Lonely Tom

Introductions:  We have to write a short story of 500-600 words. In the short Story we have to include a situation of tension between a mother and a son, or a conflict of social classes. The genre of the story must be " Drama" and the tone must be either tragic or melancolic.


This story was about a family that lived in claudy London. Sarah, Tom´s mother had got 39 years old. She was pretty and a good person, she liked having her house in order but it´s difficult because Tom was a very messy boy. She worked at home doing the chores , a disappointed job. Tom had got 15 years old, he went to school, he was not doing well in his subjects and also he behaved badly. He didn´t have friend´s at school because he was always bothering his mates. He always only in class. He was known as the most ammoying person in the class. Robert who had been married to Sarah for 17 years was a 40-year-old man, with a tired look in his eyes. Sometimes he wished he could be a famous person but unfortunately, he resagned at that life because he married Sarah. He worked as a seller, he sold newspapers and magazines and was an exhausting job. One day the head of the school wanted to talk to them about Tom, so she met Srah and Robet.
Head: "Welcome Mrs and Mr Romeo,I wanted to talk to you about Tom".
Sarah: " Is everything okey?"
Head: " Not really, Tom doesn´t work in class during the lessons and he doesn´t get along with his mates"
Robert: " Sarah and me didn´t have a clue about this"
Head: " I know the reason why Tom has low marks in almost every subject and why he behaves so bad".
Surprisingly the head told them the reason.Tom wanted a brother because he feel very alone and he needed company. He was angry at his parents. Robert and Sarah were shocked and sad. When they went home Robert and Sarah decided to talk to Tom. They told him that they couldn´t have a brother because they were old. Robert told Tom something he didn´t know, Tom used to have an older brother but unfortunately he died when he was 3 years old because of a terrible desease. Tom was shocked but he told them that they could adopt a brother. Tom couldn´t believe his parents and his parents couldn´t believe he wa so desapressed. Three months after this conversation Tom didn´t improve at school and his relationship with his mates was even worse. So Robert and Sarah decided to change Tom to another school. Robert thought that Tom had understood the reason they gave him but Tom didn´t see to understand since he had been ignoring his `parents for three Months now. As time went by, Tom started to hang out with new friends that he met in the club. He knew he was never going to stop feeling lonely, he also knew he couldn´t change his parents because he loved them so much that he had to understand them same day. His parents bought Tom a dog and little by little he started to speak to them again.