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I DO NOT OWN P&F

Chapter 14

"Wow, I can't believe it's you. You look amazingly pretty." He said.

Vanessa frowned in confusion and opened her mouth to reply, but she had no words to say. She didn't even want to remember the last time she saw Monty, even if it was years ago, the simple memory was really hurting her at that moment. He looked practically the same, his hair was still short, his chin was shaved, but he was no longer wearing the same hoodie and pants. She didn't quite understand why he was so happy, he really looked like he was excited to see her, even if their last meeting wasn't pleasant at all.

"It's been a long time," he added, "I heard that you came back from Alaska and…I meant to call you but…"

"But you didn't." she said, her expression changed to frown and she lowered her voice. "I guess you weren't that interested on doing it. Right?"

Monty's eyes lost shine with her last comment. "Of course I was. What makes you think otherwise?"

Vanessa didn't answer, she just stared at him angrily and sighed. The idea of him ignoring what happened between them a few years ago was bothering her more than ever, but she wanted to stay calm at the situation, even if she never had the opportunity to demand an explanation. There were so many unavoidable thoughts and images all over her head, she was holding her anger and sadness as much as she could, forcing herself not to cry in front of him. He didn't deserve it anyway. A few seconds later she heard someone clearing his throat, and widened her eyes when she remembered that the green-haired guy was still standing behind her, probably waiting patiently to be introduced by her. Since he wasn't aware of her past with Monty, she shook her head and tried to go on with their conversation. She wanted to change the subject after all.

She turned around to look at Ferb, "Oh, I'm sorry Ferb." She said and motioned him to come closer, she sighed then added, "This is Montgomery Monogram. Monty, this is Ferb Fletcher."

They looked at each other's eyes right after Vanessa finished talking. Maybe Ferb didn't know Monty and he couldn't know if he was a nice or a bad person, but the fact that he might be disturbing Vanessa in any way wasn't giving him good sign. After hearing the way he complimented her beauty, Ferb clenched his fists a little bit due to his jealousy. He couldn't help it, he reacted almost immediately after knowing that someone else could be interested on the girl of his dreams, which was actually pretty evident. He could clearly see that Monty wasn't very pleased to meet him as well, or at least his face wasn't showing the opposite. It was almost like if both of them knew exactly what the other was thinking, the vibe between the two obviously expressed rivalry. With no doubt, Montgomery Monogram had feelings for Vanessa, just like him.

He politely offered his hand for a handshake, acting mature like he should.

Monty glanced at Ferb's hand then took it, looking back at him. "I know you. You are one of Agent P's owners."

He raised an eyebrow, but promptly understood he was referring to Perry. Ferb said nothing to his arrogance, he knew that Monty was going to try anything to make him look bad in front of Vanessa, stealthily playing the "nice guy" card, of course.

"Well it's nice to meet you, man" Monty said and pointed the purple suitcase on Ferb's hand, "I can see that you're helping Vanessa with her 'luggage', going somewhere?"

"I am…moving to another apartment." She replied.

Monty looked back to Ferb, "You know, it's cool that there are still well-mannered kids around here." He said and snatched the suitcase out of Ferb's hands. "Let me take this, you can hurt yourself."

'Kid?' Ferb glared at him. Just as he thought, it looked like Monty wanted to point out the difference of age between Vanessa and him, trying to make clear why he was a better option for her. Nothing bothered him more than being six years younger than Vanessa, he couldn't help to think about all those years trying to get rid of the love he felt for her, spending entire evenings thinking that it was never going to happen. 'I'm 10, she's 16….I'm 12, she's 18…there's no way.' he repeated to himself. Monty had hit a nerve, even though Ferb was aware that he wasn't a kid anymore.

Vanessa frowned then turned to the green-haired guy. "Ferb, could you give us a minute?"

His eyes opened in surprise and watched the smile on Monty's face. He nodded and sighed as he turned around to walk some steps away from them.

