The Fault in Our Stars Page #29

INT HAZEL'S LIVING ROOM - DAY

Hazel lies in front of the TV. "Top Model" is playing but

she's lost in her own world. Tears fall from her eyes and she

can't do anything to stop it. Hazel gets up.

INT BATHROOM - CONTINUOUS

Hazel sits against the tub on the floor and weeps. Soon

there's a knock.

110.

HAZEL:

(THROUGH TEARS)

Occupada.

MICHAEL (O.S.)

Can I come in?

Hazel leans over and unlocks the door. Michael kneels down

next to her, putting her head on his shoulder.

Hazel presses her face into his shirt and cries some more.

Michael squeezes her tightly. And this time, he doesn't cry.

MICHAEL:

I'm so so sorry.

(BEAT)

It was a privilege to love him,

though, wasn't it?

Hazel nods into his shirt. Then looks up at her Dad.

MICHAEL:

Gives you an idea how we feel about

you.

Michael smiles at Hazel. And he doesn't cry. Hazel draws

strength from him.

EXT ISAAC'S HOUSE - NIGHT

Hazel and Isaac have climbed through his open bedroom window.

They sit on the roof.

ISAAC:

Do you know if it hurt or whatever?

HAZEL:

He was really fighting for breath,

I guess. He eventually went

unconscious, but it seems like,

yeah, it wasn't great or anything.

Dying sucks.

ISAAC:

(LONG BEAT)

It just seems so impossible.

HAZEL:

Happens all the time.

ISAAC:

Are you angry?

HAZEL:

Very.

111.

ISAAC:

Me too.

(a few beats)

Gus really loved you, you know.

HAZEL:

I know.

ISAAC:

He wouldn't shut up about it.

HAZEL:

I know.

ISAAC:

It was annoying.

HAZEL:

I didn't find it that annoying.

They sit there in silence a few beats.

ISAAC:

Did you read the note or whatever

from your author friend?

HAZEL:

He is not my friend and -- how do

you know about that?

ISAAC:

We talked at the cemetery. Said he

came all this way to give you that.

HAZEL:

Yeah well I'm over it. I never want

to read another word of that

a**hole's again.

ISAAC:

Yeah but he didn't write it - Gus

did.

HAZEL:

(STUNNED)

What?

ISAAC:

That's what he said. Gus had

written something, sent it to Van

HOUTEN --

Hazel sits up. Her heart is racing.

ISAAC:

What?

HAZEL:

I... I have to go. I... Are you...?

112.

ISAAC:

I do it all the time. Go.

As quickly as possible Hazel leaves. Isaac stays behind,

enjoying the cool night. A new day is coming.

INT/ EXT HAZEL'S CAR - DAY

Hazel is inside the car, rummaging crazily through the trash

in an effort to find what Van Houten gave her. She's about to

give up when she sees it - crumpled up into a ball beneath

the passenger's seat. She reaches under, pulls it up, and

unwraps it. As she reads, WE HEAR:

GUS'S VOICE

Mr. Van Houten, I'm a good person

but a shitty writer. You're a

shitty person but a good writer.

We'd make a good team. I don't want

to ask you any favors but if you

have the time, and from what I saw

you have plenty, please fix this

for me. It's a eulogy for Hazel.

Hazel is overcome with emotion.

GUS'S VOICE

She asked me to write one and I'm

trying, I just, I could use a

little flair. See the thing is...

we all want to be remembered.

She smiles to herself, remembering:

- That first time Gus and Hazel ran into each other.

- The staring contest in Support Group.

GUS'S VOICE

We all want to leave a mark.

- Driving (badly) in Gus's car.

- Their first kiss at the picnic by "Funky Bones."

GUS'S VOICE

But not Hazel. Hazel is different.

Hazel knows the truth. She didn't

want a million admirers, she just

wanted one. And she got it. Maybe

she wasn't loved widely but she was

loved deeply. And isn't that more

than most of us get?

- And BACK TO HAZEL reading the letter, tears in her eyes.

GUS'S VOICE

When Hazel was sick, I knew I was

dying. But I didn't want to say so.

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INT ICU - FLASHBACK

Gus stealthily sneaks into Hazel's single room in the ICU.

She sleeps. He kneels by her side.

GUS'S VOICE

She was in ICU and I snuck in for

ten minutes and sat with her before

I got caught. Her eyes were closed,

her lungs were intubated...

Gus takes her hand and holds it.

GUS'S VOICE

... but her hands were still her

hands, still warm, and the nails

painted this dark blue back color

and I just held her hands and I

willed myself to imagine a world

without us and what a worthless

world that would be.

- AND BACK TO HAZEL reading the letter. She never knew that

story, never knew he was there. CUT TO:

EXT HAZEL'S HOUSE - BACKYARD - LATER

Hazel walks out to the grass behind her house, the oxygen

tank dragging behind her. She lays down on the grass and

looks up at the stars - the same IMAGE that opened the movie.

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