Shopping with Monk:

What would happen if Natalie took Adrian to the mall just once after he had gotten his ten set of

pants. I own nothing wouldn't it be pretty clear if I did I mean I wouldn't have to write this then would I?Review if you want this story to have a second chapter.

Adrian Monk needed some more clothes. Obviously since his fourth pair of pants had a rip he'd need an entirely new set. So therefore all the pants would be even by look number and time purchased of course no one really knew all these details except for Natalie his assistant and Adrian himself. Natalie of course thought there was no point in explaining one more obnoxious obsessive compulsive thing about her boss she'd just have to handle it and him on her own.

"Come on Mr. Monk...lets go.." Natalie smiled in Adrian's direction as he surveyed the room as he put it "one last time". She almost thought to herself if Monk had a perfect world his way it would obviously include Trudy but ..would it include her too. She wondered this because in her perfect world Mitch and Monk would always be there for her and Julie would be happy. Natalie didn't realize that that's what her perfect world would be but that's the truth. Adrian looked up for a moment. He decided that he was done everything was in order just as he has concluded for the last ten times. He looked once more a double take so to speak. He took in full view the blond waiting by the door leaning against the wall. Her jeans were a bit wrinkled to say the least. Her shirt was a tad crumpled on the edges which just about made Adrian want to tear out his own hair everyday the only thing that stopped him was what he found last. Adrian's eyes reached the blonds blue ones which held his own. It was as if something was happening something huge only neither knew what it was and why it was and where it was. Looking into each others eyes had caught them off guard and Natalie's lips curved into a smile what she did not expect was for her employer to smile right back.

" I'm ready..." Adrian said jolting Natalie and himself from their thoughts. Natalie kept wondering about the contact they had made just then before Mr. Monk interrupted it. Did she imagine it? Or had Adrian Monk gazed into her eyes? He definitely wasn't glaring or just staring it was as if she was the most interesting clue he ever had to a case that he didn't even know the crime too. Natalie tried to look at the road as she drove Monk to the store...but she just couldn't not stop glancing his way every now and then. At one point during the ride she caught him looking back at her. She had to tell herself to look back at the road. The visit to the store had gone as it always went. Natalie got his pants for him as she watched him out of the corner of her eye as he inspected the pants to make sure that they were perfect besides being inspected by number eight. Adrian saw her looking at him once in a while. He almost wanted to ask what? But he was afraid that she'd say the same to him so he kept his mouth shut still not sure why he suddenly couldn't take his eyes off of her.

" Mr. Monk...I'm going to take you to the mall..." Natalie suddenly informed him. Adrian's eyes widened.

"Whhhwhh why?" He finally asked.

"because I think it will be a big step...there will be a lot of people there...you need to do this and I will be right by your side with wipes" Natalie's smile made Adrian assume that inside she was giggling a bit. At least a bit.

"It's not like I've never been to the mall before remember going Christmas shopping" Adrian winced when he said Christmas.

" This time it will be different it will be me and you shopping together..will be shopping for you ,but we'll also be shopping for me after all with this job I haven't much time to shop on my own and it could be beneficial to have you around..you'd be able to pick out even the slightest flaw in anything I buy..." Natalie smiled at him and she dared to look him in the eye. He looked straight back and a shiver ran through Natalie.

"oh dear" Adrian whispered as he got into the car. Natalie didn't hear exactly what he said but she knew it was something about how he'd rather not and heres the thing. She wouldn't have any of it.

On the way Adrian wouldn't look at Natalie. At least that's what he told himself he wasn't going to do.

He did however glance her way every now and then her face was so soft that he found his face soften just by looking at her's.

"We're here" Natalie announced but Adrian wouldn't get out of the car. Natalie got out of the car and opened the passenger door. Adrian was starring straight ahead. His mouth was open and his eyes never wavered. Natalie sighed rolled her eyes and then shook her head.

