Chapter 6

After a couple of hours Gretchen, Milly, and Katie got up and Gretchen spoke.

"Looks like we've got to go chief. We'll tell everyone it worked and we'll see you later."

"See you girls later." I saw them walk out the door then shouted "Wait come back here for a second." They came back in a little confused

"What's up Isabella?" I pointed from Phineas in his hospital bed to me.

"How long have you three known about this without telling me." They all put their hands up defensively.

"We weren't told until we got here. And then we had to stay to see your reaction of course." Milly said finishing with a smile while Gretchen and Katie nodded in agreement. I was about to let them leave when I saw something else.

"How long did you know about this?" I held up the picture frame. This time they didn't bother with the fake defensive position. They had all probably forgotten about it. It was clear they had known for a long time. Milly certainly wasn't speaking again but luckily Gretchen looked much braver.

"Well.. Phineas knew what he wanted to give you for your birthday but he hadn't had a picture that went with what he wanted so we helped him pick one out from every picture we could find of you two." They had known. They had known since before my birthday no less. I understood why they didn't tell me before my birthday (not that I was any happier about not having known) but after Phineas gave it to me the least someone could have done was tell me what my present looked like.

"Well at least I know about it now, so you're off the hook, go have some fun." Their smiles grew wide and they nodded happily and waved as they left. Clearly glad I was done interrogating them. I looked to Phineas who looked a little red from me holding up his picture. Out of nowhere a thought hit me so I gave him a push to get his attention. "How come you didn't tell me about this?" His face, which was still great to see again, looked like he knew he was trapped, and his mind was working a mile a minute to find a way out. Eventually he shrugged.

"Seemed like you'd have to see it to believe it." He clearly was making it up on the spot but it was pretty good (everything he did was good in my book). It definitely wouldn't have been the same for him to have explained it too me.

"Does this mean you actually like me too?" All the heads in the room turned to look at Phineas whose face was quickly beginning to resemble the color of a tomato. Then his face looked up at me questioningly.

"Like you too?" How did he hear that? I thought he was deaf to my hints "Well to answer your question yes, yes it does."

"Good." I attacked him with a hug which earned laughs from the other people in the room.

The next day I let Pinky go wherever he goes and decided I would walk over to Phineas and Ferb's house all by myself. I fixed everything in my room so that it worked with my sight again and redid it with posters and pictures I had taken down previously and then got to work looking at myself in the mirror. I had a couple of scars from landing on the glass, even one on my left eye. Looking down my hands had a scar or two scars also. After really taking time to make sure my hair looked good I left to go across the street.

"Hey Phineas. Whatcha doing?" He looked up.

"Well I was thinking about planning something to celebrate you getting your sight back but right now I was thinking today could be a do nothing day." I wasn't shocked that he wanted today to be a do nothing day or that he wanted to throw a party. Nobody misses a Phineas and Ferb party.

"Well at the moment I think those are both good ideas." I sat down to his left. "I think we need to talk about something."

"Which something? Us liking each other or me not telling you I was giving you my cornea?" I stared at him a little surprised.

"Well both. I guess I'll start with the second one. What the hell is the matter with you, don't you have any common sense?" He smiled clearly amused at how I was upset with him for what he did.

"I don't think anything's wrong with me to be honest. I had two good eyes; you had two bad eyes the math seemed to work out since we each only need one good eye each. Besides I had a present to show you. Glad to know you liked it." I realized he was trying to divert the conversation towards the other thing we had to talk about and I decided to let him. I could always criticize him for his decision making later.

"Of course I liked the present; it was exactly what I wanted for my birthday." He blushed at this, especially when I took his hand.

"Sorry I didn't tell you about the surgery, or the picture. I figured if I told you about the surgery you would try and talk me out of it, and I have such a hard time not listening to you. And then with the picture I was going to tell you and give you the gift while Gitchee Gitchee Goo was playing but then the DJ called me up. Then after you lost your eyesight I didn't want to add any more chaos into your life. I was just shocked at how well you were handling everything. I'm sure if I was in your position I would have lost it but you just powered through like it was another challenge to undertake. It was definitely one of the most impressive things I'd ever seen."

"Well I had you there to guide me in the dark. That was all I really needed." I saw Phineas was looking right at me and I was looking at him. He put an arm behind me and pulled me in to a kiss. It was amazing and exhilarating. I had dreamed that someday this would happen but it was infinitely better than I could have ever imagined. We both pulled apart with huge smiles on are faces that we couldn't have done anything to stop if we wanted to. We stared at each other for a moment before looking back out over the backyard, clearly contented with the summer. It was hard to believe it was almost over. I felt I had missed some of it but I was sure Phineas wouldn't let me feel that way for too long. A day was never dull in this backyard, especially not over the summer.

"So Isabella, have any plans for the rest of the summer?"

"I was thinking about going to my boyfriend's house ever day now that I can see his face." Phineas's face was shocked for a split second before his mind caught on that I was referring to him. His obliviousness is pretty cute sometimes.

"Well I'm sure he would be happy to see your beautiful face every day." Phineas said with his arm around me.

"What about you Phineas? Got any big plans for the rest of the summer?"

"I guess I'll just continue to seize each day with my best friends and the world's cutest girlfriend by my side. I've never been one to let days pass without a fight to make it enjoyable."

"Well what about today?" I asked with a smile. Phineas only pulled me closer.

"I don't know about you, but I think this day has been pretty enjoyable. But there is one thing I'm actually already planning ahead of time for next summer." I gave him a questioning look. "For your birthday next year," Phineas pulled out a notepad and pencil "no glassware. What color plastic cups do you like?" I pushed him jokingly

"Hey I'm not that much of a klutz."

"Either way, next year you better be able to see whatever present I get you or so help me I'll give you my good eye."

"That was a terrible threat." I joked, "It's still hard to believe this all started on my birthday. It's pretty amazing how this all turned out." Phineas nodded in agreement "Seriously though, your eyesight? Did you not think the picture was enough?"

"I'm not living that down am I?" I shook my head. "Oh well, at least you'll be there not let me live it down."

"Yes, yes I will."

THE END

(A/N Some review responses:

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BroadwayFanGirl91: You've reviewed for almost every chapter so I just had to thank you for the dedication

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