We're Gonna Be Great!

Chapter 13 - "Pillow Talk"

Sunday AM 

"Okay, so I have a question... " Colby asked her abruptly.

"Go for it." she prompted and Colby licked his lips, getting his nerve up.

"So, after this week, you're schedule's going back to normal, well, normalish, whatever your normal is... What is your normal, actually?" Colby asked, realizing what he didn't know. Neena giggled and nodded.

"It's true." she said. "My normal isn't normal to most people." she told him as she lay in bed snuggled up beside him. The morning daylight had woken them and their base urges had taken over yet again and neither of them had any complaints whatsoever! How awesome was it to wake up to a beautiful someone in your bed who wanted you as much as you wanted them?!? Life was good!! They both thought as they stared off into nothing and casually chatted with one another, fully enjoying the morning's pillow talk.

"Tell me about it... I know all about having a chaotic life." he said and she realized that he probably actually did. "You said your photography showcase is coming up. I assume that's going to be your next big thing, right?" he asked.

"Oh yeah. A lot of hours are gonna need to go into that." she told him. "I've already got some ideas though, some stuff I've sketched up, but I need to flesh them out more."

"Alright, so *normally* you take dance classes and go the gym and you do kickboxing with Devyn and work downstairs at the restaurant, right?" Colby asked and Neena nodded. "And you also have those HP shoots you were talking about. Do you have normal photo shoots that you do too?" he wanted to know. "Neena nodded.

"Yeah. I average about one HP and two or three regular shoots every month. Basically, every weekend." she answered. Colby blinked his eyes at her in disbelief.

"Damn, Neena, no wonder you don't have time for Social Media! You're freakin' busy as hell!" Colby said, obviously amazed by her crazy schedule which was crazy even compared to his own!

"Imagine what it was like when I was in school four days a week and worked at the restaurant full time... " she said and snickered. Colby scoffed.

"Wow... " was all that he could say.

"Yeah... The Vitelli's are always yelling at me for being a work-a-holic. They're always trying to make sure that I get enough to eat and try to make me slow down." she said.

"The Vitellis, the family that owns this place, right?" he asked to clarify. "How long have you lived here?" he asked.

"Since last August." she told him.

"And who lived here before you? Izzy?" Colby wanted to know.

"Yeah, Izzy, my other friend from that singing video, she's their daughter, Isabella Grace Vitelli. And Rashelle used to lived here too and she's basically Izzy's best friend so that's part of the reason they both moved to the Netherlands together. That, and they both are dating Dutch guys." she said with a snicker. "...and since they've moved, I don't hear from them much at all cuz the timezone thing sucks." Neena explained. "The Netherlands are ten hours ahead so right now... " she said and reached up over her head half upside down and slapped at her clock and the hazy blue numbers were barely visible up on the bright white ceiling... it's eight o'clock at night there right now." Neena said and rolled back into the crook of Colby's arm and rested her hand and head on the edge of his chest as his arm came back around her, securing her snugly to his side. "I've always hung out with Ana and Sage a lot more than either of them though." she continued wistfully. "Ana's off modeling in Paris now though and I miss her terribly. But I still got my girl, Sage. It's just the two of now, from the old crew."