"Hey boys.", Linda said as she came into the backyard where Phineas and his step-brother Ferb were. "How are you two doing today?"

"Hey Mom.", Phineas waved happily before sighing. "Ferb and I can't seem to get a good idea for the day's activities..."

"Well one of my friends from cooking class had just recently moved into the neighborhood from another side of town. Why not we fix ourselves up- and drop by to welcome them to the neighborhood?", Linda suggested. "Candace is fired up about it."

Meanwhile up stairs Candace was busy blow drying her hair as she talked to Stacy on the phone and searched through the closet for a good outfit.

"Yeah oh my gosh Stacy! What if the new family has a new teenage boy that's even better than Jeremy?", Candace said excitedly.

"Yeah if that was even possible!", Stacy chuckled as she typed away at the computer. "I haven't found any dirt on them yet though but I'll keep you posted."

"Thanks Stacy. But now that I come to think of it.. You're probably right... It's probably a family with a kid if not 3 or 4 kids that'll probably..."

'...become friends with Phineas and will happily help him on the next invention and will end up being another Buford, Baljeet, or Irving.', Ferb moaned in his mind.

Don't get him wrong. It wasn't that Ferb hated working on fun projects with Phineas but as of lately it seemed as if things had gotten pretty boring in their daily routine despite how many different things they come up with. He softly sighed as he brushed his hair back. With any luck, there aren't any kids at their mom's cooking friend's house. Phineas on the other hand, was bright and cheery about it as ever as he complimented his mom on the gelatin sculpture. Ferb had to hand it to his step-mother, she sure kenw how to make a gelatin sculpture.

'It's a simple routine.', he thought to himself as the family piled into the car. 'We go over. We say hi. Introduced to other parts of the family. We stay about for a while as parents talk and kids play and then we go home. Simple.'

"Hey... Where's Perry?", he finally asked, looking about the floor.

"Here he is!", Phineas piped up as he picked up the platypus.

It wasn't long before the family was ready and were on their way down the sidewalk.

"It's only a few houses down. She's moved here from the other side of the city.", Linda explained as they walked.

She was right. It didn't take very long before they reached the house and walked up to the door. Ferb had to admit, it was a rather nice house though he continued to go through the simple routine in his head as he waited for the end of this. After Linda rang the doorbell the door soon opened to reveal her good friend, Charlene.

"Oh hi! Thanks for coming by.", Charlene greeted, giving Linda half a hug as Lind tried to not let the gelatin fall over.

"Hi Charlene! We thought we'd bring you a house warming gift.", Linda said in return, offering the dessert.

"Oh thank you! Well why don't you come in for a while?"

'Yup.', Ferb thought to himself as they walked in.

As the grown ups talked a bit, the kids were allowed to look about the house a bit though Ferb kept to himself. Again, he didn't hate the idea of welcoming someone to the neighborhood. It was just kinda boring to him.

"Oh, by the way, I think there's someone you'd like to meet.", Charlene was saying to Linda before walking over to a flight of stairs and calling up them. "Vanessa! We have some visitors!"

'Wait, what?', Ferb thought, his attention suddenly caught with the name.

That's when it's like everything in the world suddenly disappeared in Ferb's mind as the love of his life, Vanessa Doofenshmirtz, came down stairs.

"Yeah Mom?", she said before her sight was caught by the Flynn-Fletcher kids. "Oh hey guys. Haven't seen you in a while."

"Hey Vanessa!" Phineas greeted.

"Hi Vanessa.", Candace said, losing hope of meeting a new guy.

"Hey Ferb.", Vanessa added with a slight smile.

He only nodded, unsure of what all to say. That she was gorgeous? That she had a smile that kills him in the most delightful way internally? Ferb's thoughts were quickly interrupted by Charlene.

"Oh you kids know each other? Oh that's so nice.", she smiled.

"Well Ferb's actually known Vanessa a little longer than the rest of us.", Phineas explained.

"Yeah. We met at the super mall when I was visiting, Dad.", Vanessa said.

"Actually it was Blueprint Heaven.", Ferb corrected.

"What? When.. Oh! Oh that's right! You're the ones I swapped blueprints with?", Vanessa exclaimed, finally remembering the day.

"Oh! So you're the one who needed plans for a space lazerinator!", Phineas smiled but then it faded a bit with curiosity. "...Why?"

Vanessa replied to this with a roll of her eyes in annoyance and, "It was for my dad. He had me go pick them up."

