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We wake up the next morning at our house, we went home late last night after a long night of stargazing. Augustus was up before me, I smell bacon so I walk downstairs. Augustus is at the stove cooking pancakes and bacon. He says "Good morning, my love!" I reply back happily "Good morning!" Once he's finished cooking he dishes out a plate of pancakes with maple syrup and bacon. It smells amazing. I take a bite, and it's cooked to perfection. I tell him "I didn't know you were this great of a cook." He tells me "Hazel, before you were up here, I practiced cooking for a long time. You can practically perfect any skill you didn't get the chance to learn on earth. So I've been working on cooking!" I just say "Wow!"
Later that day I'm watching America's Next Top Model on our TV. Gus usually just laughs at the show and at how obsessed I am with it. But this time he comes over and joins me. He sits next to me and puts his arm around my shoulder. We watch for a little, then he asks "Hazel Grace, would you ever like to visit Amsterdam again?" I smile widely and reply "Obviously!" he explains to me that up here, you can visit where ever you'd like to. He tells me that we can go anywhere at absolutely anytime. This thought amazes me! First of all we don't have to worry about Van Houten being a total jerk again. Second of all, we don't have to worry about money, were free to do whatever we want to do for free. The last reason is, these trips can always be with Augustus. I don't have to worry about losing him again, or even ever again. I'm so happy I now have the opportunity to travel the world without cancer, with Augustus. Finally after all those thoughts race through my head I blurt out "Of course, Augustus!" He just smiles then kisses my cheek.
Augustus's POV
We are visiting Amsterdam for a specific reason. It's because, I plan to propose to hazel. Even though we were only together for about 3 months on earth, and a couple of days up here. I just know it's the right decision to make. The absolutely crazy part is she is 17 and I'm 18. On earth we would be, the crazy cancerous married teenagers. But up here, none of that matters. Were free to make our own decisions in our lives (or afterlives). I know if we would've lived I would have eventually went on to marry Hazel. So it's no shock for me. I just hope she says yes.
Hazel' POV
Augustus and I decide later that day, we want to see what Isaac has been up to. Whenever I first came up here, I saw my parents just by looking down. So Gus and I look down and see Isaac. He's sitting in his room listening to the Hectic Glow (Gus's and I's favorite band). This makes Gus let out a laugh, I laugh too. Since Isaac has absolutely no eyesight now, it's not like he can do a ton without help just yet. Between the time Augustus died and I died (which was ten months) Isaac and I became great friends. So being that he just lost two of his best friends, he's taking it pretty rough. We then realize he's using his phone to text someone. He can't text, but he can use a voice processor. He tells the processor "text Monica saying, hi babe." Augustus and I both looked at each other shocked, we thought they were done as a couple for good. We then see that Monica texts back saying "Hey Isaac, do you want me to come over?" Gus and I are clueless right now, we thought that Monica would never say another word to Monica. Isaac tells the processor "yeah, let's go for a walk to funky bones." Gus and I look at each other surprised. After about ten minutes of watching Isaac just be pointless, Monica shows up. She takes Isaac outside and they start walking. While there walking Monica asks Isaac if he wants to go to funky bones to cope with our deaths. Isaac says yeah. Once they arrive, Monica helps Isaac done the hill. They set up a blanket right where we used to. They talk for a while, Augustus and I are just watching them from heaven. If only Isaac could know that we are. A couple minutes later, Monica kisses Isaac. They say "always?" "always." Back and forth to each other. Once we decide that we have watched Isaac enough for today, we stop looking down. After Isaac isn't there anymore Augustus and I are happy and confused. Were happy because, we guess Monica and Isaac are back together. But confused for the very same reason. I was happy to see that Isaac wants to go places that we were to cope with our deaths, and happy that Monica was willing to go with him.
After this Gus and I just hang out. He explains some more to me about heaven. About how you can do certain things, like on earth. Then some things that you couldn't do on earth that you can do up here. Heaven isn't like how it's described, you don't float on clouds, you don't grow angel wings, and you definitely don't walk around with a halo. Heaven is truly just an expansion of your life. Or at least that's what it is for Augustus and I. I'm very happy with the way things are up here. We are very happy up here.