"Finally some privacy, right?"

"I just want to get this over with." she said and crossed her arms.

"Hey! What's with the rudeness? Aren't you glad that we met tonight after so many years?" he said.

"What do you want, Monty?"

"Talk to you, Vanessa. Why don't we go get a cup of coffee some time?"

She laughed sarcastically. "I don't think so, the last time I agreed to go for coffee with you I found you…quite busy."

Monty blinked twice and his expression went serious. "Are you still mad at me because of that?"

"I'm not happy at all."

"I told you, I was tricked. How many times do I have to say that for you to forgive me?"

"Oh, right. So, you're saying that you did absolutely nothing. You just closed your eyes, raised your hands and she took off your clothes. Sure."

She couldn't hold it anymore, without even noticing tears were already streaming down her cheeks. It was the first time she talked with Monty about that horrible day and there were so many found feelings with that conversation. She never gave him the opportunity to explain things up, but when she saw that Monty was scratching his nape and looking down, she already knew that she wasn't wrong about her suspicions. Monty took a deep breath and took her hands.

"Vanessa, I'm really sorry. I made a huge mistake but I believe destiny is giving me one chance to make things right and get you back. Believe it or not, I was crushed when I heard you left Danville. I've been feeling miserable all these years for losing you that way, and I know it might be ridiculous to ask you this but...Give us a try."

"What!?" she took a step back and released her hands.

Monty grabbed her shoulders and brought her closer. "I still love you Vanessa, I never stopped loving you. Please forgive me…we can be happy together if you give us a try."

"Let me go, Monty. You're wasting your time." she murmured.

"NO!" he yelled.

Ferb couldn't help to turn around after that. He wasn't that far away from them but still it wasn't very easy to understand what was happening. He could see that Monty was slightly shaking Vanessa, and even if he couldn't see her face, he noticed that she was possibly crying for reasons he ignored. The anger was taking over his body with the thought of Monty making her cry, also his instincts were telling him to go over there and protect his beloved, but when he gave the first step forward, something inside him stopped him. Vanessa specifically asked him to give them some space to talk and he knew that if she was in distress, she wouldn't doubt to call him for help, or at least that's what he thought.

"What we had was wonderful and I refuse to accept that it's over. I love you, Vanessa."

"I said, let me-" Before she could finish, Monty leaned over and quickly pressed his lips into hers. Vanessa's eyes popped open and for a few seconds forgot how to react, she always thought that confronting Monty would be easier as the years passed, right after suppressing all kinds of feelings she once felt for him, but she need imagined that he would end up kissing her. She tried to pull back but Monty placed his arms around her body to deepen the kiss, then she realized that trying to break his embrace would only get things worse. She didn't love him anymore, and a kiss wouldn't change anything.

Then, there was Ferb. Within seconds his jaw dropped, his skin lost color, his hands started shaking and his heart stopped beating. He felt the pain of a stake crossing his heart multiplied by a thousand, there were so many mixed feelings and inside voices talking to him, all at the same time. '…Why?' he asked himself the most. Before his eyes there was the most beautiful girl he have ever met, Vanessa, kissing a man. He shut his eyes out of grief, hoping it was just a horrible nightmare. Unfortunately, every time he blinked the image went clearer and clearer. He couldn't believe it, not after so many amazing moments they spent together. But that didn't matter anymore, there was absolutely nothing he could do, Vanessa had already picked and wasn't him.

She was finally able to loosen his embrace and without hesitation, she raised her hand to slap him in the face. "Don't you ever kiss me again." she furiously said.

"But…Vanessa"

"Let me clear things out for you, Monty." she added, "I would never give us another try, okay? I don't love you anymore, like I said, you're wasting your time."

"A-At least let me help you with-"

"No," she interrupted and took the suitcase off his hands, "excuse me."

