This took me toooooooooooooo long, I apologise...errr for this long wait...the chapter in terms of style and content wasn't really worth it. however the next chapter needs some serious re editing to make the story run alot faster. So expect a lot of...storyline content in the next one to keep the story going. Thanks for the hits...no reviews thou...*snivellin*

"Wait Melfina!" Harry yelled desperately after her. This was the closest he had ever felt to her. In that moment, she was his and he was hers. He had been dreaming about this day for a long time. Although he never thought they would end in like this. Harry ran up to the bedroom Melfina was hiding in. He could hear her weeping, every tear tore his heart into shreads.

Jim was in panic. He needed to find Melfina before the pirates did. Jim knew it meant he would have to leave the life of luxury he had just got accustomed to. Jim would have to leave Fred and find Suzuka on his own. He was going to get her back because knowing she was alone was killing him.

"Melfina," Harry was banging his fists on the other side of the door, every thump resounded through the whole house. It wasn't supposed to be like this he thought. Melfina sat crouched in the middle of the room. How could she be so selfish? Gene had been dead for a month now she couldn't believe how easily she had forgotten him.

It made her feel sick and disgusting.

That man willingly gave up his life for her and made her dreams his goal in life. Gene would be turning in his grave if he saw that Harry and Melfina were together. Melfina thought it would be unfair to let Gene slide from her mind and heart. By all standards and unspoken friendship rules Harry should even be this close to her, but he was .Melfina didn't think it was right or fair to all she loved and cared for…did that include Harry? From this perspective it seemed so, Melfina was slowly realising this fact and was begrudgingly accepting this. She cared for him. Once she accepted this everything would become a lot harder, maybe that's was why she was putting this off.

Harry continued to scream her name behind the door. This was the same man who hit her all that time ago how she could forget that. He left bruises on her face and her mind in turmoil. How could she have so willingly embraced such a man. These thoughts kept running through her mind, it made her feel so nasty and dirty her skin was crawling. Yet she was fighting the urge to run back into his arm and feel his warmth on her began frantically scratching herself as if to rip the skin he touched from her body. Eventually she began to bleed and was muttering to herself, I'm sorry. Over and over.

Harry was fed up of waiting for her to come round he vowed to himself he wasn't going to loose her again. Neither to his madness nor her fears. Harry smashed down the door and found Melfina crouched in a corner of the room bleeding and muttering to herself.

"Melfina!" Harry shouted but his voice wouldn't remove her from her deep abstraction. Harry grabbed Melfina by her bleeding arms and yelled in her face,

"Melfina! Stop it."

Melfina awoke from her trance and was breathing heavily. Her knees began to crumble under the emotional confusion. This wasn't right. She began to struggle, to get away from him but his grip held firm. She needed time to figure things out .Meanwhile her blood dripped onto the floor making staining the immaculate carpet. Harry stared deep into her eyes, spoke softly in her ear.

"It's okay."

"No…no is not" Melfina responded with a quivering voice. Harry let go and looked carefully at Melfina. She was shaking and tears were falling. Did he repulse her that much, that she'd hurt herself when he touched her.

Jim was packing essentials that he was going to need when dealing with the kei pirates his laptop and Gene's caster gun. Jim picked it up and looked at it fondly. This was his partners favourite weapon and it did him justice at the leyline. Now he was going to use it to protect the thing he loved most-Melfina.

Harry was unsure about what to do. He loved Melfina more than his childish impulses to be near her. He thought the best thing for her was to be a distance not to far from her he couldn't protect her but not so close her that she would do something like this to herself.

"Har-"Melfina

"Just go to bed Melfina everything will be fine when you wake up." Harry murmured through a soft smile and tepid eyes. Melfina simply nodded and walked slowly to her room. Melfina laid her head on the pillow and closed her eyes .She tried to sleep but she couldn't as her mind was racing. Her thoughts wondered from Gene to Harry. Someone she had learned to appreciate and care for more than she thought she ever would have. That was when the moment struck she definitely cared for him. Melfina acknowledged this and slowly drifted into sleep wondering if this could turn into something more.

Harry however was getting together a few things in a small rucksack. He took his bag in his hand and walked by Melfina's room. He opened the door slightly and peered at the angel. Harry heaved a heavy sigh. Harry made his way down the stairs. Melfina felt his gaze and sat up immediately after he had left. Melfina got out of the bed crept onto the stairs where she could just about glimpse Harry opening the front door with a rucksack in his hand. Melfina gasped a little and Harry heard. He sharply turned his head to look at the shocked Melfina and then ran straight out the door. Melfina without thinking ran out into the street in her bare feet after him. She hollered his name.

