Crash

So, today I just got into my first traffic accident.

I was driving down Maple from school, and the guy in front of me was turning into the nun's house down the street. Unfortunately, I was having contact problems and didn't see until it was too late. I slammed on the breaks, but hit him anyway. His car has damage to the spare tire on the back and the bumper. My car's front is all smashed up. I'm totally at fault because I rear ended him.

Luckily, when the Lisle police came, it was Officer Smith, who subs at Benet, so it was alright. I didn't have my license (of all the days...), but since he knew me, he just looked it up. Thank God. And the guy I hit's sister graduated from Benet last year (I knew her from cross country, small world, well, maybe not because he's a Benetian too...). Regardless, they didn't press charges.

We dropped the car off at the repair place. This is gonna be bad.

My parents are being really calm about this. They've established that I will be responsible for paying for damage (basically the insurance deductable for both cars) and the increase in insurance premiums.

I wasn't expecting calm from my parents. I'm not sure if they intend to be rational about this or if this is just the calm before the storm. Here's hoping it's not the latter.