When Vanessa turned around, she couldn't find Ferb anywhere. She looked for him all around the zone but he wasn't there anymore. The rage she had on her system vanished in a snap of fingers, she worried about him and started wondering what could've happen to him. "Ferb?" she mumbled.

"I get it now." Monty said and frowned.

"What?" she asked.

"It's him, right? You're not giving me a chance because of that kid."

Vanessa met his eyes and crossed her arms. "He's not a kid, and that is none of your business."

"You gotta be kidding me, Vanessa. Isn't he like way younger than us?"

She tightened her fists and walked closer to him until she was face to face, "And what if he is? He's more of a man than you'll ever be." She said and started walking away from Monty, then she felt a hand softly grabbing her arm, making her stop.

"Wait," he said. "I'm sorry."

She sighed and rolled her eyes. 'Now what?' she thought.

He looked down and took a deep breath. "I'm sorry I lost control, I-I understand that I lost my chance and I should've known you had already found someone else. I really wish you the best, Vanessa. All I want is to see you happy." He said and kissed her hand before leaving. "Good bye."

"Come on, Isabella, smile! Aren't you happy for Ferb? He'll be living with Vanessa!" Phineas said to his beautiful girlfriend, who was sitting on the kitchen table and watching him making coffee. Of course she was happy for him, the fact that Ferb was going to see Vanessa on his daily bases was probably something he needed to gain her heart, but she couldn't stop thinking about her earlier conversation with Gretchen. She lied to her, she made her think that something could happen between she and Ferb, even when she knew it's impossible.

"Yeah, sure…It's great" She said and looked down.

Phineas sat next to her and grabbed her hand. "What's the matter, dear? I thought you'd be, I don't know, more excited about it."

"Are you sure of what you saw?"

"Positive, she was on top of him and they were very near to each other."

"So, they're dating?"

"Mm," he thought for a second, "I'm gonna go with 'no'"

She looked confused at Phineas, then he added, "If they were, I think Ferb would tell me. He is no longer reserved on this 'Vanessa' thing, at least not with me."

Isabella stayed quiet. Phineas looked at her and realized that she had been in silence the entire time since she got to Ferb's place. After two years being her boyfriend, he knew that the best thing to do was to be with her and listen to any problem she had, but he could never guess what was in her mind. Maybe he changed in so many other things, but Phineas was still the same distracted, oblivious guy as always, so much that he could wait the entire night for Isabella to tell him what was happening. However, his intelligence and memory never failed him, he remembered she met with Gretchen for coffee earlier that day.

He squeezed her hand to gain her attention, "I see, you're sad for Gretchen."

"Yeah," she covered her face with her hands and sighed, "She insists on trying and it's really hard to tell her the truth. How am I supposed to cheer her up when I know that Ferb will never be for her?"

"Well-" Phineas stopped talking when he heard the sound of the door closing. Both he and Isabella stood up and left the kitchen, they found Ferb leaning on the front door looking down his feet.

"Ferb! You're finally here. Listen, while you were gone I received the new bed you ordered and I didn't want to leave without helping you so, I put all the furniture back in Vanessa's new room. Yes sir, I did it all by myself. Ha ha, you can thank me later." He said and took out a notebook with a drawing on it and a pencil, then he continued. "Anyways, I wanted your opinion on the position of the bed, you see, I placed it right next to the window so she could have more space, but it also could be a problem due to the sunlight, it would inevitably hit her face every morning."

Isabella stared at Ferb's countenance and quickly noticed that there was something wrong with him. "Uh, Phineas…."

"I thought that maybe some curtains could help but they'd have to be shorter than normal curtains. Now, if we rotate the bed and we place it on the other side of the room, she would have space but it wouldn't be that much, unless we get another chiffonier and we place it over here…" he added and started sketching on the notebook.

"Phineas…"

"Oh wait, wait, wait! I got it! If we remove this window and we put another one 37 centimeters to the right, it would light the whole room during the day and we can also leave the bed where it is. Perfect!" he smiled then scratched his head, "Huh, I wonder why I never did all this when I lived here."

