( season 3: episode 7 - doging danger ) 

Juniper just got back to the Man Cave with Henry and Ray after fighting crime, surprised and confused at seeing Jasper jumping on a trampoline and dodging dodge balls that Charlotte and Schwoz threw at him.

"I assume we missed a lot while we were gone." Juniper remarked.

"Hey, you guys won't believe what just hap-" Ray's sentence was cut off by his own groaning when a dodge ball got thrown at him and hit him in the nose.

"Who threw that ball?" Henry asked with surprise, glancing at the others.

Juniper glances at the others as well with raised eyebrows, figuring it was Schwoz by how nervous he looked. "I mean, I'm okay!" Ray adds. Then he looks angry. "But who?"

"Charlotte did it!" Schwoz pointed at Charlotte, who looked at him with a glare.

"I didn't throw that ball!" Charlotte shouted.

"You did too! She did!" Schwoz blames her and Juniper rolls her eyes. "Jasper, you saw! Wasn't it Charlotte who-"

Charlotte grabs a dodge ball and throws it at him. Then she smiles proudly when it hit Schwoz in the face. "That was me." Juniper chuckled as she walked over to the group with Henry and Ray. She high fived Charlotte when she walked by her, high fiving her for that awesome throw she did.

"Nice." Juniper commented.

"Thanks." Charlotte smiled.

"Ahh, look it! My nose is bleeding." Schwoz cries out after pulling his hands away from his nose and seeing blood. "From both holes!"

"Don't fret, Schwoz. Captain Man knows how to fix a nose bleed." Ray pulls him over to the Auto Snacker and presses his hand on it. "Two hot dogs, plain."

"Hot dogs?" Schwoz looked at him with confusion and Juniper had to admit she was confused as well. How were hot dogs going to help?

"Shh." Ray shushed Schwoz and soon two hot dogs appear in the Auto Snacker.

"Hey, Hen, Juni, guess what I'm training for." Jasper spoke up excitedly.

The two exchange a look before glancing at Jasper, who was bouncing on a small trapoline. "Uh...Does it involve bouncing?" Henry asked.

"And dodge balls?" Juniper added, noticing the dodge balls scattered on the floor in the room.

"Kinda." Jasper replied. Juniper turned her attention back to Ray and Schwoz, her eyes widening slightly when Ray stuck the hot dogs up Schwoz's nose. That's one way to stop the bleeding. "Let me give you a hint."

"He's training for a three-on-three Dodge-A-Leen tournament." Charlotte explained and went to sit down at the couch.

"Awe, your hint revealed too much!" Jasper complained. He then got off the trampoline to get his water bottle off the table.

"Hey...I've heard of Dodge-A-Leen." Ray admits. "Isn't that basically just dodgeball on trampolines?"

"Pretty much." Charlotte nodded.

"Yeah, I thought so." Ray shrugged.

"W-Wait, so, wo are the other two players on your team?" Henry inquired.

"Well, one is Piper." Jasper started, sitting on the back of the couch.

Henry furrows his eyebrows, staring at him with disbelief. "Wh-My little sister Piper?"

"That's a little weird, Jas." Juniper quipped.

Jasper shrugs. "She's small, so it makes her hard to hit. And she's naturally vicious."

"That is true." Henry agreed and Juniper nodded in agreement.

"Tell him who you want the third member of your Dodge-A-Leen team to be." Charlotte told Jasper.

"Well," Jasper drags out the word, getting off the couch and putting his hand above Henry's head. "He's about this tall..."

"Alright, I get it." Henry laughed, turning to walk away.

"He's handsome." Jasper added.

"Oh God, stop. I can't take this anymore." Charlotte groaned in annoyance and Juniper chuckled at her reaction.

"So will you be on my team?" Jasper asked hopefully as Henry turned back to face him.

"Yeah, sure, man. Sounds fun." Henry smiled.

Jasper grins, shaking his hand. "I know! 'Cause with your new superpower...your, uh...Hydro-mo-diddly."

