Doofenshirtz love ch. 2
by
Mastermindhunter
Perry had jumped from Doof's hands, and kept the mystery girl in sight. She was no doubt pretty quick on her feet. Her dark brown hair wafted as she walked. Suddenly the shoulder bag that was on her waist had flopped over, spilling all of the contents that laid inside. The mystery girl let out a light sigh, and worked on picking up her items. Her library card slid near the parking meter Perry was hiding behind. It read Norine. That was a pretty name. He pulled out a pad of paper, and wrote down the name quickly. She picked up the card, and shoved it back in her bag with everything else. Perry hid behind a mailbox, when she turned around. Obviously her hearing was pretty good. She pulled her shoulder bag a little bit closer, and turned back around rather nervously. He kept her in view, so she would give something else away. He followed her all the way to the suburbs. The neiborhood she resided in looked a little poor in class. She waltz up to a rather small house. It was definitley much smaller than the flin family's house. The girl reached under a mat, and grabbed a key. Perry only caught a small glimpse of inside. He figured that he should get a better view. The window was clean open, so he took a peek inside.
Regardless of the wethered look on the outside of the house, the inside looked quite nice, and had a hint of Jazzyness. Inside were a few pieces of furniture. It had what a normal home would have. There was a television, a couch, a coffee table that had a few diet soda cans on top of it, and of course a rather large bookcase. The walls were a light sky blue color. The sofa was satiny white, with pillows that had geometric shapes sewn in. She definitely had no pets, and was rather clean. The coffee table, television frame, a bookcase were jet black. It seemed to sort of resemble a coffee lounge.
Norine walked in and placed her group of books in a wicker box on the side of a couch. She walked in to a room and closed the door to what Perry guess was a bedroom. The television clicked on as an older but still plenty young girl was coming from the kitchen, and leaped onto the sofa, and turned on the tv. She clicked the remote until she found a fashion show. She got up when she saw Norine coming back. Her ensemble had changed rather raggedly. A black tee covered her, with worn jeans, and black converse. Her hair seemed rather poofy now. She sat down on the couch with her apparent roomate. She bent over the little wicker box on the floor, with the books inside. On the side, there was a paper that read NORINE"S LIBRARY BOOKS. Perry wrote on the second line of his notepad that she loved books. Norine picked one up, and started reading it, with her roomate staring at her. She didn't look up when her roomate smirked. Then out of nowhere her book was snatched away.
"Please give me my book back, Denah." She said calmly as she reached over her. The girl who's name was Denah was holding Norine away with her legs, and free hand.
"You know, you're the only person I know that reads even when there's a television right infront of you. I should just put you in a room without books and see you crack. You just read too much." She laughed, when Norine finally got her book back.
Norine smirked back at her. She reopened the book, and started reading the pages. "I watch television. I just don't watch it as much as you do, is all. Oh, and for the record, there is no such thing as reading too much. Reading a book is perfectly healthy and normal. You should read more books. It makes you feel really good after a hard day of work." She reached for a red ribbon bookmark. Denah made a raspberry noise, and commented back.
"The only time you do watch television is when the baseball game is on." She sneered. She shot a warning glance over to Denah, and resumed reading. Perry wrote down baseball right away. Norine kept reading, and looked at the clock on the wall. She closed her book, and walked out of the room. When she ran into the kitchen, Denah looked towards the window, and Perry ducked just in time. Denah ran over to the window. Perry sat at the foot of the window. When Denah raised an eyebrow, Perry sat there and chattered. She raised an eyebrow and closed the window half way. When Norine came back, she asked for the remote. Denah handed her the remote, and Norine switched it to Major legue baseball. It was the Chicago cubs, against the Sox. "So I guess now would be great time to ask how your day was. Did you have an easy time at the photo developers? The dark room doing you any good?"
Norine shrugged a bit. She apparently worked with cameras. "I don't know. I got a good amount this week. This hyper girl with orange hair keeps running in with a camera. She's always wanting her pictures done practically everyday. She says they're pictures of her brothers doing crazy things or something like that." She popped her can open, and sipped her soda out a bit. "You wouldn't think that it would be that weird, but these pictures actually look quite intense. I wonder why their moms let them do such crazy things. I don't want to talk about the darkroom right now. Just pipe down okay? The game's on." She sank in her seat cushion a little bit. "Just a few more paychecks, and I'll have enough money to buy that building, and I can open my own book store. Won't it be great?"
"Alright, bookworm. Change of topic. Have you gone out with Chase yet?" She looked away from the screen, and glanced at her with a look that seemed like she wanted to say are you kidding? "You haven't yet? Jeez! I'm trying to set you up with all these different guys. Why can't you just go out with at least one? They won't hurt you, or do anything stupid. They're really sweet." She grabbed a bottle of tea, and took a drink out of the bottle.
