Its been 6 months…
Six months since things got better for Adrian Monk, which was really rare in our ' Defective Detective's' life. For the first time, he had nothing to worry about..( except that there was a little dust on the mantle..) ..For the first time he had the aching weight lifted from his chest, and… For the first time, he didn't have the past running behind him, dragging him through hell he had always been in…
Six months since he had known…who was responsible, who was to be held accountable, for years of misery, years without the woman who was his everything, his love, his life…his wife, Trudy.
Adrian Monk's life had changed in these past months. As much as he hated change, this one, wasn't very bad, actually it wasn't bad at all…honestly it was good. Adrian would wake up every morning, in the same bed as he did all these years, the difference was, he slept in the middle of the bed…He slept alone, not with regret, guilt or sadness accompanying him each and every night to sleep. For the first time, Adrian Monk slept PEACEFULLY…
His dressing had changes too ( for the better). Gone was the scruffy brown blazer, the white shirt, buttoned up right to the top, and the never-changing matching trousers. He now wore a casual pullover, denim jeans and a dark coloured blazer which he left open. Adrian could never be termed as " hot" but with his new appearance, many women would call him " good-looking". And of course Monk would be oblivious why women would stare at him through their peripheral visions, and why would female suspects talk extra sweetly to him, and sometimes ask him if he was free today?!
Natalie noticed this…she noticed everything changed in his boss recently. She could never be happier than to see her timid Mr. Monk to walk proudly through the streets of San Francisco, being more confident than he ever was…and of course not touching each and every pole they pass. Miraculously, his OCD had slightly diminished too. Natalie, was the first one to notice the way a woman would look at Monk. They would get this glint in their eyes, as he walked towards them, in his typical Monk-walk, Fingertips of each hand touching the other, and ask them questions. The way they would curl their hair with their fingers, and give him looks. Looks which clearly said, " What are doing tonight? Want go out with me?". She would just chuckle at Monk's lack of knowledge about women, or better yet, his innocence. She found it cute how he would stammer when some women would ask him directly, if he would like to go on date with them. She found it more cute when he would look at her, with those intense brown eyes, expecting her to answer for him. It was funny how Natalie started finding all his little quirks cute, rather than annoying, which she did a few months ago…The way she would find herself staring at him, with a smile on her lips, and a dreamy look in her eyes…The way she felt this small current run through her, whenever their hands touched…
She thought, Things HAVE really changed…
But…what she didn't think was, what all this meant?