Falling for You
Chapter 4
By: Kiera Kay
A/n- Thanks for the reviews and as some of you asked…. no this is not going to be a Sharona vs. Natalie story…. enjoy!
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It was twelve o' clock a.m. and Adrian Monk lay wide-awake in his bed thinking about the longest day of his life. He felt so many emotions, sad that he had to choose, happy that Sharona was back and mad at Natalie for getting mad at him.
Sharona was in the guest room, a room nobody had stayed at since Stottlemeyer had "moved in."
He could feel her presence through the wall and it made him feel safe, like old times.
In his mind he knew he wanted Sharona back in his life, Natalie just was not…Sharona.
And that was his final decision.
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At exactly eight thirty four Monk opened his eyes to a familiar smell, bacon and eggs.
He did not know what it was at first, because that smell had never been in his house since…well, when Trudy cooked.
He got up, making sure to straighten his pajamas until all the wrinkles were gone, and headed down stairs.
He peered into the kitchen to see Sharona was the one who was cooking.
Her blonde hair fell into perfect ringlets, and boy did she look damn cute In that outfit.
"Morning sleepy head," Sharona greeted him.
"Good Morning," he said with a smile.
"I made you eggs, over easy, just how you like um, and exactly three pieces of bacon, crisp but not too crispy."
He flashed her another smile and sat down at the table.
"Sharona, I want you to be my assistant again," he blurted out, interrupting the silence.
The words processed in her head like the wheels turning in a factory. She slowly turned around with an uncertain smile on her face, "What about Natalie?"
"I…. picked…you."
She brought his plate over to him and pushed a few strands of stray hair behind her ear, "Thank you, you don't know how much this means to me."
"It was nothing…"
"Yes it was." She stared at him directly in the eyes. As she bent over to give him a hug she whispered 'I missed you' in his ear.
"I missed you too." He let go of her and thought for a second. He had noticed since she returned she had become more affectionate with him, 'maybe she is lonely because Trevor just never really loved her' He thought to himself.
But it doesn't matter, he didn't mind a bit
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Natalie was coming in at ten thirty and he had prepared himself all morning for her departure speech.
He had written it down on note cards and practiced it a hundred times. Sharona had gone out to check on Benjy and to go to the market for him.
The time had come but Natalie had not. Monk was worried, she was always on time. She knew how much he hated people being late.
He waited for another seven minutes and fifty-three seconds and decided he should call.
Her phone rang and rang, but no answer. There was only one thing left he could do…. go see her.
He hated driving and only did it on occasion, and this was one of them. As he arrived at her house he prepared himself for what he might find.
He knocked on the door four times and to his surprise, Julie answered it.
"Hello Julie…how…how are you?" He stuttered, trying to look past her.
"I'm fine, do you need anything?"
"No, no…is your mom home by any chance?"
"Yea she's upstairs but I wouldn't go up there." She said, slowly taking her hand off the door.
"Why not?"
"Because she cleaning and she only cleans when she's depressed, nervous, sad, tired…"She replied counting on her fingers
"Thanks I'll just…."
"I'm not done…. angry, in love or if it's time to pay taxes." She finished holding up a total of six fingers.
Monk flinched at the thought the he was the one causing her all this pain. He thought of how depressed he was when Sharona left and how he swore to himself how he would never make anyone feel the way she made him feel.
"I think I'll go see her." He responded, politely pushing her out of the way.
He walked through the back of the house and carefully pushed open her bedroom door.
She was bent over, cleaning behind the bed, her butt sticking way up in the air.
He tried not to look at it, but hey…he's a man.
She sensed someone walk in and quickly returned to standing position. As her gaze fell upon him she sighed and went back to cleaning.
"Natalie…It's me…. Adrian…Monk."
She looked at him with an I-already-know-thanks-for-the-info look on her face.
"I…. couldn't help but notice you did not show up for work today and…"
"Well gee you solved another great one." She shot at him sarcastically…. this was definitely going to be harder then he thought.
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I dunno where this chapter was supposed to be getting to but I'll figure it out…please review!