Norine shook her head. "Not a chance. Those guys all look the same. None of them have any distinguishing features. I don't like guys that look like Ken dolls. Don't you think there's qualities other than good looks?" Denah sat there with her mouth gaping wide, and gasping, like she had just been insulted. Norine raised an eyebrow, and let out a quiet breathy laugh. "Besides those guys are way too cocky. They're too confident. They lack modesty. When I turn a guy down, I don't expect them to act so shocked. I thought that Chase would just shatter right then and there. Isn't there at least one guy you'll introduce me too, that doesn't act like a total meathead? Besides I doubt that the guys you intriduce me too even like me. I can see them staring at you. You're way prettier than me." She must have struck a nerve, because Denah's face got tense.
Suddenly the remote was snatched from her, by Denah. She looked at her with her eyebrows in a straight line. "You know what? No more baseball. We're watching fashion channel." With a huff. Her eyebrows knitted together, and she smiled sweetly, grasping her book. She delve into the story, and watched with a keen eye. "You know. Maybe if you hadn't hung around with the nerds, and geeks as a kid, and hung out with the cheerleaders, and football players, maybe you would be living up town with a real nice guy right about now."
"Yeah whatever. Before you change the channel, can you record it, so I don't miss the game?" She nodded cooly, as her roomate ran into the backyard. She laid on her back, and opened her boombox. A noticable CD was popped into the player. When it was turned on, the famous song gitchi gitchi goo played through the speakers. She hummed it perfectly. "Sheesh. I love that song. It's so catchy! Who sings that song anyway?" Her eyes shifted away from her book, when she saw a teal figure moving out of the corner of her eye. By the time she glanced, Perry had already got on all fours, and was ready to make a chattering sound.
Norine looked at the tiny unique animal. She walked over to it, and knelt down near him. "Hey Denah. Come out here, and take a look at this!" Denah ran out, and walked up to the Platyous, and approached a little too close. Norine held an arm out, and resumed staring at it. "Whoah careful! Don't get too close. You'll spook it." The women just stood there and glanced at it. "Hey Denah go over to the patio and grab my camera. I wanna take a picture of it."
"D-umm okay, but what is it, exactly?" Denah looked at Perry with a disgusted look. "It looks like a deformed duck." She laughed as she walked back with the bulky black camera. Perry responded with a chatter.
Norine chuckled as she took her big black camera in hand. "No silly. It's a platypus." She responded as she took a rag to the camera. "Now I've only heard of these things coming from Tasmania and Austrailia. I've never seen one in real life before. Which means that either this thing escaped from the zoo, or that this little guy's a pet. Don't you think this is exciting? it is so cute!" She said as she adjusted the focus of the lens.
Denah simply made a sarcastic gagging noise. " Well I think it's ugly. Seriously how do you know this stuff?"
"Eh, I've read my fare share of wildlife atlases. And I think he's a pretty platypus. Say cheese platypus!" Perry chattered as the picture was taken, showing his teeth. She took his picture with a click, and smiled at the accomplishement of the photograph. "Watcha recon we should do? Should we you know call someone?"
Norine and Denah ran into the hose, to the house to get a phone, but before they could return Perry had ran behind a corner, and put his fedora back on. When finally escaping the women's home, he had plenty of information on Norine. He had ran back to Doofenshmirtz apartment after that. He gave him all his notes, and Doofenshmirtz looked at them with contention. "Wow, Perry the platypus. these are good notes. You're good No wonder I have trouble trying to defeat you."
1. Name is Norine
2. Loves to read, and loves books
3. Listens to music
4. Enjoys Baseball
5. Doesn't date guys with no manners
6. Works as a photography developer
7. Admires wildlife
Doofenshmirtz looked at the notes carefully. "Did you find any evidence that she could be evil in any way?" Perry shook his head no. Doofenshmirtz looked down, wondering how he would break it to her when and if he got a date with her.
Vanessa rolled her eyes as she sat on the sofa, reading a magazine. Don't waste your time Perry. Do you have any idea how long it took dad to ask mom out?"
"Hey! Nobody asked you, Venessa. I am very confident in my romance skills." Perry stared at Doofenshmirtz with a raised eyebrow. Venessa stared the same way, only with a smirk on her face."Okay, maybe I am a little nervous." Vanessa raised both eyebrows in a way that said differently. "Okay maybe I'm scared out of my mind! Well now that I've got insight on what she likes, I guess it's my turn to start on the hard part. Now I need to find a way to . . . " He swallowed a lump in his throat. "Ask her out."
