A/N: Hey guys, so we have some exciting news concerning our story. Princessgothicfull and I have created a blog for our story. On our blog you can post art, drabbles, stories, comments, songs, anything you want regarding our story. Also, I would like anybody who submitted a character to give me a celebrity to represent your character for the blog. For those of you who do not have a tumblr, and do not wish to make one, I have created a joint account so you guys can still post and look at the blog. If you would like to have the email and password for the account, just PM me, and I'll be happy to set you up. So now, without further ado, here's Mel's chapter.

Mel's POV:

"Mel, wake up!" I heard the voice of my best friend say.

I awoke to a rather pleasant surprise. Jedd had turned the Love Chariot into an RV of some sort. It was actually more like a mansion on wheels. I guess the best way to describe it was as if some fancy house had wheels attached with one room designated for driving. From a quick look outside the window, I realized we were moving. I had apparently fallen asleep on what looked to be a couch and I could smell breakfast being cooked from our kitchen.

"Morning, Har." I said rubbing the sleep out of my eyes.

"Hey, Mel, how do you like your eggs?" Riya called out at me.

"I'll have them scrambled, please."

I had no idea she could cook, and by the smell of it, she was a pretty good one at that. I thought for a moment. The last time I had an actual home cooked meal, was with my aunt. My Aunt Joanne was a daughter of Hecate, therefore only my half aunt, but she is practically my mother. The smell made me nostalgic and almost immediately, my hand flicked up to my bronze, prisma charm necklace. My aunt had given it to me as a present when the monsters first realized I was a demigod. At first I thought it was just a simple necklace, but it is really a Celestial Bronze whip, fashioned with a studded handle and a pointed tip. Most people couldn't believe that a girl like me owned such a wicked and dangerous weapon. But you see, that is one of my strengths. Everybody always underestimates me, and it's extremely fun to prove them wrong.

Riya walked up with a plate filled with eggs, toast, sausage, and even a waffle.

"Where did you find all this stuff?" I asked shyly, shocked at the amount of food on my plate.

"Before we started moving again, Riya and I asked some nymphs nearby for some food. In return, they gave us these magic grocery bags. Basically you wish for a grocery item and it comes out of the bag. Pretty cool isn't it." Harlow explained for me.

She sat down next to me, then with a fork, stabbed a sausage and ate it. Harlow was extremely tall for her age, therefore, she needed to eat more than most girls her age. I didn't mind sharing with her, after all, Riya had cooked us a feast.

"Hello beautiful, miss me?" Connor said walking in with ruffled hair, and just a pair of sweatpants. He then walked over to Riya and kissed her head, only to be responded with a hard shove from Riya.

I laughed silently, Connor and Riya acted like an old married couple. It was so obvious that they liked each other, they were just to oblivious to notice it.

"Not a chance. And get a shirt on." She said rolling her eyes.

"Come on, darling, are you still going to tell me that you don't want to get with all of this." He said wiggling his eyebrows, and striking a male model like pose, that almost made me double over laughing.

"Shut up."

"Well that's no way to talk to your boyfriend…"

"You are not my boyfriend. I don't even like you."

"Well last night when you—"

She immediately cut him off with a sharp jab with her elbow to his gut. Whatever he was about to say, she really didn't want us knowing.

"I was going to say last night when you kissed me." Connor said clutching his side.

Riya looked as if she were about to murder him.

"You kissed Connor!" I said excitedly.

"We were near some couples kissing spot in Central Park and skeletons were about to attack us, so to blend in, I kissed him. It wasn't even real." Riya said extremely fast.

"That's not what I was talking about." Connor said with a mischievous twinkle in his eye.

Whatever he was about to say, was cutoff, when a lightning bolt flashed outside. Riya gave him a deathly glare, and then marched away from us towards the driver's seat.

Now, I was extremely curious. I had to know what had happened between them. Something other than what Riya had just explain to us had happened, and I was going to get to the bottom of it…well, hopefully. Detective Mel, on The Case Connor's and Riya's kiss, after all, if they weren't going to admit their feelings to each other, a little meddling was in order.

