The Fabulous Fours: Parisian Pursuit | Book 1

10: You're a Fake.

"But- but that's impossible!" Joe protested.

Nick nodded furiously, "You're not... whatever that name was- you're R-Robert Downey Jr.!" He spat, still not believing his eyes that the famous Iron Man actor was on the screen in front of him.

"Impossible," Axel said. "Sure-

"You're faking your name, that's for sure," Joe snapped without a second thought, making Axel and Fred start to laugh.

"I would probably be testing for identification," Axel breathed through his laughter, "but you are just how I imagine you would be, the both of you," he added, glancing at Nick.

"Right, so are what's your REAL name?" Asked Selena, frowning.

"I would never lie to youngsters like you, so I have been faking my identity for my whole life now," Axel said, speaking as if he had just ignored Selena's question.

"I am Axel Robert Turner, and I am an actor, both in real life, and in the movies."

By the time he finished, his nose was sticking up in the air as if he had smelled something rather rancid, another term, that doesn't quite reach your understanding, meaning unpleasant.

"Right, so..." Nick was glancing at everyone in the room as if he was looking for an explanation.

"What do you mean, so?" Axel bloated. "So, I guess I'll be tlling you why I have brought you up on this goshdarn ship-" he looked at Selena, who's eyes widened. How-did-he-know questions were roaming in her head.

"I've been feeling the slight tingles that it was the right time to tell you what the purpose in your life is," Axel paused and Nick crossed his arms. So far  Zayn hasn't said much.

"Each of your parents," he started again, scanning the four of them, "have been hiding something from you ever since the beginning."

He smiled and his rin got wider as his gaze lingered on Selena. "Selena, you're parents may have loved you, cared for you, but have they been fully honest with you? Well, yes, but we're you really sure they told you everything?"

Selena phased as if she was trying to count all the times her mother or father had used the excuse of business dinner with her- what if they really were hiding something? I mean, who knows, maybe she's off snuggling drugs-

"Selena, stop-" Nick snapped, standing up on his feet, he turned to Axel, "shut up, okay!? I don't care if you had bad parents- they didnt care for you- but you don't have the right to go smuggling things up to her nose like that- her parents may not be the perfect parents everyone wishes for, but they definitely cared for her and loved her- you need to shut.up!"

Selena seemed touched by Nick's words, but she didn't know it- in fact, she didn't show anything on her face. She just sat dazed, staring at the carpet.

Axel merely chuckled, "You can come fire up at me, but let me ask you this, Mr. JONAS, what do you know about your parents? I mean,you seem so... dim-"

"Oh, please, he is the exact opposite," Selena spat, making Nick shoot her a disapproving look and folded his arms across his chest kid-like. But Axel laughed.