"I want you to be more confident in yourself," he said to me as he held me close. I didn't expect him to say that in the almost 2 years we've been together. My eyes watered, but I had already promised him that I wouldn't cry when he left. I smiled to hold back my tears. He wanted me to be more confident in myself...How? He gave me one last kiss before I got back in his car. I waved out the window, watching him go further and further from me as his dad drove back to take me home. Within two days, my beloved would be in basic training for the air force reserves. I wondered what I'd do with myself, but at the same time, I was drowning it out with Luka's Just be Friends song...

I will have more confidence in myself! It can't be too hard, right?