"Okay so where are we supposed to go?"
Nathan and Jill were at Rona. He had gotten her out of bed early. She didn't fuss too much because painting the house would be a whole day's work and she intended to get the job done all in one.
"Don't tell me you don't know?"
He shrugged, "Last time I was in a home depot warehouse was back when I was eight helping my dad build a soap box derby race car for me."
Jill rolled her eyes and laughed. Nathan had shown enthusiasm in helping her out with everything but sometimes he seemed to be such a lost cookie. However, she laughed it off because he seemed really psyched and she was grateful for his help, quirkiness and all.
"Well mister we are heading towards the paint department, " she pointed to the sign that read section eight, "and I'm pretty sure that's where we'll find everything we're looking for."
Nathan shook his head and grinned, "Thanks, maybe after you can teach me the alphabet and if I'm lucky we'll start on the colour wheel."
"Hmm the colour wheel will have to wait another day, I have a feeling it'll take awhile for you to learn the alphabet," she giggled as she ran off down the aisle with Nathan speeding behind her.
"Oh you think it's funny making me look stupid huh?" He was laughing and tickling her as she laughed her head off.
"Stop Nathan stop I'm going to pee my pants I swear."
He laughed, "Alright we don't want a puddle in aisle 8."
Both acting like a bunch of kids, which they were.
Getting herself together, "Okay back to business, looking for paint."
The two perused the aisle looking at all the assortments of colours as well as brands.
"Whoa there's a section for NBA team colours. What do you say about L.A Lakers yellow for your room, or maybe Toronto Raptors purple?"
Jill's eyes grew wide, "Umm none. Get over here Nathan no one wants to have their rooms painted in those colours ever, well at least not me."
"I'd want my room painted one of those colours, "he put his hands in his pockets and walked over to where she was standing, "What colours are you aiming for?"
She stared up at the selection, "Hmm I don't really know, I mean I have an idea it's just I don't know whether I want to go with it of not."
"What colours were you thinking of for your room?"
"Well I have to think of my room climate, which shouldn't be a problem seeing as it's air conditioned. The amount of light that hits my room, that's pretty good too cause I get plenty of sunlight through the windows and my balcony."
"Whoa its just painting your room not weather watch on the news."
"Nathan you need to consider these things, because it could affect your room a great deal. If you paint a room that gets warm easily a hot colour, it'll be like sleeping in a sauna. Also if you paint a room that gets hardly any light a dark colour then you'll have to make sure you install more light fixtures. If not you'll have one really dark depressing room."
"Wow I never considered it that way. My mom decorated my room and it's just basically plaid wallpaper with wood panelling."
"Well now you know," she smiled at him.
"Yes I do and if you ever decide to become an interior designer I'll be one of your clients," he laughed as he put his arm around her, "Of course since I'm your friend you'll have to do it pro bono."
Jill laughed and pushed Nathan.
"Quit fooling around we need to get this done."
"Okay okay, hmmm what about this colour?" He held up a colour swatch.
"You do know you're showing me the colour puke."
He grimaced his face, "Oh, uhh what about this colour?" He pulled out another swatch.
"Hey I kind of like it, what is it called?"
"Umm," turning the swatch around, "sandy beach."
"That would look good for the living room."
"I was just about to say, hey I'm getting the hang of this, you might have competition if I decide to become an interior designer," he smirked.
Jill laughed, "The majority of male interior designers are homosexual," she looked at him, "I never knew," she giggled.
"Uhh nix that idea, I'll stick to becoming a pro basketball player."
"Good idea, okay I think I've got all the colours I need."
"Let me see," he took a look at her colour choices.
"So the living room is going to be sandy beach, the swatch you picked out. The kitchen is going to be umm this dark greyish one. I want the silverware to sparkle and this grey will do it. For the dining room I chose this lighter grey, cause I'm going to create this stripe pattern with the darker one I'm using for the kitchen. My parent's room is going to be a light yellow, because that's my mom's favourite colour. The guestroom will be this royal purple. I was thinking of painting my room this colour but I thought of something better. Oh and the entertainment room is going to be crimson red.
"Wow that's a lot of colours. What about your room?"
"My room is the most complicated one. It has to match my personality to a tee."
"Okay what's your idea?"
"I want all four walls to look different, it's complicated I don't think you'll understand it."
"Try me."
"Umm okay, so one wall will be striped with fuchsia, pink, orange, and a bit of yellow stripes. The other wall will be a somewhat dark purple with lighter purple polka dots. The other wall will be jagged stripes of green hues. The last wall will be black and my ceiling will be white."
"Wow that's going to be one funky coloured room. I like it."
"I know it's weird but I just felt like doing it. You should check out my room in Charlotte."
"Do I want to know?"
"Maybe not," she laughed, "let's go grab some brushes and rollers."
"Don't forget painting tape for your stripes."
"Good idea, hey you make a good assistant."
Nathan smirked, "I try."
The two headed down the aisle, colour swatches in hand.