"Harry"! Don't leave me."

Harry stopped dead in his tracks in the middle of the road when there was an oncoming car. Harry was too much in a daze to notice though luckily Melfina did.

"The car!" she yelled at the top of her lungs. Harry looked up and doged the car. He stumbled backwards almost falling on the pavement, when Melfina caught him. She held him tightly around his waist face full of tears muttering. Melfina had buried her face inot his back. His chest began to fill with her tears neither said a word but just stood for an age till Harry broke the silence. He gently nudges Melfina back so she had to stare inot his eyes. He was almost lost for words. For a second the world had stood still and time didn't exist it was him and her. Her eyes were filled with care, compassion nothing like it was in beginning and most of all there was no fear-just trust.

How long had he wanted to see this expression of care on her face. He had been dreaming for so long he didn't think it was possible. He opened his mouth and said ever so softly

"Melfina, thank you"

"It-it-it's alright. Where were you going?"

"I was going to....to...-" Harry was stuttering he didn't know what to say or whether the truth would hurt Melfina more.

"Leave me?" she answered playfully but the sadness was evident.

"No...well...yeah, let us go inside before we finish I'm freezing out here, you've soaked my top" Harry said through a nervous smile. Melfina giggled nervously and walked in taking Harry 's hand first. Melfina knew they were in for a deep heart to heart if anything was to be solved. She had to figure out truly what she felt for him. Yes she cared for him, but was more lurking in the depths of the chasms, the places Gene left behind. Admitting it to him would be the next step for her and maybe and just maybe get over her tragic loss.

Jim explained the situation to Fred and h was not amused. Fred was about to lose one of his most valuable assets. To Fred, not only was Jim a treasure to the company but to him as well. Jim gave the 20 year old something to do and fill his day with a purpose other than to pursue money.

Fred who was unusually compassionate to the child gave him a card, a card with enough cash to last him in a upscale flat for a month and a mobile just in case he had come to his senses not to pursue Melfina. Jim was all ready to leave not knowing where he was going just with Suzuka 's card in his hands.

Jim turned at the heel and was about to walk out the door and fred remained deathly silent until

"Jim," Fred whispered

"Yeah Fred?"

The was a thoughtful pause this was the last thing Fred might ever say to the boy, the one he grew accustomed to the one Gene had entrusted him to.

"The debt..."

"What about it?"

"It's postponed ...till you come back"

Fred said with a smile hoping that Jim would catch the hints and come back. Fred wasn't a naturally caring man all he had were his interests at heart for in this case, he had learnt to care for somebody other than himself. Jim turned round and gave Fred a lasting smile and a smile that would stay with anyone till they died. No more words were needed. Jim looked once more at Fred,

"Thanks" with that he strolled down the massive intricate drive way down towards the town centre looking for a phone booth.

Suzuka was next

Inside the house Harry sat down at the table pulling out a plate he loaded it with lasagne from later on in the day. He looked the food as he was trying to force something out like a memory. The saying goes is walls could talk...well Harry really wanted the lasagne to talk back and tell him over and over again how they kissed as it will remain in his mind forever.

Melfina gingerly sat next to him taking looking at him with an unscathed eye. She just wanted to know why he would leave her. She has had enough of people leaving her for one reason or the next she just wanted one to stay by her side and for a second she thought he was it.

"Harry," waking him from his catatonic state, "Why did you think it was okay to leave me?"

"I wasn't leaving...I...was merely moving to another house....Close by though" Harry murmured uncertainly trying to justify himself, unsuccessfully. Melfina continued to look unimpressed and found that the object of his attention was the food on his plate not what she had to say. Melfina pushed the plate away from him and his eyes followed. He was going to protest but her voice was stern.

"Harry, why?"

"Well because I thought it would be best if-"

"If what?" Melfina was becoming impatient and restless she wanted an answer and answer now. Harry was taking too long for her liking.

"...It was...it was...so that I could protect you." Harry mumbled under his breath never once looking into Melfina 's eyes

"Pardon to what Harry?"

"To protect you" he repeated in an inaudible voice.

"To what Harry?" Melfina said slowly and with a firm anger. Melfina was tired of his games and his nonsensical muttering. "To What?" Melfina shouted at him. He slammed his fist on the table as he said..

