Chance of a Lifetime Chapter 6: Ma Cherie, Je T'aime, a phineas and ferb fanfic

And now, the conclusion some of you have been waiting for...

The seconds dragged on. Perry was fully aware that every second he spent procrastinating was a second that made Doofenshmirtz more dangerous. And yet… something about Phineas was stopping him from firing his own device. Once he hit the button, Phineas would remember the 'best day ever'. So why was he holding back?

Isabella sighed. "Spit it out, already, Phineas," she whispered, not wanting to hurt his feelings. Phineas nodded, gulped, and said, "I love you, Isabella." Isabella let out a shriek that attracted the attention of half the diner, but she didn't care. "Phineas, I've waited forever to hear those words!" she squealed. Ferb and Baljeet took the hint: their own confessions could wait until another day. Ginger noticed this behind Baljeet's eyes, and smiled. Because she hadn't been in love with Baljeet for nearly as long and hadn't been nearly as obvious, she could contain herself a little better. Vanessa was too old to miss the expression, and that same age also helped her own restraint. And the fact Candace and Jeremy already knew about their love kept them from adding their voices. Adyson, who was just about to help Stacy and Coltrane, went over to Isabella. "Captain, you're kind of embarrassing yourself," she said, and Isabella calmed down. "Thanks, Adyson. You've just earned your 'Calming-Down-Your-Troop-Leader' Patch!" she said. "Now who's making up patch names?" Adyson replied. Isabella stared at her, and they moved on.

Perry had to stifle a laugh. Truth be told, he was as fond of Isabella as he was of Pinky the Chihuahua, and having Isabella sleep over would be a great time to have a nap with her, for a change. It was then that he figured out why he hadn't fired yet- he wanted Phineas to have a whole life with Isabella. No longer caring about zapping Phineas, he left the building. As he climbed out the window, he accidentally hit the button. Perry zipped to the roof, and viewed what memories he had bestowed on Phineas. Thankfully, nothing of Perry being an agent. After he removed his hat, Isabella had asked Major Monogram about something. Following Major Monogram's response, Isabella kissed Phineas. Smiling, he went back up to take on Doofenshmirtz again.

Something clicked in Phineas' mind. He remembered that he had once kissed Isabella before this. He leaned over the table, and returned the kiss that he had received during the summer. Isabella managed to hold it in much better than she had beforehand, and they tucked in to their meal.

Perry jumped back onto Doofenshmirtz' plane, and nodded. Planty the Potted Plant stopped fighting Doofenshmirtz, and went back into the fight with the other evil scientists. "Sorry, Perry the Platypus, but you and Planty were too late!" he cried, and fired his inator. Click. It didn't do anything. "We'll try this again tomorrow," he said, and Perry nodded. L.O.S.T.B.U.L.L.E.T. withdrew, and O.W.C.A. went back to base.

"Hey, have you seen Perry this morning, Mother?" Ferb asked. Since Vanessa became Ferb's age, he had become a lot more talkative… or maybe he just wasn't continually cut off. Linda shook her head. "No, Ferb, can't say I have. But he's been missing all summer and it's never been a big deal then. He'll come back. For now, just focus on the fact that this is the weekend!" she told him. Ferb nodded, and went back to his bacon and eggs, spooning up quite a bit. Phineas wasn't eating much. It wasn't that he didn't enjoy the food. It was just that he was thinking about Isabella. And today… today they wouldn't have much separating them. He sighed, said he wasn't hungry, and went across the street to Isabella's house.

*Knock knock*. Ferb, who had finished his breakfast, went to the front door and answered it. There, standing at the door, was Vanessa. "Hey, how's it goin'?" she asked. Ferb nodded, and replied, "Not much. Phineas is going to Isabella's, for a change. Why, is something wrong?" "Well, Ferb… remember how I told you that my dad was evil? Well… he's kinda wreaking havoc on the Tri-State Area. Do you want to help me try and stop him?" Vanessa told him. Ferb gasped, and slid up the bannister to Phineas' room. He flipped through all his blueprints until he found the one he was looking for- the custom baseball launcher. "Oh yeah. Vanessa… I know what we're doin' today.

"Hey, Isabella. Whatcha' doin'?" Phineas asked. Isabella threw herself down the stairs, and leaped into Phineas' arms. "I don't really know, Phineas. I mean… do you really want to try something like… I dunno… well… there was that cruise ship we did over the summer?" Isabella took a turn to stutter. Phineas facepalmed, and set to rebuilding the Boat of Romance.

Ferb tossed Vanessa one of the baseball launchers. "Ooh, can I try? *hem hem* BEHOLD! THE BASEBALL LAUNCHINATOR!" Vanessa cried out. Ferb shook his head. "Too much?" Vanessa asked. Ferb nodded to this one. "Anyway, we have a Tri-State Area to save," Ferb pointed out. Vanessa nodded, and they went rushing to Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated.

Doofenshmirtz riding a bli-imp!

"Ah, Perry the Platypus. Come for round two, have we? And- oh! You've brought a friend, have you?" Doofenshmirtz asked. Pinky the Chihuahua was standing right next to Perry, shivering his tiny little bones off. Professor Poofenplotz had been downgraded to 'not a threat', so Perry had offered to take Pinky with him. "Anyway, yadda yadda yadda, Vanessa's been youthed, destroying the Tri-State Area, blah, blah, blah. You've heard this before," Doofenshmirtz told him. "Ctrtrtrtrtr, ctrtrtrtr ctrtrtrtr," Perry told him. "Arf arf!" Pinky followed up.

