After thoroughly covering herself with enough make-up to appear neutral, she left the building and headed home. As she walked through the door she could hear the TV making sounds and Thirteen and House yelling at it.

"DIE MOTHER FUCKER!" Remy yelled at the TV. "House, get the mother fucker! GET THE MOTHER FUCKER!" She was holding her controller straight in front of her and her fingers were working as swiftly as possible.

"I'm trying to!" House yelled back at her. His mouth was open and his tongue was hanging out.

Allison could just picture the look on both of their faces as she listened to Cuddy scold them—mainly Remy for cursing. She had entered the house as quietly as possible, trying to stay out of the way, and just take in what she had.

Cuddy had gone back to feeding Rachel when Allison tried to cross the room quietly to go upstairs…she knew that them of all people would be able to see the mark Chase had given her; she just didn't want to deal with it all, hence the sneaking.

But sneakary was not her forte, and that was made clear when the baby—well toddler—looked over and started waving dramatically at her. She sighed as she waved back then gave the little girl a grin. When Cuddy saw her, she smiled her way too, before she headed straight for the stairs.

Thirteen and House had looked up from their game and stared at the stairs as they heard her door shut. House hit the pause button, "Are you going to…?" He trailed off.

"Are you going to…?" Thirteen asked sarcastically back at him, still staring.

"You're the girlfriend…" House said, also staring still.

"You're the ex that is still good friends and knows her like the back of your own hand…" Was Thirteen's next statement.

"Oh, for the love…One of you go up there!" Cuddy said from her spot in the kitchen.

They turned to each other, giving a look that meant one thing and one thing only. They spoke at the same time, "Rock, paper, scissors, lizard, Spock." They said while giving hand gestures.

They each threw Spock out, having to play again…they both threw lizard next. They sighed frustratingly at each other and tried once more, unsuccessfully.

~0~

Cameron made her way over to her dresser and took out some sweats and a t shirt. She considered just staying in her room, but she knew that Cuddy would send someone up, or come up herself.

So, with a sigh, she took off her clothes and put on her sweats then went to her bathroom to put her hair up. She looked at herself in the mirror to do another check to make sure that she looked okay. She took her contacts out and grabbed her glasses then slowly made her way downstairs.

~0~

"Fine! Fine!" Thirteen said giving up on the game after that last round, getting up and moving to the stairs after some more harping from House and Cuddy…but what made her actually move was Rachel point her little finger to the stairs and telling her to 'GO!', "I'm going!" She said with her hands up in surrender. She got to the first platform when Cameron approached the top of the stairs. "Oh, hey..hey Baby." She greeted tentatively as her left foot went up a step and she leaned on the wall.

"Hi." Allison said as she reached out and touched her face when she reached the platform, then turned and kept going, "I'm hungry. Do we have a dinner?" She asked as she went into the kitchen.

"Yeah." Cuddy said in her motherly tone, "I got lasagna heating in the oven." She said as she wiped Rachel's mouth, "It should be just about done…" She wiped her hands and made her way to the over door.

"Good! I'm starving!" House said as he sat at the table.

Thirteen joined him and Cameron helped Cuddy bring everything to the table. There was a silence that Cameron didn't mean to create, but she had and it was there. She was trying to think of something to say, but all the eyes on her made her lose her train of thought.

House's stare was the most intense, and he didn't waste any time beating around the bush. "What happened to your face?" He asked, squinting and looking at her cheek.

"What?" She asked, not wanting to start explaining so soon.

"What happened to your face?" He leaned forward and enunciated.

Thirteen had stopped eating—and trying to avoid whatever was going on with her lover—and looked over to her. She saw the swelling clearly now and took her paper napkin, dipped it in water and wiped her girlfriend's face before the blonde could do anything about it.

Allison saw this move coming, but she couldn't pull away from the youngest doctor fast enough.

"What the hell? Al…." She looked into her counterparts clear grey eyes and held her stare.

Allison sighed and looked down, then over to Cuddy for help, but all she got was equal concern from her. This made her sigh again, "Chase cam—"

"Chase? CHASE?" Thirteen began.

"I'm going to kill him… No. I'm gonna fire him, then kill him." House leaned back in his chair.

"No!...No you won't." She stood up getting everyone's attention, and speaking before Cuddy could put in her words of malice. "None of you will do anything." She put her hands up to her shoulders and pushed them down so that they right angles at her elbows, almost like she was conducting a band instead of telling them to stop with the fire and pitchfork like revenge they seemed to seek. "What's done is done. He came up to me, told me what I knew I did wrong…He got his peace; I just want this to be over. Okay?" She looked pointedly at House then to Thirteen—not needing to look at Cuddy because she knew the older woman was going to respect her wish—as she spoke her next lines, "You will not treat him any different than you did today. You will not mention the incident. Got it?"

House stood up to protest, but Cameron started in on him before he could speak, "NO, House! We are not together! I am not your thing to protect anymore," She put her hand up to Thirteen's mouth to stop the sentence that was going to come from her, "I don't need protection from Chase, Remy, okay?" She turned back to House, "You have to stop looking out for me secretly…You're not some Papa Bear that I need to protect me from the big bad things in the world…" She gave him a loving look as she trailed off.

