The Goth

A story that is in a girl's POV but she just want to be friends with the boy, but he's goth and hates everyone. Will the girl succeed at making friends with him or will he scare her away?

I look at myself through the mirror. "You know, screw it" I growled at my reflection. Picked up a brush and fight with my long, white blond and tangled hair.

After a while, I look at the mirror. "Good enough." I walked downstairs and sneered at the breakfast my parents are handing to my baby sister.

"Are you done ignoring me yet?" I tested my parents, they seem unresponsive. I groaned and said "See ya."

I walked down the vacant streets, this is a new neighborhood so less people live here, but since the rumor of deaths around here to the constuction worker that died working. Some people said that one worker died from the iron beam that fell on it, they checked the rope that held the iron beam to the crane, it looks like it's been cut on purpose, sending fear to the people planning to move. So only 3 family lives here, me, a gothic boy across the street from my home, and some hermit at the corner.

"Don't get in trouble!" I hear a gentle female voice, I looked back and see the Gothic boy, wearing all black as usual, walking outside with his mother calling out to him. He said his name is Mort. But often when the school said "Mort" the mother becomes confused, later she then yelled at Mort that I could literally hear it across the street. "Seriously Ernie! I know you like trouble, but stay away from it!" The mother tries her best to talk to the boy who keeps brushing her off.

"What are you staring at?" Mort said as he walks past me. Jerk. I simply thought. But resumed walking.

By the time Mort arrived at school and me walking 5 feet behind him. "Whoa! Lookie here, some freak got himself a girlfriend!" Some punk laughed at Mort. Mort seems unresponsive. "Yo freak, talk to me! Are you mute?" The bully's assistant laughed. Mort seems tense but kept walking to the entrance of the school.

While the bullies mock Mort. My friend came to me and said. "You're hanging out with him?"

"Not really, we got out of our homes almost at the same time, I didn't think he would mind if I walk a tad bit closer than usual." I lied. No one knows of my goal, not even my best friend in front of me knows about it. But my goal is to befriend Mort.

"Well stay away, he's too depressing to be hanging around wi-"

"HEY WHAT THE HELL?!" A loud scream interrupt my friend. I looked at the commotion and saw the Bully's assistant out cold on the ground. Mort crouched and jumped while doing a roundhouse kick mid air. His feet connect with the bully. The bully crumples to the ground, out cold, next to his partner. Mort then resumed to the entrance of the school.

"Holy crap! He's the depressed twin of Chuck Norris!" Some nerd next to me laughed with the rest of his friend.

"Chuck Norris?" My friend gave me a puzzle look.

"Some actor" I smiled. My friend's face became more confused but shrugged and walked to her class while I walked to mine.

By the time school is over, Mort's at the gate looking around. I walked past him, hoping he'll start walking alongside me, all I heard is a scoff from him. I kept walking till I find the nearby shrub and hid in it. I kept watching Mort, he turned around and faced the 2 bullies he had knocked out only 8 hours earlier. He opened his zipper hoodie then ten squiggly lines fell to the floor and went after the "leader." I looked closely and the squiggly lines turned out to be snakes.

"What the hell? are you a reptilian freak too?" The bully backs away from the snake, while his assistant laughed "you're afraid of snakes? What the hell dude?" But Mort wasn't done, he grabs some balls of white. The balls extended to be several rabbits. The assistant stiffen. "Not cool man, not cool!" the assistant backs away in fear while Mort kicks one rabbit toward him. Mort then turns around and walked toward his home behind me.

I went home as well, till night falls and me having ramen noodle that I have to make myself since my parents won't pay any attention to me due to me being lost and is living in a stranger's house. My parents always said "do not talk to strangers" but since I wouldn't listen, they stop paying attention to me. That's why they made another child, because they want to pay someone else attention. I then went upstairs and went to bed.


The sunset shines brightly across the plains. I look around, enjoying myself and watching the sunset. By the time it sunken in the horizon, snakes start to surround me. "Want to be my friend don't you." I turned to the voice. "Well, let this be a warning to you, I do not want to be your friends. Friends to me" He looks at the light glazing over the horizon. "Are like poison, once you drank it, it's too late and you can't get rid of them, even tho you tried to threaten them off." He glares at me hungrily. "That's why you are to stay away from me, let this be a warning to you." He repeats.


