The ABC's of Montessa
Disclaimer: I do not own Monty Monogram, Vanessa Doofenshmirtz or any character from Phineas and Ferb, including the series. I apologize if some chapters may be OOC, but what can I say? It's Montessa I'm doing.
Chapter 14: Orchids
There's something interesting that says more about a flower. Whether it's a rose that speaks of love or compassion or a daisy that speaks the language of elegance, it was very clear that Monty wasn't interested in those kinds of things.
He was looking for something that said more about Vanessa's character. Being the goth that she was, it was clear that Monty wanted to get her orchids. They weren't beautiful like roses or elegant like daisies, but they were drop dead gorgeous because of it's vandaceous purple color. And he preferred anything that was gorgeous.
Monty stood inside Danville's local flower shop downtown. The aroma surrounding the entire shop nearly felt like a mystical land full of botanical gardens. Sure he was manly and wouldn't be caught dead in a flower shop in the first place, but Monty was willing to risk it all for the romantic that he was.
But sure, he began to have second thoughts about this.
Was Vanessa really a flower type of person?
Sure, Monty knew that she was used to being with bad boys all the time, and she would only prefer something like music, dark clothes and cars. But would Vanessa ever accept something more light and more pitiful as a flower? Especially an orchid?
As he held the purple plant in hand, his thoughts spoke to him.
"I don't know if she can take this, but at least it wouldn't hurt to try."
With his thoughts high and dry, Monty approached the counter where the female clerk came up to him.
"Hi, sir! You have anything in mind you want to buy?" The clerk said.
"Yeah, I want this rare violet orchid for my girlfriend." Monty responded, "We've been dating for almost five months now, and I thought I would get something different for her other than the music she listens to."
"That's nice. What's your girlfriend like?" The clerk replied, ringing up Monty's order.
"She's beautiful as you ever seen her." Monty smiled, "She's a little bit edgy, but she's actually nice once you get to know her. She's actually the daughter of an evil genius that lives around the Tri-State area. We actually met at this Steam Noir coffee shop and that's where we hit it off."
"Interesting story. Is this like a Romeo & Juliet thing you have going on? Because it's sounds romantic!" The clerk madly blushed like a light.
"It practically is." Monty nodded, "We're hiding it from our fathers. If they catch us dating, it's over. And I really don't want that to happen."
"Just be careful and you'll make it out all right." The clerk spoke with confidence as the cash register rang up, "Okay, the total will be $17.49, please."
In response, Monty sent the clerk a 20 dollar bill, which forced the clerk to give him $3.51 back.
"Pleasure doing business with you, ma'am!" Monty spoke out to the clerk one last time before he left with the flower in hand.
Twelve minutes later, Monty Monogram arrived at the door of Doofenshmirtz's Evil Incorporated. There was goosebumps around him. Monty shook so much, he feared that the gorgeous orchid in his left hand would drop. But he had to remain strong at all times.
"Oh, well... here goes nothing." Monty sighed as he rang the doorbell.
After he rang, all he heard was the sound of footsteps.
A sound like that sounded very grim. It wasn't sounding like Vanessa's to be exact. But instead...
...
...
...the footsteps he heard almost sounded like Dr. Doofenshmirtz!
Monty had a very crucial feeling in his heart. What if he imagined his girlfriend's father standing before him and staring him deep down? Maybe he could fake a heart attack and make sure Dr. Doof didn't notice. But that would sound very foolish, and how good would that do?
Not good as a matter of fact.
Monty noticed the door creaking open. It was time to face the music and dance with the devil himself.
But to Monty's surprise...
...
...
...he saw Vanessa standing there, wearing her dad's shoes, much to her embarrassment.
"Hey, Monty. How's it going?" She greeted nicely.
"Not much..." Monty spoke in relief, "Any idea why you're wearing your dad's shoes."
"My boots were ruined because they were accidentally dissolved by my dad's stupid experiments..." Vanessa sighed in distress.
By then, Vanessa noticed the bag that Monty was holding in his left hand.
"What did you get? Some chinese food?" She replied.
"Well..." Monty sighed, "It's probably better than chinese food. I actually have something for you."
Pulling out all the stops, Monty grabbed the dark purple orchid and revealed it to Vanessa. He was hoping to see the reaction on her face when he gave that to her. Would she be happy? Would she be mad? Or would Vanessa actually be speechless.
Monty was waiting to see how she would feel about it. But to be honest...
...
...
...Vanessa felt a little upset. That wasn't very good for Monty.
"I see... you probably don't like it." Monty sighed in disappointment, "This was such a waste of good money. If you don't like it, I'll always get my money back."
Monty had every right to take that orchid way from her, but the flower backed away from his hands. What could this be actually?
"Wait..." Vanessa paused for a bit.
Monty looked at her reaction once again. Good god, she wasn't looking to beat him up intentionally with that flower was she?
In an instant, Vanessa's frown...
...actually formed into a smile.
"I really like it." Vanessa responded.
Seeing her smile, Monty took another sigh of relief. Only because she didn't have to kick her butt.
He spoke to her once more, "You really like it?"
"Yeah, it's actually really nice." Vanessa said, holding the orchid tightly, "Look Monty, I don't care what you get me, even if it's a cruddy shirt, candles, stuffed animals, or flowers. I like it no matter what."
"Oh, good..." Monty sighed again, "For a minute there, I thought you were gonna yank my head off and hang it next to the fireplace."
"I probably wouldn't do that..." Vanessa chuckled at the horrendous fact.
After sharing a good laugh or two, Vanessa rubbed her arm, having something in mind for her and Monty to do on an occasion like this.
"Hey, look... my father's not coming back for a good five hours." Vanessa blushed, "You wanna go inside and watch 'Nightmare On Feld Street' with me? It's actually pretty good."
"Sure, I'll put on some popcorn and you can put on the movie. That makes it worth the afternoon." Monty spoke, having to pass all of his worries away.
Monty never had any worries having to think what Vanessa thought of his gift.
And no doubt, one little orchid was enough to make her happy to begin with.
Okay, to be honest, this was the most hardest chapter I ever came up with. It wasn't very good to be exact, but this was very weak since I couldn't come up with anything that starts with the letter 'O'. But I'll try hard next time, trust me. Anyway, what did everyone think about this chapter?
Next up will be the letter "P", so stay tuned! Until then, you know what to do. (;D)