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Augustus wanted to do something himself. He tried to drive to the gas station, but ended up having a problem with his g-tube, a surgically implanted tube that he took medication through. He called Hazel crying, and told her she couldn't call 911 or his parents, just to get over as quick as she could.

Isaac's ex-girlfriend still hasn't even talked to him since his surgery. Gus decides that that is not acceptable and so they all drive to Monica's house and Isaac tries to egg her car. After the egging, Gus gets a lot worse. He's been in and out of the hospital, is in a wheelchair, and can sometimes not really think straight. Everyone is scared for him.

After they kissed, Augustus tells Hazel that's been bothering him that he hasn't told her. Augustus had been having a lot of pain recently so he had a PET scan done. 'I lit up like a Christmas tree.' He later describes himself as being made of cancer. Hazel's really scared for his future.

Ligewij, Van Houten's assistant, was mortified by her bosses behavior and resigned from working for him. She took Hazel and Augustus to the Anne Frank Huis. The only problem was that there were a lot of steep stairs, which were a huge struggle for Hazel. At the top floor, Hazel and Augustus kissed for the first time.

Peter Van Houten was nothing like they expected him. He said that there was no ending for the characters in the book because as soon as the book ended, they ceased to exist. He told them that they were nothing but sick kids who were used to getting everything they wanted and they were side-effects of life. He told them they were messed up mutations and he wouldn't answer their childish whims for impossible answers.

The next morning, after Augustus told Hazel what had happened with his ex-girlfriend, they are going to see Peter Van Houten, the author of An Imperial Affliction. Hazel dresses in a way that the main character of AIA, Anna, would have dressed. Her and Gus are about to go meet the author Hazel had only previously dreamed of meeting.

After arriving in Amsterdam, Hazel and Augustus go out to dinner at a restaurant called Oranjees. Most of Amsterdam is covered in tree seeds that look like tiny rose petals, which everyone calls confetti. They say that the trees through the confetti to welcome spring. They get champagne which the locals call 'bottled stars'

Hazel, Augustus, and Hazel's mom set off on their trip to Amsterdam. When they picked up Augustus at his house to go to the airport, they heard crying and yelling coming from inside.

Hazel finally returns to the support group after not going for a few weeks. After the support group meeting, her and Isaac go back to his house to play video games. The game is set up so that everything is narrated so that Isaac can play, too.

Hazel wakes up in the middle of the night with the worst head pain she's ever had. She's rushed to the ICU and passes out for a few days. When she wakes up, she's told it was because there was a fluid buildup in her lungs which they drained and will have to continue draining regularly. This was the cause of her headache and shoulder pain.