The Fault in Our Stars Page #4

FRANNIE:

It's Friday night.

HAZEL:

Hmm?

FRANNIE:

I was just thinking... you should

call your friends, see what they're

up to.

HAZEL:

(DISINTERESTED)

That's ok.

Frannie and Michael look at one another, don't say anything.

MICHAEL:

Wanna see a movie?

Hazel looks up from the book. Sees her parents. Gets an idea.

HAZEL:

Why don't you guys go to a movie?

(off their look)

(MORE)

7.

HAZEL (CONT'D)

You haven't been out in a while.

Go. Have fun. Take the night off.

Frannie and Michael look at one another again.

MICHAEL:

This is a really good show.

Hazel sighs. And just like that, everyone goes back to what

they were doing. CUT TO:

QUICK SEQUENCE, which plays over:

HAZEL (V.O.)

And that was my life.

- Hazel watching TV, book in hand.

- Hazel in another doctor's office.

- Hazel popping pills.

HAZEL (V.O.)

Reality shows. Doctor's

appointments. Eight prescription

drugs, three times a day.

INT HAZEL'S KITCHEN - ANOTHER DAY

Hazel and her parents in the kitchen.

HAZEL (V.O.)

And worse worse worst of all...

support group.

HAZEL:

Ugh. You can't make me.

MICHAEL:

Of course we can, we're your

parents.

Hazel frowns.

MICHAEL:

Hazel, you need to get out of the

house. Make friends. Be a teenager.

HAZEL:

If you want me to be a teenager,

don't send me to Support Group. Buy

me a fake ID so I can go to clubs

and drink gimlets and take pot.

MICHAEL:

You don't take pot.

8.

HAZEL:

See, that's the kind of thing I

would know with a fake ID.

FRANNIE:

(BEAT)

Get in the car.

Hazel mock stabs herself in the stomach with an invisible

sword. CUT TO:

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