After yesterday's tiring day pulling herself out of the comfy bed was quite a challenge but Melody somehow managed to do it. The room itself wasn't big, but it was cosy and the multitude of pillows on the bed made her feel like she was sleeping on clouds. A massive walk in wardrobe too up one entire wall, and it made Melody wonder what its purpose was since her clothes didn't even seem to fill in half of it. She supposed that it must have been there to store all of Chris's various costumes he used over the years, being a billionaire came with its benefits after all. Picking out some clean jeans and a simple white top, she took a quick shower before getting dressed and walking downstairs. She would have gladly stayed under the warm water much longer but the growing rumbling of her stomach won her over in the end.

Reaching the kitchen she noted that no one was present in the room yet, especially since it was too early to get up yet and because Chris seemed to need a lot of beauty sleep. Deciding to make bacon and eggs she searched through the well stocked fridge and took out a frying pan. There was a small aspect of guilt about how the campers were starving in the woods while she ate well but she ignored it and concentrated on the cooking. Soon enough the smell of bacon wafted into the air and through the open kitchen doors, likely spreading all around the almost empty mansion. She had make sure to fry extra for the two men living with her, especially since she hasn't met a man yet that could resist bacon early in the morning.

Soon enough there were several bangs upstairs before two sets of sluggish footsteps could be heard. Chris entered the kitchen with droopy eyes and the cutest bed head she had ever seen. He was being followed by Chef who looked much more awake than his employer, his eyebrows raised at the fact that the medic was cooking instead of the chef. Melody just shrugged at his look and finished off the breakfast, placing it evenly on three plates although she did give the guys just a little bit more. She couldn't eat much in the morning anyway. Placing the plates on the table she noticed Chris's dark eyes following her around the kitchen, which combined with his ruffled hair made him look almost god like, not that she would tell him that. His ego was big enough as it is, it didn't need another boost.

"Morning sleepy heads."

"Morning, why were you up so early? I don't even wake up the campers this early."

"I guess I just couldn't sleep, besides this is probably going to be a busy day knowing you. I'm going to need all the preparation that I can get."

Nodding in understanding, Chris started scoffing down the breakfast very un-host like, causing Melody and Chef look at him curiously. Chef followed his suit, except that he made sure to be more polite while eating unlike Chris who seemed to have forgotten his table manners for a minute. They were both finished very soon and Melody made a move to stand up and put the plates in the sink when Chef stopped her.

"You did the cooking, no need to help me with the dishes."
"You sure"

"Yeah"

"I'm going on a walk then."

Turning back to Chris Melody noticed that he was the only one that hasn't moved from his seat yet, just blankly staring at the wall and looking like he was going to fall asleep at any moment. He made no move to help Chef out and instead got up to walk back upstairs, no doubt back to bed. A small cough made him turn around and face Melody who was looking at him pointedly before pointing to chef washing the dishes.

"Hey Chris. Aren't you going to help Chef clean up?"

"Me, no. I'm the host here, he's the chef. Besides, do you know how long it takes me to look as good as I look normally?"

"I can only guess. By guys I'll see you at the next challenge."

Heading out of the mansion, she followed a small path towards the forest making sure to remember the way she came. She would be living on this island for a while and getting to know it would be the best way to move around freely. She couldn't afford getting lost during a challenge, no doubt Chris would be disappointed and whenever that happened he seemed to be very willing to take it out on the poor campers. The forest itself was beautiful though she had no doubt that is could be very dangerous as well, Chris would make sure of that since it's the place that the campers currently lived in. The peaceful silence of the forest was quickly broken by nearby shouts, cusing Melody to hasten towards them. When she reached the place where they originated from she saw Shaw and Jasmine with Sammy who was holding her hand and looking panicked. Walking closer she noticed a big rash on it, explaining the scared look on Sammy's face. her footsteps must have alerted the campers as they looked in her direction, relief visible in their features.

"What happened?"
"Our little friend over here decided to pick up the little apple of death."

"Well it's a good thing she didn't eat it."

