A/N: I hadn't planned on ever updating this story ever again. That being said, my Aunt (Who takes the cake for being my biggest fan) called me today and she said I needed to update this. So I guess, it's off hiatus for now. Not really sure where I'm going with it, should've made notes... so bear with me for a couple of chapters so I can get it back on track :]

Dedication: To my Aunt Carla, I love her soooooo much. And to you guys, who left me positive notes when I was going through a big rough patch. I love you. Honest.

Disclaimer: I own them not, if I did Hameron would be together and make babies all day long.

Bella closed her door and backed into her room, she plugged in her headphones and turned up The All American Rejects as loud as it would go. She lay in her bed, letting the sounds of 'It Ends Tonight' pull her into a deep sleep.

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"Bella!" Cameron pounded on her teenage daughter's door the following morning.

"Huh!?" Bella yelled, pulling out her earbuds.

"Wake up!" Cameron called back.

"God. Why?" Bella groaned, "If the rooster is up, I'm not."

"Isabella!" Cameron opened the door.

"You're grumpy." Bella sighed, throwing back the covers.

"Get dressed." Cameron sighed, her tone lightening. She opened the curtains in Bella's room, the morning light flooded the room and Cameron readjusted her longsleeve green shirt and pulled up her slacks.

"Yes Ma'am." Bella flung her legs over the side of the bed.

"Hey. Kid." Cameron grabbed her arm.

"Yeah?" Bella yawned.

"I'm glad you're here." Cameron smiled.

"Me too Mom." Bella kissed her cheek and stumbled into the bathroom. Bella brushed her teeth and washed her face, ripping a brush through her long hair, she tossed it up in a messy bun. She changed out of her pajamas and into a pair of shredded jeans and her Spiderman tee. Sliding on a pair of black flip-flops and turning on her iPod, she ran down the stairs.

"Ready to go?" Cameron asked, grabbing her bag.

"Where's House?" Bella asked.

"He uh, left early to, uh, go get his bike and run home." Cameron shrugged, sipping her coffee from a to-go mug.

"He left and didn't tell you, huh?" Bella asked, a hand on her hip.

"Yeah." Cameron nodded, "It's okay. We need to get you registered for school."

"Fun." Bella rolled her eyes.

"I thought you liked school." Cameron asked.

"I like school fine. It's just boring." Bella shrugged.

"Maybe if you'd go to a private school.."

"No. I'm content with public school." Bella followed Cameron out to the car. Bella slid in the passenger seat and immediately plugged her iPod into the stereo, "The Killers, ok?"

"Fine by me. Blast something good." Cameron told her, fastening her seat belt.

"You got it." Bella said and turned on 'Mr Brightside'.

"I love this song." Cameron confessed.

"Like Mother, like daughter." Bella said and bobbed her head to the tune.

"I just can't look, it's killing me and taking control!" Cameron and Bella sung along with the song at the top of their lungs.

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By noon they had been to three different public schools, each of them wrong for some reason or another. The first one, Bella had put an immediate stop to when she heard they had uniforms, claiming that it violated her civil rights. The second one Cameron had put a stop to when they saw a kid shooting up heroin in the parking lot. The third one they had both immediately said no to when there was a barbershop quartet practicing in the doorway.

"Okay." Cameron parked in front of the fourth school, Martin Van Buren Senior High.

"Fourth times a charm?" Bella asked, hopeful. She climbed out of the car, slinging her messenger bag over her shoulder. They walked into the beautiful brick building, stopping at the visitor's center.

They met with a guidance counselor who showed them where Bella would take her classes and a list of expectations. Everything with the school seemed kosher, so they signed up. Bella registered for her classes while Cameron filled out the paperwork.

"You'll start tomorrow Miss Cameron, I think you'll be very happy here." The Principal told them as they were leaving.

"Yes Sir. Thank you." Bella nodded her head and followed Cameron out of the schoool.

"That went well." Cameron smiled at her.

"Yeah." Bella nodded, stretching as she sunk into her seat.

"What do you want to do for the rest of the day?" Cameron asked.

"I wanna go for a run. I feel the need to stretch." Bella explained.

"You up for company?"

"Definitely."

When they got home, a bike was parked in their driveway and a misanthropic doctor leaned against it. He scratched the back of his neck, sheepishly as the girls climbed out of the car. Bella walked right up to him, blue eyes meeting, "You hurt her and I'll kill you."

"Bells. Go inside." Cameron said, "Change and we'll go for a run in a bit."

"Whatever." Bella rolled her eyes and walked inside.

"What do you want House?" Cameron asked, crossing her arms.

"Do you want to get some lunch?" House asked her, not looking her in the eye.

"No, I do not want to get some lunch." Cameron ran a hand through her hair and paced back and forth in front of him, "Look, House. I have a kid!" Cameron exclaimed, "I can't just have one night stands alright. She needs more stability than that. And for some unknown reason, Bella likes you, hell, she probably even approves of you. She doesn't do that lightly. And she wakes up this morning and you're gone. Okay, and I'm upset and she's my daughter and that weighs heavily on her decision about you and just dammit!"

"Camer.... Allison.." He said softly.

"No. Look, either you are in or you are out." Cameron said, her eyes filled with tears.

"Can... Can I have some time?" House muttered.

"Leave. If you come back, then I'll take it as you're in. If not, you'll just be my former boss who I sometimes consult for." Cameron crossed her arms and stared at her shoes.

"Fine." House replied, kickstarting the bike, he backed out of the driveway and shot off down the road. Bella came out of the house, off the porch and to her mother.

"It's okay." Bella whispered, hugging her mother tightly.

A/N: Alright, it's short. I'll try to make the next one longer. :] Reviews would be appreciated. What do YOU want to happen? Should House say yes? Should I torture them more? What?