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  EXT HAZEL'S BACKYARD - MOMENTS LATER Hazel lays on the grass in her backyard staring up at the stars. She rings him back and as she does SPLITSCREEN w/ Hazel in the grass and:
  INT GUS'S BASEMENT BEDROOM - SAME Gus (upside down) in bed, a laptop on his chest.
  GUS Hazel Grace.
  HAZEL Hello Augustus.
  GUS So I read it again. And I just kept feeling like... like it was a gift. Like you'd given me something important.
  GUS On the other hand... we need closure, don't we?
  HAZEL What we need is a sequel.
  GUS Yes. We need to know what happens to Anna's family after she dies.
  HAZEL That's what I kept asking Van Houten for in my letters.
  GUS But he never wrote back.
  HAZEL That's correct.
  GUS Because he's a recluse.
  HAZEL Yeee-up.
  GUS Utterly unreachable.
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conversations.value: FRANNIE But it is a pipe.
  HAZEL No it's not. It's a drawing of a pipe. See?
  FRANNIE When did you get so grown up? I feel like it was yesterday I was telling 8-year old Hazel why the sky was blue. You thought I was a genius back then.
  HAZEL Why is the sky blue?
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conversations.value: A beat. Another. And she says to the universe:
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conversations.value: A beat. Another. Hazel OPENS HER EYES. And she says to the universe:
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conversations.value: The Fault in Our Stars
  
  EXT. HAZEL’S BACKYARD - NIGHT5555Hazel lays on the grass in her backyard staring up at the stars. She rings him back and as she does SPLITSCREEN w/ Hazel in the grass and:
  INT. GUS’S BASEMENT BEDROOM - NIGHT5656Gus (upside down) in bed, a laptop on his chest. 
  GUSHazel Grace.HAZELHello Augustus.GUSI can’t stop thinking about this goddamn book. 
  HAZEL(smiles)You’re welcome.GUSOn the other hand... we do need closure, don’t we? HAZELWhat we need is a sequel. 
  GUSYes. We need to know what happens to Anna’s family after she dies.HAZELThat’s what I kept asking Van Houten for in my letters. 
  GUSBut he never wrote back.HAZELThat’s correct.GUSBecause he’s a recluse.HAZELYeee-up.GUSUtterly unreachable. The Fault In Our Stars Pink Draft 8/21/13 35. 
  (CONTINUED)HAZELUnfortunately so.Gus clears his throat, smiles. Hazel waits.GUS“Dear Mr. Waters...” HAZELHuh?GUS“I am writing to thank you for your electronic correspondence.” Hazel sits up. Could it possibly...?GUS (CONT’D)“I am grateful to anyone who sets aside the time to read my book...”HAZELAugustus!?GUSWhat?HAZELWhat are you doing?GUSMmm.... I might have found his assistant. Emailed her. She might have forwarded that email onto Van Houten. Shall I continue?HAZEL(stunned)Oh my god!GUSAhem.(clears his throat)“I am particularly indebted to you, sir,” he called me sir...HAZELKeep reading, keep reading! The Fault In Our Stars Pink Draft 8/21/13 36.CONTINUED:5656 (CONTINUED)GUS“Both for your kind words about ‘An Imperial Affliction’ and for taking the time to tell me that the book, and here I quote you directly, ‘meant a great deal’ to you and your friend, Hazel.”HAZELYou did not.GUSOf course I did.Hazel is stomping her feet in excitement.GUS (CONT’D)“To answer your question: No. I have not written anything else, nor will I. I do not feel that continuing to share my thoughts with readers would benefit either them or me. However thank you again for your generous email. Yours most sincerely, Peter Van Houten.”Silence.GUS (CONT’D)So... yeah... That happened.More silence. Hazel is entirely speechless.GUS (CONT’D)Hazel Grace?HAZELIf you’re making this up, I’m going to hurt you. You know that, right?GUSDo you really believe, with my meager intellectual capabilities, that I could just make up a letter from the great Peter Van Houten?HAZELOh my god!GUSI’ve been trying to tell you, I’m... kind of awesome --HAZELCan I... would you mind if I... The Fault In Our Stars Pink Draft 8/21/13 37.CONTINUED: (2)5656 (CONTINUED)GUS(smiling)Check your in-box.Hazel jumps up as fast as her lungs will allow. 
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  INT. HAZEL’S BEDROOM - LATER THAT NIGHT5757Hazel sits at her computer, Van Houten’s assistant’s email address staring her in the face. The cursor blinks on a blank page. And then Hazel starts writing...HAZEL (V.O.)“Dear Mr. Peter Van Houten, my name is Hazel Grace Lancaster. My friend Augustus Waters, who read your book - at my recommendation - just received an email from you at this address. I hope you will not mind that he shared that email with me.”While Hazel reads the letter, we see a SERIES OF SCENES showing the next several days. They include:
  INT. COFFEE SHOP - DAY5858Hazel and Gus drinking coffee. He’s enthusiastically telling a story, cigarette dangling from his lips. Hazel is enjoying every moment. But that damn cigarette. She snatches it out of his mouth and they both share a laugh. Huge contrast from when Hazel was in the very same spot. All alone. 
