All right, a little break after a while, but I'm back and willing to write some more stories! Anyway, on Deviantart, I opened up a request section, so if you're willing to ask for requests, I'm willing to take them until the end of April... for now, though, this is one of the requests a Deviantart user named 'bkno' requested me to do. He said he wanted to see a 'long Doug x Connie fic', so I'm willing to grant him that request. I don't know how long he wants it, as this is just the prologue of the story, but hey, I'm willing to make due! Anyway, I'm going to be going for the Nickelodeon version of Doug for now, though I am willing to go into the Disney version IF it's necessary! Anyway, sit back and relax... and enjoy...

On the twenty-fifth of April, inside the Bluffington School, near the late hours of evening, in a crowded cafeteria, a school dance was currently taking place as boys and girls were looking at each other with a smile, talking and dancing amongst themselves as they were laughing.

"Dear Journal, sorry I haven't written to you in the last month, but I have had something happen to me that... well, I never could have guessed has happened..."

Standing to the side, looking a little worried and waiting was a short haired kid wearing a nice black suit and looking around nervously as he tugged on his collar a bit.

"Yeah... that's me... Doug Funnie... in a school dance, waiting for my date to arrive back from the bathroom. Any minute now, she'll be back and hopefully, the song I had requested would come on..."

The boy gulped as he tapped his fingers nervously. His heart at the moment was pounding nervously as he kept waiting for a certain someone to show up. Where was she, he wondered to himself. She wouldn't have ditched me in my time of need... would she? He didn't know if what he was saying was true or not, but regardless, he was still pretty nervous about it.

"Hey Doug! There you are, man!" A familiar honking sound followed that sentence soon after as the boy turned around, his nervousness gone, but not quite forgotten.

Doug, the short haired boy, smiled as he noticed his blue skinned friend approaching. "Hey, Skeeter! How's everything going with Beebe?"

"Honestly, I think we're hitting it off pretty good." Skeeter laughed. "Although I kinda wish she wouldn't call me the cutesy names she's been giving me lately..."

"Oh come on, Skeet, even everyone here agrees that you and Beebe get along great." Doug smiled. "Where is she, by the way?"

"She's off talking with the girls." Skeeter said as Doug looked over to see Beebe talking with a few girls, some he knew from his class.

"Oh, yeah, I see her." Doug said as he gave a nod.

"Speaking of which, where's your date?" Skeeter asked, out of mere curiosity as he looked around.

"She's in the bathroom, said something about freshening up a bit before coming out here." Doug explained as he looked towards the door where the students came in and out.

Skeeter nodded, as if in understanding as he said, "You know, Doug, it's hard to believe what has happened and all. I mean, I never would have thought that you would end up being in love wit-"

"Sh!" Doug shushed him quickly as he covered Skeeter's mouth. Skeeter looked confused as Doug uncovered his mouth. The boy looked both ways to make sure nobody was listening in before leaning in and whispering in Skeeter's ear. "I'm quite aware, Skeeter, I couldn't believe it either."

"But what about-" Skeeter asked quickly before Doug covered his mouth again.

"I know, I'm quite aware of... well... her." Doug said, removing his hand from Skeeter's mouth. "And I thought I loved her, I truly did. But after spending a lot more time with... well, you know, my date... I keep thinking back to her and the more I think about it, the more I realize that while she is pretty, I don't know if I have a chance with her anyway."

"I wouldn't know about that, Doug." Skeeter pointed out as Doug gave a sigh.

"I guess you wouldn't, but here's the thing. With... well, my date, I start acting a little more natural around her, acting... well, like myself. I don't screw up talking with her, she's completely understanding when I'm nervous and... you know, over the last week, I've begun to realize that maybe, just maybe that..." Doug looked up to Skeeter in worry.

Skeeter's eyes widened as he nodded. "I get ya, man. Listen, you've got this far. You may as well just come out and tell her the truth. I mean, I'm beginning to see a connection between you two. The least you can do is try to reach out and see if you can keep the connection... you know?"

Doug paused as he gave a frown. "No, you know what? You're right. I need to tell her what I do know... I'm going to come out and tell her how I really feel."

"You better get ready, then, because here she comes." Skeeter said, pointing behind Doug.

Doug gulped nervously as he turned... as he grew a small smile, upon seeing a purple dress wearing green skinned girl with beautiful purple hair, down up in a ponytail.

"Hello, Doug." The green skinned girl smiled as she spun her head around. "Sorry I took a while, I needed to get my eyelashes just right..."

Doug was starting to blush immensely as time had frozen all around him, seeing nothing moving but the beautiful girl in the room right now.

"I know what you're thinking right now, journal... is that Connie Benge? And my answer to you is... yes. Connie Benge was my date to tonight's dance. Now, I understand what you're thinking. What about Patti Mayonnaise? Don't you have a crush on her? I understand all that, and... well, maybe I better explain in better context what happened a month and a week ago. All of which involved a slight little accident in the music hall..."

And with that, the first chapter of this story has been completed! How did you guys like it so far? There will be more Doug x Connie moments to come, so do not miss out on this story! Give out a Favorite and a Follow! Anyway, read, review, criticize and suggest, folks!