Chara hummed a soft tune as she brushed the last bead of sweat off of her forehead. She took in the sight feeling a swell of pride in her gut. It had taken almost three days, but she had finally finished. With Frisk being almost six, technically twelve, weeks pregnant, Chara had decided to clean out their guest bedroom and turn it into the baby's room. She had completely emptied the room even going as far as pulling up the carpet. She had just finished the final touches of white-washing the walls. She planned on spending a bunch of time with Frisk by fixing up the room together.

Speaking of Frisk, she was waiting for Sans to arrive with her very soon. The workout schedule seemed to be steadily helping. Frisk had much more energy, however, she was absolutely ravenous. The pair had actually finished another ultrasound just yesterday. It made Chara's heart skip a beat, when she saw their child on the monitor. Frisk had broke down crying and Chara couldn't help but tear up as well. It was like a dream. Their baby girl was so beautiful.

Undyne's pregnancy was going just as well, without the complications Frisk had. It was perfectly normal for a monster child to grow at the rate hers was. She would actually be giving birth not too long before Frisk. Alphys seemed excited but nervous at the same time. She was insecure about her abilities as a parent. Chara thought Alphys would do fine. It was her own abilities that worried her. Frisk had confidence in her, but that was because Frisk had confidence in everybody.

Chara heard a car pulling in and grinned. Finally, Frisk was home. She rushed to the front door and threw it open. She almost ran head first into Toriel. Toriel had what looked like a suitcase and Asgore stood by the car. He seemed upset and tired.

"M... Mom?!" Chara stuttered, "What are you doing here?"

"Chara, since you and Frisk seem so set on this stupid idea," Toriel began, Chara felt an ancient familiar anger bubbling in her stomach, "I have decided to come stay here, and take care of Frisk while you are not home. Somebody has to be here when things go wrong."

"No." Chara replied cooly, "Listen to me mother, and listen well. I respect you, you are my mom. I love you as well, very much. However, if you call my child a stupid idea again... you will no longer be welcome to my home. This is MY family, we make OUR own decisions. If you don't like that, then leave now. I understand, your our mom and you think your looking out for us. Do you realize however, the strain you put on Frisk by acting like this? Do you realize the danger you coul-"

Chara was cut off by a slap.

"Don't try and pin this on me. The real danger is in the pregnancy Frisk is going through," Toriel growled.

Chara stood stiffly back straight staring coldly into her mothers eyes, "You need to leave."

Toriel seemed shocked and tried to say something, but Chara cut her off, "LEAVE. NOW. Don't come back until Frisk convinces me to give you a second chance."

"Chara? Mom? What's going on here?" It was Frisk she was walking up with the aid of Sans. The bump in her tummy was just noticeable enough to Chara. It drove her wild. She was beginning to think that she was getting sexually frustrated. Might have to do something about that later.

"Mother dearest was just leaving, right Mother?" Chara questioned tightly.

"Nonsense," Frisk hummed, "Come inside and have some tea Mother."

Chara reluctantly stepped aside letting Toriel in. Frisk stopped with Sans a short ways away and she glanced at him pointedly. He let go slowly and seemed ready to catch her at a moments notice. Frisk managed to walk on her own for a few steps and right into Chara's arms. She held her pregnant wife gingerly. Frisk nuzzled her neck and Chara cooed soft words of love into Frisk's ear.

"I'm so happy to be home," Frisk murmured against Chara's neck. "I just want to go cuddle in our own bed."

Chara couldn't agree more. She would definitely prefer cuddling to dealing with her mother. She placed a gentle kiss on Frisks temple and said, "I agree. For now though, lets go set you on the couch okay love?"

Frisk nodded and let herself be led inside and set down on the couch. She seemed relieved to be off of her feet. Sans came in as well picking a spot around the coffee table. He pulled a kitchen chair into the room and set it in the most inconvenient place he could, right in the middle of the walk way. Chara couldn't help but chuckle. Toriel sat in the recliner by the coffee table and Asgore had come in as well. He sat down next to Frisk taking up most of the couch.

"I'm going to make some tea. Everyone get comfortable okay? If you want to watch tv or anything the remote is on the table," Chara paused to place a kiss on Frisks forehead and glared at Toriel as she passed behind Asgore. Toriel pointedly ignored her.

Chara could hear a bit of conversation as she made the tea. Things seemed pleasant enough, maybe Toriel had calmed down, now that Frisk was feeling better. She somehow doubted it. Asgore seemed to be in a pretty good mood. He kept asking questions about the child. Chara had a feeling he was excited to be a grandpa. She was going to tease him about being old to no end. She chuckled at the thought. Sans hadn't said much, except to discuss a little business with Asgore. She heard him get up and walk into the kitchen.

