To Lie or Tell the Truth?

One time, when I was home alone, I was sitting in the living room by myself eating chips and drinking coke. What a bad snack. I was watching television and also trying to do my homework, but the television was distracting. When I went to grab a piece of chip, I accidently knocked over my can of coke. It spilled all over the living room carpet. Panic, I ran to the kitchen to get paper towels. I went back to the living room and tried to soak up all the coke that spilled on the floor and also the coke that spilled on the table, soaking some of the chips I was eating. I manage to soak up most of the coke, but now there was a huge black stain on our white carpet. It looked bad. All I could think about was how much I was going to get in trouble when my parents arrive home. I tried spraying carpet stain remover, but it only made the stain worse. I thought of applying bleach to the carpet and scrubbing the stain off, but I didn't want the living room to have a smell of bleach. I was getting scared. In my mind, I was trying to think of something to do that would try to make the stain off or help me so I wouldn't get in trouble. My parents then came home. They saw the huge stain and asked what happened. I thought of saying that I had already found the stain when I came home, but my face would already read off that I was guilty, so that wouldn't work. I also thought of saying that my sister had made the stain, but she wasn't even home to make the stain. Not being able to think of anything, I just confessed and told the truth. My parents were mad, but they were glad that I told them the truth. Honesty is the best policy.