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Sharona was speechless. Adrian's eyes were so intense that she got lost in them. Her body gravitated closer to Adrian's. He didn't move a muscle, but she could feel his breathing getting faster with each step she took. Never breaking eye contact, she slowly inched closer to his lips. She gently wrapped her arms around his neck, and as she tilted her head and almost met his lips, Natalie came bursting through the door. Sharona and Monk jumped away from each other as quick as a flash of lightening.
Natalie hadn't even noticed that the two had been in an embrace. "Hi, Mr. Monk. I'm sorry to interrupt you and your friend again, but I think I left some lipstick here. Have you seen it?"
Monk started to nervously fidget with his hands. He watched as Natalie frantically searched for the make-up and said, "Um…lipstick? No, no, I haven't seen any lipstick, have you Sharona?"
Equally nervous, Sharona replied, "No! I mean…no, I haven't."
Natalie suspiciously looked up from the couch that she had been searching through and asked, "What's wrong with you two?"
"Nothing!" Monk and Sharona both replied at the same time.
"Right," Natalie said skeptically, looking from one to the other. "Well, that's not important, I just need to find that lipstick."
"What's so important about the lipstick? Don't you have another one?" Monk asked.
"Yes, I do have another one, but the one that I lost is Randy's favorite. It drives him wild when I wear it and we have a date tonight!"
"Oh… right… I forgot about that. Don't worry about it Natalie, this is Disher we're talking about. Anything you wear will drive him crazy," Monk said with a small smile.
Natalie thought for a moment, then smiled mischievously and said, "Yeah, you're right. In fact, anything that I don't wear drives him even crazier!"
"Oh, god!" Monk shouted, covering his ears and tightly closing his eyes. "Wipe! I need a wipe!"
Natalie giggled, rolled her eyes, and handed Monk a pack of wipes. "Here," she said. "You know, Mr. Monk, the human body is a beautiful"
"No it isn't," Monk hastily said, interrupting another one of her speeches about the human body. It was bad enough just thinking about it, he didn't need to hear about it too.
"Wait a minute," Sharona said, looking at Natalie. "You're dating Disher? Randy Disher?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Oh, nothing, it's just…he and I…he used to…" Sharona's voice trailed off and she shook her head. "Boy, things sure have changed around here."
Monk could hear the hurt in Sharona's voice. His heart sank. She had been hoping to see Disher again. Monk always found himself resenting Disher whenever Sharona was around. He hated the fact that she would flirt with Disher, but it never came into her mind to flirt with him. Not that Monk really wanted to flirt with her, it just would have been nice to know that she saw him as a man.
"I better go," Sharona said, interrupting Monk's thoughts. "Benjy starts at his new school tomorrow. We gotta get up bright and early, and I seriously doubt that he's in bed right now like he's supposed to be." She put on her coat, grabbed her purse, and walked to the door. She looked back at Monk and said, "I'll see ya." She turned towards Natalie and said, "It was nice meeting you. I can see you've done a great job with Adrian. You two seem like great friends."
"Thanks, it was nice meeting you too," Natalie said. She looked over at Monk who had a worried expression on his face, then turned back to Sharona and as if reading Monk's mind she said, "Don't be a stranger, okay?"
Sharona smiled and felt a couple tears escape her eyes. "Okay," she said, and walked out the door. She stood on the steps for a moment, remembering the intensity that she had seen in Adrian's eyes. She turned around and marched back through the door.
Monk turned around at the sound of her shoes clicking against his floor. He looked into her face and saw the hunger in her eyes. "Sharona, what's wrong?"
"I forgot something," Sharona said as she reached up and grabbed Monk's face, pulling him to her ravenous lips.
Monk was squirming at first out of total shock, but relaxed as her hands gently ran through his hair and rubbed his back. He wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her deeper into the glorious kiss. His hands absently began to roam, one making it's way to her soft blond curls, the other slowly making it's way down to her voluptuous derriere. He felt Sharona's tongue tickle his lips. He allowed her entry and she moaned with delight. He soaked up every inch of her mouth, the pent-up passion inside of him exploding.
Natalie stood there with her mouth hanging open, gawking at the two. Adrian Monk was kissing somebody…willingly…and passionately? She couldn't believe it. She ran over to the coffee table, grabbed the pack of wipes from earlier, and walked back over to the couple, waiting with a wipe in hand.
Sharona finally pulled away from Adrian, and he reluctantly removed his hands from her hips. Catching her breath Sharona said, "I really do have to go. It was great seeing you again, Adrian."
Dazed by what had just happened, Monk gives her a goofy smile.
Red-faced, Sharona smiles back and walks out the door once again.
A moment passed before Natalie finally said, "She seems like a nice a girl."
Staring at the door Monk said, "She is."
