#Chapter 79: Responsibility Over Friendship

Lucas POV

Victoria was awake.

Endless amounts of relief flooded through me, and I let myself finally release a breath I didn't even know I was holding.

Victoria's awakening brought a mixture of emotions to all of us, and we couldn't stop ourselves from rushing over to where she was.

Inside one of the ambulances, Victoria lay on a gurney. The blood that had dried on her face had been cleaned off, and there was an oxygen mask around her mouth.

Her eyes blinked slowly as she took in her surroundings.

"Victoria! Oh, my baby!" Victoria's mother shouted, fighting her way into the ambulance to sit next to her daughter.

Victoria took the mask off her face, and her eyes went from her mother to the rest of us.

An equal share of relief passed over her features.

"You're all okay," she said quietly.

"The question is, are you okay, Vic?" James asked, shoving his hands in his pockets. "You took quite the big hit to your head."

Victoria gave him a wry smile and sarcastically mumbled, "Thank you, Jame