#professorrobertbaxter

Juniper could smell something- someone familiar, and she was following the scent, down the street, and then another, sticking to the shadows and trying to keep herself away from anything or anyone stronger than she was. Though, with the storm happening she did feel somewhat invincible. But she didn’t want to test it, not now. She ducked into an alleyway and spotted the source of the smell, a large dog walking away from her. “Hey!” she called out, walking over to the dark furred dog. “Shift back.” 

Juniper walked into her apartment, her body sore, her head aching and a dull hunger making her ache. She walked through the door, walking to the kitchen and opening her refrigerator, when she saw the packets of blood that she had for emergencies, and to sustain herself while it seemed like every human was still recovering she groaned as she took one and cut the pack open, dumping it into a coffee cup and sticking it into her microwave. “You home?” Juniper called into the apartment curiously, wondering if Robert was there. She wrinkled her nose in disgust as she watched the blood warm up, leaning back against the counter in her narrow kitchen.

Juniper was shaking, she’d disobeyed Colton’s orders and she’s intervened. When she told him, he’d sent her home, knowing her name would be up for the next punishment. She’d listened to this order, going home, throwing the door open in a very uncharacteristic way. She looked in the mirror in the hallway and knew what she’d see before she saw it, the marks, the blood vessels, they’d all healed by the time it took her to get home from the quad. But the bloody tears were running down her face, they were dried to her face, and to the front of the cream colored shirt she’d been wearing.

“Robert!” she croaked, hoping to god he was here, praying he was there. “Robert!” she called going through the apartment, looking for him, it was small, there weren’t many places for him to be, but in her panic, she must have missed him before she slipped on a throw rug, falling to the floor. She grunted and stayed there, on the ground for a long moment, trying to think of how she was going to explain this to her perfect, loving, adoring boyfriend. How was she going to explain that she’d seen Noah being punished, freaked out, and punched a guard in the throat?

How was she going to explain that despite everything she still had these feelings for Noah- and worst of all- How was she going to explain that come Sunday, she was going to be punished, and she didn’t want Robert to do anything about it.

Juniper walked up to her apartment, pausing to take in a breath, a smile spreading across her lips when she heard Robert putting around the apartment, she hadn’t told him she was coming back, so she was excited to surprise him. Unlocking the door quietly she stepped into the apartment and moved with the lightness only a vampire could walk with. It was one of the things Amadeus had taught her, and she was excited to use it. Finding him in the kitchen bent over looking into the fridge she leaned in the doorway, watching him as he seemed to search around for something before she grinned and spoke. “Nothing to eat?” she asked.

One of Juniper’s favorite things when she was human was sleeping in late, waking up in the morning on her soft sheets with the little pink flowers, her big white comforter keeping her safe and warm from the cool night air. Now she lay in bed with Robert, her head on his arm as he spooned her, holding her close in the hours while he slept. Juniper had learned from experience that he was clingy in his sleep and if she tried to get up and move about he’d wake up looking for her. So now she kept a book by the bed, for the four to five hours a night she could coax him to sleep, though lately she had been intentionally wearing him out just to make him sleep a bit longer. Supernatural or not, she was sure he needed more than five hours of sleep a night. So she lay there, a book in one hand as he cuddled her, reading as she made sure he slept. The light was coming into the bedroom now and she turned a page in her book, not even feeling him stir. 

Juniper walked up to Robert after her first biology class, biting her lip as he shuffled some things around on his desk. She paused at his desk and waited for the rest of the class to leave before she spoke. "Professor Baxter?" She asked softly and smiled lightly at him when he looked up. "Hey, um, I just wanted to say thank you for being so nice last night," she said to him with a small smile. "You didn't have to walk me home, but I approached it. So, thanks." She smiled at him.