(smiling): “I studied from this last night. And you know what? The library has two more copies in the reserve section. They open at 7 AM. I’ll go there tomorrow morning and skim the last two chapters before the exam. We’re a team, remember?”

Here’s a short, realistic story based on that query: The Night Before the Exam

Silence. Riya closes her notebook and turns to face Meera.

(stands up, walks to her own cupboard, and pulls out a well-worn, annotated copy of the same book): “Here. Take mine. Just don’t spill coffee on it like last time.”