The Tale of Mortimer

by NoodlesWainwright

In Sunset Valley,the Goth Family goes about their days in a large,sorta-haunted masion.Gunther,a writer who makes bad decisions,Cornelia,a frigid housewife who cleans up after his decisions,and Mortimer,their somber son who is far from well-adjusted.

A boy sits at the lunch table.

He's wearing a white shirt with thin red stripes,some dark khaki cargo shorts,and blue rain boots with a yellow trim,even though its not raining.

He turns to the girl in the red spaghetti strapped dress sitting next to him and says in a high-pitched british accent common to boys his age,"I saw grandpa last night."
The girl says," he like?"

The boy looks bleakly at his lunch and responds,"Still dead as was pale said ghosts are colored according to the way they died."
The girl giggles and says," wanna hang after school Morty?"
"Morty" replies,"I said dont call me name is sure."
The girl,named Bella,replied," ya later Morty!",and dashed off with a laugh as the bell rang.

As the other children gathered their things to return to class,Mortimer just sat there,stared at his lunch,and said,"...This is a terrible day."
And so begins the story of Mortimer Goth.