CONSTANTS

Its half past midnight , and there he is browsing through old photographs reminiscing  in the glory of the has beens . One photograph stood out , it was with her . Yes , Rachael the one who stole his heart , he stares at that photograph for a while then searches for something in the bookshelf. He shuffles around a couple of books and slides his hand behind them , and takes out a pack , its a pack of cigarettes . He was a slave of the forbidden habit , long before Rachael came along . He lit up a cigg and called up Elena , his constant , his best friend , Elena doesn't pick up , he thinks she might have slept hence he didn't call again and threw his phone across the bed in a fit of disappointment .He resumes surfing through the photographs , after a while the phone buzzes , he was on his fourth cigg by now , he lazily reaches his phone and sees Elena's name . He puts off the cigg and pick up her call , starts storming her with questions of her whereabouts , Elena calmly explains that she was watching some TV show and her phone was on charging . He calms down after listening to her explanation and then starts discussing about the football match tomorrow , Elena realizes that he was not telling her the reason of the call , so she directly asked what happened , he took a long pause and starts pouring his heart out about the break up , Rachael had dumped him yesterday . Elena calmly listens and tells him its not the end of the world . The conversation went on for four hours, at dawn they decided to pause it . 

And today eleven years later , he still calls her when the world's a bit darker and she still answers with the same calmness . She was his constant and he was hers .