Written On The Stars!! (#The2017 Awards)

Chapter 4 : Thoughts of Sam

As I drove home, with Sam sitting there beside me, I began to think back to how it all started. How two completely different people would become friends? It was complete mystery. How would someone like Sam want to be friend with someone like me?

I never really had a best friend before her, she was just different. She wasn't the typical girl you meet. When she first came into my life,I actually thought she was a regular girl, that would be like Lara and Sophie.but I know that they won't make her part of their group as she don't have money and status like them.

I looked over to her staring out the window. My mind travelled back a few minutes ago when I was waiting for her when she went upstairs to get her stuff, I stared at her pictures that covered the wall of Khanna household and it was then I realized that she was becoming an interesting person that I knew and her friendship with me was a true treasure. I must have been lucky to have her as my friend.

Honestly I didn't do well in anything in college and I was in trouble more than I could even count, but Sam was always there for me to rub off on me over the time. Most people thought I'm clueless, but I' m far from it..Just because I don't like reading books, preparing for tests; it doesn't mean I'm not intelligent. Sam knows that.

I pulled the brakes of my car as we reached to my house. Sam sighed. I know something was bothering her apart from what happened today.

The urge to comfort her was huge. The strange thing was that I felt strange around her lately. I don't know why. Strange restlessness feeling my mind. May be our paths are close to branching out and will going in different direction soon.May be that was bugging me. I knew Sam was destined for greatness. She can do anything she wants to do. I believe on her.

We had our lives apart from each other..I partied a lot. Most of the weekends we didn't see each other. She would spend time with Radhika and Nandini and on other hand I would be looking out for girls to screw and drink until I wasted.

As we moved towards garage, I saw her walking in. She is so at home there. Curling up on her couch she picked one of the books scattered over rack and I watched her drift into her imaginary world that she called safe place..Away from the things which hurts her.She had made a small library at my garage.

I pulled up some tools to redo her scooty I took it on that path which it couldn't handle.I saw tears in her eyes seeing condition of her scooty that time. I felt bad at that time for hurting her.

For what I felt like forever, we said nothing. I turned on radio. At times I heard her singing the song which always brought smile on my face. She would stop if she notices me listening. She was still shy girl.

I put down my tools and walked towards her. I said nothing to her but just watched her. Her small frame curled up on one of the arms of the couch, few strands of her hair falling across her face as her eyes darted across the pages of book she was reading. She was absolutely beautiful.

Did I just think that? I looked at her again and I realized thought was correct. Sam always said she is ordinary and guys like Tony going on and on that how sexy she was. And in that moment I realized something...that my best friend is stunning. Even with her jeans, t-shirt and glasses..she was the most beautiful ever.

However..what the hell I'm thinking..She was Sam..my best friend to with whom I could watch action movies and could laugh hard if there wasn't much action in them.

I had been busy these years protecting her from others to see what in front of me. I looked at her lips for a moment, they were darkest shade of pink, natural pink...not having any tinge of cosmetic.... If it would have been any other girl,I would have walked and kissed her hard. I would let my lips melt into hers and eventually ended up having her in my bed. But this was Sam, I couldn't do that to her. I ended up her hurting and that wasn't actually I can do.. you can't think about this kinda things with your best friend Neil.