Paper Towns (A 5H Fanfic)

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Day 0: The Middle

The girls had finished rehearsal and were returning their mic's and in ears to the sound guy. Lauren was wondering about Camila. The sudden questions about running away were random but Camila was a random person. She said random things and made random jokes and did random dance moves in random places.

"Louser." Dinah called from the side of the stage as she walked over to where Lauren was standing. Louser was Lauren's nickname Dinah had given her. It was loser and Lauren mixed together. "Do you know where Mila is?" she looked frazzled. Lauren looked around the stage grounds and found no trace of the brown hair that had a bow in it.

A sound guy walked by and Lauren quickly grabbed the man's arm. "Did Camila give you her mic or in ears yet?" she asked. The man nodded and showed Lauren the in ear case engraved with the Camila's name. Well, almost her name. The guy who engraved the names messed up on hers and instead of it saying 'Camila' it said 'Camilla' The bad luck train that Camila was surly the conductor of was still running just as strong as it had when the girls had all first met on X Factor. "Thank you." Lauren smiled and let the man go.

"I'm gonna run back to the bus to get headphones, I can go check if she's there." Lauren said. Dinah nodded.

"I'm worried about her." Dinah pulled her phone out of her back pocket and opened Snapchat. "I mean, she's been distant from all of us lately." she opened a Snapchat and took a quick selfie, replying to whoever it was she was talking to at this hour of the day.

Lauren hadn't noticed Camila distancing herself because Camila had been distant from her for a year and half now. Lately, Camila had been clinging to Lauren despite their constant arguing and not to Dinah or any of the other girls lately. Lauren barely noticed the distance from the other girls and Camila. She was used to Camila being distant.

Dinah walked off to find Normani, probably going to harass some random people on the streets with dancing and posting them on Snapchat.

Lauren headed back onto the bus and walked to her bunk. Before she bend down to her bunk she took a look at the back lounge of the bus. It was silent on the bus so she assumed no one was on there when she heard something hit the ground. There was a ruffling from the bunk across from hers. Camila's bunk. An iPhone in an Otter Box case laid on the ground right outside the curtain. She picked the phone up and drew the curtain open, revealing Camila with headphones in and a book in hands, looking for her phone that must have slip out from her bunk and unplugged her headphones.

"You scared the shit out of me." Lauren mumbled as she bend down and handed the phone back to Camila. "What are you doing on here anyway? We're supposed to be getting fitted for our outfits for tomorrow."

"I just needed a minute alone." she replied quietly, toying with the corner of the paper back copy of 'Paper Towns' in her hands. "Are people looking for me?" she looked up at Lauren who nodded. "Of course they are." a sarcastic tone filled her voice. Camila put the book down and stretched her arms out of the bunk.

"I can tell them you didn't feel well if you want." Lauren replied, reaching into her own bunk to grab headphones then kneeling next to Camila.

"I don't want you to lie for me." Camila sighed.

"You've done it enough times for me." Lauren reminded her of the many times in the last year that Lauren was the distant one of the group. The times she needed 'space' but in reality just wasn't happy for whatever reason.

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"Lauren?" Camila called as she opened the tour bus door slightly. "Lo?" she repeated and took a step onto the bus.