Be respectful! He scolded himself inside his head, trying to focus his eyes on the book at hand. But how could he not purloin glances at them when they were changing just feet away from him? Be respectful! he thought again to himself.

But he was drawn to peek regardless. Suddenly, they turned around and he quickly flicked his eyes down and stared at the opened pages of his book, heart rapidly beating. But. The book was upside down.