Chapter 2

Rosa had been crying. She didn't know for how long. She could only think about the day she had gone through. It all seemed so right at first. But then everything had gone wrong. It had been two weeks since Aries moved in. Two weeks of careful glances, weak smiles and trying desperately to stay away from the new student, who she thought was stalking her. But she refused to tell Danny or Star. Sam and Tucker had been both too busy to deal with their problems too. Rosa closed her eye as she remembered what happened that morning.

She ran to class in a huff. She had been late to two of her classes today already and she didn't want to miss the last one. She felt her legs ache as she continued to push them beyond their normal limit. Her breath came in shaky rasps. She finally saw the door within reach and opened it. She stumbled in and quickly took her seat next to Danny. The bell rang. She sighed in relief and slumped in her seat.

Danny glanced at Rosa and smiled as he shook his head from side to side. Poor Rosa was trying so hard, but things seemed to keep getting in the way for her. He then glanced at Sam and grinned. She glanced at him and smirked back. Both then turned to the teacher.

Rosa managed to stay awake through most of the lesson. After a while though she began to daydream. Weirdly enough, about Danny! She couldn't believe it herself. After a while though she felt a tug on her shirt. She spiraled out of the daze and saw Danny.

"Class is over sleepy head." He grinned. Rosa gave him a small smile and followed him and Sam out of class. These new emotions she felt for him were so different than just friends. It felt as if one day she was splashed with ice water and couldn't warm back up. The feelings she had made her feel cold and distant from everyone, especially Danny. Luckily no one noticed or said anything. Rosa felt this was a relief. She needed time to think. Making up some lame excuse to Danny and Sam, Rosa ran from them both down the hallway.

Danny looked as Rosa ran down the hallway in concern. She had been acting strangely. At first he thought it was just girls and their moods, but now he felt like something was terribly wrong with her. She was hiding something he knew. He had gotten to know her well enough to know when she was hiding something. But why hide it from him? Did she not trust him? The thought nearly tore his heart in two. Rosa was one of his best friends, maybe even more. What? Did he just think that? C'mon Danny, get your head out of the clouds, she would never want to go out with me, even if he did feel like he did. Danny looked at Sam and smiled meekly. She frowned.

"Danny? You alright?" Sam asked him.

"Oh I'm fine." Danny replied. He thought for a second. "Hey Sam? You doing anything tonight?"

Rosa was panting hard as she ran through the hall. Why did she feel so confused about Danny?! One minute she liked him, the next her reasonable side took over saying that he would never like a freak like her in that way. She automatically put a hand over her covered eye. She was ugly. And she knew it too. He deserved someone who had two eyes he could gaze into before their lips met. She smiled softly, thinking about kissing. She never had a boyfriend, and she doubted she would ever have one. She closed her eye as a layer of water covered it, making it impossible to see what was before her. But she had forgotten that closing eyes while running made it worse. Before she could open her eye again she felt her body run into something. She cried out as her feet betrayed her and slipped out from under her, she was falling. But she felt herself blink when she felt arms wrap around her, pulling her up to her feet. She opened her eye and gazed into Aries Meedavo's chocolate brown ones.

Needless to say, she felt awkward. She quickly pulled from his arms and looked at him in a strange manner. "Thank you." She said.

Aries cracked a smile on his face. "You don't like me very much do you?" He asked so bluntly it threw Rosa off balance.

"Of course I like you." Rosa tried to say without sounding fake.

Aries raised an eyebrow. "Oh really? Usually when I walk up to you, you turn around and run for the hills, last time I counted three miles in thirty seconds."

Rosa couldn't help but laugh at his sense of humor. Though she desperately tried not to.

"I really am a charming guy once you get to know me." Aries said, closing the gap between them. His eyes stared straight through her's. It was like they held some kind of power.

"I'm sure." She managed to whisper.

"You just have to give me a chance." It felt like Aries's eyes were pulling her soul out of her. She desperately tried to fight it. But it just grabbed onto her stronger.

"A chance.." Her whispers started to become softer as softer as he closed in on her. One step, two, three. Every inch he got closer to her she felt more under his power. It terrified her, but also excited her. She couldn't stop staring into his eyes...

All of a sudden, he had her. She quit resisting and let it go. Her body relaxed and he felt it as he wrapped his arms around her waist.

"Now, who do you love?" Aries whispered, his face less than an inch from hers. He looked deep into her now vacant blue eye.

"Danny.." she said in a monotone.

"What?" Aries looked angry, then suddenly his face turned calm again. "Don't worry my dear. I will make this as painless as I am able to." He kissed her on her forehead, then smiled. He freed her from his trance and stepped back.

"Wha?" Rosa quickly snapped out of it and blinked. "Oh Aries? Did I run into you?" Rosa was slightly confused. The last thing she remembered was falling to the ground...

