A/N: Okay people. I only have two reviews for my last chapter? I hope I'm not boring anybody…anyway…maybe you will like this chapter a bit more. Hopefully. And review replies are at the bottom…remember!

Part 6:

"The movie theater?" Adrian asked in a slight panic tone.

" Yes."

Adrian shook his head. "No."

"Awwww…why not?" Natalie asked, half hurt.

Adrian just shrugged. "Do I have to explain this to you?"

"Yeah. I think you should explain."

"First, do you know when was the last time they disinfected that place?"

Natalie furrowed her eyebrows. "No."

"Then I don't have to explain anything to you."

Natalie crossed her arms. "Fine. I don't even care."

Adrian picked the cup up from off the floor and walked into the kitchen. "Never been happier to hear it,"

Natalie rolled her eyes.

"Anyway, I think I will have a headache that day." Adrian said, remembering what an old friend said.

"Whatever, Adrian." Was Natalie's reply.

BEEP, BEEP!

Adrian shot out of the kitchen, startling Natalie. She jumped.

"That's Captain Stottlemeyer." He said, grabbing his keychain his late wife gave him.

"How do you know?"

"Come on!"

Natalie stood up and followed Adrian out the door. Sure enough, it was Stottlemeyer.

"That was quick." Natalie said, getting into the car.

"Seatbelt, Natalie." Adrian demanded.

Natalie glared at the back of Adrian's head. She slammed the seatbelt into the buckle. "Thank you, Adrian."

He nodded in response.

"I just had to drop the kid off at his grandparent's house."

"Oh," Natalie said. "Hey, Stottlemeyer, do you think Adrian needs a break?"

"Natalie, please." Adrian sighed.

Leland thought over the question. "Yeah. That would be nice for him."

Adrian shook his head.

"Well, he says no."

"Why?"

"Cause I'm going to the movie theater."

"When?" Stottlemeyer asked in interest.

"Natalie!" Adrian interrupted.

"Friday." She answered, ignoring Adrian.

Adrian sighed, loudly and obvious.

"That's two days from now, Monk. You should go."

Adrian began to mumble and shake his head. "I just-just can't!"

"Adrian?" Stottlemeyer said sternly. Adrian knew what was coming.

"What?" He said dreadfully.

"You're going to take a break."

"But…"

"That's an order, Adrian!" finished Stottlemeyer.

Adrian gave up and turned around in his seat to look at Natalie. "I hope you are very proud of yourself."

Natalie smiled. "Very."

"Okay Stephan," Stottlemeyer sighed as he walked into the interrogation room. Randy was already in there with a look of high importance on his face. Adrian and Natalie were left in the other room to look in. "Tell us a story."

"Well, me and my wife, and her son went to dinner. We came home, Conner went to bed and me and my wife watched TV. After we were finished, I went to take a shower, and she went into our bedroom. Then 45 minutes or sometime later I walked into the room and I found her-dead." Stephan said, choking.

"Can you explain the belt?" Randy asked.

"I've been through this a hundred times. The belt was mine. I set it outside the door with all my other clothes like I always do."

"The belt was the murder weapon." Stottlemeyer said, as he watched Randy scribble down notes on his notepad.

"I did not murder my wife." Stephan said calmly, but angrily.

On the other side of the glass, Adrian was staring at a smear that he recognized from years ago. Natalie spotted it too.

"Do you want a wipe, Adrian?"

He shook his head. "No use. It's on the other side of the glass. We will have to just be patient." Adrian said, slightly tilting his head and shrugging his shoulder.

The pair listened to the rest of the interrogation. It wasn't much, because Stephan no longer wanted to speak. Stottlemeyer gave up and left the room. He appeared next to Adrian and Natalie.

"Well, obviously he won't talk to us anymore, Monk. Do you have any suggestions?"

Adrian thought for a moment. "Why didn't you ask him if he saw anything peculiar that night?"

"Why would I ask him that?" Stottlemeyer asked.

"Because you should. Ask him…if he saw anything strange that night."

Leland raised an eyebrow at Adrian and left the room. He appeared on the other side of the room and began to talk to the stubborn Stephan again.

"Stephan, did you see anything strange that night?"

Stephan didn't answer his question. "I've got nothing to say to you. You are being a prick, and you don't deserve to have your question answered."

