Delilah stepped into Mel's hug and returned it. "How are you Mel?"

" Eating time yet Melinda ? " Jason asked her. "Do I know you? "Jason teased Delilah.

"Good...I guess...I still can't believe it sometimes...but...you know...it's surviving..." Melinda said, with a slight smile on her face. "So...are you ready to spend some nights here at the hunted mansion of the Blacks?" She asked, joking.

"Yeah...I am making hamburguers and hot dogs...with french fries of course..." Melinda said, as she ran to the kitchen.

"Hey Melinda," Excelsior said, returning her hug quickly. 'Hotdogs and hamburgers, sounds good to me!" He was ready to eat and knew that Melinda was a very good cook. He remembered her hamburgers as being incredibly good.

Melinda smiled. She put the hamburguers on the grill and started to cut the lettuce, the tomatoes and some onions. She prepared the bread and started to serve. One burguer and a hotdog for each. The french fries were ready, so she served again on the plates. She put all the things on a food troll and walked out of the kitchen. "The food is ready...let's go down to the basement...I have a surprise for you..." Melinda said, smiling.

"Smells as great as I remembered," Excelsior said. He began to walk with the rest of the group toward the basement.

Down at the basement, Melinda had her inspiration room, her practice room. A dance floor was at the middle of the room, right back down from it, a pool could be opened. In front of the dance floor, there was a stage, with a karaoke stereo, where she had a lot of CD's and many things. Above the stage, there were two curtains, where she had a white screen where she watched her favorite movies.

"Well, meet my favorite place in this house, besides the library and the kitchen of course, this is where I used to prepare myself for the..." Melinda said, really happy, but her smile faded as soon as she remembered this was also her practice room for Victor and her to the dance contests.

" I love dancing" Jason told everyone. "First, I dance with Delilah, then Melinda, then Rina and then Monca" Jason told everyone.

" I will hold myself to dance...I am having weak ankles..." Melinda said.

Delilah hugged Mel again. "Melinda I really am sorry."

"Thanks...but...I just...can't stop thinking about that day..." Melinda said, trying to hold her tears.

"I'm very sorry," Excelsior told Melinda, understanding she had suffered a huge loss. "If I can help you I will."

"Thanks, I really appreciate it, guys..." Melinda said to her friends.

Jason takes the cd's from Melinda's hand and puts turns them on " Come om Delilah, you are first ' Jason told her

Melinda cleared her tears and served the hamburguers on the tables beside the dance floor.

"Delicisiious Melinda " Jason told her.

"Thanks..." Melinda said, smiling. "...bon apetit..." She said, wondering where Chris would be.

Melinda, you like Chris and I do not mean a freind ? Jason asked her. " Tell me the truth young lady" Jason said.

"Ha ha..." Melinda tried to hide her feelings. "...alright...I admit it..." She said, in a whisper into her cousin Jason's ear. "Just...try not to get it around..." She added.

"Well, whether you were ny cousin or not, I like you beeter for Chris than Roxy' Jason whipsered back to Melinda.

Melinda opened her eyes wide as she heard her cousin. "Mmm...well. I don't know her at all...and you know it's Chris's decision..." She answered in a whisper.

Lilah went over and sat by Rian. "I'm so tired." she said resting her head on her best friends shoulder.

"How about...a karaoke contest...any requests?" Melinda asked, seeing her friends really bored.