednesday when I got that note about calling Katie? You said that nothing was wrong with her, so I was wondering if there's something you know that I don't."

There was a bit of a pause before Baljeet responded.

"Well, there is something you do not know. But you really should hear it from Katie, not me."

"What does that even mean?"

"I can tell you, but if I do, you did not hear it from me."

"No, if I should hear it from Katie, I'll hear it from Katie. Thanks Baljeet. Talk to you later." I said as I hung up the phone.

Oh great, another thing I have to figure out. Maybe the universe will take it easy on me and it'll have to do with the notes. That way I can knock out two birds with one stone. If I can even do that.

My thought was interrupted as I heard Candace yell my name.

"Phineas, time to go!" She yelled from downstairs.

I grabbed the note I received a few days prior and headed down the stairs. I headed outside with Candace and into her car. She still drives the car that Ferb, Dad and I fixed up for the car show a few summers ago. She's taken great care of the car too, not a scratch on it.

"Where am I going, Phineas?" Candace asked.

"She lives on the same street as Stacy, I'll tell you when."

"You got it"

I should probably tell her we're on the way.

*We're on the way. Candace is gonna drop us off. We'll be there in like 5 minutes. See you soon.* I texted.

No more than 30 seconds later my phone buzzed with a response from Katie.

*Sounds good, see you when you get here.*

As Candace and I pulled onto Katie's street, Candace asked, "What house am I looking for?"

"Her dad drives a black Ford truck, and her mom drives a silver SUV. They're usually both in the driveway." I instructed.

We got about halfway down the street before I pointed to Katie's house. "Right there." Candace pulled to the side of the road and parked the car. I hopped out of the seat and walked up to the door.

I rang the bell and after about 10 seconds of silence, Katie opened the door.

"Hi Katie. Ready to go?"

"Yeah, all set!" She said as she closed the door.

I led the way down to Candace's car and opened the back passenger side door for her.

"A gentleman." Katie giggled.

"I try." I said as I got in the other side of the car.

"Hi Candace." Katie said. "Thank you for the ride!"

"No problem."

"How are you doing Katie?" I asked in a lower voice. "Still worrying about what we talked about?"

"Oh, I'm fine." She started. "And yeah, but it's ok."

"Well as long as you're ok."

I really do feel for Katie and her worry about her crush but I really don't know why I'm the person that Katie had to tell about it. Not that I don't care about Katie, of course I do (Hell, I have caught myself thinking about what it'd be like to date Katie a couple times after hearing Ferb say it yesterday), but I'm awful at this romance stuff; and everybody knows.

"Did you bring your notes?" I asked.

"Yeah, you?" Katie said as she grabbed a few pieces of paper from her pocket.

"Yep." I responded, showing her mine.

A few minutes later we arrived at the mall. I thanked Candace for driving us and we headed inside.

A/N: I want to be able to express the character's thoughts, that's why I'm writing from a different character's point of view. But for the remainder of this chapter, I'm going to write it in a general POV so that I can express both Phineas and Katie's thoughts without going back and forth between the two's POV.

That is all, I just wanted to let you guys know before the switch why I decided to do it.

General POV

"Are you hungry?" Phineas asked. "We can go eat and try to work some of this stuff out."

"Yeah. I could eat" Katie said, a little skeptical.

"Oh boy." Katie thought to herself. "As soon as he asks to see the notes I got I'm screwed."

The duo walked over to the food court and got in line for slushy-dogs. After they got their food, they found a booth over in the corner to sit.

"So Katie," Phineas started. "How are you holding up?"

"I'm ok." Katie responded as she took a bite.

"Do you still feel like there's a lot on your mind with this whole thing?" Phineas asked "Because I know when I first called you a few days ago, you seemed tense and a bit sheepish about it."

"Yeah you could say so." Katie said. How could she not? She's spent the whole day worried and excited about this very moment. She got to spend time alone with Phineas, which is what she wanted; but she also knew that the moment would come where she had to show Phineas her notes.

"Has anything helped?" Phineas asked as he finished up his hot dog.

"I tried writing a letter for y-him." Katie stuttered. She panicked a little as she almost accidentally told him.

"Did it help?"

"Not really. I think I'm gonna have to tell him." Katie said, a little sadder that she meant.

