Tfios fan fiction

Part 15

I wake up the next morning to the sound of a hair dryer. I look at the clock to see that it is ten o'clock in the morning. I see Kaitlyn blow drying her hair in the bathroom and sit up. There is a tray of fruits and crackers and things on the bedside table and I eat some of it.

Kaitlyn comes into the room; she is dressed in black skinny jeans and a white crop top. "Hey, how are you feeling?" She asks me.

"Fine." I say. "I'm going to get ready."

I grab some blue leggings and a loose grey t-shirt before walking into the bathroom and locking the door behind me.

...

An hour later Kaitlyn, Isaac and I are sitting in the dining room of the hotel, having brunch. "So, what do you want to do today?" Kaitlyn asks.

"How about we go to Anne Frank's House?" I suggest.

"Are you sure?" Isaac asks. "I mean, you and Gus did have your first kiss there, and there are a lot of steep stairs."

"I want to go there again. Also I can breathe properly now, I'm sure I can handle the stairs this time." I say.

"But pregnant women get tired and out of breath easily." Isaac says.

"I'll be fine." I say.

"Okay, we'll go there then." Kaitlyn says.

...

It is now one o'clock and the three of us are queuing up outside Anne Frank House, waiting to go in.

When we walk into the house we take our time walking around. Watching the videos. Listening to what she is saying. When we get to the first set of steps Kaitlyn walks up first and I follow. It's easier without the tank. It's easier when you can breathe properly. I make my way up the stairs without a problem.

On the second floor we take our time looking around, like we did on the ground floor. Isaac and Kaitlyn look around in awe of the place that hid the Frank family during the war and the Holocaust. I look around and think of when Gus, Lidewij and I came here, after our terrible morning with Van Houten. I look around and see me, with the oxygen tank. I see Gus.

Tears pool in my eyes, but I push them down. I don't want to cry. I've done too much crying.

We make our way up the second set of stairs, behind the bookshelf that hid the family. I see Lidewij carrying my tank for me and Gus comforting me, helping me as I struggle for breath.

We look around, taking our time. Then we arrive at the ladder, which yet again I struggled with. Kaitlyn climbs up first. I follow, it's easier, but the memories, the memories are painful.

I finish climbing and sit; my back against the wall. Kaitlyn and Isaac look at me, worried. I look to the centre of the room and see mine and Augustus' first kiss. This is the place where I realised how much I love him. How much I want him. This is the place we went to before creating the babies that are growing inside of me.

The tears come and I don't stop them this time. Isaac and Kaitlyn wrap their arms around me and comfort me as I cry. I've done too much crying. But God, or whoever is up there, deciding my fate, just seems to hate me. First he takes Gus from me. Now he's taking my mum. I wonder what he's going to do next. Or maybe he's going to stop doing things to me and make me live without Gus and my mum. Make my dad live without his wife. Make my babies live without their dad and only one grandma.

The world is not a wish granting factory.

I know that.

But I wish it was.

"Hazel?" I hear a familiar female voice say my name.

I look up and Isaac and Kaitlyn let go of me. I see Lidewij standing next to a man, who I'm guessing is her boyfriend. I dry my tears, stand up and walk over to her, embracing her.

"How did you know it was me?" I ask.

"I recognised the hair, and your voice. I may not have heard you cry but I know what you sound like." She says.

"It's good to see you." I say.

"You too. I'm sorry, about Augustus. Where's your gas tank?" She asks, shocked to not see it.

"Oh, my cancer's gone." I say.

"Wow, that's amazing. You look different." She says.

"Yeah, I'm kinda pregnant, with twins. Gus is the dad." I tell her.

"Wow. Congratulations." She says.

"Thank you. These are my friends. Kaitlyn and Isaac." I say, gesturing to Kaitlyn and Isaac as I say their names. Lidewij introduces herself to them and shakes their hands.

"This is Bas, my boyfriend." She tells me.

"Nice to meet you, Bas." I say as I shake his outstretched hand.

"You too, Hazel." He says.

"Oh, you three have to join us for dinner tomorrow night, we're eating at Oranjee." She tells us. I look at Isaac and Kaitlyn and they nod.

"Sure, what time should we meet you there?" I ask.

"About seven." She says.

"Okay, we'll be there." I tell her.

"Great. We have to go now, but we'll see you tomorrow." She says.

"Yeah, sure." I say before embracing her again. They leave and Isaac and Kaitlyn look at me. "That was Peter Van Houten's assistant." I tell them.

"Oh, okay." Isaac says.

"Let's go shopping for tomorrow night." Kaitlyn says. Isaac and I groan. "Come on, it'll be fun." She says.

We follow her out of the house and to the mall.

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