Paper Towns (A 5H Fanfic)

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Day 1: The Start
It was bright and early in New York City. Lauren felt a hand on her shoulder, trying to wake her up. Lauren rolled over and groaned in annoyance.

"Dinah get the fuck off. I'll get up in a second." she mumbled.

"JAUREGUI!" Normani's voice rang out loud and clear next to Lauren's ear, causing her jump slightly and her eyes to fly open. Normani was laughing at her and Lauren sat up in bed while running a hand through her hair. Dinah was still dead asleep on the other bed where Ally was lightly trying to wake her.

"Dinah get up. We have to go." Ally softly said to Dinah while tapping her shoulder.

Lauren turned to face Normani once more. "You couldn't have done that for me you asshole?"

"You love me." Normani replied while siting down on Lauren's bed and hugging her. "We gotta go. Cops are here and checking out Camila's room already."

"They haven't found her yet?" Lauren asked while rubbing her eyes.

Normani shook her head. "The twenty four hours are up. Camila is officially on a missing persons list."

The four girls peaked into Camila's hotel room where cops and detectives gathered inside. Cops asked their tour manager questions, detectives picked up and picked at items left behind. One detective picked up a black beanie from the inside of Camila's opened suit case. The detective inspected the beanie and Lauren realized it was her beanie she thought she lost during X Factor.

"Hey." Lauren pushed through the hotel room door and disregarding the cops and their tour manager that tried to stop her. "That's mine." she took the beanie out of the detectives hand, suddenly wondering why Camila had her beanie in the first place.

"Lauren calm down." their tour manager, John said as he stepped closer to her. "Just let them do their job." he took the beanie from her hands though it was her hat.

Lauren opened her mouth to say something back to him but Normani quickly stepped in and gave Lauren a slight shove. Stopping her from saying anything more.

"They'll find her ok. She couldn't have gotten far and she's Camila Cabello. People know who she is and what she looks like. She'll be back in no time." John continued.

'People know who she is and what she looks like.' Maybe that was the problem. Maybe that's why she left.

"She's fine I'm sure." he continued. Lauren refused to make eye contact with him. She continued watching the detectives tare through Camila's room. She'd hate it if she was here. Her suitcase was always a mess but it was in her mind an organized mess.

"If she was fine she'd be here by now." Lauren mumbled. Normani elbowed her in the side. Lauren getting mad was the last thing the girls needed. When she was mad, everything went down hill with her from there.

"What was that?" he replied, catching notice of Lauren getting a bit annoyed with him.

The two bickered all the time to the point where it was normal to everyone else. Lauren got lectured by him all the time about being a role model and to watch her mouth on stage but she never listened. She was who she was, no apologies granted. That's exactly what he hated about her. She never wanted to be an industry puppet and he knew she'd never be because she was so damn stubbornly and unapologetically herself.

"We're not doing this now." he whispered before walking back towards the hotel door.

"Did you ever stop and wonder why she decided to leave?" Lauren abruptly asked. He stopped in his tracks. He didn't turn to face her, just stood still for a second.