Allen was hunched over his notebook, scribbling furiously and muttering under his breath. Pressing his pencil hard into the paper, his doodling became almost frenetic, lines and circles covering the page. He suddenly stopped and shut his eyes, shaking his head like he was trying to shake away an annoying thought.

"Shut up...shut up..." He muttered to himself again. In that moment, he was so engrossed in his own world that he failed to notice you watching him.