Isabella - Out of Control

CHAPTER 1 - New Girl
Stepbrothers Phineas and Ferb were having a Do-Nothing Day. They didn't want to, but their grumpy teenage sister Candace Flynn had made them. So they were laying under the tree in their backyard, Ferb reading a book, Phineas staying put and thinking about life.

The gate swung open. There stood Isabella Garcia-Shapiro, their neighbor who had a passion for pink - and a certain redhead named Phineas Flynn.

"Watcha doin'?" Isabella asked eagerly, as she did every morning. "Nothing," Phineas replied. Isabella was confused. Why were Phineas Flynn and Ferb Fletcher doing...nothing? These were the 2 boys who weren't even 15 yet and have built a beach in their backyard, a portal to Mars, a rollercoaster...it seemed impossible!!

But there they were, actually doing nothing in particular.

Isabella shrugged and was going to sit down beside Phineas when she heard a bang, crash, and a scream from the next house to the left. A girl with shiny red hair and a black T-Shirt with jeans hopped over the fence and laughed. "You can't catch me," she teased, her back to the three confused kids. She heard Isabella whisper, "Who is that?" to Phineas and turned her head with a jerk.

"Oh, uh, hi," the girl muttered, obviously embarassed, "I'm Kathy. You don't know me. I should go..."

She was walking out the gate when Phineas jumped up. "No!" he yelled a little too quickly. "Uh, I mean, no, that wouldn't be necessary. I'm Phineas, and this is my stepbrother Ferb, and my friend Isabella."

Kathy blushed slightly. "Oh, hi, Phineas." The two stared at the ground for a long time, until Isabella broke the awkward silence by clearing her throat. ''A-hem!! ''Phineas and Kathy looked up at each other and burst out laughing. Kathy almost fell over. Without thinking, Phineas caught her. Kathy looked up at him.

Their cheeks were redder than tomatoes now. "Uh...thanks," Kathy said quietly. Phineas tossed her up, and Kathy spun around until she was dizzy. "Whoa," was all she could say. Smooth, was all she could think.

Isabella looked at Ferb, wide-eyed. Ferb shrugged. Isabella took one more look at Kathy and ran out the gate, hiding her tears from Phineas. Sometimes she wished Ferb spoke - he did, but not much. He barely said a word...but that didn't matter now. Isabella's dreams were crushed. Nothing mattered now.

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Kathy and Phineas talked and laughed all that warm summer afternoon. Phineas learned that Kathy's last name was Sweetwaters, and that she was new in town. Suddenly, they hears a voice calling. "Kathy," it called, "it's dinnertime! Come back home!"

Kathy sighed. "I should probably get going."

Phineas nodded. "I understand..."

"Oh, and Kathy?"

"Yeah?"

"...Nothing."