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Eight o'clock was rolling around. Sharona had cooked Monk some dinner and then headed home to get ready for her date with Disher. Monk wasn't too happy about them going out. He wasn't really sure why. Disher was a nice enough guy. He doesn't lie, he wouldn't cheat on Sharona, and he would treat her right. Yet Monk still had the feeling that Disher wasn't good enough for Sharona. "At least," he thought, "she's finally going out with a guy who isn't a complete loser."
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Disher took Sharona to the carnival that was in town. "I thought we were going to dinner," Sharona said. She was way too overdressed for a carnival. She started to worry that her new dress might get ruined.
"Oh, we will go to dinner. I just thought that it's better we come to the carnival before we eat. That way we don't have to worry about…"
"I know, I know, but why a carnival?"
"Well, you needed cheering up, so here we are. Oh, look, the target shoot! I'll, uh, go win you a bear," Disher said with a confident smile. Sharona rolled her eyes as they walked over to the targets. Disher hit every single one.
"Wow, I didn't know you were such a sharp shooter. You won me the biggest bear," Sharona said with a proud smile on her face.
"Yeah, well, I learned how to shoot at the police academy."
"Hey, there's the Ferris wheel, let's go ride on that," Sharona said, pulling on Disher's arm.
"The Ferris wheel? But that's no fun." Disher saw Sharona glare at him and with a fake smile he said, "Hey, let's go on the Ferris wheel."
Sharona and Disher took a seat in one of the carriages on the Ferris wheel and the wheel started moving. Sharona was looking around, enjoying the view and the breeze on her face. Disher had his head resting on his arm and was looking very bored. Sharona stared at him for a minute, then gave him a kiss on the cheek. Disher's face lit up and he looked at her and asked, "What was that for?"
"It's for cheering me up. Thanks."
Later they went to dinner and had a good time. Disher took Sharona home and they were at her doorstep. "Well, who knew that Randy Disher can actually be fun," Sharona said with a playful look.
"I don't know what took you so long to notice," Disher said, smiling and staring into Sharona's beautiful blue eyes. Disher leaned in for what could have been a very romantic kiss when all of a sudden Sharona's cell phone rang. Sharona sighed in anger.
"Hello," Sharona answered in an exasperated voice.
"Hi…hello. It's me Adrian…Monk."
"What do you want Adrian?"
"Um…I, I spilled tomato sauce all over the floor. It's starting to stain and I'm all out of bleach."
"You sound way too calm for that to have really happened. Why are you calling me?"
"I wanted to check on you. How's your date going?"
"Well, it was going perfectly before you called! Goodbye, Adrian."
Sharona hung up the phone without even waiting for him to say 'Goodbye.' Monk sat his kitchen table, listening to the dial tone. He was happy that she was having a good time, but he had this aching feeling in the pit of his stomach. He dreaded what could become of this first date. Monk couldn't stand to think about it anymore, so he decided to mop the kitchen floor.
Back at Sharona's doorstep, the romantic moment had been ruined. They just quickly kissed each other goodnight and Sharona went to bed.