"Leo, calm down." Aquilla told her brother. "We're just going out to dinner at some muggle place."
"It's not like we haven't gone to muggle London before." The other triplet, Juniper chimed in.
"Yeah, I know." Leo said, though he kept pacing in front of them.
"What aren't you telling us?" Juniper asked.
"Why are you keeping secrets from us? You never do that." Aquilla was always quick to pick up on any disloyalty, ever the Gryffindor. "Not like Juni does." She glared at her sister.
"Hey, I'm a Slytherin. Secrets are part of the trade." Juniper retorted.
"Whatever." Aquilla shot back.
Leo looked relived at the two's fighting and snuck out of the room when they weren't looking.
"Hey, we're not done yet!" Aquilla called after him.
"Quill, you're not going to get him to talk. That boy can take a secret to the grave. It's the Hufflepuff in him." Juniper said.
"Then what should we do, Juni?"
"Easy." Juniper smiled her wicked smile; the one where you know there's going to be trouble, the one that looked so much like Scorpius but on her mothers face. "We do it the Slytherin way."
"And that is?" Juni asked, her curiosity overcoming any disgust over doing it like 'Slytherins'.
"We find someone else who knows and make them talk." Juniper smiled.
"Who?" Aquilla asked, then got a look of understanding as they chimed together, "Dora Lupin."
Dora Lupin, Victorie's and Teddy's daughter, was a notorious gossip. She knew everything, about everybody, everywhere. And for some reason, Leo always talked to her about things. The idiot. Dora didn't spread Leo's secrets around the rumor mill like she did everyone else's but she still would say anything if you asked a direct question.
Dora was exactly where Aquilla thought she'd be, at the Three Broomsticks, chatting up everyone there. It was only a quick floo there, as the triplets were only 15, too young to appartate. As the two sisters stepped out of the fireplace, they saw Dora helping Hannah Longbottom, the owner of the pub, behind the counter.
"Quill! Juni!" Dora exclaimed when she saw the girls. She dropped the mug she was cleaning (and no, it didn't break) and rushed over to them, giving them a hug. "I haven't seen you in forever!"
She dragged them over to a table and sat them down. "What do you think of my new summer job?" She asked.
"I didn't know! Congratulations!" Aquilla said.
"Does this mean we get free butterbeer?" Juniper asked.
Dora scrunched up her face, thinking. "Maybe a discount." She said. "What do you guys want?"
"Do we need a reason to want to see our favorite cousin?" Aquilla asked, the picture of innocence.
"Yes." Dora said simply.
"Fine. We came here to see what you know about Leo." Juniper demanded.
"I know a lot about Leo. Be specific." Dora snapped her fingers.
"He's acting weird because we're going to a muggle restaurant tonight. Do you know why?"
"What's the name of the restaurant?" Dora asked.
"I think its Marilia's, why?" Juniper supplied.
"Cause that's where his girlfriend works!" Dora told them proudly.
Later, when they were at the restaurant, Aquilla and Juniper sided up to Leo.
"So which one of these pretty ladies is your girlfriend?" Aquilla whispered to Leo. He paled visibly.
"How'd you … how?" He muttered.
"Dora told us." Juniper said smugly, smiling her smile.
"So who is it?" Aquilla prodded.
"She's not here." Leo whispered.
"Told her to take the night off, didn't you?" Juniper asked, and the look on Leo's face confirmed it.
"What are you kids talking about?" Rose Malfoy, their mother, called out.
"Don't you dare…" Leo whispered to them, but of course, Aquilla always did the opposite of what she was told.
"Leo's girlfriend works here." She told her parents.
"I didn't know you had a girlfriend, son." Their dad, Scorpius, said. "How long have you been together?"
"About six months. Since the Christmas hols." Leo muttered.
"Was that why you kept sneaking off, then?" Aquilla asked, only to be silenced with a glare.
"If you've be together that long we simply have to meet her. Invite her to dinner next week." Rose told her son. "What's her name?"
"Anna. Anna Scott." Leo said, looking down at her food.
"I don't know a Scott. Do you, Scorpius?" Rose inquired.
"Can't say I do. If she works here, she must be a muggle born." Leo shook his head.
"Half-blood?"
Shake.
"Pure-blood?" Scorpius asked, surprised. Again, Leo shook his head no. This time however, he spoke.