  HAZEL (V.O.)“I was wondering if you wouldn’t mind answering a few questions I have about what happens after the end of the book. Specifically, the following:”OMITTED
  INT. GUS’S BASEMENT - NIGHT6060Sitting on the floor. Wearing separate headphones but listening to the same song. Sharing something magical together. Close. Their knees almost touching.HAZEL (V.O.)“Does Anna’s Mom marry the Dutch Tulip Man; The Fault In Our Stars Salmon Revisions 9/18/13 38.CONTINUED: (3)5656 (MORE)(CONTINUED)is the Dutch Tulip Man up to something - or is he just misunderstood? What happens to Anna’s friends?
  INT. HAZEL’S LIVING ROOM - DAY6161Watching TV. Their bodies almost touching. But not quite.HAZEL (V.O.)Lastly, I was hoping you could shed some light on Sisyphus the Hamster. These questions have haunted me for years. And I don’t know how long I have left to get answers to them.”
  INT. HAZEL’S BEDROOM - NIGHT6262And finally, back in Hazel’s bedroom. She finishes reading this letter into the phone.HAZEL “I know these are not important literary questions and that your book is full of important literary questions, but I would just really like to know.”INTERCUT w/ Gus bouncing a ball against the wall, listening. 
  HAZEL (CONT’D)(reading it aloud to him)“And of course, if ever you do decide to write anything else, even if you don’t want to publish it, I’d love to read it. Frankly, I’d read your grocery lists. Yours with great admiration, Hazel Grace Lancaster.”GUSNot bad.HAZELYou think?GUSBit pretentious. But then again, Van Houten uses words like “tendentious” and... “bacchanalia” so I think he’ll like it. Hazel smiles, looks at a clock.HAZELIs it really almost 1? The Fault In Our Stars Pink Draft 8/21/13 39.CONTINUED:6060HAZEL (V.O.) (CONT'D) (CONTINUED)GUSGuess so.HAZELI gotta get to sleep.GUSOk...HAZELOk...Neither one of them want to hang up the phone.GUSOk...HAZELOk...They both laugh at this. 
  GUSPerhaps “ok” will be our “always.”Hazel smiles.HAZELOk.GUSOk.HAZELOk.A few more beats of silence, the both of them brimming with the giddiness and swoon of being 17 and in love. We stay with Hazel. Is it really possible this Beautiful Boy likes her? She can’t quite convince herself yet. 
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  INT. HOSPITAL - RECOVERY ROOM - DAY6363Isaac lies in bed, bandages covering his eyes, now officially blind. A NURSE attends to him while Hazel sits by his side. 
  ISAACShe hasn’t even visited. Fourteen months we were together. What kind of person...
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  INT. RESTAURANT - NIGHT107107*LATER. We FOLLOW a tray of food from the KITCHEN, through the *restaurant, until it lands on Hazel and Gus’s table. Gus *takes a bite. If it wasn’t already clear on his face:*GUSI want this dragon carrot risotto to become a person so I can take it to Vegas and marry it. Hazel also marvels at the deliciousness. After a few bites, *she leans back in her chair.*HAZELI like your suit.GUSThanks. First time wearing it. 
  HAZELThat isn’t the suit you wear to funerals?GUSOh no. That one’s not nearly this nice.(off her look)When I first found out I was sick - they told me I had like an 85% chance to be cancer-free. Great odds, sure. But that meant a year of torture, the loss of my leg, and still a 15% chance it might fail.A long beat.GUS (CONT’D)So anyway right before the surgery I asked my parents if I could buy a suit, like a really nice suit, just in case I didn’t make it. 
  HAZELIt’s your death suit. The Fault In Our Stars 2nd Pink Revisions 9/30/13 74.CONTINUED: (2)106106 (CONTINUED)GUSThat’s what it is.
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conversations.value: INT. ROOM - ANNE FRANK HOUSE - FLASHBACK - DAY166166The passionate kiss which we now see is happening in Anne Frank’s house. The Fault In Our Stars Pink Draft 8/21/13 127.
  INT. HOTEL ROOM - FLASHBACK - NIGHT167167The two of them falling onto the bed together.[All of these are images we saw at the beginning of the movie, only now, we SEE the oxygen tank, we SEE Gus’s leg, we SEE the fumbling and the difficulties etc. They don’t make these images less beautiful. They make them twice as beautiful - because they’re real.]GUS’S VOICEI love her, god I love her. I’m so lucky to love her, Van Houten. You don’t get to choose if you get hurt in this world but you do have a say in who hurts you.
  EXT. HAZEL’S HOUSE - BACKYARD - NIGHT168168AND BACK ON Hazel in the grass. She holds the letter to her chest. A single tear falls onto her cheeks. 
  GUS’S VOICEI like my choices. I hope she likes hers. Hazel CLOSES HER EYES.GUS’S VOICE (CONT’D)Ok, Hazel Grace?A beat. Another.Hazel OPENS HER EYES. And she says to the universe:HAZELOk.BLACK. The Fault In Our Stars Pink Draft 8/21/13 128.
