A Riddle Family Christmas (Riddle Fam/Invite)

Katherine just adored having her beloved husband and children home with her once more for the holidays. It seemed like one of the only times that she was able to have them all together under one roof anymore. She did miss them dearly when they weren't around even if she was able to keep herself busy in their absence with her shopping trips and things. She was pretty sure that everyone was still in bed or at least they hadn't come down from their rooms yet but she was up. A mother's work is never done, you know! She was ordering the house-elves around, making sure that they had everything just perfect for when her children and husband made their appearance. She had gone with a more subdued style, using silvers and none of the gaudy ornaments that she wanted to gag looking at. It was all very classy, and tasteful. At least that was how she saw things. It was only when she thought everything was just perfect that she primly sat on one of the high-backed chairs in the living room with a cup of tea to wait for her beloved family to make their appearances.

@Lochlan Riddle @Mackenzie Riddle @Matilda Riddle @Medea Riddle @Gabriella Riddle @Doran Riddle

Mackenzie stared in the mirror at the pink outfit she had on. She had taken a few things from her sisters closet and debated if she actually wanted to wear it. It was rather revealing, but she wanted to look good. She had invited albus over and she wanted him to see her as more than a friend. She sighed and leaned down to zip up her boots and fluffed her hair up a bit before going down the stairs. The heels clicked against the stair case and she smiled when she saw her mother, "Good morning, mother." She took the cup of coffee being handed to her by tthe house elf and sipped it, "Is daddy not awake yet?" 

@Katherine Riddle

Medea was figuring out which miniskirt she was going to wear when she realized somebody not named Mats ransacked through her closet. That entitled bitch! She was going to chew her out later.

Grabbing a skirt, she pressed it against her hips. "Mats, should I wear this today? Or should I go with the silver one?"

@Matilda Riddle

Gabby couldn't believe she was actually doing this! She had sworn that she never would but now just look at her, standing in her room debating whether to go to Mats and Medea for fashion advice. She knew that they were going to go over the top and she would end up at dinner wearing little more than her underwear but just maybe if she asked them for just a little help they wouldn't go overboard? Finally, she got up the courage and went to their connected room and peeked in. "Media, Mats? I wanted to see if you guys wanted to... umm, help me pick my outfit?" She said the last in a rush. She wasn't sure why she was so worried about impressing Ethan but she was nervous about inviting him to the party and she just wanted to impress him.

@Medea Riddle @Matilda Riddle

Matilda, lying around on Medea's bed wearing just her (string) underwear, briefly looked up to see what her twin was saying.

"Silver. No question."

She smiled as she turned over onto her front, and put her hands under her chin, kicking her legs out. Just then, Gabby came in. Mats thought she had forgotten her way around the house for a second! But then she came out with that.

"Seriously?! You want us to help?"

She sprung off the bed and immediately took her hand.

"Let's go to my room! I'm sure I have something perfect for you!"

@Gabriella Riddle

Nodding, Medea began sliding the sliver miniskirt over her panties. She was going to look so cute and festive without being all gross and gaudy. Who'd wear those ugly Christmas jumpers? Definitely not her!

What was Gabby doing in their-?

Blinking a few times, Medea looked over at Mats to confirm that they did, in fact, hear the same thing.

"Yes, Mats' room! She has a lot of cute clothes, you know?"

Nobody was going to touch her wardrobe without permission, except for Mats, again! There was no way she could help Gabby with her offerings when Kenzie went through them.

@Gabriella Riddle @Matilda Riddle

Okay so she was pretty sure this had been a mistake, maybe a huge mistake when she saw the excitement on her sisters’ faces and they immediately began ushering her to Mats’ room. She went along with them. After all, what choice did she have? She had brought this upon herself. She sighed as they entered her other sister’s room. At least Medea usually wore a little bit more than lingerie unlike Mats. But beggars couldn’t be choosers, right? ”nothing too over the top… it’s just that I invited Wthan over for a bit and I want to look nice…” she couldn’t help but to blush a bit as she said it though she tried to hide it by looking away.

@Medea Riddle @Matilda Riddle

When she got to her room, she opened her wardrobe. There was a lot of white in there, and variations of pastel colours nearing white. The garments that stood out were navy and purple, but they were very few and far between.

Matilda gripped her chin, and clucked her tongue.

"Ooh, what about this!"

She pulled out a short, lacy gypsy-style top with a deep neck line.

"Or this!"

A corset top with lace-up detail at the back.

"This is definitely a good length without being over the top!"

A very short, pastel blue skirt was thrown out onto the bed along with the others.

"You could wear these underneath, just to be modest..."

They were practically frilly knickers trying to be bloomers.

"Or a dress..."

A skin-tight satin number was thrown onto the bed...

@Gabriella Riddle

Mackenzie sipped her coffee and kissed her mother's cheek, "I forgot something upstairs." She set down her mug and made her way back up the stairs. She saw all of her sisters in Matilda's room and leaned against the door frame, "What are you guys doing?" She saw all the clothes and smirked, "Playing dress up Gabby again?" 

