Papyrus was holding tightly to Gaster's hand, cooing and babbling at him as he stood up. There was a decorations in Jellian's home. There were other monster children running around, wearing hats and the like, to celebrate the small one's birthday.

{I can't believe I've had you two with me for this long already, it feels like it was only yesterday I found you both} he said to the two boys, Sans smiling as his brother squealed. Papyrus kept revving one of his legs up to try and walk. Sans sat across from his brother, holding his hands out.

"You can do it Paps!" he cheered for the excited baby who let go of Gaster's hand. Papyrus leveled himself by stand on both feet now. Legs shaking, Papyrus took a shaky step towards his brother, holding his own arms out to try and balance himself. Sans was grinning widely, and Gaster wished he had a camera. After his second step, Papyrus' legs gave out as he fell forward. Sans caught him before he could hit the floor. Giggling, Papyrus hugged onto Sans, nuzzling against him now. Gaster gave a light sigh of relief, before picking the boy up.

{Are you ready for your birthday Papyrus?} He asked, hearing squeals of joy from Papyrus who began to teeth on the monster's sleeve, gurgling. Sans let out a soft yawn and rubbed at his eyes.

{Perhaps we should get you laid down for a nap until the party starts} Gaster thought out loud, but Sans shook his head.

"I dun wanna miss anything today" he managed to say past a yawn. Gaster had to shake his head in amusement, before reaching over and pulling Sans over to him.

{I'd rather you take a nap before hand, don't need you being a grumpy-bones on your brother's birthday do we?} he inquired of the boy. Being so tired, Sans wasn't able to argue as he just nodded, rubbing at an eye. Papyrus watched Gaster leave with Sans, leaving him sitting there. Getting onto his hands and knees, he began to scuttle away to wander through the house. Some of the older monsters ran past him, playing tag it looked like. He babbled curiously, watching them run off before continuing with his own exploration. There was some humming from the kitchen it seemed. Papyrus cooed, crawling into the bright room, seeing Jellian piping the cake, talking with Meredith and Thetaria. Smiling widely, Papyrus babbled rather loudly, crawling over to the Jellyfish monster's feet, and sitting there looking up at her as he sat down.

"And then he-" Jellian stopped mid story, feeling something at her feet. Looking down she saw Papyrus beaming at her.

"Oh! Hello cutie-pie!" she greeted, before kneeling down to pick him up. Papyrus happily clapped and giggled when he was in her arms, before snuggling against her. Jellian bopped him playfully, smiling, which made him laugh.

"Is someone happy it's his first birthday?" Jellian inquired, tickling him.

"If he could understand what that means" Meredith said, arms crossed, but smiling none the less. Jellian propped his head onto her shoulder, shrugging at the Fish monster.

"Well, just because he's a baby doesn't mean he can't be excited" Jellian told her. Papyrus cooed, turning, lightly pulling at her hair. Mumbling and chirping at her.

"Mmm" He sounded out, trying to say something. Clinging to her a little tighter, Papyrus huffed.

"Mmma" Papyrus managed to start, getting the three adults' attention. Jellian blinked, mouth closing, staring at Papyrus.

"Ma...ma" he spoke, before smiling, as though he was proud of himself. The women all just stared at him in silence, unmoving for what seemed like hours. The first one to speak, was Meredith, pointing at the baby.

"Did... He just..."

"Yup" Thetaria answered.

"...Thetaria?" Jellian began.

"On it" she said leaving the kitchen, to hunt down Gaster. Jellian looked at Papyrus, who was laughing almost... victoriously. He waved his tiny hands and kicked lightly in excitement, Jellian was almost lighting up from joy and pride. She hugged him closer as he giggled, hugging her face. There was sounds of Thetaria almost yelling, and distressed Gaster noises from the other side of the house. When she came out, Thetaria was holding onto Gaster's shirt, dragging him into the kitchen.

{You could have waited for me to leave the room Thetaria!} He growled out, irritated.

{Could have woken Sans up and I just got him down for his nap}

"Why was he taking one anyway?" Thetaria's question wasn't unjustified, but Jellian blinked.

"Oh... Easy, he had a hard time getting to sleep over here, it was the boys' first time sleeping somewhere else while Gaster worked overnight, but besides that, Gaster! listen to what your baby is saying!" She was holding Papyrus out to him, her grin wide and bright. Gaster looked down at Papyrus who gurgled at him, trying to grab his face.

"Pa!Ps!" the boy squealed out happily. Gaster blinked, surprised at him, but he looked to grow a ear splitting grin on his face. Papyrus let out a happy squeal as he was taken into his father's arms, cuddling against him.

{His first words!} He cried out happily, holding the now happily chanting Papyrus up. The expression pride filled Gaster's features, which amused the three female monsters.

"Now, whose ready for some party games?"

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Okay Wow, This chapter took me awhile to do, sorry about that. It was a bit of a struggle to do, but here it is! Next chapter should be a little more action packed!