Michaela The din of hundreds of students all talking at once is almost enough to make me scream. Thalia gets up and waves to me from a table in the corner. I head over to her, grateful that I don"t have to spend too long looking for her. "Why is it so loud in here?" I moan as I dump my bag on the table. "I thought this was supposed to be a library?" "It is." "Then why is there so much noise?" She frowns. "Why wouldn"t there be? We"re not on one of the quiet floors." "There are quiet floors?" I echo. Thalia lets out a light laugh. "You haven"t been here before, have you?" "I haven"t had time," I admit sheepishly. "How have you been doing all of your reading for classes without this place?" "Mostly ebooks," I respond, taking a seat and pulling out my laptop. I press the on button

