Paper Towns (A 5H Fanfic)

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Day 4: The Road Home

Camila's head felt a strange vibration under her, she was still half asleep on Lauren's side when she sat up and realized Lauren's phone was ringing. She pulled the phone out from the other girls pocket and checked the caller ID.

{Incoming Call From John}

She hit the green button and put the receiver to her ear. "Hello?" she groggily said.

"C-Camila?" John stuttered. "They found you?"

"I believe so. What's up?" she yawned.

"You girls need to be back by ten. Otherwise, you're missing a very important interview with MTV about.. a few AMA nominations you girls got yesterday." he explained. Camila could tell he was smiling when he said that.

Camila suddenly felt extremely awake. "No way!" she shouted, scaring Normani, waking Dinah and Lauren, and nearly causing Ally to drive off the road.

"What the hell?" Dinah said as she sat up.

"Is that my phone Ca-" Camila put her hand over Lauren's mouth before she could finish the sentence.

"For real?! How many?!" Camila continued to shout in excitement. Lauren looked over at Camila in confusion.

"Two. Single of the Year and Favorite Pop/Rock Group. Tell the girls congrats. You guys did it." he cheered.

"Oh my god! Guys!" Camila said to the girls.

"What?!" Normani and Dinah said at the same time.

"Get back by ten. We'll talk more when you get here." John said.

Camila looked up at the clock on the dashboard of the car.

9:35am.

They weren't even in New York yet.

"There's no way we're gonna make it back in time. We're in Jersey still." Camila said into the phone.

"Drive faster." John replied. "Who's driving?"

"Uh. Ally." Ally turned for a split second when she heard her name being mentioned but turned back to the road quickly.

"Oh god." Camila could picture John rolling his eyes as he said that. "She better step on it then. I'll see you at ten ok." before Camila could counter, he hung up. She pulled the phone off her ear and placed it on Lauren's lap.

"What did he say?" Dinah asked.

"Well, the first thing he said was we got nominated for two AMA's." the girls all spoke at once in pure shock.

Ally and Dinah: "What?!"

Normani: "Are you serious?!"

Lauren: "No fucking way!"

Camila laughed at their reactions. "Also, he said we need to be back by ten for a very important interview with MTV."

"That's in like thirty minutes. We're never gonna make it." Normani replied.

"Plus, Ally is driving. We're really not gonna make it." Dinah teased.

"Hey! I am not that slow of a driver!" Ally countered.

"Why does the speedometer say fifty when you should be going sixty on the freeway?" Lauren questioned.

Ally stepped on the gas slightly more. "You know what, I'm gonna get us there and yall are gonna apologize to me when we're there and on time."

The car ride was full of loud conversations and laughs between the girls. Being on the road with each other in this setting was different from being on the road in a tour bus. In a tour bus, they had space to separate and go be alone where as in a car they had no where to go. They were in a confined space right next to each other for as long as the car was in motion.

Talking made the drive a little faster but they were all still anxious to get back on time. They entered New York and were speeding through the cities.

9:50am.

Cutting things rather close at this point.

"We need to look actually presentable to MTV not road trip chic." Normani said as she looked at herself in the passenger mirror.

"There's a make up bag here somewhere. I knew someone would want it so I grabbed some of everyones stuff." Ally exclaimed.

Everyone looked around for the make up bag on the floor. There were clothes and chip bags and empty water bottles but no make up bag.

"Found it!" Camila shouted as she held it up. She unzipped the bag and began picking out the contents. She pulled mascara and eyeliner out and handed it off to Lauren.

Each girl picked out what was their make up products then handed the bag off to the next girl.

"How the fuck do you do a decent job at eyeliner in a moving car?" Lauren groaned. Trying to use her phone as a mirror.

Ally kept her eyes on the road and didn't bother with the make up yet. She'd quickly do it before they got into the interview. Hopefully.

9:55am.

"We're not gonna make it. The venue is across town from here." Normani said.

Ally was focused on the road. She stepped on the gas a little more, starting to push forty five in a thirty zone. She was not going to be the reason the girls didn't make it to the interview.

9:58am.

"We're not gonna make it. You have to park still." Camila said. Her head popping up right in between the passenger and drivers seats.

10:00am.

"They won't start right on the dot will there? They'll let it slid." Dinah positively said. She could see the nerves in everyones eyes, someone had to be a positive source in that moment.

10:02am.

Ally pulled up to the front of the venue and threw the car in park. They didn't have time to park the car in a parking spot so the turn around in front of the venue would have to do. Everyone ran out of the car, Camila only had one flip flop on and couldn't find the other but didn't have time to even look.

10:05am.

"How do we get backstage from the front entrance?!" Ally exclaimed. "Just go down the stairs. We'll just hop on stage then run backstage from there." she answered herself and the rest of the girls followed close behind.

The girls ran down the stairs of the seating area for the venue. In a few short hours, this place would be full of fans, ready to see the opening night of the tour.

10:07am.

The girls hopped onto the stage then ran to the backstage area. Frantically, they looked for the direction they needed to go to get to the interview.

"Where's John?!" Lauren called to one of the stage hands. He pointed and the girls followed the direction of his finger.

10:10am.

Lauren let the girls and ran past an open door, slowing up then backing up to the door. John was patiently siting and waiting with an MTV corespondent at his side. The rest of the girls nearly slammed into Lauren's back.

"We made it! We're here!" Lauren announced as she walked into the room.

"Camila, where's your other shoe? You know what, don't answer that." John stood and let the girls go sit next to the MTV crew.

John pulled Lauren's arm to stop her. "Can I talk to you?" he asked.

"Can this wait? The group that includes me, has an interview." she replied.

Dinah and Normani heard Lauren's response and gave each other surprised looks.

John let go of Lauren's arm and she proceeded to sit down on the arm rest of the chair Dinah was siting in.

"Alright, we're here with Fifth Harmony." the interview excitedly said to a camera. "Keeping it real with the sweatshirts and flip flops. How are you guys?"

A/N:
This part stresses me out tbh. Like there's too much of a time crunch and I hate being late for things. But yay! The next part is the last part! You've made it all the way to the end! This story has been so much fun and I cannot wait to share the final part! Thank you for reading this far!