I followed Riya's direction to see her talking to Jedd about how much longer this drive was going to be. I heard him say it was normally about 16 hours, but with the Love Chariot acting as a house, it will take 8 hours. Perfect, enough time to do everything and more. I giggled slightly when I saw Riya groan and slap her head in despair.

"Hey, is there a shower on this thing?" Riya asked Jedd, the both of them still not realizing I was standing there. I am remarkably stealthy.

"Give me one second, my mom taught me how to create a bathroom a little while back." Jedd replied. He squinted for a split second, still not taking his eyes of the road then went back to normal.

"Okay, thanks." Riya said standing up. I quickly ran ahead hoping to catch her in her room before she went to the bathroom.

"Hey, Mel." Riya said to me half-heartedly.

"Are you okay?" I asked her concerned; she wasn't acting like her normal self.

She she nodded. "I'm fine, it just was a long night, and I just have a lot on my mind right now."

"Talk to me, you'll feel better." I said thinking that this is the best way to figured out what happened.

"It's hard to explain…" she said. Riya looked so much older than she actually was, I can tell she's been through a lot. I also noticed another thing about her: when she feels a strong emotion, like anger or happiness, the lightning bolt charm on her Camp Half Blood necklace glows, just a little brighter. Another thing about me, I pay attention to ALL the details.

"Okay, but I'll always be here for you if you ever to to talk. Harlow too." I said with a warm smile I saw her charm starting to brighten, so I knew to back off.

She returned me smile, as she picked up some fresh clothes that had been lying on her bed. When she gathered them up in her arms, a note fell off of it. I immediately picked it up and scanned its contents.

Dear Miss Riya,

I hope that you find the clothes I picked out "appropriate" for your quest. You're a very pretty girl. Don't hide it with those horrible sweatpants and other horrablicious clothing. Athena informs me that horrablicious is not a word, but I'm sure you know what I mean, after all you are a smart girl too. Good luck on your quest.

Love,

Aphrodite

P.S. Tell my son that his new haircut looks good. Also, that I love him

P.P.S I know that you are in—

In what? Before I could finish reading, Riya snatched it out of my hands. Darn dyslexia. I wondered how Riya could read so easily. I knew she had dyslexia, but every time I've seen her reading, she looks as if she has no trouble at all.

Ok, so Riya was a dead end. New plan: ask Harlow for help when questioning Connor. Then talk to Jedd and see if he knows anything.

When I'm about to approach Harlow's room, I realize that she's talking to somebody.

"Did not." I heard Connor say.

"Did to." I heard her replied.

"Did not."

"Ughhh! Why do you have to be so annoying?" I heard Harlow reply. Those two and their arguments: Baseless, logicless, and stupid, but extremely entertaining.

I then heard footsteps nearing the door, so I stepped out of the way. As I was walking away from the door, I realized something. If I had my own room, why had I fallen asleep on the couch? And then it struck me.

Flashback:

"So, how are you feeling?" I asked Jedd, who looked as if he had been hit by a bus. Fighting monsters gave the same effect, more or less.

"Better…" he mumbled. "Where are Connor and Riya?" he asked propping himself up against the ambulance style bed.

"They left a little while ago. They're checking Central Park right now." I explained calmly.

Harlow walked up then said, "Jedd, how much energy does it take to transform the Love Chariot?"

"None, why?"

"Then can you please turn this dump, into something better?" Harlow said. I would have never asked something like this, I tend to think more about others, rather than myself.

"Sure, on one condition, no gas guzzlers. I hate big cars." He replied.

Jedd squinted his eyes for a moment, then almost instantly, the squished up ambulance turned into a luxurious mansion on wheels.

"Woah…" was all I managed to say, it was the biggest house/car I had ever seen…well that might not be much considering this was the first house/car I had seen.

"Now go back to sleep Jedd, the last thing we want is a beauty sleep deprived Aphrodite." Harlow said with a slight chuckle.

Jedd looked like he was about to protest, but obviously decided against it as he suck back into the stretcher/ couch he was now lying on.

"Mel, c'mon let's go do something…" Harlow said the minute Jedd's eyes had closed.

