Alright, so…. I'm trying to include less of an AN for each of my chapters now xD xD xD So I might only put a disclaimer before some later chapters xP

I DO NOT OWN PHINEAS AND FERB. ANY CHARACTER YOU DO NOT RECOGNIZE IS PROBABLY MINE

(Michael's POV)

We all began to walk back home in an awkward silence. Did that seriously just happen? I thought to myself. Had we left to go find Melissa just that morning, and were we seriously taking her back home?

Dad met my eye and gestured to Courtney. I got her attention, and the three of us asked Melissa to wait a minute. We all walked into the edge of another alleyway, and the three of us separated from Melissa.

"So what do we do with Melissa when we get home?" Dad asked Courtney. "You seemed to have some plan for what to do."

Courtney nodded. "I do. And I know everything she's said and what you've said about her being neutral, but I still don't trust her enough for her to freely walk around the house. Since Dad somehow managed to break out, there's an empty cell we can put her in."

"Good idea," Dad agreed.

We turned to walk back over to Melissa but froze as we heard a voice. "M-M-Melissa?"

Melissa whirled over to the voice immediately, and all of our heads whipped over as well. "D-Dennis?!" she gasped.

Sure enough, it was Dennis. The newly escaped white rabbit was on the sidewalk, staring at Melissa in shock. I felt Courtney freeze next to me, but I managed to nuzzle her back into the shadows with Dad and me.

"I-Is it really you?" Dennis asked cautiously, stepping into the alley.

Melissa nodded, her eyes glistening. "Y-Yes, Dennis, it is."

"I...never thought I'd see you again..."

There was silence for a minute, then Dennis suddenly picked a large glass shard off the ground and rushed for Melissa. Before any of us could react, he had her pinned against the wall and was holding the shard against her like a knife- and it was probably as sharp as one.

I began to rush forward to help, but Courtney held me back. I stared at my mate in shock. Seriously? Your parents are about to kill each other!

Wait, her return look said. Although she looked nervous, Courtney seemed to sense something I didn't. I decided to not give us away and just watch quietly.

Tears were dripping out of Melissa's eyes now; she didn't look scared, just sad. "D-Dennis, please. Y-You know I didn't have a choice when I was freed from the O.W.C.A-Traz. I-I didn't want to leave you."

"I know you didn't have a choice," Dennis growled quietly. "A choice to leave or stay. But you promised you would visit me."

"Dennis, I-I-"

"YOU SAID YOU WOULD VISIT ME!" he snapped, his voice breaking- which surprised me. "Instead, all you do is come to me ONCE, telling me about our child, then you just leave again?! You didn't even tell me if I had a son or a daughter!"

"It was hard for me to lose Courtney," Melissa sobbed. "Please, Dennis, understand!"

"But I waited for you for YEARS," Dennis replied quietly- and dangerously. "The first few months, I DID understand. I understood you were getting over giving up our daughter. But you never visited me after that."

He paused and stared at the ground before glaring up at Melissa again. "You said you loved me!" he snapped, his voice cracking. This was the first time I noticed that there were tears in his eyes, too. "But you moved on, didn't you?! That's why you never visited!"

Melissa shook her head quickly, tears dripping down her cheeks by now. "D-Dennis, I-I-I..." She paused and inhaled deeply, placing her paw on his cheek. "Dennis, I still love you," she murmured softly. "S-So much. The only reason I was never able to visit you is because I had to survive. I told you how hard it is living out here in the streets. I needed to make sure I had food and shelter before I could visit you."

She swallowed and stared at the ground. "B-By then, it was too late in the day to visit. D-D-Dennis, I missed you so much."

"M-Melissa..."

Melissa smiled weakly and gently maneuvered her paw over to the glass shard Dennis was holding. His grip on it had loosened enough that she was able to slide it out of his paw and replace it with HER paw. She turned back to Dennis and gently pressed her forehead up against his. "I still love you, Dennis. I promise that won't ever change."

"Melie..."

I snickered, as I had forgotten until just then what Dennis' nickname for her was. But Courtney elbowed me- hard. I remembered with a start this was her first time seeing her parents together ever. It must have been special to her. Keeping this in mind, I zipped my mouth shut as I watched them.

By now, Melissa had gently pressed her mouth up against Dennis'. When they broke apart, Dennis exhaled and looked back at her. "Then could you come with me?"

"Where?"

"To L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N's new headquarters."

Melissa hesitated and shot a quick glance at us in the shadows. "I-I'm sorry, Dennis... I can't. You know I'm not evil."

Dennis stared down at the ground. "I knew it was a long shot." He looked back up at Melissa and smiled. "You've always been your own person. Just... Know that that's where I'll be. Okay?"

