Rachel and Eddie were furious; with the exception of Finn they didn't recognise a single child.

"Aimee Lawson, what the hell are you doing" Rachel shouted at her daughter as she got out the car.

"Mum, Dad we were just, em, we were" Aimee replied, but really with no way to justify what she had just been caught doing.

"Just get in the Car" Eddie said exacerbated by his daughter's latest stunt

Rachel approached Finn who was still standing by graffiti ridden bus shelter

"I don't want you to go anywhere near Aimee again, do you understand"

Finn just laughed, "And what are you going to do if I do"

"Lets just say Mr Sharkey, it will not be in your interest to disobey me, not unless you want to spend a week in the cooler" Eddie added. "And I will see you in my office first thing on Monday morning"

Rachel and Eddie were walking back to the car when Rachel pulled Eddies arm to hold him back for a second. "It won't be your office for much longer" she said with a smirk. "Remember your just borrowing it from me for a while" Eddie just laughed and placed an arm around his wives shoulder until they got back to the car.

Meanwhile, Aimee climbed middle of the back seat of Eddie's car. There was another row of seats, but they hadn't been put up as Eddie didn't think they would need them today.

"Aimee" Michael said "Why were your writing and drawing on the bus shelter"

"Cos it's Cool" Aimee replied just as her parents opened the car door.

"It is not cool, or big or clever, in fact it's very naughty" Eddie said to his youngest son.

"Do you remember how much trouble you got into when your wrote on your bedroom wall" Rachel added.

Michael nodded, it had happened a few months back, just before Isabella was born, the 5 year old had taken his crayons and wrote his name a few times over his bedroom wall. He had only just started learning to write, but Rachel and Eddie had stopped his from going on a trip with a friend to the soft play as punishment.

"Yes, well your sister is in one hundred times more trouble than that, but we will discuss it when we get home" Eddie added.

"Santa's not coming to Aimee, Santa's not coming to Aimee" Michael sang to his sister.

"Shut it, you know nothing, Santa's not even real you idiot" Aimee said just as they drove up their driveway to the house.

"AIMEE, GET IN AND UP TO YOUR ROOM NOW" Rachel shouted to her daughter

"Daddy, sure Santa is real, Aimee's really not going to get any presents now"

"We'll talk about it in the house buddy"

Michael got out of the car followed by Aimee who ran into the house and upstairs, right by her brother who was standing at the door holding his pass certificate. Rachel took Isabella out of her car seat and followed her daughter in followed by Michael holding Eddies hand behind him.

"Hay, I passed" Philip said as he his family came through the door.

"Well done mate" Eddie said tapping him on the shoulder whilst Rachel hugged him.

"We are so proud of you" Rachel added.

"Phil give us half an hour and then we have a surprise for you" Rachel said as she walked into the bathroom to change her youngest daughter.

Michael picked up his youngest son and walked into the front room followed by Phil.

"Daddy, is Santa real, Aimee said he wasn't?" the youngster added. Eddie was about to tell Michael the truth, he knew it would devastate him, but thanks to Aimee they had been rumbled.

"Nah, Aimee's talking rubbish, one of them is real the one who lives in the North Pole, but the ones in the shopping centres well there not the real Santa, they just work for Santa"

"Cool, I'm going to tell Aimee that she is wrong"

"Id leave Aimee alone just now Buddy. Mummy and I are going to go up to her room to tell her how naughty she has been"

"Because she was writing on the bus shelter?" the young boy asked.

"Yes" Eddie said as Rachel into the room holding Isabella who was now all cleaned up.

"Michael why don't you pick a film to watch with Phil"

Michael picked despicable me and got his older brother to put it into the DVD player as Eddie and Rachel went upstairs. Once Isabella was in her cot Rachel knocked on Aimee's door.

"I'm sorry OK" Aimee said as her parents entered her room. Rachel sat on the bed next to her daughter as Eddie pulled out her desk chair to sit on.

"Sorry, just isn't good enough, who were those kids you were with?" Rachel asked

Aimee shrugged her shoulders not wanting to answer the question

"Aimee I don't want to see you shrug your shoulder, or roll your eyes once more, or you can pretty much guarantee we will double whatever punishment we decide on" Rachel said.

