Ad Astra 3: In The City Of Love

This is the tenth story in contributor Tiberius64's (Klingon64 on FanFiction.net) story series, the third of the Ad Astra series, takes place a year after Ad Astra 2: Youth and Nostalgia. It is a short story whose entire plot revolves around Phinbella moments (similar to Love's Full Blossom in that it only has two chapters and is about Phineas and Isabella's marriage). The link to the FanFiction.net is below:

Ad Astra 3: In The City Of Love

Chapter 1: Journey and Arrival
Chris and Erica are currently in the care of their Aunt Candace and Uncle Jeremy. After packing and stressing himself out over making sure that all supplies are packed, Phineas is reminded by his wife that the trip is only going to be for two days and is meant for relaxation. Isabella has to snap Phineas out of several awkward moments before they finally take the Archimedes (the Captain's Yacht from the USS Phineas-A) upward into the sky, looking at the progress of the new TerraFleet 500-crewman ships under construction as they head towards the European continent, eventually landing at a TerraFleet-registered base in Paris, France. They are greeted by Captain Colette Gaillard and then take a rental car to their hotel (a note is made that all cars now hover some over the streets). They are greeted by the hotel manager, who gives them their keycards and then strikes up a bit of conversation; we come to find out that the alliance with alien species in existence is so far working out nicely, but that a new enemy species has been made. After that conversation, they go up to their room, get out of their TerraFleet uniforms, and get into bed together to rest up for the evening.

Chapter 2: Love is a Song
Around 5:00 PM in Paris, Phineas and Isabella are casually walking the streets of Paris. Isabella asks Phineas about his views on "The City Of Love", to which he responds obliviously that he is impressed with how well it has cleaned up since the world began improving. She says that she now finds his total oblivion cute, although she hated it as a child. This sturs guilt in Phineas, who is reminded of his total failure to notice her those 28 years ago as a kid; he then asks if she was singing the last time they were here (Summer Belongs to You!), to which she responds that she indeed was. Phineas then apologizes for being so dead-set on that bet with Buford; she says that it is all well now, and reminds him that he is a man who likes to keep moving forward and not dwell on the past. After this scene, they end up going to the Café Valjean (named after the character from Les Misérables) for a nice meal together (consisting first of a crêpe sucrée and then a crème brûlée, both of which they shared together). After then seeing some classic art at the Louvre, Phineas takes his turn to suggest the next activity; he suggests the Eiffel Tower to the very-excited Isabella, so they walk towards it, going down the Champs-Élysées and later passing under the Arc de Triompe. As they approach the elevator to the top, Phineas tells her to wait there as he dashes off. He comes back with a bouquet of flowers; after they nearly kiss, Isabella asks warm-heartedly and somewhat-rhetorically if something of that nature should be saved for the top of the tower, Phineas totally agreeing. They go up, a couple just leaving as they arrive at the top. Here is original story text:


 * Isabella walked to the edge and looked out over the city, an occasional TerraFleet-registered craft flying around and breaking the calmness of the breezes at the top of the tower. Phineas followed and took his place at her side, his right hand softly landing on her back, causing her to turn her head slowly towards his; he then stroked some hairs out from in front of her eyes, letting his hand find her cheek as her free hand found his. "Ma chérie…je t'aime…" said Phineas before planting his lips on hers for a prolonged yet soft kiss. They stayed there for what seemed like eternity…Isabella dropped her flowers and was now barely able to stand, while Phineas stood confidently and supported her body weight. Isabella said after they pulled away "I know I've said this before…but I gitchee gitchee goo you, too…" before kissing him with a passion not conveyed in years. It was a good hour or two that they stayed up there and enjoyed each other's company as the cool upper-level breezes blew…