The sharp buzzing of her phone against the nightstand pulled Lucy out of her deep sleep. The buzzing stopped for three seconds, then started again, more insistent this time.
She reached out blindly, her hand fumbling across the surface of the stand until her fingers brushed her phone. She groaned, reaching out from under the heavy duvet to silence the alarm, but the screen didn't show the time. It showed Adrian’s name.
She sat up abruptly, her head spinning slightly from the drinks and the late night. She cleared her throat, trying to sound like she had been awake for hours.
"Hello?"
"Where the hell were you last night?" Adrian’s voice boomed through the speaker. Lucy pulled the phone an inch away from her ear. "I had people looking for you, Lucy. You weren't at the library, and you we
