The Fault in Our Stars Page #10

IS THIS LIFE!!!

36.

Frannie races in, clearly expecting a health problem.

FRANNIE:

What's wrong?!

HAZEL:

(realizing she scared her)

Nothing. Sorry.

FRANNIE:

(CONFUSED)

Nothing?

HAZEL:

Everything! Look!

Hazel shows Frannie the note. Frannie reads it.

HAZEL:

Can we go to Amsterdam? Please?

Frannie thinks about how to respond for a beat.

FRANNIE:

Hazel, I... I love you and... you

know I'd do anything for you, but

we don't...

(PAINED)

We don't have the money. The

expense of getting equipment over

there - love, it's just not

possible...

HAZEL:

(DEFLATES)

No, yeah, of course.

Clearly Frannie feels awful. Which makes Hazel feel awful.

FRANNIE:

I mean, I could talk to your father

OR --

HAZEL:

Mom, no. Please. Don't do anything.

Forget I mentioned it.

A beat between them. Frannie walks out, sadly. Hazel sits on

the bed, totally bummed now for two reasons.

HAZEL (V.O.)

Guilt is definitely a side effect

of cancer.

EXT SUBURBAN STREET - LATER

Hazel and Gus walk together on the sidewalk.

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GUS:

Just use your wish.

HAZEL:

I've used it already. Pre-

"Miracle."

GUS:

What'd you do?

Hazel doesn't want to say. Gus realizes.

GUS:

Not Disney.

HAZEL:

I was 13...

GUS:

Tell me you did not go to Disney

World.

(Hazel looks away)

Hazel Grace! You did not use your

one dying Wish to go to Disney

World!

HAZEL:

(FEEBLE)

And Epcot Center.

GUS:

(hands in the air)

Oh my God!

HAZEL:

(DEFENDING HERSELF)

We had fun on that trip.

GUS:

That is the saddest thing I've ever

heard!

HAZEL:

I met Goofy...

GUS:

Now I'm embarrassed.

HAZEL:

Why are you embarrassed?

GUS:

How can I have a crush on a girl

with such cliche wishes?

HAZEL:

Wait, what?

The word "crush" has taken Hazel totally by surprise.

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GUS:

What?

She looks at him. A beat. She quickly looks away, blushing.

Gus continues on about Disney but all Hazel can think about

is "CRUSH". She tries not to seem too excited. CUT TO:

INT PET SCAN ROOM - DAY

Hazel, in a hospital gown, is slowly fed through the machine.

A TECH explains that she should hold still, try and relax,

etc. But Hazel knows. She knows all about these procedures.

She's a pro. CUT TO:

EXT HAZEL'S HOUSE - FRONT

Gus is waiting on the front stoop when Frannie's car pulls

up. They're home from the hospital.

He wears an Indiana Pacers JERSEY and carries a bouquet of

bright orange TULIPS.

Michael gets out of the passenger's seat to help Hazel out of

the car. Gus rises to assist them.

MICHAEL:

Is that a Rik Smits jersey?

GUS:

It is indeed.

MICHAEL:

(BEAT)

Man, I loved that guy.

Hazel sees Gus, wasn't expecting him.

HAZEL:

Gus?

GUS:

Hi Hazel.

(BEAT)

How would you like to go on a

picnic?

INT HAZEL'S LIVING ROOM - MOMENTS LATER

Gus is with Frannie and Michael downstairs.

FRANNIE:

Something to drink?

GUS:

I'm great Mrs. Lancaster.

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Meanwhile, upstairs, Hazel gets ready for the date. She's put

the orange flowers in a toothbrush holder and is putting on

LIP GLOSS. She can faintly hear the conversation downstairs.

ANGLE ON Gus sitting on the stairs. Michael next to him.

MICHAEL:

You're a survivor yourself?

GUS:

(taps his leg)

Didn't cut this fella off for the

hell of it. Though it is an

excellent weight-loss strategy.

Legs are heavy!

MICHAEL:

How's your health now?

GUS:

N-E-C for fourteen months.

MICHAEL:

That's fantastic.

GUS:

I'm very lucky.

ANGLE ON Hazel, checking herself out in the mirror. Seems to

like what she sees a lot more than before.

BACK ON Gus and Michael, downstairs:

MICHAEL:

Son, you have to understand...

Hazel's still pretty sick. She will

be the rest of her life.

ANGLE on Hazel, who can hear all of this. She stops what

she's doing and listens.

MICHAEL:

She'll want to keep up with you -

she's that kind of girl - but the

truth is, her lungs --

HAZEL:

You ready Gus?

Hazel appears, silencing her Father mid-sentence. CUT TO:

EXT PARK - LATER

Behind the Indianapolis Museum of Art is 152 Acres of Gardens

and Grounds. Hazel and Gus walk together.

HAZEL:

Is this where you bring all your

romantic conquests?

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