Hey, I almost had it.

[ No, no he really didn't, but okay. It'll be better next time, probably. (It won't.)

A person with the sense to be self-conscious about anything would drop it, but John just flaps his hands a little bit in a motion of stop being silly and get over here. ]

I don't know about you, but usually when I am bummed out about friends disappearing, I like to hug other people who are bummed out.