"They were Finns friends"

"What school do they go to?" Eddied asked

"What does it matter, they don't go to Waterloo Road"

"Your Father asked you a question" Rachel said sternly "I suggest you answer it"

"Kingsway park" Aimee replied

"I'll speak to Mr Zimmerman on Monday, I want a list of their names" Eddie said, he would call his counterpart at KingswayPark on Monday

"I'm not doing that" Aimee said defiantly.

"I don't think you have much room for negotiating with us" Rachel interjected, "you will write that list of names, and you will not see those kids again, do I make myself clear"

Aimee sat in silence with her eyes firmly down on her hands.

"Aimee, do you understand what your mother just said" Eddie added impatiently

"Yes, I understand, I don't like it though"

"You aren't supposed to like it, now, hand over your phone and laptop" Rachel said, once she had them both in her possession she put them into her bedroom.

Eddie was left alone for a few moment with his daughter "Finn is to come to my office on Monday morning first thing; I want you there as well. Waterloo Road does not take vandalism lightly"

"Fine, whatever"

"You need to seriously think about your attitude, and I want you to go downstairs, and tell Michael your sorry, but what you really meant was the Santa's in the shopping centres weren't real and that of course Santa is real"

"OK, I'll go now" she replied wanting to get away from her parents as soon as possible. Aimee walked downstairs, apologised to Michael and told him she was wrong and sat down on the sofa to watch the film with her brothers.

Rachel whilst in her room called the car insurance to pay for Philips new policy on his car and the dealership to say that Eddie and Phil would be in soon. Rachel left her room and walked into Eddie.

"Hay love, Aimee is downstairs apologising to Michael"

"Good, I'll have another chat with her when you're out. Can you take Phil to get his car, I have sorted the insurance"

"Yes, but I thought we would all take him, that way I can drive back in the car with him so he isn't on his own the first time he drives a new car"

Rachel knew it made sense; they walked into the family room to find their 3 eldest kids watching the Childs movie.

"Aimee" Rachel said, the teenager moved her head round thinking she was going to get told off for not going back to her room. "Go upstairs and get your shoes on, help Michael do the same and put your coat on"

"Where are we going?" she asked

"Never mind, just do it, Phil, you do the same please"

Rachel went upstairs to get the baby ready, whilst Eddie put the back seats of the car up. Ten minutes later Aimee and Philip were in the very back of the car, the two younger kids in their car seats in the middle and Eddie and Rachel in the front. It wasn't long until they were at the car dealership. They walked through the doors and Philip was awestruck, he was not expecting a car.

"You don't need to do this, really, I don't need a car. I mean I would like one, but I can't accept it"

"Yes you can" Rachel said as she put an arm around Phil whilst holding Isabella with the other.

"This is a big responsibility, driving is something you need to take care doing, one little mistake can have disastrous results, and your father and I trust you to be responsible. If your not, the keys will be taken off you, do you understand"

"I do, Thanks"

"Oh, and Phil, this means you can be your sisters taxi, give us a break, but lucky for you, she wont be going anywhere for a while"

They were greeted by the sales man who took them around earlier that day, and soon Phil had the keys to his car. He and Eddie got into his brand new Corsa, whilst Rachel drove the Volvo home.

Phil was so happy sitting behind the steering wheel of his new car, but slightly nervous to drive the quick drive home.

"All right Mate, lets just do this calmly, just put the car into gear, take the hand break off and drive away slowly".

Rachel and the younger kids arrived home quickly; she changed Isabella whilst Michael and Aimee went to finish watching their movie.

"Aimee, can you come and help me with dinner?" Rachel asked

"Do I need to?"

"Yes, you need to, it wasn't a question" Rachel said impatiently as her daughter came through to the kitchen.

"Start pealing the potatoes" she ordered, as her daughter stomped over

"I really don't understand you today. You should know better than to vandalise a bus shelter"

"I know it was wrong Mum"

"Then why did you do it"

"To look Cool"

"And do you think it made you cool, as I don't think it did. I think that you were trying to get Finn and those other kids to like you, so you went along with what they were doing"

"I guess"

"And that is exactly why you are not to see those kids again and you're grounded"

"For how long?"

"Your father and I will discuss it tonight, once you have peeled those potatoes, can you set the table, and then off up to your room"

"There is nothing to do in my room" Aimee said huffily

"Do your homework, read a book, or how about you have a think about how stupid you have been".

Phil and Eddie came in, they had went a detour home to give Philip some practice, then he had decided to go see Botlon and Paul after dinner, they were both going to be so jealous.