Hey guys! I have some news. BIG NEWS. I just posted the second chapter to my newest story called 'Here I Lie'. It's a Hunger Games story set during the first book and it's all told from Rue's POV. Check it out! I'm also in the works of yet another tfios fanfic. I am sure you guys will love it. It's going to be a surprise though! If you follow and favorite me as an author you'll get the notification when I've posted the story. All I will tell you about this new story is that you'll definitely see more from our favourite crooked smiled metaphor smoking Augustus Waters;) would anyone be interested?
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~Wallflower95
"Hello? Anna? Earth to Anna?" I shook myself awake. My grandmother was waving her hand in front of my face. I sat at the kitchen table eating breakfast with Grandma. Grandpa was still away on business. I blinked and smiled at my grandma.
"Sorry Grams. Just tired I guess." My grandma frowned but seemed to accept my excuses. Grandma was droning on and about her this family she had to talk to the other day about the struggles of cancer. I looked at her and nodded every once in a while to make it look like I was listening. I wasn't being rude or anything. My mind was just somewhere else at the moment. Thinking about those letters. The 7th letter was tucked neatly into my school back in my bag. Unopened and unread. My hand were itching to open it but I sat there patiently listening to my grandmother. I glanced at the clock.
"I better head to school grandma." I kissed her on the head.
"Bye grandma!" I called. I grabbed my bag and the car keys and I was out the door.
I was impatient for free period. Luckily Kylie and I didn't have this class together so I could watch the minutes tick away in peace. I love Kylie. She's my best friend but sometimes I need some space. When the clock finally struck 12pm I grabbed my bag and shot out of the room. I had my lunch packed in a bag and my mom's letter in my other hand. I headed outside where I knew no one would be. I sat down at a bench and opened the letter.
My dearest infinity,
I must ask now that you go too Funky Bones and finish reading this letter for it is there that Augustus Waters revealed his wish to me.
My heart was pounding. A wish. She said that my dad told her his wish there. I knew what she was talking about. I bit my lip and looked at my watch. Funky bones wasn't far from my school. I could easily make it there and back in the next forty-five minutes. I grabbed my lunch and folded the letter and put in my pocket. I knew what she was talking about. So why was I almost ditching school to go too a sculpture in a park? Because my mom asked me to.
Ten minutes later I parked in the parking lot. It was quiet and empty. It kinda looked like a ghost down. I shut the car door and headed down the hill towards Funky Bones. I sat on the sculpture and started reading the letter.
Now that you are at Funky Bones here is what I would like you to do. I want you to go too Amsterdam. The city of sin but in sin most people find freedom. The place where I fell in love with Augustus Waters. It's beautiful there. I am sure you will love it! And hopefully the things I have left you are still there.
Take someone to go with you. It can be anyone and do not open the 8th letter until you are on the plane heading towards Amsterdam. Who knows? You might see Peter Van Houten there and finally get the answers you've been waiting for.
Love,
Mom
"Holy shit."
"Oh my god." Grandma said as she read over the letter mom had written me. Her eyes opened up wider as she scanned the rest. She sat down slowly on the couch and put her hand to her lip.
"She wants you to go too Amsterdam." Grandma said. I nodded. Grandma folded up the letter and handed it back to me. Grandma smiled at me sadly.
"I don't know how to tell you this sweetie..." I nodded.
"There's no money to go." I said. Grandma nodded. I sighed and leaned back on the couch. Looking up at the ceiling. Grandma sat down next to me and stroke my messy hair out of my eyes.
"I remember going through something like this with your mom." I turned towards my grandma.
"She was so desperate to go. To discover the answers before time ran out." Grandma said sadly as she thought about those moments with her daughter. She had a far away look in her eyes. I took my Grandma's hand.
"It's okay grandma." I whispered. She hugged me tight. But it wasn't okay. Deep down I wanted to go too Amsterdam. I had to go. For my mom.
I was sitting in my room reading AIA again. My compute was playing my Hectic Glow playlist. My head bobbed to the music as I read. I heard the doorbell ring and my grandma go too answer it. It's only been four days since I opened the 7th letter from mom. Since then I just stayed quiet. Trying hard not to look to sad in front of grandma. There was a knock at the door and I looked up.
"Anna, your grandparents are here to see you." My other grandparents were standing there. I smiled and hugged each of them.
"What are you guys doing here?" I asked. Not in a rude way of course.
"Well we were in the neighborhood and we thought we'd drop by and see how you're doing." Grandma said as she kissed the top of my head. My Grandpa ruffled my hair.
"How's school going?" He asked. I shrugged my shoulders.
"Same old same old Gramps." I said with a smile. I squinted at them.
"You didn't just come to say hi to me did you?" I questioned them. They looked at each other and then back at me.
"You Grandma called us." Grandma said.
