A Perfectly Imperfect Ending
I slowly sat down on the hospital bed. "Hey Hazel Grace," Gus said with the biggest smirk he could muster. I heard the beeping of monitors all around us. I wished the world could just disappear all around us and for once be silent. "I'm guessing you heard about the new treatment right?" I had. Gus's dad had called to tell me about it this morning and ask me if I wanted to visit Gus today. In response I nodded. I didn't want to talk for fear of crying right here in front of him. It hurt so much seeing Gus like this. Now changing the subject he said, "So, do you want to know how my writing for your book ending is going?" I laughed softly and again nodded determinedly. That was the thing about Augustus Waters, he was so full of life yet so selfless. It almost didn't seem possible. He reached over to his nightstand where a small blue notebook was laying and grabbed it. I took it out of his hands gently, inspecting the cover of it and started to open it. "No," he said quickly. "Hazel, my days are still numbered here in this life, no treatment will change that." He took the notebook from me and placed it on the bed. He took my hands in his and held them to his face, kissing the left one. I could see his eyes began to tear up which caused me to become even more emotional than I already was. "When the time comes for my new life or heaven or whatever happens, only you will be able to find this notebook and understand what the words I wrote truly mean." A tear trickled its way down my face and onto his loving hands. He leaned up and kissed me softly on my forehead. That was the last time I would ever feel Augustus Waters kiss.
(3 months later)
The inevitable had finally happened. I sat on my bed with a little blue notebook in my hands. I opened it to the very first page expecting to see a page full of words. Instead, in a handwriting that I will always treasure, I read 3 tiny words written smack dab in the middle of the page. I now knew that the last time Augustus Waters kissed me, was not the last time I would feel his love. I read these 3 words over and over again, and would continue to do so until my day finally came to hear them in person once again.