“Long Day” – Matchbox Twenty Eventually they made their way home, and Courtney ran out of things with which she could distract herself. Her homework was done, she had made the cheer list for the following night"s football game, and she was caught up on all of her reading. She did enjoy catching glimpses of her new self in all of the reflective surfaces in her house while she flitted around, trying to stay busy. She paced past the door to her room several times without going in, knowing that once she did, she was going to be faced with the decision of what to do with all of the “Ethan things” that had become a part of her world. She twirled the ring on her thumb. It was never off of her hand. It had just become a constant accessory, and she wrestled with what to do with it. Impulsively, s

