*A/N Early update bc why the hell not?

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Chapter 38

Sans sighed as he drove alone to the school for a PTA meeting. Chara and Alice were already there, due to a rehearsal for the play. Toriel had stayed home, using the baby as an excuse to not leave the house.

Can't exactly blame her. We're both tormented over Frisk...

It had been a few days since Frisk had been kidnapped. Toriel had gone to see Alphys that morning before they dropped off the kids at school.

"Y-yes, you're fine, Toriel." Alphys said, turning off the machine that checked on the baby's Soul. "Just, t-try to not stress out t-too much, okay? It's bad for the baby."

"Who is the PUNK that DARED to kidnap MY Frisk?" Undyne growled. "I'll kick that motherfucker's ass into the Core, I swear."

"Undyne, c-calm down!" Alphys yelped.

"No! Frisk is my bestie. I'm not going to let some creep just take them, they can't even fight back!" Undyne retorted.

"First off, we don't even know where they are. For all we know, they could be in another country." Sans pointed out. "But as soon as we find them, I swear..." Sans' eyes went dark at that.

Chara and Alice were there as well, with Alice looking more than a little startled at Undyne's yelling.

"I'm gonna go back out with Papyrus and look for them." Undyne announced, quieting down when they noticed Alice. "They couldn't have gotten that far."

"Thank you." Toriel nodded, holding back some tears as Undyne left.

"Alright, so r-remember, Toriel." Alphys said. "Don't stress yourself out."

"I won't." Toriel promised.

"That means not going to look for Frisk." Sans said.

"What? No!" Toriel retorted.

"It's going to stress you out more if you go out and can't find them than if you wait and let me tell you what we find." He pointed out.

"..." Toriel frowned.

"Come on. You know I'm right." Sans teased.

"You are and I hate it." Toriel muttered. "Alright. But let me know the SECOND you know ANYTHING. Got it?"

"Yes ma'am." Sans agreed.

And so Sans was going to the PTA meeting alone. He pulled into the parking lot and walked up to the school. As he went into the PTA room, he saw that Chara, Alice, Alex, Ashley and Jimmy were all there sitting outside, Jimmy a bit away from the other three. Sans noted the bruise on his eye. Chara was holding their arm and frowning.

"Hey, kiddos." Sans said. "Where's Linda? Isn't she supposed to be here?"

"I don't know." Jimmy shrugged. "She went to do something."

"Whatever, I don't actually care." Sans shrugged. "Is the door locked?"

"Yeah." Alex nodded.

"Not for long." Sans walked off and took a shortcut into the room. He opened it from the inside.

Wha-how-never mind." Jimmy sighed, giving up as the four walked into the room.

"I guess I'm early." Sans shrugged as he took a seat.

"You didn't bring food?" Jimmy asked, obviously shocked.

"Well, kid, if you've been paying attention the past few days, you would know that the PTA meetings are the last thing on our mind right now." Sans said. "So scram."

Jimmy muttered something under his breath and walked off.

If he hadn't beat up Chara, they would have been with Frisk and they wouldn't have gotten kidnapped.

He sighed and went to sit down to calm down a bit and to keep his magic from attacking Jimmy.

That entire family, minus Alex, is trash. How is Linda even allowed to be president of the PTA?

"Um, Mr. Dreemurr?" Speaking of Alex, Sans looked up to see him. "I, um, am sorry about what happened to Frisk."

"Thank you, Alex." Sans said, smiling politely.

"If you need any help, j-just feel free to ask me." He offered.

"Oh, you don't have to! But thank you, I'll let you know." Sans nodded. "Is your mom okay with it?" Alex's face dropped.

"Honestly, she doesn't want me to have anything to do with your family whatsoever." He admitted. "Not after what happened at Science Fair."

When I attacked her…

"But I don't care." Alex shrugged. "Chara, Frisk, and Alice are my friends. She can't deny that."

"Y-yeah, I consider you g-guys my friends too." Alice agreed.

That stutter's back...I wonder how long it'll stay?

"I do too." Chara seconded. "Thank you so much, Alex." They held onto their arm.

"What happened to your arm?" Sans asked.

"It's sore." Chara explained.

"Really? Why is it sore?" Sans frowned. Chara looked away before replying.

"I think it's just a fluke." Chara shrugged. "It'll be fine in a few."

"Alright." Sans looked at them suspiciously, but nodded, as he heard the door open. He looked up to see Helen and Anna.

"Oh, h-hello, Sans." Helen greeted him nervously as Anna went over to Jimmy.

"Heya." He said back. "I actually wanted to ask you a couple things." She gulped and sat down across from him as Alex, Chara, and Alice walked off.

"Don't worry, it's nothing bad. I was just curious about something." He assured her. She nodded. "How is Linda the president of the PTA? I mean, there's got to be other parents who are more qualified."

"Well, t-that's a lot of things." Helen said, taken back by his question. "For one, the principal specifically asked for her to be president."

"He did?" Wonder how she convinced him to do that?

"Yeah. And secondly, being president is a lot of work. She had the most free time out of everyone. Both Adalia and Iris work, I, well, refused the offer, Diane works as a secretary, Gloria has six kids and two jobs, David works as a major CEO, and you, Paul, and Carol are all new this year."

"But doesn't Linda work here as a teacher? You don't work, do you?" Sans asked.

"Well, not right now." Helen admitted. 'I'm looking for a job, though."

"If you don't mind me asking, why did you refuse the position?"

