Vanessa slammed down a new stack of books onto the table loud enough that Fish jumped, jolting back awake from where he'd been starting to doze, chin resting on his hand as he repeatedly read the same paragraph for the fourth time.
"I'm awake!" He yelped, nearly falling sideways off his chair in his mad scramble to sit up straight.
"Sorry." Vanessa grimaced, cheeks red as she looked around the library to see if anyone else had been startled by the sudden noise and then carefully...