In The Graveyard [Kaori]

[Juice]

A young she wolf padded towards the tombs with a lot on her mind. It had been a full season rotation now since the passing of her father and sister but she had barely come to visit them here as the place disturbed and frightened her. However, Juniper was growing up and had become a young adult now. Would her father be proud of her if he saw how far she'd come as a young wolfess? The cream colored femme sniffed the ground and surrounding area until she found the sealed den that was her father and sister's final resting area. She sighed and sat in front of the den thinking about her past and also her future.

It had been a few days since Juniper had returned from the fishing trip with Venge and she had been so embarrassed about her mother that she couldn't even face him. Juniper was definitely developing some feelings towards Venge but she refused to let them surface and would often refuse to think about them. However, it was really starting to get to her so she had come here to clear her mind and pay homage to her resting family members. Marley had attempted to explain to her what she and Venge had been talking about during the fishing trip but Juniper didn't believe her. Her mother claimed that she had been talking to Venge about possibly training Juniper to fight but the young wolf knew better. They had been talking about something embarrassing which is why Venge got that weird, sheepish look on his face whenever he saw her. Well Juniper wasn't going to let him laugh at her expense anymore and decided it was time to confront him. She lifted her head and howled a summons for Venge.

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Venge wasn't yet familiar with this part of the terrain. While he respected the pack he had come to feel a sense of belonging in, and wanted to visit..he had found himself tiptoeing around Juniper which severely limited his movements during the day. she didn't believe her mother when Marley had tried to explain what they were talking about, which caused a great deal of strees and an air of awkwardness that had him uneasy around her.

Not to mention that he thought about Marley's words about his feelings for her made him blush everytime he saw her, which would make her walk away and therefore impossible for him to talk to her.

So when she did call for him, he was immediately on his feet and with ear perked forward as he swiftly made his way over.

When he arrived in the general area, his pace slowed and his nose dipped down, occasionally sniffing. Finally he saw her sitting there...and she was fine.

While that was good news, it probably meant something else entirely was boithering her. He walked slightly stiff legged, wondering what it could be. He sat a respectful distance from her, not saying anything, only watching her. his eyes and ears might be able to tell her that he was paying full attention and was waiting for her to speak her mind.

[Juice]

She hadn't realized it but Juniper had started pacing back in forth while she was waiting for Venge to answer her call. She still couldn't wrap her head around why she felt so nervous and flighty at the mere thought of him. For a terrifying moment she wondered if this feeling would multiply a million fold when she saw him and was actually forced to interact with him. Juniper took a deep breath to calm her nerves and that was when she saw Venge coming towards her.

The young wolf had to fight the urge to turn around and run away and desperately tried to remember why she had called Venge here in the first place. Oh yes it was to confront him about something...but what was it? Juniper found herself distracted by the sight of the handsome and proud wolf and the way he walked confidently towards her. She felt a jittery jolt rush up from her stomach and could also feel a blush warming in her cheeks. She prayed that Venge wouldn't see it. First loves were always a hormonal and difficult time for young wolves but Juniper had no idea it was what she was experiencing. To her, the young female thought she was sick or dying because of these odd sensations.

"Uh.." she spluttered incoherently at Venge before shaking her cream colored head once more. She cleared her throat and started "So...the reason I called you here was to ask you something." It seemed that all of the indignity Juniper had felt towards Venge and her mother slipped away and she suddenly felt sheepish. "My mom..I mean Marley..says that you two were talking about training me to fight that day at the lake. Is that true?" She didn't know why but still the idea that Marley had told something embarrassing to Venge haunted Juniper and she thought that if she could just hear the answer from his lips she would finally feel a little better about the whole situation.

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He had watched her intently from the moment he first came in view of her after being summoned, and that did not change when he went to sit down. As she was in inner turmoil, venge calmed down on the inside and became slightly amused. Her howl had sounded definite and confident. And yet, here she had broken down into a sheepish sort of wolf right in front of him.

He was glad when she finally spoke up, because any longer and he was fairly certain his amusement would have started showing through and she would have gotten upset at him not taking her seriously.

"Yes." he answered, not skipping a beat."Your pack, so far, is not one that is easy to learn how to fight in. According to your mother, the only two wolves who can teach you any decent fighting skills are usually busy. ...aaaaand she insists on trying to get us to be mates." he pauses at that moment, before getting back on track.

"That is what we were talking about, and that is why I am sitting in your packland, as one of your own."

[Juice]

Juniper seemed to be only half listening to Venge's words as she was getting lost in his bright, yellow eyes. Why was she staring into his eyes? And then she caught the last half of what he said and she felt like she would explode because of how quickly her blood was rising to the surface of her skin. "Well uh..." she spluttered and tried to regain her composure. What was Marley getting at, trying to force her to be mates with Venge??

Juniper was silent for a moment, trying to think about what to say next. She didn't want to feel embarrassed in front of Venge, she actually liked him quite a bit and wanted him to like her too. Juniper couldn't explain her feelings to Venge because she could barely understand them herself. For now she would just have to take his word for it and decided that it was probably a good idea to learn how to fight as he suggested. "Ok...well then how about we make this my first lesson?" Juniper asked flashing a shy smile at Venge.

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Venge smiled to himself as Juniper seemed to get a bit flustered at mentioning of them being mates. This of course lead her to act sort of lost and unassembled. Finally, she asked about him teaching her how to fight.

Ok, so she is kind of cute...

He would have agreed but there were several reasons why he would not teach her fighting at that moment. With his smile, he shook his head a bit, coming foreward to lightly bat at her ears figuring she wasn't quite on guard eyt because of her shy behavior. "Not here, and not yet." he told her, trotting away a small distance before looking back to show her that she was to follow. "I won't train or fight in this place..."

After all, it was a place with all the respect of the pack. It would be bad, in his mind, to rough the place up more than he needed to by his presence. That and maybe the walk to a better place will get her in a better mind set to train to fight. He glanced back at her again...maybe Marley was right...and that thought annoyed him..not that he would show it right now.

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Juniper blushed even harder, if that were possible, when Venge batted at her ears. She felt her heart flutter at physical contact and she was shocked to realize she really enjoyed it. The young wolf was starting to relax a little more around Venge and actually started looking forward to being trained by him.

Juniper was glad that Venge was respectful of the final resting place for many of the Eternal Snowfall wolves and she hadn't realized that it may have been in poor taste to fight on these grounds. She nodded in agreement without saying much and followed him to the place where her training would begin.

-Exit Juniper-