Boy, this was going to be a long night.

End Flashback

So, now back to business, once Connor had passed, I walked into Harlow's room.

"So, what was that about?" I asked her with a curious smile.

"Nothing, Connor was being just stupid…" she replied as if that explained everything.

"Ok, well, I kinda need to cash in a favor…" I said hoping she and Connor were still on talking terms.

"Sure, what is it?" asked an unsuspecting Harlow.

"I need you to ask Connor what happened between him and Riya last night."

"Didn't Riya explain everything earlier; I don't think there's anything else to the story."

"I think there is. Connor has been acting more romatic-y to Riya, and Riya's acting colder than ever."

Harlow sighed, "Fine, but you owe me one, no, you owe me two." She said standing up grumpily.

"Thanks, Harlow." I said appreciatively.

"The things I do for my best friend…" Harlow said with a light eye roll.

I laughed, "Well, considering everything I've done for you, I'll call it even."

"Even it is…"

I skipped out of the room happily, mission 1: Talk to Harlow-complete. Mission 2: Talk to Jedd-in progress. When I approached him, Jedd was still in the driver's seat driving.

"You know, it's not good to drive for so long, we should pull over and take a break." I suggested.

Jedd looked at me nervously, then said, "Yeah. Okay. Sure. Whatever."

I nodded, and then headed back to my room, we would have plenty of time to discuss Riya and Connor's relationship at the next stop.

I quickly found Harlow and Connor deep in conversation, and told them of our plan. I wondered what Harlow had figured out from Connor. I then saw Riya come out from her room. Her hair was still slightly damp, and she had done up her make up in a way that really brought out her eyes. She was in a clean white tank top with the words: Beware written across it and a pair of jeans. It was funny, how she looked like some super model while the rest of us looked like we had been hit by a bus. Hmmm, maybe we should consider taking showers more often, they apparently work miracles…

Riya practically takes like 5 showers a day. If the rest of us are lucky, we take 1 a day…but hey I guess every demigod's got their quirks!

"Hey guys, why don't we spend the night here?" Jedd said as we slowly came to a stop.

I looked outside the window, it was almost nightfall, and while our house on wheels was good for the road, I think a little time on non-moving land would be good for all of us.

Hotel La Florida, it looked quite fancy from the outside, so I assumed it would be a safe place to stay until we reached Orlando. I figured that we were on the border of Florida, so hopefully by tomorrow we could be in Orlando. A good night's rest will do all of us some good…plus this way the little mortal money Chiron had given us could actually come into use. These days, drachma bills were all the rage on Olympus, no mortal money necessary.

We each took a bag from the Love Chariot, and then headed into the building. The man at the front desk gave us a disapproving look. So Riya said, "Guys, let me handle this one."

I wanted to argue, and figure out a plan together first. But Riya's the leader, so what she says goes…plus I figured she had plan, but I couldn't help myself but need to know what she was going to do.

"3 rooms please." Riya said calmly.

"I doubt you are able to pay for it, young child. Now shoo, this is a hotel for sophisticated people." He said grumpily.

"My mother was THE Ariel Carna. I can afford it."

"Oh my goodness! Riyanna Carna! Welcome, welcome, please take the best suites in the hotel. I am so sorry for your loss." He said turning bright red. I had always thought that Riya looked familiar, but I assumed it was because she looked like Zeus. Ariel Carna…now that made sense.

"Hey, guys, I got us some rooms." A radiant Riya said.

A/N: So that's Mel's chapter. Wondered why the flashback ended so abruptly? Well here's your chance to figure out what really happened. To promote the use of our blog, I want you guys to write the missing segment of the flashback. What do you think Mel and Harlow did, leaving Mel sleeping on the couch? All you have to do is write a quick drabble, post it on the blog (you may use the joint account if you wish, but then you must sign your penname on the drabble), and wait to see the results. The winner of the contest will have their drabble featured in this chapter itself, and be able to create one character to join the 5 for 2 chapters. The contest is open to anybody, even those who do not have characters entered. Happy writing, and please, please, please review!