The Fault In Our Stars Novels & Stories

Boston Mass. 2019 Abigail woke up in a cold sweat. She had yet another nightmare. They were always the same. Flashbacks of her life before she got clean. She looked over at the digital clock on her bedside table. Three thirty on the dot, just like every night had been for months.

It's a small flame about to be a wildfire. The dead night was kept alive through our urban exploration of each other's flesh. And to be alive is to breathe in each other's air, kissing lips, gracing skins, and holding each other closely. I never once in my wildest dreams imagined that the girl I have always adored from afar would ever be in my hands like this, but here we are. "Is this okay?" I asked amid my ragged breaths. In between labored breathing and hazy eyes, she hastily responded, "Of course! Why not?"

Tiny diamonds formed a ring of stars, cradling a silver crescent in the center. My breathing stopped. I had sketched that design when I was fifteen, in the corner of my old sketchbook. The day Ryan confessed to me, he had pointed at that drawing, his voice shaking. “Jane, one day when I have money, I’ll make this for you. “Stars always stay beside the moon. “Just like I’ll never break my promise to you.” Now he had finally made it. He just put it on someone else. On screen, Wendy touched the pendant at her collarbone and smiled shyly.

Zelest and I ate our food in silence and soon after we went through our project paper together, we set our bedrolls and slept, the stick—our makeshift idea of boundary—between us. The image of Zelest swimming burned itself into my skull. But so did that goddess-forsaken note. One of you won’t leave this camp alive. Pangs of pain and panic jolted me awake. My entire body ached with pain. I rolled over toward Zelest’s side of the tent and my heart sank. He wasn’t there.

It had moved her. "Only me?" William let out a mocking laugh. "If she only loved me, then why did she run away again when I was at my worst?" "I–" Tina was at a loss for words. I had already been shattered into pieces by grief. "I didn’t run, William. I never ran away. I’ve always been here." He couldn’t hear me. In his rage, he grabbed a box from the ground. It was the one I used to store our photos. There were pictures of us climbing Mount Titancrest and hiking the Stormridge Heights. Everytime we reached a peak, he would pull me close to take a picture. He once said that one day, we would look back and reminisce on all these photos when we were old.

Segun said and Rosa waved at him as her husband joined her in the back seat of their Lincoln town car. "Meravicks Hospital," Osaro instructed the driver, then turned to his wife as he held her in his arms, ignoring her quizzed look. "I need you to be strong, my love. Our daughter has been involved in an accident," he said thickly. Rosa stiffened in her husband's arms but he shook her loose. She started to shake her head as she raised her voice in a lament. "Will this trail of tragedy never end, Osaro?! Whom has my daughter offended that will not let her rest?!"

He jogged back towards me holding a book. "What's that?" I curiously eyed what he was carrying. Of course, it's another book! I suddenly felt excited. I'd naturally be curious about the books he owns! If I can only read every book in the world, I'd happily do so. I've actually read about a library. It's mentioned many times in the novels I've read, and I would love to visit one! Caleb handed me the book. It was color blue with two clouds in the front. One black and one white. The title said 'The Fault in Our Stars'.

he asked. Sarah looked up at him, caught out of words. "The accident happened ten years ago; yes, I was a jerk and an idiot for ordering everyone to leave Ezra, but we were sixteen years old, some fifteen, some fourteen," he said to her. Sarah looked away. "At that age, we make mistakes, costly, sometimes deadly mistakes but that does not mean we should be judged by that mistake for life," he added. "Would you please let go of my hand?" she requested.

"I bet he'll write back. We're all famous, I doubt he'd over see us." I shrugged. "Doubt it. He's a busy man." "If he replies then you have to go on vacation with us in a few days." "Did you guys not just come back from one?" I questioned. "Technically, it was a business vacation. We're going on for ourselves, deal?" Rachael and Serene held their hands out and I hesitantly shook them. After that movie we watched Safe Haven, cried. The Fault in Our Stars, cried. Then The Last Song and, of course, cried. Oliver had started blowing my phone up a little while after so I said my goodbyes and headed home.

His voice, filled with fatigue, spoke softly to himself, “I’ll continue the search tomorrow. There’s still hope. Maybe she’s using those strange machines they call ‘cars.’” He let out a deep sigh, knowing that he had to accept this little setback for now. Understanding that rest was important, he finally allowed himself to find comfort in sleep. As he drifted off, the name of his beloved Luna echoed gently in his dreams, filling his heart with warmth and hope for their reunion. * * *