"Oh speaking of the Mister...", Lawrence began and indulging the adults into a different conversation, leaving the kids to themselves.

The kids watched a bit as the parents talked and then Vanessa nodded to the stairs and the group walked up them.

"So Vanessa, where is your dad?", Candace asked as they walked.

"My mom and dad divorced when I was little so Dad lives in an apartment in town.", she said. "He's so annoying."

"I hear ya.", Candace groaned and rolled her eyes as she caught word from Lawrence rambling about his family history.

"Oh come on Candace, Dad's not THAT...", Phineas began before also hearing some of his dad's speech.

"'As I always say, better out than in!', my old man says.", Lawrence hoped to joke, causing Phineas to rethink of what he was about to say.

"...Okay you may have a point.", he corrected himself.

They walked into Vanessa's room and Ferb stared curiously at all the boxes on the floor. Some furniture was sat up. The bed, dresser, bookshelf with a few books on it, and a desk with a laptop on it, but the majority of everything was still in boxes.

"Sorry, for the mess. I didn't really think you'd wanna hear my mom talk about my dad much.", Vanessa shrugged. "And it's not like we really got any entertainment sat up yet or anything."

"Huh...", Candace said, looking up at a poster of the Scraping Fangs. "You uh... You really like the heavy stuff huh?"

"Scraping Fangs? Yeah. One of my favorites.", Vanessa smiled up at the poster. "Wish I could go to one of their concerts but they sell out quick. How about you?"

"Eh.. I'm more into something like.. Well like Jeremy and the Incidentals.", Candace shrugged.

"Phineas?", Vanessa asked.

"Oh I like all kinds of music! I haven't heard Scraping Fangs though.", Phineas seemed to ponder it for a moment but then smiled again. "Actually, Ferb and I make up our own songs, really."

"Really? That's cool. Like what?", Vanessa smiled at him.

"Well like one time we made a song for- Hey!", he looked about. "Where IS Perry? I thought I brought him up here."

"Perry?", Vanessa asked curiously.

"Yeah, yeah. He's their pet platypus.", Candace explained.

"He always disappears during the day but since it's normally sooner than now, I would've thought he'd stay with us for once.", Phineas scratched his head as he kept looking around for the missing monotreme.

Vanessa stared for a moment, looking like she was discovering a scary truth but wondering really is what she was thinking was right.

"...Perry the...Platypus?", she asked slowly.

"Yeah. Why asking?", Phineas answered and then turned to her to ask the question.

Vanessa stared for a moment... Possibly longer.

'Should I even say how much of a huge coincidence this is with Dad and HIS little platypus friend?', she thought to herself. 'I know Perry's a secret agent but.. I didn't expect I'd ever meet his family. Calm down Vanessa. It's just Perry. It's not like you really need to get involved with the whole "secret agent" thing with them or anybody. But I should give some sort of answer to Phineas...'

"Just.. Uh.. curious. My dad... My dad loves platypuses.", she lied. "And strangely enough the name Perry."

"How serendipitous!", Phineas smiled.

Ferb didn't entirely buy the idea. But he wasn't gonna be the one to say anything. If Vanessa wanted to keep something to herself, that was fine with him. Candace, however, had other opinions.

"Ew! How could anyone love that disgusting meat brick? I mean he SWEATS MILK. Eww!", she shuddered.

Vanessa sighed.

"My dad has many weird interests...", she groaned.

"Hey, Perry's not disgusting!", Phineas argued. "I always thought he was a great pet!"

"Hm. You're right. I take it back. What any SANE person likes that meat brick?", Candace retorted, earning a snicker from the hostess.

Ferb smiled a bit, hearing Vanessa laughing like that. It seemed like everything about this trip was just complete heaven to him. And like all good things, it came to an end all too quickly. Ferb was sad to hear Linda calling them back to the door so they could go home. But even as they walked back down the street, Ferb had a particular extra tap in his step. And that tap, was the knowledge of a great thing. Of the great idea of Vanessa. The girl he's loved at first sight. The girl who seemed to be able to do anything. Was only 3 blocks away.


Just thought I'd throw a Ferbnessa fanfic out there for everyone. It's high time this couple had some good love and I'm willing to risk my sanity for it! X3 MAY JOHNNY AND MONTY PERISH UNDERNEATH MY KEYBOARD! *Eyes fire up as she pulls up a machine gun.* Nya ha ha ha ha ha!