I was adjusting my bow tie just as Pinky burst in.

"Ready, big guy? Wow! You look great! Here, let me help you!" Pinky said and helped straighten my tie.
"Perfect!" She beamed.
"Give me a pep talk. I feel sweaty." I said.
"Tch. That's called nervousness, dummy." She smiled.
"Nervous? I don't believe we've met." I laughed.
"Don't worry! You'll be great! Got your hat?" She asked.
"Don't I always?" I said, grabbing my hat from the counter.
"Great! I'll be communicating with you via hat." She said.
"Cool. Um anyways, thanks for all this." I said.
"For setting you up? No problem! Anyways, how do I look? I have to look good if I have to get into the fanciest restaurant in Danville!" She twirled.

I'll admit. She looked great. With her blonde hair swishing around in soft curls and her cherry blossom pink dress, she looked...cute.

"You look good." I said.
"Oh, stop flattering me!" She blushed and slapped me, playfully.
"I just said you looked good..." I said.
"Stop! You're going on a date with another woman later!" She beamed.
"Ok." I laughed.

"Perry? Are you done? It's almost eight o'clock and people are lining up the block to reserve a seat! But don't worry! Ferb and I reserved a great seat for your double date!" Phineas said, coming into the kitchen.
"You look nice, Perry." Ferb said.
"Thanks, Ferb. Are you...are you ok with this?" I asked.
"I don't mind. It's fine. I'll just have to work harder to get her unless she's really happy with him." He shrugged.
"Ferb, I promise I'll find you a really nice girl." I said.
"Thanks, Perry." Ferb said.

He nodded to me and walked outside.

"I'm going over Isabella's! I'm escorting her! It'll be our first official date!" Phineas blushed.
"Ok well have fun! I'll just wait for Lyla." I said and he walked out.

"Did Jeremy and Coltrane get here?" Candace asked as she and Stacey came down the stairs.

The doorbell rang and I smiled.

"That's probably them. Should I let them in?" I asked.
"No, I'll get it!" Candace exclaimed and ran to the door.

"Hi, Jeremy!" Candace greeted
"Hey, Candace! Wow, you look great!" Jeremy complimented her.
"Thanks, Jeremy!" Candace giggled.
"Shall we go?" Jeremy held out his arm.
"Ok!"

Candace slipped her arm through his and they walked to the backyard. Stacey took Coltrane's arm and followed them.

I was about to close the door when I spotted Lyla and Monty land on my yard via jet packs. Vanessa landed after them with another jet pack.

"Hey, guys! Glad you could make it!" Pinky said.
"Hey! I never got your name. What was it?" Lyla asked.
"Agent Pinky at your service!" Pinky saluted.
"Oh! You're an agent? Are you P's partner?" Lyla asked.
"Well sorta!" Pinky said.
"Well, glad to meet you Agent Pinky!" Lyla held out her hand.
"Glad to be met, Agent Lyla!" Pinky laughed, shaking her hand.

"Ok, now that you've met, I believe we have a date?" I said, extending my arm to Lyla.
"Well, the pleasure is all mine, Mr. Platypus." Lyla giggled.
"Please, call me Perry." I smiled.
"Ok then. But only if you'll call me Lyla." She said.
"But of course, Ms. Lyla." I laughed.
"Come on, you lovebirds! Get inside!" Pinky said, pushing us towards the backyard.

We walked to the backyard where Chez Platypus was. There was a long line waiting to get in but luckily, Buford came over.

"This way, ladies and gentlemen. You have the golden seats for tonight." He said formally, leading us to the front.
"Why thank you, Mr. uh..." Lyla said.
"Van Stomm. Enjoy your night, milady." Buford bowed, opening the door.

The four of us walked in and looked around.

"It's beautiful." Vanessa said.
"Impressive owners you got, Perry." Monty said.
"I'm always proud of them." I smiled.

"This way, ladies and gentlemen. I shall lead you to your seats." Baljeet came up to us in a uniform similar to Buford's.

Baljeet led us to a table covered in a gold table top.

"Hey, you guys! I was wondering why there were two of these cute tables!" Stacey said from the next table over.

Their table was also covered in a gold table top and we were all sitting in front of a marble platypus water fountain. It was gorgeous.

"Here you go, Vanessa." Monty said, pulling out Vanessa chair.
"Thank you, Monty." Vanessa smiled, sitting down.
"Oh uh here, Lyla." I quickly pulled out Lyla's chair.
"Thanks, Perry." She said, trying not to giggle.
"No problem." I told her.