"PHINEAS!"

"Yes?" he turned around and saw the worried look on Isabella's eyes, who was still staring at Ferb. His mood changed completely when he saw the lifeless expression on his step-brother's face, then he stepped forward and placed his hand on Ferb's shoulder. "Ferb? Everything alright, buddy?"

Without even looking at him, Ferb silently went upstairs in direction to his room. He wasn't acting like the normal British boy at all, the guy walking wasn't Phineas' brother. They could totally recognize his silence when it came to sadness, and he was definitely going through a hard situation. Unfortunately, they couldn't identify what was causing that strange attitude. They decided to give him his space so he could calm down and probably feel ready to tell them what happened.

It had only been a few minutes when they heard a loud noise coming from Ferb's room. They quickly made their way to the 2nd floor, Phineas reached the door and when he opened it, they saw Ferb in front of his empty desk resting his arms on it. There was a bunch of paper works, pencils and books spread over the floor, like if he just threw them on impulse.

Isabella covered her mouth while Phineas stepped forward to meet his brother. "FERB!" he cried, "What's the matter with you?!"

"Nothing." He replied abruptly.

Phineas frowned and grabbed him by his shoulders to turn him around. "I'm serious, this isn't you, clearly something happened and if you don't tell me, I'll-"

Ferb looked up and saw the angry look on Phineas' eyes, realizing that he probably had lost his temper and reacted in the worst way possible. "I'm sorry."

"Where were you?"

"Picking up her stuff from her old apartment."

Isabella went into the room and sat on the bed, "B-But, then where's Vanessa?" she asked.

"I…" he blinked then lowered his voice, "I left her behind."

She raised her brows in surprise, "Why didn't you help her?"

Ferb's eyes turned red and watery but he managed to hold his tears in front of them, then he took a deep breath and replied, "She…didn't need me."

"What was that?" Phineas asked.

He shut his eyes once again then out of nowhere, he released from Phineas' arms and punched the wall with his fist as hard as he could. Phineas and Isabella jumped scared to his attitude. She ran to the bathroom for the first aid kit and the red haired boy tried to grab him to make him sit on the bed, but Ferb resisted until he lost strength from his legs, then he fell on his knees with his face down.

"This is just…so frustrating," Ferb said, "How is it possible that he could get a kiss from her on a five minute meeting?"

"Wha-, a kiss? Who?"

"A twenty-something year old guy we ran into on our way here..."

Phineas frowned, "A stranger? She kissed a stranger?"

Isabella took Ferb's hand and started healing it, "I don't think she would kiss a stranger, Phineas." she said.

"I don't either…that is my problem. There are so many things I don't understand, but the fact that they kissed can't be for other thing different than love interest, something I'll never get from her." Ferb said, "I-I have been doing everything for her…but I guess…no matter of how I feel, no matter what I do, our relationship will always stay as it is. Nothing will allow me to cross that line, not even if I'm…madly in love with her."

They remained quiet, amazed on Ferb's last words. It was the first time Ferb said that out loud, but sadly the situation wasn't very pleasant to feel happy about it.

"I don't want to be rude but, I want to be alone." He added.

"So you can hurt yourself again? Forget it." Phineas said and crossed his arms.

"I will not do that again, I promise."

The couple stood up and so did Ferb, Phineas hugged him and slowly walked out of the room. Isabella took the first aid kit and kissed his cheek before hugging him, "Call us if you need anything, okay?" she said then walked out too.

Vanessa stopped by the coffee shop after her conversation with Monty, she stayed there until she as the last customer of the day drinking from her cup and thinking about everything. Monty wasn't a bad person if he was willing to accept his mistake after all those years, also understanding that he had no more chances with her, but Vanessa couldn't feel sure with his words. On the other hand, after all that time she finally had the opportunity to let out all the pain she had inside, which actually made her feel much better to realize that maybe someday she'll be able to forgive him. She felt happy for that until Ferb popped out in her head. 'Why did he leave?' she thought. 'Why do I feel so empty without him?'