I woke up with a start. I look outside of my window, since I got the room that faces toward the street, I can see Mort's bedroom lights on. I looked at the time. 4:17. I look back and I saw Mort standing in the middle of the window, staring at me. I closed the blinds and cover myself with a blanket. Jeez this is creepy I thought.

I kept thinking about the dream with the blanket over me. I startled as the alarm clock blared. I pushed the blanket off me and was blinded by the Summer's glare. 2 more weeks of this! Then it's summer vacation, thanks god! I thought, unbelieving I've been awake this long. I look at the time; 6:50

I went outside, today feels different and peaceful. Mort walked ahead of me as usual but I stayed 10 feet behind him. I got lost in my thoughts and went back to Earth when I slammed into Mort's back. "What the hell?" Mort growled.

"Sorry, got lost in my thoughts. Why did you stop." I asked.

"Thought I saw something there." He looks at the forest.

I looked and see something moving, I look around, no wind. "An animal maybe?"

"Doubt it." He simply said before he resumed walking to school.

I followed, still eying the forest. By the time we arrived to school, the bullies weren't there. Rumors said that they transfer to another school. When I steal a glance at Mort, for the first time I saw him smiling when he's looking at the spot where the bullies usually hang out at. School ends as usual. Mort leaving early, me catching up.

"You know," I called out to him, his paced slowed a bit. "You should smile more."

His mouth twitches slightly. "Yeah well we can't all have what we want." He growled, covering his attempt to try and stop himself from smiling.

"Why you gotta be like that?" I called out to him, getting annoyed by his Jerkness.

"Look, I just don't want friends, I appreciate you trying and all, but it just won't happen." Mort growled and took the long path home. Leaving me stunned on the short way home.

I did not sleep at all that night, mostly in fear of dreaming about him threatening me again, or worst. At around 3 I saw him leaving the house, he looked angry. I figured this is the time to take action. I walked downstairs, went across the street, knocked on the door. The mother came out, "Oh, I thought you were Ernie, why are you here so late?"

"I want to know where's Ernie?" I lied and felt uncomfortable saying Mort's real name.

"Oh that brat finally start using his real name." The mother whispered to herself but I can clearly hear. "His mother just might be proud of him for using the name she gave him." The mother kept whispering.

"Excuse me?" I became puzzled.

"Why are you here?" The mother looked at me. "Didn't you leave?"

"I asked the question first, Where's Ernie?" I was becoming frustrated.

"I don't know, it's not my job to take care of my half-nephew of a brat!" The, apparently now, half-aunt slammed the door so loudly the hermit down the street turned the lights on and went outside to look around. He looks toward me, hesitate a bit, then went inside. Lights turned off moments later.

Jerk! No wonder Mort's a jerk. I mentally spat out at her.

I went back to my room. Waited till school time. Walked behind Mort as usual. "I understand why you can be such a jerk sometimes. Half-aunts abusing can do that."

Mort stopped, I was too closed that I slammed into him. "How did you find out?"

"I stopped by at your Half-aunt's house at 3 when I saw you left."

"Want to know why I left for a while?" Mort turned to me, looking depressed and angry at the same time. Before I can answer, he pulls up his hoodie sleeves and I saw a nasty scab on his hand. "She did this." He then twisted his hand to show me his wrist, a pink line on it. "Also from her. She's trying to make me look so depressed that I cut myself, which is so I can have no friends." Mort turned around and walked to school.

At lunch time, I did not sit with my friends, but went to sit with Mort, I can feel the tension with everyone around me. "Look, just because I show you the abuse she gave me doesn't mean you're my friend. If my aunt catch me with a friend, there's no saying what she can do!"

"Can you just report her to the police?" I whispered back.

"What do you think I'm trying to do? Let her abuse me? I tried, they laughed at me and said 'Don't cry wolf kid."

