Second floor common room- Friday morning

[imawizard]

Harry wasn't huge on caffeine but he was kind of dragging some by now. It also hasn't occurred to him that there was maybe a spell or something that would take care of this. More than likely the letter he'd sent back to Hermione this week complaining would get a response of "if only you had tried ____" the day after this ended.

For now though he was contemplating a chocolate Pop Tart in the kitchen. Chocolate had caffeine, right? Did chocolate count? Would this help? Would he try either way? (Yes, no, no, yes.)


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[outofthequiver]

Libby had plenty of time in the morning before her first class, and she popped her head through the door of the common room to see if anyone had beaten her to it.

"Oh, hello, Harry!" she greeted brightly as she went ahead and walked in, blissfully unaware of anything the island could potentially be depriving her of at the moment, since caffeine and alcohol were almost strictly forbidden. "Good morning! Were you thinking of making breakfast?"

[imawizard]

"I'm wondering if this is still a source of caffeine," he said, waving the shiny wrapped package, and this was a totally normal thing to say.

[outofthequiver]

Libby tilted her head thoughtfully as she considered it, thinking back on everything she'd researched about caffeine yesterday, and then gave Harry an apologetic smile. "Probably not," she concluded. "You're probably better off just having a regular chocolate bar, really..."

But her expression went sympathetic, remembering the near epidemic of headachy, lethargic people who filled her clinic shift yesterday. "Are you dealing with that whole caffeine withdrawal thing, too?"

[imawizard]

"I don't think it's withdrawal," he mused, setting the Pop Tart back on the counter. "But the fact that I can't have it is stupid."

[outofthequiver]

Libby could only shrug a little. "I've never been able to have it," she admitted, "not really, anyway, so I guess I don't even know what I'm missing..."

By now, she made it to the fridge, though, opening it up to take stock of what could be useful inside. "A good hearty breakfast," she said, already reaching for some eggs, "is probably a better start to the day, anyway."

[imawizard]

"Is a Pop Tart not hearty?" Harry joked. And no, Harry, it wasn't. "Why couldn't you have it?"

[outofthequiver]

And Libby had to give Harry the same sort of withering, indulgent look that seemed to show just how good she was being by not rolling her eyes at a smart mouth comment like that that she would have given her brothers, since apparently there were some things that were just universal.

"I wasn't allowed to have Pop Tarts, either," she added, just as smart, especially since no one here seemed to care if she gave back out what was dished out to her, "so I wouldn't know, but something tells me no."

Besides, that response gave her the chance to cover up that little blip of hesitation before explaining, as she grabbed some milk and went looking for flour.

"And intoxicating or stimulating substances are against our beliefs," she explained, significantly more subdued. "Especially when they could be addicting. That just opens the door wide open to all sorts of temptation."

[furrybluefreak]

Friday was PE class, and if the precious weeks were any indication, it would be very active and engaging again today. (Spoiler alert, it wasn't!) So Kurt made a quick stop by the common room on the way to the kitchen to grab something fast and easy to enjoy. Something with sugar preferably since it seemed that the coffee was having no effect on him the last few days.

If it wasn't for the state of his fellow students and the teachers, he would have thought it was something to do with his powers or metabolism going into overdrive for some reason. But as it was he was mostly focused on getting something to give him an energy boost head of class.

"What in here has the highest sugar content..." he muttered half out loud as he looked through the pantry cabinets. ..."sugary cereal or pop-tarts?"

[imawizard]

"No idea," Harry admitted. "Probably better to go with both."

Harry, no.

[furrybluefreak]

"Both?" Kurt asked, hesitating for a moment as he considered and then gave Harry a nod. "Couldn't really hurt could it?" (yes Kurt it totally could hurt!)

Kurt grabbed a packet of pop-tarts and opened it as he started filling a bowl with the cereal and poured on some milk, using his tail of course to do so.

"I really hope whatever is going on is short lived" he admitted between bites. "I'm not a huge coffee drinker but even the soda is caffeine free. That's just wrong!"

[imawizard]

"I didn't actually notice that one," Harry admitted. "How did I not think to even try that?"

It was because he was tired.

[furrybluefreak]

"Well, I have and it's as decaf as the coffee seems to be" Kurt said making a disgruntled face. "I have a hard enough time keeping up with the crazy metabolism and all... not having the caffeine boost is really, really bad."

[imawizard]

"Really? I mostly just get tired and annoyed," Harry admitted.

[furrybluefreak]

"Part of the whole mutant power thing" Kurt said with a slight sigh. "Hyped up metabolism means it takes a lot more to keep me going. Food and energy wise. So not having that extra caffeine pick-me-up is really noticeable."

[outofthequiver]

Meanwhile, on the other side of things...

"If it's sugar you're looking for, Kurt," Libby gently chided, because really, now, "you should just have some fruit. Like an apple or a nice banana..."

[furrybluefreak]

Kurt turned around to face Libby, a somewhat guilty look on his face as he already had part of a pop-tart in his mouth and was pouring some of the double sugar cereal into a bowl when Libby had spoken up.

"Oh.. hi, Libby" he said after swallowing and gave her a shy grin, glancing from the cereal bowl to Libby and innocently asked "Fruit?"

[outofthequiver]

"Yes," Libby confirmed, with a look that let him know he wasn't convincing her with that innocent act. "Fruit. Healthy, easy, much better for you than what's probably in those..."

But he was a teenaged boy and already digging in, so she wasn't expecting she'd win this one, so she just added, "I'm also going to make some eggs and pancakes, if you'd like some."

[furrybluefreak]

"Sure... that sound good" Kurt said a bit awkwardly. "Can I... do you need any help?"

[outofthequiver]

"Sure," said Libby. "You can help by telling me how you like your eggs."

He'd done so much cooking for her so far, she was not going to lose out on this opportunity to make it up to him!

[noonedecidesmyfate]

"The black tea hasn't decided to return, has it?" Belle asked. She didn't sound hopeful. She sounded resigned to her fate.

[imawizard]

"Not yet. But Pop Tarts apparently won't help," Harry informed her.

[noonedecidesmyfate]

Belle sighed. "I do hope this ends soon. Do the Pop-Tarts at least still taste good?"

Look, maybe the food was going to betray them next. There were no guarantees here.

[imawizard]

"So far. Maybe not to anyone who's really feeling this week," Harry said, and frowned. "Has anyone checked on Five?"

[noonedecidesmyfate]

"I haven't seen him," Belle said, frowning as well.

"...I hope he hasn't killed anyone."

It was a very real possibility!

[imawizard]

"Aren't you two really good friends?" Harry asked.