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I saw the black Mustang convertible. I started to shake my head knowing there was no way it was the same car when a knocking on my driver-side window made me jump.
    I turned my head and narrowed my gaze on Connor Richmond, who was standing next to my car with a grief-stricken look on his face.
    I opened my door so fast that he had to jump back to avoid getting wacked, which I thought just might make us half even, since in the span of two days he’d hit both me and my car.
    “You’ve got to be kidding me,” I said, al flirting and positive thoughts of him gone as I glared at him before stalking to the back of my car to inspect the damage. When I saw that the rear end was smashed, I reeled on him. He was standing inches from me. “Are you seriously trying to kil me?!”
    Around us students were gathering to watch our exchange – any excuse to see some drama unfold. I ignored them and fixed my gaze on Connor. I felt Nicky come up behind me, her presence serving as back-up in case things got heated.
    Connor threw his hands up in surrender. “I swear this was totaly not intentional. I dropped my phone on the floor. I didn’t see you slow down. I’m realy sorry.” He sounded genuinely remorseful. “Shit, Abby. I have insurance. I can pay for the damage.”
    He ran back to his car and puled a napkin from his glove box. I watched him scrawl something on it, leaning on the hood of his car. His dark hair fel around his face as he bent over. When he came back over to me, he handed me the napkin.
    “Here’s my phone number, my insurance information and the phone number for my insurance company. They’l take care of everything.”
    I took the napkin from him, our fingers grazing slightly. I narrowed my gaze on him. “Connor, you are a realy bad driver.”
    “I’m realy sorry,” he said, not acknowledging my accusation, and I thought about counting how many times he’d said he was sorry to me since Saturday morning.
    “Just stay away from me,” I said, shaking my head, as I looked at the crunched back end of my previously pristine car.
    For as cool as we’d been the night before when we’d possibly been flirting, I was definitely not cool with Connor Richmond anymore. I planned to stay as far away from him as I could for fear of things happening in threes.
    “I’m sorry, Abby,” Connor said again, as Nicky and I headed back to my car. I puled al the way into the empty parking spot. Behind me I heard Connor start his car and watched in my rearview mirror as he drove slowly behind me to another empty space a few rows down.
    “Jerk,” I muttered, as pushed the remote to lock my car a little too hard, shaking my head at the damage. My dad was going to be pissed.
    “How do you know Connor Richmond?” Nicky asked then.
    “He’s my neighbor,” I said, “and he hit me with his car on Saturday.”
    Nicky stopped walking and grabbed my shoulder, turning me around so we were facing each other. “Excuse me?”
    I relayed the story to her as we walked into school, ensuring her it wasn’t as bad as it initialy seemed. For some reason I omitted the part about him stopping by to apologize, and I wasn’t realy sure why. Maybe I didn’t want to admit that I’d been flirting with him. It was sort of embarrassing now.
    “Asshole,” Nicky said, as we tried to find our lockers. They were a few feet from each other in the senior wing. “I mean, I thought he was an idiot before, but now he’s gone to a completely new level.”
    I started to spin the combination lock but stopped and turned to face her. “What do you mean you thought he was an idiot? Do you know him?”
    Nicky had opened her locker and was attaching the adhesive mirror she’d bought. As soon as she had it up, she started running her fingers through her long hair, combing it over her shoulders.
    “I’ve seen him at some parties. I thought he was cute at first, but then I found out he was dating Alexis Blaine, and I lost a little bit of respect for