I was about to answer but then I got a note handed to me, I opened it and it said "Why the hell are you hanging out with Goth boy? - Kathy" I growled at my best friend who is staring at me. I wrote back, "His name isn't Goth boy, it's Mort." I handed to the person who went to Kathy and handed the note. I turned to Mort "Listen, my uncle is a cop, he works at the police station down the street. Just wait for me then we'll walk there together. If I'm involved, he usually gets involved instead of brushing people off."

"I don't know about this," He put his face in his palms in frustration. "I'll give it a shot, but if he brushes me off, I'm never going to talk to you ever again, You hear?"

"You have my word." I smiled.

Mort face remains unchanged.

"Will it kill you to smile once in a while?"

"Yes." Mort simply said. Which made me laugh. A slight smirk from Mort shows but quickly vanish.

After school, Mort waited for me, we went to the police station and contacted my uncle. Mort told him the whole story. After Mort's finished. My uncle looks around at Mort's shirt. Then went toward his office to grab a small camera that looks easy to hide, and picked up a hat, put the camera in the hat and handed to Mort.

"Wear that and when your half-aunt gets in her "frenzy" so you say, press this button" He shows Mort the button on the side, "It will turn the camera on almost instantly and record. Then show it to me the next day. Sounds good?"

"Shouldn't be too long." Mort said glumly.

"Have a nice day you two!" My uncle smiled as we leave.

"Well that wasn't a disaster." Mort looks at the hat.

"Yep, hopefully the problem would be solved." I look up at the sky.

"I doubt it, my half-aunt is the only family I have, my parents died in a house fire." Mort looks toward the ground. "Where will I go after her?"

We walked in silence toward home.



Court Duty: Mort got the video, showed it to my uncle, now the police fined the half-aunt and made her show up to court. I looked around, Not a lot of people around except for me and my mom who is playing on her phone. "I never get tired of the expanding technology they always have" My mother smiled.

"Jail Time, 40 years. Case closed." The judge slammed the desk with his small hammer.

"Wait." Mort called out. "Who will I live with? Since she's the only family I have left."

"Hmm..." The judge considered. "We'll turn you in to the nearest orphan community."

"OR!" A loud rough voice screams from the crowd. "I can adopt my son that was taken away from me." I looked around for whoever said that. A man walked toward the stands. I recognize him, he's the hermit that lives in the neighborhood.

Mort turns around, his eyes gleamed with familiar love. "Father, I thought you died in the fire, there was 2 body found." Mort said.

"Aye I was at work during then, damn grave yard shift! But when I came back, I saw my half-sister's car driving away. Never got a chance to get you. The second person in the fire is the landlord of the place."

"Well case closed, Ernie gets to live with his father, just gotta sign some contracts." The judge plainly said.

That night, Mort came over at my house. He holds his hand out, I took it and shook it. "Thanks for your help." He smiled, showing no attempt to hide it.

"Anytime" I smiled back.


"So that's how I met my husband." I told my classmates everything I know. "If I can find my sweetheart 20 years ago during High School, I'm sure you guys can too." I smiled. Realizing how long ago this was. Here I am, teaching High School class about Culture. My husband is working in the Town's Zoo for his love of animals.

THE END

Author's Note

A story that kept bothering me all day, a story that desperately wants to come out. Feel free to criticize me.

Reviews

[Veritatis Cupitor]

I didnt recognize his love for animals. I believe it said he kicked a rabbit to the bully? yea, here: "The assistant stiffen. "Not cool man, not cool!" the assistant backs away in fear while Mort kicks one rabbit toward him."
So i thought at the end where he ends up working at a zoo for his "love for animals' was like this joke or ironic unexpected end.

[Death Stalker]

Veritatis, I did rushed at the ending, spend like 2 hours on it :p and just want to end it so I can go along and do my homework then sleep. But I thought readers would recognize Mort's love for nature and animals (note he mysteriously summoned animals from his hoodie to scare his bullies away)

[Veritatis Cupitor]

I enjoyed reading this. It did feel like you rushed through the ending... and the flow of the overall piece is a bit inconsistent, but all in all, a good read.. loved the subtle pieces of humor. (..Working at a zoo!? lol)

[howling horror]

i love it dude its inspired me to keep on writing excellent job well done