Hazel POV:
"Love you." I murmured to Mum and Dad before feeling the weight being lifted from my body and my vision completely blurred. Then it was over.
My sight cleared and I was standing in the warm, soothing sand with the relaxing clear blue waves lapping over the shore. I heard laughing and splashing so I turned to look at the tall sculpted man with golden skin, swimming as an elderly woman gently swam alongside him. Her long grey hair didn't even seem wet as she giggled and front crawled towards her friend.
"Hi." I called over to them, my voice not as husky as it used to be. They both looked over and stopped swimming. "Hi, do you know where I am?" As the muscly man stood, he revealed a shark tooth necklace and knee length floral swimming trunks.
"Um... Well." He came out the water and beckoned me over. I went to grab Philip and drag him along but he was gone and so was the cannula. I was confused as I carefully walked to the man who was now sat in a deck chair with a cocktail. "Hi." He said when I finally arrived by his side. "I'm Finnick, whats your name?" Finnick smiled as I warily sat on the chair next to his.
"Hazel." I scratched at my chin.
"So, Hazel, if you didn't already know, I'm afraid you're dead." I knew that, obviously but I was confused. Was I in heaven or what? "I'm not sure why these certain people are here but we are. So basically this means your important but we're not sure why yet. When you're here, you can do whatever you want, whenever you want." Wow. I thanked him and followed a path down to a circle of houses. All different houses, shapes and sizes and colours with a lot of space between each house. I looked at a house with 'Alaska Young.' Written on the letter box. I knocked on the door and a short, thin girl about the same age as me, opened the door.
"Hiya, you new?" She immediately asked.
"Yeah." Her long coral hair hung by her elbows and her brown eyes stared at me. "I'm Hazel, cancer victim." I held out my hand for her to shake it and she did.
"I'm Alaska. Nice to meet you, Hazel. Would you like to-" Her voice trailed off and her smile faded and as stared at me. "Is your full name Hazel Grace?" I slowly nodded and wondered what was going on. "Oh my god." Alaska squealed and flung her cigarette scented arms around me, laughing giddily. "Hazel, I bet I know a lot more about you than you think." She giggled and she grabbed my wrist, not bothering to shut the door, and ran. We ran past a lot of houses; 'Primrose Everdeen, Cinna Montague, Mags Allardyce, Finnick Odair, River Young, Rue Gala, Thresh Brancé and Finch Crossley.' We ran past plenty of named letter boxes until we came across a very familiar house.
'Augustus Waters.' Was painted on the letter box, in beautiful italics. I gasped as Alaska lead me to the door and knocked a little tune out. I began to shake and my new found friend held onto my hand. "Don't be nervous." She comforted. The door slowly opened and Augustus' face appeared.
"Took you long enough, Hazel Grace." He smiled and pulled me into a hug.