The Fault in Our Stars Page #21

LIDEWIJ:

Perhaps we can do some sightseeing.

Have you seen the Anne Frank House?

GUS:

I'm not going anywhere with that

monster.

LIDEWIJ:

He is not invited.

EXT ANNE FRANK HOUSE - LATER

Lidewij walks back from the ticket kiosk with more bad news.

LIDEWIJ:

I'm afraid there's no elevator.

HAZEL:

Oh, um, that's alright.

LIDEWIJ:

No, there are many stairs. Steep

stairs.

HAZEL:

I can do it.

GUS:

HAZEL --

HAZEL:

I can do it!

Hazel is not going to stand for any more disappointments

today. They are going inside. CUT TO:

INT ANNE FRANK HOUSE - GROUND FLOOR - MOMENTS LATER

A VIDEO plays on a MONITOR showing the Nazi invasion of

Holland. Hazel and Gus stand with Lidewij in a pack of

BACKPACKERS and TRAVELERS about to take the tour. Many of

them begin to walk up the first flight of stairs.

LIDEWIJ:

Shall we?

Hazel nods. Both Hazel and Gus walk slowly up the stairs. So

far so good. They find themselves in an office space.

LIDEWIJ:

This is the bookcase that hid the

Frank family and four others.

The BOOKCASE is half open. Behind it is an even steeper set

of stairs, only wide enough for one person at a time.

80.

Some of the Travelers begin to walk up the stairs. Gus looks

at Hazel - are you sure we should continue? She begins the

climb, determined. Lidewij trails behind, carrying her oxygen

tank.

Hazel moves very slowly. We are aware of her labored

breathing the entire time.

ANGLE ON OTHER TOURISTS, watching and quietly commenting.

Just like at the airport, except now in foreign languages.

Hazel arrives on the NEXT FLOOR - an empty room. She's

definitely starting to struggle. She leans against the wall

to catch her breath. Gus comes to her side, wipes her brow.

GUS:

You're a champion.

Hazel smiles. When she's feeling up to it they walk into the

next room, also empty. And another staircase, even more

narrow and steep - practically a ladder. When Gus sees this

he looks at Hazel:

GUS:

That's enough --

HAZEL:

(RESOLUTE)

I'm ok.

Hazel very slowly begins the climb. Again we're aware of her

every breath. It's dark. And it's becoming very difficult.

Near the top Hazel stumbles but is finally able to pull

herself through.

Once there, she falls to the floor, slumping against the

wall, trying to catch her breath. Gus crouches next to her.

GUS:

We're at the top. That's it.

Hazel becomes aware that TOURISTS look at her with concern.

She smiles, stands up, nothing to see here.

And now they're in the final room - a long, narrow hallway.

This is where Anne Frank and 7 other people lived in hiding

for as long as they could. There's a TIME LINE detailing

their story.

LIDEWIJ:

The only member of the whole family

to survive was Otto, Anne's father.

Gus takes Hazel's hand.

LIDEWIJ:

I don't know how you go on, without

your family.

81.

Lidewij stays behind to study part of the exhibit. Gus leads

Hazel into the room at the end of the hallway where a VIDEO

details the last days of Anne Frank's life. Over it, we hear

a YOUNG GIRL's VOICE reading from the diary.

The Travelers stand to watch and listen. Gus and Hazel do the

same. The room is dark.

GIRL'S VOICE (O.S.)

"At such moment's, I don't think

about the misery..."

Gus and Hazel stand very closely together. The video is the

cherry on top of a very emotional day. Hazel watches it.

GIRL'S VOICE (O.S.)

"...but about the beauty that still

remains."

Gus, meanwhile, is just watching Hazel, the same way she

watched him on the airplane. After a beat, she catches him.

Their eyes meet. The emotions build...

GIRL'S VOICE (O.S.)

"Try to recapture the happiness

within yourself. Think of all the

beauty in everything around you...

and be happy."

And Hazel KISSES Gus. A most passionate, intense, you-and-me-

against-the-world kind of kiss, better than any they've

experienced or could even imagine. It seems to last for a

small eternity.

Eventually, they break away and open their eyes. They quickly

notice all the Travelers staring at them. For a brief second,

they wonder if that was a very inappropriate thing to do...

When suddenly everyone starts clapping for them, moved by the

whole thing. One EUROPEAN even shouts "bravo!" Hazel blushes,

Gus smiles, bows, he grabs her hand. CUT TO:

INT GUS'S HOTEL ROOM - LATER

They fall onto Gus's bed, kissing. Hazel is very in the

moment and now it's Gus who seems nervous. As they kiss:

GUS:

It's above my knee.

She ignores him, more kissing. She takes off his shirt.

GUS:

It tapers a little and then it's

just skin --

HAZEL:

What?

82.

Hazel pulls away from him.

GUS:

My leg.

(BEAT)

Just so you're prepared --

HAZEL:

Oh get over yourself.

Hazel kisses him again. Now he tries to pull her shirt off

but it gets tangled in with her oxygen tube. He can't figure

it out. Eventually the whole thing is hilarious to them. They

shake their heads - laughing - certainly not your typical

Hollywood movie moment. And yet, for them:

HAZEL:

I love you, Augustus Waters.

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