Prologue
Ferb woke up, welcomed by the brilliant rays of the sun flooding his room and drowning his face. He wiped away the bit of sweat from his forehead and stretched raising his arms toward the ceiling. He quickly noticed the bed across the room was empty, the covers perfectly neat and fixed. He also smelled the distinct fragrance of soap and shampoo lingering from the bath room across the hall as he saw the fog and steam escape. He wondered why his brother was up so early and decided that it was probably nothing to worry about. Quickly he got out of bed and readied himself for the adventures he may part take with his best friends. Fantasizing his possible adventures, he flew down the stairs sliding on the railing and landed in the silence. When he walked in the kitchen he found his father drinking coffee out of the cup, he assumed, Linda brought him.
"Oh, hello son." His father greeted in a thick accent. "Good morning."
Ferb turned his head left then right and left again, scanning the area.
"You are probably wondering where the others are, aren't you?" Quickly his father grabbed Ferb's attention. "Well you just missed him. They all left to some Flynn family reunion. We tried to wake you up."
Ferb nodded his head.
"Don't worry. I'm sure they'll be back lickety split! Oh! Well gotta go to the antique shop. Will you be okay on your own?"
Ferb nodded his head again, honestly. At that Mr. Fletcher took his coffee cup as he made his way toward the door and for the first time since his parents separated, Ferb was left in a world more silent than him.
Handling it the way he did before he grabbed his IPod and sat under the big tree in the back yard, blasting his favorite European rock band, Cold Steal, in his ears. He felt the summer breeze push the warm air against his face and he couldn't help but feel relaxed and let the temptation of sleep take hold of him. His eyes closed slowly until the whole world was black.
Suddenly a young girl with big blue eyes and long black hair opened the gate of the Flynn Fletcher family leading her to their back yard. She was surprised to see the back yard empty, and then she found the green hair young man sound asleep with a familiar sound coming from his head phones.
I know that sound, but where do I know that sound, she thought to herself. Shrugging it off, she danced her way to Ferb and shook his arm a little.
"Hey Ferrrrb," she sang, "Whatcha doin?"
Ferb woke up and instantly recognized Isabella standing above him. He didn't answer but simply took off his headphones and turned off his IPod.
"I see Phineas is gone, do you know when he'll be coming back?" she asked.
Ignoring the idea that she even knew he was gone, he shrugged his shoulders, indicating that he doesn't know when he'll be back.
Disappointed Isabella sighed, "That's too bad. I wanted to thank the both of you for yesterday. That bio dome was really cool and it really helped me earn patches. Thank you."
That was unexpecting to him. He didn't even know Isabella knew Phineas and him were partners. He understood her absolute crush on his brother and honestly he didn't know why she was so interested in him. Well his brother is brilliant for sure, but he is sooo inattentive to her. Barely knows she is there. I mean at least Vanessa recognizes Ferb but Phineas barely even looks at her. Still he was glad he was recognized for the hard work he puts in. "You're welcome," he said.
"Okay that was it," she said obviously hiding something behind her back, "I'll see you later Ferb." She ran for the gate and shut it behind her leaving Ferb desolate in his back yard again. As he put his head phones back on and turned up his music he couldn't help but think, she smelled very good today. Strawberries. He didn't know why he thought that but something started in side of him. Something he'll soon not be able to control.