The following day after Ren's leg had been sprained, it was a Sunday morning. She had her mom drop her off at the Taylor's house where she was going to hang out for the day. She got out of the sleek, black Tesla and braced herself on her crutches. Ebony hopped out behind her. "Thanks, Mom, see you later." Ren said and hobbled towards the door of the house. She entered with a smile. This is what having true friends is like, isn't it? Ren thought proudly as she entered. "I'm here!" She announced. Her friends ran to greet her and help her onto the couch. Ebony jumped up and nestled herself against Ren's stomach. "This place is a mess, Max." Ren looked to the spiky haired boy. Max chuckled and rubbed the back of his head. "Yeah, my mom's out of town. We're supposed to keep the place clean while she's gone."

"That's right!" Zoey glared at him. "You and Rex need to finish your rooms while I tackle the kitchen!" She pointed to the stairs. The boys pouted and went to clean their rooms. "So you're taking the 'mom' role today huh?" Ren giggled. Zoe was flustered, but shook her head. "No! I'm just making sure the boys are following Aki's orders. Isn't that right, Paris?" Zoe looked down at the small Parasaurolophus. With a small dinosaur bark, Paris agreed. "So when are they going to do the living room? It's a mess!" Ren observed.

"After their rooms. Speaking about which, I should go check on them They've had all morning to do them." Zoe said before leaving Ren with Paris following at her heels. "Max! She called running towards the door. Zoe barged in and the room was still a mess. "MAX!" Zoe yelled.

"Zoe, haven't you ever heard of knocking?" Max asked.

"No! Don't change the subject! Clean your room!" Zoe ordered. Rex appeared behind the frustrated girl. "What's going on?" He asked. Zoe turned around and snarled at Rex. "What mess did you leave behind?" She questioned as briskly walked to Rex's room and opened the door. To her amazement, it was spotless. "So, do I pass?" Rex asked with some cockiness in his voice. Zoe glared at him. "Yes, now for the rest of the house!" She beamed. Rex pouted. He hoped doing his room well would buy him freedom from his labor. Zoe pushed Rex towards Max's room to help the brunette clean. "How much are you paying?" Rex asked.

"My payment is that I won't hurt you!" Zoe snapped at the both of them. "I'll be back in ten minutes to inspect!" With that, Zoe left to check on Ren. Rex and Max looked at each other dumbfoundedly.

Ren had gotten up and was getting a glass of water in the kitchen. She leaned on her crutches as she filled the glass with water. "Doing alright?" Zoe asked her. Ren looked to her. The blonde was slightly annoyed, but still thankful that her friend kept constant watch on her. "Yeah, I'm fine." Ren replied. She tried to grab her water and move on her crutches at the same time. It didn't work very well. "Here, let me take this." Zoe said as she grabbed the water from Ren's hand. Ren hated feeling so helpless, but smiled regardless. "Thanks." Ren told Zoe. A sudden blast of music came from the living room. Ren and Zoe exchanged a worried glance. Then, there was the sound of Paris screaming... or singing? Then, it really was a scream, a yelp rather. Zoe rushed out into the living room with Ren as fast as she could on her crutches. "What's going on?" Zoe said. The dinosaurs froze. Paris was whimpering from Chomp biting her tail. Ebony had her spiked tail pointed right below Ace's jawline. "Chomp stop!" Zoe said and pried the Triceratops from the Parasaurolophus's tail. Ren used her crutches to direct Ebony away from Ace. "Ebony, you should know better! I'm ashamed!" Ren frowned.

"Chomp, you and Ace are just as immature as your owners!" Zoe lashed. Ace turned to leave Zoe quickly grabbed his tail. "Not so fast, I want you guys to quit making a mess of the house." She tried to calm herself and the dinosaurs down.
Flashback to a few minutes earlier to see what the dinosaurs were really up to. Chomp found a radio and began blaring music. Paris began singing. Chomp and Ace didn't like her singing. That's when Chomp bit Paris's tail to make her stop. Ace said something mean in dinosaur language. Ebony, being Paris best friend, took the stand and was about to attack Ace when Ren and Zoe came in. Only if the humans could understand.

End flash back. Zoe spotted Spike Taylor outside practicing his lasso skills. "Dr. Taylor needs to get in here and help Max and Rex clean the living room." Zoe said before going to retrieve the paleontologist. Ren sat back down on the couch. Ebony hopped up onto her lap. "Why did you try to attack Ace, huh?" Ren asked stroking Ebony's head. Ebony let out a small whine. There was no way that Ren could be able to comprehend the situation. "I can't stay mad at you, but don't attack your team members again. I don't care what they do." Ren sighed. "Yeah, I know it's hard getting used to friends and having a handful of them, but we don't need to be pushing away people anymore. Instead, let's try to enjoy where we're at this time." Ren turned Ebony around and touched her nose to the dinosaur's snout. "Alright? Good." Ren smiled.

Not long later, the boys came down from cleaning Max's room just as Zoe was coming inside with Dr. Taylor. "Great now get started while I go inspect Max's room." Zoe smiled. "Paris, stay down here to make sure things get done."

"Wait, I'll come with." Ren insisted. "Ebony, stay here with Paris. Be good!" The two girls went up the stairs. They entered Max's room which was very surprisingly clean. "Rex sure knows how to clean better than Max does." Zoe laughed. Ren chuckled before adding, "Definitely." The two girl scoured the room for any speck out of place. It took a couple of minutes, but everything was completely organized. "Impressive." Zoe admitted. Cries from downstairs distracted the girls' attention. They rushed as fast as they could back down. They both gasped upon seeing Paris and Ebony tied to a table. "Paris! What's going on here!" Zoe questioned.

"Ebony!" Ren limped on crutches next to Zoe. Both girls began untying their dinosaurs. "How dare they!" Ren hissed. Zoe picked up a letter sitting on the table and read aloud. "Sorry, got important research stuff to do. Clean later." She looked at the note, then at Ren, then back at the note. "No way!"

Suddenly, Zoe's dino-holder began blinking. "Gotta go, so sorry, Ren. I'll make sure Reese can check on you." Zoe said before her and Paris rushed out the door.

(A/N: If you couldn't have guessed by now, I'm gonna try to skip as many episodes that I can without making the plot go to waste. This chapter is definitely going to be shorter than usual and so will the next one or two. The plus side is that chapters will come out faster. I'm definitely not going to get all 30+ episodes of just season one in a reasonable range with my schedule if I only publish once per week. So, that's why I wanna try to cut some episodes out while mainly sticking to the episodes leading up to the season 1 finale. Enough said, back to the episode that's ending soon.)

The entire day has passed and Ren was fast asleep now in Max's bedroom with Ebony curled up against her. Reese moved Ren there thinking it was a better place for Ren to rest than on the uncomfortable couch. The older lab assistant checked on the new girl every now and again. Reese came in and prodded Ren awake. "Ren. Ren. The others are back." She told her. Ren stirred before slowly awakening. Ren grabbed her crutches and followed Reese down the stairs. Ren's friends smiled at her. Once Ren sat on the couch, the three others couldn't stop talking about their adventure with the Maiasaura and her newly hatched baby dinosaur.