True Colors

“Alex Morgan, you mean THE Alex Morgan?” Kelley asks Tobin in disbelief.

“Yes Kell, THE Alex Morgan.” Tobin replies back.

Tobin and Kelley have known each other for years, in fact they go back to their teenage days. Now Kelley plays professional soccer for Sky Blue in New Jersey and Tobin is a very successful photographer in Los Angeles.

They are currently eating at a restaurant in Los Angeles and Kelley can’t seem to keep her voice down.

“Wow that is crazy! Have you met her before?” Kelley asks a very agitated Tobin at this point.

“Kelley you have got to stop yelling or I’m going to kick you under the table.” Tobin says and to Kelley in a dangerously low tone.

“Okay, geez get the stick out ya butt Tobs.” Kelley replies and Tobin can’t help but laugh at this.

“Answer the question, have you ever met her before?” Kelley asks again.

“Not really, we were at the same event once but I never met her.” Tobin says as she continues eating her burger and fries.

“Well here’s your chance to whoo her with your Heath charm. And why are you eating a burger for breakfast?” Kelley says and Tobin rolls her eyes.

”No way, one, she taken and two, I heard she’s kind of a bitch. I can’t do bitchy again Kell.” Tobin says and Kelley aggressively nods her head in agreement.

“Oh yeah, I forgot about her.” Kelley says and Tobin wishes she could forget that girl.

“Well, I have to get to training but I will see you at home tonight.” Kelley says and Tobin once again rolls her eyes.

“It’s not your house, or our house, its mine. I just let you stay there, although I should start charging rent.” Tobin says and Kelley ignores her.

“Whatever, love you Tobs.”

“Yeah, love you too.” Tobin says with a smile on her face.

Tobin pays for the food and begins the walk to the studio where she will be photographing Alex Morgan in a few short hours. ‘Man I hope she’s not as bitchy as everyone has been telling me.’ Tobin says to herself.

Boy was she wrong. As soon as she walked through the doors of the studio there she was gripping about the temperature of her coffee. Tobin walks over to introduce herself.

“Hi, I’m Tobin.”

“Okay, is there a reason you are introducing yourself?” Alex says with a scoff.

“I’m your photographer for the shoot.” Tobin says coolly.

“Oh yes, my apologies Tobin.” Alex says and walks away to talk to someone from her team.

“This is going to be a long day.” Tobin mutters to herself and spins around to get everything set up.

“She’s a real treat, huh?” Whitney, Tobin’s assistant and best bud at work says.

“Oh yeah, let’s see if we can get this over with in record time, shall we?” Tobin says to Whit and the rest of the team.

“Sounds like a plan, boss.” Whit says and they all continue to set up the equipment and backdrops for the shoot.

About an hour later Alex Morgan walks out of her dressing room in a simple soccer kit for the first round of shots. ‘Man she’s one hot bitch.’ Tobin thinks to herself.

“Ready?” Tobin says to everyone and she gets a collective nod from most people.

“Alright, Ms. Morgan for the first round we are going to get you to do some tricks on the ball. I want it to be natural so whatever you feel like doing, do it.” Tobin says and Alex seems to relax as the ball is given to her. She starts to do some tricks and Tobin and everyone else are amazed at how graceful she is over the ball. Tobin starts taking the pictures and the energy is very light, the way Tobin likes it.

Tobin gets an idea and stop Alex for a moment to offer her suggestion.

“I love what you are doing, Ms. Morgan.” Tobin starts but is interrupted by Alex.

“Please call me Alex.” Alex says and Tobin nods her head.

“Of course.” Tobin starts, “What I would like from you is something like this.” And Tobin then starts to demonstrate some tricks for Alex.

When she gets done she pops the ball back up to her hands and sees a look of shock on Alex’s face. “I was not expecting that.” Alex says when Tobin hands her the ball back.

“Yeah I used to play soccer back in the day.” Tobin says simply and walks back over to the camera.

Now Alex is oddly turned on at this. She thought Tobin was cute when she first met her, but like hipster cute. Tobin is wearing glasses, ripped up jeans, and a loose white v-neck t-shirt. Alex also noticed that a soon as Tobin got started working her shoes came off and were thrown in the corner of the room. Alex has a boyfriend so she’s not sure what exactly she is feeling, but the more she watches Tobin in her element the more attractive Tobin becomes to her.

About 3 hours and a million wardrobe changes later they have finally finished, well everyone except Tobin because now comes the hard part, the editing process. Tobin now has to stare at Alex clothed and half naked for hours trying to make her more perfect than she already is. Tobin might be a little bit excited about this part.

“So, what’s next?” Tobin hears Alex say from behind her so she spins around and is met with a very plain Alex Morgan. One she has never seen before. Alex has no make-up on and is wearing sweat pants; she almost looks like a normal person.

“Well, you are done for the day but I am not.” Tobin says as she adjusts the glasses on her face and goes to find her laptop that has as the pictures of Alex.

“What do you have to do?” Alex asks and follows Tobin around the studio until she finds her laptop.

“Now is the fun part, editing.” Tobin says as she takes a seat on the nearest couch and Alex follows suit.

“How long will that take you?” Alex asks and Tobin lets out a breathy laugh as she runs her fingers through her hair.

“Well, it usually depends on the client. With you probably a day or so but with some of my other clients it could take up to a week or more.

“Is that a complement?” Alex asks with a bit of humor in her voice. Tobin chokes after hearing this. She’s not drinking or eating anything but she somehow still chokes.

“Smooth Heath.” Tobin whispers to herself but Alex hears.

“Yeah that was pretty smooth, Heath.” After hearing this Tobin quickly stands up and starts sputtering apologies.

“I am so sorry Ms. Morgan that was unprofessional of me, I just meant that you don’t have a lot I need to correct or erase on your body.” Tobin says and immediatetly regrets. “Not that I’m going to be looking at your body, but I kind of have to because it’s my job, but if you don’t want me to then I won’t-“

“Whoa, take a breath there Heath. I was just messing with you. I give you permission to look at my body, but only on those pictures.” Alex says and winks at Tobin.

“Yeah, of course.” Tobin says and she starts to walk away. ‘God I am such an idiot.’ Tobin says to herself as she walks over to Whit and starts helping her clean things up.

As Whit and Tobin are cleaning things up she sees Alex and her team walking out the door. “Goodbye, Tobin.” Alex says and Tobin drops her camera. She picks it up and waves bye to Alex because she is done using words around Alex Morgan.

“Smooth Heath.” Whit says and walks away laughing hysterically.