Wow, I had soo much fun writing this first part that I kinda forgot about my car ride promise. But, I made the chappie really long, and it's in here! (I know some people might think they should be mourning, but the mom isn't dead yet, and I just couldn't resist.) Enjoy!

Chapter Eleven:

Makeup, Cancellations, and Car Rides

House woke up to the smell of pancakes, and something licking his face. He opened his eyes and saw Ozzie trying to get him to wake up. He groaned and rolled out of bed, Ozzie wagging his tail happily. He walked out of the bedroom to find Cameron and Skye giggling madly. They both looked up at him, and then they just burst out laughing. There was a huge plate of pancakes on the table, complete with pitchers of orange juice and milk. House glared at them, trying to figure out what was so funny. Suddenly Chase came out from his room, and House started laughing. Late last night, House had snuck in and put make-up all over Chase's face. It was too hard to resist. But as soon as Chase looked at House, he burst out laughing. What neither one knew was that Skye had been awake when House came in and put the make-up Chase's face. So, Skye had waited until she was sure House was back in bed and asleep, and then she snuck into his room, woken up her aunt, and together they had put little bows and hairclips (left over from when they had a three-year-old foster daughter living in the house) in House's hair, done his make-up, including bright pink lipstick on the top lip, and bright green on the bottom (left over from multiple Halloweens). They had also tied little bows on his cane.

"Nice hair!" Chase said between breaths. That made House shut up, causing the girls to laugh harder. Cameron was almost crying.

"Nice eyebrows." House had taken an eyebrow pencil and drawn elaborate spirals and flowers. Chase stared at him wide-eyed before rushing to the bathroom, House following. Suddenly, as if they were thinking the same thing, they both yelled at the girls; House at Cameron, and Chase at Skye, causing both ladies to walk over.

Cameron took a deep breath before trying to explain. "Greg snuck into your room last night and put the make-up on your face…" Cameron started laughing again. Both men were staring (well, House was glaring) at her, making the make-up look even funnier.

Skye continued: "And I was still awake, so a while later I snuck into your room, woke up Al, and together we did your makeup." As soon as she saw House's glare she burst out laughing. Chase smiled at the two ladies that were almost doubled-over with laughter.

"Thank you. You guys are awesome." Skye smiled back at him.

"Welcome… And anyways, this was well worth it." Suddenly Chase made a beeline to the bedroom. Everybody just stared at the door until he emerged a moment later with shampoo, clothes, and some towels. House glared at him.

"Now, if you don't mind, I'm going to take a shower." House walked out of the bathroom.

"You girls are going to pay." House said before limping off to the bedroom. Cameron and Skye shared a smiled before going back to check on the muffins. Moments later Jacob walked out of his bedroom.

"Mmm… smells good, girls. I've missed your cooking." He walked out into the kitchen and took a muffin from the tray that had just been taken from the oven.

"Hey, leave the muffins alone! We have to feed the whole family, you know." Cameron swatted his hand with a spatula. He grinned at his little sister.

"Where are the boys?" Cameron and Skye shared a glance, and then Cameron explained.

"Well, Robert," previously they had all decided to call each other by their first names, "is in the shower, and I think Greg is asleep." Cameron said, covering everything up. Her brother wouldn't much like it if his little sister was aiding his daughter in the prank committed. Skye turned her back to her father so he couldn't see her grinning. Suddenly Chase emerged from the bathroom, hair dried and fully dressed. The makeup was totally gone from his face. He smiled as he, too, took a muffin. This time Skye was the one wielding the pain-inducing spatula. Suddenly the main phone rang and Jacob went over to answer it. After a few moments he turned around with a sad look on his face.

"That was Aunt Christie, they won't be able to make it up here. So I guess it will be just us." If Aunt Christie couldn't come, then no one else would, as Christie spoke for over half of the family.

"Well, think about it dad, they are in California… And they all have big jobs. But hey, let's just get some breakfast and then go see mom, okay?" Skye tried to feign her sadness about the fact that they wouldn't be able to come. She was so happy that they wouldn't be happy. One side of the family was very traditional. They thought that women being doctors and not marrying by the age of thirty was just wrong. Her dad nodded his head.

"Hey, didn't a new make-your-own stuffed animal shop just open up? Maybe we could stop there first." Cameron suggested. She had seen it in the newspaper. Everyone nodded in agreement (House wondered if he could get a stuffed rat, he could imagine all the pranks that he could set up…), and sat down to breakfast.

About an hour and a half later:

"Shotgun!" Chase was staring at the car they were all going to fit in. It was huge, it could seat up to seven. Jacob was already getting into the driver's seat, and Skye and Cameron rushed to the way back of the car. That's where they had always had to sit, and they had written little notes all over the seat in front of them. House, who had showered, decided to sit in front of them, as the other choice was sitting between the two girls.

