Mel is clearly shown as a person who's not afraid that much to speak her own mind. Mel lives in the same building as Sonny upstairs, above her. At first, when Mel hears Sonny writing her song, she finds Sonny a little loud. Mel works as a waitress at The Patio, where she makes a deal with Sonny over $30 to see if Sonny could get a standing ovation. Mel appears to be a person who can "read" people, like Sonny and Chad can in previous old episodes. Mel could read Grady quite well, which means she's clearly good at it, just not under pressure. At the beginning, Sonny & Mel are kind of frenemies, but near the end when she talks to Sonny heart to heart about Sonny's unrealised feelings for Chad isn't yet out of her system which was why sonny couldn't play infront of him.