With the book laid flat on the table, Samirah placed her palms on the ears. This way she could only hear herself whispering the content of the book and nothing else. But that did not work after the limit of fifteen minutes were up.
"Alice," she whispered.
Alice looked up from her own book with a dazy look in her eyes. The look was so funny. It reminded Samirah of a baby who just woke up from an afternoon nap. Don't ask how she knew about that.
"Are you trying to hypnotize yourself?" Samirah asked in a low voice, afraid of being called out for talking loudly.
Alice smiled, "I am in the process of loosing my soul. What's up?"
"It's boring," Samirah squinted her eyes at her surroundings to emphasize her point, "Isn't it too quiet?"
Alice nodded, "You want to go back home to study?
