A/N: Hey guys! Thanks a lot to MarieFlynn, Galaxina-the-Seedrian and Rebb R-001 for the reviews! :)
As I said, here's the next chapter - Phineas and Vivian as his mother-in-law. Enjoy!
I don't own Phineas and Ferb.

"And... How have you and Isa been?" Vivian asked her son-in-law.

Before Phineas replied, he smiled widely and looked across the table at Vivian. He was really happy, she noticed that. It was the warm, fond expression of a man who had grown to start a loving family with her daughter. Remembering him from when he was a child, Vivian still couldn't believe she was looking at an almost-thirty-year-old man.

"Don't say anything." She chuckled. "I can see everything is great."

"Huh?" Phineas didn't understand.

"You always have the same smile when I ask." Vivian grinned. "You looked so... fulfilled."

"I am." He nodded. "You know me, Vivian, nothing was ever enough for me. But not when it came to her. Once, I realised Isabella was what I'd been looking for, and that I didn't need more. It was the first time I felt such a thing," he said with slight amazement. "You used the right word - she makes me feel fulfilled. I just hope she feels the same, because it's... amazing."

"She certainly does," Vivian assured him. "You know, I really enjoy talking with each of you alone. No matter when that is, I still see those love-struck twenty-year-olds," she said, causing them both to laugh.

"Thanks, Vivian. I like the way you put it." He smiled. "That reminds me," he digressed. "Soon, it will have been exactly ten years since we got together."

"That's wonderful," said Vivian with a smile. After a moment, she added, "Can I ask you something?"

"Of course."

"Because... I know exactly what everything looked like from Isa's perspective... but, what's peculiar, I've never gotten to know your point of view."

"Well... Isabella's always been my best friend. She still is, I mean, who says your wife can't be your best friend? I loved her like a sister, really. We were always there for each other, we knew each other so well, and for so long... I think it was in high school when I finally admitted to myself it wasn't a brotherly love anymore." He chuckled. "But those years turned out harder than I expected because of that." He fell silent for a while. "I really thought I had no chance of getting together with her. That she would never think of me that way."

"Have you two ever figured out how it happened, that despite all that you felt it didn't work out?" inquired Vivian, then quickly added, "Sorry, I'm being so nosey, it's-"

"It's all right, don't worry," Phineas interrupted her. "We never had an opportunity to talk about it, so it's fine. About that... We talked it over once. Turned out... I didn't believe it could happen, so I didn't make any decided moves. Meanwhile, she was already resigned and fed up with living with such uncertainty. She thought she might get over it, and didn't say anything either."

"But I hope you don't regret that things went that way?" asked Vivian. "Because if you do, then I have to tell you something."

"It's a hard thing to say, but... I don't," admitted Phineas. "Because maybe if we'd gotten together in high school, it wouldn't have worked out. Maybe it would have been too early... Perhaps we confessed everything at the right time after all."

"Exactly," Vivian said, nodding.

"Sometimes I just think how close it was that it wouldn't happen. I mean, if she hadn't returned to say goodbye... It's a terrible thought. Where would we be right now?" He frowned.

"I understand completely."

"But then, I just look around and always see her somewhere near." Phineas smiled subconsciously.

Suddenly, the clock on the wall struck three times.

"Is it three already? I'm really sorry, but I need to go, I shouldn't leave her for so long."

"You're right, I didn't even realise," said Vivian. "Thank you for the talk, Phineas."

"My pleasure." He smiled in response.

They went to the hall, where Phineas lifted a huge box full of toys and clothes.

"Thank you for the stuff for the baby once more," he said as he stood at the front steps.

"You're welcome, I can't use them anyway," replied Vivian. "When is the baby due again?"

"Exactly in three weeks," said Phineas. "I can't wait."

As he said that, he walked off with his usual smile of a love-struck twenty-year-old.

Thanks for reading, guys! Please review!
I finally found a reason why they didn't confess to each other in high school, by the way. That's how I would explain that.
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