"But what do I do? I can't do the challenges like this!"

"It will be ok, just go to a stream and use the water and sand to rub the rash. It should take about a minute or so for the rash to go down."

"She's right. That's the fastest way to do it."

"But I was supposed to help with the food."

"Don't worry about it mate. I can handle this."

Jasmine sent Sammy off towards the closest stream while she and Shawn continued to collect the berries that looked edible. Nodding to them melody was about to continue on her way when Chris's voice pierced the air. Judging from his smug voice she deduced that he must have finally woken up properly and got ready, a feat for him under the limited time he had.

"Campers. The only good thing about this morning is that it's going to get worse, for you."

Melody rolled my eyes as his laughter filled the air.

"There's a path heading into the forest. Follow it to today's curtacular challenge."

After a couple of minutes of walking, she finally reached the clearing that Chris showed her yesterday, most of the campers already being present. they were just now eating the berries their teammates collected for them this morning, showing her just how hard this season of Total Drama would be. Chris always provided the campers with at least food and shelter, but this season they were left to themselves in a forest filled with dangerous animals and poisonous plants. Reaching Chris she decided that the safest place to stand would probably end up being at his side again if the evil smile on his face was anything to go by.

"Welcome victims, to the ofsticle relay race of hilarious hurts."

"Great name, total props Chris."

"Thankyou Topher. Now each player takes on a different ofsticle starting with the greased log over a thorny bog. That gets you to the greasy zip line over the ravine for the next player. Then a quick and painful journey through the greasetacular, tubtacular. Next up is the grease tires and then a pass on to the greasy wheelbarrow race. The last lucky player climbs a rope up the greased wall, or tries to and falls which is much funnier."

Chris laughed at the despairing faces of the campers as they looked at the greasy path ahead of them. All of them would no doubt end up being soaked in the fluid by the end of each part of the challenge and there wasn't even a place to wash it off except the various streams, though she wouldn't be surprised if they contained piranhas or crocodiles. Poor Dave looked like he was ready to be sick, his face going pale. Looking over the other camper's reactions, her attention was quickly caught by Topher who waved at her with a smile. She was about to wave back but before she could do, so she found herself pinned to something warm and hard restricting any movement she wanted to make. Gazing up she noticed Chris towering over her, a glare etched into his face although it wasn't directed at her but Topher. The boy didn't seem too bothered about it and in fact returned it with a glare of his own, his hands clenched. It almost seemed like the two of them were having a battle in their minds with her stuck in the middle and struggling to breathe. She wasn't the only one to notice the staring battle as the other campers were giving them questionable looks as well but before any of them could ask about what was happening they turned away from each other with a huff. Chris still refused to release her but his grip loosened slightly allowing her to take in a deep breath. It felt nice being held like this for once. She was always too shy for a boyfriend so she never experienced anything like this. She could already feel the blush lighting up on her face not only from chris's actions but also from all of the cameras and campers that were watching the interaction as well. She only hoped that Chris would edit this moment out of the actual footage.

"Yep. Now I was going to have you pass a relay baton but I couldn't find any."

"What are you going to make us use instead? Hohoh, this is going to be so good."

Topher seemed have momentarily forgotten about the disagreement he had with Chris only moments ago, and was now rubbing his hands excitedly at the prospect of a new challenge. he was either a really devoted fan to forgive Chris so easily or he was just a very talented actor. Either way it seemed almost weird to Melody.

"You'll be using greased wild boars."

Everyone watched as Chef dragged the two wild boars in. Even he had some difficulty in doing it so she had no doubt that the campers would be in even more trouble, especially ones like Dave. He just didn't seem strong enough, and with all the grease everywhere…

"Not so much as batons but bacons."

Melody gave Chris and incredulous look. That joke was terrible. Chef just shrugged his shoulders as if he was used to this, but even he raised an eyebrow when Topher complimented him once again while laughing. She was really starting to consider whether there was something seriously wrong with him.

"Good one Chris."

"Thank You Topher. First team across the finish line with their boar wins."

