Summary: Mega might finally have found love only to find out that he will loose it if he cannot prove his love by midnight. With other complications in the Mall, will he ever manage it?

Pairings: Mava, Rega, Slebony, Jady and Lex/Ram – some only references to though.

Rating: NC-17 for this chapter.

Disclaimer: I own nothing; the Tribe belongs to Cloud 9 and Mr. Thomas. All I do is destroy their characters in fanfic.

Chapter Three

The wind whipped his face as he opened his arms as darkness swept over him leaving him to his despair. He felt as though he was already falling but upon opening his eyes once more, expecting to see the pavement looming ever closer he saw that he was still on top of the roof.

Why was he still here? There was nothing to keep him here yet as he went to force himself over the edge once and for all he heard the call of the wind surrounding him, comforting him telling him not to do it in its accented purr.

He felt comforted, her presence surrounded him, there was no longer any sound, the wind had died down and his ears tried desperately to listen for the sound of her approach but there was none, yet he knew that she was drawing closer to him.

He needed to push himself over the edge, before she touched him, before she spoke again and he was a slave to her once more, this was the one chance that he had to be free of her and to let her have the life that she deserved, he had to do this.

Gathering his strength he pushed himself yet he found himself against an invisible barrier which he could not break through. As he felt her getting nearer he pushed more and more desperately yet he could not do and as her arms wrapped around him he gave up, his head hanging low.

A few seconds ago he had been tormented by the thought of what her touch would feel like, almost being able to feel her yet he was wrong. He had not been able to feel her; it was like a blind man trying to take in the beauty of the Mona Lisa. When she place her hands on him there was no more thoughts, no more attempts to flee, he was her prisoner and damned for life yet he accepted it.

His memory of her voice was nothing compared to the soft words that erupted from her full lips telling him, "You jump now you take me with you, could you harm me?" His heart broke, yes he could harm her and he would but he loved her too much to ever wish to.

Before he knew what he was doing the words, "Never intentionally", escaped him and he found himself turning to face her once more. His breath was ripped from his body as he saw her standing there, her dark skin illuminated in the light from the moon, her luscious lips beckoning and her black eyes telling him secretes that her voice would never dare utter.

"Mega", she murmured slightly as she looked up at him her arms still firmly clamped around his waist, her eyes begging him not to leave her.

"I am not going anywhere", he assured her, brushing her braids back soothingly and descending him head onto hers. He could smell her sweet sense igniting every fibre of his being to be near her, he could feel her under his fingers. She was intoxicating.

He took everything about her in as he allowed his lips to brush gently against hers sending tingles shooting from him and making him feel as if he could take on the world and win. His hand cascaded from her braids down her back to settle around her waist holding her as he breathed out his hot breath puffing out onto her lips making her yearn for more.

Java was desperate for him, she had seen him about to jump, brought him back from the brink yet none of that matter any more as her need gnarled at her. She pushed her lips against his trying to force him to respond, she felt as if she would break if she did not have him that second.

Mega smirked almost teasingly as he pulled his head just far away enough so that she could not reach him. If truth be known he wanted her just as much but this was not about lust, it was about love and making it perfect for her so he stroked her braids back once more making her offer her sweet mouth up to him once more.

He massaged her lips slowly with his own making her mould to his movements before slowly allowing her access to his tongue and lavishing her own with attention. He quenched his hunger for her just enough to stop himself from undressing her there and then and instead gathered her up into his arms and carried her to his room where he laid her down on his bed.

Her eyes glazed the lust, her lips swollen from his kiss and his name on her tongue; she had never looked more beautiful to him.

Slowly he removed her clothes from her glistening body and allowed his mouth of explore every inch of her tantalising flesh, her moans and pleading whimpers preventing his devouring mouth from moving too fast..

She writhed beneath him the heat which was mounting scorching her as she pleaded for him to take her, declaring her love for him in ardent terms of wanting and in sonnets of ever lasting love yet from Mega, no words came.

He slipped slowly into her, giving her wave after wave of pleasure until her eyes glistened with pure ecstasy yet as they lay together and cooled as slumber descended on one of the couple tears trickled from Java's dark eyes.

Never before had she felt closer to him yet still no words of love passed his lips, she thought that she felt his love for her yet without the words it could just have been a trick of her hormones of the chemicals in her brain playing tricks on him. Part of her just could not understand why he would have ignored her for so long if he really loved her.

Words swamped her mind, as she wondered how to ask him what she need to and what she would say if he was to say that he did not love her. These were the thought that at length closed her eyes.

Warm kisses played across her skin in ticklish trails beseeching her to open her eyes once more to reveal that it was morning and that the man to whom her heart belonged was once more holding her. For a moment, as his eyes looked her on her and his kisses rained, she closed her eyes savouring the feelings as her determination wavered.

She wanted to stay like that forever and as so many had said 'curiosity killed the cat', if she did not ask him then there was no way that he could say that he did not love her yet as the seconds ticked by she realised that she could not go on not knowing.

"What is on your mind?" His rich voice asked her, causing her to open his eyes once more, "I …" she started but her voice died away as she realised that she could not do it. She could not ask him right then and there, yet before she could think of something else to say new words sprung forth, "I love you Mega, more than anything in this world", she found herself saying, "but I know that you are incapable of saying it back now but I cannot live any longer not know if you love me or not. Not knowing why are you avoiding me. Not knowing when I am next going to see you. Tonight is Christmas Eve; you have until midnight tonight to make up your mind".

"Tomorrow I am going to either stay here with you or leave, I would rather live without you completely than with you but without your love", Java announced as she forced herself to leave the bed and pull her clothes on.

Mega's fists clenched as a ball formed in his throat, he needed to force his dry mouth to form words, to get her to stay with him. He opened his mouth and saw her smile at him sadly yet he could to get the words together. He was not good enough for her, he needed something spectacular to prove himself to her so as he watched her leave he vowed, to himself, "I will prove myself and my love to you, Java".

His gaze travelled over to the clock, the red light flashed 10:00 am, "14 hours in which to prove my love", he thought, "well this is going to be a challenge but I will not loose you again Java".