"Not right at all." Juniper chuckled, sitting on the couch across from Charlotte as Henry sat on the back of the couch, reaching over to grab some grapes from the bowl on the table.

"Hyper motility." Charlotte corrected Jasper.

"Yeah yeah." Jasper shrugs. "With your insane hand-speed and footspeed, the other teams won't be able to lay a ball on you!"

"Wouldn't that be cheating?" Juniper asked and Charlotte nodded in agreement.

"Maybe a little bit." Jasper agrees. "But it'll be fine."

"I have to agree with Juniper." Charlotte chimed in.

"Let me guess," Henry sighs. "You have a reason that this is wrong or bad or dangerous or too much fun." Juniper agreed with each of those things. If he used his powers in public he could get caught, it could be very dangerous if someone else figured out about his powers.

"Uh, I have a reason..." Ray speaks up. "Henry's superpower is for fighting crime. Not for bouncing and dodging balls."

"Yeah, he can't use his superpower to win competitions." Charlotte agreed.

"You're a fun squasher." Jasper pouted.

"Yeah." Henry agreed.

"Okay, you better take that back." Charlotte glared at Jasper, crossing her arms.

"No." Jasper shook his head.

"Or wen you ask me to be on your team, I'm gonna say no." Charlotte replied.

"I take it back." Jasper immediately said.

Charlotte smiles at him. "Good."

"Will you be on my team?" Jasper questioned, smiling at her.

"No." Charlotte shook her head.

Jasper sighs, throwing his arms up out of frustration. "She tricked me."

"Sorry, kid." Ray apologized to Henry. "Alright, Schwoz, I want you to keep those hot dogs up your nose for another-" He turns to face Schwoz, who didn't have the hot dogs anymore. Juniper raises her eyebrows when he burped. Ray walks over to him, his eyes widening slightly. "Did you eat those bloody nose hot dogs?"

"I'll never tell." Schwoz responded. Everyone grimaced and Juniper made a noise of disgust, her face scrunching up.

"Ugh, that's so gross." Juniper commented.

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(junioer's outfit for this part of the chapter)

Juniper stood in the lobby of the House of Tramps where the Dodge-A-Leen tournament was being held. She stood at one of the tables by Henry and Charlotte and had a drink in hand. She had agreed to come here and watch the game to cheer her friends on. "Okay, comin' up next, we got...The Jumpin' Jaspers who'll be goin' up against the Bilsky Bouncers."

"Yeah, that's right!" Mitch speaks up with a grin. "I'm Mitch and I am back! The Mitch is back!"

"No one cares." Juniper rolled her eyes and took a sip of her drink.

"Back from what?" Henry questioned.

"Back from..." Mitch is quiet for a moment, trying to figure out what to say next before he decides to glare at Henry. "Shut up, Hart." He then took some popcorn from a kid near him, throwing the popcorn at him before walking away.

"Poor kid." Juniper mumbled.

"Good one." Henry commented, shaking his head at Mitch.

"Hey, I'm gonna go to the bathroom real quick." Charlotte spoke up, turning to walk to the bathroom.

"Why?" Henry asked, continuing to lick his ice cream cone.

Charlotte stares at him with annoyance. "To take a tennis lesson."

Juniper laughs at her sarcastic remark and shakes her head. Henry, on the other hand, looks offended. "Uh...Okay. Well, since you were just very sarcastic to me now you can't have a lick of my ice crema cone."

Charlotte didn't seem to care about that and in fact she reached over, grabbing the ice cream off the cone and walks away. Juniper chuckles, watching her friend walk away. Henry looks offended again and his eyes widen. "She took my ice cream." He pouted.

"At least you still have the cone." Juniper pointed out and Henry frowned.

"That's not the same." Henry shook his head and looked down at the cone.

"Want me to get you another one?" Juniper chuckled lightly, smiling a little.

"Nah, I'll live." Henry sighed dramatically, his lips curling up when he heard her giggle. He smiled a bit, feeling his heart flutter slightly. The two teens attention went to Jasper and his team when suddenly Oliver got hit with a dodge ball. Her eyes widened and she glanced around the room with confusion. Her gaze landed on Mitch, who was acting as if he didn't do anything and she rolled her eyes, knowing he was probably the one who threw the ball.

