Hi! This chapter will be partly based on Nipah-Chan's idea of Layton going crazy (in a bad way) towards Luke! So thanks Nipah! But mainly based on paint!
Hannah's POV
I was the last one downstairs in the morning. I ate my breakfast and then went to sit with Luke in the lounge. Luke produced a few paint chart booklets "Flora found these for us. She thought we could decide on colours for the nursery!" he sounded so excited. "Thanks." I smiled, then Luke added "I've already looked through and put a mark next to ones I like."
Flora suggested "Why don't we go into my room Hannah and look through? It'll be quieter." I nodded at her and headed of upstairs, with Flora in tow.
We both sat on her comfy bed with peach and pink covers "I cant believe your having a baby! It's so exciting!" she exclaimed, I giggled "I know, aren't we lucky? Anyway should we look through these books?" I opened one of the books, a Dulux one to be exact. Flora headed straight to the peach colours.
"Flora, we cant have it too much of a pinky-peach, the room's going to be gender neutral." I told her. She pointed to a colour called Soft Peach "Like that? That's lovely." and it was. "Oh, I've just had a brilliant idea!" I exclaimed "We could use a few different colours, one for each wall!" Flora smiled "Yes, great! No blue or pink though." she laughed.
We chose out four colours, Soft Peach (peach, obviously.) Wellbeing (green), pale citrus (yellow) and Timeless (white) "Fabulous! Should we go tell the others?" Flora squealed. I shook my head "No, lets chat a bit first. Its not often we get time to ourselves!" we both laughed.
Meanwhile, downstairs
Luke's POV
"I cant believe Hannah is having a baby!" I half sang. "Yes, congratulations." the professor replied, non too enthusiastically. "Are you alright professor?" I asked, this wasn't like him. "Was it planned?"
"Sorry?"
"I said, was it planned!"
I was a bit taken aback at this, "Yes?" I replied. I didn't mean for it to come out as a question, but it did "Are you sure about that? Sure you didn't forget to use protection? That wasn't an answer that sounded definite!" he said loudly and I felt myself go pink "It was definitely planned professor!" I half shouted to him. "Now Luke, a gentleman should never shout!" he shouted and I tried not to laugh. "Well you just did professor!" I spoke again quickly "I mean, do you think we would be so happy about it, if it was an accident?"
"No I suppose not. I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me. I should be happy for you two." he sat down and turned a bit red and beckoned for me to come and sit with him. I did so and he hugged me gently "Congratulations! And I mean it this time.
Flora's room
Hannah's POV
"I am so happy for you and luke" flora started "And I really think you deserve it." I got that warm feeling of happiness "Thank you Flora." I said "I think a trip to B&Q is in order! We could start painting today!"
"Lets go tell them then!" she said and bounded down the steps, with me a few metres behind.
"we have decided on colours, four of them, one for each wall!" I announced "Are we going to head to B&Q now then?" luke queried "You bet!" I told him. We all got our coats and shoes on, then climbed into the Laytonmobile, the professor thought he should drive us there.
We waltzed around B&Q picking up paint, rollers, trays and brushes. I also picked up lots of tester pots in a variety of colours "What are those for?" luke asked with a puzzled look. I whispered in his ear the answer and his face lit up "What a wonderful idea! Lets keep it a secret though."
We bought the paint and other stuff and loaded it into the boot of the Laytonmobile. "Professor. Will you drop me off at your house en route so I can pick up the Lukemobile?" luke asked, and the professor agreed to do so.
When we got home I dug out old painting clothes for us "Find something that fits." I ordered and Flora and Layton did so. We got changed into our "new" outfits, the professor in a pair of dark red jogging bottoms with a white T-Shirt, Flora in a pair of mid blue cargo pants with a pale pink t-shirt and me in a pair of light green cotton dungarees with a yellow t-shirt, looks like luke was left with a pair of funny coloured jeans with lots of rips in and a dark-pink-with-unexplainable-grey-smears-running-through-it long sleeved t-shirt with a massive ketchup stain one side and a huge black paint water stain on the other!
No sooner had we got dressed did luke arrive. I showed him his painting gear with a grin on my face "bad luck." I said and he replied "Darling, I am not wearing those!" but he grinned back anyway "What are you going to wear then?" I queried "Let me dig around in my wardrobe, anything but those!" he exclaimed and we all fell about laughing.
The painting commences next time! I think that could be a fun chapter to write… I looked through a real Dulux paint chart for them colours! Oh and if you were wondering I do not own B&Q or Dulux! Until next time, Hannah.