By noe Melody had lost any interest in the conversation as Topher's team started arguing that they have 7 people to 6 ofsticles which is more than they needed. Noting the three beach chairs in front of a large screen she endeavoured to try and sit down but was once again was stopped by Chris's arm which refused to leave her body. This time it abandoned her shoulders and wrapped itself tightly around her waist bringing her back in the position she was in a moment ago, only this time her entire back was pressed up against his chest allowing her to feel exactly how muscled he was. Not that she was thinking about that at all. The start of the challenge quickly brought her out of the dangerous thoughts that were plaguing her mind.

"Ready, Set… Go!"

With that said and the campers starting the challenge, Chris finally released her from his grip making her legs feeling like they would collapse at any moment from the embarrassment and the shivers that went up her spine at his touch. She practically ran towards the chairs that were set up for them, making Chris chuckle lightly at how silly she no doubt must have looked. She decided to ignore him in favour of her sanity, preferring to focus instead on the challenge in front of her.

Rodney and Sky were first in the challenge. Sky seemed to have some more difficulty than Rodney, even having a pig fart in her face while he went straight on the log. The tables soon changed however as Sky used her olympic abilities to flip on the pig and slide the rest of the way across while Rodney stumbled and slipped until he finally fell dropping the pig to Topher. He fell on his privates. Melody winced while Chris laughed. Most of the male players probably wouldn't be able to have kids by the time they got out of this show.

"And that's why they call it the ofsticle, right Chris?

"Nice one Topher!"

She rolled her eyes again but to be truthful she was already getting used to all of the terrible jokes Chris came up with and the constant praises he got from Topher. She could only imagine how Chef must have felt working with Chris all these years. Looking back towards the challenge she noticed Shawn getting bitten by his pig, releasing the zip line and unfortunately falling off the cliff. At least there was a lake at the bottom and his pig still managed to get across to Sugar hitting her straight in the face. Topher on the other hand managed to strap himself to the zip line and went down smoothly.

"Dude, Chris...I am buying this challenge. You must have been up all night planning this one, because you kind of look like you were."

The panic on Chris's face was enough to tell her just how much he stressed over his appearance and how bad that comment must have affected him. His hands immediately reached up to touch his face as he looked at melody and Chef questioningly.

"Do I look tired?"

Chef just turned away awkwardly, trying to avoid answering by whistling a soft tune and trying to pretend as if he didn't hear the question. Realising that he wasn't going to be any help, Chris turned his desperation towards melody who winced at having to answer him. Looking closely one could see the slightly visible bags under his eyes and the stress marks that appeared here and there on his face. To a normal man it wouldn't have been anything to worry about, but Chris wasn't just any man, and his appearance was everything to him. She didn't want to crush him by telling him the truth.

"Just a bit. You can't really see it unless you look really closely."

Chris's head fell into his arms and he let out a loud groan.

"The viewers are looking at me closely. I can't look tired, it ruins my image!"

"How about I make you some tea then. I've got a special kind that helps you sleep. I use it all the time."

He looked at her studying her face carefully for a minute before nodding and straightening out again, the infamous smile on his face. He looked as he was about to say something but was interrupted when Topher attempted to call a brake in place of Chris, when he noticed that the current host was still preoccupied by the earlier remark. I could see the scowl on Chris's face and if eyes could kill then Topher would be dead ten times over.

"Which pork will place first, find out after the break here on Total…"

"Ehem.."

Topher turned around looking petrified but not the least bit apologetic.

"I am so sorry. I didn't know what I was…"

Chris just pushed past him, the scowl on his face instantly turning into a smile when he reached the camera.

"It's neck to neck and about to get tubular. Who's got the pork chops to win? Find out right here on Total Drama Pahkitew Island!"

She almost burst out laughing when Chris was doing his presentation. Topher was still behind him and insisted on copying all of Chris's facial expressions and gestures right behind him in front of a world wide public. One thing was sure, Chris would not be happy when he saw that when he was viewing the footage later. It made her almost want to sit back with a bag of popcorn and just watch all of the drama that was about to unfold.