Suddenly a loud whistle is blown and a guy walks out. "Okay! Both teams ready?"

"Uh..." Jasper went over to Oliver, who was now choking. He had been eating a candy bar when he had gotten hit with the dodge ball. "Come on, are you okay?" He asked in concern, patting him on the back.

Juniper shares a concerned look with Henry and they walk over to the group. "Hey, hey, what's wrong?" Henry asked.

"He won't stop choking." Piper pointed out. Juniper's eyes widened when the boy suddenly fell. That's not good.

"Oliver!" Jasper shouted worriedly.

"Dude, wake up." Piper rolled her eyes and Mitch laughed, pointing at Oliver.

"Dude, come on! You guys got three players ready to go or not?" The referee asked.

"Um, one sec!" Jasper tells him, heading over to Henry and Jasper, putting his hands on Jasper's arms. "Henry, you have to join our team!"

"Dude, I totally would but Ray said I can't use my superpower for stuff like this." Henry reminded him and Jasper took his hands off his arms.

"Ray's not here!" Jasper pointed out.

"Charlotte is! And Juniper!" Henry added, gesturing to Juniper.

"So?" Jasper shrugged.

"So if I join your team you know they're gonna give me that look. And she will scold me for doing this." Henry adds, nudging Juniper, who nods in agreement and crosses her arms, narrowing her eyes at Henry. "See? She's already doing it."

"Come on, please!" Jasper begged.

"Henry, don't." Juniper warned him.

"Juniper, you're not helping." Jasper whined.

"Guys, this could go really badly if you do this." Juniper added.

"Um, are we gonna play Dodge-A-Leen?" Mitch asks, walking over to them with his team. "Or are you just gonna talk our ears off?" He then grins at Juniper. "Juniper, nice of you to show up to cheer me on."

"As if." Juniper scoffs, rolling her eyes. "I'm here to cheer on my friends, not you."

"Oh, whatever." Mitch shrugged and walked away. Henry had been watching that interaction with narrowed eyes and when Juniper looked at him, he quickly changed his expression to a smile.

"Alright," Henry looks at Jasper with determination. "Let's dodge some balls."

"Yeah!" Jasper cheers, high fiving Henry. "It's go time."

"Henry." Juniper sighed, shaking her head at him. She was worried that something bad was going to happen.

"Everything will be fine, June." Henry reassured her, putting a hand on her shoulder and squeezing it gently. She sighed again and he let go of her shoulder, walking over to head to the trampoline room for the tournament with the rest of the team. Juniper went back to the table, nervously biting her lower lip as she watched the tv that showed the tournament.

Henry was now wearing a matching shirt, standing by his sister and Jasper on a big trampoline. Mitch and his team members stood across from them on a tramboline as well and two refrees were near the teams. "If you get hit with a ball, you're out! If you throw a ball and your opponent catches it, you're out! When all three team members are out, you lose! When I say 'dodge' - you dodge!"

Charlotte eventually came back to the table, looking confused at not seeing Henry. "Hey, where did Henry g-" Her eyes widen when she saw Henry on the tv with Jasper and Piper. "Juniper!" She looks at the other teen girl with disbelief. "You let him go out there?"

"I tried to stop him! You know how stubborn he is." Juniper defended herself.

"I can't believe this." Charlotte muttered and stood by her as they watched the game. So far only Jasper had gotten out and then Piper. Thanks to Henry's super fast reflexes, he didn't get hit by a ball at all even when Mitch and his teammates nonstop threw the dodge balls at him. He even caught two of the dodge balls his teammates threw at him, causing them both to get out. Juniper's eyes widen at seeing that. She had to admit she was impressed with his skill.

"And now it's down to one against one!" The referee announced. Juniper watched with surprise as Henry kicked the ball at Mitch, the ball hitting Mitch right in the face.

"Game!" The referee shouted after blowing the whistle. Everyone in the lobby cheered for Henry.

