Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (Dillons/open)

[BREKKE ELORA DILLON]

Brekke sat prettily in a flowery seat, dark hair tumbling over one shoulder as she pulled her black gloves off and set them down on the table. Madam Puddifoots was probably the worst place she could have chosen to arrange a family lunch, but Brekke was never one to pass up a good joke at the expense of her little brother and sister. Bailey, specifically, would likely be highly embarrassed to sit in here with his sisters while couples swooned at each other all around them. Brekke grinned to herself at the thought of what his face might look like.

Well, Valentine's Day was coming up! What better excuse to eat at the quaint cafe! That was her reasoning, and nobody would be able to make her feel bad about making them go here. Besides, it wasn't like any of them had dates this year, so this was about as romantic as things would get for the Dillon siblings this Valentines. Tiny red and pink rose petals fell from the sky, landing in the center of each table and disappearing again before more landed, and Brekke smiled, scooping some up in her fingers before they vanished. It was all so cheesy, but she did kind of like it. Especially the mini cupids flying about the room with their arrows aiming at teen couples.

Kiri was waiting outside, having made her way over from Gladrags, and Brekke watched her blonde head bob about in the window. She was likely waiting outside for Bailey to show up, which would probably embarrass him more. The poor boy would disown the pair of them after an hour in here. Smirking to herself, Brekke picked up a menu and scanned through it, wondering what she might like to eat. Everything seemed to be themed, but she could see a few normal snacks on the list, and promised herself a pink heart cupcake before they left.

[KIRI AMORA DILLON]

Kiri worked weekends and had two days off in the middle of the week, usually, so arranging to have lunch with her siblings was a bit tricky. She had managed to convince her boss to let her have two hours for her dinner break, so long as she started an hour earlier the next day. That seemed like a fair enough deal to Kiri, early rises didn't bother her too much, since she only lived around the corner, so she had agreed. There was a spring in her step as she grabbed her coat from the back room and made her way out of Gladrag's and through the beautiful little wizarding village.

Hogsmeade weekends were always hectic, but fun, nonetheless. It was surprising how much custom a clothing shop received from school kids wanting new shoes or robes for this occasion or that. The school had a lot of events these days, which Kiri would not complain about. She shook out her hair and practically bounced across the road. She was really looking forward to spending some time with her brother and sister today, it wasn't too often that they had fun together, and did nice things. Generally on school holidays the sisters visited their parents and Bailey at home and it was a bit crap. When it was just the three of them, however, Kiri loved it. Any squabbles she had with Brekke were usually petty, so she wouldn't worry about that today.

Stopping outside Madam Puddifoot's, she peered in through the window to see her big sister sitting at a small table. Bailey wasn't there yet. She decided she would wait outside for him. He would probably want to conjure himself a new face at the thought of walking into the infamous cafe with his sister of all people. Well, what were sisters for? She turned to peer back inside, waving her arms to get Brekke's attention and let her know she was there. Brekke gave her a thumbs up and a nod, and Kiri turned back to scour the street for Bailey. It was far too cold to be standing out there for long. Snow had fallen through the week, and though it was melting, the ice in the air was harsh. She rubbed her hands together for warmth, hopping on the spot from one foot to the other to distract herself.

[BAILEY RAE DILLON]

For Bailey seeing both of his sisters together during school term time was something of a rare treat despite the fact the one sister he saw pretty much every day and the other every weekend he was able to go to Hogsmeade but getting to see both of them at the same time was something that rarely happened. Probably for good reason actually. The two girls were always bickering over something -generally him- so it wasn't a habit that often came up but he hoped that today at least they would hold off until after he had left them to come back to the school.

So really his day had been looking up. He had a plan of action for the day and had actually had a decent nights sleep thanks to an extra long quidditch practice the day before. Really. Nothing could go wrong! Hopping out of bed he had gone about his morning business without a care in the world, his room mates still fast asleep as he did so and it was only when he had finished dressing that he glanced in the mirror on the way back- just a fleeting look and he had been half way out of the room when he back peddled, swinging his lanky form back into the room to dive before the mirror with wide eyes and mouth gaping open.

"Oh no," Long fingered hands moved to his head and tangled in his hair, pulling it one way and then the other a growing horror coming across his face. His hair was pink! What the hell? "Gah!" Why was this happening today of all days? This was obviously pay back of some kind from the prank pulled on the girls at christmas but why did it have to be the day he was seeing his sisters? They would never let him live this down and the hearts appearing over his head made him want to dive back under the covers of his bed and not come back out until it had worn off.

Pulling himself together he straightened himself out, fixing a frown firmly on his face and glared at the mirror. Right. This was quite possibly the most embarrassing thing to have ever happened to him, his sisters were going to laugh themselves silly and he was going to kill whoever had been behind it but right now he was head boy and there was just no way he was going to let this get the better of him. Pulling on his jacket he left the dorm room and made his way to the entrance hall so he could join the rest of the early birds who were heading into the small town and was glad to see he wasn't the only one affected, nor the only one to have a frown on his face although to be honest the annoyance was slowly disappearing...Bailey had never been one to let a joke ruin his day.

At least that is what he kept telling himself as he made his way to the meeting place Brekke had chosen for them. Seriously? Puddifoots? Was she trying to ruin any sense of cool he might have left? Seeing Kiri waiting outside he grimaced slightly before putting a wide smile on his face.

"Someone is trying to kill me off today," Rubbing the back of his neck he looked down at her with twinkling eyes, "With embarrassment mostly." Wrapping his arms around her he lifted her off the ground slightly as he pulled her into a tight hug. "Hey sis."