"No problem Rosa. Hey lets go for a walk alright?" He smirked and took her hand. She seemed hesitant, but he finally convinced her. They both wandered to where Danny and Sam were. They were far enough so that neither Danny nor Sam could see them, but they could hear them.

Rosa blinked and saw Sam smirk. "I'd be honored to Danny."

Rosa had her mouth somewhat open. Did Danny.. ask Sam out? Sam seemed sincere for Sam, the way she said that. Rosa's heart felt like it had been stomped on and shredded into a blender. She stumbled back into Aries's arms. While Rosa's face was filled with sorrow and rejection, Aries's was filled with amusement and evil.

After a second or two, Rosa pulled from his arms and ran out of the school. It would have been nice if the day ended there, but there was more to tell, and it got worse.

Rosa ran to the park and ended up sitting on a swing on the playground. She couldn't believe it. But she had heard it with her own ears. Rosa knew Sam liked Danny too, but would never admit it. It might just have been better this way. Sam and Danny are a perfect couple. If Rosa felt this way, then why did tears fall from her eyes? Clear and black droplets of water fell from her eyes at a rapid rate. This was how it was suppose to be, and she would deal with it.

Suddenly she felt arms wrap around her. Her eye widened and jumped away to see Aries.

"What do you think you're doing?" Rosa cried. Aries smiled and walked over to her.

"Rosa, its obvious that Danny doesn't want you around, but I on the other hand..." He leaned in and kissed her with passion. Rosa felt herself at first resisting, but then some force seemed to take her over. She closed her eyes and put her arms around his neck. When the kiss ended, Rosa felt herself gasping for air.

"Don't tell me you didn't love that?" Aries smiled.

"I...Aries..This is wrong...you can't subdue me..when I'm fragile like this." Rosa said, suddenly gaining life back into her eyes.

Aries blinked, then smiled. "Don't worry Rosa, Ill give you time, but just tell me that you're mine.."

Rosa gasped in horror as she realized that his eyes were wild and deadly serious.

"Aries, I don't know why you have this attraction to me... but I don't love you. I love Danny, you can't change that."

His eyes turned cold. "But I can make you love me." Before she could say anything, his eyes widened and stared right through hers. Rosa was too off guard and didn't even have time to block him. Her eyes instantly turned lifeless again.

"Now my dear, you will only love me. You will worship me and be my love in command when we rule the world." He smiled darkly.

Stop it!!!

Aries winced, losing concentration for a second. "Back off Goody Aries." Dark Aries grumbled.

No! I wont let you hurt her! Stop it!!!!!!!!

Aries cried out and held his head in pain, the spell on Rosa was broken. She fell to her knees and tried to focus on what happened.

Aries was clutching his head in major pain. His eyes flickered from green to brown over and over.

"No! I wont let you hurt Rosa!" His eyes were green now.

"Back off! This is my plan, and you have no part in it!" His eyes were once again brown.

Rosa saw Aries in pain and ran over to him. She had forgotten everything that happened the past few minutes and was very confused. "Aries are you alright?" Rosa cried.

"Yes..." Brown eyes.

"No!" Green eyes.

"I'm fine...." Brown eyes.

"No! Run Rosa! Run before he hurts you!" Green eyes looked pleadingly into Rosa's one blue one. She widened it as she saw his eyes once again change to brown. She took several steps back. "Aries....what..."

Evil Aries had taken control once again. He smiled evilly as he walked towards her.

"Don't worry Rosa, in time, I will tell you everything."

His stare frightened her. He kept coming closer to her too. Suddenly small flashes began to surface in her memory. When the flashes ended, she looked at him in horror.

"Oh god.." Rosa put a hand over her mouth. She turned and started to run.

He ran and easily caught up to her and grabbed her by the arm.

"Let me go!" Rosa screamed. She frantically tried to pull her arm from his tight grasp, but instead she pulled so hard that when she gave the slightest hint of resting, his strength pulled her fully into his arms.

"Let go!!!! Aries please!!" She looked at him, terrified of what he was going to do to her. She screamed, wanting anyone.. anyone to help her! But no one knew where she was, Danny didn't, Star didn't, her friends weren't coming to help her. She cried and pounded on his chest as he continued to hold her in his arms. He whispered something to her that made her blood run cold, she had to get away. She frantically concentrated on her ghost powers, they were her only chance. Though she still was not used to having them, she still knew how to concentrate. She soon phased out of his grasp and started to fly away from him.

As she did this, Aries gasped. "She's a halfa?" He asked himself.

Guess this evens things.

Aries could tell his other half was smirking.

"Oh go hug a tree.." Aries mumbled. He glared after Rosa. "I will have you Rosa, no matter what it takes."

Rosa finally arrived home, she ran into her room, and collapsed on her bed, crying her eyes out. She briefly wondered if she should call Danny about Aries, but his words that he whispered to her came back to haunt her.

"Tell anyone about me, and I will kill them.."