"Natalie, Natalie, wake up." Monk cries as he moves over to me. He starts to shake me some. Still I don't move.
"Mom, don't die on me, not you too." Julie screams and runs up to the captain, wraps her arms around his midsection and buries her face into him. She starts sobbing. He pats her on the back.
"Everything is going to be ok sweetie. Your mother is resting," he lied there. I was, well how do I put this detached from my soul. "She will be fine you will see."
Monk lifts my head, which stuns both the captain and Randy. Monk pushes my head closer to him. Both of them see a tear slid down his face as he rest his head down on mine.
"Is he crying?" Randy asked still staring at Monk.
"Yeah he is."
"I don't think I've ever seen him cry before."
The captain sighs, the only time the captain can remember Monk crying was the day that his wife was killed. He cried for days and days. The captain just shook his head so he wouldn't start crying too. He had to be strong for Julie. Julie looks up at me then where my body is still lying there with my ghostly soul next to it. She took a deep breath and sniffs.
Monk lifts his head some, then rubs his hand down my face.
"Natalie," he whispers. "Don't die on me, I can't lose you too, not like this. Not on my birthday. I…" he sighs, "I lo…care for you too much…."
What did he just say? He lo…cares that's not what he was going to say but I'll take it cause I think I love him too. I slowly stir, my head still hurts well actually all of me hurts. I look over at my body. Is this what Mitch was trying to tell me? That something bad was going to happen. My death, is that what he was warning me about? I blink eyes, if it was, then how can I still see Mr. Monk looking down at me. Then I feel a pull and I hear a snap.
"Mom…." Julie yelled. "I…" she grabbed me around the neck, "I love you." She whispered. I blinked my eyes again.
"I love you." I looked at the three men there. Well, at best I can. My eyes were watery. "I love all of you." There I admitted it. I admitted to myself that I did love them. But was there more to this….
Monk held on to me for a few more moments,
"I thought…" he sniffed.
"That I was going to leave you too." I finished for him.
He nodded. "I….." he breathed in deeply. "I don't know what I would do without you."
"Me neither." I smiled.