The next day rolled by just like any other and Candace, Phineas, and Vanessa had plenty to talk about at school while Ferb got things ready back home with Norm and Perry's help. Though there seemed to be complications with this.

"Ferb, I'm sorry but now that you know, I have to put my foot down.", Perry said sternly. "I simply CANNOT allow you to remake one of Heinz's silly inators."

But Ferb said nothing in return. He simply folded his arms across his chest and raised an eyebrow quizzically. The two's stare-off seemed to have last an eternity as their own intelligence battled against one another in the very depths of one another's pupils.

Throughout Perry's life he, much like Ferb, hadn't much to say, especially around Doofenshmirtz. But they knew each other well enough to understand what the other was thinking. Would Ferb's pet get the better hold of him? Was Perry willing to allow a boy to remake an illegal invention? Even a robot like Norm could feel the tensity of this deadly silent stare-off and would watch in anticipation had he not been busy making the cake.

Which one will collapse first?

Who will give in?

"...Don't argue it.", Ferb finally admitted, bringing a victory.

"RR! Stupid- loopholes! Augh! Fine! I GUESS you can use it ONLY for this ONE occasion!", Perry said. "I catch it being brought out ONE more time and-"

*BWOOSH!*

Ferb started up the blowtorch, causing Perry to jump back with a yelp. Growling under his breath, the platypus left his owner to begin his work and save his fur while he checked on Norm. Ferb only smirked to himself before putting on his welding mask and getting to work.

"Candace, I am so NOT inviting my friends.", Vanessa restated at lunch. "ESPECIALLY Johnny! He's my exboyfriend!"

"And yet your exboyfriend Monty showed up for the funeral.", Candace noted. "I'm not trying to start anything Vanessa but there SHOULD be guests, right? And if you guys don't like each other, why do you two still sit together at Lunch?"

"Cause now he's dating Lacey and I'm not inviting her either.", Vanessa rolled her eyes. "Nothing towards my good friend, I just don't want a lot of people to know that I'm getting married. It's not SUPPOSED to be a big thing anyway!"

"Sorry! Ugh! Why can't I get married at 15?!", Candace groaned. "Sorry, Vanessa but I LOVE planning weddings!"

"Sorry, Candace but I'm really the opposite. I already told you. Ferb and I want a nice, simple, quiet, somewhat normal wedding. And sorry Phineas but that does not mean any concerts.", Vanessa said, pointing to Phineas as she addressed him.

"Nah, it's okay.", Phineas shrugged. "Love Handle decided to cancel anyway."

Vanessa choked on her carton of milk and Phineas and Candace both began to laugh.

"FOOLED YA!", Phineas said before high-fiving his sister.

"I'm gonna kill you two...", his oldest sister growled as milk dribbled down her chin.

After school, Vanessa and Ferb went to court to determine what could be said for Vanessa being allowed to marry. The judge, being still held under account for owing Phineas and Ferb a favor from earlier that Summer, agreed that at most, they would need permission from a legal guardian on Vanessa's side of the family. Since no legal gaurdian has been officially made, they went to whom they knew would provide such permission. Roger Doofenshmirtz though, was a bit more of a surprise to the two than they expected.

"Wait, you mean to tell me my sixteen year-old niece is already getting married?", Roger said when they were allowed to see him.

"Yes. Yes I am.", Vanessa said with a small proud smile. "But I kinda need your permission first, Uncle Roger."

"Uh.. sure. Yeah.", he said.

He sat up in his seat to read over the slip of paper that the judge gave them. But hesitated as he picked up the pen. It was surprising. What his brother's daughter was already doing how many months after his death. Sure, Heinz married before Roger. He was older. But here the man was. Already 43 and still not married while his own NIECE was asking to be married at such a young age at 16. It was the first time, as he came to notice later on in his thoughts, that he actually took to notice how much like Heinz, Vanessa looked like. His hair color. His pale skin. Neck, though she hid it well with her black collar. How much of his brother's life did Roger miss out on, now that he came to think of it. But with his brother now dead, it's not like he'll ever be able to recover that time anyway. And yet here was Vanessa. Heinz's own daughter, and Roger didn't even know what she likes on a basic understanding let alone that she was mature enough and ready enough for something that he, while never admitting it aloud, was never exactly ready for himself. And he was supposed to be her legal gaurdian! And how often had his parents hounded on him in secret about how he needs to find a woman of his own where as Heinz already did and at least provided ONE grandchild out of it they could spoil? Now what will he hear when his own niece is more ahead of the game than he is. Roger also had to admit, along this train of thoughts, that Heinz had a lot of courage, really, in comparison to himself to not just get married and swallow down a divorce, but to almost get married AGAIN. Yes, he knew. No, he never planned to say anything. He didn't care who his brother married.

