Cupcakes and Clowns (Harlequins)
John Egbert was playing the piano that resided in the living room of the house he lived in with his dad, nana, poppop and sister, Jane Crocker. His dad and nana were currently baking up a frenzy in the kitchen, and his poppop was in his study, writing to an old friend of his (some colonel that John couldn't remember the name of).
Either way, John knew he had to practice the pieces of music he was going to play at the music recital in a few weeks time. To start with he was going to play his favourite piece, Showtime. Then he'd follow up with two new pieces: Do The Windy Thing (which he'd written himself) and Clockstopper, which reminded him of Dave, though he wasn't sure why.
He was about half way through Do The Windy Thing when his sister called him from upstairs.
"John? Could you come up here for a minute?"
"Sure! I'll be up in a sec!" he called back.
John quickly closed the piano, swearing as he trapped his fingers, before running up the stairs two at a time until he got to Jane's room at the top of the house.
"So what did you- Whoa..." he stopped dead in the doorway, any other words dying on his lips.
The reason for his shock was the dress his sister was wearing: it looked almost exactly like Hermione Granger's Yule Ball dress from The Goblet of Fire (Google it if you've never seen it), the only way it was different is that instead of pink, it was made up of navy, cyan and royal blue material, the gradient of the skirt becoming lighter the closer to Jane's waist it was.
Jane heard her brother and turned to face him, her face dusted with a slight blush.
"How do I look? Is this too much for a silly old prom?" she asked, looking down at herself.
"What? No! Absolutely not! Jane, you look awesome. A total knockout." John said sincerely.
"Really? I'm not overdoing it?" Jane looked up at him.
"Hell no, and I swear, if you don't believe me I'll call nana up here AND I'll take a picture and send it to Roxy to get a second and third opinion." John deadpanned.
"But Roxy and nana will just agree with you." Jane smiled slightly.
"Precisely. Need I say more?" grinned John, folding his arms across his chest like it was case closed. (Which it was.)
Jane's smile widened as she realised John was telling her the truth: both about how she looked and the 'threat' of getting second and third opinions from their nana and Jane's girlfriend. Finally she put her hands up in mock surrender.
"Alright alright, I believe you." she laughed.
"Good. Also, I'm wearing my royal blue suit with the windy-looking symbol on it, so now the colour of our outfits match." added John.
"Good choice, that suit suits you." smirked Jane.
"...Was that a pun?" John asked suspiciously.
"Absolutely not. Hoo hoo!" winked Jane.
John just rolled his eyes and turned to leave.
"John wait!" he turned back to his sister.
"What now?"
"In return for helping me decide on my dress, if you want, I'll come and listen to you practice once I'm changed." offered Jane.
"Thanks, I like playing for you anyway." smiled John.
"Just practice for too long, alright?" smiled Jane as she saw John try to suppress a yawn.
"Yeah yeah..." muttered John, taking his glasses off and rubbing the bridge of his nose.
"Um...John?" began Jane, trying to suppress a fit of giggles.
"What...?" John asked uneasily.
"Look down." Jane gestured at his hand.
John looked down at his hand and saw black ink smudged over his thumb and index finger. Odd, that hadn't been there a second ago, not before- OH SHIT!
He ran over to the mirror in Jane's room and even in the blurry reflection he saw two smudges of black ink, one either side of his nose. He looked down at his glasses, which were still in his hand. There was black ink on the nose pads.
"...NANAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!" he yelled, sprinting out of the room and down the stairs, leaving a giggling Jane in his wake.