Author's Notes: This story is more-or-less about the meeting and daily life of a Self-Insert OC with everyone's favorite pair of skeletons and the rest of the Undertale monster cast. Any real storyline and plot may eventually develop, but until then I'll do my best to make sure it doesn't just drag along. Also, any text messages or thoughts will be italicized.

Chapter 1: Ditched

The night seemed to drag on forever, the loud murmur of people in the background and the constant crash of pins falling over. Rock n' Bowl is what they called it. Certain parts of the year when the bowling alley in town played loud music with flashing lights and everything was lit up like a night club, only much more kid-friendly. It sounded like maybe Worth It was playing right now, but the only song she heard was the one coming from her iPod earbud speakers; Wake Me Up by Avicii. For the most part she sat alone, absently picking at some curly fries and stirring a Coke whose ice cubes had yet to really start melting, but already had enough beads of moisture on the outside to require a good wipe to get it all off if one grabbed the cup to take a sip. She sighed, pulling out her phone to check the time again, only to blink as it showed she'd missed a text.

Hey Lou! Sorry, but it looks like we won't be able to make it! Maybe next time, kay? ;3

Lou stared at the screen for a good few minutes through her overgrown bangs. She had hair the color of mud or dark chocolate, cut pixie short but in need of a haircut if it was to stay that way. It was already impossible to keep her bangs out of her face and in their usual style of being swept to the right, at least not without a good struggle and constant fixing throughout the day. A deep sigh passed through her lips as she pocketed the phone, contemplating her next move. Did she stay and try bowling by herself, or just cut her losses and go home?

"Hello? ...Um, hello? Human?" A hand reached out and tapped her shoulder, causing the girl to jump and look up, coming face to er...skull, with a very tall skeleton who looked...concerned? It was a little hard to tell without facial muscles. He tried to speak again, but his voice sounded muffled. Why did he sound...?

"Huh? Oh-..! Hang on." She removed her earbuds, turning to fully look at the monster standing next to where she sat. He was very tall, much taller than 6 feet at least. Despite being a skeleton, he seemed to be very expressive as he looked at the smaller human with concern. He wore a white button down shirt with the sleeves rolled up to just below his elbows and khaki pants. There was a tattered looking red scarf...maybe a cape, around his neck and vibrantly colored bowling shoes, the standard that you'd expect when renting a pair from the desk up front.

"Are you okay, human? You seemed...well lonely, so I thought I'd come over and say hello!" His face lit up in a friendly grin, causing one corner of her mouth to curl a little in a rather pitiful returning smile while resting her chin in the palm of her hand. "Is something wrong, human?" Without waiting for a reply, he took the seat beside hers.

"Uh...yeah, I'm okay." She gave another weak smile, a little better than the first. Normally she didn't talk much around new people...or people in general really, but something about this monster made her feel like she could break that little rule...for now. "I uh...was gonna bowl with some friends but um...I guess they couldn't make it. I was just thinking of going home anyway, not really any fun bowling alone, ya know? I'd just look stupid." Another smile, this one seeming more forced than the last.

This didn't fool the skeleton, nor did it seem to make him want to leave her be like most. In fact he looked...determined. "Well that's no good, human! You came to have fun with your friends! And while they may not be able to be here, I believe that you should still be able to bowl!" He stood quickly, a fist going to his chest as he struck a heroic pose that made the smaller human before him jump in surprise. "Hmmm...though it is true that playing alone is no fun..." The hand on his chest moved to his chin, scratching thoughtfully before he seemed to have a grand idea and ducked down to put his face right in front of Lou's, boney hands going to her shoulders as she flinched again. Her cheeks were red and eyes wide, heart pounding in her chest.

"You can join my group! They were just talking about how our teams would be a bit uneven, and you would be perfect to even things up! What do you say?" The skeleton's grin was infectious and wide, deep black eye sockets staring into her deep brown eyes...or at least trying to, the bangs made it hard to tell.

