I’m just going to apologise just now because this is going to be ridiculously long. Sorry.

Anyways.

I’m 13, and I live with my mum and my dad. I share a room with my younger sister who is 12. I wouldn’t say I like sharing a room as I feel I’m beginning to need more space and privacy but I’ve kind of gotten used to it. The only thing I really can’t stand about it is how messy my younger sister is, I’m not extremely clean myself but I always make sure the room is kept clean and tidy.

Yesterday (Friday) my mum told us that we would all try and clean out our room at the weekend and then get it done up in a month or two. Which in all honesty I was okay with.

Then today my sister got up somewhat early and cleaned the room, we only got half way through the room when my dad came home from work. My dad got really annoyed and so did my mum because the room was a mess even though we were in the middle of cleaning it. We were then about 2/3 done cleaning when my mum told me to get ready as we were going out.

At this point my hair was oily and greasy tied up in a bun, my face was a mess and I was in clean pyjamas. I told my mum I would need to get ready but okay. I stopped leaning and got myself ready just so I wouldn’t leave everyone waiting on me to get ready.

I got told we were going to see my gran but after my mum phoned her and found out she was out for the day, we obviously couldn’t go over.

The room was still a mess and I was half ready. My mum and dad then got annoyed because of how messy the room was, they then told us about how we never do anything around the house and just sit on our phones.

I got annoyed when they said this because I knew it was untrue. I get up at 6:30am each morning so I can get myself ready for school and then get my sister up and ready in the morning. By this time my mum and dad aren’t even awake. I then go to school and stay on top of all my homework and tend to do well on all my exams. I clean around the house when it’s needed and keep my side of the room clean. I only spend 2 hours on my phone a day, at the maximum.

I didn’t say anything as I didn’t want to make anything worse. My mum and dad said they were going to the shops and I insisted on staying in the house. When they were away me and my sister just talked. I said how it’s always about what we don’t do and never about what we actually do around the house that just goes unnoticed and my sister said stuff similar. I hadn’t ate yet and it was about 3:30 so my sister decided to order some pizza and ice cream. (We used our own money.)

We hid the food upstairs and began eating it, then my mum and dad came home. My mum caught us and got all annoyed. She told us she had planned to take us to the cinema and out for dinner but we’ve spoiled it now, my dad then told us how we spoiled his night off.

I do feel bad about it. I’m just a bit confused as my mum and dad didn’t tell us about it and then by ordering pizza we ruined the night. I feel like there is no way we would’ve known about it. But I still feel guilt in some way.

What should I do?