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conversations.value: INT. ROOM - ANNE FRANK HOUSE - FLASHBACK - DAY166166The passionate kiss which we now see is happening in Anne Frank’s house. The Fault In Our Stars Pink Draft 8/21/13 127.
  INT. HOTEL ROOM - FLASHBACK - NIGHT167167The two of them falling onto the bed together.[All of these are images we saw at the beginning of the movie, only now, we SEE the oxygen tank, we SEE Gus’s leg, we SEE the fumbling and the difficulties etc. They don’t make these images less beautiful. They make them twice as beautiful - because they’re real.]GUS’S VOICEI love her, god I love her. I’m so lucky to love her, Van Houten. You don’t get to choose if you get hurt in this world but you do have a say in who hurts you.
  EXT. HAZEL’S HOUSE - BACKYARD - NIGHT168168AND BACK ON Hazel in the grass. She holds the letter to her chest. A single tear falls onto her cheeks. 
  GUS’S VOICEI like my choices. I hope she likes hers. Hazel CLOSES HER EYES.GUS’S VOICE (CONT’D)Ok, Hazel Grace?A beat. Another.Hazel OPENS HER EYES. And she says to the universe:HAZELOk.BLACK.
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conversations.value: What is the first two paragraphs for this book?
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  We reached the bottom of the hill. "Okay, yeah," I said. I was in no mood for this. Peter Van Houten would not hijack Gus's funeral. I wouldn't allow it. "Thanks," I said. "Well, I guess we're at the bottom of the hill."
  As we drove away, I watched through the back window as he took a drink and raised the bottle in my direction, as if toasting me. His eyes looked so sad. I felt kinda bad for him, to be honest.
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conversations.value: My mom smiled. "Your father isn't Peter Van Houten, Hazel. You of all people know it is possible to live with pain."
  My heart raced, but I nodded. Mom said, "Kaitlyn's on the phone for you." I pointed at my BiPAP. She helped me get it off and hooked me up to Philip and then finally I took my cell from Mom and said, "Hey, Kaitlyn."
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conversations.value: Esther Earl, whose life was a gift to me and to many. I am grateful also to the Earl family—Lori, Wayne, Abby, Angie, Graham, and Abe—for their generosity and friendship. Inspired by Esther, the Earls have founded a nonprofit, This Star Won't Go Out, in her memory. You can learn more at tswgo.org.
  The Dutch Literature Foundation, for giving me two months in Amsterdam to write. I'm particularly grateful to Fleur van Koppen, Jean Cristophe Boele van Hensbroek, Janetta de With, Carlijn van Ravenstein, Margje Scheepsma, and the Dutch nerdfighter community.
  My editor and publisher, Julie Strauss-Gabel, who stuck with this story through many years of twists and turns, as did an extraordinary team at Penguin. Particular thanks to Rosanne Lauer, Deborah Kaplan, Liza Kaplan, Elyse Marshall, Steve Meltzer, Nova Ren Suma, and Irene Vandervoort.
  My wife, Sarah, who is not only the great love of my life but also my first and most trusted reader. Also, the baby, Henry, to whom she gave birth. Furthermore, my own parents, Mike and Sydney Green, and parents-in-law, Connie and Marshall Urist.
  My friends Chris and Marina Waters, who helped with this story at vital moments, as did Joellen Hosler, Shannon James, Vi Hart, the Venn diagramatically brilliant Karen Kavett, Valerie Barr, Rosianna Halse Rojas, and John Darnielle.
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conversations.value: Reverse the sentences.
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conversations.value: My friends Chris and Marina Waters, who helped with this story at vital moments, as did Joellen Hosler, Shannon James, Vi Hart, the Venn diagramatically brilliant Karen Kavett, Valerie Barr, Rosianna Halse Rojas, and John Darnielle.. Furthermore, my own parents, Mike and Sydney Green, and parents-in-law, Connie and Marshall Urist. Also, the baby, Henry, to whom she gave birth.
  My wife, Sarah, who is not only the great love of my life but also my first and most trusted reader. Particular thanks to Rosanne Lauer, Deborah Kaplan, Liza Kaplan, Elyse Marshall, Steve Meltzer, Nova Ren Suma, and Irene Vandervoort.
  My editor and publisher, Julie Strauss-Gabel, who stuck with this story through many years of twists and turns, as did an extraordinary team at Penguin. I'm particularly grateful to Fleur van Koppen, Jean Cristophe Boele van Hensbroek, Janetta de With, Carlijn van Ravenstein, Margje Scheepsma, and the Dutch nerdfighter community.
  The Dutch Literature Foundation, for giving me two months in Amsterdam to write.org. You can learn more at tswgo. Inspired by Esther, the Earls have founded a nonprofit, This Star Won't Go Out, in her memory. I am grateful also to the Earl family—Lori, Wayne, Abby, Angie, Graham, and Abe—for their generosity and friendship.Esther Earl, whose life was a gift to me and to many