Forever Geek by Holly Smale

Author:Holly Smale [Holly Smale]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2017-02-01T16:00:00+00:00

ere is the official list of the five biggest cities in the world:

Suffice to say, Byron Bay is not on it.

It’s a seaside town in Eastern Australia with a population of only 4,959 people and a three-kilometre radius, which means my chances of finding Nick are pretty promising: even in the limited eight hours we have here.

And as the bus drives down a pretty avenue lined with green trees and parks and cotton-coloured houses, I can feel my optimism rising.

I mean, he somehow found me in Tokyo: the most populated city on the planet.

Twice.

This can’t be that difficult, can it?

“Okeydokey, darling,” Bunty says as we clamber off the bus. She’s been asleep for the last fourteen hours: napping against the vibrating window on her folded headscarf. “I’ve got a couple of friends living just down that road. Why don’t we have a calming cup of camomile together first?”

I look twitchily around in a circle, fiddling with my planets necklace.

Because it’s just starting to hit me that any minute now I might see Nick again, and I haven’t decided yet exactly what I’m going to say.

Or how I’m even going to track him d—

Oooh.

“Actually,” I say as a tall, tanned, dark-haired boy skateboards down the road and my stomach flips over. “Can I meet you later, if that’s OK? I’ve just had an idea.”

Bunty smiles. “Darling, you are full of those, aren’t you?”

She can say that again. Right now I’m so full of them it feels like my head is going to explode.

“Mmm,” I twitch.

“Text if you need me, darling,” my grandmother says, kissing my cheek. “And remember to follow your heart.”

“It’s my brain I’m following,” I clarify quickly. “My brain.”

“Of course,” Bunty laughs. “Although I’d suggest you take them both with you anyway, just for good measure.”

As soon as my grandmother has gone, I get the Brick out of my satchel. This is going to cost an absolute fortune, but where there’s a will there’s a way.

And there’s definitely a will.

I can feel it pounding in the centre of my chest, making me feel queasy and light-headed. An octopus has three hearts, and from the way mine has started hammering I think mine may have tripled too.

Swallowing, I switch the phone on.

Then I quickly scan through the flurry of text messages suddenly popping up after four whole days of being switched off.

Hey! Did you get my last message? Jx

You OK? Jx

Is something going on? Jx

Harriet, your grandmother says you’re sick. Do you need to come home? Can change flights. Annabel

I’M not worried. I bet you’ve eaten too many jam doughnuts. LIKE FATHER LIKE DAUGHTER AMIRITE? LOL Dad. xxx

Grimacing, I close the messages. I’ll deal with them later.

Then I scroll impatiently through my contacts.

I’m about to thrust myself into the life of somebody who isn’t expecting me. I’m about to try to find someone who hasn’t made their whereabouts known: to be there for somebody, despite not being asked to. And there’s one person in my life who knows how to do that, better than anyone else.

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