"Mr. Monk?" She asked her hands on her hips as she waited for a response. She then did something Natalie Teeger would never do...well never to Monk that is. Natalie pulled her hand from her pocket and as fast as she could in a split second she had pulled on Monk's hand. Immediately his eyes locked onto hers and they shot through her like a knife. He looked down at his now unbuckled seat belt. She was being very manipulative. She pulled even harder on his hand. He slowly pulled his hand away from hers. The strange thing was that Natalie almost felt hurt when his hand left hers. Adrian obediently got out of the car and cautiously followed Natalie into one of the stores. She looked back and winked at him. Adrian rolled his shoulders in confusion on the effect she just caused him she had just caused his heart to start to race. Two beats at a time...it was...he tried to breath even. She made his heart even. It was even again something he was waiting for so long.

It was along time until Natalie decided on a store for the two of them to shop in. Adrian looked around and he instantly knew why she picked this store. Everything was out of place and it drove Adrian completely up the wall. Suddenly he felt something cover his head and it fell over his eyes.

He heard a giggle then he could see. There he was in front of a mirror. Natalie was behind him smirking and trying to hold back uncontrolable laughter. Adrian was wearing a hat. It wasn't just any hat it was a hat that wasn't even in any sense of the word. Adrian was not liking this so far. No not at all although seeing Natalie so incredibly happy because of him made him giddy and excited he anticipated what was going to happen next. Adrian could not handle that hat on his head for one more moment. With his index finger and thumb he quickly plucked the hat off of his head and let it fall to the floor and shuttered. He heard her laughing again he turned around and glared at her. Immediately she stopped laughing and just starred back into his eyes. Suddenly his eyes softened at seeing the expression on Natalie's face. She was afraid ..he didn't know of what. Adrian knew himself to be completely harmless.

"I..I..I'm sorry...I didn't mean to...I just couldn't resist" She explained.

"It's alright Natalie...why don't you shop for awhile?" He asked her. Almost as if he had to make something up to her. Suddenly she was very close. Very close to him. She was looking up and searching his eyes. He obsoletely couldn't breath. Her blue eyes were sparkling and he could even smell her hair. It wasn't Trudy's smell...but it was just as intoxicating. Adrian closed his eyes and breathed in but by that time Natalie was gone. Adrian looked around to find her slowly coming out of the changing room a few minutes later. She was wearing blue high heels and a dark blue dress that matched. Along with that she was wearing a nice diamond neck less. Adrian opened and reopened his eyes not believing what was right before him. Is this Natalie? He asked himself over and over and the only answer he got was yes.

"So is it flawless?" She asked him. She found that he was not looking at the dress to see if there were any loose strings or a sideways trim. She found that his eyes were waiting for hers. Waiting ...

waiting...waiting for her...for her. Adrian Monk was waiting for her to return his gaze. She was so overwhelmed she walked towards him. He started to back up. It was something in her eyes that told him something changed. Adrian was so frightened so deathly afraid of what was about to happen. Natalie

was directly in front of him. Natalie leaned over and slowly closed her eyes she had bent down to Adrian's level and had stopped in mid air. She was afraid too afraid of her feelings and if they could revel too much. She just planted her lips on his cheek and that was that. Time instantly stopped.

All day both would replay that moment every moment of the day the only thought was. What was that?

There had been many times when Natalie had kissed Adrian on the cheek ,but this time something was different neither could pin point exactly what however.

Later that day Adrian received a case from Stottlemeyer a case he easily solved. Through out the whole case he kept glancing back at Natalie who blushed every time he looked at her. Adrian found this strange. Why would she blush and try to hide from my eyes? He thought to himself. When he was in stottlemeyer's office however he heard some sort of music playing. Randy...he had his mp3 player on again. Adrian usually would try to tune those sorts of distractions out but then he heard a few lines and decided to listen. Then he reviewed each line in his head and tried to decipher why it meant anything at all to him this was after all his biggest mystery.

