Bella woke up, after resting up for a good thirteen hours, got out of bed, and got changed into her signature red dress that screamed 'Bella Goth' as soon as anyone saw it. They admired Bella for her beauty, which she had to admit wasn't all genetic. She was beautiful, no doubt about that, but some of it did come down to the make up she put on in the morning that was always hand in hand with her red dress, black leggings and black heels. Today, though, Bella was putting together her outfit for a special occasion, which was the funeral of her father, Simis Bachelor, and her mother, Jocasta Bachelor, as well as the funeral of Gunther and Cornelia Goth, her husband, Mortimer's parents. Funerals weren't special occasions for the Goths in the way all the other families in Willow Creek thought. Most of the other families thought a funeral as a mourning of loss, and then a party afterwards, where men ended up drunk, and everyone was supposed to be celebrating the deceased life, but instead were in the midst of a room filled with horrible dad jokes, theories surronding their favourite shows, like Sim Trek and little kids trying to explain the Relativity theory while running laps around a tiny corner of the room. But, the Goths weren't like every other family in Willow Creek, mainly because they thought and did funerals a different way to that of most of Willow Creek's families—even though they had the same, super depressing ritual at the start. They begun with your averagely depressing beginning ritual, where someone stood up, said a speech, then everyone cried, then all sung a hymn that they would see them again, for the family members that the funeral was for are now Ghosts, tied between the Netherworld and Willow Creek, and afterwards, did everything a little bit dfferently. Four family members would carry in the coffin while another two carried out the gravestone, which they would put precisely where the body was buried, still within the coffin, and then they would wait for midnight that night, which was the exact time the ghosts of the deceased would come to visit the Sims that were still alive, haunt Goth Manor a bit, and then talk to the still living members of the Goth and Bachelor households about their lives in their coffins. Afterwards, at precisely three in the morning, the ghosts would come and collect the offerings the Goths had left them, and then leave the house, not to be seen until the same time periods. This year was the same as every funeral year before it, apart from the fact that there were Bella's new children, Violetta and Pandora, who would probably have an argument over who Gunther and Cornelia, as well as Jocasta and Simis loved more out of the two, coming as well, as well as Cassandra's new boyfriend, Don Lothario, coming with the six.
Bella wasn't excited for this funeral, as it did mark the death of Jocasta and Simis, but she knew Mortimer felt the same about losing his parents, Gunther and Cornelia Goth. Bella went downstairs, walked to the kitchen, and began making Pan Du Muerto, which was the main dish the family would have on funerals, as it would mark the time at which they would begin their morning. It was probably the most well known dish for the Goth family to make, and the press even asked Bella, when she had opened a restaurant—which was closed a couple of years before Alexander was born—if she would make and sell Pan Du Meurto at her restaurant, which she said wasn't possible.
She sat down with her plate of Pan Du Muerto, began eating and then waited for the rest of the Goth household to wake up, which she knew from experience, wouldn't be a very long time. An exasperated young adult female came downstairs, carrying a whining Pandora, praying she can give her Pan Du Muerto, which she did end up eating. Cassandra sat down with her own plate of Pan Du Meurto, began eating it, and had a group conversation with Bella and Pandora. Mortimer came downstairs, an all fours Violetta in tow, lifted Violetta up, placed the wriggling toddler in her high chair, gave her a bowl of Pan Du Muerto, and then sat down with his own plate of the food.
Cassandra temporarily excused herself from the rest of the household, went on the tram to Don Lothario's house in Oasis Springs, and both ran to Goth Manor, panting when they got back to the house and gave eachother kind smiles. They had their funeral at the Goth family graveyard, did the normal depressing ritual at the beginning, and then went to place the gravestones in the middle of the graveyard, while Lolita engraved their epitaphs, and stood by the gravestones in pride.
Cassandra surveyed the graveyard and then she and Don left the graveyard for Brindleton Bay, which was in a full spring swing at the moment, where they would go to the foreshore and have a date together, and maybe a swim in the ocean, as both Cassandra and Don had bought their swimwear with them, intending to have a swim together afterwards. They both smiled as they splashed eachother in the ocean and ducked down, heading to the boathouse afterwards for some fish and chips.
They smiled with lovesick eyes at eachother, and began to drink a vanilla milkshake with two straws in it, and they sipped and sipped until their lips touched one another's for a kiss. They blushed and began eating awkwardly, and then the two began to make their way to the graveyard, until they saw a particular headstone at the beach, and Cassandra stopped them.
"What's wrong, Sandy?" Don asked.
Cassandra blushed awkwardly at the pet name, and then began to cry. "Th-this," she squeaked, and lead Don to an angle at which they could both read the engraved headstone.
The engraved message read, 'Loving older brother and uncle, Micheal Bachelor. Son of Simis and Jocasta. Son in law to Gunther and Cornelia. Loving older brother to Bella Goth, and a caring uncle to Cassandra, Alexander, Violetta and Pandora. Brother in law to Lolita and Mortimer. May you forever rest in piece. Died by drowning.'
Don quickly phoned the rest of the Goth family, and they were there as promptly as they could be. Don was seen comforting Cassandra when the family arrived.
"Cassa, are you alright?" Alexander asked, and then looked at the headstone. "Pinch me, Cassa. Tell me that this is a horrible nightmare..."
Alexander read the headstone's engraving to the twins. "Uncle Mickey, come back, pwease come back Uncle Mickey!" they shouted in sync.
"He's a ghost now.." Lolita began. "H-he'll haunt this beach and Goth Manor at midnight, but gosh knows where he'll haunt first."
Everyone was in tears.
But Cassandra thought about something. This is nowhere near the end. In fact, it's only the beginning.