"She's a muggle." Leo said, throwing the dinner into chaos.
"I'll get you for that." Leo said as he grabbed Aquilla's arm and dragged her off to a corner.
"You can't do anything to me." Aquilla taunted.
"I can tell them about Hector Longbottom." Leo said.
"How?" Aquilla asked, just like Leo did hours before.
"I have eyes. And ears. Plus his grandmum works with Dora, so duh, Dora knows." Leo rolled his eyes. "Hector's a Puff. I knew something was up so I dug. Found out about your little relationship."
"Don't tell Mum and Dad! I'll never get anytime alone with him!" Aquilla pleaded.
"You know what, I think I will." Leo said before he raced up to his parents' room. Aquilla caught up to him and soon they were wrestling on the stairs.
"Why, in the name of Merlin, are you two fighting?" Scorpius asked from the top of the stairs, with Rose standing behind him.
"Because he was going to tell you about my boyfriend!" Aquilla blurted out.
Scorpius was pacing. The triplets sat on the couch in front of them. Leo looked nervous, Aquilla was actually afraid. (The one person she was afraid of was her dad when he was angry). Rose stood behind him, a look of disapproval on her face. Only Juniper was unaffected, looking merely bored.
"I cannot believe this. Today I find out that not only has my son been dating a muggle girl for six months without telling me, but that my daughter, my little girl, has a boyfriend!" Scorpius swung around to face Juniper. "You don't have a boyfriend, do you?"
"No." Juniper replied, not quite meeting his eyes.
"Good. You're too young for one."
"Dad, we're the same age!" Aquilla protested.
"You're too young too!"
"Leo's the same age too!"
"He's a boy! It's different!" Scorpius protested.
"How, exactly, is it?" Rose asked, her tone sweet and innocent like it always was when she was about to rip you to shreds.
"Um, not at all, dear…" Scorpius muttered to his wife, knowing she hated any non-equal treatment.
"Good." Rose nodded to her husband, then faced her kids. "You will all bring your significant others to dinner next Saturday." She said it not as a request, but as an order.
"Yes, mum." They replied.
"So Anna knows about wizards?" Aquilla asked Leo, as she got dressed for the dinner.
"Yeah. Her brother's muggle-born." Leo answered as he tied a yellow tie. "He went to that other school, you know the new one in Ireland."
"She Irish, then?"
"Yep. She has redder hair than Juniper. And freckles. Almost as many as you." Leo laughed.
"Hey, where is Juni anyway?" Aquilla asked, as she fastened a red necklace around her neck.
"Dunno. She's been all over the place this week." Leo said. "Do you think she has a secret?"
"Duh. Juni always has a secret."
"No, I mean a big one." Leo looked at his sister.
"Dunno what it could be. She told dad she didn't have a boyfriend."
"What if she lied? She's been known to do that." Leo asked sarcastically.
"She didn't lie. Didn't you see mum performing the truth spell? She didn't lie." Aquilla replied.
"Wonder what it is then?"
"I have a feeling we'll find out tonight." Aquilla said confidently.
"How?"
"Call it triplet telepathy."
"But I'm your triplet too! Why don't I have it?" Leo complained.
"Because, duh you're a boy." Aquilla rolled her eyes.
"They're going to love you, Sam." Juniper tried to reassure her friend.
"What if they don't? It's why we kept this a secret." Sam's voice was panicked.
"They'll find out eventually. Besides, tonight we have the privilege of witnesses, Anna and Hector, and the distraction of Leo's and Quill's 'significant others'." Juniper explained.
"I still don't want to do this. But I'm ready when you are." Sam got ready for the future confrontation.
"Good. Because we're going in." Juniper opened the door and stepped inside.
"Juni! There you are!" Rose exclaimed as she saw her daughter at the door. Then she noticed Sam standing beside her. "Who's this Juni?" By now, the rest of the family, plus Anna and Hector, had stepped into the hall to see what was going on.
Juniper gulped and squeezed Sam's hand. "Mum, Dad, Quill, Leo, significant others, this is my girlfriend. Samantha Stewart."
A/N: Perhaps I'll make this a two shot, detailing their reactions. I want reviews though. This goes along with my redhead or blond one-shot, and my what House one-shot. Read those too.