As soon as the car started moving, he could hear giggles behind him. Skye had just pointed out something that Cameron had written, about two years ago, about Chase. There was a heart with "I love Chase's hair!" in it.

"Did you really like his hair?" Skye whispered to her aunt, though it was loud enough for House to hear.

"Still do." At this House turned around.

"Whose hair?"

"Robert's!" Skye exclaimed, getting a glare from her aunt.

"What?" He turned around, but after seeing the glare on House's face he decided to go back to reading his book.

"Skye! Look at this one!" Cameron pointed to a little marking. It had little tallies; Cameron and Skye would always mark the times when they weren't sure if they'd make it to their destination. "When did you add this one?" House soon became uninterested in what they were discussing, so he listened to his iPod. As soon as he turned it on, very soft, gentle music started playing. Definitely not Rolling Stones.

"Allison!" House turned back around and glared at her.

"What did I do now?"

"My iPod! You changed the songs!"

"How? I haven't had access to a computer." Cameron rolled her eyes. Why am I the one who always does everything? Robert could have done it… He brought with his computer. Skye looked ahead and saw Chase turn around and wink at her.

"Well, then who did it?" Cameron had seen Chase turn around and tried to keep a straight face.

"Well, Ozzie is a smart dog." Suddenly, at the mention of his name, the little furball hopped out of House's bag.

"Oh, well hello, Ozzie! How are you on this fine day? You didn't mess with my iPod, now did you?" The dog cocked his head at House. "No, you didn't? Well, I never believed Allison, but I had to make sure that she was lying. I'm sorry, Oz." House glared back at Cameron. "How dare you! Blame the ones who can't defend themselves. And a poor little puppy at that!" House picked up Ozzie and put his head on the back of the chair, so that Cameron could perfectly see his adorable face. "I thought you liked animals!" Ozzie tried to paw Cameron's face.

"I only said you were a smart puppy, Ozzie. Don't listen to him. He's just mad because he doesn't have his Rolling Stones." Cameron ruffled the fur on the dog's head.

"Why's Ozzie in the car, anyways?" Skye asked.

"He was giving Greg the puppy-dog face and being the giant marshmallow he is he just couldn't stand leaving the dog alone." Chase didn't turn around as he said it. He could feel House's glare.

"I did not, and I am not a marshmallow! I'm far to tan and muscular. And Ozzie just decided to fall asleep in my bag-"

"And you just couldn't stand to wake up the poor puppy." Cameron cut in, playing with the dog's paws.

"No, he wouldn't move."

"Well, either way proves that you're just a big softie, but at least mom will like to see him." Skye smiled fondly at the dog. Her mom had picked him out, and her dad thought it was a dumb idea at the time, but it was apparent that he loved the dog a lot. Ozzie playfully barked at Cameron, who was playing with his paws.

Deciding that it would be best to just give up the fact that he was a big softie, as he was against three people and a dog, House pulled out his GameBoy and turned it on. At least this works… But, after playing with it for a few minutes it shut off. Ozzie had decided that House was too boring and went over to play with the girls behind him.

"Hey dad, about how much longer do we have?" Skye asked her father.

"Well, from Plaza to Minot is about an hour and we've been driving for about thirty-five minutes so-"

"It's about another twenty minutes. You could have just said that."

"Just making sure you still know your math."

Skye rolled her eyes. "Of course I do dad!"

After a few minutes of silence, House heard a Rolling Stones song coming from Chase's seat. House threw a pen at him to get his attention. Chase turned down the music (which had been purposely loud) and looked at House.

"What?"

"You changed the songs on my iPod!"

"What?" Chase tried to act like he had no idea what was going on. Thankfully the girls were too consumed with Ozzie to notice what was going on, or else they may have started to laugh.

"You changed the songs on my iPod. Need I say it any slower?"

"No I didn't."

"Well, Allison didn't, Skye wouldn't dare as she just started working for me-" that got an angry "hey!" from Skye, who took it as an insult, as she would do it, whether she just started working for him or not, "and Ozzie couldn't, so that leaves you!"

"You're mad. Why would I do that?"

"I don't know why but I know that you did! You all better watch your backs… All of you! Except you, Jacob. So far you're safe." Jacob smiled at that.

"Well then, as the only 'safe' on here, I think I can safely say that I would like some peace and quiet until we get to town." And slightly under his breath he added, "I don't know how you all managed to work together." House wasn't big on the idea, but he complied. Chase was smirking, knowing that he would be pulling some more tricks on House very soon, and with the aid of both girls and a dog the softie would have a very, very, fun, stay. Cameron and Skye shared a smile, knowing that even though they were "in trouble" the pranks wouldn't be anything they couldn't pay back. And Ozzie, well, Ozzie was just plain excited to be surrounded by all these people. Within fifteen minutes, they would be in Minot, and would be able to get out of the car.

R&R please! Can we make it to 100 reviews before chapter thirteen:-D