Stottlemeyer sighed. "It's not me that wants to know. It's Monk."

Stephan sat up quickly. "Monk? Is that the guy who believes I'm innocent?"

Randy nodded. "Yes. That's the guy."

"Okay. I can answer his question. He's not a big asshole. Thank you, Monk," Stephan said to the glass. "Now that I think about it…yes. I did see something strange."

On the other side of the glass, Adrian smiled. He knew it.

Randy pulled out his notepad as Stephan began to talk. "Our family, for the past 12 years has been seeing flashes. It is a really bright light, and it seems to follow us wherever we go. We couldn't explain it."

Randy was scribbling away. Stottlemeyer's eyebrows furrowed. "Do you have any guesses?"

"No." Stephan finished. By the tone of his voice he was finished talking. Leland left again and once again appeared into the other room.

"What do you have, Monk?"

Adrian wrung his hands together. "The alarm clock…and now…the flashes of light,"

Stottlemeyer sighed.

"He didn't do it."

"Adrian, yes he did! I know it. It's written all over his face! Who did it then?"

Adrian shook his head. "I don't know. All I know is that he didn't do it. You don't have a motive. It just doesn't make any sense."

Stottlemeyer pointed a threatening finger at Adrian. Adrian took a step back as he sensed the frustration and anger coming from the Captain.

"You! You don't make any sense, Adrian! You're crazy!" He yelled.

Adrian stared at him in disbelief. Stottlemeyer has never yelled at him before when he thought Adrian was wrong. This was unbelievable to him. Adrian hung his head and did nothing. Stottlemeyer showed no kindness or sorry ness to him. Besides Adrian, Natalie stood with her mouth open. That's when Leland left.

Adrian sighed and went to sit down. He buried his face in his hands. Natalie sat down next to him and gave him a small hug. He flinched, but other than that, he allowed Natalie to feel sorry for him.

"He's right. I'm crazy," Adrian whispered sadly. "Oh, what a time to be me."

"No, no, Adrian." Natalie said kindly. Then anger swept across her. She stood up and grabbed her purse. Natalie stomped out of the room and barged into the interrogation room. Randy and Leland stared at her in confusion. Natalie lifted her purse and swung as hard as she could, she hit Leland on the back of his head.

"Ow!" He objected. Adrian heard the cry of pain and looked up to see Natalie in the room shouting at Stottlemeyer.

"No, you're crazy. You asshole!" She screamed. Leland looked surprised. "How dare you call Adrian crazy. What the hell is your problem? You call Adrian in whenever you need help, and he tells you what he thinks, and you don't even listen to him! Why do you even ask? When has Adrian Monk ever been wrong? Can you answer that?"

Stottlemeyer tried to answer, but Natalie interrupted him. "Never! He has never been wrong! You know it. You are the crazy one for not believing in him!"

"Natalie…" Stottlemeyer tried to say. But he was interrupted again.

"Shut up!" She screamed again. She tried to hit him again with her purse, but Stottlemyer blocked it with his arm. In the other room, Adrian smiled. The only people who had really stood up for him like this were Trudy and Sharona. Natalie was added to that short list. She deserves a raise.

Randy was paralyzed, along with Leland. Stephan just stared with his mouth hanging open.

"We are leaving! Don't even call him back until you decide to not be such a prick!" Natalie turned to leave, but she spun around again. She reached into her purse and grabbed a wipe. She shoved the moist towelette into Leland's hand. "And if you care about anything, there is a smudge on that glass Adrian wants you to take off. Good-bye!" She turned around and left, slamming the door behind her. Seconds later she appeared back next to Adrian. Her face was flushed.

"Natalie…" Adrian began.

Natalie reached out and grabbed Adrian's wrist. He flinched, but she didn't let him go free. Instead, she dragged him out of the room, and out of the police station.

The three men back inside the station were still silent. They were shocked at Natalie's behavior. Stephan smiled; he thought the captain deserved what he got. Stottlemeyer looked at the Lever 2000 wipe in his hand. Guilt swept over him, making him feel really bad. What Natalie had said made sense. Stottlemeyer walked over to the large 1 way glass and scrubbed the smudge off.

"Thank you, Natalie." Adrian said softly.

"You're welcome, Adrian." Natalie said, grinning.

Adrian felt high gratitude toward his nurse. "I'm giving you a raise."