[KIRI AMORA DILLON]

It took Kiri five long seconds to recognize the tall guy walking towards her. He had pink hair, and was walking with a little less confidence than usual, but sure enough, Bailey was the guy in question. She lifted a hand to cover her mouth, choking back a laugh as she stared at him wide eyed. "Oh, my...." was all she could manage for the time being. He admitted to being completely embarrassed, and her grin widened behind her hand. This was not what she had been expecting upon seeing her baby brother today, at all. It was so much better than she could have hoped for!

He scooped her into a hug, and her tiny feet came off the ground easily as she tried to return the affection with as much strength, coming nowhere near close to the squeeze Bailey was dishing out. Sometimes being short was a pain. "Errr.... what happened, Bails?" she asked, finally able to look at him and form proper words at the same time. She was desperate to laugh openly in his face, she didn't think she'd seen anything quite this funny in a long time. Green eyes watched the tiny heart bubbles pop over his head, with fascination. It had to be some sort of a spell, but whoever had pulled it was a bloody genius.

"Brekke has to see this," she chirped, linking her arm through his and tugging him through the door to Madam Puddifoot's. Hopefully Brekke would see the funny side and have a bit of fun with this, rather than taking her usual mothering route. She was too caring sometimes, bordering on smothering, in Kiri's opinion, but surely a pink haired brother would kick her out of nurturing mode even for a few minutes. Kiri needed someone to make it okay for her to laugh hysterically. Pulling Bailey over to the table by the window their sister was sitting at, she stopped and pointed at him, purposefully. "Bailey gave himself a makeover for the occasion!" she grinned, presenting him to Brekke like he was some sort of art project.

[BREKKE ELORA DILLON]

Brekke's fingers drummed on the table top as she waited patiently. She was used to people being late. A lot of students didn't take her subject too seriously, and thought it would be great to just skip the first ten minutes of class and turn up late without an explanation. It only ever happened a few times before they learned not to mess with her, but when it came to her siblings, tardiness was usually not an issue. She let them get away with everything most of the time, so they never seemed to think she cared if she had to sit there waiting for ten hours for one of them to show up.

Today though, nobody was late, she was just impatient to spend some time with them. Glancing out of the window again, she saw Kiri chatting to some pink haired guy outside the cafe. Was this a new beau Kiki hadn't mentioned yet? Or just a friend with really weird taste in hair styles? The two hugged, Kiri linking arms with him and leading him to the door. Brekke frowned, she had thought they were waiting for Bailey, not some odd looking guy who was Kiri's latest squeeze of the month. It didn't even register in her head that she'd seen a fair amount of students around the castle that morning sporting pink hair. In fact, it didn't hit her until Kiri stopped in front of her and she took a good look at the guy she was being presented with.

Brekke's dark eyes bulged out of her head. "Bailey!?" she gaped, recognizing her brother for the first time. It all fell into place quickly then. Boys at the castle had pink hair, here was her brother with neon locks and little heart bubbles bursting over his head. Obviously someone had cast a jinx on the male population of the castle for Valentine's. A smirk of delight crept onto Brekke's face. "That shade of pink really suits you, Bails," she told him, tone nonchalant as she picked up a menu and began to browse the sandwiches on offer. "If you'd told me you wanted to change your look, I could have helped you out. I'm sure Ki would have kitted you out in some new robes, too. Lemon or orange might go nice with that shade." She knew teasing was mean, but she couldn't help herself, and shot Kiri a naughty look, to find her sister grinning with delight already. "Well, sit down, we'll get you some pink lemonade and a pretty little cupcake if you're good." She winked at Bailey, pulling the chair out beside her before turning back to the menu.

[BAILEY RAE DILLON]

Oh yeah. This was going to be hell. He didn't even need his sister to say a word before the conclusion was fixed firmly in his mind. Like Kiri needed any extra ammunition to tease him! He could see the grin forming on her mouth and just knew she was bursting at the seams keeping a lid on her giggles and it was only when announcing that Brekke needed to see his hair that she focused on dragging him into the tea shop from hell. Seriously. What had he done to deserve this? Lifting his eyes to the sky he silently pleaded with whoever was listening for strength to get through this meeting before his surprising strong sister dragged him through the door.

Bailey felt several pairs of eyes fix on him as he was dragged around tables and a blush had firmly set itself upon his cheeks by the time he was presented to their eldest sibling, who having taken one look at him was in pretty much the same state as the first sister to have seen him. "Yeah yeah," He grumbled, pulling his chair out a little more so that he could get his gangly legs under the table without doing himself any damage before pulling a face at the pair of them. "Laugh it up...just remember whose bigger outta the three of us." He gave the pair of them a grimace and picked up a menu, pulling another face as he did so. Did everything in this place have to be pink, frilly and girly?

He might not have minded so much had he not the hair to go with the whole theme this shop had going. "Someone is getting really creative with their pranks this year...the girls had it easy with just mistletoe! At least it wasn't as embarrassing as this!" He gestured to his head with the menu that was still firmly held in his hand. "I dread April Fools..." Another groan and he was bringing the menu up to his head so he could slam it against his forehead.

Brekke's teasing about getting him lemonade and a cup cake had him bringing the thing back down so he could glare at her from over the top of it. "You are a cruel, cruel woman..." He growled playfully at her, knowing full well she was only teasing him and despite being embarrassed to high heavens he was getting used to the looks from around him and was also coming to terms with the fact that he was stuck with this new look for at least the rest of the day. "Bad Brekke." Leaning a little closer to her he lightly whapped her head with the menu in his hand, glad that they weren't at school right now since technically she could give him detention for such a thing...but this was the weekend and right now she was here only as an annoying older sister so she couldn't do a thing about it.

He had to enjoy the little things.