<span style="font-style: italic">Ashley's eyes go wide as the plates their eating from. The tears that well up in his eyes look like liquid fire.  And then he starts shimmering. She really gets the idea now that the two Abeque's guest isn't normal.<br/><br/>Robert watches in silence. Was the god laying claim to Stella's affections? He had seen the look on both their faces when Ari had carried Stella to his location in the temple. It had been perfect contentment.<br/><br/>Isis looked to Ra. She contacts Ari. <span style="font-weight: bold">Brother, she is not in love with this boy. Give her time, and her feelings for you will blossom like a well tended fire. You must give her time to sort through them and live the life that was supposed to be.</span><br/></span><br/>Ah hell. Stella would rather have the happy go lucky Ari back. The only way he'd probably be even more crushed  is if he found out that Stella was actually interested that way in Dylan. Which she's not. That would be just.. ackward. "Ari, you have to believe me when I say i don't want to be around him that way. I've known him for ages. There is no romance between us. It would be like making out with my brother. And besides, his kisses couldn't compare to yours." She's hoping he can pick up on how worried she is about him, that she just wants so see her friend not make him feel like an outsider. Introduce him to her world. And maybe do it holding hands if he would get close to her again.