'That's a problem, though, isn't it?', he wondered. 'I always thought that it wasn't worth my time to find out what my brother did or who he was with or anything. I only cared for myself. And here I am. He's dead. His daughter's getting married. And I'm actually, for once, not on the top of the game.'

"Uncle Roger?", Vanessa asked, seeming to be slightly concerned when Roger finally pulled out of his thoughts.

"...Hmm? Oh. I'm sorry Vanessa.", he said, writing on the paper. "Lost in thought."

While he was busy thinking things over, Vanessa could already see a surprising look of guilt on her uncle's face. Not only that, but he actually came close to shedding tears. Yes, she was concerned when she interrupted his thoughts. She had half a mind to invite him, but knew again that she didn't want it to be a big wedding. When he signed the paper, she took it to the judge and it was agreed that tomorrow they would be married.

By the end of the day, Candace made her alterations to the inator while Ferb and Vanessa took care of last details and looked over the cake with Norm in the living room.

"WOW, Norm...", Vanessa said in uneasy awe as she and Ferb circled the twenty-foot cake. "Um.. You know, I'm not trying to complain bro but Ferb and I DID say a SMALL cake.."

"What do you mean? This IS small.", Norm commented on.

"Um.. To you.", Vanessa said, measuring the size of her hand to the size of one of the rose blossoms on the edges of the bottom layer. "Are four kids and a platypus going to be able to EAT that?"

At this, Ferb stopped and looked around in slight confusion.

"Wait.. Wasn't Perry working with you? Where IS Perry?", he asked.

Norm shuffled to the front door while saying, "Um... I'M NOT SURE. I THINK HE SAID HE WAS PLANNING A SURPRISE FOR YOU."

Before Vanessa and Ferb could question the loudness of his voice, all of a sudden the cake erupted, revealing Phineas, Buford, Django, Baljeet, Irving, and Perry all hidden inside.

"SURPRISE!", they all shouted as the couple stumbled back in shock.

"Come on, Bro! You're coming with us!", Phineas said, hopping out of the cake, taking his surprised step-brother by the wrist.

"Ack! Wh-what the-?!", Ferb exclaimed as he tried to pull himself back.

But it was no use. He was snatched up by the group of boys and swept to the door Norm happily opened.

"HEY! What are you guys doing?!", Vanessa shouted, trying to throw them off of Ferb.

"Bachelor party!", the boys just said in excitement.

"Oh good gosh, NO!", Ferb cried as he was dragged away.

But he wasn't crying cause his friends and brother were throwing him a party, but that as the reveal of their devious plot reached Vanessa, she stopped all attempts to help him get away and simply stood there with a smile. As beautiful as she always was to Ferb, he never thought even she would allow them to kidnap him from his planned quiet evening at home.

Of course, being boys of 10 years and a robot who was less than a half-year old, Ferb's friends and brothers didn't exactly plan anything like a typical bachelor party. But for a group of kids and said robot, staying up till 10 o'clock drinking soda and playing virtual fighting video games at Buford's was close enough. The friends headed home, Norm, Phineas, and Ferb made their way back as Phineas slept. Ferb had to admit, it was fun. In that silly way that Phineas always seemed to have with every childish plan he came up with.

The day came and there was many preparations underway. By the afternoon, everyone was at the court house. Ferb standing by the altar, his brother and best man by his side, ready to marry the woman of his dreams. He hadn't told anyone, but he did feel slightly nervous as Buford started up the bride's march and everyone looked to see as his wife-to-be, came out.

Vanessa Doofenshmirtz, dressed in a white gown that had a V-cut that was laced up with purple trimming both around the cut and the elbow-long sleeves and waist, walked down the aisle. Her heart pounding as she made her way with both excitement, love, and a bit of fear.

But as she walked, the excitement began to overpower. Or something like it. Because she remembered one crucial detail to all of this. Heinz Doofenshmirtz and the tradition of a man walking his daughter down this aisle. And it was this sudden thought, that brought an almost overwhelming train of other thoughts to her as she took each slow step down the aisle.

'Maybe there's a reason why dads walk their daughters down the aisle...', she thought to herself. 'Maybe.. maybe it started as a symbol of how a man gives his daughter to another man to be his wife. The understanding of saying that the woman's dad is releasing his claim, his territory, his ownership, on his daughter... To the man that she wishes to be claimed by.'

