Sue: Hi Lou, how are you all?
Louise: Fine! How did the 18th go, I bet they all had a fab time!
Sue: Don't mention birthday parties to me! I am absolutely fucking livid with my daughter and so is Pete!
Louise: What has Lara done now! Just teen hijinx, is it!?
Sue: No, indeed! It started off ok as we booked the village hall for the right day and almost everyone she invited was able to come. 
Louise: Yes, it's unusual to get teenagers to reply to invitations! Did you stay for the night?
Sue: No, she begged us not to come! We set everything up, decs, drinks etc, nice buffet, but then we made ourselves scarce, we only live on the next street, you see. We decided to pop back in a few hours. That was very naive of us, to be honest!
Louise: I'm guessing things didn't actually go smoothly!
Sue: Understatement of the year! Pete went back round about 11.00 and there was utter carnage! There was vomit and spilled drinks everywhere, the front window had been smashed, the bathroom door had come off it's hinges and the mother and toddler toys and books were ripped and strewn about all over the place. Pete roared at Lara and turned the music off. Nobody moved at first, but he threatened to call the police!
Louise: Wow! I wasn't expecting that! I bet she was thoroughly embarrassed.
Sue: No, not really. About 8 of her friends were sleeping at our house, so they all crashed back there sheepishly.
Louise: Yes, but next day, she must have apologised to you.
Sue: She did not! In fact, around 6 of the group came back to the Hall to help clean up, but Lara refused to get out of bed!
Louise: I can't believe she acted so selfishly! 
Sue: We've made her pay for the damage out of her part time job at the vets and also refused to pay for one of her holidays. 
Louise: Yes, you did right! So she's got more than one holiday?
Sue: Yes, three! One she paid for herself, mind. She's still hardly speaking to us and it was 2 weeks ago. 
Louise: So sorry you've had to go through this, Lara needs to step up here, though!
Sue: I know, I think she'll come round. I have a feeling someone sneaked some drugs in and it made a few of them go apeshit! Hope Lara didn't have any.
Louise: I'm sure things will improve. Come and see us all next weekend. Lara loves to see Steve, he's like her little brother. 
Sue: Yes, I'd love that! See you soon!
Louise: Bye.
Louise and Pete booked the village hall for Lara's 18th birthday. They left her there with guests, who devastated the place and got crazy. Pete came back at 11, stopped the party, and punished Lara. She didn't apologize.