Danville High

Please Forgive Me

Phineas pulls away and stares at Ferb. I push Phineas out of the way and run towards the door. Ferb moves out of the way and I run past him, down the stairs, and out the back door. I push my way through the fence.

I run towards my house. Turns out I'm only a few houses down. I open my back door and run up my stairs to my room. I open the door and jump onto my bed. I pull my blanket over my head and close my eyes tightly. I hear Papa downstairs, walking up.

"Honey? Are you okay?" He asks, right outside my door.

"Yeah, I'm fine." I lie, sadness barely evident He can't notice, can he?

"August, is something wrong?" Crap, he can. That guy must have bat ears.

I groan. "Sweetie, can I come in?" He asks.

I sigh. "Yeah. Just watch your step. There's boxes everywhere."

He gingerly opens the door. He maneuvers his way to my bed and sits down. He gently pulls the comforter off my head.

"What happened, Auggie?" He says, using the nickname he picked for me before Mom died.

I sob lightly. "I... I don't w-wanna say... You'll g-get mad..."

He sighs. "I promise I won't."

I eye him suspiciously. "Pinkie Promise?" I say, using the term from when I liked My Little Pony.

He laughs lightly, nodding. "Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye."

I nod. "I was finally reunited with my best friend, Ferb-"

"And that's good, right?"

"If you wouldn't interrupt me, you'll hear the bad part. I went over to his house and Phineas led me to his room while Ferb was preparing snacks and he... he k-kissed me. Ferb walked in, saw us and I bolted." I say. Tears flow down my face. Freaking teenage hormones, making my feelings go haywire.

Papa leans down and kisses my cheek, right where the tears are. "Hey, it's fine. Look, I'm not mad."

I smile sadly and nod. "Yeah. You can get mad later. Just now, I need ice cream to calm down my 'raging teen hormones'. " I say, laughing.

He nods and goes downstairs. He comes back a few minutes later with a bowl of strawberry ice cream and a spoon. He hands it to me and I begin to eat.

"Thanks, Papa." I say. He nods and sits next to me.

"Is there anything I can do to help the situation?" He asks.

I shrug. "Kick Phineas's butt?"

He nods, completely serious. "Got it. I'll leave you to whatever it is you do in your free time." He smiles at me and then leaves.

I set my bowl at my side and grab my laptop from my nightstand. Although we just moved here and my room is still mostly unpacked, I always have it with me. I open it up and while it loads up, I eat more ice cream. Papa got me a lot of it. Like a quarter of the half gallon tub.I open the internet browser and go to kimanime.me. I search up "Hetalia". Might as well marathon it... Again. I click Axis Powers and then episode one. In the middle of the episode, I zone out and remember something that happened years ago.

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I ran after Ferb and Phineas chased me. Ferb and Phineas were visiting England and so we were playing. We stopped at Ferb and I's hill and sat down. Ferb made me close my eyes and I cooperated. I heard him and Phineas whispering, but I couldn't hear what they were saying.

"Okay, Gust! You can open your eyes now!" Ferb shouted. I opened my eyes and saw a picnic blanket with a basket and toys on it. I ran over to it, laughing.

"Oh my gosh!" I shouted. I sat down, looking at Ferb. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Phineas staring at Ferb with a look in his eyes. Was it... Jealousy?

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I snap out of it and notice that the 5 minute episode is over. I shake my head. Did I...? Was that really the look in Phineas's eyes when Ferb set up that picnic for us? No, it couldn't have... Could it?

I shrug and put my laptop on the bed. My ice cream bowl is empty. I must have eaten it during my flashback. I stand up and hear a small clink from my window.

"Huah?" I say and walk over to it. I look down and see Phineas. He looks up at me with regret in his eyes. He makes a motion of opening the window, gesturing for me to do so. I shake my head and walk away to my door and down the stairs. A few steps from the bottom, I freeze, hearing a voice all too familiar to me. Ferb is in my kitchen. Talking to my father. Crap.

"Sir, I'd like to apologize for my brother's actions that occurred earlier today. He was being selfish and stupid and I'd like to apologize to August in person, if you don't mind. " Ferb says.

My father coughs. "If you can get her to come out of her room. She's marathoning her anime."

I walk into the kitchen and put my bowl in the sink. "Oh, hey Ferb." I say, trying to play it cool.

He nods and then remembers what he was going to say.

"Angel, I'd like to apologize on Phineas's behalf. He was being stupid and selfish. " He says. I turn to him, eyes wide.

"Selfish? How was he being selfish?!" I ask, in complete shock. He mutters under his breath, probably some curse word.

"I, uhm, well he was taking you all to himself?" He says in a not very confident tone.

"So now I'm something that people just take a part of and use?! God, Ferb! I thought you were a gentleman!" I say and storm up the stairs.

I hear his footsteps on the laminate flooring following behind me. I slam my door and sit down against it. He knocks on it and speaks.

"August, I didn't mean -" I cut him off by blasting my music. Thnks Fr Th Mmrs by Fall Out Boy starts playing and I sing along, ignoring Ferb.

Eventually, I feel the presence of his back against the door. I still ignore it and stand up, going onto my bed and falling asleep to I Don't Care by Fall Out Boy.

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A/N: YAAAAAY I FINALLY GOT THIS DONE!! Anyway, the video is the lyrics to Thnks Fr Th Mmrs by FOB and the picture is what August looks like. I shouldve put that in the beginning of the story, but oh well. Hope you guys enjoy!!

- august :33