Mary Gibbs sat at her desk, surrounded by school books, she was hunched over a book specifically about "mythological" creatures, such as dragons and mermaids and monsters. But Mary was sure that monsters existed, so she wasn't entirely convinced that dragons weren't around either. Her big, brown eyes moved as she read over the text, her plump lips mouthed the words. What she was reading, did not match up with what she remembered from her early childhood. Monsters were not mean, human eating animals, but friendly, cuddly creatures that protected her. She sighed and leaned back in her chair, sweeping her long, black hair into a ponytail and releasing it. She glanced at the closet door, but only for a moment, no monster had emerged from there in over fifteen years, and she wasn't expecting them by any means.
She looked back at the book for a moment then stood up, stretched and yawned. She rubbed her eyes, and decided to go to sleep. No use in stressing over something she would never truly know about, no many how many dreams she had about the giant blue and purple "kitty" and his best friend, a green little ball. Mary changed into her pajamas, blue shorts and a purple tank top, her favorite colors. She knelt and said her prayers, then crawled under her covers, and stared at her ceiling, wondering if she would ever meet the monster of her dreams again.
Creeeaaaakkkk, Mary shot up with a start. She figured she fell asleep while she was thinking of Kitty. She was having a pleasant slumber, the same dream as usual, her and kitty walking through the streets of a strange city, hand in hand, when she heard the loud creak of her closet door opening. She stared into the dark, her eyes trying to adjust. She could see nothing except a giant black mass standing by her closet door. She didn't have the desire to scream, instead she giggled. "Kitty?" she asked the black mass. "Boo?" it asked back. In less than three seconds, Mary had jumped out of her bed, and ran across the room into Sulley's widespread arms. She wrapped her arms around his thick neck, stroking his soft hair. She could feel tears drip from her eyes and land on him. He in turn stroked her hair and dug his face into the crevice of her neck. "You've grown so big" he whispered over and over again into her ear.
The two of them sat on the edge of her bed, well she sat on the edge, since Sully took up a majority of it. She had her bed lamp on, and they talked in hushed voices, to make sure they didn't wake Mary's parents or sister. "I go by Mary now," Mary said, and saw Sully's face sunk slightly. Seeing this, Mary quickly corrected her statement, "but I like Boo better." Sully's face lit up like the sun and Mary could feel her heart hammering inside her chest. She couldn't explain why this was happening, but she liked it. She still couldn't believe that Kitty was sitting on her bed, she had never been this happy. And Sully looked as happy as she felt, according to the huge grin on his face. They stared into each other's faces, taking in every little detail that they could remember. Mary asked about Mike and Randal and Mr. Waternews and Sully divulged everything that she wanted to hear. He told her of Mike and Celia's wedding ten year before and of how no one has heard from Randal since the day they stuffed him through that door so many years ago. But mostly, he wanted to tell her how much he missed her. About how he thought of her everyday and how it killed him not to see her every day, how over the years he had figured out how much he loved her. But his tongue wouldn't work, his happiness just overwhelmed him. He stared at her face, amazed at how beautiful she grew to be, her almond shaped eyes conveyed every emotion she felt. Her small nose balanced out her large eyes and led the eyes down to her lips. Her hair, much longer now than how he last remembered it was silky and hung over her thin shoulders. Mary stared back at her protector, he looked nearly the same, the only difference was that his hair became slightly lighter, his vivid blue and purple colors were a sky blue and lavender. His face was handsome to her and she liked looking at it.
The room started to turn an orange color as the sun began to rise. Mary and Sully looked at each other sadly and Mary could feel tears forming. She couldn't bare the thought of Sully leaving her again, not after the wonderful night they had together. It would be like waking up from the best dream ever and knowing it was just that, a dream. Sully could feel their time coming to a close and his heart weakened as he realized he was going to have to leave her soon. He wanted to cry, but he didn't want her to see him cry. He stood to leave but Mary grabbed his hand, he could see the tears falling down her cheeks. He could feel his own tears forming, but promised her he would be back tomorrow at ten sharp. This comforted her and she wrapped her arms around him once again, not wanted to let go. He hugged her back, wanting to take her with him.