I hung up the phone tonight, something happened for the first time, deep inside

Happened for the first time

deep inside...
It was a rush, what a rush

The way she looked at me
Cause the possibility that you would ever feel the same way about me

Is there a possibility?
It's just too much, just too much

Being so close and I could hardly breath
Why do I keep running from the truth, all I ever think about is you

It's true...because she's all I have any more
You got me hypnotized, so mesmerized, and I just got to know

hypnotized?mesmerized? Well I couldn't look away

if I tried

Do you ever think, when your all alone, all that we can be, where this thing can go

Natalie? Her with me?
Am I crazy or falling in love, is it really just another crush

Is it just another little crush or our you my second Trudy?
Do you catch a breath, when I look at you, are you holding back, like the way I do

do you..catch a breath when I look at you?
Cause I'm tryin', tryin' to walk away

She has been trying to walk away
But I know this crush ain't goin' away, goin' away

Crush crush

Has it ever crossed your mind when we're hanging, spending time girl, are we just friends

friends? That even sounds like a mere possibility if she even considers me that much
Is there more, is there more

somehow I think there could be
See, it's just a chance we've gotta take, cause I believe that we can make this into something that will last, last forever, forever

Forever? Like Trudy? (Adrian found himself shed a tear)

Do you ever think, when your all alone, all that we can be, where this thing can go

I have been thinking a lot about us...
Am I crazy or falling in love, is it really just another crush

falling in love..could I be falling in love...again?
Do you catch a breath, when I look at you, are you holding back, like the way I do

Do you catch a breath I really want to know
Cause I'm tryin', tryin' to walk away
But I know this crush ain't goin' away, goin' away

Won't go away even though I want it to so much

Why do I keep running from the truth, all I ever think about is you

I guess I'm surrendering
You got me hypnotized, so mesmerized, all I just got to know

If you feel the way that I do

Do you ever think, when your all alone, all that we can be, where this thing can go

This thing? Does she care because she has to or because she

just does?
Am I crazy or falling in love, is it really just another crush

that's it I've lost it
Do you catch a breath, when I look at you, are you holding back, like the way I do

Suddenly I need to look in your eyes
Cause I'm tryin', tryin' to walk away

but we both can't look away
But I know this crush ain't goin' away, goin' away

Adrian couldn't sleep and well into the night all he could think was if Natalie felt it too something new that he didn't know he'd ever feel again.

Natalie had the radio on as she left Adrian's house. The thoughts of that kiss clear in her mind. It seemed to her that all time stopped when she kissed him. His skin was so soft. She knew she kissed it before but this time it was so different. Natalie decided that she shouldn't be thinking like this and turned the radio up so she could block her thoughts when a new song came on. The lyrics almost made Natalie choke.

Yeah, oh
I'm in love

Every time you're near baby
I get kinda crazy in my head for you

Like understanding your phobias
And I don't know what to do

Exactly how do you handle

falling for your Obsessive compulsive boss?
And oh baby
I get kinda shaky when they mention you

When someone says Monk...I almost immediately get defensive
I just lose my cool

true true very true

My friends tell me
Somethin has come over me

Randy has told me that

I've been acting weird lately.
And I think I know what it is
I think I'm in love

Natalie's breath was lost for a moment.

Chorus:
Boy I think that I'm in love with you

In love with you?
Got me doin silly things when it comes to you (in love)

true...I'd do almost anything to protect you
Boy I think that I'm in love with you
(Boy I think I'm in love)

In love...love with Monk?
I've been telling all of my friends what I feel for you

I did tell Randy that Mr. Monk has been on my mind for a while now.

Just the other night baby
I saw you hangin

You were with your crew

His crew is me


I was with mine too
You took me by surprise
When you turned and looked me in my eyes

took me by surprise
Boy you really blew my mind

to say the least the very least

I don't know what's gotten into me

really I don't
But I kinda think I know what it is
I think I'm in love

In love?

Chorus

Boy I think that I'm in love with you
I've been tellin all of my friends what I feel for you

Something strange has come over me
Got me goin out of my mind

I've never acted like this except for when I started to fall

for Mitch
Never met a guy like you before

but who has?
You make me feel special inside

Somehow you do...because I'm your personal

assistant
I think I'm in love – boy yeah

Chorus

(See I, oh I'm in love with you)
Boy I think that I'm in love with you

am I in love with you?
Got me doin silly things when it comes to you (Goin outta my mind boy)

definitely
Boy I think that I'm in love with you (I think I'm in love)

could it be
I've been tellin all of my friends what I feel for you

do they already know?

Baby that's why you call my name

It sounds so sweet
You're drivin me insane

Always have always will...perhaps for different reasons
Doin silly things for you

Like yelling at people who aren't listening.


I don't know what to do

Cause Adrian Monk

I'm in love with you