Note: I think the next few chapters will not have a lot of Lollie action, but I'm certain the last one will, but the last chapter is also the reason why this is Tragedy/Romance.

Oliver and Lily are now in fourth grade. The entire class was traveling to the Sierras for 2 days and 2 nights to learn first-hand about the California Gold Rush. Too bad for Oliver however, Lily had received a D in Math, and was told to stay back and work on Math with the Principle. Well, actually, it was bad for both of them.

"Oliver, you're only going to be away from Lily for 2 ½ days! This is not like that bad experience you had in second grade. Come to think of it, it was probably all just a coincidence. Go, Oliver. It's a perfect learning experience and you'll never come across another one like it!" Mrs. Oken started lecturing Oliver.

"Mommy!" Oliver whined

"No, you're going on the trip and that's final."

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The first bad thing happened the second the bus drove by a sign: YOU ARE NOW LEAVING MALIBU COUNTY. Some kids who were fooling around were throwing gum all over the place. One got stuck in his hair, and the teacher got all of them in trouble, including Oliver.

There was an order for movies to watch on the bus ride. It went like this: Finding Nemo, Cars, Agent Cody Banks, and Ratatouille. Oliver really wanted to watch Ratatouille because he'd never seen it before, and his brother said it was quite good.

Too bad for Oliver, just when the credits started playing in Agent Cody Banks, The bus stopped for a lunch break. Oliver was just 25 cents short of buying a soda. He had to scarf down his burger without any liquid to help.

Anyways, Oliver was really looking forward to watching Ratatouille when he walked on the bus. Apparently, Ratatouille had been sent to another bus during the lunch break, so Oliver's bus had to re-watch Finding Nemo.

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When they arrived at camp, Oliver had to get the bottom bunk. He really wanted a top bunk. The teacher walked in and told Oliver about his punishment. When the rest of the class was by the river panning for gold, Oliver was stuck in the cabin with a couple other boys reading about how to pan for gold.

During dinner, all the kids were bragging about who got the most gold. Oliver got no gold, or flakes for that matter. After dinner was free time – Oliver was playing soccer with a bunch of other kids. He had accidentally kicked the ball into a fast-flowing river. A bill was sent home to his parents for "polluting the river" and paying for the soccer ball.

That night, Oliver had the worst nightmare of all: He dreamt that the bill sent home to his parents was $200, and he had to pay it off by panning gold for the rest of his life. He woke up breathing really heavily.

The rest of his time in the Sierras was not very pleasurable; he had kicked another ball into the river, and was banned from playing soccer. A goose bit him, got the cherry salad instead of the chicken salad, only found one gold flake (which was actually found by the teacher), and had the same repeated nightmare again, except it included a goose.

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It was finally time to go home. Oliver never had the chance to watch Ratatouille, but he felt a great weight lift off of his shoulders when the bus crossed the Malibu County Line, although the weight was probably just his imagination. He was really looking forward to meeting Lily again.

When the bus stopped, the first thing he saw when he walked down the steps was Lily.

"Lily!" Oliver yelled and ran over to hug her.

"Oliver!" Lily said. "It was only 2 days!"

"I know…it just felt like more. The camping trip was horrible without you."

"Just like second grade?" Lily asked. Then she smirked, "I bet you just want another kiss."

"No…well, yes. But I did have a bad time at camp." Oliver said.

"You can tell me about it after I give you a little kiss." Lily said, and planted a kiss on Oliver's lips.

The other kids saw and started singing: Oliver and Lily sitting in a tree….K-I-S-S-I-N-G!

The teachers had to come to calm everything down, but Oliver and Lily never forgot this kiss.

Yay! Another chapter done! I'm almost done writing the story, but I won't post is up until you review! Just push that little blue button on the bottom left.