Paper Towns Page #6

- Good.

I'll hold it. Yep.

Nope, we gotta stop.

No, we're not stopping.

Bro! You don't...

Just think about

something else.

Yeah.

Like what?

Like rainstorms.

Or waterfalls.

An exploding bladder.

That is not helping, Radar.

Not helping.

70% of my body is urine.

I'm going as fast as I can.

Not exactly true.

I'm going

as fast as I'm willing.

Oh, my God,

I think I'm gonna cry.

I'm gonna cry pee.

Oh, my God.

No.

Here, pee in this.

No, do not get

pee in my car.

- No, Ben...

Gross.

Hey! Do you want me to die?

Do you want me to die?

Why?

Why are you doing this?

It's so gross.

Radar, it's so good.

Don't say my name.

Radar, it feels so good.

Oh, my God.

Uh...

I'm gonna need another can.

No!

Grab it!

Guys, another can...

- Take it!

I'm switching,

I'm switching.

Careful!

So gross!

It's nasty.

Yes!

What's happening

back there?

I'm Ben Starling.

Oh, my God.

JPHS marching band.

Oh, my God.

Keg stand record holder.

And now, I am

pee-in-the-car champion!

Ben.

I'm the greatest!

I shook up the world!

No!

Perhaps we should make

one of those stops now.

All right. This is how

this is gonna work.

If we're gonna

keep on schedule,

we have six minutes.

I'm the gas man.

I start the fill-up...

you guys run inside

while the pump is pumping.

I take the credit card

to the guy

behind the counter...

and hold our spot in line.

I pee.

Jesus, dude.

What? I had a lot to drink.

I've got liquids.

Q?

Tortilla chips,

beef jerky, pretzels,

peanuts, Milk Duds,

Twizzlers. Got it.

And definitely,

definitely

get cleaning supplies.

It reeks in here.

Whoo!

You like dragons?

No.

One minute!

Someone

better get me a shirt.

Me, too.

As soon as the tank is

full, I'm honking the horn...

and all of you guys have

10 seconds to hop back in...

or I'm leaving your asses.

Except you, baby.

Aw.

You guys need a bag?

Uh...

No, thank you.

Go, go, go!

Six minutes flat!

Get in, get in, get in!

Yeah. Nice.

I'm gonna need one of those.

Thank you.

Really?

Dude, I just grabbed them

out of a bin. I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry.

You kidding me?

Last time you're going

shopping for me, Q.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

Yeah,

it's better that way.

Coming to your house

Knocking at your door

You mind a sip of wine?

You cool me, cool me down

Do you know me

you know me, you know me

Do you know me now?

Oh

The kid you used to be

Well, I know that

you're still there

I hope you had

a great summer

Mom, I'm sorry.

It was super last-minute.

We're not going

to New York City.

We're going to New York State.

It's way safer.

Just two days. I love you,

Mom. Thank you. Bye.

I hope you

had a great summer

A great summer away

I hope you

had a great summer

A great summer away

I still can't believe

she hasn't called.

They probably don't

have phones in Agloe.

She has a cell.

How do we know that she's

even still in Agloe?

I just do.

I bet she's in the middle

of the Atlantic somewhere.

On some billionaire's yacht.

Maybe she's been

back in Orlando

watching us look for her.

Nope. She's in Agloe.

I promise.

I admire your faith.

It's very romantic.

Thank you. I'm on a mission.

I'm Captain Ahab.

You do realize Captain Ahab's

not the hero of that story?

Only because

he didn't succeed.

I don't think that...

Q! Hey!

Is everyone

all right?

I'm okay. Are you okay?

Oh, my God.

You guys okay?

Hey, Ben, you okay?

Hey.

Hey.

Your face is bleeding.

What?

Ooh.

It's not that bad,

It's just...

Thanks.

Thank you. Okay, bye.

All right. It's gonna be

a couple of hours.

All right.

It looks good, considering.

Considering we didn't die.

Yeah.

Yeah.

What happened?

There was a cow

in the middle of the highway.

Cow? It was a land whale.

And Ben, at the last second,

grabbed the steering wheel...

spun us to safety,

saves our lives.

You were

a vehicular ballerina.

I didn't know

what I was doing.

It was the best damn

passenger seat driving

I've ever seen in my

entire life. Thank you.

Yeah, it's what

I'm here for, so...

All right,

now what do we do?

We wait.

I think we could probably

all use some rest.

Seriously.

How we

doing on time?

I'll miss

my hair appointment...

but a few hours

won't hurt us.

Guys,

before this week...

I think the craziest thing

that we did

was sneak into Snow Dogs

without paying.

Snow Dogs.

I love that movie.

Remember the time that we

stole your dad's cigars...

then we all smoked them

behind the house?

You couldn't stop coughing.

Yeah. It was gross!

That was disgusting.

I don't think you're supposed

to inhale it. Good times.

Remember that time

when we were all

definitely gonna die

but then Ben

grabbed the steering wheel

and we didn't die?

Pretty awesome.

Thank you. Thank you.

Yeah, I can't believe

it's almost over.

The road trip?

High school.

We hate high school.

He's right, though.

I've been thinking

about it a lot lately.

The lastness of it all.

The last time we'll ever

be together in the band room.

Last time we'll

ever eat pizza

and nasty tater tots

in the cafeteria.

Last homeroom,

last science lab.

These are all terrible,

terrible things.

That we're never gonna

get to do again.

And, like, this stuff.

Hmm?

Well, I'm going to UCF.

You're going

to North Carolina,

you're going to Boston.

We've known each other

since we were fetuses.

And it's not gonna

be like that anymore.

And that's gonna suck for me.

Me, too.

Stop. You guys

are bumming me out.

We can't sleep.

You wanna take a walk?

Sure.

Hey.

Hey.

You cold?

Yeah.

Actually...

I'm feeling like

I'm gonna probably

get some sleep, too.

Yeah.

All right, see you.

Bye.

What was it you

wanted to tell me...

back at Jase's house,

before you puked yourself?

Nah.

It was something

stupid, probably.

I don't know.

I didn't really know you then.

You're not kind of

what I had thought.

What'd you think?

You know...

What?

That you were hot...

and your face...

and torso.

I'm sorry.

Listen, you are all those

things, obviously.

But, um...

You're also pretty cool.

Drive all this way

for your friend,

I don't know.

If you ask me,

someone like Margo

doesn't really deserve you.

You know?

Would you wanna

go to prom with me?

Yes.

Okay.

Yes.

Okay.

Yes.

Wait,

say that again?

You're really gonna

make me say it again?

Black Santas?

I know. I know.

I know it sounds weird.

It's actually 20 times

weirder in person.

No, I think

it's progressive.

No, you don't!

I do! Santa is a construct.

It doesn't make sense

that he's always

an old white guy.

I think that it's cool

that your parents are willing

to embrace the complexity

of that idea.

Yeah, I think about that

every morning...

when I eat my Lucky Charms

with a little

black Santa spoon.

You don't have to speak

Just keep me company

Be mine

Be mine

Be mine

Cool. Thank you.

So long.

Hey.

What's that look

on your face?

What? What look?

You look like...

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