"And the Jumpin' Jaspers advance to the next round!" The announcer spoke.

"Charlotte, wait, where are you going?" Juniper asked with concern as she noticed Charlotte heading to the back doors that led to the trampoline room. She grimaced at seeing her mad look. She knew this was not going to be good. She quickly followed her, wanting to try and help calm her down. She stood behind her when Charlotte stopped. She put her hand on her hip, glaring at Henry and shaking her head.

Henry grimaces, gesturing to Jasper. "There's the look."

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"No, no, no-the best part was the look on their faces when you dodged those balls." Jasper excitedly said as they all got back to the Man Cave later that day. "Like..." He then pretended to dodge some dodge balls in slow motion.

"Yeah, the best part was when I kicked the ball right into Mitch's face and he was all...Ahh." Henry pretended to get hit with a dodge ball in slow motion and laughed along with Jasper.

Juniper chuckles and rolls her eyes, standing by Charlotte and leaning against the couch. Juniper glances over her shoulder when she heard footsteps and saw Ray entering the room. "Hey, guys." Ray greets, sitting on the back of the couch, smiling at the boys who immediately stopped talking when they saw him. "What are you guys laughin' about?"

Juniper rolls her eyes as the two boys began to talk over themselves, coming up with a lame excuse. "So, how's it going?" Jasper then finally asked.

"So how you doing?" Henry added

"Okay, I feel like there's somethin' goin' on here, and you guys don't wanna tell me what it is." Ray noticed.

"Nah, nothing's goin' on." Henry shook his head, putting his hands on his hips.

"No, nothing at all." Jasper agreed.

Ray ten suddenly narrows his eyes at Jasper, making him cave. "I didn't mean to do anything bad!"

Henry's eyes widen. "What-Jasper, don't-"

"Oliver choked on a food bar and passed out!" Jasper continued.

"Stop talking!" Henry told him.

"So I had to either forfeit or ask Henry to play!" Jasper explained.

Henry grimaces. "Ah, nice job."

"I know Henry wasn't supposed to use his hyper motility to play Dodge-A-Leen, but he said he would play and we won, but now I'm scared of the consequences!" Jasper admitted, sitting down on the couch with a scared look.

With a cringed look, Henry puts his hand on Jasper's shoulder. "You've killed us." Jasper groaned and leaned back against the couch.

"Henry." Ray stands, glaring at Henry. "Did you seriously use your superpower to win a game of dodgeball played on trampolines?"

"Yeah. Yeah, I did, okay." Henry replied.

"Wha-I-Ah!" Ray exclaims, eyes widening. Then he glares at Juniper and Charlotte. "Girls, how could you allow this to happen?"

Juniper shares a surprised look with Charlotte and they glance back at Ray with wide eyes. "Hold on, this isn't our fault!" Juniper defends them. "We both tried to talk him out of it, but you know how stubborn he can be."

"Well, you guys are the responsible ones." Ray pointed out.

"I was in the bathroom!" Charlotte explained.

"And I tried to talk him out of it, didn't work out clearly." Juniper grumbled.

"Really? He normally listens to you." Ray said, sounding surprised. "And why were you in the bathroom?" Ray furrowed his eyebrows, glancing at Charlotte.

"W-Why?" Charlotte stares at him with annoyance, shaking her head. "Because I drink liquids."

Ray sighs and turns to face Henry, who had moved to sit down on the couch. "Okay, you promise to never do it again?"

"No, I'm doin' it again tomorrow." Henry replied.

"What...Tomorrow?!" Ray raised his voice, his eyes widening.

Henry stands and walks over to him. "With all dude respect, you're not the boss of me when I'm not working, so..."

Juniper's eyes widen slightly at hearing that. Okay, maybe that wasn't the best thing to say to him at this moment. She walks over to the couch to lean against it as Charlotte sat down. "Oh..." Ray nods. "Okay, I see. Okay, well you just keep on playin' then."

"Really?" Henry asks with surprise. "I mean, you're cool with it?"

"No...But you just keep on playin'." Ray replied, beginning to walk backwards towards the tubes.

