Mr. Monk and the U.F.O.
Can you believe I actually thought Mr. Monk might be an alien? Well, can you blame me? Sometimes he's just so different from anyone I've ever met. Nothing about him makes sense. So, when we got stranded in Nevada and a group of fanatics there because of a U.F.O. sighting thought Mr. Monk was an alien... I can't lie. I wondered if maybe they knew what they were talking about. Ridiculous, right?
Well, believe me. If you spent nearly 24/7 with Mr. Monk, you might not find it so ridiculous. Before the car broke down, Mr. Monk and I had been driving back from a wedding of a very close friend of mine. It's my fault for letting him talk, more like beg, me into taking him. The entire time he didn't say a thing. It was obvious he felt like a fish out of water...or an alien on a strange planet. Maybe I shouldn't have been so hard on him, but, honestly, this time it really got to me. I don't know why. I should have expected him to make things difficult. Still, I thought, maybe because he was so desperate to come, I don't know, maybe I assumed he was going to at least try his best to actually act like he was there as my date...Um, well, you know what I mean. I guess I just expected he would try to act normal for my sake since I let him come.
Anyways, it turned out it wasn't a real U.F.O., but just another attempt to cover up the murder of a local woman. Ugh, I don't even want to talk about that part. If you'd seen her, you'd understand. And as usual, Mr. Monk solved the case and proved he's still human and a remarkable one at that. Maybe he's not as human as the rest of us think he should be, but that doesn't make him an alien. In fact, I'm sure to him, we're all the aliens.
On the other hand, that's what keeps me wondering if the tinfoil brigade - those fanatics I mentioned earlier - were on to something. I mean, I feel kind of guilty for thinking Mr. Monk is some creature from space, but can any person REALLY be that quirky? Oh well, I guess they can be. But can you believe I even wanted to take a peek at his bellybutton?! Apparently aliens aren't supposed to have them. I actually chased him through his apartment trying to get him to show it to me!
Now, if you're wondering if I ever did get to see Mr. Monk's bellybutton, well, I'm afraid that information is classified...
- Natalie Teeger