Chapter Seventeen: Dublin:

We’re going to go back west for a little bit. We almost forgot somebody near the UK. I don’t think she would forgive me if I did. But we are checking in on Victoria with her break. Let’s see how she was last night.

Victoria sat in the living room, waiting. She looked at her phone. Old friends invited her out to a party tonight. Her family didn’t approve but they knew that she was old enough to decide for herself. Her mother kept giving her a judgmental look.

“What?” Victoria asked.

“Nothing,” her mother said. “Nothing at all.” The girl didn’t like her tone. She frowned she looked at her. Victoria sighed. Her mom wasn’t going to say what she was thinking. The girl rolled her eyes as she tried to push her mother’s reactions out of her head. This night wasn’t about her. Victoria was going to go and see her friends tonight.

Suddenly, her phone rang.

“Hello?” the Irish girl asked.

“Viki!” another girl’s voice said. Victoria sat up on the couch.

“Rebecca!” she said. “How have you been?”

“Great,” she said. “And you?” Victoria broke into a huge smile.

“I’m good. Where are you now?” she replied. Rebecca giggled over the other line.

“Look out your window,” she said. The Irish girl had a confused look on her face.

“My window?” she asked. Victoria got up and walked over to the window. Her jaw dropped when she drew back her curtain. A 2025 Silver Stream was waiting outside. Victoria covered her mouth as she giggled. A girl with red hair hung her head out of the window, waving at her.

“Ready to go?” she asked over the phone.

“Heck yeah!” Victoria shouted. She turned to the living room.

“Mum, dad! I’m leaving now!” she said.

“Okay, have fun!” her dad shouted back.

“Call us when you are on your way home,” her mom said. Victoria smiled to herself and walked out the door with her purse and phone. She ran up to the car.

“Hey!” she said, waving. Rebecca crawled into the car. Victoria opened the door and crawled in. Her friends all greeted her.

“Hi!” they all said.

“I missed you guys,” Victoria said. A man with curly brown hair looked behind him from the wheel.

“Ready to go?” he asked.

“Yeah!” the girls shouted. The man put the car into drive and pulled away to head to the party.