"W-well uh...a-alright I guess. I did already buy a ticket anyway s-so I don't see the harm...are...you sure it's okay?" Lou looked at him, trying very hard to not pull away. She wasn't used to someone being so...close.

"Excellent! I'm sure they won't mind a new friend joining in! The more the merrier! Come along then, human! My friends are right over here, lanes 3 and 4!" He waited just long enough for her to grab her things before taking her free hand and leading her along to his group. Just as she suspected, the group was on the large side.

"Look everyone! I, the Great Papyrus, have made a new friend to help us with our team problem!" Papyrus, as the skeleton appeared to be named, quickly brought the flustered human in front of him to meet his friends, which seemed to consist of a goat woman, a fish woman, a small dinosaur-lizard girl, a flamboyant robot, a human child who she immediately recognized from TV as Frisk, and another skeleton.

This second skeleton was a bit different than the first, more round and stout, not nearly as tall but still big in his own right. He looked stong too, like he could bench press a car...maybe eat one. Wait, that's rude and probably racist...yeah no, definitely racist. If it seems racist, it most likely is. Lou immediately erased the thought from her head and blinked at the group. If they were with this Papyrus guy then they couldn't be too bad. He seemed pretty friendly and so far monsters didn't seem all that bad either, despite what some people would have you believe.

Papyrus immediately introduced the whole group to her. The goat woman was Toriel, adoptive mother of the human Frisk, the fish woman was ex-head of the royal guard Undyne with her girlfriend Alphys. To be honest, the robot hardly needed an intoduction. She'd seen him on TV and all over the internet many times, Mettaton. He seemed proud of himself as he was introduced, striking a pose and everything. It was pretty nice to see he was the same on TV as he was in person. The second skeleton, who came up and towered over Lou as he was introduced, was Papyrus' brother Sans.

"hey, kid. nice t'meet'cha." Sans gave her a large grin, holding out his hand. "come on, you gonna shake my hand?"

Lou looked down at the offered appendage, tilting her head curiously. His right hand was extended out to her. Rather than offer her own right hand, which would have been a classic hand shake with palms touching, she took his hand with her left and took hold of the back of his hand. At first he seemed surprised and a bit confused, until she literally started to quickly shake his hand up and down.

His expression was priceless. Partially amused, partially confused, and giving a light chuckle as he tried to keep from laughing at how ridiculous it was.

"What? You said to shake your hand, you never said how." Her expression was completely serious, except for the small smile struggling to break loose and take over her features.

Suddenly, he bust up laughing, holding up his hand to reveal an unused whoopee cushion. "you sir, just dodged one of my best jokes in the best way I've ever seen. congratulations, color me impressed."

Papyrus groaned, rolling his eyes...somehow despite not having actual eyes. Something about his eye sockets just made it seem like that's what he did. "Sans! Why must you always ruin things with your jokes? Come on human, we need to put you in the machine so we can start. Um..." He paused in his steps, as if realizing he'd missed something before turning around. "Human? What's your name anyway? I am so sorry that I, the Great Papyrus, forgot to ask my new friend his name!"

Now, she'd already caught at least two times these two had referred to her by male pronouns. While it wasn't exactly anything new what with her hair, her oversized looking black and white coat with a black t-shirt underneath and a multi-colored scarf, dark bootcut jeans and sneakers; now replaced by bowling shoes similar to everyone else, it still made her huff a little. Of course, she still couldn't seem to do anything but smile as she looked at the worried face of Papyrus. This time though, it was a genuine smile, sweet and soft on her small lips.

"You can call me Lou, Papyrus. And uh...I'm actually a girl, you know." She removed her coat with a small pull and a shrug of her shoulders, hanging it over one of the table chairs.

Author's Notes: Just an fyi, this story will include my own personal version of Sans and Papyrus who happen to be...pretty big. I like the idea of the monsters all being pretty big in their own respects. For anything exact - Sans is 6'10", Papyrus is 7'7", and Lou is 5'4".