Piper's pov:

Everyone knows that my brother, James is the king of pranks and having fun, but I'm catching up.

After years of being pranked, I finally have a great prank for him, and for this I had to collaborate with my pregnant sis-in-law, Riley.

"You ready, Pipes?" Riley whisper shouted, as I nodded and gently patted her growing stomach.

I am so excited to meet my new niece/nephew.

"He's gonna be here any minute, so you need to pull out your best acting game!" I whisper shouted back to her, as she enveloped me into a big hug.

At that moment, the door rattled as James began to unlock it.

I gently pulled Riley to the couch and we sat down as she whispered in my ear, "Show time!".

I snickered and followed Riley, scrolling on my phone just waiting for James to enter.

"Hey Pipes, hey Riles!" James said happily, waving at us, lazily.

"Hey James!" I said with a large smile on my face.

"Hey... James." Riley said quietly rubbing her stomach.

"What's wrong babe?" He asked, concerned.

"Nothing, my stomach's just been aching for a while." Riley said with her best sad face, and honestly it took all my self control to not burst out laughing.

This was just too good!

"Okay, just let me know if it gets worse." James said rubbing her back.

"Okay!" Riley agreed happily, sitting down again.

About ten minutes later, I tapped her shoulder, giggled slightly and pointed to the stairs.

Laughing, she nodded and rushed over there.

Phase 1 complete, phase 2 now in action.

Suddenly, Riley screamed an ear piercing scream and clutched her stomach while doubling over.

"James! James, come quick!" I yelled.

This was probably a harsh prank but hey, it technically was Riley's idea!

James came sprinting down the stairs and immediately held Riley in his arms.

"What happened?! Do you need an ambulance?! I'll call one!" He shouted, panicked, as he attempted to carry Riley to the door but then had to go back as he realised he forgot the baby bag.

His face was hilarious, I couldn't hold it in, and I burst out laughing, which set off a chain reaction as Riley burst into giggles too.

"What. Is. Actually. Happening. Right now?!" James asked, confused.

"Its a prank!!!" I shouted.

"Its a what?!" He asked furiously. "And you were in on it, Riles?!" He asked in disbelief, carefully setting her down again.

"Actually, it was my idea." Riley said sheepishly.

After like 15 minutes of James lecturing us on why that was a bad prank, we just laughed it off.

"Don't worry, I'll be sure to get you guys back, especially you Pipes. Don't think I've forgotten that flour bomb prank you pulled on me, last Tuesday." James said, patting my shoulder, as I tried to push him off.

I was actually really hoping that he would forget that but what's the worst that could happen!

I went to the guest bedroom in James and Riley's house and went through my night routine before finally heading to sleep.

Little did I know that I was in for a surprise in the morning.

James's pov:

It was like 4 in the morning and I had to rethink the entire prank, that I originally had planned for Piper, but fortunately, I think I came up with a better one.

I knew that she absolutely hated being woken up early. She was quite a morning person but only on her own terms, and I was going to use that to my advantage.

I carefully snuck into the room that Piper was in, and made sure that she was still quietly sleeping.

I know, I know, it's 4am, why would she be awake? But when it comes to pranking, you can never be too sure!

I grabbed her phone off of the nightstand and unlocked her password.

What? It was pretty easy to guess, in my defence!

I went to settings and reset the time from 4:05am to 10:45am.

Putting it back down, I left her room to get dressed, before putting my plan in action.

"Piper!! What the hell!!" I yelled as I barged into her room, noisily.

Mumbling incoherently, she sat up and rubbed her eyes.

"I went to the studio and you didn't show up, so I came back home and you're still sleeping!!" I shouted as her tired eyes widened.

"Look at your phone! It's like 10:50am, rehearsals started at 8:00am!" I shouted, shaking my head.

"Oh my gosh! I over slept! I NEVER over sleep!" She said worriedly.

She darted out of bed and ran into the en suite bathroom. Less than 5 minutes later, she ran back out and got dressed hurriedly.

"Okay, let's go!" She shouted, grabbing her phone and her dance bag.

"Um, what about your hair?" I asked, struggling not to laugh.

Her eyes widened even more as she dropped her phone and bag onto the floor.

She quickly ran and looked in her mirror and let out a frustrated groan.

"Why me?!" She yelled. Her hair was frizzy and all over the place, added with her mismatched outfit, she really was a sight to look at!

She quickly and angrily brushed her hair and put it into a messy bun, before grabbing her stuff and running down the stairs.

"Come on! We're so late!" She yelled from downstairs whilst grabbing an apple.

I ran behind her, as she dashed towards my car and sat down. I drove quickly to the studio and got out, watching her rush over to the door.

She pulled and pushed the door frustratedly, before realising that it was locked. "Why the hell is it locked?!" She screamed, throwing her hands in the air, which earned her confused and suspicious looks from early bird bypassers and patrolling officers.

She stopped abruptly and glanced at the sky, "Why is it still so dark?" She asked warily.

Unable to hold my laughter in anymore, I gave her my phone. Switching it on, she looked at it and saw that the time read '5:12am'.

"No, no,no,no,no! James, you didn't!!" She yelled, her eyes widening in disbelief and irritation once again.

"Yes, yes,yes, I did!" I responded, in between my laughter.

She took a threatening step towards me, narrowing her eyes and clenching her fists.

"Oooh, so scary!" I mocked.

Walking past me, she huffed and sat in the car. "Just wait till we get home, dear brother." She said, annoyed, clenching and unclenching her fists.

We got home and I went to the living room, 'cus obviously, I wasn't going to fall asleep again, though it was still early, and before I could even switch on the TV, I got slapped by like 3 pillows.

"You woke me up at like 4am!" Piper yelled as she grabbed a water bottle, opened it, then splashed it all over me.

"You made me get up and get ready so fast, I almost got whiplash!" She yelled again, simultaneously pouring two bottles of dish soap on me.

"And you made me look like a burglar, when I was trying to open the door that you KNEW was locked!" She shouted, trying to rip open a plain, discarded pillow.

"And it was all for absolutely nothing!!" She screamed, tipping all the feathers from that pillow on me.

"Fine." I said, grabbing some discarded flour, left over from some baking that Riley did yesterday, and tipped it all over her hair.

"James!" She screamed, before storming upstairs, and probably into the shower.

After I also showered, I came back downstairs to see Piper standing in front of the TV.

"Truce?" She asked with a tired smile, sticking out her hand.

"Truce." I confirmed, shaking her hand before pulling her into a big hug.

"Sis bro boogie?" I asked, looking at her.

"Oh yeah. Time for a sis bro boogie!" She laughed, high fiving me.

We danced a duet about our pranking to the song 'Rivalry' before doing a more fun, carefree duet to the song 'Take it to the top'.

Afterwards, we just collapsed onto the floor, laughing like crazy.

"Wow, Riley's a really deep sleeper!" Piper exclaimed.

"Yeah, she is!" I laughed, glancing at the doorway.

"Well it's almost 7am, and you have rehearsals at 8, so wanna do some Just Dance, then get some breakfast?" I asked Piper, getting up off the floor.

"Sure thing bro!" She replied also getting up as I laughed and ruffled her wet, already messed up hair.

I love hanging out with my baby sis, even though she can be a pain in the neck!

"Love you, Pipes." I said smiling and pulling her in for a hug.

"I love you too, James." She replied, beaming and hugging me back.

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