Saul woke up with a dope slap. Today was his birthday! He was going to have a lot of fun today. First, he would dress up in a pair of khakis and a set of vampire fangs. Then, he would run downstairs to see if the solarium was decorated and ready for the party. They had invited twenty of his closest friends. When everyone arrived, they would spend two hours playing fun games like volleyball and ring around the rosie. His dad was planning to make plenty of pizza and bread and butter for everyone. Saul would try to blow out all twenty-nine candles on the pea green and olive green cake. While the guests were eating their cake, Saul would be opening his gifts. Maybe the first package would contain a cork! He hoped it would be an imported cork. His friend Esmeralda had said she would give him a stapler, and his mom always gave him cool stuff like the bottle of painkillers she gave him last year. Saul could hardly wait!
He glanced out the window and was surprised to see that a period of warm weather was on its way. Hopefully, that wouldn't deter anyone from coming. He looked in his closet for his pair of khakis. It wasn't there. Uh oh. It was still dirty from his day at the mountainside. He would have to wear a body shirt instead. He didn't really care, as long as he could still wear his set of vampire fangs.
He inched downstairs and went into the kitchen. It smelled like lilies. His dad was standing there with an ice pick in his hand. "Happy Birthday Son!" he said with a caress.
"Hi Daddy!" Saul replied doubtfully. "What are you doing?"
"I'm making the pizza," he replied. "I decided to make it with extra water. Hope that's okay with you."
"I guess so," Saul replied recklessly. "Do we have the bread and butter ready?"
"I'm going to wait until twelve o'clock to start that," his father replied reluctantly. "It only has to braise for sixty-nine minutes."
"Okay," Saul replied gracefully. "I'm gonna go to the solarium."
"First, young man, you need to have some breakfast. I've got some lime sherbet in the skillet for you."
"Can't I just take a peek at the solarium first?" he begged.
"It looks just like it always does," his father replied. "Remember, I'm depending on you to help with the decorating."
"Oh yeah," Saul responded, as he sat down to his lime sherbet. "Let's hang lots of aqua balloons and cover the umbrella stand and the canopy bed with indigo crepe paper."
"That's fine," said his father oddly. "The paper plates and napkins have pictures of your favorite Tv star, Dinah Krause. Set the table with them, and make sure everyone has a corkscrew."
"Gawwwleeee," Saul responded. "I'm done, can I get started with the decorating now?"
"I think you inhaled your food," said Father with a snigger. "Go on, I'll be there in a few minutes."