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guys,” she teased. “Absolutely no healthy nutrients.” Voice! Voice! Ethan told himself. Find your voice and say something before it’s too late. Before she leaves and you lose your chance!

    “I guess we‟re lucky we weren‟t driving cars,” she said. “Otherwise we‟d have to exchange phone numbers.”

    There’s your opening line! Tell her you still want her phone number. Unless that was her way of trying to get your number! Open your mouth. OPEN YOUR MOUTH!!!

    “Are you okay?” the girl asked, her voice filled with concern. She stepped away from her cart and walked over to Ethan, putting a hand on his arm. “You‟re not saying anything. I didn‟t slam into you that hard, did I?”

    Ethan shook his head, trying not to stare at the hand on his arm.

    She was touching him. SHE WAS TOUCHING HIM!!!

    Okay, it was time to take control. Otherwise she was going to think he was a freak, and girls as pretty as this one did not date freaks!

    “I‟m fine,” Ethan said, finally finding his voice, although it sounded nervous. Ack!
    He took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. “Just fine.” She sighed in relief. “That‟s good.” She started to walk back to her shopping cart.

    “But…” Ethan called out.

    She turned around. “But?”

    “I would like your phone number.”

    “Oh, you would, would you?” she asked. “How come?”

    “In case I develop a case of whiplash and need to go to the doctor.” The girl walked back to him and folded her arms over her chest. “Whiplash, huh?” Ethan nodded. “I‟d need to tell the doctor where to send his bill.”

    “I don‟t know,” she said. “Usually I don‟t give my phone number to the enemy.” Enemy? Ethan was confused. What was she talking about?

    As if reading Ethan‟s mind, the girl pointed to his T-shirt. “You go to South Ridge High.”

    Ethan stared at the lettering on his shirt. “That‟s a problem?”

    “It is if you go to North Ridge High.”

    Ethan blinked in disbelief. “You go to North Ridge High? We‟re from the same town?”

    “Uh-huh.”

    “I can‟t believe it. Talk about a coincidence!”

    Or maybe it was fate. Maybe he was meant to meet this girl today!

    “How long have you lived in North Ridge?” he asked.

    “All my life.”

    “Me, too! Where‟s your favorite place to hang out?”

    “My two best friends are shopaholics, so we‟re at the mall at least three or four times a week. Afterward, we‟ll usually go to the Burger Hut. And we also like to go to Icing on the Cake.”

    Ethan couldn‟t believe it. “I‟m always at the Burger Hut and Icing on the Cake. It‟s funny that we‟ve never run into each other before today.” The girl shrugged. “I guess today is our lucky day.”

    Is it ever! Ethan thought.

    “So, are you going to give me your phone number?” he asked.

    “Only if you tell me your name.”

    D‟oh! He hadn‟t even introduced himself. She must think he was an idiot!

    “I‟m Ethan,” he said with an embarrassed grin.

    “Hi, Ethan,” she said with a smile. “I‟m Danielle.” She pulled out her cell phone. “If you give me your number, I‟ll call you.”

    Ethan did and Danielle dialed his number. When the phone rang, he let it go to voice mail. Then he pulled out his phone and saw that Danielle‟s number was on his Missed Calls screen.

    “Got it!” he happily announced.

    “So, Ethan, are you into the whole North Ridge High versus South Ridge High rivalry?” she asked.

    “Sometimes I‟ll go to the games, but I‟m not really a jock. You?”

    “My older sister used to be a cheerleader, so we went to all the games. Family duty.
    But since she graduated, I haven‟t gone as much.”

    “You know what drives me crazy? Football games! They say there‟s five minutes left to a game, and that five minutes stretches out to twenty!”

    “I know!”

    “Are you spending the week down here?” Ethan asked, wondering if it was too soon to ask her if