*** This is a short story. *** You're holding it in your hand. The little green nugget. Your best friend. This is the only stable relationship in your life, and it's ending. You're going to miss it. You and your friend've been together for ten years. No one else has stuck around that long. They've all come along and lit up your world for a fleeting minute, then they've all gone away again, in the end, but this thing in your hands, this little green nugget, it always comes back.