Relationships kind of stabilise with age.Mellow up and strengthen in such a way that everybody knows where they stand.Love turns to friendship...friendship turns to love...and everything is built to last.Not just for a day or a couple of days...but for an eternity.

She saw him online after a long time....They chatted and laughed in mirth for quite some time.Her dormant affection for him was kindled...in fact she even lent a sympathetic ear when he lamented on his unsuccesful love affair.

She asked him....

"Do you still remember me when it rains?"

No reply from his side for 5 seconds.And so that appearances are not lost...she says

"The guy in Grey's anatomy is too good"

He says "Which guy" And she says goes on to relate about McDreamy.

Then she asks again..."So you didnt answer me.Do you?"

"Do you what?"

"Do you still remember me when it rains....?"

...She looks away from her screen and in a second...listening to the raindrops pattering outside her window...she remembers the day she waited outside the stadium for him. Her hair was wet and she was worried.The one day they get to spend alone with each other, she had to look like a wet hen.Well anyway there was his car just around the corner. She got in...shyly looked at him and smiled...he smiled too...the few seconds that he looked at her that is. He was the cold distant type...the type that attracted her the most.They bought some chips and coke. This whole day was theirs to spend. Theirs to remember for the rest of their lives.

Time moved on very fast,it seemed,that day. Talking talking talking...reading books that they had a mutual liking for..seeing his old photo albums...such a sweet day it was....and at 4,it started drizzling. They took it as a sign. They shared a deep love for rain,you see.She remembered him say "The rain reminds me of you.Reminds me of those nights that we were together on the phone....for hours on end.I think thats how its going to be forever.Everytime i hear the sound of rain i will remember you."

She knew exactly how he felt.She remembered the sound of rain..the smell of it...the sheer magic of it.So many nights spent on the phone lowering her voice to a whisper lest her mother caught her....listening together to the sound of rain outside their windows...weaving those fantasies that they would never forget....Their perfect dream home.Their attraction for each other and their fiery already adulterous romance.They had so much to talk about those days.

The day ended just as it should. With soft and sweet finality.That was the first and last time they were ever alone together.There was rain in the beginning and rain in the end. In fact if they had to choose a theme for their relationship it would most definitely be rain!!

The years had their effect on them.Drew them apart physically and mentally too.But their friendship was never affected at any point of time. They would always be in touch.

And so she zapped back to her laptop screen. She saw his single worded reply to her question if he still remembered her when it rained.

He simply said "No."

Well...she didnt have the right to be disappointed you know. She had to expect it. They were so far apart now.

Except she still remembered him when it rained you see.

And he went on to justify his statement."You know I dont associate anyone with rain.I have always been in love with rain and i enjoy it that way."

Hmm ...she thought. Well thats what years and years of staying apart and mutiple relationships do to people.They change. No blaming anybody for that. Just accept it and move on.It is a sad life when nothing pure and true will ever last for long.Cant be helped.

He took quite a long pause and went on... And she knew he had a smile on his naughty face when he said this.

"So.Rather than me thinking of you when i see the rain, I remember the rain when i think of you."

They laughed together then. Nobody forgets love and rain. And everything was right with the world again.