"I'll be your waiter tonight. Would you like something to drink?" Baljeet asked.
"Water for me please." Vanessa ordered.
"I'd like water, too." Monty said.
"Americans are funny. Could I have a root beer?" Lyla asked.
"Certainly, ma'am. And you, Mr. Flynn-Fletcher?" Baljeet asked me.
"A-A root beer, thank you." I said.
"Of course. I'll be back with your drinks." Baljeet said and walked to the kitchen.

"Smooth, P." I heard Pinky smirk.
"Be quiet, Pinky. I've never had root beer. I was trying to be considerate and try new things." I whispered.
"Monty certainly knows how to treat a lady on a date." Pink said.
"Shut up. I've...I've never been on a date." I said.
"Seriously? You should've told me! We could've gone over table etiquette or something!" Pinky exclaimed.
"Whatever. It's too late. Just help me know what to do before I mess up." I whispered.
"Will do! Happy eating! Pinky out!" She said and my hat clicked.

"So, Perry, are you still beating up the old Doofenshmirtz?" Lyla asked.
"Yea. He's a handful." I joked.
"You mentioned that you went on a mission together once, right? What was it about?" Vanessa asked.
"Oh! Perry's nemesis was trying to capture Albert the Moose, Canada's mascot, for my nemesis so that they could ruin Canada Day." Lyla explained.
"Remember the handcar?" I asked.
"Omigosh! The handcar! That was so fun! We should go on more missions together! That was fun." Lyla laughed.
"Definitely." I beamed.

"Very smooth, P." Pinky commented in my hat.
"Thanks." I whispered.

"What about you two? Are you dating?" Lyla asked Monty and Vanessa.

They both blushed but smiled.

"Um well..." Vanessa said.
"I mean..." Monty said.
"You guys would look cute together." Lyla smirked.

"Ferb..."

We looked over to see Candace waving her fingers and there was a dark aura around her. As soon as she saw us looking over, she went back to her meal.

"Ok...who's Ferb?" Lyla asked.
"Him."

I pointed to Ferb who was also wearing a uniform and waiting on a table with two teenage girls. Vanessa's eyes lit up when she saw him.

"Hmm. That outfit looks cute on him." Lyla said.

I saw Vanessa glare at Lyla for a second but then went back to smiling at Monty.

"So, Monty? How's C.O.W.C.A?" I asked.
"It's been good!" Monty replied.

"Would you like to order?" Baljeet asked, coming over with a notepad.
"Um yes. I'll take the uh..."I paused.

"The Italian meatballs! It's amazing!" Pinky whispered.

"The italian meatballs please." I said.
"Good choice. And for the lady?"
"I'll try those meatballs, too." Lyla said.
"Do you want that, too, Vanessa?" Monty asked.
"Sure. Why not?" Vanessa said.
"Meatballs for us please." Monty ordered.
"Four Italian meatball dishes coming right up. I'll be back soon." Baljeet said.

Buford came to us with our drinks.

"Two waters?" Buford asked.
"Those are ours, thank you." Monty said and took the drinks.
"Here are your root beers." Buford handed Lyla and I our drinks and left.

I looked at brown sugar drink and crinkled my nose. I couldn't really decipher the smell. I saw small bubbles fizz up from the bottom and I resisted the temptation to pull out my paralysis gun.

"Is it about to blow?" I asked.
"What do you mean?" Lyla asked.
"It's...its fizzing or something." I said.

Lyla looked at my drink and then laughed.

"Perry, it's supposed to do that. It's a soft drink. Wait, have you never had a soft drink?" Lyla asked.
"Well, I've only had water my whole life." I muttered.
"Oh yea, that's right! You were a platypus! Monogram told us that it's been two weeks since you were turned, right?" Lyla said.
"Yea." I said.
"Well, here! I'll show you it won't explode." She grabbed her drink and took a big swig.

She gulped it down and smiled at me.

"See! No exploding!" She beamed.

I laughed and took my drink. I was still cautious but I trusted her.
I took a small sip. A few seconds later, I felt air rush out of my mouth and a weird sound came. I covered my mouth in surprise and Lyla laughed.

"What...what was that?" I asked.
"That was a burp! Pretty good one at that!" She complimented me.
"Thanks." I blushed.

"Hello! Here's your Italian meatball dishes!" Pinky said.
"Pinky?" I said.
"Hello, Sir! Here's your meal!" She handed me my dish.
"What happened to Baljeet?" Monty asked.
"He had to attend to something but he'll be back later if you need him." Pinky smiled.

As she was talking to Monty, she tried to place Lyla's plate in front of her but accidentally knocked her drink.

"Omigosh! I'm so sorry, ma'am!" Pinky said and pulled a towel from her apron.
"Now problem, Pinky." Lyla smiled and took the towel.

