Without My Colored Glass Wings

A Perfect Day

Chapter 3- A Perfect Day

Drrrrr!

Crash!

Bang!

Melo was awoken by crashing and banging happening outside his room. What kind of ruckus is happening? He thought to himself. He slightly opened his eyes but all he saw were the lights peeking through his window blinds, beaming across the room. He scooted to the other side of the bed, facing his big glass window that is covered with white blinds. Then, he slipped two of his fingers in between the blinds and allowed just the right amount of light to pass through.

Argh! My eyes!

The sudden gush of white light from the opening lightly burned his eyes. He once again twisted and turned to the other side and reached for his alarm clock on top of his night desk. He saw that it was already 8 o'clock in the morning. He groaned out of disbelief on what was happening outside that couldn't even wait 'till he had woken up. Slowly he slipped out of bed, slightly opened his door, and peeked through the gap.

There he saw three other men in their dirty work clothes holding hammers, drills and nails, his father in his casual t-shirt and working pants, geared with protective goggles and a pencil hanging on his ear. His mother was wearing a blue round neck blouse partnered with a red, knee-length, A-line skirt, feeding a piece of her freshly baked muffins to his father while placing down the rest to the nearest table available.

blueberry muffins!

Melo closed his eyes and the sweet aromatic scent of freshly baked muffins danced its way to his senses, making his mouth watery that he failed to notice that he was drooling.

"Good morning, young master. How was your sleep last night?" Nanny Hearty greeted with his usual sweet smile.

Startled, Melo let out a small shriek and fell on his back.

Thud.

Mr. and Mrs. Daetes' attention was caught by the thud coming from Melo's room and turned their eyes to see Melo sitting on the floor. The couple smiled sweetly at him. Mr. Daetes rolled up his blueprint and handed it to one of his men, giving some instructions. He removed his goggles together with his gloves and walked briskly towards Melo.

"Morning, son! I'm sorry if the ruckus woke you up." Mr. Daetes greeted as he extended his arm. "Get up now and get dressed." He added in a lively tone as Mrs. Dates approached his side and he grabbed her by the waist,

"Your Mom and I.." he said before he kissed Mrs. Daetes on her cheeks.

"John, stop." Mrs. Daetes reacted as she giggled

" Anyway, your Mom and I have new plans to liven up this place, would you like to join us?" Mr. Daetes invitingly said to Melo. Melo's sleepy head was finally awoken by the scene in front of him. He was so excited that he jumped up to his parents and gave them a tight hug. His parents hugged him back as well while his dad snatched him and swooshed him around the room.

Melo loved this.

He laughed his heart out until his father finally brought him down. "Well, young man. If you want to join us, better start prepping yourself. Go on." Mr. Daetes gave Melo's tiny nose a pinch and snapped his fingers to signal the maids to attend to Melo. He turned to Nanny Hearty who was standing beside the doorway and said, "Nanny Hearty, you know what to do." He ushered Melo back to his room while he and Mrs. Daetes went back to decorating the living area.

Minutes have passed, Melo was all dressed up and ready to join the commotion outside. He could hear the crisp laughter of her parents behind the doors on top of the background noise coming from the banging of the hammer and dragging of furniture. He hurriedly opened the door and saw his parents lying down, with their clothes and faces splattered with paint. His mother gestured him to come closer while offering him to help them paint.