@Matilda Riddle @Gabriella Riddle @Medea Riddle

To say that Gabby was a little overwhelmed at the number of clothes that Matilda was throwing on the bed was a bit of an understatement. Luckily, it seemed like her sister was at least trying to give her some ideas that were a little more on the safe side. Not by much but she had seen Mats' normal wardrobe so what she was throwing on the bed was all on the tamer side of what her sister would normally wear. She was thankful for that as she looked over the items. Finally, her sister pulled out a small top with a skirt that looked like it might be somewhat decent at least. She reached out and touched the silky material of the top. "Mind if I try this one on, Mats?" Of course, she wouldn't... Her sister had put it out there as one of her choices but leave it to Gabby to be ever polite. Then Mackenzie showed up and she sighed. "Ethan is supposed to come over... I wanted to look nice." Why she was telling Mackenzie this, she didn't know but she was her sister as well, so what did it really matter?

@Matilda Riddle @Mackenzie Riddle

Although her twin was helping Gabby out with outfits, Medea picked up the gypsy-style top and oohed at it. "If Gabby won't wear this, I'll borrow it!" They usually borrowed each other's wardrobe to some extent anyways if they didn't own anything matching. She pressed the shirt up to her chest and hummed. "I'll wear this at New Years!" That solved that!

Hearing Kenzie, Medea turned towards her and narrowed her eyes. "Bitch! You know you don't go into MY wardrobe without permission!"

She crossed her arms waiting to hear her sister's explanation.

@Matilda Riddle @Gabriella Riddle @Mackenzie Riddle

"Of course, seeing as I have the best taste," she said cheekily to Mackenzie, but also stuck out her tongue to Medea. It wasn't true. Medea had some amazing clothes and a very distinct style that she loved, so they were continuously swapping over clothes to the point where their wardrobes became mixed up sometimes.

Watching Gabby look at a top she'd flung onto the bed, her eyes lit up.

"Ooh yes! Try that one on!" she said cheerfully, clapping her hands.

When Medea pulled out a top from the pile as well, Mats nodded brightly.

"Of course! You would wear it with gold for New Year's or something!"

Then she turned back to her wardrobe, gasped, and pulled out a short, long sleeved dress with fur hem and cuffs, and a swooping, fur-lined hood. "There you are! I'm wearing this. I'll be like an ice queen~"

@Medea Riddle @Gabriella Riddle @Mackenzie Riddle

Mackenzie raised an eyebrow, a bit shocked that Gabby had invited Ethan for a holiday visit, "Interesting." When Medea yelled at her about going through her clothes, she pouted a bit, "I'm sorry, Meds. I just wanted to look good too. I invited albus over. And nothing I had was right." She was a bit worried albus may focus more on her sisters than her due to the clothes they normally wore. She just didn't want to be in their shadows for just one night.  

@Medea Riddle

"You invited Albus Potter over?"

Of all boys? How interesting... Medea raised an eyebrow. "How long have you and Albus been talking?" She glanced over at Mats wondering if she had any knowledge of this.

@Matilda Riddle @Mackenzie Riddle

"Yes I invited albus Potter over. We're in Slytherin together and he has alot of family drama. I figured he could use an escape. Plus, he's really cute. Those blue eyes just..." She quickly stopped as she realized she was gushing in front of her sisters, "I guess since the lock in we had at school. He got into it with James and I just wanted to make sure he was ok."

@Medea Riddle

Gabby smiled her thanks to her sister as she picked up the top and skirt that she thought might look nice together. She took the clothes into the bathroom, still not the type to just strip right there in front of everyone and changed into them quickly. The skirt was much shorter than she was used to but even she had to admit that she thought she looked nice in it. Okay, maybe nice wasn’t the best word there. She looked borderline sexy in her own opinion. She had completely missed the rest of the conversation as she walked back out and faced her sisters once more. ”How do I look?” she asked in a slightly unsure tone. She hoped they thought she looked okay… she really did want Ethan to have his eyes on her tonight rather than on her sisters.

@Matilda Riddle @Medea Riddle @Mackenzie Riddle

Ethan stood outside the Riddle home and stared at the door for a moment. He realized he was nervous to be visiting Gabby during the break like this. She was so nice and pretty. He always got a bit flustered around her. He checked his pocket to make sure her present was still there before knocking on the large oak wood door.

@Gabriella Riddle @Medea Riddle @Matilda Riddle

Gabby didn't even get a chance to hear from her sisters if she looked okay or not when she heard someone at their front door. That had to be either Ethan or the Potter boy who Mackenzie had invited over. It could be either but Gabby wasn't taking any chances of one of her sisters answering the door before her in case it was Ethan! "I'll get it!" She said as she made her way around her sisters to go down the stairs to the front door. She swung it open to see Ethan on the other side and a smile came to her lips. "Ethan, I'm glad you're here. Come in" She said as she moved away to let him inside before shutting the door. Oh, she hoped this outfit paid off and he wouldn't be sucked into looking at her sisters instead!

@Ethan Layton