"What does that mean?" Henry stared at him with confusion, furrowing his eyebrows.

"Nothin'." Ray shook his head.

"But it kinda sounded like..."

"Nothing, okay?" Ray interrupted Henry, continuing to walk backwards.

"Okay." Henry nodded.

"'Kay." Ray replied. Henry then made a 'k' sound and Ray repeated it, but more so mockingly as he walked backwards to the back room around the corner.

"Did that creep out anyone else or just me?" Juniper questioned, watching with a raised eyebrow as Ray left the room. Ray then suddenly peeked his head back in only to make the 'k' sound again before leaving again. She rolled her eyes, shaking her head.

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(juniper's outfit this part of the chapter(

Juniper follows Ray and Schwoz into the House of Tramps the next day. They were dressed to look younger, but they didn't. Ray had blonde hair now and Schwoz's hair was pulled up into a bun. Juniper had to cover her mouth to stifle a laugh when Charlotte walked in. She wore a head band and had two buns. She didn't look happy at all.

"How did my life become this?" Charlotte wondered.

"Look, we need to teach Henry a lesson so he'll never misused..." Ray then notices one of the workers with a clip board nearby and walks over to her. "Yo, miss dude."

"Yes?" She asked.

"Uh, we wanna enter the Dodge-A-Lean tournament." Ray explained, speaking in a different voice.

"Yeah, baby." Schwoz agrees, speaking in a different voice as well. "We are excited to throw some balls at other peoples."

"Well, sorry, but if you wanted to be in the tournament you had to sign up by last Friday." The girl said and walked away.

"Uh...Like, we get that, but-"

"Hey, hey, hey." Schwoz interrupts Ray. "So...Maybe you will let us play in the tournament if we bribe you with this money." He said, holding up some money."

"Oh good Lord." Charlotte rolled her eyes and Juniper patted her on the shoulder.

"Alright, c'mere." The woman caved in, gesturing them over to the side. "So, um, why don't I take this and here are some passes...Now go sign i and you can play." The woman explained, handing Schwoz three passes.

"Thanks, but first..." Schwoz pulls out a device from his pocket, aiming at the woman. A laser shoots out and she fell backwards, going unconscious. "Ha!"

"Schwoz!" Ray scolded. He, Charlotte and Juniper glance around with wide eyes to make sure no one saw this happening and thankfully no one did.

"Look! Now we got the passes and we get our money back!" Schwoz grinned, holding the money again.

"Then what was the point of the bribe?" Ray asked him.

"What you mean?" Schwoz questioned, looking confused as he put the money in his pocket.

"IF you were gonna zap her, you could've just done that in the first place and then taken the passes." Ray pointed out.

"So your bribe was just a waste of time." Charlotte added.

"Eh, next time." Schwoz shrugged. Juniper shook her head. Sometimes she really didn't understand him.

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Juniper sat at the counter next to Ray, Schwoz, and Charlotte. When they heard Henry's voice, they all turned around to face him. "Woah, check out the competition." Ray said, still speaking in a different voice.

"Yeah, look who it is! That guy!" Schwoz added.

"I'd rather be anywhere but here." Charlotte admitted.

"I'm just here for moral support." Juniper confessed with a shrug.

"Okay, what are you guys doin', will you get out of here?" Henry questioned, looking at Ray and Schwoz.

"Woah, no can do, broseph." Ray replied.

"Yeah, you bettter chcek your privilege." Schwoz agreed.

Henry sighs, looking annoyed. "Why are you guys here?"

Ray stands, walking over to him. "To make sure you don't win this competition by misusing your superpower."

Henry scoffs. "oh really? And how are ya gonna do that?"

"Well, if you don't quit and drop out, we're gonna have to beat you." Ray replied, leaning back against the counter.

"Oh really?" Henry chuckles. "Well, my reflexes are about a hundred times faster than yours so how are you gonna do that?"

"Easy." Ray smirks, putting on a black fingerless glove. "With this." He then showed the glove to Henry after pressing a button on it, making the light come on.

