*closes her eyes against the smile in your voice, her heart leaping a little in her chest the way it always does the first second she hears or sees you*
*cuts in before you can get your hopes up along those lines (and you probably know her well enough by now to hear the tremor in her voice, though she's trying hard to put on a brave face)* I can't. I just wanted to tell you I'm leaving town for a while. I'm going to Gondolin with my mom. *picks up a soft throw pillow and hugs it to her chest, faltering* I'm...not sure when I'll be back.