Hope you guys like the chapter!
I decided to put Trudy in for a bit.
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Two days later Monk awoke in his bed to find his late wife lying next to him.
He smiled at her. "Hi Trudy," he said.
"Hello Adrian," she replied, as the outline of her body seemed to glow. "How did ya sleep?"
"Fine," Monk looked at his wife and smiled. "I love you Trudy."
"I love you too," Trudy said as she grabbed his face.
Monk grabbed her hand that was holding his head and held it on his cheek, "I love Natalie ,too."
Trudy smiled, "I know," she said.
"You're not upset?" Monk asked.
"No…I'm not. I could never be upset that you're finally moving on with your life. I'm so happy for you Adrian."
"So…Me and Natalie…that's okay with you?"
"Of course," She said and kissed him on the forehead.
Monk opened his eyes and looked at the side of the bed…it was empty. Monk sighed and got out of bed.
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Natalie opened the door to find a neatly folded paper on the porch that read 'Natalie'. She smiled as she picked it up and opened it.
Dear Natalie,
I have a special surprise for you.
Please meet me in the park under the big oak tree.
Completely Yours,
Adrian
Natalie smiled as she put the note in her pocket. 'Completely Yours' she repeated in her head.
"Completely Mine," she said as she got her car keys and headed for the park.
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Natalie walked towards the big oak tree and as expected…there was Adrian Monk sitting on the bench.
"Hey Adrian," she greeted with a smile, as she got closer.
Monk's head came up when he heard her. "Natalie," he said as he stood up and walked over to her.
"Hey, I got your note."
"Great."
"So what's the surprise?"
"You'll see." He said as he grabbed her hand and pulled her towards the bench. They both sat down and he took her hands in his.
"I love you Natalie…more then I've loved anything for a very long time. And all I want is to love and protect you. It killed me when I thought I had lost you and not a day has gone by that I haven't thanked God for giving you back to me. You have given me more happiness then I know what to do with…so…that's why I wanted to give you this." Monk turned and grabbed a heart shaped box and gave it to Natalie.
Natalie looked confused.
"You know…they say life is like a box of chocolates…you never know what your going to get." Adrian said with another one of those smirks as he pointed to the box.
Natalie opened the box and looked inside.
Inside the box were seven pieces of chocolates around the sides…and in the middle…was a small blue velvet box with a single diamond ring in it.
Natalie's hand flew over her mouth as Adrian took it out of the box and knelt before her.
"Natalie?" he began, "Will you marry me?"
Tears fell down her face as she looked at him kneeling there. "Yes…Yes I will," she said then she knelt next to him and hugged him.
Monk hugged her back. "Can't I even put it on your finger?" He asked with a light chuckle.
Natalie sniffed and drew back. "I'm sorry. Yes, here," she said as she held out her left hand.
Monk silently slipped the ring on her finger.
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Monk and Natalie ran into the school. They found the school office and talked to the principle about taking Julie out of school early today. He agreed and told them where to find her.
"Ok here it is…room 207." Monk said as he watched Natalie knock on the door.
"Yes?" a man with glasses said as he answered the door.
"Yes I'm Julie's Mother…I would like to take her out of school early today."
"Oh okay," he said then went to find Julie.
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"Julie we have some good news." Natalie said with a huge smile. "Mr. Monk asked me to marry him…we're getting married!"
"I know," Julie replied.
"You know? …How do you know?" Natalie asked with surprise.
"Well I sort of asked her first," Monk said jumping into the conversation.
Natalie turned around. "You asked her for permission?"
"Well…yeah," Monk replied.
"I even got to pick out the ring mom," Julie said with a proud look on her face.
"It's so beautiful Julie…you have good taste." Natalie said as they all started walking towards the door.
"I still can't believe you asked my daughter for my hand in marriage," Natalie said with a smile.
"Is that bad?"
"No, no, no…it's perfect."
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I know what your thinking… "The End" right? WRONG! It doesn't end there my friends. Stay tuned!
I would like to thank the greatest friends in the world for helping me connect the tittle to the story. I realy had no clue how in the world I could connect the tittle to the story and then I was talking with my friend on the phone and she came up with the idea of how Monk could ask Natalie to marrie him.
So once again my creative consultant for this chapter is my very dear friend, Misha. (There how was that?)
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