Here's chapter three, sorry it took a few days to get it up, I was coming home for the winter break and just haven't had time to sit down and write a ton, but here it is! Let me know what you think :)

"Happy birthday, Patty!" Jack said, holding up his bottle as a salute to his boss. A chorus of "happy birthday"'s went around as Jack, Riley, Mac and Bozer all stood around Mac's place, celebrating their boss's birthday. Thornton smiled at them all.

"Thank you," she said.

"Come on!" Bozer said, bringing out a pan of delicious looking lasagna. "What good is celebrating if there isn't any eating?"

The group laughed as they all dished up the Italian dinner.

"This smells delicious," Patricia complemented Bozer. The newest agent's chest puffed out a little in pride.

"Old family recipe," he said, hooking his thumb through his apron straps like they were suspenders. "With a little special ingredient Mac helped figure out," he admitted as Mac looked at him with raised eyebrows. Jack stared at his plate, suddenly suspicious of the delicious-looking meal.

"What have you done to the lasagna, Mac?" Jack asked in an accusatory tone. "You wouldn't ruin a perfectly good lasagna just to get back at me for the bathroom prank, would you?"

"Relax, Jack." Mac assured his friend. "I helped Boze figure out the secret ingredient years ago. I wouldn't make Thornton and Riley suffer through a disgusting prank just to get back at you," he added.

Seeming to be satisfied with that answer, Jack proceeded to take a large bite of the lasagna on his plate. His eyes widened and he looked at Bozer. "Oh buddy," he said in excitement, pointing to the food with his fork. "This is good."

"Do you think I would lie to you about my food?" Bozer asked, pretending to sound hurt. Jack shook his head, swallowing the bite in his mouth before answering.

"Only one I ever suspect is Mac," he answered, jerking his thumb towards his partner.

"Hey," Mac said indignantly.

"One word, bud!" Jack said. "Glitter."

"Dude, you gotta let that go," Mac said. "It's been what, a week? I'm the one who had my skin stained blue for days!"

"Yeah, and who still has glitter on their car seats?" Jack asked, pointing towards himself as an answer. Their light banter continued on as dinner finished. Finally Patricia stood up.

"If you two girls are done fighting," she interrupted. Mac and Jack looked at her as she continued. "I asked Bozer to let me bring dessert," she said.

"That's right!" Bozer said, hopping up like he had forgotten he had promised that. He hurried into the kitchen and returned holding a box full of donuts.

"Oh Patty," Jack said as the box was passed around. "You know the way to a man's heart."

"I brought something too, if you don't mind?" Riley said. Thornton shook her head and Riley brought out a simple box of Oreos.

"You gals don't do traditional cake and ice cream for birthdays, huh?" Jack asked as he took one of each.

"Nothing about us is traditional," Riley replied, sharing a look with Thornton.

"True that," Jack said. He and Mac both popped the Oreos in their mouths. Riley watched them intently, and was soon rewarded with much coughing, spitting, and sputtering.

"Is that TOOTHPASTE?" Jack asked incredulously as he spit his Oreo onto his plate. "Don't eat those, Patty," Jack warned, giving Riley a death glare. Mac was in the kitchen, chugging down milk to try and get the taste out of his mouth.

"You guys didn't think I was gonna let you two have all the fun, did you?" she asked as she laughed at the two of them. Mac came back to the table with a sour expression on his face.

"I don't think I'm ever going to want to eat Oreos again," he muttered. He picked up his donut absent-mindedly and bit into it, not seeing the two women watching him with interest.

"Is that a creme filled one?" Riley asked. Mac gave her an odd look, then turned his donut towards her, letting her see the side he had bitten out of.

"It's probably supposed to be, but sometimes they're duds," Mac said. "It also might just be further back in the donut. Why?" he asked.

Riley shrugged. "Just curious," she said vaguely. "I like the cream ones, and I just wanted to make sure there's one for me." Mac narrowed his eyes slightly in suspicion, then took another, smaller bite of the donut. He kept an eye on his boss and Riley, but their faces gave nothing away. He didn't trust them though. He nibbled at the edges of his donut instead, making sure to stay away from the cream that was more than likely at the very end of the donut. He watched Jack take a massive bite of his pastry, almost fitting an entire half into his mouth in one bite.

Jack chewed for a moment and then spit the treat once again out onto his plate. "Seriously?!" he complained in disgust. Mac grabbed the remainder of the donut out of his partner's hand, bringing it close and examining the "cream."

"Is this...is this Mayo?" he asked, half in disgust and half in what sounded like admiration for the ingenuity of the prank.

"That was for my laptop!" Riley said to Jack. Jack's mouth fell open.

"That was like, three weeks ago!" he exclaimed.

"No one touches my laptop," Riley replied with a scary look on her face. Jack held up his hands in defeat.

"My mistake!" he admitted. "One that I will never make again," he muttered. "Have you guys been planning this the whole time?" he asked, looking at the two women.

"I'd been trying to think of a way to get you back for my laptop, but it was Thornton's idea to use the birthday party as the cover," Riley explained. Jack turned and looked at their boss.

"This was your idea?" he asked, pretending to sound hurt and offended. Thornton gave a quick smile.

"I told you there's a lot you don't know about me," she said mysteriously. MacGyver looked at Bozer.

"I guess I don't even have to ask if you knew about this," Mac stated with a sigh. Bozer shrugged his shoulders.

"First of all, whenever my girl, or girls," he corrected, looking at Thornton. "Whenever they need help, I'm definitely on their side. Second, not a thing happens in this house regarding food that I don't know about," he said, sounding slightly smug and folding his arms across his chest. MacGyver and Jack shared a look.

"Sounds like they're challenging us to a team-up," Jack stated. He held out his hand to Macgyver. "Truce for now?"

Mac observed the hand for a minute suspiciously, then took it. "A truce for a team-up? I can live with that I guess." Everyone looked at Bozer.

"What?" he asked.

"Who's side are you on?" Mac asked. Bozer's eyes widened for a minute, then he looked over at Riley and Thornton.

"Sorry Mac," he said. "I gotta be there for my girls."

MacGyver looked at the group, raising his eyebrows. "Alright, sounds like we got ourselves a serious war now," he said. "Thornton, Riley, and Bozer versus Jack and me," he said. "May the best team win!"

"Seriously though," Jack said in disgust. "Who ruins any donut by putting mayo in them? That's just...that's just not something you do!"

So does it live up to expectations? I'm never sure with stories like this if they're staying in character or not, so what do you guys think? I'm just kinda going with where the story seems to be going, I wasn't originally planning on a team-up, but...*shrugs* here we are...

If anyone has any pranks they want to see done, I'm open to suggestions and prompts :)

Also, I am working on my multi-chapter fics still, I just think I'm over-analyzing every single detail in them and it's no good for my writing, so go me... XD

Also, for some reason, some reviews aren't showing up in the review section, and I can't reply to some of you, so I apologize for that! Hopefully it works itself out soon!