"To protect you!" Harry shouted back. Harry finial started in to her eyes. He couldn't stand so defiantly when he knew and so did she that he was lying. Melfina looked him dead in his eyes uttered in monotone,

"Don't lie to me." Melfina was taking a whole different stance now she was determined to find out what his problem was. She was unbeknown to her becoming her own person. She was standing up for herself and not being timid anymore. She felt he kept making everything so much more difficult than it needed to be between them.

"Tell me now"

Jim was all alone in the big city not knowing where to turn. He was so franticly looking for a phone booth. Jim was running around in frustration he was surrounded by so many giants and was just a minute creating in this concrete jungle. He felt alone. Unaware of the creature that was traipsing its way towards him.

Can't believe it! He is mine now

Jim became its prey and desire. Jim was unaware of this until and voice screeched up behind him

"Jimmmmmmmm, It's me Aisha"

"Yes Aisha, you look a state"

Harry was nervous and it was beginning to show could he really tell her the truth. He didn't want to lose her but they was things were going he was going to anyway. For that split second he blurted it out, thinking he had nothing to lose,

"I didn't want you to be repulsed by me. Melfina I love you and I know you don't feel the same but over these weeks we've become close and I was afraid to lose that. When I saw you bleeding after ....we...we kissed I thought you hated me"

But he gained the world

Melfina was taken aback and sat down and studied his face for a second. Was he serious? Surely he couldn't think that? In truth he really could after their embrace all she said was Gene. How could she be so stupid? It was almost as if she was afraid to feel for another, shame it had to be Harry MacDougal.

Melfina let a sad smile spread across her face, she couldn't blame him from hating him to being engulfed by his passion it's some journey.

"I don't hate you, Never have."

Jim was standing face to face with the CtarlCtarl he thought he would never see again. She looked the same as always proud but her cloak was as tattered as the first time they met with Gene all that time ago.

"So what are you doing round 'ere?"enquired Jim

"Well I could as the same of you? Shouldn't you be with Fred?"Aisha asked as curiously. It was late and neither should be out this late. Aisha has been demoted again and was sent her to gather information about a new threat. No-one knew their name or purpose all they knew was that it needed to be stopped.

"Aisha you wouldn't believe me if it told you. Let's find somewhere to sleep." Jim said in a small voice. The CtarlCtarl having learnt something about tact and emotions decided not it best to question it. Jim looked steeply and no wonder she thought as the bag he was carrying was twice the size of him.

Aisha took Jim's bag,

"Hey?!"

"You're tired come on where to Jim?"

Jim smiled a smile of gratitude and led the walk and before long they had a roof over head and place to sleep.

Harry 's ears pricked up and became wide with surprise. She never hated him after all that he had done to her. It was at that moment he found his soul and believes in God. There is nothing in this universe other than him that could make something like this happen-forgiveness. He was so overwhelmed with sorrow; he was truly regretful for all the stuff he had done to her. He had never meant to hurt her even when he threw her across the room. He just wanted to be, to be given a chance.

There it was, right in front of him- his chance, his one shot.

Harry fell on his knees in front of Melfina. He as shaking all over full of repentance as he has never wanted forgiveness nor needed it. His life up until now was callous and cold never caring about anyone other than himself. He raised his trembling hands to grabbing Meflina's tracksuit bottoms. His head hung low and his ribbon was falling out of his hair. He looked up with tearful eyes and whispered with quivering lips.

"Melfina...I am so sorry...sorry for everything...forgive me...please."

Melfina was stunned by his break down, Harry was pleading with her. She didn't understand what was going on but she didn't want to see Harry like this any longer. She gently crouched down to his level and held his face in her hand. He didn't want to look at her afraid he'd crumble with shame. Melfina forced him to look into her eyes. She could see he was sorry.

"Harry, I forgave you long ago. Get up there's no need"

Melfina pulled Harry off of his feet he was almost chid like still trying to find his feet. Harry was still taking in what had happened he was free. There was no guilt left in regards to her. She looked up at him and He down on her. The silence the swept into the room was one of relief. Neither had to say anything.

The fighting, misunderstandings, fears became history. Afresh and anew Melfina and Harry's relationship could blossom into something unique - something worth fighting for.

Ahhhh...okay so reviews please...ummm and stuff and the next chapter will take time release...(why mention it? they all do grrr.)

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