The brown rabbit nodded and smiled. Dennis pulled her into another kiss before quietly walking off, leaving Melissa standing there, obviously very effected by what just happened.

"I... I never knew they really loved each other," admitted Courtney softly. "I always thought that D-Dad... T-T-That he... M-Mom... I-I..."

"Sh," I soothed, gently pulling her close. Courtney was trying to say that she had always been worried that Dennis had just...wanted a child and that he used Melissa to get what he wanted. Honestly, that's what I had assumed, too. However, that had obviously just been proven wrong. "I get it."

Dad had already left the shadows to go and talk with Melissa. "Are you ready to keep going, or are you having second thoughts?"

Melissa quickly shook her head. "Did you miss me turning down his offer to go with him?" she asked irritably. "I turned it down because I'm coming with you."

"Alright, then."

(...)

As we continued to walk home, I noticed that Melissa kept shooting glances over at Courtney's stomach- which was bugging both her and me. "You said you've been pregnant for a little less than two weeks?"

Courtney nodded slowly. "Yeah... Why...?"

"It's just..." Melissa paused, and a small grin came onto her face. "I remember when I was pregnant with you and how I looked at that point. I specifically remember that my pregnancy didn't show that much yet."

I could tell that this made my mate feel very awkward, but she put that aside. "Lucky you."

Melissa's grin just grew. "But that was normal for any rabbit pregnant with one child. Courtney, that's-" she gestured to Courtney's stomach with her head- "not normal."

Courtney stopped in place. "Are you implying Michael and I will have more than one child?" she asked, shooting Melissa a cautious look.

Melissa shrugged. "It's likely."

Please don't let that be the case. I can only handle one! I shoot Dad a nervous look that says, "If it does become the case, PLEASE help me!"

"Don't worry," is Dad's replying and slightly amused look. "Your mother and I will help even if you only have one child."

(Courtney's POV)

Oh, please be wrong, Mom. Please! I can't have twins! I wasn't necessarily worried about raising multiple children, but Dad's voice rang in my mind. "Twins would be perfect. We could each have one. I take one, and you keep the other to raise."

However, before I could say anything, we were back home. I followed Perry in, while Michael stayed further back with Mom in case she tried something.

As soon as Perry went inside, Pixie walked up to him, and Perry immediately wrapped his arms around her and held her close. "It's okay," he said gently, while I quietly watched from the sidelines. "He tricked us. The same thing would have happened in my position. We will get Dennis back, sweetheart. Don't worry."

"O-Okay." Pixie inhaled, backed away, and looked to the door as Michael and Mom stepped into the house. Her eyes narrowed immediately. "Melissa," she snarled.

Mom had a similar expression. "Pixie."

"Perry, what is SHE doing here?!" Pixie snapped, whirling to her mate.

Perry put his paws out defensively. "Pixie, I know you two have a rough history together. But we're trying to give Melissa another chance, so I need you to try and get along, okay?"

"Get along?!" Pixie echoed. "You're kidding, right?"

Mom crossed her arms, her facial expression not very different from Pixie's. "I'm not any more excited about this than you are, trust me. I'm only here because I missed my daughter, and I can't lose her." She turned to me. "So... Where do I sleep?"

"How about in the garbage where you belong?" Pixie offered, a growl to her voice.

As Mom whirled back to her and gave her a sharp retort, Michael walked over to me. "So our moms are trash-talking each each other..." Michael hesitated. "What do we do?"

I simply grinned at the scene in front of me and crossed my arms. Mom and Pixie had gotten into a full-blown argument, yelling at each other while Perry tried in vain to calm them. "Sit back and enjoy the show?"

Michael laughed and kissed my cheek. "Well, I think we should help Dad."

"I guess you're right..." Michael and I exchanged a quick glance before turning to our parents. "Mom!" we said in unison.

Both females paused and turned to us, and Perry shot us a grateful look. "Melissa, I'm sorry, but we can't trust you yet," he replied, looking guiltily over at Mom. "You can't have free roam around the house yet."

Mom raised an eyebrow. "Then where do I stay?"

Perry gestured into the living room and to the cage that Dennis had recently broken out of. Emily was sitting on the floor by it, silently watching the rest of us interact.

"A cage?!" snapped Mom. "Really?!"

"It was my idea," I said firmly.

Michael took over with the explanation. "We're not about to let you loose in the house..." He gripped my paw and continued. "Especially not with a baby on the way."

Mom paused and glanced at the ground. "I guess... I understand."

"You'll have to prove we can trust you before we can let you out of the cage," Perry said.

"Fine," Mom muttered. "And I guess going willingly will help?"

Perry nodded. "Definitely."

Mom gave a heavy sigh. "Alright." She and Perry walked into the living room, so she could get into the cage.

I watched her get in nervously. Letting her come home wasn't a mistake... Right?