John Green Crossover

Chapter One - Hazel

HAZEL

The relinquish of life bestowed upon me is a fathom of disappointment. My lungs that continually suck at being lungs struggle to function properly. Really if anything, I wish my lungs were non existent. Okay, to be honest, I don't really wish that my lungs cease to exist, because while they do happen to suck at being lungs, at least they are good enough to keep me alive, even if they only function from the power of a machine. So with my excruciatingly, long, boring day of life, I glance over to check my phone. This action is partly from boredom of watching a relinquishment of a previously seen ANTM marathon, partly due to the fact that I've lost track of time and partly to check my phone for messages from the one and only Augustus Waters. No Augustus Waters this time, but an Alaska Young will do.

I read the message in which it says,

Alaska: Hey Haze, how ya doing? I'm down at Starbucks with Pudge, Margo and Linds, you wanna catch up with us?

To which I abruptly reply,

Hazel: Sure Lask. I'll be there in ten mins, tell Pudge, Mar and Linds I say hi

Of course with Alaska's swift charisma, Alaska replies:

Alaska: You realise Haze, you can kind of do that in ten minutes..

I head down out of my bedroom, and shout to mum I'm heading out. I don't wait for her reply.

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"Hey Haze is here. Seeing her here just made me feel breathless", shouts Pudge, who now seems to be turning into quite the smart ass.

"Hello my awesome and amusing friends. Pudge", I say with a snickering smile. Pudge soon drops his smart ass smile glued to his face to a somber scowl.

"So Haze", Alaska begins with the kick ass tone only able to be heard through an Alaska Young conversation,"Are you busy next weekend? Well, both you and Gus?"

"Not that I'm sure of, why?" I ask with a catch to my question.

"Well Margo, Pudge and I have been thinking of taking everyone to a camping trip into a secluded town, where we can discover the essence of our youth and become extreme bad asses, maybe like burning down a forest or smashing a window. Of course, there'll be some things that you won't be able to do, Haze, due to your... never mind. But anyways, basically we could all go on a teenage angst camp to channel our inner thoughts and telekinesis powers. Linds is a bit hesitant to come with us though".

"Hey! In my defence, I'm pretty sure Collin and Hassan wouldn't want to come either. We quite lit'rally witnessed a bear attack on our "road trip", which happened to only last two days only because we forgot about gas. On top of that we saw this guy on the opposite side of the road quite literally get mauled to death by a badass bear out of nowhere. I ain't hesitant, Lask, I'm just cautious".

"Sure Linds" Alaska remarks.

"Alaska's missing the point", Margo interjects, "this isn't about teenage angst and smashing windows and what not. This is to experience life through the eyes of a wandering explorer. It's also about doing some pretty whacked out crap, but the main goal of this trip is to live young while we can. We need to live live in the moment and just go with it".

"Can I just say, Alaska, Colonel, Lara, Takumi and I have pulled an all nighter numerous times. If you really want a kickass time, you need to have explosives and a prank. One for fun and the other just to scare the hell out of everyone!" Pudge shouts from the end of the table.

The conversation maintains for about an hour until there is nothing left to say. We all farewell each other abruptly and head our separate ways. There's two things that are definite beyond infinity: I need to somehow persuade my parents to let me go camping and I need to get Gus to come.

I pull out my phone and begin to text Gus.

Hazel: Hey Gus, ring ASAP. It's about this weekend, if you haven't already heard. Call me xoxo

God I sure hope my parents are in a good mood.

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"Hazel, where have you been. You know you're meant to tell us where you go. All I got for an explanation was an 'out'!"

My mum is beaming. My parents are both on the burgundy couch in the living room, obviously waiting for my arrival. I check my phone, it's only 8.23 pm, why are they angry?

"Mum, I was at Starbucks with some friends, that's all, but I do need to ask you and dad something important".

"Well you could have told me, Hazel, I was worried sick about you!"

I walk to the couch and hug my mum, who becomes tangled in my cannula.

"Okay, so don't freak out, but I want to ask you if I can go camping with some friends. Gus will be there", I state not full heartedly, "so I will be fine. It will be like how he looked after me at Amsterdam, but without you there, Mum. Okay, I know you'll probably say no, but my teenage years are coming to an end, and lets just say that my life doesn't seem that far off either."

This upsets my mum to the point of tears.

"Mum, I didn't mean it like that, I was just trying to persuade you to let me go camping".

"Hazel, we understand that you want to do these things like other teenagers, but your mum and I just get a little protective. We worry sick about your well being everyday. You can go camping as long as I know that you leave your cannula in at all times and make sure Gus is with you everywhere. We don't want anything to happen to you while you're gone."

I run up to my parents and give them both a bear hug. I kiss my mum on her tearstained cheek just for good measure and fast walk to my room. All the while stating an abundance of thank you's to my parents. I need to tell Gus. As if by coincidence, my phone begins to ring on my bed with Gus's name appearing on the screen. I answer.