“Here Without You” – 3 Doors Down ”More Than Life” – Whitley Courtney woke up with the pit already present in her stomach. She had become quite adept at avoiding thoughts about leaving and just kept burying them. When she had left that summer, she and Ethan had known exactly when they would see each other again, and it had been less than two months away. This time, the goodbye would be different. She started to pack up her things silently. You have to get it together, she resolved, looking at herself in the bathroom mirror. This is going to be fine. You will make New Year"s work, and then it"s only five months to graduation. This is possible. She took deep breaths and kept up that inner dialogue until her mom interrupted her thoughts. You have to get it together,This is going to be fine

