Paint matching

I'm at the mall with several friends, standing at entrance to a store similar to Target. They're handing out free flowers to everyone who comes into store. Perhaps the occasion is Mother's day, but isn't that already past? I pin it to my shirt with a toothpick, but doesn't stay up very well. Jenny needs me to get paint colors matched, because she's going to paint her apartment. She's given me a baby toy ball with colors to match from it. I split off from the rest of the group and find the paint section.

There are a few people at the counter when I arrive, but apparently they've just finished with whatever they needed and are just waiting now. The lady at the desk looks at me. "I need to get paint in these colors," I say, pointing to the ball. She leaves to the back, and I take a closer look at the colors on the ball. Each color is bright with silvery specks in it, obviously designed to attract a baby's attention. There's a shade of green, yellow, orange, and purple. I wonder how one could stand living in a room with these colors. The lady comes back with a match for the sparkly green, but it's a shade or two too dark. Still pretty good for having only relied on her memory. She heads back into the dimly lit back room, and this time I say, "I'll go back with you and bring this ball." She walks off through rows of shelves, all stacked with cans of paint, and I follow her in. She's a way off in front of me, but I can see that she is now being accompanied by Chii.

"Chii is here, huh?" I think to myself. I keep following at a distance, not quite sure how to react. I call out her name a few times, but she doesn't hear. I follow behind them through several more isles as they look for paint. Chii eventually breaks away from the paint lady and stops at the back counter. I walk up and talk to her. I really don't feel anything special as I see her, other than a little weird. We talk for a little, and then I leave. My sister Jennie is sitting nearby, and I walk up to her. I tell her, "Happy mothers day, or whatever it is today," and hand her my flower after wrapping it in some green paper.