"Hazel! Isaac's here!" my mother yelled from downstairs. Well telling Isaac about my 'predicament' should be a hell of a lot easier than telling my parents. Especially since I know that carrying the babies isn't putting me in any danger.

"Alright, I'll be right down! " I yell back grabbing my cannula and make my way, awkwardly, down the stairs. I see Isaac standing by my mom at the foot of the stairs. He seems kind of nervous around him, but I can't really blame him. She'd probably asked him twenty questions about him and his life before I'd even left my bedroom.

"Hazel," Isaac said turning to look at me with pretty good accuracy for a blind guy. Probably due to all of his other senses being heightened.

"Hey. Why don't we head up to my room. I've got some things I want to tell you." I say taking his hand to guide him up the stairs. In his other hand is his walking stick, which he moves around to determine where the stairs are.

When we reach my room I lead him to my bed and let him sit before I sit down next to him.

"So tell me Hazel Grace, what is this important piece of news that you must so desperately tell me? It is keeping me from my blind-guy video games." I winced when he called me 'Hazel Grace' immediately being reminded of Augustus, although weeks ago I would have bursted into tears so I consider this improvement. Taking a deep, oxygen filled breath, trying to conceal my excitement, I said,

"A couple of days ago I realized that something um…wasn't right. So I went to the store a bought a test. A pregnancy test." I waited to say more, letting him absorb that much. I could see the surprise flash across his face, but quickly following that was a grin. I continued, "We went to the doctors today. I am two months pregnant with twins. Gus' babies. And don't worry according to Dr. Maria I will be in no danger carrying these babies because the cancer is gone." I finished unable to contain my excitement anymore. The grin on Isaac's face grew to an impossible proportion and he reached over an effulged me in a breath-taking hug, but that wasn't saying much.

"Whoa there Isaac, you don't want to crush the babies." I say jokingly, but he seems to think I am serious because he immediately releases me with a worried expression on his face. "I'm joking Isaac. You wouldn't actually crush them." I say teasingly.

"Oh, I knew that." He said trying to play it off, even though he knew that I knew that he'd been worried. It seems that my feeling about Isaac had been right, he already loves these babies and they're only about the size of beans. "Hey Hazel, have you though about any names yet?" Isaac asked drawing me away from my thoughts. I laughed; only Isaac would ask if I had names picked out for my unknown gendered twins after only having known I was pregnant for a day.

"No it's still kind of early to be choosing names. I don't even know the genders yet." I say. He seems kind of disappointed at this so I also say, "Although I do want to incorporate Augustus in their names." He seems a bit confused at this.

"So what, you're gonna name them both Augustus Jr.?" He asks. I start laughing again. Only Isaac.

"No, I mean like naming one of them Gus and the other Max. Gus as a shortened version of Augustus and Max as in the hero from Counterinsurgence 2." I explain. In truth I have thought about names. That's actually what I was doing while I was waiting for Isaac to arrive. I just can't actually decide on names until I know the genders.

"What if they're girls?" Isaac asks. I've thought of that too.

"Well, I like the name Anna because she was the main character from An Imperial Affliction, but I can't think of any other girls name that would incorporate Augustus." I say hinting that I want his opinion. Isaac seems to brighten even more if possible.

"Well there are loads of names to choose from. There's Augusta, August, and even Grace because he always did love calling you 'Hazel Grace'." Isaac says excitedly.

"Thanks, Isaac. I really like August, although that could be a boys name too." I tell him trying to convey how grateful I am for his help. Who would have thought that Isaac had maternal feelings? "Really Isaac, I cant even tell you how grateful I am for everything that you've done for me these past few months." I tell him my voice taking on a serious tone.

"Its no problem, Hazel, and I'll continue taking care of you and now these babies. Augustus made me promise to look after you, and I'm gonna make sure that I don't break that promise." Hearing this brings tears to my eyes. It seems that even in death Augustus is still looking after me.