This is a chapter on Mr. and Mrs. Lancaster. Micheal is the name Dr. Serpico had given Mr. Lancaster while I chose to put Caroline as Mrs. Lancaster. This is mainly Dr. Serpico's idea, I just fixed up some thing to help it flow better.
A Common Fear- Dr. Serpico
It was three in the morning when suddenly, Mrs. Lancaster woke up with a start. Nothing actually woke her up, just her own body telling her she needed to get up. With an annoyed sigh she looked to her side and spotted her husband sleeping peacefully by her side. Giving him a small kiss she gets out of her bed and heads towards the stairs to grab a glass of water. As she passes her daughter's room slightly open, which was unlike her daughter to do.
Once downstairs, Mrs. Lancaster started to observe how comfortable her dark house made her feel and she smiled. Sprawled on the couch, Goofy the black lab, slept quietly on the edge of the couch. She knew that one behavior was strange, as Goofy only slept on the couch when Hazel wasn't home. She watched as the black dog's head lifted up his tail slowly wagging at the sight of Mrs. Lancaster sitting there with a cup of water. "Hey, boy." She said scratching his chin. "Lost sleep too?" Goofy's tail wagged some more as he nuzzled and licked Mrs. Lancaster's hand. "Come on Goof." She said and the black dog followed his owner into the kitchen.
Nothing seemed suspicious there, it was just a kitchen and she obviously felt silly being afraid of unnatural things such as ghosts. When she was about to leave the kitchen she spotted a piece of paper on the table with doctor-like handwriting on it. She picked it up and saw it was a letter her daughter had written. "Going to see Gus. Be right back! Love H.G."
Thinking it was a huge prank her daughter was trying to pull, Mrs. Lancaster rushed to her daughter's room only to find it empty. Her girl was missing. "Oh! God!" She exclaimed and ran back to her husband. "Micheal." She said shaking him awake.
"What?" Micheal Lancaster woke up and stared at his wife. "Hazel?!" He gasped scared that something had happened to his daughter.
"Mike she's isn't home." Mrs. Lancaster said handing him the piece of paper. Micheal looked annoyed and grabbed her cellphone and handed it to her so she could call the Waters while he called Hazel on his phone to command her to come back home. "Nobody's home."
"Try again Caroline." Micheal said his voice going dark as he waited for Hazel to answer the phone.
"Hello?" Hazel's voice was weak when she answered. She sounded like she had been crying.
"Hazel Grace Lancaster where are you young lady?!" Micheal barked furiously.
"Dad, no need to yell." She whined, immediately calming down her father. "Come to Memorial Hospital quickly. I'll explain everything once you get here." The line went dead. Micheal and Caroline quickly got dressed before they too rushed out of their house.
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Both Mr. and Mrs. Waters and Hazel were sitting in the waiting room when Micheal and Caroline arrived. Tears were streaming down Hazel's eyes as Mrs. Waters tried to calm her down. The angry Micheal had felt, vanished and he broke down at the sight of his daughter, as her weak body tried to fight off this sickness, was now taking down the only boy she truly cared for.
"Madison, Charles I'm so sorry." Caroline said each taking the time to comfort one another while they waited for news on Augustus' status.
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It was at least two hours ago that Augustus had called for help trying to get cigarettes and ended being in the hospital in a worst position then before. Hazel felt guilty as he had asked her not to call the ambulance. To let him die there but she couldn't. She had to help him. She wasn't ready for him to leave her. But now she was sitting in the middle between her parents and Augustus' her eyes spilling more water.
"I'm so sorry." She choked out, her body shaking and she thought it could be the lack of oxygen. But she knew it wasn't. "I should have called you." The Waters shook their head but looked up as the doctor walked out motioning for them to follow.
The waiting room was empty besides the three Lancasters as they held onto one another for comfort as Hazel once again broke down.
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Hazel was told that Gus wasn't doing so well, and that he'll be staying at the hospital for at least two more days. Hazel made a heart breaking choice to head home with her parents since she wasn't aloud in the ICU to be by Augustus' side, even though she wanted to.
The next day she decided to walk Goofy just to get out of the quiet of her own house and wanted to talk to Issac let him know how Gus was doing. But she knew she wouldn't want to risk being far away from her family in case they needed her, she she pulled out her phone and dialed Issac's number. When he had answered she stated that Gus wasn't doing so well and a string of curses flew from the other end of the phone. Just like Hazel, Issac wasn't ready to loose his best friend quiet just yet.