Surprised to see another update of this already? Well, since I was almost with this story anyway, I figured I may as well wrap this up as fast as I possibly could. Plus, the guy who requested this on Deviantart deactivated his account, I noticed, though he does have a fanfiction account. It's no secret, though, the request was made by Maximiliano Franciso Bravo Maturana. Even though he deactivated his account on Deviantart though, I'm still going to post the story on there and this site. Might as well wrap up what I can! So, here we go with this next chapter! Anyway, enjoy!

"Anyway, once we decided to date, we had a fun two weeks. I could talk about how I introduced her to my parents, the wacky antics with her, Judy and I and several more, but unfortunately, I'm running out of room on this journal, so how about I just take you back to the beginning, where this all started? Me at the dance and looking at her beautiful dress...?"

About a couple weeks later, at the dance, as everybody was idly chatting and music was playing in the school hall and cafeteria, Doug had immediately spotted the girl coming into the room and giving a warm smile.

Indeed, everybody had turned to see the green skinned girl wearing a beautiful red dress, her purple hair cut just right to reveal her ears, as they dangling from the lobes were pretty orange ringed earrings. Her shoes were blue high heels and she was also wearing white gloves. Indeed, all eyes seemed to be on her tonight as she giggled, loving the little attention she was getting. But the best attention she was getting at this moment in time happened to be from her boyfriend, who seemed to love the clothes she was wearing.

"So... how do I look?" Connie asked as she approached Doug.

Doug gave a smile as he and Connie went into a dancing position. "Like an angel that fell out of the sky."

"Awww..." Connie giggled as she nuzzled his nose a little. "Flatterer."

Before any conversation could go any further, one of the DJs coughed into the microphone, getting everybody's attention. "All right, listen up, you cool cats! This next song is a request for two friends, for, in his words, 'just to say I'm sorry for what I did, and I hope you guys have a great future.'."

Everybody looked confused as they wondered who that could have been, but they didn't question it as the next song started playing, the lyrics belting out a slow, sad, but happy tune. Everybody shrugged as they started to dance.

"It was right then and there that... OUR song began playing. And yes, Journal, I said, "Our" song. I would write down the name for you, but I'm not sure if I want to publish you someday or not, because I heard there would probably be legal troubles securing the rights to the song lyrics or the name, so I'm not bothering to try. But, Connie and I didn't complain too much as we began dancing, because you know that's just our song."

"Shall we?" Doug smiled as he offered his hand to Connie. Connie could only smile as she accepted his hand.

"I would gladly accept." Connie smiled as the two began to slow dance as the two stared into each other's eyes, lost in thought.

"I didn't know who requested this song and for which couple, but at the moment, I didn't care. All I saw was a pretty woman in my arms and dancing along to this sweet, little melody..."

As Doug and Connie continued dancing away, from nearby, Roger Klotz was watching from the wall as he gave a sigh.

"Funnie, you better appreciate what I just did..." Roger sighed as he gave a warm smile. "You know, those two don't look so bad together after all..."

Pretty soon, just as the dance was slowing down and everybody was leaving, only one couple was standing aside, alone together, with nobody else to disturb them as Connie gave a smile.

"You know Doug, I wouldn't have imagined I'd be with you on this dance." Connie smiled. "If anybody had told me about a couple months ago that I would be your girlfriend and going out with you to the dance... why, I wouldn't have believed it. I would have thought it as a sick joke."

"It would never be a sick joke, Connie." Doug smiled. "As a matter of fact, in my opinion, I think that this may be the best dance in my opinion..."

"Not counting the Bumpkin Day Hoe Down." Connie giggled.

Doug groaned. "Did you have to bring THAT up?"

"Hey, I'm your girlfriend now, Douggie. It's my duty to remind you of past mistakes when you hung out with me." Connie laughed. "And to think, every time I try to get your attention, your focus would always be on Patti."

"Well, my focus is ENTIRELY on you now, isn't it?" Doug gave a smirk as Connie laughed.

Connie then paused as she sighed. Doug raised an eyebrow. "Connie? What's wrong?"

Connie gave a deep breath and sighed. "Well, I had a conversation with my parents and this summer, I'll be going to Camp Make-You-Over. It's... a weight-loss camp."

"Oh..." Doug said in surprise.

"Yeah, and I'm a little nervous." Connie gave a sigh. "My parents said that this was their final decision on the matter, but I can't but wonder if I'm... going to change. In terms of body, maybe. But... I like being me. I don't want to change who I am... because I'm afraid I'll lose you..."

"Connie..." Doug lifted her chin up. "No matter what you do, you'll still be the beautiful Connie I know."

"How do you figure?" Connie asked.

Doug gave a warm smile as he put his hand in his pocket, searching for something as he pulled them out. "I was going to show them later, but I think now would be a good time."

Doug opened his hand as Connie's eyes widened in surprise. In Doug's hand, there were two rings... each of them with a heart shape. One of the rings had the initial D and the other had the initial C. Connie gasped as she asked, "Are those..."

Doug smiled. "Promise rings, yes. Judy helped select these herself when I asked her with some... help."

"Oh my..." Connie smiled as she picked up one of the rings and put it on her ring finger. "It looks beautiful."

"I know change is going to be a little tough... but I think in time we can overcome these changes... and whether you're big or thin... I'll always be with you, no matter what happens." Doug said as he put on his promise ring.

"Oh Doug..." Connie hugged the boy as she gave a smile. "I promise, no matter what, I'll always think of you during the summer."

"And I'll think of you during my summer trip." Doug gave a smile, embracing the girl back. "No matter what."

"I guess the moral of this story is that it doesn't matter who or what you are on the outside. It's what's on the inside that counts. So, the next time you see something that wouldn't interest you at first glance, keep glancing. Eventually, that something might be interesting to you soon enough."

And that is chapter nine done! And, surprisingly, we are STILL not done with this story! Next time, in the final chapter of this story, we'll be going INTO THE FUTURE! How did you guys like it? Anyway, read, review, criticize and suggest, folks!