Catfish

Chapter 12

"It's true," Sarah confesses, "all the time. Roaming the streets. At first I didn't believe it was him but you'd send me pictures and I saw the exact resemblance."

"He wasn't swarmed by girls or anything?" Nev asks.

"No," she sighs, "he was just hanging out casually with those four boys. Not too long ago either," she adds, "I didn't see much of them later though, but when I did, Liam was always on his phone. Now they're famous?"

"Seems to me like they are," Nev looks at his computer.

"Well it could have just been a random guy that looked like him? It probably wasn't Liam," I insist.

"Dani stop," Sarah holds my arm, "it was him. Why would I lie?"

"Because you hate seeing me happy," I fight.

"What are you talking about?" she shakes her head.

"Admit it Sarah," I argue, "you hate seeing me happy! Ever since we were little you hated that I always got what I wanted and you didn't!"

"What does this have to do with anything?" Sarah stands.

"You're lying about seeing Liam roaming around in the streets and making some other guy pose to being him!" I shout, "if he looked like him why didn't you take a picture? Why didn't you go up to him and have a chat? If you were so sure, why didn't you do any of that while you had the chance?!"

"I don't know!" she shouts, "it didn't cross my mind at the time!"

"Why didn't you at least tell me!" I cry, "I told him you still lived there! I even told you that he said he wouldn't have minded you coming up to talk to him!"

"I forgot okay!" she shakes her head, "I'm sorry! I am sorry Danielle!"

"No," I sigh and raise my hand, "its okay."

"No it's not," Sarah persists, "I should have at least mentioned it to you. I just wasn't quite sure if it was him or not."

I don't know how to feel about this anymore. Why couldn't Sarah tell me? Is Liam really lying to me about who he really is? Or am I not even talking to Liam. I don't know what to do anymore, and I don't know if I could face it if Liam isn't who he says he is.

"Danielle are you okay?" Nev touches my shoulder lightly for comfort. I nod, but of course I'm lying. I'm not okay at all. This is all happening so fast and I can't take it anymore.

"I don't know?" I shake my head. "my head is spinning with all these possibilities."

"Is there anything we can do to cheer you up?" Max asks.

"Just please help me find out who he is. Please just help me so this relationship can go on or end. I just want everything laid out on the table of who this man I am talking to could be." I say.

"That's why we are here Danielle." Nev says. "We need to start as soon as possible."

"What do I need to do? I want to know soon, Nev! I just want to know now!"

"Let's start out by you giving me his number and I'll try to call him and hopefully he answers." Nev says. I write it down on a notepad, tear the paper out and quickly hand it to him. "Now we need to reach him as fast as we can before his fame begins to rise."

"Well he's already on tour." Max says looking at his computer. "It says here that they've been on tour and that they have 5 shows left in America."

"Did he ever mention a tour to you?" Nev asks me.

I nod, "He has but he said they were small gigs around England and Ireland. I thought he meant like coffee shop gigs or something? He was never really specific."

"Well so far they are doing amphitheater shows and a couple like arenas. They're fame is rising so high we have to get a hold of him."

"Well we still aren't sure if this famous Liam is the Liam, Danielle is talking to." Sarah adds causing me to become more annoyed with her visit. I don't say anything to what she says.

"I'm going to try and reach him." Nev ignores her. "I'm going to go outside and call him and I'll buzz you to let me back in when I'm done."
I nod and Nev steps out of the apartment.

Nev's POV

I head down the elevator and outside the apartment to call up Liam with the phone number Danielle has given me.

"Hello?" Someone answers.

"Hi, Is this Liam?" I ask.

"Uhh, who is this?" A raspy British accent says on the other end of the phone.

"I'm Nev Shulman from the MTV show Catfish. I'm calling for Liam, am I speaking with Liam?"

"Liam is actually not in right now. Um he's actually out getting lunch with some mates. Can I take a message Mr. Nev Shulman from MTV. Wait, are you really from MTV or is this a joke?" The man says.

"Can I just please ask who I am speaking to?" I ask, getting very impatient.

"I can't answer that." He says, "it's actually a bit confidential and I don't know if I can trust you."

"Liam Payne." I say, "I am looking for him. Can you please have him call me back, it's urgent."

"I will let him know." The man I have no clue who is says.

"Thanks." I say and hang up.

Liam's POV

Louis Zayn and I get back from a nice lunch head back to the tour bus.

"Hey someone called for you." Harry says. "you really shouldn't leave your phone here."

"Was it Danielle?" I snatch my phone from Harrys hand. She hasn't responded to any of my text messages and I'm getting worried.

"No. Did you give out your number to a fan? Because he said he was from MTV and I don't think anyone from MTV has or should have your number." Harry bites into an apple.

"No. Of course I didn't." I argue.

"Well he said he was from a show on MTV." Harry says.

"What show?" Louis asks.

Harry shrugs, "Beats me. It was a strange name. It was called SwordFish or something like that."

"Swordfish?" Louis look disgusted.

"I know right." Harry laughs. "Someone must've gotten your number somehow."

"I bet it was that girl you're talking to." Zayn laughs.

"It wasn't. She would never do something like that. She doesn't even know that we're becoming famous." I defend Danielle.

"She's going to." Harry sneers and I frown at him.

"He's right." Zayn agrees. "I mean we are already big in America. We have a photoshoot with Teen Magazine after the MTV Music Awards, plus we are performing and I'm sure she'll see you on TV."

"Plus she's a back up dancer for celebrities, so she might be there." Louis points out.

"You're gonna have to tell her soon." Harry says.

I shake my head. "I cant."