"See you soon"

The day, I had been fearing for so long, actually arrived: Sanna's departure day. We knew that she was leaving all along, except for a few weeks when there was a possibility that she might stay, but that didn't make it any less hard. To top it all of, Emma had gotten her flight booked right before Sanna's, so we suddenly had another person to say goodbye to.

It quickly got very emotional

I hate goodbyes, they are without a doubt the most horrible thing about being an exchange student. That is why we today, when we were all hugging for the last time in a while, didn't say "goodbye", but instead said "see you soon". Because I definitely will meet Emma and Sanna again, like I will meet all my friends, who are still here, again, I know I will. Sanna and I already have planned that she'll possible come to Denmark in the summer, and I'll visit her in the vinter (and die in the Finnish winter, ehehe).
But even though I know I'll see them again, it was still so god damn hard in the airport, simply because I'm used to seeing these people every single day, Sanna especially, and it'll be so weird without having them around. We have been on this journey together, experienced Scotland together, and now I have to go on experiencing without them.

It has been so hard for me to understand that they were actually leaving, and I thought I would understand in the airport, but I didn't really, and that's why I didn't tear up before I was in the car on the way home.
I still don't really understand it, and I think it'll be much harder when I actually do. But when it hits me, I'll just have to keep reminding myself, that it was only a "see you soon", and that we'll have many future memories together!

The last group picture before they had to go