Shatterproof

  “Good to know,” she says. “Because my grandparents live on the Island, and I’ll be coming over to visit them at Thanksgiving.”

  Whoa! “So can we get together?”

  “Maybe.”

  “Just maybe?”

  “Just maybe,” she says. “Don’t push it.”

  “Okay,” I say. “Just maybe. I’ll take that.”

  I join the crowd and board the ferry.

  I find a seat near the walk-off exit. I’ll need to run when we dock to make my bus.

  The ship’s whistle sounds, and the ferry sails.

  I stare out the window into the rainy darkness.

  It feels like forever since I came over this morning. All I wanted was to get away and have some fun. Who knew I’d do something stupid and just want to go home?

  Who knew I’d stop being friends with Lug?

  Who knew I’d meet a girl like Spring?

  Acknowledgments

  With thanks to my family and everyone at Orca.

  Jocelyn Shipley’s YA books include How to Tend a Grave, Getting a Life and Seraphina’s Circle, and she is co-editor of Cleavage: Breakaway Fiction for Real Girls. Shatterproof is Jocelyn’s first book with Orca Book Publishers. Jocelyn divides her time between Toronto, Ontario and Vancouver Island. For more information, visit www.jocelynshipley.com.