Mac tried for the fifth time but there was no way she was going to get to
her feet without help. She'd long since conceded that sitting on the floor
may have been a bad idea but for what she was doing it was necessary.
Luckily she had brought the cordless phone into the room with her so she shuffled back on the floor so she could reach it. She picked it up and thought for a second about who to call and then dialled the number.
"Turner." A voice replied on the other end.
"Hey Sturgis its Mac."
"Is everything okay?" He inquired.
"Why do you automatically ask that?" She wondered out loud.
"You don't usually call me."
"Good point, but couldn't I just call to chat?" She asked.
"You could but you don't. So is this just a social call?"
"No, are you busy?"
"I was going to watch some football, but it's nothing important. What do you need?"
"Rescuing." Mac admitted.
"From where?"
"I sat on the floor and I can't get back up."
"I'll be there in twenty minutes."
"Thanks, the spare key is in a box on the underside of the steps."
"See you soon." He hung up. She went back to what she was doing when she sat down.
~
Thirty minutes later Sturgis called out to her as he entered the house.
"You're late." Mac yelled back. "I'm up here." He ran up the stairs.
"Up here where?"
"In here." She called.
"The car wouldn't start. Sorry it took so ..." He stopped when he saw the room. "Mac, did Harm...?"
"No, I did it. Help me up I need to use the bathroom questions can wait until after that." He came and helped her up. "Thanks, I'll just be a minute or two." Sturgis continued to stare in disbelief.
"So what do you think?" Mac asked.
"It's great but you did all this by yourself?"
"I couldn't sleep and we'd bought loads of paint testers and actually we had load left over. So I painted the ceiling blue, then I decided to make it into a sky, so I just kept going down the walls."
"You know you should be in paint fumes."
"It's fume less paint." She replied.
"And you definitely shouldn't be standing on ladders it's dangerous. If you'd wanted to paint you should either waited to Harm got back or called me."
"Besides I was only the ladder when I was painting the biplane and the tomcat. Rollers and sponges on broom handles work well."
"You still should have called someone, what happened if you fell off?"
"I didn't I just got stuck sat on the floor finishing cutting in. But since you're here feel like helping me finish it off?" She asked.
"If I said no, you'd just keep doing it anyway?" He questioned.
"I'm stubborn and I want to get this finished."
"I'll help do you want to explain the design?"
"Wall by the door, is city based. Lots of buildings, which apart from the basic outline I've drawn, still need to be painted. The opposite wall with the window is based on Grams' farm. So a farm house, animals that kind of thing, but I only got as far as the sky level. The wall with the Stearman will be hills; forest that kind of thing, maybe a river and the wall I'm working on is as you can see is a beach and the ocean. I managed the tomcat from stealing one of Harm's pictures it's just about right. Any good at painting boats and carriers?" Mac asked.
"I can give it a try."
"Good, there's loads of paint, if you can't find the colour you're looking for mix it."
TBC
Luckily she had brought the cordless phone into the room with her so she shuffled back on the floor so she could reach it. She picked it up and thought for a second about who to call and then dialled the number.
"Turner." A voice replied on the other end.
"Hey Sturgis its Mac."
"Is everything okay?" He inquired.
"Why do you automatically ask that?" She wondered out loud.
"You don't usually call me."
"Good point, but couldn't I just call to chat?" She asked.
"You could but you don't. So is this just a social call?"
"No, are you busy?"
"I was going to watch some football, but it's nothing important. What do you need?"
"Rescuing." Mac admitted.
"From where?"
"I sat on the floor and I can't get back up."
"I'll be there in twenty minutes."
"Thanks, the spare key is in a box on the underside of the steps."
"See you soon." He hung up. She went back to what she was doing when she sat down.
~
Thirty minutes later Sturgis called out to her as he entered the house.
"You're late." Mac yelled back. "I'm up here." He ran up the stairs.
"Up here where?"
"In here." She called.
"The car wouldn't start. Sorry it took so ..." He stopped when he saw the room. "Mac, did Harm...?"
"No, I did it. Help me up I need to use the bathroom questions can wait until after that." He came and helped her up. "Thanks, I'll just be a minute or two." Sturgis continued to stare in disbelief.
"So what do you think?" Mac asked.
"It's great but you did all this by yourself?"
"I couldn't sleep and we'd bought loads of paint testers and actually we had load left over. So I painted the ceiling blue, then I decided to make it into a sky, so I just kept going down the walls."
"You know you should be in paint fumes."
"It's fume less paint." She replied.
"And you definitely shouldn't be standing on ladders it's dangerous. If you'd wanted to paint you should either waited to Harm got back or called me."
"Besides I was only the ladder when I was painting the biplane and the tomcat. Rollers and sponges on broom handles work well."
"You still should have called someone, what happened if you fell off?"
"I didn't I just got stuck sat on the floor finishing cutting in. But since you're here feel like helping me finish it off?" She asked.
"If I said no, you'd just keep doing it anyway?" He questioned.
"I'm stubborn and I want to get this finished."
"I'll help do you want to explain the design?"
"Wall by the door, is city based. Lots of buildings, which apart from the basic outline I've drawn, still need to be painted. The opposite wall with the window is based on Grams' farm. So a farm house, animals that kind of thing, but I only got as far as the sky level. The wall with the Stearman will be hills; forest that kind of thing, maybe a river and the wall I'm working on is as you can see is a beach and the ocean. I managed the tomcat from stealing one of Harm's pictures it's just about right. Any good at painting boats and carriers?" Mac asked.
"I can give it a try."
"Good, there's loads of paint, if you can't find the colour you're looking for mix it."
TBC