Cleverly Titled Story

Chapter 2: Another Cleverly Titled Chapter

"He says he didn't do it, but I can't be sure. So, I fired him."

"Why didn't you just wait and see what happened before you fired him?" Rigby snapped. "He hasn't talked to me in six days!"

"That's not my problem. If you want to talk to him, you go ahead."

"I tried! He won't anwser me!" Rigby slammed his fists on Benson's desk. "You need to get this straightened out before something else happens. And I suggest you do it quickly."

"Rigby, it had to be done. I don't know if he did it, but I wanted to be safe instead of sorry."

"Whatever. I'm out."

The little raccoon hadn't exactly been in a good mood since the gumball machine fired his best friend. He'd been at the coffee shop nonstop since then, too, but Mordecai hadn't been there once. He'd asked Margaret about him twice, but she claims she hasn't seen him, which Rigby knows is a lie, because there was no way Mordecai could go without telling Margaret about the situation at some point in time.

The short walk to the coffee shop didn't solve anything, but when Rigby saw a flash of blue, he ran inside and found Mordecai, sitting at their usual table, Margaret sitting next to him.

"Mordecai?" Rigby raised an eyebrow.

"Oh, hey, Rigby." Mordecai waved sadly at the little brown animal. "Margaret and I were just talking about Tuesday night, when Benson came in."

"Why haven't you talked to me about this yet?"

"I've been busy." Mordecai could be so cryptic at times, and this was not a good one.

"Doing what?"

"Well, I'm staying with Margaret until I can get the situation resolved. And I'm planning on buying a truck soon."

"Wait, you're staying with Margaret?"

"Yeah. I need some help with the renovations there anyway. And, Mordecai's not that bad actually. I mean, he's really helpful."

"Are you crazy!"

"I know my limits."

"Look, how are we going to fix this issue if you won't even try?"

"I'll try when I can! Right now, I've got crap to do. You want something, or no?"

"Yeah, can I get the usual?"

"Coming right..." Margaret trailed off as she glanced up at the TV. She had to do a double take to be sure she was seeing right.

"New, developing story tonight, a 23-year-old man was fired on Tuesday after his boss claims his employee had stolen all his money and used it to buy marijuana. A small paper bag of marijuana was found under his bed shortly after 10:20 on Saturday, August sixteenth. Mordecai's boss had this to say."

"I'm actually not surprised at this. Mordecai's always been a slacker, y'know, and I did actually expect this, but I didn't think it'd happen so soon. I mean, I trusted him and all, but... I just can't believe this."

"If you have any information on this case, please don't be afraid to call our Criminal Tip Line at 1-800-458-6921. Remember, you can remain anonymous."

Mordecai swore under his breath as he zipped up his hoodie and headed out the door. People had already whipped out their phones, and were definitely not showing any mercy with this right now. The blue jay kept up his brisk pace as he kept his head down.

"Mordecai, slow down! There's no one out here!"

"I didn't do it! I didn't do it! I didn't do it!" Mordecai kept telling himself. "Benson can't prove anything! He's just lying!"

"Mordecai!" Margaret exclaimed as the blue jay fumbled for the keys. Mordecai was visibly shaking as he unlocked the door.

"I cannot believe this." Margaret closed the door behind her as she looked sternly at the blue jay. "You're just going to dig yourself into a hole? You need to do something about this! You can't just sit and wait for something to happen! This is important to you, me, Rigby, and everyone you know and care about. If sitting around makes you happy, then fine with me, but I'm not sitting around when you get to prison."

"When did when come into the picture? I'm not getting permanently arrested because I didn't do it. I know that, you know that, Rigby knows that, and everyone I know and care about knows that. I don't know if you noticed, but I'm not the bad guy here."

"Then who is?"

"That's for him to know and us to find out." Mordecai snapped as he closed the door to his new room.

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