Best Friends...? (Harry Styles fanfic)

Chapter 6: 'Something'

"Hi, I'm Sanam and this is Sharon. I think you already figured out that the maniac running towards us is Sara!", Sanam said with a smirk on her face. Unbelievable. She either likes this 'Komal' or she really wants to get the car fixed and continue with the journey. Whatever she's thinking, she's being nice to Komal. I turned to look at the 'maniac' that was running towards us. Sara was still far away from the car, and seeing she is rather slow, she wasn't coming that fast.

"Right, hi", I said, quickly and turned on my heel. It wasn't that I didn't like her, she seemed nice. But she seems so nosy and really happy. Why would anyone living HERE be so happy. It's not like famous people come visit her just because she lives in the middle of nowhere, where the paparazzi won't find them and annoy them. Whatever though, I looked around again. The dust settled down completely, so I could now see everything. A farmhouse, cornfields, an orchard and that harvester. I was really interested in the harvester, but I don't know why. I think it's the feeling it gives me. Just standing there on its own, hopeless, not being able to do anything anymore - it's just broken down. Just like me. That's what I think of myself as; hopeless and broken. I give up on everything. I'm always certain that I'm unable to do anything. It's called having low self esteem. anyways, Sara was gaining speed. Something was in her hand, but she was still too far away from me, so I couldn't really see. It looked like a small box. She found something. From behind me, I could hear Komal talking to Sanam.

"...so persistent battery problems and dim headlights when the engine is idling can indicate alternator faults. Did this happen while you were driving? I mean, were the headlights dim?"

"Yeah, I was wondering why the headlights were so dim. I know it's day but I always test them before to see if they're OK. They were dim, but I thought it's nothing serious. My fault", Sanam glanced at me, apologetically. It's not her fault, I thought, it's the stupid car. She really needs a new one. Ugh, Komal was acting all smarty pants. Jeez.

"It's not your fault", Komal said,"no offence but your car is really old. Have you thought of getting a new one. it would be more comfortable." I now officially think of her as a witch. She just read my mind.

"I should've known to ask someone. Even my neighbor would've been good. After all, he's a mechanic", she said, forcing a smile. Well, technically, it is my fault. If I would've been more confident with my job, none of this would've happened. Stupid me. "It's not your fault, Sharon, so don't bother thinking that." Okay, now I am 100% positive I'm surrounded by witches. 

"HEY, SHARON!! SANAM LOOK WHAT I FOUND!!!", I heard a faint voice call in the background. of course it was Sara. So I was right, she did find something. She was about 15 metres away from us. She stopped running, obviously she got tired and slowed down. 

"May I have a look at the accumulator?", Komal said, after glancing over at Sara. 

"Sure", Sanam replied,"if that means the car being fixed then you don't even have to ask."

Yeah, while that's happening, I might as well get some sun and fresh farm air in me, seeing as we will be leaving soon. I decided to sit next to the apple tree, right beside the car. Okay, not RIGHT beside, but close. I sat down, looked at Sara. She started running again. Wow, she was taking a long time. She had obviously stopped for a while, because now she was a lot quicker than before. I could now clearly see that both her hands were in front of her, one holding 'something', the other shielding that 'something'. That 'something' was obviously small, but the only thing I can think of to shield, is either a little animal that is hurt, or a match. It was probably a little bird, she was holding it so carefully, although she was running.

"Sharon, look!", Sara said. She was close to me - nearly at the apple tree I was sitting under, but she wasn't sllowing down. "I found a...AHHHHHHH!!!!!!", she screamed. I saw it all. I saw what Sara didn't see. I saw what caused her to trip over and and send that 'something' flying over to the open bonnet of our car, where Komal was busy. I saw the apple tree root. But Sara didn't. She was close to the tree, and still not slowing down. She was obviously happy about what she found, she despretely wanted me to see it. It was then I decided to look at her feet, and saw the tree root. Everything hapened in a flash. Sara, still not slowing down, tripped over the sticking out tree root. She let go of the 'something' she was holding. It flew over me, I couldn't work out what it was. Sara fell, face first onto the ground. She wasn't hurt, as she instantly looked up at the 'something' she let go off. I saw the panic in her eyes. I saw her mouth the word "no". The 'something' drifted over to where Komal and Sanam where standing. It was then I finally realised what the 'something' was. It had a flame at the top of it, the flame was burning bright. It was 50 cm away from Komals' and Sanams' work place. 

"SANAM, KOMAL...RUN...NOW FOR FUCKS SAKE RUN!!!!", I screamed. Thhey heard me and obviously paniced. The looks on their faces were priceless.  They stepped away from the car, and looked at the fluing 'something'. It wasn't hard to spot, it was burning. They stood there for a second, then ran to the ditch on the left side of the road. I turned and grapped Sara by the arm, and started dragging her along to the ditch on the right side of the road. I think we can all guess what the 'something' was now. It was a match, and it landed inside the car, where all the alternator and that shit was. 

"MY CAR!!!", Sanam screamed, realising what will happen. She looked shocked. I felt sorry for her, even thought the car was a piece of crap to me. 

"I'm sorry Sanam", Sara whispered it so quietly I barely heard. It was then I got her down, it was then   I was beggining to feel the heat. All I heard is Sanam screaming. Then, nothing could be heard, exept the bloodcurdling blast.

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Not dedicated to anyone, but I hope you liked it. Tried my best. I recommend Friends VS Family by my friend sanammalik20. it's amazayn :)