By: Eri Disclaimer: Unfortunately these characters belong to the USA network and not me :( Chapter 8 The big night

Thursday came fast. Benjy was at his Aunt's house and Sharona and Monk were hard at work. Not. They couldn't concentrate at all. All they could think about was tonight.

"All right I demand to know what going on here" Stottlemeyer asked dropping some papers on Monks desk

"What?" Sharona said without looking up

"You two have been mushy-mushy all morning"

"No we haven't" Monk replied like it was a joke or something

"So what...are you going on a romantic date tonight?" He asked leaning against Monk's desk

"Oh yea" Sharona replied smiling at Monk

"Oh...I see...you two are too much" he said while flinching of the thought of it

"Now we need to crack this case so for the rest of the day no talking unless it's about business" Stottlemeyer hollered

"Sorry" Monk replied

"yea, sorry" Sharona said looking down

"Good, now get to work"

As soon as Stottlemeyer turned around Sharona flicked something over to Monk. The captain turned around in a heartbeat

"A Note! Sharona I'm ashamed in you...This is not fifth grade" He said grabbing the piece of paper from Monk

"Now I'm gonna have to read this aloud for the whole class to hear" He said opening the folded piece of paper

"We're the only three people in the room" Monk pointed out

"Dear sweetie, I can't wait for tonight, love your baby boo?" Stottlemeyer frowned with a questionable look on his face, "What the hell is a baby boo?"

Sharona smiled, as did Monk

"You two make me sick" Stottlemeyer yelled

"Now Sharona" He said while moving her chair, "You sit in this corner and Monk..." he said while talking his chair, "You sit in this corner and stay there" Stottlemeyer said and left.

***** The rest of the of the day went by fast. Sharona and Monk left the office very...excited. It was eight o' clock at night. Over at Monk's place candles shined everywhere. There was soft music playing in the background. Monk had on a suit, (what else is new) and had putten the dinner out for the two of them

Sharona left her house wearing a short, red, fancy dress, had her hair up and her keys in hand. She grabbed her purse and headed out the door. Around eight-ten she arrived at Monk's house. She knocked the door to find Monk answer it right away.

"That was fast" Sharona said quickly

"I've been waiting" Monk said stepping to the side to let Sharona in. Sharona followed him inside amazed at what he had done with the place. The good thing about it...Is that he had done it all for her

"Adrian this is unbelievable" Sharona cooed

"Thank you, now how about we eat dinner, before it gets cold" Monk said leading Sharona into the into the dining room. On the table two candles were it and two plates sat on the table with metal coverings over them to keep them warm. Monk went around the table and pulled out the chair for Sharona. She took her seat slowly and he then took his seat.

"This is really amazing Adrian, you really outdid yourself" Sharona said while lifting up the cover on her plate. Under it she found chicken parmesan

"I made it for you because it's what you ordered on our first date" Monk said shyly

Sharona looked like she was about to cry

"I love you" Sharona said gracefully

The two were about to eat when the phone rang.

"I'll get it" Monk called while scurrying into the kitchen

"Hello?"

"Hi it's Randy, I have a question, I hope I'm not interrupting anything"

"Oh...well" Monk started

"In the smith case, are the files in your third drawer or you second?"

"Second" Monk replied quickly

"Thanks, bye" Randy said and hung up the phone

Monk walked back to the table and took his seat

"Who was that?" Sharona asked curiously

"Randy, He wanted to know something" Monk said getting off the subject

"Oh" The two went back to chatting and eating their dinner when five minutes later the phone rang again

"I'll get it" Monk said with a sigh

"Hello?"

"Hi, Monk it's Stottlemeyer I was just calling to make sure Randy didn't interrupt anything"

"No, He didn't" Monk said trying to keep his cool

"Ok cause if he did, I'm very sorry and..." Stottlemeyer was cut off by the screaming of Monk

"No he didn't now bye!" Monk shouted into the phone, frustrated

He stormed back to the table and stuck his fork in the chicken

"They do that on purpose" Monk said looking down

"What?"

"They know we're trying to have a nice evening and they...just try to break it up" Monk said frustrated

"Aww honey, just let them be" Sharona said coming around the other side of the table and draping her arms around Monk's neck

"Ok, I will" Monk replied grasping her hands, "How about we go upstairs" He suggested

"OK...I just have one question...after three years and everything we've been through...Is this worth it?" Sharona asked looking him in the eyes seriously

Monk kissed her passionately

"Yes" he said hugging her tightly "And after three years I want this to be special so..." Monk picked Sharona up in his arms. She giggled as he tried to walk up the stairs to his bedroom.