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**__The Parent-Free Party__**

Lilly and Bridget may be sisters, but they are completely different. Lilly is focused on school and is responsible, but Bridget fails in every class and always goes to out-of-control parties. Big difference. Their parents have always been skeptical about leaving Bridget in charge until she was responsible and helpful for a whole month. Their parents had always wanted to go to a hotel, but Bridget kept getting into trouble. This was their chance. "Okay, Bridget. We're trusting you. No wild parties, okay?" Bridget was focused playing a Wii game, but nodded. "Lilly, here are the spare house keys and keep an eye on your sister. Make sure there's no funny business." Lilly was always keeping an eye on Bridget. It wasn't any use though. If you told her not to do something, she'd do it anyway. Their parents didn't understand that though. "Bye, kids!" The moment they shut the door, Bridget dropped the Wii remote, jumped off the sofa and raced to the phone. Typical. Bridget called what seemed to be everyone on the planet, and within a half an hour, people were arriving. Lilly had never actually been at one of Bridget's parties so she thought that maybe she'd stick around to see what it was like. Bridget's sophomore friends came first and then senior boys came. Before she knew it, the house was crowded with people. When the people started to move the party into different rooms, it occurred to her that people could walk into her bedroom and destroy it. She quickly ran upstairs and fortunately, there was no in her room. She ran inside, slammed door behind her and locked the door. She would just stay in there for the night. After a while, she heard loud crash and bang noises coming from downstairs and she was glad she wasn't down there. At about 11:30, she managed to fall asleep over the loud rock and roll music. When she woke up, her room looked still untouched, but when she walked into the hallway, it looked like a tornado struck the house. Walking down the stairs, Lilly saw her house completely destroyed and remembered her parents would be home soon. Bridget was looking around at the detraction she had caused with a guilty look on her face. Then, the door opened and in came their parents. "Lilly? Lilly! Wake up!" Looking around tiredly, Lilly notice she was still in her bedroom. She looked through the open door and saw a lamp on its side and a few scratches on the walls, but not as terrible as before. Downstairs showed evidence that there obviously had been a party, but it didn't look like a tornado had stricken at least. They both knew what was coming. "You're both grounded!" Not quite. "For one month!" There it was.