Okay, so I've only ever heard of one promise ceremony. Aparently my friend Josh's parents had one when they were teenagers (I think he said sixteen) and it was this nice thing they did to promise their families and friends they'd always be together. And they still are.

For something everyone insisted wasn't a wedding, Stan couldn't help feeling that this was some sort of wedding. It had been three months since Cartman had died, two and a half months since Vicki had been let out of the hospital, and about a week since she'd been able to start walking around again. So now they were all gathered together on the last weekend of September, with Kenny and Vicki up at the front, with Christophe holding out the Bible between them, ready for them to make their promises.

Bebe and Wendy had been going on about this promise ceremony since Vicki first told them about her chat with Christophe. They, of course, had decided to take things about ten steps further than she had planned, by making everyone dress up, and then they had all chipped in to get Vicki a promise ring. Christophe had slapped a hundred dollar bill into the pot with nothing more than a grunt of "Pour un diamante".

So now they were standing up there—Vicki in a light green dress Bebe had made for her, and Kenny in Stan's old suit he'd grown out of with a two month growth spurt—and they were beaming at each other as Christophe cleared his throat as a motion for silence.

"We are 'ere today, to witness Kenny and Victoire's promise to each ozer, zat zey will always be togezer. And when zey are old enough, will make it legal. Preferably before zey start popping out keeds."

Vicki let out a slight giggle, as Kenny placed his hand flat on the Bible. "Vicki Monroe, I promise I will always love you, and only you. And I will protect you with every ounce of life I've got. Because you're the one that makes it worth living."

Vicki placed her hand next to Kenny's. "Kenny McCormick, I promise I will always love you, and to always be there. Whether it's waking up next to you in the morning, or letting you cheat off me in Geography. Because I'm gonna treasure every moment we have together."

Pulling out the gold ring with the quarter carat solitaire Kenny had chosen with the money his friends had given them, he slipped it onto Vicki's left ring finger. She pulled him into a passionate, heated kiss... and then Craig had to open up his mouth. "So do we party before or after they fuck?"

Vicki flipped him the finger next to her new ring. "Fuck you, Craig."

They broke apart as Token popped the cork on the champagne, and sprayed it over the crowd, and everyone started screaming and laughing as they were covered in the light, foamy alcohol. Bebe hit the iPod dock laying in the grass, and Pink started basting through the speakers as everyone cracked open beers and started to dance.

"Stan..." Wendy was pulling on his elbow, drawing him away from the crowd. She looked good today, all dressed up. He caught her around the waist with his arms.

"What could such a fine young woman want with me?"

She giggled, smoothing out the lapels of his suit and straightening his tie. "Well I was thinking that Vicki's still not up to climbing up to the tree house yet, and they really wouldn't notice if we slipped away..."

Stan kissed her deeply, before she grabbed his wrist and started pulling him down the path. The sounds of 'Get The Party Started' fading the deeper they went. He was so ready for this. The tree house was just a little ways ahead...

"...ugh...Kyle..!"

That stopped them dead in their tracks. Bebe was up there with Kyle? Stan couldn't help it; he needed to break this one up. "KYLE YOU FUCKTARD, YOU DITCHED YOUR BEST FRIEND'S PARTY TO FUCK BEBE?"

A mop of blonde curls appeared at the open window. "YES, AND GODDAMNIT STAN, I WILL BEAT YOUR ASS FOR NOT LETTING HIM FINISH ME IF YOU DON'T GO AWAY!"

Wendy shrugged, and started pulling him away. "C'mon Stan; we can just go to my house. My parents are gone."

"But they-"

Wendy shut him up with a kiss. "Empty house, no parents, and we can even do it in the hot tub."

"...Why are we still here?"

Okay, so maybe not the best ending... but I blame it on knowing this isn't the end! My final installment will be up in 2 days, my darlings.

"You Said Forever."