And with this, she tried imagine what it would be like, if Heinz WAS there. With her arm in his, tears pouring down his face as he tries to so boldly give his daughter, his "little princess" as he called her when she was younger, to this man. And there was, for the moment, a comfort. An odd comfort, as if he was really there, choking up over this great moment.

But then a cold chill came to Vanessa as she remembered his death. And how he isn't there. How is isn't going to be able to give his daughter away and the depression that followed this thought. Suddenly, she felt very alone as she continued to walk. Her father wasn't there to comfort her. Her mother wasn't there. No family was by her side at this moment. Candace was at the end of this long aisle, standing as her bride's maid of honor. Phineas was being the best man for her husband-to-be, Ferb.

Ferb...

She was one-fourth of the aisle away from Ferb now and Ferb could clearly see the tears she tried to hide behind her veil in her eyes. But her wet eyes met with his concerned ones, and she smiled.

Her father may not be here physically, but he was here spiritually. She could almost feel it for herself. And when she felt as if he left her, with the memory of his death, it was as if he really was here, walking her down this aisle, and standing back to let her walk the rest of the way, to her new future. Her new family. The new man to comfort her and care for her as her father had.

She reached the altar, a tear falling down her face, as she smiled back at Ferb.

"Are you alright?", Ferb asked quietly.

"I'm fine.", she said.

The ceremony was short, the pledges made, and a few giggles had to be held back as Ferb had to stand up on the top of his feet to kiss his new wife. Even Vanessa had to surpress the urge. But as the party pursued, Ferb quietly turned to his new wife while their small group of friends and family seemed occupied.

"Are you alright, Vanessa?", he asked, now finally getting the chance.

"Hm? Yeah, I'm fine. Why?", she asked as she turned to him, curious.

"Well I thought I saw you crying and..", he shrugged.

"Oh..", she smiled and chuckled a bit. "No. I'm fine. I was just thinking about, Dad. I'm fine, Ferb."

"Are you sure?", he asked, slipping his hand into hers.

She gave it a small squeeze as she smiled back and said, "Yeah. I'm okay."

Ferb seemed pleased with this as he smiled back. Though the smile was soon wiped from his face as he and Vanessa were presented with the wedding gift of reservations to a beach-side hotel on the outskirts of Danville for the weekend from their siblings.

Ferb and Vanessa received this gift, and other unhelpful things like teapots, pleasantly and politely. But Phineas, Candace, and Norm were surprised to find, as they got home, that the couple weren't entirely as enthusiastic about the present as they pretended.

Vanessa groaned in frustration as she continue to pack her change of clothes into a backpack. She loved her family. She did. But did Candace HAVE to enforce, "alone time" in HER love life? And Vanessa was pretty certain Ferb was wondering the same thing about Phineas.

"Now are you SURE you guys can handle everything?", she asked Perry who simply stretched out across the top of her bed.

"Vanessa, calm down. We can handle things.", Perry said. "What, don't you trust me?"

"You're my dad's nemesis. Of course I don't.", Vanessa said teasingly.

"Ah but now I'm legally a member of your family as I'm your husband's pet.", Perry retorted, following along with the jokes.

"So? Didn't stop my dad and Uncle Roger.", Vanessa replied.

"Ooh! Ouch. Nicely done.", Perry said with a smile.

But Vanessa was reminded of the task at hand. She sighed some to herself and Perry chuckled.

"What?"

"I'm sorry. I couldn't help but keep thinking about what Heinz would be saying or doing if he was here.", Perry admitted with a shrug.

Vanessa gave a weak chuckle as she zipped up one of the pockets in her backpack.

"He'd probably be trying to obliterate, Ferb.", she joked.

"...No.", Perry argued, shaking his head. "No he wouldn't."

Vanessa turned to him curiously before asking, "Well if not that, what? He wouldn't wanna see me on a DATE let alone being married to someone."

"Well he might seem upset at first, hearing you being married. But in secret, when it's just him and me in the room and he doesn't know I can speak or that Ferb's my owner, I can already hear exactly what he'd say."

"What would he say?"

