A/N: As always thanks for your kind reviews, they always brighten my day. I am going to try and wrap up their nightmare trip to Boston hopefully either this or next chapter, because I want to move on to Christmas! Until then, have fun reading chapter ten.

Chapter Ten- Mother Knows Best

"You bitch," House whispered, did I just say that out loud?

"EXCUSE ME!" Lois yelled, oh shit! Everyone at the table, including the kids turned to face House. Damn it, all you had to do was get along with these people for three days; you couldn't do that for Cuddy? The Wilson voice shouted in his head.

"Kids, why don't we go play in the playroom?" Jack suggested, not wanting to get involved in whatever is going on.

"But we haven't eaten yet, dad." Sarah said.

"Take your plates with you okay?" Lois sweetly said glaring at House out of the corner of her eyes. Jack, Derrick, Kate and Sarah picked up their plates and headed upstairs running into Cuddy on the way up.

"Lisa, are you okay?" Jack asked, after seeing Cuddy's red eyes and nose. Jack turned to the kids and handed them his plate signaling he wanted to speak to Lisa alone.

"Yeah, I'll be fine, it's just my mother you know?" Jack nodded sympathetically and caressed Cuddy's cheek. Cuddy flinched and backed up into the wall.

"What the hell are you doing?" Cuddy hissed.

"Come on; don't tell me you don't like it." Jack whispered, and moved closer to Cuddy. Cuddy felt the walls closing in on her and slammed Jack against the wall with all of her strength.

"Listen, I know all about your little affairs and I am keeping my mouth shut for my mother's sake. Just because I am nice to you doesn't mean I want to sleep with you. In case you haven't noticed, we are at a family function and my boyfriend is chewing out my mother. So, if it's okay with you, I am going to go salvage what is left of my relationship with my mother, I suggest you do the same with your wife." Cuddy snapped and stormed off, leaving a speechless Jack in her wake. Cuddy was determined to give her mother a piece of her mind about her interfering with her relationships, but as she approached the dining room it seemed like House was handling it pretty well. She quietly hung in the doorway and watched House work his magic.

"What do you care how many hours Cuddy works a week? You have your head shoved up Julia's ass all the time, you don't even notice Cuddy." House asked.

"How dare you say such a thing about me, I love both my daughters equally!" House scoffed,

"Now I highly doubt that, otherwise you wouldn't rag on Cuddy so much.

"I am just trying to make Lisa realize how lucky she is to have a family."

"By talking about Julia nonstop? Yeah I bet Cuddy really feels the love from you." House said sarcastically.

"I am showing Lisa how to be a good mother and housewife, Julia is a good example."

"Cuddy is a great mother."

"Lisa needs to spend some time at home otherwise Emma will think the nanny is her mother." From the doorway a tear slipped down Cuddy's cheek.

"LOIS!" Kevin Cuddy yelled at his wife from across the table. House heard a sniffle and turned to see Cuddy crying in the doorway, he was tired of seeing Cuddy shed tears over this bitch of a mother.

"So, you think Cuddy's a bad mother? Did you forget about the time she stayed up all night rocking Emma when she had a fever, or how she would call the nanny 25 times a day to remind her to tell Emma how much Cuddy loves her or refused to go back to work until she knew her daughter had the best nanny in all of New Jersey? Or did you overlook those details because Cuddy actually chose to have a career instead of Julia who stays home all day and lives off her husband?" To hear how proud House was of her as a mother was too much for Cuddy, she let out a sob and ran around the table to House burying her head in his chest.

Lois was shocked and a little sad that her daughter heard everything she said about her. Kevin and Julia were happy Cuddy found someone who would stick up to Lois for her.

"Thank…" Cuddy let out another sob, "you…so much…I…" she sniffed, "think…we should…go…home!" House stood up and brought Cuddy into the living room where they could talk. House sat down first and brought Cuddy down into his arms, rubbing her back soothingly.

"Shhhh…It's not your fault your mother is crazy." Cuddy laughed and hiccupped. From inside the dining room Kevin Cuddy saw the couples embrace and turned to Julia and Lois.

"Lois, I think you need to apologize to Lisa."

"Kevin, don't be ridiculous, Greg should apologize to me." Lois said. Kevin scowled, he loved his wife, he really did, but sometimes she could be a massive pain in the ass.

"Greg was standing up for Lisa," Kevin felt a lightbulb pop in his head, "which is what you wanted him to do all along didn't you?" Lois smirked,

"I don't know what you are talking about Kevin; I would never do such a thing."

"Lois, I have been married to you for thirty five years, you goaded Greg into confronting you to prove how loyal he is to Lisa, didn't you?"

"It worked, didn't it?" Julia was stunned, she had no idea her mother was that manipulative.

"Lois, I know you think what you are doing is clever, but you destroyed your relationship with your daughter, you need to fix it."

From the couch, Cuddy and House were in the middle of talking about their plans to leave when House got an epiphany.

"House what is it?"

"Your mother tricked me into sticking up for you."

"What?"

"It makes sense, she was convinced I was only in this relationship for the sex, which is true," Cuddy punched House in the shoulder, "ouch, anyway, I don't think she planned on you hearing everything, but she did plan on provoking me into standing up for you to prove my faithfulness." Cuddy was flabbergasted, she had no idea her mother was that smart.

"Wow, I would never thought I would see the day when Gregory House was tricked," Cuddy snarked.

"I do slip up occasionally, now I see where you get your scary and evil-conniving gene from."

"What can I say, I learn from the best."

"Damn right you do, and it's a massive turn on."

"If I knew me trying to pull a fast one on you gets you hard, I'll try to be more cunning in the future." House and Cuddy were interrupted from their conversation by Lois Cuddy entering the room.

"Lisa, can we speak in private?"

A/N 2: I am so sorry this took so long, writers block is a bitch I must defeat. I have decided next chapter will be the end of the thanksgiving festivities. Since I haven't updated in a bit, I can tell you that the Cuddy/Lois conversation might turn ugly. Read and review to find out the whole thing!