She drove off knowing he was watching and she worried for her. She thought over the last several days and knew she couldn't go back to being just friends. But he complicated her life in ways she didn't understand. She knew he wanted what she had, but she also knew it not to be. She hoped he would grow to understand that, but feared he would not. She stopped a few miles down the road and made a decision.

"Now was not the time to be timid!" She said aloud. 

But was she talking about herself, her lover, or him?