A little bemused, he gave her a lopsided smile. "Thanks?" he laughed a little, self-deprecatingly. "I'm sure I sound like some out-of-date novel, or something. Or some old man, reminiscing about yesteryear. Isn't that a joke, now? 'In my day, we walked 5 miles to school, uphill, both ways. In the snow. With no shoes.'"

He might have some problems with being apart from her as well; one of the really nice things about this age, was telephones - cell phones, to be precise. He wouldn't even have to call her, he could just text her, whenever he wanted, so she'd have something waiting when she had the chance to check.