***Hiya! I'm sorry I haven't been doing as many streaks as of recently, but I'm trying to get some good chapters as well as good inspiration. There's also my other story to finish coming up with. Whatever. Anyways, Alphys and Undyne belong to Toby Fox, all kids and house pets belong to me, and let's jump right in!

Chapter Fifty-Four: Just A Missus

Alphys didn't even make it to her room after work. She just sat down at the table and went right to her laptop, fingers moving quickly across the keys and brown eyes wide behind her glasses. She was so hyper-focused that she didn't even notice when Jiro started crying from over in the living room. No, she only stopped and snapped out of her zone when she felt a tap on her arm.

"Y-yes?" she asked, still typing while looking over.

Arrow was standing there. "Jiro's crying. Me and Jackie can't figure out what he wants, and Sukoshi can only be so much of a toy. And Mom isn't home yet, maybe you can figure it out?" he asked. He looked at the screen. "Plus, how you're still typing while looking at me is impressive."

Alphys finally pulled her hands away from the keyboard. She took a steady inhale and exhale, adjusting her glasses and regaining her composure. "S-sorry. I, uh, I'm under a-a lot of s-stress right now. I'll be th-there right a-away," she said. She got up and went to the living room, where Jiro was indeed sitting and crying.

"Thank the stars," Jackie mumbled upon seeing Alphys. Sukoshi nodded to agree from where he was standing by her leg.

The dinosaur woman sat down and picked up her youngest son. He immediately curled up in her hold, resting his head against her chest. "Momma..." he said, his cries now just whimpers. "I-I'm here for y-you," Alphys comforted.

"You said you were really stressed out. What's that about? And does it have anything to do with why you were typing at warp-speed just now? Well, before you came in here," Arrow brought up.

Alphys sighed. "O-okay. A-apparently, some r-regulations were changed a short wh-while ago... w-without my prior n-notice. I w-was just told t-today. S-so, as of n-now, I'm not t-t-technically a scientist. Not D-Dr. Alphys. Just... M-Mrs. Alphys," she explained.

Sukoshi went over and gently patted her leg in sympathy. "Th-thank you," she said.

"You went to college for all those years. How do you lose your title as a doctor? You can't undo a college degree," Jackie pointed out.

"Y-yeah. But a s-scientist has a l-license. One that requires o-occasional r-r-renewing. And this new r-regulation rendered m-my license, being a m-monster one, a-automatically invalid," Alphys said.

"Well, can ya get it back?" Arrow asked.

"Y-yes. If I p-present something worthy of a l-license r-renewal. Perhaps a r-research paper on something in my d-department. That's SOUL b-biology, monster b-biology, and general s-sciences of the t-t-two. That was m p-plan. And I'm o-on a d-deadline, or else it'll t-take for more th-than a paper to fix this m-m-mess," Alphys said. She sighed.

"Momma," Jiro repeated, looking up at her. "S-sorry I'm not s-still what I w-was," Alphys apologized, a little embarrassed to be saying this in front of her kids.

"What's the paper gonna be about?" Arrow asked. Even if he didn't say it out loud, he loved science. A lot. "I d-don't know yet," Alphys admitted.

"And your deadline is?" Jackie asked. "I-I have th-three days," Alphys said.

"Well... if we can help, then let us know," Jackie said. "And if you want us out of your way, then also let us know," Arrow chimed in. Even Sukoshi gave a thumbs-up.

"Jack-Jack, Duckie?" Jiro asked. He squirmed a little, allowing him to just sit on Alphys' lap. "Here," Jackie said, handing over the duck toy.

Jiro took it, giving it to Alphys. "Momma, Duckie," he said.

Alphys took the little plush toy. "Th-thank you."

XxX

"I j-just don't know what I'm g-going to d-do for it," Alphys sighed, sitting down in the bed that night after explaining her dilemma to her wife.

"Alphie, you'll be fine. You'll just use that big nerd brain of yours, crank out a paper, and you'll earn back your license without a problem," Undyne assured, sitting down next to her.

"Y-you're the best," Alphys said. "I'm just trying to be good to you. Now, I dunno about you, but I'm getting some sleep. I love you," Undyne said, pressing her lips against Alphys'.

"I l-love you too," the dinosaur said. As she fell asleep in Undyne's embrace, she knew exactly what she would write her paper on.

XxX

Over the course of the next few days, Alphys was dead-set on completing her work on time. She refused to open up on what it was about, however, to anyone else in her family. So, the others just went about things like normal, although a few attempts to figure out what Alphys' paper was on were made and failed.

After the three days, at ten that night, she was typing the final sentences. "Don't you have the day off tomorrow?" Undyne asked, sitting next to her from where she was on the bed. Alphys nodded, not halting in her work.

Undyne merely sat and watched, occasionally taking a drink from her water bottle. "...the kids are asleep," she said eventually. Alphys nodded once more. "S-save... sh-share... and..." she mumbled.

She finally took her hands away from the keyboard, shutting her laptop. "I'm d-done," she finally said.

Undyne high-fived her. "I knew you could do it! When do you get your license back?" she asked. "I'm o-off tomorrow, but m-y boss will message m-me tomorrow night. I, uh, s-still don't know if I'll get my l-license back, th-though," Alphys said. She yawned.

"Tired?" Undyne asked, amused. "A-a little. I just w-want to r-relax," Alphys said. she put her laptop in the chair nearby and laid down on the bed. She felt all warm as Undyne began spooning her, hugging her from behind.

"U-Undyne..." she trailed off, smiling as she got a kiss on the cheek. "I know what you like. So get some rest and tell me what your frickin' secret was later," Undyne said. "O-okay," Alphys said tiredly.

That was said only seconds before she'd fallen asleep.

XxX

The next day came. Everyone was eating dinner. "So, can you finally tell us what you did your paper on?" Arrow asked. Alphys smiled.

"Th-this family."

Everyone was a little confused. "Say what?" Jackie asked.

"Well, s-specifically on r-relations emotionally of monsters b-between other monsters a-and humans. R-romantic love, friendships, everything. How S-SOULs empower both physical forms a-and emotions in m-monster. For the s-sections on emotions like l-love and c-caring, I used you guys. B-because... because I love you a-all that much," Alphys elaborated.

"Momma," Jiro said. Then, he smiled. "I'm with him. I guess we're part of science now or something like that," Arrow shrugged. "I... hope I was good enough of an example for monster to human relations," Jackie said shyly. Undyne hugged her wife. "We love you too," she said. Sukoshi, who was picked off of Arrow's plate, even squeaked in approval.

They were all interrupted by a cell phone going off. Alphys took out her phone. "M-my boss..." she said. So, she picked up right away.

"H-hello?" Pause. "Y-yes. Perfect t-timing." Pause. "R... really?" Pause. "Okay. I'll b-be in tomorrow m-morning." Then, she hung up.

"Well?" Undyne prompted.

"I g-got my license back," Alphys said happily.

"Then we call you Doctor again, "Arrow said. "I'm still y-your momma," Alphys said. "Yeah. But with more... credentials now," Jackie said, her sentence ending awkwardly.

"You ain't my momma," Undyne said, evidently kidding.

"Mom?" Jiro asked. "Yeah?" Undyne asked. Jiro pointed to Alphys. "Whaddya want me to do, this?" Undyne guessed. She leaned over, kissing Alphys. Jiro nodded.

"Oh, God," Arrow muttered. Jackie sighed. "Boys."

***This chapter was... okay, at best. Anyways, be sure to leave a review on the way out, and I'll see you all in the next one! Bye!