Paper Towns Page #4

I'm sorry, what did

you say about prom?

Something about a date?

If you hear from her,

will you tell me?

Why would I hear from her?

You were with her that night.

Her last night.

It has to mean something.

See you, guys.

That was the greatest

30 seconds of my life.

Walt Whitman's

from New York.

Woody Guthrie

lived in New York for a while.

Maybe that's something.

You think she's in New

York? It's possible.

Did she ever

mention New York or...

No, she didn't

mention New York to me...

but I didn't talk to her

for nine years, so that's...

Yeah, that's true.

I'm taking Lacey to prom.

What?

You're what?

You guys didn't see it?

We had a moment back there.

Must've missed that.

"Unscrew the locks

from the doors."

It's a metaphor.

But what if it isn't?

What if it's instructions?

Hmm.

I thought there'd be a...

Just put it back.

Gravity to the second power.

Yep.

Radar, what are you

up to tonight?

I promised Angela

I'd take her shoe shopping.

Shoe shopping?

Yeah, she decided today

that she doesn't like

the prom shoes she bought...

so I'm taking her

to the mall

while their Midnight Madness

sale is still going on.

It's a pretty good sale

they got going on.

Radar, Radar, Radar.

I found something.

What?

An address.

It wasn't in Margo's doorjamb,

it was in mine.

8328...

Bartlesville Avenue.

That's not

a nice neighborhood.

Okay. Still, we have to go.

But not tonight, obviously.

Wait, what? Why not tonight?

Because you're

a rational human being.

And because

you weigh 130 pounds

and don't wanna die.

You can't go

to a strange building

in the Detroit-iest part

of Orlando...

in the middle of the night.

All right, fine.

We'll go tomorrow morning?

But we have school tomorrow.

Not if we don't show up.

Angela's gonna kill me.

No, she won't kill you.

Every day

I walk her to calculus.

She'll survive.

What about Lacey?

What if she's looking for me?

Has Lacey ever been

looking for you?

We might miss

something important.

You're missing gym class.

Guys, seriously,

if you don't wanna go...

It's not that. It's just,

I've never missed

school before.

Neither have I.

Yeah, and it feels

kind of wrong.

I give you that. It does feel

kind of wrong. But it also...

...feels kind of right.

Am I right?

Using that voice

doesn't change anything.

Aw, but doesn't it?

It changes a little.

I think it changes

something a little bit.

Doesn't change it

a little bit?

We got no time to waste!

Yeah, see?

We gotta go right now!

Let's go find Margo!

Start the car, let's go.

Was that Italian?

A full right?

Yeah.

You're

terrible at directions.

Whatever. This is it.

This is it?

Why would she come here?

It's locked.

Now what?

Get a rock?

Margo?

Anyone?

Guys?

I think the last time

I was this scared,

I had to sleep

with the light on.

Last time I was this scared,

I had to sleep

with a stuffed animal.

Last time I was this scared,

I had to sleep

in my mom's bed.

Q, if I were you,

I would get that scared

every single night.

So, we're in

a souvenir store?

No Margo.

For some reason,

she wanted you to come here.

This stuff is old.

Guys?

Did you

find something?

Paper towns.

Bro, can we go?

What if it's Margo?

What if it's literally

anything else?

Goodbye.

In a thousand pages,

they talk about

whale anatomy...

and in the last 50 pages

the dude kills the whale.

So, it's not about

a dude killing a whale.

Maybe it's about a guy

who actually believes...

that if he chases this whale

down and kills this whale...

it's gonna give his life

some meaning. That's Ahab.

It's a common

misconception that...

...a lot of people...

Don't forget, final papers

are due next week.

Also, pick up

your pop quizzes

from yesterday

on your way out.

You're not gonna

be too happy.

No circling

two answers next time.

Like I'm just gonna

let you get the one

that you didn't mean.

Not cool.

There was a quiz yesterday?

Pop quiz. You missed it.

Is there any way that I can

get a makeup test?

It's one quiz, Quentin. Relax.

You can still be a doctor.

All right, get out.

Yes.

Okay.

Hey.

Oh, hey.

Anything?

Did she ever say

anything to you about

an abandoned building

on the west side?

Like, an old souvenir shop?

No. You think

she'd be there?

I don't know,

but I think she was once

and it's connected somehow.

See you tonight?

Oh. I don't know. Probably.

Let me know

if you need a ride.

Okay.

Party at Jase's.

I thought you weren't

talking to Jase.

I'm not.

But you can still

go to a party at his house?

Everyone's going.

Not everyone.

We should totally go!

Wait, what? Jase

Worthington's house? Yes!

Are you crazy?

It's just a party.

We've never been

to one of those.

We've been to plenty of parties. No.

If there's a tuba there,

it's not a party.

All right.

I don't believe this, Radar.

What about Angela?

Angela is a mature,

intelligent,

understanding woman...

who never has to know

about this.

I don't wanna go to a party

at Jase Worthington's house.

You guys can go.

Q, are you seriously

gonna spend

the rest of high school pining

for a girl that ran away?

I'm not pining for her, okay?

I'm trying to find her.

Stop being an a**hole.

I'm not being an a**hole.

I'm trying to be

a regular kid for a change.

Have fun.

What?

Hello, Quentin.

Margo, where have you been?

Everywhere.

Nowhere.

You have to get lost

before you find yourself.

People were worried about you.

No, they weren't.

I was.

You're sweet, Quentin.

You've always been sweet.

I'm glad you're back, Margo.

But I'm not.

Are you gonna answer that?

- Hello?

Q?

Q, yes! Yes!

Quentin Jacobsen is inside

of my phone, everybody!

Ben, give me the phone.

Stop it!

Stop. Go lie down.

Stop it! Gonna go party.

Go, sit down.

Hey, how soon

can you get here?

It's chaos. We need you.

Ben needs you.

No. I told you I'm not going

to Worthington's.

Plus, Ben's, like...

Ben's a dick.

You know what your

problem is, Quentin?

You keep expecting people

to not be themselves.

You are not Ben.

Ben is not you.

We're all different people.

That's why we're best friends.

All right?

Get in your van

and get over here.

Besides, Margo's been in this

house a million times.

You might even find something.

I think we might

be here for a while.

I'm gonna be back.

You're so much

better than her.

Yeah, Jase?

Yeah.

Becca.

Who's there?

Whoa!

Hi. Lacey.

What the hell

are you doing in here?

I'm just peeing.

Well, stop.

I can't just stop like that.

Okay, fine.

Finish and then get out.

Okay.

Sorry about that.

You okay, Lacey?

I've been better.

You wanna get

in the tub with me?

Not like that.

Not like that!

Um...

Yeah, sure.

Look at me.

Huh?

What's the first word

that pops into your head?

I don't know. I can't...

Come on.

Beautiful.

See, no. No.

Okay.

What?

That's the problem.

No one ever looks at me

and thinks that I'm smart...

or clever...

or interesting, you know?

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