"Phinny! Did you install my tiny mirrors on my flute?"

Phineas sluggishly turned to Isabella. It had been a whole summer since she fell hopelessly in love with herself and she had gotten him to install mirrors everywhere she looked.

"Yea, I did," He said, handing her new and 'improved' flute.

"Thanks, Phin!" She blew him a kiss and sauntered off.

As Phineas started walking towards his mechanics class, a hand clamped on his shoulder. He was too tired to be startled and glanced back to see Ferb questioning his lack of optimism and drooping eye bags.

"Hey, Ferb," He muttered.

Ferb sighed, "Phin, you have to stop blaming yourself. It's not your fault you can't like her how she wants you to,"

Phineas flinched, "But I still feel guilty. I mean I went through it but I can't see her that way anymore... I mean... I know I could..."

"You feel like you could love her?"

"I mean...I know I care about her...I think I like her...I-I could learn to love her..."

Ferb shook his head, "Phineas, you don't learn, you just do. Besides, Isabella just happens to be light years ahead of you in her realization. Maybe things will change when we're all older, I don't know?"

Phineas stopped and stared a hole into the ground.

"Hey, Ferbs...how many times has Isabella cried over me?"

He felt his brother flinch. Ferb paused for a second and then continued walking, determined not to answer that question.

"Hey, wait up!" Phineas followed him with wary curiosity.

Unfortunately for him, Ferb's legs were longer so he was able to take longer steps away from him. His step size was so big, Phineas had to jog to keep up with him.

"We're going to the same class where we work together!" Phineas called out in annoyance.

Phineas seemed to have an actual bad streak as the bell rang as soon as they entered the class.

"Hey, boys!" Their mechanics teacher, Mr. Hammer, greeted them.

Phineas wished hard for a free day which they usually seemed to have a day a week. He swore under his breath as Mr. Hammer assigned them cars to spruce up.

It was as if the universe didn't want him to know the answer.

"Ferb!" Phineas hissed. "You can't keep avoiding me!"

Ferb ignored him and went to work on a red Toyota with Baljeet and Buford.

Phineas groaned and went to work with Django and Irving. He had always wondered why they had taken the class since Django was always better with the arts and Irving with...well, he was good at computers which helped his stalker issues...

"Hey, Phineas!" They smiled at him and his lips strained to make a smile.

"So, um, you guys know that Izzy liked me, right?" He asked.

Django and Irving froze and shared a look. They looked like deer caught in headlights.

"Yes...?" Django finally said, slowly turning it into a question.

"So did she talk to you about her crush?"

"Oh, yea! All the time!" Irving said.

"So...did...did you know how many times she's...she's cried over me?" Phineas rushed. He immediately cringed and hoped that didn't sound as vain as it did.

"Oh, like all the-"

Irving screeched as Buford tackled him to the floor.

"Mr. Van Stomm!" Mr. Hammer barked.

Buford immediately stood. His eyebrow twitched, giving clue of his nervousness.

"Principal's office now!"

Buford's head hung low while Baljeet gasped until he almost passed out.

Phineas didn't speak after that.

Isabella caught up to him when class ended and she shot him a sadly familiar fake smile. Phineas missed her genuine beam so much he would've give anything to see it again.

"Hey, Phineas!" She said, her voice a tad bit higher.

"Hey, Isabella," He smiled grimly.

"Soooo, I need another mirror installation-"

Phineas sighed. He hated mirrors now.

"Where," He said, less of a question and more of a burden.

Isabella's perfectly purple polished nails pulled out something from her sweatshirt and held it up for him to see.

"Spider legs?" He asked, peering into the tiny container.

"No, silly!" She giggled. "They're my new fake eyelashes!"

"And you want me to...?"

"Just put little mirrors on the end so that when I blink, I'll see my shiny beautiful eyes,"

Before she finished her sentence, she had already fished out a silver jeweled hand mirror and began staring at herself with high adoration.

Phineas puffed out his cheeks, "You can just...glue them on..."

"I know but I just got my nails done and they'll get ruined! Also, I got a new lotion and the glue could ruin my hands,"

"Ok..." Phineas mumbled.

"Thanks again, Phinny! Love you!" She pressed her soft lips to his cheek in a way to make sure he'd install the mirrors.

Before she bounced away, Phineas remembered what he wanted to ask and called her back.

"Hey, Izzy?"

"Yes?" 

"Um..." Phineas mumbled.

He prayed to whatever higher power that he didn't sound as narcissistic as Isabella had turned in the last few months.

"When you...when you liked me, how many times have you cried..." Phineas sighed. "Over me..."

For a split second, Phineas caught a sight of the old Isabella. 

The Isabella that cared about people. The one that loved doing things with her friends that didn't include her looking at herself and making them compliment her. The one that came over every day and made Phineas smile.

As Phineas stared at the shiny floors, he realized something he wished he'd known from the start.

He was totally and completely in love with Isabella.

"Isabella, I-"

Isabella's new obnoxious laugh interrupted him.

"Cry? Over you? Maybe like forever ago but we all know who the best one here is! Why like any boy when I'm here?"

"Oh, come on! I got a detention for nothing!" screamed Buford as he came out of the Principal's office.

Phineas didn't stop her as she walked away, her usual air of arrogance flowing around her.

"Phineas," Ferb came up, almost giving him another heart attack. "You ready to go?"

"I'm in love with Isabella," Phineas heard himself say.

"Duh," Ferb said and started to walk ahead of him.

"Wait, what?" Phineas jogged up next to him.

"It was bound to happen. Like some kind of higher power is pushing you together," Ferb shrugged. "Oh, if you're done with her arrogance crap and feeling guilty about nothing, I figured out a way to get through her mirrors."

Ferb rolled his eyes at the many times they had tried to reverse her personality back but she had shielded them all. He was kind of worried that her arrogance would stick after they manage to turn her back but he had hope. He had to now that Phineas realized what he felt for her.

"You did?!" Phineas yelled. "We gotta get home!"

Ferb watched as Phineas' face lit up and ran after his brother's long lost optimism and excitement.

Hiiiiiiii sorry but this is almost over. I wanna say 2 more chapters but i never know. also someone stole my phone and school is crap so sorry about time of chapters >.<