True Colors

“You ready, Tobs?” Alex asks a very nervous Tobin while they wait backstage on Ellen.

The newly engaged couple landed in L.A. yesterday afternoon and since then Alex has followed all the tips her friends gave her. She has given Tobin salad for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

At the moment Tobin is biting on her left pinky finger and Alex takes notice of this, “Tobin, it’s going to be fine. You’ll do great.”

Tobin shakily nods her head and Alex leans over to place a soft kiss on her fiancés lips. “Can we just have sex instead of doing the interview?” Tobin asks and Alex blushes.

“I will let you do whatever you want to me tonight.” Alex whispers seductively into the photographer’s ear. Tobin gulps and goes wide eyed when hearing this.

“Ms. Morgan, we are ready for you two.” One of the producers from the set says. The pair gets up and makes their way closer to the stage.

“Welcome back! Next we have one of the hottest couples to ever grace Hollywood, Alex Morgan and Tobin Heath!” Ellen says as she gets up from her iconic white chair to greet her new guests.

Tobin freezes and Alex pulls on her hand to get her to move her legs. The couple walks with their hands clasped and the crowd goes wild. They finally make it to the white couch across from Ellen and Tobin looks around in amazement.

“Welcome guys! Thanks for being here.” Ellen says and Alex plasters a big smile and nods her head appreciatively, Tobin is still staring out into the crowd.

“It is amazing to be here, thank you for having us.” Alex says as she rubs Tobin’s thigh to get her attention.

“For those of you who don’t know this deer in headlights next to Alex is her new fiancé Tobin Heath.” Ellen says and everyone laughs including Tobin.

“Yo,” Tobin says simply while throwing up the peace sign.

“So, how did you guys meet?” Ellen asks and Alex looks at Tobin.

“Well I am a photographer and Alex was one of my clients, and a difficult one at that.” Tobin says and everyone in the audience laughs.

“She seems like it.” Ellen says and Alex and Tobin laugh at this. Alex sees Tobin relaxing and she grabs her hand and intertwines it with her own.

“Anyway, I was a mess around her but I guess she thought I was cute because she somehow got a hold of my phone number and called me the next day.” Tobin says and the crowd ‘awws’ at this.

“I am never going to tell you how I got your number.” Alex says and Ellen laughs. “Trust me; I don’t think I want to know.” Tobin says and Alex loves that her fiancé is comfortable.

“Well I think we have a couple pictures from Tobin’s Instagram of the two of you and must I say you guys put Portia and me to shame.” Ellen says and Alex buries her head into Tobin’s shoulders.

“Oh no, Tobin always posts the bad pictures of us!” Alex says and Tobin laughs along with the audience.

The first picture is of Alex and Tobin playing soccer. The caption says, “Look who beat ‘the best player in the world’.” The picture shows Alex collapsed on the ground and Tobin standing over her with her fist in the air and a smile on her face.

“And is this true, Alex?” Ellen asks and before she can answer Tobin buts in, “Yes it is, Ellen.”

“First off, she barely beat me and I’m pretty sure she cheated somehow. Secondly, she played soccer in college and was ridiculously good.” Alex says trying to defend her case and the crowd laughed at the faces Tobin was making behind Alex.

“You played soccer in college?” Ellen asks and Tobin nods her head, “University of North Carolina. Go Heels!” Tobin shouts and a few people in the crowd join in.

“O.K. here’s another good one.” Ellen says and the screen changes and shows a very embarrassing picture of Alex.

“You posted that?!” Alex yells at her fiancé and Tobin laughs. “How did you not know I posted that? You're always on Instagram.” Tobin fires back and Alex rolls her eyes playfully.

The caption read, “The love of my life.” And the picture was of a very sleepy Alex Morgan who was sporting some serious bed head, non-matching shirt and shorts, and a big cup of coffee.

“I actually didn’t even take that one; my best friend did and then sent it to me. It is also my background on my phone.” Tobin says and Alex gasps and playfully hits Tobin’s arm.

“Who is the best friend that we all need to thank?” Ellen asks which causes Alex and Tobin roll their eyes and simultaneously say, “Kelley O’Hara.”

“Well we are very thankful for that one. Let’s see the last one.” Ellen says and the picture changes and Alex had never seen this one before but it must have been right after Tobin proposed.

“Now Alex you’ve never seen this one, have you?” Ellen asks and Alex shakes her head while wiping the tears away.

