Emily was a teenager and lived with her parents. She and her best friend, Kim, found out that their favorite band would give a concert in their town on Friday night. They really wanted to go, but they didn't think their parents would agree. Emily explained to her parents that she wanted to go to the concert with Kim ,but they thought that she was too young to go without1.
Emily told Kim that she could not go to the concert, but her friend's answer was a real2to Emily. Kim told her mum she would study with friends on Friday.
"I really do not want to be dishonest with my parents," Emily told her friend.
"Oh,3acting like a little kid! Everyone lies," Kim replied.
But Emily was not so sure. She thought that honesty was very important. Emily never felt comfortable lying, and her parents always told her that it was wrong.
On Thursday, Kim invited Emily over to her house to watch a movie after school. When they got there, Kim and her mother got into a fight. Emily realized that Kim lied to her mother4and her mother did not trust her. Emily had to go back home.
As she walked home, she remembered that Kim always told her how terrible her relationship with her mother was. Kim thought her mother did not understand her, but Emily thought maybe Kim's mother was just5Kim being dishonest with her. Emily decided she would not lie to her parents about the concert. There would be lots of concerts in the future, but they were the only Parents she would ever have. She knew it was better to honor them and help them because her parents trusted her, let her do6of the things that she wanted to do, and she really preferred it that way.
