We're Gonna Be Great!

Chapter 5 : "A Fair Few..."

As soon as Neena exited the carnival funhouse bathroom, Colby was coming down the stairs with two hoodies in his hands.

"Which do you want? You pick." he asked her and held out one that was all black with the Nirvana logo on it and one that was dark purple with white trim.

"Tough choice! I love Nirvana but that purple one looks really comfy!" she said and he smiled and immediately handed her the purple one.

"I gotta go grab my keys. Just in case my roommates try to fuck with me... lock me outta my own house... You know... " Colby said over his shoulder with a silly look on his face. Neena grinned.

"They'd do that?" Neena asked.

"Uh... Yeah. The whole house is in a prank war right now so anything is possible." Colby told her as he crossed the room and headed over to a hanger on the wall near the front doors where several sets of keys were hanging. Colby grabbed one that had a long lanyard attached to it which he used like a handle and swung it deftly off the hook and tucked it into his sweat pants pocket.

"Prank war? That sounds serious. Who's winning?" Neena asked.

"Me... of course!" Colby said with an over the top attitude that was wholly artificial but funny as hell!

"Oh, of course!" Neena agreed with him, equally as attitudinal! That made him laugh.

He turned around and pulled the Nirvana hoodie up and over his head and slipped into it and after a series of remarkably fluid movements, he peaked out the top, fluffed his hair in front, looked up and grinned at her.

Neena couldn't help but stare. He was a perfect combination of soft skin and tone musculature and he carried himself with a natural poise and had an uncomplicated way about him that immediately put people at ease. Watching him and the way he moved was mesmerizing to her. He really had an awesome awareness of his physicality that Neena found most appealing! It was obvious that he was completely comfortable in his own skin. He was the kind of guy who could trip over something and fall flat on his face and somehow make it look like an acrobatic routine! And if he did manage to look like a dork, his reaction afterwards would be comedic gold!

Neena chewed on her lip as she lost herself in her thoughts...

"Ready?" He asked and she nodded, half in a daze as she clutched the purple hoodie to her chest like a security blanket.

"Uh-huh." she told him and nodded and he quirked his head to one side and looked at her funny.

"You okay?" he asked and she finally snapped out of it.

"Huh? Yeah, fine." she assured him and smiled. Now who's the dork!! She thought.

"Okay... " he said with a half-smile and headed out through one of the front double doors. Neena followed behind him to the gate outside which he held open for her.

"Oh, thank you, kind sir!" she said in a silly voice. "Such the gentleman!"

"You're most welcome, m'Lady." he said, imitating her silly voice which made her giggle. Colby walked out of the gate and headed down the street. After only a few steps, he turned to her and held out his hand. Neena smiled and reached out and as soon as she took it, he slipped his fingers between hers and gave her hand a squeeze. His touch sent shivers down Neena's spine and she relished the sensation.

"So... " Colby said, continuing to walk down the street along the edge of the road. The sun had already sunk below the treeline of their neighborhood but it was still really bright out as the blue sky was slowly fading to gray, but they had a good while before they had to worry about it actually getting dark.