*A/N* Here's my next chappie! I'd apologize for takin' so long but I decided its awfully presumptuous to assume that people care when I post lol...I have about 3 more chapters written but after that I'm so lost lol..... Any suggestions, would be GREATLY appreciated (e-mail them to me) general comments are good too......feel free to review. Oh, and ThePenMage, Ari's not a Mary-sue, there's a reason and you'll just have to read like everyone else lol and btw, no, I haven't read your story, but I will, don't worry.

Chapter 7 (?)

TRUST

Ariana was laughing as she left the tailors with a bundle of clothes. She couldn't help it, the thought of someone romantically, not sexually, interested in her made her hysterical. Hysterical with nervousness, to be more precise. Sure Seth was her best friend, he knew practically everything about her. Her aspirations , short comings. The only thing he didn't know about was Mikeal. Hearing something about romance coming from him made her want to panic like a horse who's bit was too tight.

Seth trailed her, looking dejected at the way she had shot down his words. Ari didn't seem to notice. But she did notice, and although she laughed, inside, far in the traitor corner of her heart, something was crying for love. More correctly, Seth's love.

"I want to go to his temple," she said. By "he" she meant her father. "That is, if you don't mind, of course." She could tell she had hurt him.

Seth shook his head, "It's fine," he said tightly.

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Ariana knelt in front of a painting of he father, beseeching him to rid her of her reluctance to love.

The curling smoke of the sweet incense suddenly curved into words:

*Hello, Love.....speaking of love, Seth. Loves. You. trust him, he'd never do a thing to hurt you.* The words vanished as quickly as they had formed.

Ari's pendent blazed. She stood up quickly, looking ruffled. Seth, standing back some, obviously hadn't seen the words. She looked at Seth in a new light. She could tell that she could trust him, touch him, perhaps love him. It then seemed as if the feeling had been there all along, hidden beneath a veil of the finest gauze. As though someone had been trying to keep it from her.

She put that thought aside. "Lets go," she said quietly, taking his hand. It was a small gesture but it made Seth's heart jump to his throat. He couldn't speak, and neither did she, but it was an understood silence.

*****AN*******

Alright, alright I know this is really short.....it was longer originally, but I broke it into 2 chapters so I could at least post *something* I dunno when I'll post next but soon, hopefully. I hope some of you caught the foreshadowing in this chapter, it'll show up next chapter, and trust me, I think you're in for a shock when you read the next chapter....it's got some fresh ideas that I don't think I've seen anywhere else, but maybe I haven't looked hard enough.......Well remember to REVIEW! lol I live on reviews, and please, e-mail me with any suggestions, I'm kinda stuck (puma22christie@aol.com or AFlirt13@cs.com)

****Goddess Bless****

Lady Rogue