“Tobin do you care to explain this one?” Ellen says and Tobin nods her head and begins talking.

“This is my favorite picture of us because it was right after I proposed and I had my best friend Kelley come in and take our picture. We were both caught up in the moment that we forgot that she was even in the room.” Tobin says and Alex can barely hold back the tears now.

The picture is of Alex holding Tobin’s face in her hands while Tobin’s arms are around her waist. The pair is looking in each other’s eyes and they are sporting the biggest grins.

“I can’t believe you never showed me this!” Alex says after she regains her composure.

“Hey, I didn’t know it existed until Kelley sent it to me this morning.” Tobin says trying to defend herself.

“It sounds like you guys have a really great friend.” Ellen says and the couple nods their head in agreement.

“Which is why I have to do this,” Alex says and turns to face the camera, “As per wish of our best friend, go follow Kelley O’Hara on Twitter at @kohara19.” The crowd and Ellen both laugh at this.

“I have to ask, why did you have to do that?” Ellen asks and Alex sighs and looks over at Tobin.

“Our best friend likes to drink, so her drunken wish was to get a shout out on the show and I think we did her justice.” Tobin says and Alex nods her head in agreement.

“Well maybe we should get her on the show next!” Ellen says and everyone claps in agreement.

"O.K. so Tobin tell us about what you do." Ellen says and Tobin nods her head getting ready to answer.

"I am a photographer. I work for a company called Thunder Photography and we do photoshoots for a lot of big magazines like, People, Time, Cosmopolitan, Glamour and Maxim." Tobin explains and Ellen nods her head impressed.

"Very impressive. You two live in Portland, right?" Ellen asks and both Tobin and Alex nods their heads.

"Yes, Tobin works there and I play for the Portland Thorns." Alex says and there are a couple cheers when Alex mentions her team.

"Now Tobin, you had a scare not to long ago, right?" Ellen asks and Tobin bows her head while Alex rubs her back for encouragement.

"Yeah and by the grace of God I am still here." Tobin says and Ellen asks, "Could you explain what happened?"

"Of course, I had a mass on my brain, that I didn't know about, and one night I got a really bad headache and the next think I know I'm in the hospital. I had emergency surgery to remove the bugger and now I am as good as new." Tobin explains and multiple people gasp at hearing the story.

"Wow, it is amazing that you made it through." Ellen says in disbelief.

"Well I had a lot of motivation to wake up." Tobin says as she looks straight at Alex and the crowd practically melts in their seats.

"You guys are the cutest couple and that's coming from me." Ellen says and everyone laughs at this.

"O.K. so Alex you are playing for the Portland Thorns, correct?" Ellen asks and Alex nods her head.

"Yes I am and I absolutely love it! So if you guys are ever in Portland during the summer you have to visit, even if you're not a soccer fan the atmosphere is mainly booze." Alex says and the crowd laughs at this.

"Well folks, we have to take a commercial break but when we come back 'the cutest couple in Hollywood' will be kicking some balls!" Ellen says and the couple laughs.

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“I am very proud of you, sweet cheeks.” Alex says as they walk off stage and head back to the green room to gather their things.

“Sweet cheeks?” Tobin questions with a smile on her face. “And thank you. I thought I did better than you.”

“In your dreams, Heath.” Alex says and Tobin throws her head back in laughter.

“No, but really I am proud of you, Tobs.” Alex says with a smile and leans over to kiss Tobin’s lips.

“Are you going to fulfill your promise from earlier?” Tobin asks as they make their way out of the studio hand in hand.

“I think you may have deserved a little taste.” Alex says lowly into her fiancés ear and Tobin shutters.

“I think I deserve more but I will take anything you give me.” Tobin says as she opens the car door for the younger woman.

“Let’s go to the hotel.” Alex says and Tobin doesn’t object but instead drives very fast but safely back to the hotel.

Driving back to the hotel Tobin starts to think. She starts to think that she’s got a beautiful girl on the right of her and the best friend she could ever have eating her food back in Portland. If she saw her life now back when she was in high school she would have laughed. She never thought she would be accomplished let alone dating a massive celebrity. She doesn’t deserve this life but she’ll try her hardest to cherish every moment she has.

“I love you so much, Alex Morgan.” Tobin says as she intertwines her fingers with her fiancés.

“And I tolerate you Tobin Heath.” Alex says and Tobin laughs at her antics.