I must be hallucinating today because when Pinky took Lyla's empty cup, I saw a small smile. Pinky noticed me looking and sweat dropped.

"I'll bring you another drink right away! Free of charge!" Pinky said and ran to the kitchen.

"Lyla, are you ok?" I asked.
"It's fine. I-"

"Isabella! It's not what you think!"

Phineas and Isabella came running out of the kitchen. Isabella's face was red while Phineas looked like he was trying to figure what was going on. Everyone was looking at them as they fought.

"I just can't believe you, Phineas!" Isabella shouted.

Candace and I stood up and rushed over to them where Ferb had already appeared.

"Ok, whoa. What's wrong?" I asked.
"Let's go to the kitchen." Ferb whispered and gently pushed us towards the kitchen door.
"Yes. Let's." Candace said and took the bickering couple inside.

"Sorry for the commotion, folks. Uh please continue your meal." I said to the crowd.
"Meanwhile, please enjoy some relaxing music." Ferb said.

He pressed a button on the platypus from the fountain and it started playing Love Handle's "You Snuck Your Way Right Into My Heart".

"Come on, Perry." Ferb said and walked into the kitchen.

We walked in to see Phineas and Isabella back to back.

"Jeez! Just tell us what's wrong!" Pinky exclaimed as she looked like she was about to tear her hair out.
"Phineas is an idiot!" Isabella declared.
"You won't even listen to me!" Phineas said.
"Whoa! What's the matter?" I asked.
"Gretchen called me and said Phineas asked her to meet him here!" Isabella scoffed.
"It wasn't for me!" Phineas exclaimed.
"Isabella, maybe he has a good reason. Just listen to him." I said.
"Ok, fine. Why did you ask her to meet you, Phineas?" Isabella asked, her arms crossed defiantly.
"It was for Ferb! I didn't want him to be lonely." Phineas said.
"Phineas, you know I don't care that Vanessa's on a date with Monty." Ferb said.
"But I was just-" Phineas said.
"If you knew he didn't want anyone but Vanessa, why'd you try to set him up?" Isabella asked.
"But I-" Phineas tried to explain.
"You know, if you didn't like me, you could've just told me!" Isabella yelled.
"Would you just let me explain?!" Phineas shouted.

The kitchen got silent and we stared at Phineas in shock.

"Phineas, are you ok?" I asked.
"I'm just upset. My idiot girlfriend won't even let me explain myself." He grumbled.
"Hey, hey! Isa is not an idiot! Besides, she has a reason to be insecure! Any girl would fall for a cool guy like you!" Pinky defended.
"But he was trying to explain himself and she kept cutting him off! This has nothing to do with insecurity!" I exclaimed.
"You don't understand! She's finally gotten the guy she's like for forever and the first thing she finds out is he has plans with another girl?!" Pinky said.
"It wasn't for him! It was for Ferb!" I yelled.

I don't understand. Why was she being so difficult?! All he was doing was trying to help his brother and the first sign she gets is that he's cheating! As if Phineas would ever do that!

"Why can't you just understand, Perry?!" Pinky said.

Sorta caught me off gaurd. I haven't heard her say my real name since we got turned.

"Well, I don't understand!" I said.
"I thought we were friends! Why are we arguing?!" Pinky shouted.
"Because Isabella's being stupid!" I yelled.

Pinky's face got red and she glared at me. Isabella's face got red, too, but she glared at Phineas.

"Come on, Pinky! Let's go! We're through, Phineas!" Isabella yelled.

Ferb, Candace, and I gasped and Phineas' face went pale.

"W-Wait, Isabella!" Phineas said.
"Same goes for me, Perry! Don't talk to me!" Pinky said and followed Isabella out.

This time, it was my face that went pale and Phineas and I followed them.

"Pinky!" I said.
"Isabella, wait!" Phineas said.
"I said we're through!" Isabella said.
"We're leaving! You're on your own, Perry." Pink said.

And with that, they left, slamming the door.

"Hey, P? Is everything ok?" Lyla asked, coming up next to me.
"Uh...y-yea...just a...just a little misunderstanding." I said, quietly.
"You look like you need a little time. I had a great time tonight. Um, if you're feeling better tomorrow, I hope it's ok if I swing by." Lyla said.
"Oh...s-sure." I said, turning to Lyla.
"Ok, well, good night." She kissed my cheek and left the restaurant.

Even though the girl that I'd liked for a long time just kissed me, all I could think about was Pinky's pouting face.

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Sorry if this part is really long. TBH, it was more of a filler. Also sorry if there were more updates for this story. I finally thought up a plot for this story and I have terrible memory so I needed to write this down before I lost it. Lol I'll update my other books soon