Dinner had been tense. That much was obvious. Of course, it would be tense – Juniper Malfoy had just announced that she was a lesbian and introduced her girlfriend in the same breath.
You had to hand it to the girl, her father Scorpius thought. It was a cunning idea, to come out at a dinner where we were meeting Aquilla's and Leo's significant others. And to drag her girlfriend with her. After he thought this, he directed his attention to Sam. Sam had straight brown hair and sapphire blue eyes, the opposite of Juniper's unruly red curls and chocolate brown eyes. However, they seemed to be quite similar in terms of personality.
"So, Samantha," He began conversationally, speaking for the first time since they had sat down to dinner. She looked up and looked a little nervous. "What house are you in at Hogwarts?" He finished, noting that she looked relived at this question.
"I'm in Ravenclaw, Mr. Malfoy. I'll be in my fifth-year in the fall." Sam told them, still nervous.
"I see. I was in Ravenclaw, as was Rose." He continued.
"Juni told me you were." Sam said, and an awkward silence fell over the table as they were all reminded what Sam was to Juniper.
Rose broke the silence with a completely fake laugh. "We were disappointed when none of our kids got in. Even Juni couldn't make it." She joked trying to relive the tension.
"Mum," Juniper rolled her eyes, complaining. She was pretending though, to keep relieving the tension. "For the last time, I could've landed Ravenclaw. I asked the hat to put me in Slytherin."
"Oh," Sam raised an eyebrow. "I seem to remember you telling me that you asked the hat to put you in Ravenclaw and it laughed."
"Really? You must've misheard." Juniper looked back at Sam. "And I seem to remember you telling me you asked to be put anywhere but Ravenclaw and that's when the hat laughed. You must be confused."
"No, I think you are."
Great, Scorpius thought, they're going to get into a fight already. Then he noticed something. They weren't fighting at all. They were doing the same gentle teasing that he did with Rose. He glanced at his wife and saw that she had recognized it as well. He nodded at her. He approved. But there was still one question left unanswered, or at least just one that could be answered in front of company.
"So, Sam," He began again. "What do you plan on doing after Hogwarts?" He could here his wife groan.
Aquilla looked at her sister with new eyes. She cursed herself for not noticing it before; now it was blindingly obvious. Her sister was a lesbian.
She could see it now, even though Juniper was being careful not to touch Sam in front of Dad, Aquilla could see that she wanted too. She could see that the two were used to each other, and wondered how long they had been dating. Why have we been keeping so many secrets? She thought to herself. She was hardly blameless in this because she had kept her boyfriend secret too.
Hector Longbottom was a family friend, and she saw a lot of him. She was sure that before now, no one had ever thought they'd be together. She had used that so she could have alone time with him. He hadn't objected.
'Course that was all blown now, because of Leo. She'd never be left alone with Hector again, not if her dad had anything to say about it. Right now, at least, the attention wasn't on Hector and her. She was grateful to Juniper for that, and shot her a look to tell her that. The responding smile said, 'you're welcome'.
Anna whispered in his ear as the rest of the table stared at his sister and her girlfriend. Merlin, that was strange. His sister had a girlfriend.
"What did you say?" He murmured to Anna.
"I said, I guess you didn't know your sis was a lez?" Anna whispered again.
"Nope."
"How do you feel about that?" Anna asked quietly. She wanted to be a therapist and often practiced on him.
"I feel like she's a completely new person and still my same bloody sister." Leo replied.
"It felt that way to me too." She told him and in response to his curious look, "You know, when my brother came out."
"Your brother's a poof?" He asked.
"I thought I told you." She giggled at the look on his face. "Guess not."
"I met your brother. You sure he's gay?" He asked incredulously.
"Why don't you ask his boyfriend Fabian?" She giggled. "It's okay. Queer people usually don't act like the stereotypes."
"Duh." He glanced at Juniper. "Look at my sister."
"You did marvelously!" Juniper whispered into Sam's ear. "They love you!"
"You sure?" Sam said nervously. "Because I thought your dad hated me."
"No way! He loved you most of all. He's just mad at me for not coming out sooner."
"I still can't believe you didn't even tell them anything. That's a pretty huge thing to spring on them." Sam said.
"Oh, shush. You lived didn't you? And you got to meet my family. And I'm out of the closet. You got what you wanted." Juniper rolled her eyes.
"Oh , alright. But are we out to the school when we go back?" Sam asked. This was her biggest question. She wasn't even sure. She was scared, but at the same time had the overwhelming urge to declare to everyone that Juniper Malfoy was hers.
"If you want it, sure." Juniper said. "Now that my family knows, I can tell everyone that you're mine."
"I think you are mine." Sam laughed.
"Maybe it's both." Juniper agreed. Then with a fierce look in her eye, she said, "Kiss me."
"Now? Juni, your parents are watching!" Sam protested.
"That's the point. They need proof."
"And this," She indicated their intertwined hands, "Isn't enough?"
"Not for my Dad." Juniper said and without waiting for an answer, leaned in and kissed Sam. Sam, of course kissed back.
Rose cleared her throat to remind the girls she was in the room. They sprung apart, gasping (on Juniper's part at least) for breath. "Excuse me, but I think it's time Sam went home. Do you need to use the floo?" Sam nodded then walked into the fireplace and disappeared.
Rose pointed upstairs, indicating that it was time for them to have a talk.
Rose sat on the bed across from her daughter. Juniper looked nervous, something she hadn't been since she had introduced Sam.
"Sam seemed to be a fine young woman." Rose began.
"Yeah, she is." Juniper said, and Rose recognized the look in her eyes.
"How long…" She let the question hang.
"Have we been together or how long have I known I was a lez?" Juniper asked.
"Both, if you don't mind."
"Well, it was about third year. The other girls were starting to think about boys and stuff like that, and I wasn't. That was my first clue. But it really hit home when we had a house party and invited Ravenclaw. We played spin the bottle." Juniper blushed. "I had to kiss this guy, Tom Krassner, the hottest guy in the year. And I felt nothing. And the next time I spun, I had to kiss Sam. And sparks flew."
"So third year then? You've known since third year?" Rose wanted to confirm.
"Well pieced it together the summer after, but yeah, third year." Juniper looked down.
"When did you…"
"I started dating Sam around the middle of forth year. We kept running into each other and I kept remembering that night until one day I finally kissed her again." Juniper smiled at the memory. "She told me she was waiting for me to figure it out, but I think she was just as surprised as I was."
"Do you love her?" Rose was surprised at the question that came out of her own mouth.
"Yes. Yes, I do." Juniper looked at Rose, and Rose could see the love burning in Junipers eyes. "Mum, she's perfect. Except she's not. She laughs too loud and likes to fight, and she puts things off to much. She's afraid of a lot of things, and won't go near a beehive. But to me, mum, she's perfect. She's beautiful, smart, charming, and she is just so completely and totally amazing. Of course I love her."
Rose hugged her daughter. "I believe you do. Well, as long as you do, Juni, I have no problem with the two of you. Love is a precious thing, no matter who it's between."
"Thank you, Mum."
A/N: I don't think this is very good but I have no clue how to make it better. This is it for this story unless anyone has any good ideas. Review!