"Excuse me, dear"

She turned her head and found the gray-haired old cashier right next to her. "Yeah?" she said.

"I'm sorry, sweetie, but we are about to close." The lady said politely.

"Oh, of course." Vanessa sighed and grabbed her suitcase, but before she could stand up, the old lady sat in front of her with a smile on her face.

"What is a beautiful young lady like you doing here alone?" she asked.

"I guess I'm meant to be like that," Vanessa looked down, "alone."

"Oh that is not true, love. What about that handsome British boy? Isn't he your boyfriend?"

"Are you talking about Ferb?"

"He's a frequent customer, he always comes here and sits over there to read a book." The old lady pointed to a table from outside. "He's always serious and quiet, drinking his usual-"

"Darjeeling tea."

"Now look at that! You seem to know him pretty well."

Vanessa unconsciously smiled and blushed. "He's predictable."

The lady chuckled and took her hand, "That boy likes you, and you seem to like him too, don't you dear?"

"I-I um..." Vanessa couldn't figure out how to answer, the nervousness was raising her heart rate and the only thing she thought she could do was to avoid the question. "H-How can you be so sure about that? Ferb is brilliant and wonderful, he can get any girl he wants, he could never be interested in a girl like me."

After a few seconds, the old lady let her hand go and stood up. She looked back at Vanessa and said, "He has a charming smile, you know. You should feel lucky for being able to see that so often."

"Why would you say that? He smiles all the time, and he's even talking more than ever."

"Well, sweetie, haven't you thought that maybe he does only when he's around you? You see, the one and only time I've seen his smile was when he brought you here not too long ago. Call me crazy, but I'm sure you are giving him the perfect reason to smile every day."

With that, the lady turned around and walked away from the table.

She opened the front door from her apartment and noticed all the lights were off, there were no sounds and signs of life around the place. She had hoped to find Ferb so she could talk to him, but the place looked so abandoned that she inferred he wasn't there. She went directly to the kitchen and when she turned the lights on, she saw two plates with dinner served and a note in front of them with her name on it.

Vanessa,

We hope you like your new room. Isabella made dinner for you and Ferb, but he's not feeling so good tonight. Please excuse him and enjoy you meal.

-Phineas Flynn

'Not feeling good?' she thought. She grabbed her suitcase and went upstairs, all she wanted was to see him and explain everything to him. She stood in front of his door for a moment, there was a light coming out from the bottom of the door which confirmed that he was actually in there. Her hand raised two or three times with the intention to knock but her heart was beating so hard that it didn't allow her to continue. She gulped and took a deep breath, then she finally dared to knock.

*knock* *knock* *knock*

"Ferb?" she said. "Are you awake?...I don't mean to disturb, but I…there's something I need to tell you."

There was no answer, she thought that he was probably sleeping and it would be better to talk to him the next morning. "Um, alright….Good night." She turned around to go to her new room but after some steps, she heard Ferb's door slowly opening. When she turned her head, she found him standing outside of the room with his hands on his back. He was still wearing his pants but he had unbuttoned his shirt, showing his bare chest. His eyes looked weary but she related it with him being asleep before.

"Are you okay?" he murmured.

"Yes, are you okay?"

Ferb nodded. He closed his door and got closer to her while his eyes were locked on hers, wondering how could those eyes make him feel so weak, so much that he could do whatever she asked him to do. He hated the fact that being in front of her was no longer making him happy, not after seeing her kissing another man and knowing that she was probably not single anymore, but his love for her was way stronger than any negative thought around his mind. He just knew that when he looked at her, his body acted by itself.

"Ferb," she said, "I want to talk to you about Monty."

He shrugged. "Vanessa, that is highly personal and you don't have to-"

"No!" she interrupted, "No, Ferb, this is important. You have to know my backstory with him to understand why I haven't been in touch with you since our last dinner."

