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Chapter Ten:

Welcome Home

Three days later – Monday:

House and Cameron had arrived safely at Jacob and Lexi's house late that night. Everyone except Jacob was asleep. He had greeted them quietly, and led them to their room. His daughter hadn't arrived yet, much to Jacob and Allison's dismay.

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Tuesday-

"Would you turn the music down, or even better, off?" Chase was messing with the stereo on Skye's bug. He had insisted on coming with, and Skye didn't have a good reason to refuse. Currently a Bright Eyes song was playing really loudly.

"Fine…" He turned it off. "Don't you have any good artists?"

"Hey, Norah Jones, Bright Eyes, Fiona Apple, and The Fray are great artists, and I don't listen to good artists." Skye rolled her eyes at him. Thanks to him, she had been able to relax a little bit.

Chase pulled out a CD from his duffel. He popped it in. Suddenly classic music started playing, and Skye did everything to not burst out laughing. Chase blushed and put another CD in. Some strange music started to play. There wasn't much singing, and after a minute she found she liked it.

"Who is it?"

"Lullatone. Very relaxing. My sister likes it."

"Not bad."

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About six hours later, around seven pm:

Skye's bug had pulled into the driveway of her old home. Her family had always called it "home," no matter if they had lived there or not. It was where her great-great-grandmother had lived almost all of her life. It was a tiny little green home, recently remodeled, in a very small town in North Dakota. It was a five-bedroom home, about an hour away from a town with a restaurant, hospital, and shopping areas. The only things remaining in the this town was the grain mill, some farms, a couple worn-out homes, an elementary school, a grocery store, and a gas station. Everybody in the town knew everything about everybody. It was kinda creepy. The lights were on in the house, and Skye saw her dad move from the window. She could see her aunt Allison sitting in one of the chairs, and a man that looked vaguely familiar in one of the other chairs. Her dad quickly opened the door and rushed over as soon as she stepped out of the car. They hugged, exchanged a few words, and then he looked over at Chase, who was just getting out of the car.

"Oh, dad, this is my friend, Robert Chase. We work together. And yes, I asked him to come with, and no, we are not sleeping together." Skye knew her father so well. Chase walked up and shook the man's hand. "Chase, this is my dad, Jacob. Just call him Jake." Chase nodded and Jacob smiled at him. Skye looked at the door and saw her aunt walk out.

"Al!" Skye ran over and hugged her aunt.

"Hey, Skye! How was the ride?"

"Great, oh, I brought a friend. I think you'll really like him."

"Smart girl." Cameron said as she walked over to where the car was. "You'll need one." Cameron remembered how much she needed someone when her mom died. Skye led her over and Allison smiled when she saw Chase.

"Chase." She was smiling.

"Cameron." He smiled back.

"Well, this is just going to be one big PPTH reunion… Foreman here too?" Skye smiled and shook her head.

"You worked at PPTH, too?"

"Yep. You're my replacement." Skye stared at her.

"Wait, you said a big reunion… So is House here, too?" Cameron smiled and nodded. A few seconds later the thumping of a cane on the wood porch was heard. Chase shook his head. He hadn't expected House to show up too. Wonder if Cuddy and Wilson will show up… Suddenly a ball of curly, white, fluffy fur bounded out the door after House. The little dog's name was Ozzie. He and House had immediately bonded, and Ozzie loved House's giant tennis ball that he had decided to bring with.

"Wombat!" House feigned his excitedness to see him. Ozzie was busy sniffing out Chase.

"House."

"Didn't think you'd be coming…" He looked at Skye, and then Chase.

"Greg, Skye is my niece." Quickly Ozzie got bored and decided to sniff out Skye, who he hadn't seen in over a year. She smiled and picked him up.

He looked at her. They were only a few years apart! "How many years are between you two?"

"Umm, about four, I think." Skye looked at her father.

"Yep, there's only four years between them. We adopted Skye when she was fifteen, we were thirty, and Allison was nineteen. Skye's twenty-four and Al's twenty-eight. There's a ten year age difference between me and my little sister."

"Is mom at Bismarck? Grand Forks?" Skye was looking at her dad.

He shook his head. "She's in Minot. We know the doctors there. She'll die surrounded by people she knows. That's better than a bigger hospital, with people who could care less." Her mom was a nurse, and everyone loved her at the hospital she worked at.

"When can we go see her?"

"Tomorrow. But let's get you unpacked for starters, alright?" Skye nodded and Cameron grabbed three bags, again much to House's surprise.

"What? I'm strong, okay?" She rolled her eyes at the two men staring at her. Her brother was used to it, as he had been attacked a couple times by his little sister, and he had been pretty banged-up. She started walking back to the house. Skye set down Ozzie, and took the other three, also much to the shock of Chase and House. She shook her head at the guys.

"Volleyball. Junior high to senior year. Get pretty strong arms." Skye followed her aunt, leaving House and Chase silent. The ladies didn't look all the strong, but apparently they were. By eleven, everyone was asleep; Ozzie snuggled in between House and Cameron. Tomorrow the rest of the family should be arriving. Cameron and Skye both could be happier if they didn't come, as most of their family wanted the girls to become nurses or teachers. And none of them would approve at all of the girls' current relationship statuses. But that was tomorrow. Tonight, they'd all just sleep.

Yes, the towns mentioned are totally real, the names might be used next chappie.. But prepare for an hour long car ride with House, Cameron, Chase, Skye, Ozzie, Jacob, and maybe some others, all in one car... :-D R&R please, you have no idea how great it makes me feel...