"Oh please!" Cuddy said, garnering the attention of everyone. "What? I'm sorry, but that's the biggest load of crap I've ever heard! He was, is and always will be your Papa Bear…but to change the point, you will always act as a Mama Bear for him!" She was smirking throughout her speech, "You guys can't help it, it's just how you are!" She got up and put her hands on the blonde's shoulders, "Own it don't run away from it…" She changed the subject, going into her own Mama Bear mode, "Does your face hurt? Do you need some Tylenol? Ice pack?" She said as she went to the freezer getting one out despite her answer.

~0~0~

Thirteen and Cameron had made it all the way to the couch, a whole ten feet from the kitchen table, after dinner. House and Cuddy joined them, and they all chatted about nothing in particular until Rachel started yawning and falling asleep.

Cuddy took upstairs and put her to bed, and by the time she was back downstairs, House was gone. "Where did he go?" She asked the younger women, who were rather cozy on the couch.

They both pointed to their bedroom, "He said he was going to get ready for 'business time'." Thirteen said.

"Yeah…he was talking about only needing socks on…?" Cameron's brows were raised, "Cuddy…you hussy." She grinned, it tightened her face because of the swelling but it felt good in a weird way.

"Oh, shut up. You're one to talk." Came Cuddy's response as she sauntered toward the bedroom, shaking her ass with intent to get a reaction from either of them. When she turned around to see their reaction. "Girls please…close your mouths." She smirked as she opened the door and entered her room.

"Damn!" Thirteen said. Her eyes still staring at where the older brunette woman was.

"Shut up." Cameron kicked her. From her horizontal position it made it easy to do so. But, Thirteen grabbed her leg and turned toward her, and she unsuccessfully tried to get her foot back to resting on the brunette's lap.

Thirteen held onto her ankle, and ran her hand up the back of her leg. She leaned all the way down as she did this, becoming parallel with Cameron. "What?" She asked like she didn't know what she was doing wrong. She nuzzled her neck and began a sweet torture on the blonde's neck.

"Don't blatantly ogle Cuddy because I'm fucking Marcia Brady." She gasped right as she finished her sentence because Thirteen had spread her legs, settled between them and grabbed her ass cheeks all while still feasting on her neck.

"Oh Baby…You're not Marcia Brady." She kissed her bruised cheek softly. "She got hit in the nose with a football, not bitch slapped across the face by an Australian…" She kept kissing the blonde's cheek softly as she said this.

Cameron halted all the brunette's movements and tried to push her off. "No. None for you. Get off." She kept trying, but Thirteen let her body go and became dead weight.

"But Baby, please!" She whined. She angled her head so that she was breathing into Cameron's ear, "I'll make it all better." She kissed her earlobe. "I'll make you happy…" She trailed off.

Cameron stopped struggling and grabbed her face and held it up so that she could see her clearly, "I know." She said simply and kissed her.

Thirteen pulled her head closer and tried to deepen the kiss, but this caused Cameron to wince slightly and pull back. Thirteen scrunched her brows in thought before she realized what was going on. Her nostrils flared and she inhaled deeply, "I'm going to fucking kill him."

"No" Cameron protested.

"No-yeah! Yes I am. I'm gonna kill him, then bring him back to life so I can kill him again! He should not have done this to you! What did you ever do to him? You are practically fucking—"

"Hmm, let's see here…I never really gave him a chance—barely gave him a drawer, just married him because he was there, led him on for three years only to leave him for the preconceived notion of leaving the hospital, ended up not leaving the hospital but still leaving him for his boss, let him have a glimpse of what happy could be before I ripped it from under him and took it for myself…I think the least he deserves is to slap me across the face."

"I still wanna junk punch him in his man business…" She grinned when her lover gave her a look to finish the quote. "And when he's down on his knees asking the heavens 'Why, God? Why?' I'll point at him and say, 'You know why!'"

"Hmmhmm" Allison smiled and laughed in her throat, "And if that happens, you'll be sleeping here instead of upstairs for the next three weeks…"

Remy gave her a disgusted look before turning away from her and mumbling, "Just because I want to do it doesn't mean I will…" Then she turned serious recalling the conversation from dinner, "Hey…I can't promise you that I'm not going to treat him any different…I'm not going to acknowledge him because if I do…I'll be sleeping her instead of upstairs for the next three weeks…"

"Oh, Baby…don't be mad." The blonde quickly flipped their positions and began kissing her.

Thirteen had given into the smaller woman's touches and was soon wanting more and more. Allison had kissed down to her stomach before she moaned, "Mmmm, Al…let's go upstairs before they try to challenge us again…" She grinned as the blonde stopped kissing her clothed torso, and looked up at her.

She smiled and kissed her lips then stood up, and held her hand out to her lover so that they could go to sleep. They got into bed and cuddled into each other. "I love you." They said at the same time. They kissed once more before falling asleep.

AN: Sorry for that unannounced leave of absence…I had a lot of shit pile up on me and I couldn't get it all done… it was awful!

Anyways….the references for this chapter…The Brady Bunch…obviously. The L Word: the "DIE MOTHER FUCKER" while playing video games…it's in the episode when Dana shaves her head. Big Bang Theory: Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock…I think that's enough said for that… And What Happens in Vegas: Junk punching in man business….this line..so funny. I say it all the time and still I laugh! So freaking funny!

Please review me!...and by me, I mean the chapter…because, you know..it'll make me happy.