He didn't want to know more about Monty, but that was the only way he could finally get some answers and feel relieved about that subject. "Alright then." he said. They sat on the carpet, both leaning against the wall, alone in the darkness of the hallway. Vanessa was slightly hugging her legs, her hair was covering half of her face, and her eyes were saddened. He was next to her with his arms folded, hiding his injured hand under his armpit and waiting for her to start talking. Something he mostly loved about Vanessa was the way her voice changed when she talked about a serious issue, it gave him chills every time she did.

She suddenly met his eyes, "Monty is my ex-boyfriend," she said. "We met when we were 16 years old, I first saw him when he stopped by my dad's lab to help Perry the Platypus when his weird assistant double-crossed him. We accidentally met at a coffee shop weeks later and technically had our first date in there. He's the son of my dad's archenemy, and because of that I was supposed to 'hate' Monty too, but you know I've never been interested on following my dad's evil steps. That was one of the main problems on our relationship, we weren't comfortable with the idea of dating behind our father's backs, but it was the best way to make it work. We ended up telling them after dating for a few months and although my dad wasn't very excited, he accepted and supported Monty as my boyfriend. We went out for a whole year, he transferred to my High school so I got to see him every day, and everything was fine between us except for one thing…"

Ferb stared at her confused and saw her eyes closing, then she added. "A cheerleader was obsessed with Monty."

"Obsessed?"

"Insanely. She knew I existed but that wasn't an obstacle for her, she would just pretend I was not there at all and continue flirting with him. Once she lied to my dad by saying that I wanted to help him cleaning the labs after classes just so she could walk home with Monty. I never lost my temper because Monty was always rejecting her no matter if I wasn't around, he was my boyfriend, I trusted him and I didn't care about her. Anyways, one day I heard his friends asking him how intimate our relationship was and he didn't answer, he just avoided the question. I talked to him about me wanting to take things slow because, you know, I didn't feel ready for that and he said he respected me and that it was totally fine with him. The next days, Monty started acting weird with me and we kind of stopped seeing each other as often as we used to because I was searching for college scholarships and he always said he was 'busy'."

Vanessa's voice got lower at her last sentence, talking about the worst day of her life was harder than she thought it would be. Ferb knew exactly where things were going and was trying to hold his anger in front of her to let her finish, then she continued. "He asked me out for coffee the same day I got the acceptance letter from Alaska's best school, which was perfect cause I needed to discuss it with him before saying yes. I never imagined that day would end up terribly wrong for me. On my way to the coffee shop, I saw Monty leaving the cheerleader's house, putting on his hoodie and kissing her good bye. I waited for him to leave then knocked her door to teach her a lesson, but when she opened it, she hit my head with a brick and I fell to the ground. She humiliated and threatened me, I was so scared that the next things I did was call Monty to break up with him and take a flight to Alaska."

'I will murder him.' He thought while clenching his fists.

"Today he apologized and begged me to give him another chance, that's why he kissed me…"

Ferb shrugged and looked down.

"But I said no." she said.

He widened his eyes in surprise and turned to look at her. He saw her mouth letting out a small grin, then he sat upright on his knees and turned his body to her direction, "Vanessa," he murmured.

"Yes?"

"Why were you avoiding me?"

Her cheeks turned red then she buried her face on her legs, "When I got to Alaska, I promised myself that I wouldn't fall in love again to be protected from getting hurt, but then I saw you at the blueprint's store and you asked me out and… it was just freaking me out."

Ferb's heart started pounding, "What was freaking you out? he asked.

She felt her body shaking so she shook her head then quickly stood up facing him, "My feelings for you, Ferb!" she cried, "I started feeling something for you and I was forcing myself to let it go because-"

"Don't." he interrupted and stood up as well, "Please don't do that, Vanessa, don't run away from this." He placed his hands on her face and pulled her close to join their lips into a kiss.