If there was one word Lucy was to use to describe the atmosphere of the room it would probably be "awkward". As she listened to the other girl's stammering explanations, she continued to watch the rest of the people in the bar. She noticed the boy turning away awkwardly, shielding himself from the girl drinking coffee. She was intrigued by this, but kept finding her eyes wander to the two girls talking at the other end of the bar. She couldn't hear what they were talking about, but she could see they were both equally shaky and nervous. [i]This really is like the first day at a new school,[/i] she thought with a smile.

[b]"I''m not looking to meet anyone here."[/b]

Lucy glanced over at the other girl when she stopped talking, curious again. "Yes I can see you're not looking for anyone [i]here[/i]. But I daresay you are still looking. Perhaps you've already got someone in mind," she said, raising an eyebrow at the other girl. She then shrugged and finished her shake. "It's not my place to pry. Anyway, I doubt your social skills will much improve here. Most of the other guests seem just as nervous as you are, sweetheart. Not very good practice. Then again, I doubt it'll make you any worse."

Then, having finally caught the other girl's name, she smiled. "It's nice to meet you, Nikki," she said, in kinder tones. Then she stiffened slightly, almost too slight to be noticed. "My story? Well there really isn't much too it. Rather then spend my eighteenth birthday alone on some park bench, I decided to come here. Even if I didn't talk to anyone, at least I wasn't alone." Technically true, but there was of course more to it than that.

This again, plunged her into memories of the night, along with a list of things she still had to do. First and foremost, she had to find a place to stay. She couldn't very well go home. And she couldn't stay with her ex? girlfriend. Which reminded her that she needed to sort that mess out, and the mess with her parents. Ans she still had to go get her phone and her things from her parent's house. 

By this time her mind was positively spinning, giving her a very large headache. She sighed, turning to order another shake.