"You're gonna beat me by wiggling your fingers?" Henry inquired, furrowing his eyebrows.

"No!" Ray shakes is head. "By using this special glove that Schwoz made."

"I didn't get a special glove." Charlotte pouted and Juniper sent her a sympathetic smile.

"What makes that glove so special?" Henry questioned.

"Well, let's just say it makes person throw balls a little faster than normal. Observe." Ray picked up a ball off the counter and threw it to the door. Oliver, who had been walking in, got hit by the ball and fell. Then the ball hit the woman who was just standing up from being zapped and she fell too. Juniper grimaced and turned around in her chair to face forward.

"Impressive." Henry comments. "But, uh, my hyper motility still makes me a little bit faster than you."

"You're not that fast." Ray scoffed.

"Well, then how did I pull Schwoz's pants down without anyone of you but Juniper noticing?" Henry asked. Juniper had noticed just seconds ago when she turned her head.

Ray scoffs, shaking his head. "You didn't pull Schwoz's pants do-" He turns to look at Schwoz, surprised to see his pants were pulled down.

"See you guys on the tramps." Henry smirked, patting Ray's face as he walked by. Ray glared at him, slapping his hand away.

"I don't wanna see this." Charlotte mumbled, walking towards the room where the trampolines are.

"Me neither." Juniper agreed, sitting back down at the counter and turning around to order herself a drink.

"Come on." Ray hisses at Schwoz, walking to the back door. "Would you pull your pants up?" He added, glaring at Schwoz, who hadn't pulled his pants up yet. Juniper rolled her eyes when Schwoz didn't pull his pants up as he followed Ray past the doors.

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"Okay, we're down to just six teams for this Dodge-A-Leen tournament. First up, we got the Jumpin' Jaspers playing against the Dodger Dolls."

With this round, Henry, of course, used his super fast reflexes to dodge all the balls and do some pretty cool moves as well. Towards the end, he Piper, and Jasper ended up with all the dodge balls and got the other team out. Next up was the Smack Masters against Charlotte's, Ray's, and Schwoz's team. Ray used the glove Schwoz had made and it helped them win the round. As the tournament continued, soon it got to the Jumpin' Jaspers against the Bro Force One.

"Alright people this is it!" The announcer said. "The Dodge-A-Leen finals!" Everyone cheers loudly in response. "On the North tramp, we're gonna have....Bro Force One!"

"Bro Force One! Takign names, dodgin' balls." Ray cheers. "Yeah, man! Dodge-A-Leen!"

"What it is!" Schwoz grinned.

Everyone is quiet as Charlotte glances at the two with annoyance. Then she waves at everyone else with a small smile. "Hi, everyone."

"And on the South tramp, we're gonna have the Jumpin' Jaspers!" The announcer reveals and everyone cheers for them. "Okay, teams. It's tramp time!"

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"Alright, both teams, I want a good clean match. No spittin', no ball slapping, no nose picking-Hey!" The referee shouts, gaining Ray's and Henry's attention. "No glaring!"

"Uh, sorry..." Henry apologized, raising his hands in defense.

"I didn't know." Ray shrugged.

"Ready?" Then a whistle blew. "Dodge!"

As the round started, Henry kept easily dodging all the balls that Ray threw at him. Charlotte speaks up at one point. "Oh, no. Don't throw a ball at my foot." She said, pretending to sound worried when she didn't' care at all. Jasper threw a ball at her foot and the referee called she was out. "Darn it." She mumbled and walked out of the room. Juniper chuckled as she watched this, knowing she didn't want to be there in the first place. Suddenly Piper had been flown away by how much Henry and Jasper were jumping on the trampoline, causing Jasper to shout, "Uh, Piper flew away!"

"Jasper, look!" Schwoz shouted, tossing a ball up in the air.

"What the-" Jasper looked up, not realizing Schwoz was tossing one at him. It hit his stomach and he fell back on the trampoline.

