A/N: Ooo. A Loliver story. But no, it's not a oneshot. It's a full length Loliver story! Let's hope I have the attention span to work on this one. xD

The Fellowship of the Rubber Band

By Pwnguin

Chapter 1: For 99 Cents

It was a warm summer's day when Mrs. Truscott took her ten-year-old daughter Lilly to the 99 cent store for a little fun. Lilly had spent the whole day watching TV and after several hours, Mrs. Truscott had had enough. She was not going to raise her child to be a couch potato. So she took Lilly by the hand, got her into the van, and brought her to the only store that Lilly would be able to afford something from: The 99 cent store.

Lilly was definitely not in the mood to get out of the house. She complained during the drive that it was too hot or too boring.

Mrs. Truscott shook her head, "Lilly, as long as you are in my house, you are not to complain about the heat or how boring everything is. You live in Malibu, you get used to the heat. You live in Malibu. Nothing is boring here."

"But Mom. There's a new episode of Kim Possible today and I'm gonna miss it!"

"That's just too bad Lilly. You'll have to watch it another time," Mrs. Truscott said firmly.

"If I were at Daddy's house, he'd leave me alone to watch TV," Lilly complained and crossed her arms.

Mrs. Truscott sighed. Ever since the divorce, Lilly would talk about how much better it was at her father's house. Her father feeds her candy. Her father doesn't make her go outside. No wonder Lilly isn't as active as she used to be.

"Well, Lilly, I am not Daddy. And since I'm not Daddy, I'm taking you out of the house."

Lilly did not argue anymore. She sat quietly with an angry look on her face.

When they reached the store, Mrs. Truscott let Lilly roam around freely. They would meet at the check-out in 15 minutes.

Lilly sighed and began her stroll around the store.

Mom is so mean now ever since she and Daddy split up. It's not fair.

Looking around, Lilly found nothing exciting. She scowled at every single item in the store. But, knowing her mother, Lilly would not be able to leave unless she bought something.

She was now in the accessories aisle. She found headbands, anklets, necklaces with cheap little pendants, and hairclips that would break easily if you tried to clip it into your hair. Lilly sighed. At this rate, it would take days to find something she would like. Then she noticed a row of plastic bags containing 5 rubber bracelets in each. They ordinary-looking, a color of clear, and large enough to last many years, yet small enough that it wouldn't fall off of Lilly's ten-year-old wrist. Shrugging, Lilly picked up a pack of the rubber bracelets and headed towards the check out.

She found her mother holding a pack of chocolate-covered raisins. "Lilly, it's only been 10 minutes. What have you got there?"

Lilly showed the pack of bracelets to her mom. Mrs. Truscott shrugged, "Okay then, if that's what you want."

Lilly nodded, "Yeah, I want those." She gave her mom a dollar and Mrs. Truscott paid for the items. As they headed back for the car, Mrs. Truscott asked her daughter, "Anywhere else you want to go?"

Lilly shrugged and said, "Could you drop me off at Oliver's?"

Mrs. Truscott nodded, "As long as you aren't sitting on the couch all day."

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Lilly's mom dropped her off at the Oken residents. Lilly quietly tapped her foot as she waited for someone to answer the door. Her mother had already sped away.

The door was opened by Oliver's mom, who was wearing her officer uniform, "Hello, Lilly. Oliver's upstairs."

"Thank you." Lilly said, and she climbed up the stairs to Oliver's bedroom. She knocked on the door three times quickly, then twice slowly. This was their secret knocked they had invented in the 1st grade.

Oliver opened the door holding a water gun, "Hey Lilly." He said, and then let her in.

"Hey Oliver, whatcha doin?" Lilly asked.

"I'm just shooting water at birds that pass by my window. Why'd you come here?" Oliver asked.

"My mom's says I sit on the couch too much and watch too much TV." Lilly sat on the bed and stared at the TV, "Hey, could you hand me the remote?"

Oliver rolled his eyes, "She's probably right."

Lilly groaned, "Oh yeah, I got these bracelets at the 99 cent store." Lilly dug the pack of bracelets out of her pocket. "Want one?"

Oliver shrugged as he pumped his water gun, "Sure." He took a bracelet and slipped it onto his wrist. Lilly did the same.

"Hmm, I have three left. What could I do with them?" Lilly asked.

Oliver shrugged and pointed his water gun out the window again, "You could give one to Todd. Or Joanie. Maybe Amber."

Lilly looked up at Oliver, "Hey, I got an idea. You wanna start a club?"

"What kind of a club?" Oliver asked, not taking his eyes off of the outside.

"You know. A secret club. And all the members wear this rubber bracelet. We could call it, 'The Fellowship of the Rubber Bracelet.'"

Oliver shrugged once again, "Okay, I guess. But bracelet sounds like a girl thing. I am not joining a club for girls. How about, 'The Fellowship of the Rubber Band?'"

"'Rubber Band'?" Lilly asked. "You mean those things that when you snap them it hurts you?"

Oliver put down his water gun, "No, like a band. You know, a group of people. Or it could mean the round bracelet in this case."

Lilly smiled, "That's perfect! And we'll have Todd, Joanie, and Amber join. Sounds awesome."

Oliver nodded, "Cool. A secret club. I've never been a part of a secret club before."

And thus, The Fellowship of the Rubber Band was formed. All for 99 cents.

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A/N: And so we begin. Yes, Joanie and Amber are Lilly and Oliver's friends. Just wait. (whistle)