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Disclaimer: The usual, I don't own the show.

July 12 2005

Oh my gosh, I am so excited. Today my mom woke me up and told me that she'd recieved a letter from the Canadian Youth Music Camp! I had sent an application in months ago, never expecting to get in. I was completely shocked when I saw the letter.

"We would be happy to have you here among the finest young musicians in the country," the letter said. I hugged my mom and ran upstairs to pack and call Ray.

"Hi, Ray," Lily said trying to contain her excitement as soon as she heard Ray's voice on the other end.

"Hey, Lil. I wanted to ask you if-" he started to say before Lily cut him off.

"Ray I got in!" she squealed and Ray could tell that she was smiling from ear to ear as she said this.

"You got the letter," Ray asked. He knew exactly what she was talking about. Lily had spent each summer leading up to this one wishing that she was old enough to apply. He remembered her telling him more then once when she finally did apply.

"Yeah, it's going to be great," Lily said. Ray couldn't help but be a little dissapointed as he heard Lily's news. He had found out this morning that he was able to invite one friend to come camping with him and his family and he'd been planning on asking Lily.

"When are you leaving," Ray asked. Lily suddenly realized what this would mean. She'd be spending three weeks away from Ray, just as things were finally starting to work out for them.

"I'm leaving tommorow morning, it's pretty short notice," Lily replied sounding a little less enthusiastic then she had before.

"Well do you want to spend the day together, before you leave," Ray asked, trying to cheer her up. Was this a date, they both wondered, although they didn't say anything.

"Sure, I'll meet you at Mickey's in half an hour 'kay," Lily said. Whether or not it was a date, she was glad that she could spend some time with Ray before she left, although she knew that she'd still miss him. Alot.

Lily grabbed her purse and headed out the door to Mickey's with the usual butterflies in her stomach.

When she arrived Ray was already there.

"So what do you want to do," Lily asked as she sat down across from him smiling.

"Well, there's this carnival in town, we could check that out," Ray said. Lily agreed and walked out of Mickey's. Lily and Ray took a bus to the carnival and payed for their tickets at the gate.

As they entered they could hear loud music playing and screams coming from the rides to their left.

"Come on, last one to the roller coaster is a rotten egg," Ray said grabbing Lily's arm as they ran to get a spot in the long lineup for the roller coaster. They took their seats at the back of the roller coaster (Ray said it was the scariest seat) and waited for the ride to start.

"Scared," Ray teased.

"Not a chance," Lily replied but as soon as the ride started they both gripped onto each other's arms and didn't let go. Lily screamed throughout the ride and Ray screamed along with her. After the ride ended they got off and tried out some other, equally scary rides. Lily's arm tingled all day where Ray had touched it.

Near the end of the day Lily and Ray sat down for a rest at a small hamburger stand near the center of the carnival. They bought burgers and fries and sat down at a small outdoor table. It was getting dark and the stars were starting to come out.

"I had a really great time," Lily said between bites of her burger.

"Yeah, so did I," Ray agreed. They finished their meals and were about to leave until Ray spotted a photo booth near the exit.

"Let's get our picture's taken," Ray said as they walked over to it. They picked out one of the colourful backgrounds and managed to squish inside on the single blue stool. They leaned close together, only so they would both be in the picture mind you. The flash went off a few times as they made different goofy pictures. Right before the last flash went off Lily leaned over and kissed Ray on the cheek. She quickly pulled away as soon as the picture was taken and they both got out of the booth blushing a little.

On their way home they didn't talk much neither of them mentioning what had happened in the photo booth. When they got back to Lily's house they stood there looking at each other awkwardly.

"Uh, here, how about you take these," Ray said taking the pictures out of his pocket and tearing off two of them. He handed them to Lily. Lily smiled as she saw that he had given her the last picture that had been taken.

"Thanks Ray, that's really sweet," Lily said taking the pictures. They hugged and Lily almost wished she wouldn't have to miss three weeks of summer, three weeks of being with Ray.

"Bye Lily," Ray said leaning down and kissing Lily on the cheek.

"Bye Ray," Lily said before walking up the drive way to her house. When she got up to her room she carefully placed the two pictures in her suitcase before switching off the lights and going to bed.