Hearing his voice, Heather let her hands fall away from her face. Her heart was still pounding in her chest, threatening to bust out of her ribcage, but she was doing her best to ignore it. She'd been panicking the whole time, and it would take a few moments for her to settle down again. At least physically.
"Uh, yeah. Yeah, I'm okay," she lied, wiping new wetness from under her eyes. "What about you?"