Author's Note:

Here's the sixteenth chapter. Here is a recap of the last chapter, Wedding Crashers.

Kendra, Liz and the princess head to the wedding to crash it but find they won't make it in time. When Kendra is about to give up hope, Raxtus comes to take them there. At the wedding, Kendra objects and makes a long speech about why arrange marriages are horrible. Itoro asks her if that is the only reason why she objected and before she can say anything Liz pulled her away. Liz yells at her and makes her relizes what she has to do. So, she tells them that the real reason she objected was because she is in love with Bracken.

How will Bracken react? This will be answered in this chapter.

This chapter is sad, suspenseful, and nerve wracking.

Please tell me what you think. Thanks for reading.

Hope you enjoy... –Evangeline

Running Love

Silence. That was what happened after I told that blasted unicorn I love him. He just stood there not saying anything, not moving, and with his jaw on the floor. Some people had their mouths on the floor and others (like the Queen, Itoro, Liz, Raxtus, the princess, and some of my other friends) had huge grins and knowing faces. Had they all known I was in love with him and didn't say anything? As for me, well I was mad, sad, and embarrassed. Actually, I was pissed, depressed, embarrassed, relived, and a little voice in the back of my mind told me, 'I told ya so." I mean I had finally got my feelings for him off my chest, everyone was looking at me, and the man I had just confessed my love for just stood there.

So I did the only logical thing in that situation… I made a run for it.

Backing away slowly, tears creeping in my eyes, I whispered, "I'm sorry." Then I turned around and ran as fast as my feet could take me out of the wedding area.

I had no idea why I had said I was sorry. Maybe it was because I may have ruined a perfectly good wedding for nothing. Maybe, because I had just confessed my feelings to him for nothing. Maybe because I ruined all of the council's planning. Maybe because I had ruined Irina's day. Maybe because I was about to book it out of there.

Maybe he… Maybe he didn't love me.

My knees buckled. I couldn't stand any longer. The searing pain in my chest hurt too much. I had never felt anything like this in my live. Never even came close to such a deep pain. It hurt so much and I had no idea about what to do.

He doesn't love me. Bracken has never loved me, my thoughts said.

Tears poured out of my eyes like a waterfall. I couldn't stop the sobs that erupted out of me and I didn't want to. I just sat there hugging my torso trying to keep my body together as I felt my heart disappearing and something start to eat me from within.

I tried to keep my voice low, but it was a challenge. I usually was so calm and collected on the outside. I could be breaking apart inside, feeling immense pain, or happier than ever and have a straight face on outside of my mind. I was a master of manipulating my outer emotions, but not now. Right now I couldn't keep myself from breaking down. The pain was too much, and it was all because of him.

I didn't hear him coming until he breathed, "Finally." I turned around to see that he was breathing hard. He must have been running. He had discarded the black suit jacket and golden tie he had been wearing and had untucked and undid the first three buttons of his white shirt. His hair was now a mess and his feet were bare.

Why did he have to look so hot while I sat her in the dirt crying my eyes out? I had to look hideous. WAIT! Why should I care what he thinks of me?

Que voice in the back of my head saying, Cuz ya love him.

Stupid voice.

He bent down next to me as my silent tears fell from my eyes. He whipped them from my cheeks and asked, "Why are you crying?"

"It hurts." I don't know why I said it but Bracken could always get the truth out of me.

He looked extremely worried and afraid as he scanned me over and asked me in a worried tone, "What does?"

"My heart," I whispered.

He looked into my eyes confused. "Why?"

"You don't love me," my voice was so sure but that wavered when I saw the true confusion on his face.

"What?" his voice was so shocked that it shocked me. "What makes you think that?"

"It doesn't make sense and the fact that you just stood there after I told you I love you." I looked at the ground. I couldn't face him. I couldn't look at his perfect face.

"You're wrong." Two words and that was all it took for me to look into his eyes. Bracken looked determined as if he had a mission.

"What?" It was my turn to be confused this time.

"Do you have any idea how happy I was to hear you object?" He smiled and I melted to putty. Pathetic… and I didn't care. "The whole time before the ceremony I was waiting anxiously. Not to see the bride, I could have waited years for that. No, I was anxious to see you. When Itoro asked for objections, I was pretty sure you wouldn't be there and that no one would say anything. But there you where, more beautiful than anyone my eyes had ever laid upon, saying you object. I wanted to yell at Irina when she said a human couldn't fall in love with a unicorn because I knew she felt the same way when the unicorn switched places with the human. When you gave your little speech, well let's just say it wasn't what I was hoping for. Then when you came back and told my you love me. My heart stopped and I was shocked, because I thought you would never say that to me."

He took a deep breath. We were standing now, and before he could say anything more I maneuvered out of his grasp on my fore arms and ran… again. What can I say? I was scared, like the first time. I didn't want to feel the pain I felt earlier ever again. Liz is going to kill me if she finds out that I have ran away from him again. I always faced my problems head on but with Bracken… I ran like the wind in the opposite direction.

However, I didn't get that far away from him this time.

His right hand gripped my right arm firmly but gently as he turned me around so I was facing him while his left hand grabbed my left arm.

"You didn't let me finish," he accused with a hurt but frustrated face. "Why?"

"I didn't want to hear it."

"OK, now tell me the real reason." How did he know me so well?

"I was scared," my words came out as a mere whisper.

"Of what?" his voice was sad and confused at the same time.

"Of getting hurt."

He let go of my right arm, knowing I wouldn't run away this time, and lifted my chin so that I was staring into his eyes. "I won't hurt you."

"How do you know?"

"Because I am in love with you, Kendra." Before I could react, he…

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