Natalie tore her eyes away from the road. She raised her eyebrows.

"You don't have to do that."

"I know. Sharona always wanted a raise. I couldn't afford to give her one though. But I can afford it now."

Natalie smiled happily. "Thank you, Adrian."

Adrian just shrugged and smiled his Monk smile.

"Don't you have an appointment with Dr. Kroger today?"

Adrian looked at his watch. 3:50. He gasped.

"It's Tuesday! My appointment is in 10 minutes. We will never make it in time!" Adrian screamed, scaring his assistant.

"Don't worry, Adrian. I'll get you there!"

"Okay…just hurry up. But not to fast!" He added.

Natalie pulled into the parking lot at 3:57. Adrian immediately jumped out of the car. He thanked her and was about to run away, but he turned back and stuck his head in the open window.

"Don't forget. It's chicken pot pie night." He said and ran off.

Adrian ran up to Dr. Kroger's room, and barged through the door.

Dr. Kroger looked up from his seat at the tired man. He smiled. "Hello, Adrian. Have a seat."

Adrian looked at his watch. "I'm late." He said.

Dr. Kroger looked down at his watch. "Adrian, it's 4:01."

"Yeah. But I'm late."

"Just by one minute," He said. "But it is no problem!" He said quickly, seeing the pained look on Adrian's face.

"I should leave." Adrian said.

"Adrian. Have a seat. I will give you an extra minute here if you want."

Adrian thought the suggestion over. He nodded. "Okay." He walked over and took a seat.

"So, Adrian. I can see that you are a little troubled. Do you want to talk about it?"

Adrian wrung his hands together. "Captain Stottlemeyer called me crazy."

Charles Kroger looked surprised. "Do you know why?"

"Yeah. He's jealous because I'm right about this case and he's not." Adrian said.

Dr. Kroger laughed. "I see. How is that case going?"

"Fine," Adrian said. Then he suddenly slapped his hand down on the chair. "She wants me to take a break!"

"What?" Charles said, confused.

"Natalie wants me to take a break from this case."

"I think that is a good idea."

Adrian tried to ignore him by changing the subject. "Natalie yelled at Stottlemeyer. I gave her a raise."

"That's nice of you, Adrian."

Adrian smiled. "I'm not crazy am I?"

"No, of course not. But you changed the subject on me. I believe we were talking about you taking a break."

"No we weren't."

"Yes, we were."

"I don't think so." Adrian said, titling his head up to stare at the ceiling.

"Why are you staring at the ceiling, Adrian."

"No reason."

"Alright. Look at me, Adrian." Adrian looked. "Where does Natalie want you to go?"

Adrian looked at the ceiling again, and resorted to saying "Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh." for as long as he could go.

"Adrian. You have to tell me."

"The movie theater." Adrian said, tearing his eyes away from the ceiling.

"Why don't you want to go?"

Adrian scratched his head. "Head lice." He muttered.

"Excuse me?"

"Head lice!" Adrian said louder. "I'm vulnerable."

"Get a towel." Dr. Kroger looked at his watch. The time seemed to fly when Adrian was saying "Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" at the ceiling. "Look, I will make you deal. If you go to the movies with Natalie, then I will give you one free session."

Adrian thought over the bribe. Then he smiled. "Deal." He said.

"Good," Dr. Kroger looked at his watch. 5:01. "Well, our session is over now Adrian."

"Really? That quick?"

"Yes. I will see you next week okay?'

"Okay. I promise I won't be late. I really don't want to waste your time."

Dr. Kroger chuckled. "Okay, Adrian. Good bye."

"Good bye." Adrian said leaving, after he fixed the crooked painting next to the door.

A/N: I wanted to tell you guys this chapter was going to be a bit shorter…but I added a lot more to make it more interesting. Hope it worked. Now…review time!

Monker: Thank you for the Happy Birthday! Glad you liked the Trudy part. I'm a Trudy fan too. I agree that they were the best couple ever! Yeah, I am getting pretty slow with my writing. Actually, I'm not doing three stories at once. This story is already written and finished. I'm working on my Monk/Trudy fanfic, and another fanfic for a different subject. (Nightmare on Elm Street) I'll be working on Commandment killer soon…so…so far I'm only working on two. But at least you think I could handle three! Thank you for that compliment. Ha-Ha! You blinked. That was funny. I had to laugh!

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