"Katie, you know I'm horrible at this romance stuff, and I don't know what you're feeling right now, but if it's that big of a presence in your head, I think you should tell him." Phineas said, trying to sound calm while he did. He could tell that what he said affected Katie as her mood shifted a bit.

"Anyways, do you wanna talk about the notes now? See if we can figure anything out?" Phineas asked.

"Sure." Katie responded. "But is it ok if we go outside? I need some fresh air."

"Yeah no problem." Phineas responded as he stood up. He watched as Katie stood up and he led the pair out of the mall.

They walked for about twenty minutes before finding a bench in the shade underneath a few trees.

"This a good spot?" Phineas asked as he pointed to the bench.

"Yeah." Katie said as she sat down.

"Alright, you good to talk about the notes now?" Phineas asked. Katie nodded in response as she reached for her notes out of her pocket. "So I got my note on Wednesday. Half-sheet of paper with handwriting I don't recognize that just says "Call Katie." He showed Katie his note, "Do you recognize the handwriting?"

Katie stared at the paper for a few seconds trying to think through all her friends' handwriting. It was decent, not nearly nice enough to be Gretchen or Ginger, but not messy enough to be Adyson.

"I don't recognize it." Katie opened up her note from Wednesday that said the words "Tell Phineas how you feel about him." The handwriting was almost identical. They were written by the same people. She then re-read her note from Thursday, "Call Phineas and tell him how you feel." Once again, same handwriting. Her note from this morning, "Tell him tonight, I know you're going to be together." Same handwriting. All four notes were written by the same person.

Katie took a deep breath before revealing her first note to Phineas. "This was left for me on Wednesday." She let Phineas read it before handing him the next note. "I got this one on Thursday." Once again, she let Phineas read it before handing him the final note. "And I got this one this morning."

Phineas went back and forth through the notes a few times.

"Tell Phineas how you feel about him."

"Call Phineas and tell him how you feel"

"Tell him tonight, I know you're going to be together."

Phineas looked up at Katie who was fighting back tears. "Katie, I-"

"Wait." She interrupted him. Katie pulled out one last piece of paper and slowly handed it over to Phineas.

Phineas was skeptical to read it seeing how it was nearly bringing Katie to tears. But he did.

"Dear Phineas,

With love,

Katie

Phineas was at a loss for words. He couldn't believe he had failed once again to notice his friend's affection towards him. He looked up and saw Katie looking away from him, wiping tears from her face. But this time he knew he could fix it. Unlike Isabella, Katie is still here. He knew that despite his inept ability to notice Katie's feelings for him, he could fix it. Instead of just thinking about dating Katie and wishing he could, he had the ability to actually make it happen.

"Katie, I'm so sorry that I didn't notice sooner that you had feelings for me" Phineas started. "But if you're willing, I'd like to make it up to you."

Katie looked back at Phineas confused as she was trying to get her mind sorted right now. "What do you mean?" She asked softly.

"Katie, I'm trying to tell you that, I like you too." Phineas said smiling.

Katie's facial expression changed from sad to shock instantly. With tears still rolling down her face she couldn't believe what she just heard. Her crush, the boy she never thought she would be able to get with, the boy who she found herself second in line for behind Isabella for years, the boy who had zero concept of romance; that boy just said that he likes her back. "Really?" was all Katie could muster the strength to say.

"Yeah. Katie I've known you for years, I know you more than all those boys at school do. They only know the face; I know the Katie, who's hard-working, caring, compassionate, always somebody you would want to be around. I know the Katie who is fearless, brave, a great teammate. That's the Katie I like, and I wanna always be around, and now I wanna make my girlfriend."

Katie started crying again, only this time tears of joy. But Phineas didn't really pick up on that.

"Katie you're crying! Did I say something wrong?"

"No, I've just been hoping for this moment for so long and I can't believe it's real," She said.

Phineas scooted over closer to Katie and grabbed her hand. Katie blushed and laid her head down on Phineas' shoulder. They sat there together for a while looking out at the sunset.

"Pretty sunset." Katie said softly.

Phineas smiled and looked down at Katie, "Not as pretty as you."

This is not at all how I had this chapter planned out in my head; that's the beauty of writing, once you get going, the stories can write themselves sometimes.

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