"Told us about your mom's letters." I nodded.
"We know your mom wanted to send you to Amsterdam like she did with Augustus." Grandma said.
"We want you too go. To Amsterdam." Grandpa said. I smiled sadly.
"I can't afford to go though." I said. They looked at each other again.
"We want to send you. We will pay for your trip." Grandpa said. I stared at them in shock.
"But-"
"No buts Anna." Grandma said.
"We want you to go. Your mom would want you to go and so would your dad." She said.
"We owe your mom. For what she did for Augustus. And you're our granddaughter. We want you to be happy." Grandma said as she stroked my cheek. I smiled and threw my arms around the two of them and hugged them tight.
"Thank you so much!" They both laughed and hugged me back.
"You lucky jerk." Kylie said as she rolled around on my bed. I laughed at her.
"I'll be gone for about a week." I said.
"Oh know. You're just the lucky girl who get to go away while her best friend has to suffer in school!" Kylie exclaimed. I laughed at her.
"Can't believe your mom is sending you to freaking Amsterdam." I smiled at her.
"I did invite you to come." I pointed out.
"Yeah well too bad I'm lacking in some classes and my mom believe I have to study harder in order to function in life." Kylie said. I laughed and sat down on the bed.
"So have you learned lots about your mom and dad?" I pursed my lips. And then an idea hit me. I walked up to the white board mounted on my wall and I drew three circles that overlapped in the middle.
"What are you doing?" Kylie questioned. I wrote three names in each circle.
"This." I said, pointing to my drawing.
"Is the Venn Diagram." I said proudly. Kylie nodded.
"I have no idea what that is." She said. I rolled my eyes.
"You see, the Venn Diagram is a set diagram that shows all possible relations between a set of figures." I pointed to the center of each circle.
In the middle of each circle you put the difference each subject has and in the middle..." I pointed to the circle overlapping in the middle.
"Is where you put their similarities." I said. Kylie nodded.
"Still don't get it but go on."
"So, my dad was from the sound of it very confident." In the circle with my dad's name I wrote the word.
"My mom was smart." I wrote the word in my mom's circle.
"And I am..."
"Weird." Kylie said.
"Thanks Ky."
"Don't mention it."
"I'm... plain." I wrote the word in my circle.
"From the sound of it you guys like the same band and the same book." Kylie pointed out. I wrote that in the center of the three circles. When I was finally done with the diagram and sat back on the couch and looked at it with Kylie.
"Huh." She said. I turned my head to look at if from a different angle.
"Looks like your take after your parents after all." Kylie said. I nodded.
"Who knew." I said with a smile on my face.
"Amsterdam?" Grandpa said as he chewed his food. Kylie had gone home and I now sat at the kitchen table eating dinner with grandma and grandpa. It was on three days since my other grandparents offered to send me to Amsterdam. Grandpa just got back earlier this afternoon and I just finished explaining mom's letter to him.
"Hazel wanted you to go too Amsterdam?" I nodded.
"Apparently she left me something there." He nodded.
"But who will go with you?" That's the part where I got stuck. All my grandparents either had work or were not really into travelling. I couldn't go all the way to Amsterdam on my own. It could be a whole 'Taken' situation. I've seen all three of the Taken movies and there is no way I'm going to end up like that. I shrugged my shoulders.
"I'll think of someone." I said.
"Why not Kaitlyn?" Grandma suggested.
"She want that time Hazel went for a second time. I'd say Isaac but... you know." Grandma said. I could just imagine me and Isaac navigating through Amsterdam together. What a duo we'd be. I smiled.
"Yeah maybe Kaitlyn." I said.
"You should go by and ask her tomorrow. I'm sure she'd love to take you." Grandma said. I smiled and continued to eat. I could not believe. My mother was sending me to Amsterdam!
Amsterdam one last time! What will Anna find there? Do you guys remember what Hazel left for Anna? oh and before I sign off... To: Lucy! The Price of Blood is a new video game because when you think about it's about 16 years later since Hazel died and Hazel passed away about 2013 so it's the year 2029 for Anna. Haha I know right! Small difference between the books and movie annoy me so much! It's a little problem I have ;)
To: pitbuls xox 3 thanks so much for the amazing words and no i dont think putbulls are scary animals at all! and my favorite story I've written so far? Hmmm hard one... I think for me it's between Anna's Infinity and Convergent. The two are so different. One is humor and some drama and romance while the other is intense and action packed. it's definitely between those two:)
And to a special shout out to butterknifebitch: I hope you find a copy of tfios movie soon! and i love the new name;) thanks so much for you continuous support you are absolutely amazing!:)
Hope you all liked that chapter:) please comment and review. Thank you muchly and see ya at chapter 7 and thank you all for your amazing words. You are all incredible!:)
~Wallflower95