Ocean Pearl by J.C. Burke

Author:J.C. Burke [JC Burke]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781864711820
Publisher: Random House Australia

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There is nothing more embarrassing than waving at someone you think is waving to you, then realising they're actually waving to the person behind you.

But I was certain that the tall guy in the sunnies and baseball cap was waving at us, like we were his besties.

'Georgie?' Georgie was preoccupied with trying to make the chocolate wrapper look like it had more in it. 'Georgie, that's not Jules, is it?'

Georgie's head shot up. 'Jules? Where?'

'It is him.' Jules was walking towards us.

'Hey.'

'Hey,' we said back.

'What are you doing out of prison?'

'Chocolate fix,' answered Georgie, running her arm across her mouth. 'You know how it is.'

'Sounds like some weird stuff 's been going on.'

'Did you talk to Ace?'

'For a second, last night. She said the girl from Tasmania had been booted out and she was coming up. Then she texted me today to say she'd arrived.' I had not borrowed Harry Potter's invisibility cloak but Jules was having a conversation with one person. 'So, when are we going surfing again? Come on, Georgie, I'm dying.'

'I don't know when I'll be able to. They're turning up the pressure.'

'Hey!' Finally Jules spotted me. 'Ace's Kelly Slater cap! How come she lets you wear it?'

I pointed to Jules's cap. 'My dad used to go for the Gold Coast Cougars.'

'Yeah?'

'He goes for the Atlanta Braves now.'

Jules laughed. His teeth were so white they had to glow in the dark. 'That's a different league.'

'I think he likes that they're called the Braves,' I answered. 'Who do you go for?'

'Toronto Blue Jays, my home-town team. Georgie, your buddy knows her baseball.'

For once, Georgie didn't have a comeback line.

'I'll let you girls get back to the fortress. I'll text you, Georgie. Okay?'

But Georgie was almost across the road. I was zigzagging around the cars to keep up with her.

'Have you got credit?' he called out to her.

She gave him the thumbs up.

'Good.' Jules was pretty much yelling now. 'So text back this time.'

'Georgie? Georgie?' It was three of my steps to every one of hers. 'Has Jules been texting you?'

'Twice. Okay? They both said the same thing! "Let's go surfing dude." It's not like he's trying to crack on.'

'I know that!'

'He's with Ace, remember.' Georgie was out of breath. She was puffing as she spoke. 'So how come you know so much about baseball?'

'I don't.'

'You sounded like you did.'

'Why don't you want to go surfing with Jules again?'

'I didn't say I didn't want to.'

'I could tell.' Now I was almost jogging. 'I'm not a total idiot.'

'I didn't say you were!'

'Is your period due, Georgie?'

'No!'

'Just checking.'

Did Georgie like Jules? It was possible. But surely she didn't think Jules liked her? No way.

Georgie had never hooked up – well, once, but that didn't count, it was just some loser who grabbed her for five seconds at a party – and I still didn't have my periods. Our joke had always been that Georgie would end up as one of those creeps in late-night chat rooms and I'd never be able to have children.

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