-Cafe date-
Bracken walked up to the cafe, it wasn’t that far from the house, so he had decided to walk. He opened the door and walked in, there was nobody inside, well, nobody besides her. She was dressed in a short red silk spaghetti strap dress that laced up in the back. But no necklace, this wasn’t good.
“You came, what do you think of the outfit?” She asked spinning in a circle, her black high heels clicking on the floor.
“You look nice,” Bracken told her, which wasn’t a lie but that didn’t change the situation.
“Thank you, you look handsome as always,” She said, sitting down at a small round table in the center of the room, “Come sit, do you want anything?”
“No, thanks,” Bracken said, sitting down across from her.
“Why did you request to see me? I thought I was worse than Ronodin,”
“I wanted to talk to you,”
“No, I don’t think so. I think you miss your girlfriend, don’t you?”
“Of course I do,” Bracken said ignoring the part about Kendra being his girlfriend, “But you won’t let that happen,”
“Are you sure about that?”
“I’m pretty sure you want to keep control over Kendra’s body, so, yeah, I’m sure,”
“You came here because you miss Kendra, to you I’m just a knock off version, a better, more fashionable one, but that’s beside the point. I can let her come out, only for a few minutes but that’s better than nothing. I can’t have her ruining anything,”
“What’s the catch?”
“No catch, I just want you to see how badly you messed up. I’m just going to say your answer is yes, so let’s get on with this, I have things to do. Oh, and Bracken, don’t try anything, I don’t have the necklace on me.” Then she said some weird incantation, closed her eyes and fell to the ground, Bracken rushed to catch her before she would hit the ground. He was holding her in his arms when her eyes flew open and she shot up trying to get free of his grasp. And in doing so, she punched Bracken in the face, which hurt, a lot. She looked like she might punch him again so he grabbed her hands so that she wouldn’t be able to hit him again.
“Hey, look at me, it’s Bracken, you’re okay,” He said, getting her to look at him.
“Bracken?” She asked,
“Hey, it’s okay, it’s me, I’m here,” Bracken whispered softly, moving a strand of hair from her face. “Are you?”
“It’s me,” Kendra said.
There was a moment of stillness between them before they collided with each other. Kendra hugged Bracken so tight he could barely breathe, but he didn’t mind.
When they finally parted, Kendra reached up and touched Bracken’s face looking up at him in amazement. Which was understandable considering that the last time she saw him, he was dying. Kendra moved closer to him, he was still holding her around the waist holding her from being completely on the floor. Both of her hands were holding Bracken’s face, he stayed completely still, waiting to see what she would do. Kendra moved closer to Bracken until finally, their lips met in a kiss. He kissed her back without a second thought. Kendra had her arms wrapped around his neck, she was holding him so close he wasn’t sure that she would ever let go, which was fine with him. Kendra pushed him down so that she was on top of him. Bracken honestly didn’t know how long the kiss lasted, but when Kendra pulled away they were both out of breath. “Sorry, I just needed to do that,”
“It’s okay, I get it,” Bracken said as Kendra helped him up.
“What am I wearing? I mean, it’s cute, but still.”
“Yeah, well, your darker roommate has a slightly different taste than you.”
“You could say that. Now, why am I here?” Kendra asked, sitting down at the table, holding Bracken’s hand across the table as he sat down, “I’m guessing it’s not for very long, from what I heard at least.”
“No, I don’t know why she let you out, but I doubt she’s being nice,”
“When she has control, it’s like watching through shattered glass. So I know it’s the necklace that can bring me back right?”
“Yeah, but she must have known the only reason I asked her here was that I was hoping she would be wearing the necklace.”
“Wait, did I kill Ronodin last night?”
“You didn’t. This twisted version of you did.” Bracken said, though he wasn’t sure if it mattered which version of her was in control, she might have killed Ronodin either way if she still thought he and Seth were dead.
“How are you alive?”
“That I will tell you when you have full control over yourself again. Right now, we need to focus on getting you back.”
“Bracken, I don’t think that’s going to happen.”
“Of course it will. Everybody is back at the house right now working on a plan.”
“No, Bracken. You need to promise me when it becomes clear to you that you won’t be able to get me back, you will kill me.”
“What? Kendra-”
“Bracken, you have to kill me.”
“No, I’m not going to kill you,”
“Please, don’t sacrifice the world because you love me. I don’t know her whole plan, but it’s not good, you have to take me out.”
“No,” Bracken said, taking both of Kendra’s hands and looking her in the eyes, “Kendra, I know feel must feel guilty about the past three years, but you can come back from this you’ve barely even lived your life, sacrificing yourself isn’t noble or heroic, it’s tragic.”
“Bracken, listen to me-ouch,” Kendra said, clutching her head. Bracken immediately stood up and crouched down by her side.
“What’s wrong?”
“I think she’s taking back over,”
“No, we’re not done with this conversation,”
“It looks like we are,” Kendra said, turning so that she could put her hands on Bracken’s shoulders, “Bracken, please promise me that you will do what’s right.”
“I promise you it won’t come to that,” Bracken reached up and touch her face, “It won’t come to that, I will see you again, you will see Seth again,”
“I hope so,” Kendra kissed Bracken’s forehead right before she fell limp off the chair and into his arms.
“No, come back,” He whispered but it was too late, when she opened her eyes again, the girl he loved was gone.
“Aw, you caught me, how romantic. But you messed up my hair,” She said, standing up, “Oh, you really messed up my hair, what did you-?”
“We’re done here,” Bracken said, cutting her off, heading for the door. It slammed behind him but he didn’t pay any attention to it, he just kept walking until he was back at the house.
