How to Live Without You

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Parts 4
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Reads 21
Votes 2
Parts 4
Time 27m

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Eighteen-year-old Vanessa Brown never had to imagine life without best friend and partner in crime Nick Devanshi...until she had no other choice. A lifetime of friendship, and plans to go to college together, all gone in the blink of an eye, forcing her to take a step back to re-evaluate her own life, figure out how to fill the Nick-shaped void left behind, and make decisions about her own future. The only problem? She's not sure she wants to know what a future without Nick looks like.

But when a list of adventures created by her and Nick surfaces in her bedroom, she finds herself out of her very safe bubble, and joining Nick's favorite indie band on their cross-country tour, crossing off more adventures with each show they play. Suddenly, with the new friends she's made and the memories made along the way, the future doesn't look too scary...until the number of adventures begins to dwindle, and the adventure of a lifetime turns sour. 

Thrust back into the world alone, Vanessa must decide if the strength she found and the pieces she discovered about herself during her weeks with the band will fit in the life she has to return to, and if they don't, whether they'll survive in a world she's only beginning to learn about. She knows the person she wants to become, but does she have the courage to see it through?All Rights Reserved

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