Ok guys, here we go again. Hope you guys like the new chapter.

And just so you don't get confused…Monk is not back on the force. I think the way I fraise it might make it sound like he is…but he isn't. Sorry Monk your gonna have to wait longer.

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It wad been two and a half months since both Adrian and Natalie got out of the hospital. And the both of them were back on the job. Monk was back helping the police…and Natalie was back helping Monk. Monk and Natalie both talked about it and they were going to do their best to not let their personal relationship interfere with their business relationship.

"Its just a normal's day work," they would say. But despite their good intentions…it was patently obvious to the whole squad that they were in love. All the soft giggles, light whispers, quick glances when they thought no one was watching. But people were watching…in fact almost the whole San Francisco police department was watching.

Randy could remember when Private Jinkons first got on the force a few weeks ago.

"Whoa is that Adrian Monk the detective?" asked Danny Jinkons on his first day.

"Yes it is," Replied a tired Randy Disher.

"But who's that lady hangin' out with him? I thought he was single."

A few of the cops near by started laughing at his cluelessness.

"Kid you have GOT to get up to date," Said Roger as he sipped his coffee. "Monk and Natalie are like this." He said as he held up two crossed fingers.

Yep, they were. That was the best way to describe them. Randy remembered a few times when the captain would be trying to talk to Monk, but Adrian would be staring at Natalie and not have heard a word Stottlemeyer said.

Randy laughed to himself as he thought about the couple before him. He laughed at how they thought that they were being so discreet but being SO obvious about their undying attraction to one another.

Randy laughed silently at them once again before getting back to work.

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Natalie invited Monk over for dinner and to maybe watch a movie with her after Julie went to bed. Of course, he wasn't about to say no.

"Hey there, Mr. Monk," Julie greeted with a smile as she opened the door. "Come on in."

"Thank you."

"MOM! MR. MONK IS HERE!" Julie yelled as she closed the door behind him.

The dinner was nice; it was Tuesday so they had chicken pot pie. After dinner, Natalie took Julie and went into her bedroom to say good night. Monk waited silently on the sofa.

When Natalie came out she sat right next to him and stuck her arms around his neck.

"What do you want to watch?" asked Natalie.

"I don't care," Adrian said as he pulled her onto his lap and placed his hands on her hips.

They just sat there looking at each other for a while until Natalie broke the silence. "Well you have to pick something," she said as she leaned in for a kiss.

"We don't have to watch anything," Adrian replied as he leaned in for another one.

"No, we do have to watch something. We said this would be are movie night, remember?"

"Alright. Will you pick something out?" Adrian asked.

"Okay," Natalie whispered as she climbed off of him and went to the TV. "Alright how about A Walk to Remember?"

"Too sad."

"K… how about…Elf?"

"I don't think so…I'm not much of a Will Farrell fan." Monk replied.

"Okay…okay-okay how about Singin in the Rain?" Natalie asked with a smile.

"I like that movie."

"Oh no wait…I think we lost the disc…" Natalie said as she looked in the DVD case. "…yeah it's gone. How about Forest Gump?"

"Never seen it." Monk replied.

Natalie's face went blank. "You have never seen Forest Gump?" She asked with a surprised voice.

"Nope"

"That does it…we're watching this." She said standing up and putting the Forest Gump disc in the DVD player. Then she sat back down on the sofa and turned to look at her boyfriend. He turned his head and looked deep into her eyes.

Adrian shook his head and said, "you're so beautiful Natalie."

She began to blush slightly and looked down, out of sheepishness.

He grabbed her chin and pulled her face up to meet his again. "And you're cute too."

She smiled and he flashed her one of those "Adrian Monk smirks" that made her melt. And the worst thing was… he knew it made her melt and that's why he did it. He didn't seem to have much control over anyone really, so he liked it that just by doing something with his face he could get her all flustered up.

He brought her face closer to his, and just to be mean he flashed her yet another one of those "Adrian Monk smirks" right before the kiss was made.

"That was mean." Natalie said when they came apart.

"But you liked it."

"But it was still mean."

"But you liked it. Didn't you?" Monk asked with a smile.

Natalie had her mouth open but nothing was coming out. "IIIIIIIII"

"You what? You liked it didn't you…I know you did." Adrian said, as his smile grew larger.

"I don't think that's really relevant right now." Natalie began.

"Oh come on, its perfectly relevant. Did you or didn't you like it?"

Natalie said nothing.

"Come on I KNOW you liked it…just face it…you like it when I do that to you and you can't help it. You think I'm a hunk don't you?"

"Well maybe I do…but if you EVER use the word 'hunk' again I just might change my mind." Natalie said wagging a finger.

Adrian started to laugh, as did Natalie. "Deal," he said.

Then they both settled down a bit and watched the movie.

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The alarm went off and Julie rolled over in her bed. She looked at her clock. 5:50 it said. Julie got out of bed and put on clean clothes. Then she went into the living room and saw her Mother and Mr. Monk sleeping on the sofa. They were hugging each other loosely and Natalie's head was resting lightly on Monk's chest.

Julie turned her head and saw the Forest Gump main menu on the TV. It was then that she realized what had happened last night.

'They must have stayed up to late last night watching that long movie. Then must have fallen asleep. Aww…they're cute.' Julie thought as she went and grabbed some lunch money out of her mom's purse. She turned off the TV and DVD player and went out the door to the bus stop.

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I know you guys were probably like "I don't get it…what's with the whole 'they say life is like a box of chocolates' quote."

Well to be honest…I couldn't really think of a good name for the fic at the time and I heard my brother in the other room quote that movie so I was like "That will do for now." And made it my title.

But enough with the behind the scenes … I just wanted to mention that I finally found a great way to connect it to my story thanks to my friend I mentioned earlier.

But to find out how I connect them…you have to keep reading! lol

REVIEW WITH THAT LITTLE BUTTON DOWN THERE! hehe