"You're out!" The referee shouted as Ray and Schwoz high fived each other. Then Henry kicked one of the balls, hitting Schwoz in the face. The referee yelled that he was out while he fell back. When he stood back up, he stumbled a little and walked off, leaving just Henry and Ray. No matter how many dodge balls Ray threw at Henry, he missed them all. But then suddenly, Henry tripped on one of the dodge balls and fell back. Ray laughed and was about to throw a ball at him, but suddenly a ball hit him in the face which caused him to fall back.

"You're out!"

"What the-?!" Ray exclaimed, glancing around with confusion.

"Piper, you got him!" Henry smiled, looking over to the side where is sister stood with Jasper. Piper chuckled and grinned.

"No way, dude! She was already out!" Ray pointed out.

"No, she wasn't!" Henry argued as he stood.

"The girl was never hit by a ball, I did not call her out-So you lost!" The referee told Ray and everyone cheered in the lobby while Henry cheered with Jasper and Piper. Ray, however, was upset and argued with the referee. It ended with the referee blowing the whistle in Ray's face and ushering him out of the room.

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(junier's outfit for this part of the chapter)

Later that night, Juniper was in her room, curled up on her bed and watching TV when there was a knock on the window. she smiled at the familiar knock and sat up, opening the window to reveal Henry. She steps aside to let him in. "Hey, stranger." She smiled softly, closing the window.

"Hey, June." He greeted, grinning as he leaned over to kiss her forehead. Her face softened and her heart warmed at the affectionate gesture. She loved it when he kissed her forehead, he did it often and it was one of the things that reminded her how much he cared about her.

"What brings you by?" Juniper wondered, sitting back down on her bed. He sat down next to her, leaning his back against the wall.

"Just wanted to see you." Henry admits with a small smile, scooting closer to her. Their shoulders brushed up against each other and he glances at the TV. "Not surprised to see you watching Friends. You love that show."

"It's one of my favorites." She nodded, smiling at him. 

"Yeah, you have like three posters and two t-shirts of the show. And a few sweatshirts." Henry chuckled, noticing the sweatshirt she wore right now was one of the Friends ones.

"So I like the show, sue me." Juniper rolled her eyes playfully.

"Nah, I won't." Henry teased, poking her nose.

She scrunched her nose, smiling a little. They fell into a comfortable silence as they look at the TV. She leaned her head on his shoulder, causing him to smile softly. He moved his hand, taking hers and intertwining their fingers. She glanced down, seeing his thumb rub the back of her hand and her heart skipped a beat. They were usually affectionate with each other, holding hands and hugging and all that. It wasn't weird because they were best friends and they liked to comfort each other. And sometimes they even slept on the same bed. 

Sometimes their gestures did make her heart race and her cheeks turn a little red, especially the forehead kisses and him taking her hand and stuff. But she tried not to think too much into it, knowing she would probably end up hurting her feelings. His arm wrapped around her waist and she smiled a little. Her eyes fluttered close when his fingertips started gently tracing patterns on her back. He rested his cheek on her head, his own eyes closing. She smiled, leaning into his touch. This is how it was with them, just simple and sweet moments like this.

"Hey, Junebug." Henry speaks up, his voice gentle. Juniper's heart warmed at the nickname. She knew that only Henry called her that, no one else. It was special and he was the only one who could use it. She opened her eyes, tilting her head back to look up at him with a small smile. "Can I stay the night?"

"Sure." Juniper grins, her eyes lighting up. She loved it when he spent the night. She didn't want to sound clingy or anything, but she really loved having him over and hanging out. "Want to watch a movie?"

"Sounds great." Henry smiled softly and nodded.

He took off his jacket and placed it on the chair in the corner before they both crawled under the covers. She grabbed her remote and they began searching for a movie. Juniper was glad he wanted to stay the night, she always enjoyed their sleepovers. They were like a mini vacation from all the crazy stuff going on. She had fun with him, no matter what they were doing. It was the same for Henry, he liked spending time with her and loved how well they got along and were so close. They both loved sleepovers, not just because it was an excuse to spend more time together, but because they got to relax and not have any worries or troubles. And they got to hang out with each other and they loved that. 

A/N i love henry & juniper so much