"Because in all honesty, I didn't want it. It was a whole new responsibility, and I already had a lot on my plate. It was very strange though. The principal kept pestering me and asking me to take the position, and then all of a sudden, we came to the meeting and he told me that Linda took the position."
"That is strange." Sans frowned.

"Even stranger, he used to come to the meetings all the time. But once Linda was elected, he stopped."

"He used to come? That's really odd." Sans tilted his head.

"That was four years ago. Now, Linda's changed everything." Helen said.

"Thank you for telling me." Sans replied.

"You're welcome." Helen nodded as Diane walked in. Diane looked angry as she walked off towards Helen and Sans.

"That girl, I swear to god…" Diane muttered.

"What happened?" Helen asked as Sans went off towards Chara, Alice, and Alex.

"...so yeah." Chara finished.

"Heya." Sans said.

"Hi Sans!" Alex said. "So, are you excited for Christmas?"

"Christmas?" That's coming up already?

"Yeah. You know? It's in a few weeks. How did you miss all the advertisements?" Alex frowned.

"I'm sorry." Sans shook his head. "A lot's happened. We haven't been paying attention."

"Christmas?" Alice frowned.

"Yeah." Alex said.

"I-I'm sorry, but what's that?" Alice tilted her head in genuine confusion.

"You don't know what Christmas is?" Alex looked at her, absolutely shocked.

"No?" Alice frowned.

"It's a major holiday! You didn't see any advertisements for it? You didn't see any trees or wreath?" Alex questioned.

"I wasn't al-allowed to use the TV. We never c-celebrated Christmas." Alice explained. "I w-wasn't even allowed outside t-the house. I couldn't see anything Christmas related."

"So the rumors were true…" Alex muttered.

"Rumors?" Alice frowned.

"People were talking about why you were gone from school for a week and why you had gone missing." Alex explained. "One of the rumors was, well, the truth."

"O-oh." Alice frowned.

"Wait, what day is it?" Sans asked.

"It's December 11th." Alex said.

How did I miss it?

"It seems like not a lot of people are here." Alex noted. "Anna and Ashley are here, but that's it, and it's time for the meeting to start. And where's Mom?"

"I have no idea." And I don't care.

"Alright, so since Linda isn't here, I'm taking over as leader today." Sans announced. "So everyone around the table." Alex, Alice, and Chara went over to the table, but Jimmy, Anna, and Ashley gave Sans a side-eye, and continued talking.

"I said, everyone around the table." Sans said calmly. Anna stuck her tongue out at him.

That little- Sans sighed and turned her Soul blue, and directed her gravity towards the table, changing it back just before she hit the table.

"Now, do you two want to get to the table, or do you need help?" Sans asked, turning her Soul back to it's normal purple. Jimmy and Ashley immediately walked over to the table.

"Good." Sans coughed. "Now, first up on the list is-"

"I am so sorry!" They all looked up as Carol burst into the room. "Emalie and Timmy were sick, and I had to help them, but then I remembered the meeting…"

"It's fine, Carol." Sans waved her off. "Is someone with them?"

"Yes." Carol nodded. "I hired a babysitter."

"Okay, good." Sans nodded as Carol sat down. "Alright, so first up, Linda wanted to talk about the spring bake sale."

"Alright, do you mind if I say something, Sans, since you're new?" Helen said.

"That's fine." Sans responded.

"We normally decide what organization to donate to. We split it half and half with going to the PTA's budget, and going to charity. We also are supposed to mark stuff that has food allergies."

"Alright, thank you." Sans nodded. "Any ideas?"

The moms suggested some, and Sans did as well, until they agreed on one.

"Okay, so what will everyone bring? We'll probably bring some pies."

"I'll bring brownies." Carol said.

"Maybe we should write down what everyone's bringing?" Diane suggested.

"Good idea, Diane." Sans said. He noted that Diane seemed suprised. He pulled a paper and pen out of his pocket, and wrote down what he and Carol were bringing. "What are you two bringing?"
"I'll bring cupcakes." Helen said.

"And I'll bring cookies." Diane added. Sans wrote those down.

"Alright, now that's settled." Sans cracked his knuckles. "Anything else?"

"Well, we should probably discuss the PTA Christmas party." Helen spoke up.

"The Christmas party?" Sans asked.

"Yes. We normally hold a party every year at the president's house for Christmas. We have stuff for the kids, and stuff for the parents." Helen explained.

"Y-yes, that is a good thing to discuss." They all looked up as Linda walked in. She adjusted her pencil skirt, pulling it down a bit.

Oh boy. She's here. And a bit desheveled...

"We have a potluck every year, and the kids get to do whatever and the parents get to have some wine." Linda laughed as if it was some sort of inside joke.

"Wine? Really? I prefer vodka myself." Carol shrugged as Linda glared at her.

"Anyways, we have it at my house on December 23rd every year." Linda said. "I'll give out my address later. Now, let's talk about the spring bake sale-"

"Been there, done that." Sans shrugged. "We already talked about it. What are you bringing?"

"I-what?" Linda looked at him, shocked.

"What are you bringing?" Sans pushed the list towards her. She muttered as she put down that she was bringing lemon squares.

"But we're supposed to talk about what organization we're supporting!" Linda yelped.

"We did that too. Gosh, pay attention, Linda." Sans joked. Linda glared at him.

"Well, kind of hard to do so when you're not here." She snapped.

Sheesh, I was joking…

"What were you doing, anyways?" Sans asked.

"That's none of your business." Linda said.

"That's fine, I don't really care." Sans shrugged. "What's next?"