Phineas jumped off the Boat of Romance and into Isabella's arms. "Well, Isabella… I think I can safely say I've redone the Boat of Romance. Want to try it out?" Phineas asked. Isabella nodded, and they climbed up into the ship. Phineas launched the ship, and they went into cruise control.

"Candace, I have to go to the groceries. Can you keep an eye on Phineas and Ferb if Lawrence doesn't?" "Hey!" "I'm just saying. It's a contingency plan," Linda and Lawrence called. Candace smirked. Phineas and Ferb weren't… here… "Stacy, I'll have to call you back. I don't think I've seen Phineas or Ferb since breakfast," Candace said into her phone. "Don't worry about Phineas. Ginger told me that Isabella told her they were going on a date. And Ferb… I think he might have gone to Vanessa's place," Stacy said into her phone. "OK, I'll just go and check. It's 41 Inator Road, right?" Candace asked. Stacy quickly checked Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated on the map. "Yes, Candace. Remember, 45th Floor," Stacy replied. "Really? I could've sworn it was 40th…"

Vanessa and Ferb broke down the front door of Doofenshmirtz' apartment. It was empty. Vanessa looked around the room. Ferb found a jet car left on the building. Vanessa nodded, and they hopped into the car. Ferb quickly got adapted to the controls, and went flying off to Doofenshmirtz' blimp.

Phineas and Isabella sat down at the table. It then hit Phineas that he hadn't brought on a cook. Katie came out of the kitchen, and served Phineas and Isabella. "Chief, do I get my 'Do-Something-Unexpected' patch now?" she asked. Isabella giggled, nodded, and then told her to go for her 'Setting-Up-Romance' patch.

Candace barged into Doofenshmirtz' lair. "Huh… Hey, where's Ferb?" she asked. She switched her phone to video cam, and sent it to Stacy. "Hmm… hey? What is that over in the corner?" Stacy asked. Candace went over to that location. What she found was a little note. "Attention visitors. Taking over the Tri-State Area. Back at 2?" Candace read. "Stacy, do you know what this means?" she called. Stacy rolled her eyes. "Candace, has Vanessa told you her father is evil?" Stacy asked. "She's been trying to 'bust' him to her mother all summer long!" Candace gasped, and remembered what Vanessa told her negative three years ago. "Stacy, can you see which direction Doofenshmirtz went?" she asked. Stacy left her camera, and came back. "He's just out my window, heading… the direction of the ocean. Which way is that again?" Stacy told her. Candace grabbed one of Perry's old jetpacks he left behind (not knowing it was Perry's, of course), and flew to catch the two Doofenshmirtzes.

Ferb and Vanessa docked ship in the lower deck of the blimp. Ferb got out first, keeping his big eye on anything that might be lurking beneath the blimp. Vanessa turned slowly to the area above the door, and found a pipeline. She shot a baseball at it, and the contents of that line flew into Ferb's hand. He analysed it, and found it contained explodium. He ushered Vanessa to the car, and threw his canister.

Candace landed on the deck of the blimp, facing Doofenshmirtz. "Now, prepare for your DOOM!" he announced, and Candace backed off, looking shocked. Stacy said, "Hey, Candace. I've got this bit on record!" Candace looked at her phone, and cried "NOT NOW! EVIL PHARMACIST!" Doofenshmirtz opened his mouth to correct her.

BOOM!

The explodium exploded below deck. Everyone flew in four directions. Ferb and Vanessa headed down, to Ferb's place. Doofenshmirtz was launched backwards, into his headquarters. Perry and Pinky were launched forwards, into the ocean. And Candace? Up. That fall is going to hurt.

Katie finished putting the touches up on the romance. "Thank you Katie," Isabella calmly said. She nodded, and went rushing out the door for something. She came back, carrying two familiar animals. "Perry?" Phineas asked. "Pinky?" Isabella asked as well. They looked at each other, and started giggling. "Wouldn't it be funny if Perry and Pinky were in love as well as us?" Phineas asked. Isabella rolled her eyes. "Yes, very. Considering they're both boys," she told him. He stopped laughing. "Want me to leave now, chief?" Katie asked. Isabella checked her watch. "Oh no! It's close to sunset! Katie, get us back to shore!" she said. Phineas checked his, and sure enough, it was probably time to head back home. Perry and Pinky winked while Phineas and Isabella weren't looking. They got to see Phineas and Isabella first hand.

Candace landed head first when she came back down. Luckily, she landed in the tree, and thus only received some slight scratches as she fell down the branches. Her phone landed in Vanessa's palm, and Stacy looked at her. "Hey, aren't you Vanessa?" she asked. "Yeah, Stacy!" Vanessa told her. "Good. I've got this video recording right here…

"So, there, Vanessa. You should be able to bust Doofenshmirtz to your mother. Just come over to my house and I'll get you the footage," Stacy said. "Well, later Ferb," Vanessa said, and left for Stacy's. Candace looked vaguely shocked, until she remembered that Ferb was never actually present in that footage. "Oh, there you are, Phineas," Ferb said, as Phineas came in carrying Perry. He chuckled at the specific form of address.