Ch. 14

By: Kiera Kay

A/N-FINALLY I got around 2 writing it lol. Enjoy.

A few days had passed and everything could not be better. Sharona was happy, Monk was happy. Everything was great. Sharona sat helplessly in the kitchen of her latest home eating a bowl of grapes. Monk sat across from her, just watching.

"Hey, do you wanna talk about the wedding? I mean do you wanna have it in the summer or later?" She asked, a childish-like grin stretching from ear to ear.

"Um, I was thinking soon....I do not want to wait...I can't," he replied returning the same exact smile.

"Well...how about April. It's only 2 and a half months away, but it's just enough time for us to be ready."

"Okay, sounds perfect." Even though he'd only been married once, this was his favorite part before the wedding, being all lovey- dovey.

Another few days had passed and nothing had changed very much. Except Sharona was facing a big problem; to stay with her Aunt Minn or to give up half of her life savings for medical care and nurses. It was really putting a damper on her wedding spirit. She decided she had to stay and now it was time to face Monk.

"Adrian, I'm sorry but I'm gonna have to stay here for A few months, I just don't have enough money to pay for all the medical expenses."

"Sharona. Our wedding is in two months. There is so much to do, and I need you back in San Francisco. I can't even plan a party, how could I plan our wedding?"

"I'm sorry Adrian, but there are only two options, for me to stay, or I could...loan some...money...from....you," she said as her voice trailed off.

Monk sighed. He really hated lending people money. It bothered the heck out of him to give people money he worked extra-hard earning.

On the other hand it was Sharona.

"Sharona let me pay for the nurse." He said without expression.

"No, Adrian. I can't let you do that. I don't know why I suggested it in the first place. Besides you hate loaning people money. Remember that one time I asked for five dollars and you flipped out at me?" she said with a small chuckle.

"Sharona, you are my fiancée. Please just let me. I need you back at home; it's our home, not here not in New Jersey, in San Francisco." Monk's eyes were filled with sadness and hope. He grabbed her hand hopping that would be the icing on the cake. They could just pay the expenses and go home forever.

"Okay, Okay. I'll let you pay the money and I promise, promise, promise I'll pay you back.....Thank you."

"Your welcome. When do we leave?"

"Thursday is good for me," she smiled and leaned in for a kiss.

It was Friday and finally the trio was back in San Francisco although they were the only ones that knew it. They decided to surprise everyone at the office. They were heading out the door of Sharona's house when a certain subject came up.

"My house," Monk said trying not to get upset with her.

"Adrian, if Benjy and I moved into your apartment he would have to make new friends, new neighbors. His best friend lives right next to us now. We can't take that away from a twelve year old!"

"Sharona, I can't leave this house. This is the only memory of....her I can never let go. This house.......it's..." he trailed off not forming the right words to explain his lovingness for the small cubicle.

Sharona saw the yearn in his eyes. He really wanted to stay where he was and he shouldn't have had to tell her that.

"Okay. We'll live at your house. Besides Benjy can make new friends and he'll still go to the same school. Let's just drop it and go." She said as she grabbed her keys."

They two arrived at the office ten minute's later and linked hands as they walked in the door.

"Monk, Sharona. You're back!" The captain said surprised. He casually walked over to them even though he knew what was up, "What are you guys doing back?"

"We're getting married," Sharona blurted out of excited ness. The captain formed a gruff smile on his face, "Finally. I knew you tow would tie the knot sometime."

"Why'd you think that captain?" Monk asked surprised.

"I don't know. There was just always something there between you two."

"Why didn't you say anything before?" Sharona asked wrapping her arms around Monk's not-too-shabby body.

"I always knew it would run its course."

"Well Captain. You have good instincts."

"So when's the wedding?" Disher asked obviously eavesdropping on the three. He had a disappointed look on his face, like he didn't want them to get married.

"April," Monk said noticing the look on his face. Sharona noticed the look also and made a mental note to talk to him about it later.

"Who's gonna be the best man?"

Randy's voice had hope it, almost like he wanted to be it.

"We haven't decided a lot yet, I'll let you know." Monk said wandering off to tell a few other people in the office.

"Yea, on that note, I gotta get going. Karen has some yoga, sentimental seminar thing I apparently have to go to." Stottlemeyer said taking his jacked off the rack.

"Okay captain."

"Bye, "he said gruffly as Randy and Sharona were the only ones left in the room.

"Well ya know I gotta go....do something," Randy said trying to avoid her.

"Wait Randy, can we talk?" Sharona whispered while putting a hand on his shoulder.

"Um sure," he said turning around.

"When we were talking about the wedding you seemed disappointed. I don't know it could have been me but I just was wondering...." She trailed off, "Is something wrong?"

"No. Nothing is wrong, I have to go." He said trying to make a run for it.

"Are you jealous?" Sharona blurted out accidentally.

"What?"

Randy spun back around to face her. He looked her straight in her ocean- green eyes and saw that she really wanted to know.

"Okay. I guess this is better now than any other time. Maybe....maybe. Maybe... I like you as more than a friend okay, but now it doesn't matter because you and Monk are getting married. So let's just drop it." He said quickly ending with a big sigh.

"You liked me?" Sharona gasped with a giggle, "How come you never asked me out?

"Because, I didn't think you would ever say yes."

Sharona smiled at his shyness and answered the first thing that came into her tiny brain.

"Well....I....I might have. If the time was right but what if it didn't work out? What if we would have lost our great friendship? All those times I made fun of you and you made fun of me... I think that's a little better than you and me dating." Sharona finished her voice soft and crisp with her intentions toward him.

"Yeah, yeah you're probably right. I wouldn't want to lose that." He flashed that famous Randy-smile of his as Sharona stepped a little closer and gave him a warm hug.

"You'll still come to the wedding right?"

"Of course," he whispered getting a whiff of her beautiful scent.