The Fault in Our Stars Page #22

GUS:

I love you too, Hazel Grace.

They resume kissing. And we CUT TO:

INT HOTEL ROOM - MORNING

Gus wakes up in the bed. He looks around for Hazel but she

isn't there. On the bed is a piece of paper. A note.

It reads:
"Dearest Augustus..."

Beneath that is a BIG CIRCLE, labeled "Virgins." And in that

circle is a SMALLER SECOND CIRCLE labeled "17 year old dudes

with one leg." We'll notice part of that circle is now

outside the bigger circle. Gus flashes that signature smile.

EXT CAFE - DAY

Hazel and Gus sit with Frannie drinking coffee in the sun at

an outdoor cafe. They're re-enacting yesterday's events.

HAZEL:

"Get up you fat bastard."

GUS:

"I can't stand up, I'm too drunk."

HAZEL:

I said "get up."

GUS:

"Standing is for fools!"

HAZEL:

God, what an a**hole.

They both giggle at the whole thing.

83.

HAZEL:

It was awful, Mom. You can't

imagine.

FRANNIE:

And then what happened?

HAZEL:

Then we went to the Anne Frank

museum.

FRANNIE:

And after that?

A quick glance between Hazel and Gus.

HAZEL:

We just... walked around.

Hazel and Gus smile, thoroughly in love but trying to keep it

in check in front of her Mother.

FRANNIE:

Sounds lovely.

A few beats later.

FRANNIE:

Listen... I'm gonna stretch my legs

a little. Give the two of you some

time to talk.

HAZEL:

(THAT'S WEIRD)

Um... ok...

As she stands up to leave, Hazel thinks she catches Gus and

Frannie making eye contact for a brief second. Once Frannie

has left them:

HAZEL:

That was weird.

Gus doesn't respond except to say:

GUS:

Shall we?

EXT AMSTERDAM STREET - LATER

They start to walk. Gus takes a cigarette out of his pack,

sticks it between his lips. Hazel notices he's struggling

with something.

HAZEL:

Augustus?

84.

GUS:

There's something I have to tell

you...

They walk in silence a few beats.

GUS:

Just before you went into the

hospital... There was this... I

felt this... ache in my hip.

Hazel grabs onto his arm, a lump already forming.

HAZEL:

Oh no...

Gus takes the cigarette out of his mouth, clenches his teeth

tightly, trying not to cry.

GUS:

I had a PET scan.

Gus sits down on a BENCH. Looks up at her. Tries to smile.

Before he even says it, she knows.

GUS:

It lit up like a Christmas tree,

Hazel...

HAZEL:

Oh god.

GUS:

The lining of my chest, my liver...

everywhere.

HAZEL:

Oh my god no!

Hazel loses it in that moment, falling on top of him, hugging

him for dear life, her head in his lap.

HAZEL:

I'm so sorry, Augustus. I'm so so

SORRY --

GUS:

I'm sorry too --

HAZEL:

It's so unfair --

GUS:

I should have told you --

HAZEL:

It's so f***ing unfair!

A beat. Gus still trying not to cry.

85.

GUS:

Apparently the world is... not a

wish-granting factory.

And at that point, Gus lets it go, lets himself cry and be

sad and feel awful.

But just for a second. Then he shakes it off, pulls Hazel's

face up to his, tries again to smile through the tears.

GUS:

Don't you worry about me, Hazel

Grace. I'll find a way to hang

around and annoy you for a long

time.

She hugs him, perhaps a little too tightly. He winces.

HAZEL:

Does it hurt?

GUS:

It's ok.

(BEAT)

I'm ok.

HAZEL:

Ok.

GUS:

Ok.

But of course it's not ok. Not by a mile.

Hazel takes a moment to look at him, touches his cheek.

GUS:

What?

HAZEL:

I'm just... I'm very fond of you.

He grabs her hand and holds it.

GUS:

I don't suppose you can forget

about it, treat me like I'm not

dying.

HAZEL:

I don't think you're dying,

Augustus. You've just got a touch

of cancer.

Gus nods. Squeezes her hand.

GUS:

Would it be absolutely ludicrous to

make out right now?

86.

Hazel doesn't answer. She just kisses him, hard. And on the

two of them, so in love, we CUT TO:

INT AIRPLANE - LATER

Hazel lays on Gus's shoulder as he stares out the window,

leaving Amsterdam behind.

INT INDIANAPOLIS AIRPORT - BAGGAGE CLAIM - DAY

As they ride down the escalator, Hazel sees Michael standing

amongst the livery drivers. He holds a sign that says -

instead of someone's last name - "My Beautiful Family (and

Gus)."

Upon seeing them, he immediately starts to cry of course. He

kisses his wife, gives Hazel a big hug. Gus goes to shake his

hand but Michael hugs him as well. CUT TO:

INT HAZEL'S LIVING ROOM - THAT NIGHT

Hazel sits with her father on the couch.

HAZEL:

Gus had a recurrence.

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