On Monday, your classes seem to go on forever. During your history of psychology class, you discussed deinstitutionalization and how instead of being put in mental institutions, the mentally ill are ending up in jails and prisons instead. The class had a rather heated debate about whether or not we should allow long-term, or permanent, hospitalization of the severely mentally ill. You were feeling pretty groggy and hungover today, so you didn't participate much.
Last night, August came over and the two of you decided to get sloshed - a pretty common occurrence for a Sunday night. You couldn't even remember how many appletinis you drank. You DO remember, however, getting on Youtube at some point and playing 90s pop music videos for him. You're pretty sure you sang and danced to "Barbie Girl" with him. Oh god, how embarrassing… Eh, oh well. You both were enjoying it. His drunk dancing was always hilariously awful, hell it's half the reason you got him drunk in the first place.
You woke up this morning passed out on your couch. August was slumped awkwardly over your reclining chair. He looked like he drooled all over his shirt. Poor Auggie.
August's phone was sitting on the coffee table in front of him. You snicker, remembering telling a very drunken Auggie that no, it was not a good idea to call Agatha at three in the morning to profess his undying love for her.
You were almost late to school because, of course, you forgot to set an alarm last night. Luckily you are used to getting up at the same time every day, so your body naturally woke you.
You've never been a morning person, but you decided to take all morning classes this semester so you would have time in the afternoons to spend with Dr. Kaeden, as well as August. You regretted this decision a little. It was difficult for you to focus in the morning. Especially if you were hungover.
Writing class doesn't go much better than your psychology class. Today, you're supposed to be working on a draft of a research paper. The topic you chose was antisocial personality disorder. You had always found psychopaths and sociopaths fascinating. But today… you're having a hard time finding any motivation to get actual work done. 'Eh… I'll just wait until the last minute to do it, like I always do.'
Your teacher keeps looking around the room to make sure everyone is working. Opening up the Wikipedia article about ASPD on your computer, you proceed to mess around on your phone for the next hour. Occasionally you will scroll down the page a bit or open up your unfinished draft in word.
After school, you decide to stop at Espresso Yourself for a latte before you go to see Dr. Kaeden. Of course there's like 10 people in line right now. You grumble to yourself a little as you enter the café. Looking around, you notice a familiar yellow monster sitting with a blue fish-looking woman. You decide to say hello to your new friend.
"Hey Alphys, how's it going?" You smile at the two. Alphys smiles back and you and the fish woman gives you a skeptical look.
"H-Hey, _. Undyne, this is o-one of A-Agatha's f-friends. I invited h-her to our p-party this w-weekend."
"Oh! Nice to meet ya, punk!" She reaches out to shake your hand. Her grip is strong enough to crack one of your knuckles. You wince in pain and she gives you a huge grin.
"It's nice to meet you to." You say, a little weakly.
"S-S-So are y-you still p-planning on c-coming to the p-party? I- I mean…. I understand if y-you don't w-want to a-anymore…" Alphys looks down at the floor, wringing her hands. You thought she looked incredibly sweet and adorable.
"Aww, Alphys. Of course I'm coming to your party! I've been looking forward to it ever since you invited me! I can't wait to meet all of your friends." You give Alphys a reassuring smile and she seems to relax a bit.
"Who all is coming anyways? I mean other than the humans." Undyne looks at her girlfriend questioningly.
"Um… Napstablook, P-Papyrus, and Sans. M-Mettaton isn't s-sure if he's g-going to be able t-to make it or n-not." She says, a little sadly. You smile at Papyrus's name. Papyrus and his brother would be coming! Auggie will get to meet Papyrus! How exciting!
"That overgrown calculator better be there or I'll pummel him! I mean you made him. They'd still just be a fucking ghost if it weren't for you! They owe you big! And I'm not even going to mention what he's put poor Napstablook through..."
"Y-Yeah I guess y-youre right." Alphys sighs and smiles sweetly at her girlfriend. The two of them were just so cute together! Your mind twinged with jealousy for a moment... You longed to have that kind of relationship in your life.
You look over towards the counter and it looks like the line has cleared. "Well I'd better get going. I have to help Dr. Kaeden at the school today. It was nice meeting you, Undyne. And nice to see you again Alphys."
"See ya later, nerd!" Undyne grins at you.
"B-Bye, _"Alphys smiles at you, a little awkwardly and gives you a small wave.
When you finally leave the café, latte in hand, you have 10 minutes before you need to be at the school, which is practically across the street from Espresso Yourself. You mentally congratulate yourself on your perfect timing.
Dr. Kaeden is in with a patient when you arrive at the school, so you decide to go and say hi to Toriel. The nurse is sitting quietly at her desk, reading a book. You glimpse at the title, it's "Snail Farming Made Easy." She looks up at you and smiles.
"Hello _, would you like a snickerdoodle? I baked them fresh this morning. They've been very popular with my patients today." On top of her desk is a tupperware filled with cinnamon speckled cookies. Upon opening the lid, the heavenly smells of cinnamon and sugar fill the room.
"Oh these look wonderful, Toriel! It's so sweet how you bake these for the kids!" Snagging one of the cookies from the Tupperware, you smile with appreciation.
"Actually _, I did have a favor I've been wanting to ask you. I guess now is as good a time as any. Would you mind sitting down?" She motions to the chair in front of her desk.
"Yah, of course." You take a seat in the comfortably cushioned chair.
"So you may not know this, but Frisk is the child responsible for freeing the monsters from the underground." Your eyes widen. The media first began reporting about the emergence of monsters from Mt. Ebott about 9 months ago. It was revealed that the monsters were freed with the help of a child who had fallen down into Mt. Ebott. No identifying information had been given about the child responsible, in order to protect their privacy. So it was Frisk… Huh…
"Oh wow, really? I mean I guess that would explain why the kid knows so many monsters… How did they do it?"
She laughs a little, "I'm sure they would love to tell you all about it sometime. They just love talking about their adventure underground. Anyways, Frisk has agreed to finally talk to the media about what happened to them. Frisk will be going to Washington D.C. in a few weeks to talk with national leaders and attend a press conference. They will be need to be there for a week."
"So what's the favor you needed?"
Her expression drops a little bit into almost a grimace. "Unfortunately I will be working during the trip so I will be unable to go with Frisk. My ex-husband is going to be a part of the diplomacy trip as well, representing monsterkind as the King." Toriel sighs.
"It's not that I think Asgore would hurt Frisk…" Toriel cringes, remembering the time he had hurt Frisk… "It's just I would feel better if I knew someone else was going with the two of them… So I was wondering if you would be willing to go to the Capitol with them. I'm sure I can get you some sort of note to get out of school if you need it. "
You think about the request for a moment. Could you afford to miss a week of school? Your grades had been a little shaky this semester. You wanted to blame the early morning classes, but you knew that was only partly the cause. To be honest, you'd been kind of slacking off… Well, this WAS pretty important. The press conference would probably help sway public opinion about monsters. Monsters had it pretty rough right now… You think about little Brianna for a moment and sigh.
"Yah, I'll do it." You say somewhat resignedly.
Toriel looks absolutely thrilled at your acceptance. "Thank you so much, _! You have no idea how much this means to me. Here, why don't you take another cookie?"
After Toriel properly thanks you with a warm hug and a baggie full of snickerdoodles, you begin the walk back to Dr. Kaeden's office.
