The ABCs of Montessa

Disclaimer: I don't own Monty Monogram, Vanessa Doofenshmirtz or any character from Phineas and Ferb, including the series.

Chapter 6: Fatherhood

Baby Universe. Danville's number one baby emporium. This is where the newborns come here to get equipped with the latest clothing and the latest trends for babies everywhere.

Inside this little emporium, Monty and Vanessa were searching for some accessories and clothes of some kind. Why on earth would they be doing at a baby store all of a sudden?

Well, to make a long story short, Vanessa had to take care of an electronic baby for two weeks because of a project she was working on. Apparently, she didn't know how to take care of a baby. It had been a long time since her father and mother hardly planned to have children. They figured out that one child was enough.

Luckily for Vanessa, her boyfriend Monty decided to help her with the school project. Alongside the $50 that was given to her by her teacher, Vanessa made this job look like a piece of cake. Of course, Monty was always sweet to help her out.

The list was definitely simple. Diapers, clothes, blankets, shoes, baby powder. Such a waste of $50. Vanessa would have used that money to get herself a buttload of soda, but she didn't want to fail this project. She was begging for that A+ to happen.

So far, she and Monty were in an aisle surrounded by baby clothes. She was checking out overalls one a time. To see which one would fit that baby of hers. Around the names that Vanessa chose for her plastic name, she decided to choose Heinz, right after her father, and more weirdly, after a ketchup bottle. After taking time to search for one single overall, Vanessa decided to bring out two overalls. One that was pink, and one that was black.

She showed them to Monty, who was busy having his mind wander around the place.

"Okay, Monty... which one looks better? The pink one or the black one?" Vanessa said, getting her boyfriend's opinion.

"Hmmmm, I don't have any clue..." Monty responded back. Soon his mind went into thinking mode.

Should he go for the black or the pink. The pink would be suited for a cute plastic baby, but it would seem too cute for Vanessa's taste. After all, no baby would be caught dead looking almost like Isabella. That's why Monty made the right decision.

"I'd go for the black. It definitely suits you very much." Monty decided.

"Thanks." Vanessa nodded in approval, "I figured the pink overalls would look a little godawful."

She tossed the pink overalls away and put the black overalls in the basket alongside the blankets and the cute little black booties she bought. After that, she began to go over the list that she'd been reading.

"Okay, we got overalls... now, let's look for baby powder..."

Monty sighed in disbelief. He hated to be caught dead in places like these. It wasn't very surprising that it took them 30 minutes to get stranded here.

Before he could think about going to sleep, Vanessa talked to him in the last second.

"Hey, Monty...?"

"Yeah?" Monty spoke in an awoken expression.

"You ever thought about being a dad before?"

This was an interesting question that Vanessa put out on him. Of course he wasn't Vanessa's partner in this project, considering that the two didn't attend Home Ec classes together. But sometimes, helping actually meant helping.

"I'm not sure." Monty said, feeling a bit embarassed, "I mean, my dad did a pretty good job of me. I mean, I was potty trained, I learned to tie my own shoe, and he even helped me ride my bike. So basically, I think being a father would pretty much be a walk in the park."

"You sure?" Vanessa chuckled, "Because you do realize for when that time comes for us to be parents, you'll have to feed him, take him wherever you go, clean up whenever he vomits, watch him poop, and endure sleepless hours hearing our baby cry until we get all wrinkled up like foil."

Somehow, with her words, Monty thought twice of being a father. Maybe it was gonna be crappy as it sounds, but at least he and Vanessa would enjoy seeing their kid grow up someday. But right now just wasn't a good time.

"You know, on second thought, I like to wait a little while longer before we have to clean all the crap that flings out of our child." Monty replied hesistantly. That was very smart of him to change his mind. Of course, he knew that Vanessa was playing him.

"I knew you'd make the right decision..." Vanessa devilishly smiled to him.

"Yeah, I guess I did..." He chuckled back, but only this time, it was a little more shameful.

"Now hurry up and help me pick out a hat for our baby to wear."

"Coming, Vanessa..." Monty sighed, following her with the cart he was now rolling.

She made a lot of sense. Fatherhood wasn't gonna be easy for Monty. Sooner or later, it's gonna bite.

No kidding. Being a father definitely ain't easy. Good thing Vanessa set him straight.

Next up will be the letter G. Which theme shall I think of for that letter? Stay tuned and find out!