Author's note: Hello, everyone! I love Monk and I hope you'll enjoy this teeny, tiny story I wrote. Please review and tell me what you think! Thanks for reading! Sincerely, crazysockmonkeys
"Mr. Monk, what did The Captain say?" I asked him. He had just gotten off the phone with Captain Stottlemeyer, probably calling about another case. Mr. Monk didn't seem to hear me. He was too fixed on wiping off my dashboard for the hundredth time. We were on our way to pick up my daughter Julie from school, but I figured that if there was a case I could just call her and tell her to ride home with friends, since her car was in the shop. But I needed to know soon. "Mr. Monk?" He continued to ignore me. "Mr. Monk!" I shouted, trying to get as close to his ear as I could while driving. "Wipe, wipe, wipe, wipe…" He said, snapping his fingers like crazy. It took me a minute to realize that I had accidentally sprayed spit on his face. "Mr. Monk, I'm so sorry! Uh…" I looked around for my purse. It was in the back.
Great.
"Don't you have some in your jacket?" I asked him. He shouted, "NO! I used them all to clean your FILTHY car!"
"My car is not filthy!"
"Wipe, wipe, wipe, wipe, WIPE!"
I usually kept wipes in the car, but we had ran out a few days ago and I hadn't had time to get to the store. "Natalie, PULL OVER!" he shouted at me. "I can't, Mr. Monk!" I spotted a McDonald's out of the corner of my eye and I pulled in to the parking lot. "Not HERE!" He yells. I ignore him and park the car, get out, grab my purse, and get back in. I threw three wipes in his direction, and he rubbed them all over his face and dusts off his jacket with them. Suddenly, I remembered Julie. I picked up my phone and called her.
"Mom, where are you?" I heard her say.
"I'm sorry, honey, we just had a wipe emergency."
"Oh," she says, suddenly understanding.
I told her to ride home with a friend and I hung up. I turned to my boss, who was eying the restaurant with horror. "So," I asked, "what DID The Captain say?"
"He said we have a case. And to be there in five minutes."