She watched him open the fridge and grab their ketchup. He checked the label and examined the bottle as if it were an old bottle of champagne. Seemingly satisfied he lifted himself onto the counter by the stove and sat with his legs dangling loosely off the edge. He took a long swig of the ketchup. He finished the drink with a satisfied sigh. Chara couldn't help but chuckle. She would never understand his love for the stuff. Personally, she was more of a mustard gal. She'd never tell Sans that though.

"it's kinda funny... ya' know? just how fast the humans accepted us monsters," Sans started with a low chuckle, "it seems almost too good to be true."

"You think it is too good to be true don't you?" Chara questioned softly, the pair were talking quiet enough that they wouldn't be overheard, "What do you know Sans?"

"i don't really know anything kid, but... i do suspect. i believe that there is a group that is just waiting to strike. i couldn't tell you where or when, but i can tell you that it's going to happen." sans was speaking seriously, "i've studied human history, i know how change takes place in their society. with bloodshed... lots and lots of bloodshed. at the very least there was discontent. there was a 'wounded' party. there was always someone against the change. we never had any resistance. not really."

Chara couldn't argue with him there. It was true. Sure, Frisk had to work hard and convince a lot of people about the monsters being good and all, but there was never any true problem for her to fight. Chara hadn't really focused on it, she hadn't focused on anything but darkness back then. She still found it difficult to hold her mind straight sometimes.

"So, you think that this group or whatever is biding its time, waiting for its moment to strike. What do you think their target is? This is simply conjecture, but I am inclined to agree with you. I think there's something off about the whole situation." Chara admitted honestly, stirring the tea.

"come on chara, do you really have to ask? think about it. assuming the worst, what would be the best way to incite a war between monsters and humans? one both sides know we would lose. i'll tell you what i think. i'm willing to bet that all they'd have to do is kill one person. take a guess who our lucky victim is?"

Chara took a moment to consider her options. It wouldn't be Asgore. That was an impossible target. Not to mention he was honestly a king only in name. He didn't truly lead the monsters any more and every one knew it. Toriel wouldn't do it either. Asriel maybe, but Chara was pretty sure they'd have to launch a nuke to kill this specific god. Neither Undyne or Alphys would get the job done. They were too obscure at this point. Killing them wouldn't do much at all. Papyrus wasn't a good target either. That left only...

"You think they're going to try to kill me or Frisk..." Chara wasn't asking.

"no, i think they might try to kill frisk. everyone knows you, but everyone loves frisk. if frisk were to die... it would be chaos. the monsters would be devastated, many humans would be too. however, that wouldn't be what sparked war. no, kid, that would be you. i know exactly what would happen if frisk were assassinated. you're LOVE might be gone, but i bet that number would tack on a few zeroes after that happened. it'd be a slaughter. since only humans would die, guess who takes the blame? monsters, that's who. suddenly we're at war."

Chara knew he was right. She also knew he was wrong. All they would have to do is try. If someone even tried to hurt Frisk... Chara would kill them faster than they could blink. Her rampage would be indiscriminate. She'd have no idea whether monsters were in on it at all. She had a piece of the soul of a god. She was powerful, it would be a massacre. She would hunt down everyone of them. No... she wanted to but she wouldn't. Not unless Frisk was killed. Then she would gladly burn this world. She loved others too, so she would restrain herself. This group would find out that it was going to be harder than they hoped to start a war, if that was even going to happen.

"This is only worst case scenario though." Chara hummed thoughtfully, "Best case is we're just fooling ourselves and everything is hunky dory with the world. There are limitless possibilities between that."

sans nodded his agreement, "that's true. however, we both know that the world doesn't operate on best case scenarios. so we should plan for worst case and work from there. i think i should stay with you guys for a while. to keep an eye-socket on and out for frisk while you aren't here."

Chara chuckled, "Last time you promised to watch out for Frisk, we died far more than once."

Sans let out a laugh of his own, "toriel still hasn't forgiven me for that... you have to understand though. back then, i knew they'd come back endlessly. i wasn't worried about them 'dying' if you catch my drift... this is different."

Chara accepted the answer for what it was. An offer from someone who shared her goals and someone who had as much to lose as she did. She agreed to him staying. She at least needed someone here with Frisk and her mother wasn't an option.

"Okay Sans, you're right. I'll take you up on that offer. Now we'd better get back in there before they start getting suspicious. Frisk tends to catch on far too quickly." Chara chuckled as she picked up the tea pot and tray of tea cups. She followed Sans to the living room ready for some light hearted conversation to distract herself.

A/N: We're ending this one here. I'll have the next chapter up in a couple of days, if all goes well. The next one is definitely going to be more Charisk focused. Let me know what you guys think. Catch ya later.