"'Oh there you are, Perry the Platypus. I suppose you've heard, my daughter's been married to a guy named Ferb Fletcher. I'll admit, I wish I didn't have to see her already in this, but...'", Perry shrugged with a sigh as he continued his impersonation. "'It can't really be helped, can it? I mean, eventually, every child has to leave home sometime... Right? It's.. I know I sound harsh, or I seem typical, balking my eyes out over it, but you don't understand, Perry the Platypus, it's hard for me! It's hard for me to.. Well to admit how proud I am about her. Sixteen! Sixteen and she's already smart and mature enough to know what she's doing. What she's getting herself into and she's not even marrying him because she's expecting or something, like those creepy stories I keep hearing about! But she actually FOUND someone who makes her happy and someone she KNOWS is going to love her! I hate to admit it, but I'm so proud of her and it's hard for me to say because that shows that I'm willing to give her up. That I'm willing to accept the fact that she's all grown up. That-That she's not my little baby girl anymore. ...It's hard, Perry the Platypus. Let me tell you. It's really, really... REEEAALLY hard to do. ...But I gotta tell her anyway... Cause it's true... And I want her to know.'"

Vanessa found herself smiling at the end and cocked her head to the side, slightly curious.

"You SURE that's what he's say?", she asked.

"Beyond a shadow of a doubt.", Perry chuckled. "And he'd ask me if he should, or if I think he even could, and I'd give him the thumbs up and he'd walk in after a few deep breaths, and try to blather out something that's easily misconstrued."

Vanessa began to laugh at this and agreed. Perry would know Heinz better than she would. Which, as she stopped to think about it, was kind of a sad thought, though it did make sense. She continued to pack as Perry watched lazily from his spot on Candace's pillow. But then an odd thought came to mind and like some teenagers, she couldn't help ask the silly and childish question.

"Hey Perry?", she began. "Have you ever... You know? Had someone special?"

At this Perry bursted into a fit of hysterics. Vanessa only sighed as she leered at the platypus at the head of the bed while her cheeks caught on fire.

"Oh! That's a good one.", Perry said, wiping away a tear. "Heck no, Vanessa."

"Well what's so funny?"

"Platypus love is very different from human love.", Perry easily explained. "I know I'm anthropomorphic, but most of the agents in Owca still stay true to their natural nature. One for one time and never again."

"What's that's supposed to mean? You don't have a mate for life?"

"Only when it's in an animal's nature to do that like penguins.", Perry shrugged. "But platypuses aren't penguins. Now SOME agents happen to like to do the whole, 'one and only one' thing, but it's not often and it normally doesn't last."

"Well GEE. Kinda defeats the whole wise and caring persona people think of with you, now doesn't it?", Vanessa said, slightly sarcastic as she rolled her eyes with a smile.

"Difference between THINKING and KNOWING.", Perry remarked. "Never forget that. You could THINK I'm the best agent in all of Owca, but getting to know me? I'm just like everyone else only smarter than most."

Vanessa chuckled a bit as she finished packing. She double checked around the room to make sure she didn't forget anything.

"...Hey Vanessa?", Perry started to say as she came over and put a hairbrush into another pocket. "I know you're stressed and everything, leaving me alone with the kids and Norm. But I don't really want you to think of it as leaving your family or Candace trying to ship you and Ferb like everyone else does Phineas and Isabella. Try thinking of this as a vacation from school, family, jobs, and worry. Try to have fun, get it?"

"Um...", Vanessa began before turning to Perry with a slightly confused expression, though she couldn't help but smile. "Depends on what you mean by 'fun'."

Perry laughed some more and shook his head saying, "I wasn't implying THAT sorta fun, but I'm sure Ferb will provide plenty if you're wondering about it."

"...Wait, Ferb?", Vanessa asked, silliness aside.

But before Perry could answer her question, Candace came into the room to check on if Vanessa was done or not. She was, except for changing out of the gown, and Perry and Candace left for her privacy. She wondered briefly, what Perry was meaning by FERB of all people, being the one to provide THAT fun. But she guessed she'd only find out after they left.

When she was dressed in other clothes, she came out and said her goodbyes with, Ferb. Hugging her siblings and double checking to make sure they had things under control.

"Chill, Vanessa.", Candace chuckled. "Who are you, our mother? We got things."

"Ha ha.", Vanessa said drily. "I'm just wanting to make sure."

"Go! You two have fun. We've got things.", Candace urged on.

"Alright fine.", she sighed, picking up her purse as she headed out. "Have fun. And Perry's in charge."

"You don't have to worry about a- WHAT?!", Candace exclaimed as she suddenly caught sight of the news when the door closed. "WAIT! Why's PERRY in charge?! He's not even human! He's just a meat-brick!"

Perry chuckled as he came around to face her, "And just for that little nickname, being 'conditionally in charge', drop and give me twenty, Candace."

"...Oh like you really think I'm gonna-", Candace began to protest before Perry interrupted her.

"NOW!", he barked.

Candace was scared and quickly got to work while Perry, Phineas, and Norm started to laugh.