Augustus sat on the deck for a very long time. He cried, out of guilt and sadness, and loneliness to. He wanted nothing more than to have one more conversation with Hazel or his parents, but the world was not a wish granting factory, and neither did it seem, was the afterlife. He wished that Hazel was there with him, and then he got mad at himself for wishing that she was dead. After sometime a voice came on over the intercom telling them to get off the boat. The people on the deck all started to get up and move. It took Augustus a few moment to pick himself up. He no longerfelt sad, just numb. Augustus aimlessly followed the crowd of people heading off the boat. Eventually the crowd swept him off the boat and onto the docks, written in large letter above the dock was a sign that said Welcome to Elsewhere. What a strange name for the afterlife, though Augustus, he pondered the many metaphors behind the name trying to make himself feel better. He noticed many people rushing into the crowd greeting people, some of them were breaking down in tears, no one came to greet him though, so he just kept walking. As he did the crowd of people around him got smaller smaller. Augustus looked around for the first time, Elsewhere looked a lot like vacation town, there were palm trees and a beach near the dock, and a pleasant warm breeze. He was still pondering the many metaphors as the name Elsewhere, when he stopped dead in his tracks. Standing at the end of the dock was Caroline Mathews.
