Coffee.
Lucy needs coffee, because last night was one of Those Nights, and it was a particularly Bad One, at that, and she'd been up til 4. And Edmund's still sleeping, but Lucy needs to be up, because she'd promised someone--who? Oh, hell, she'll figure it out later--that she'd meet them for lunch, and she has French verbs to go over before she can do that, and--
Coffee.
Lucy needs coffee, and that is why she's cursing under her breath, words that most of her family would rather pretend she doesn't know, as she attempts to find some amidst the tea.
Lucy needs coffee, because last night was one of Those Nights, and it was a particularly Bad One, at that, and she'd been up til 4. And Edmund's still sleeping, but Lucy needs to be up, because she'd promised someone--who? Oh, hell, she'll figure it out later--that she'd meet them for lunch, and she has French verbs to go over before she can do that, and--
Coffee.
Lucy needs coffee, and that is why she's cursing under her breath, words that most of her family would rather pretend she doesn't know, as she attempts to find some amidst the tea.