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sunbathers and reached the spot where three towels, bags and a myriad of beach paraphernalia were spread out on the sand. She jumped up and down a few times and waved. As though…what? We might actually miss her?
    “She’s a lot perkier than I remember,” I said in dismay.
    Olivia smiled and shook her head. “It’s the cheerleader in her shining through. She’s captain this year.”
    I laughed. “Isn’t a Goth cheerleader an oxymoron?”
    Phoebe smiled sweetly. “You’ll soon find most days you’ll just want to leave it at ‘ moron’ .”
    Olivia gave Phoebe a chiding look but smiled anyway.
    We reached Hailey and I spread out my towel and wriggled out of my shorts and tank top. I was slathering on suntan lotion when I noticed the other three were staring at my knees.
    “I’m sorry, I have to ask,” Olivia warned me. “What happened?”
    I told them about the accident. I had to catch myself before mentioning it was Ben McCaffey that had helped me. As I was talking I sprawled out on the sand next to Phoebe.
    “How long have you been back?” Olivia asked. “Is it true you’re staying for the year?”
    I shrugged even though everyone was lying down, eyes closed, soaking up the sunshine. “I’ve only been back a few weeks. I plan on staying for the whole year.”
    “Why are you living with Remy?” Hailey wanted to know.
    I took a second to mentally slide the pieces of my story together. “Mom got a job offer that requires her to travel a lot. It was an opportunity she didn’t want to pass up. With me only having one year left of school before I’m out of the house anyway, I told her she should take it. So I’m living with Remy.”
    They were satisfied with the information. Nobody cared to ask exactly what kind of job or where she traveled to. Parental careers were not a hot topic for beach conversation.
    “Have you gotten together with anyone else?” Olivia asked.
    “No,” I replied honestly. Surely bumping into Ben didn’t count as getting together with anyone.
    “Henry’s coming over,” Phoebe murmured.
    “Oh!” Olivia exclaimed.  I opened my eyes just in time to see her pop up off her towel. She bounced a few steps to who I assumed was Henry. She confirmed it as she introduced us, sliding her fingers through his and smiling brighter than the afternoon sunshine. He whispered something in her ear and the wattage of her smile increased.
    “We’re going for a walk. I’ll be back later.” She gave us a little finger wiggle wave and off they went.
    Hailey propped herself up on her elbows and watched them go. She let out a sigh. “Mmm, Henry,” she muttered. “He just looks so yummy.”
    Phoebe blocked the sun’s rays with her hand and glared up at Hailey. “Why don’t you peel your eyes off Henry and stick to the candy store you packed in your beach bag?”    
    “You know, that is really why they call you the Ice Princess,” Hailey told her with a happy smile. “You may think it’s because you always nail that triple axel, triple toe loop watchamathingy combo at your competitions. That’s not why. It’s because of your attitude.”
    Phoebe gave her a radiant grin and rubbed her nose with her middle finger.  
    “Right back at ya,” Hailey said brightly.
    I sighed and closed my eyes, wishing that I could just drift off and spend the rest of the afternoon in a state of unconsciousness.

Chapter 4
    There’s really no other way to say it. My car is a guy magnet. Having moved seven times in the past two years alone, while Mom was on her search for someplace that would bring her peace, I’d been the new girl enough times to know. While having a guy magnet kind of car might sound like a lot of fun, it really isn’t.
    No matter how much time I spend taming my curls into a nicely placed cascade down my back, or how cute my new first day of school outfit was, no matter how good of a job my padded push-up bra was doing, I was invisible when I stood next to my car. It was a good