Mr. Monk takes a Break
A/N: Ok...are you guys ready for this? This is the chapter where Adrian solves the case. Then chapter 10 will be posted and that will be it. The story will be over. But don't worry. I will try to get my Monk/Trudy fic on as soon as I can. Hope you guys enjoy this chapter. Rach...you might want to read your reply before you read this chapter. :) It lets you in on a question you asked. :)
Part 9:
Adrian sat patiently on his couch staring at the ceiling. His headache from yesterday disappeared sometime in the night. He vowed never to drink any other water but Sierra Springs from now on. No matter what.
Adrian looked at the clock. 12:02. Natalie said she would be at his house at noon. It was now in the afternoon. He was about to give up and not go to the store when he heard knocking at his front door. He rushed over to it and opened it. It was Natalie.
"You're late." Adrian said bluntly. Natalie looked into his house.
"It's only three...now four minutes after 12, Adrian."
"I don't care. You said you would be here," He pointed to his floor. "at noon. Believe it or not, Natalie. It is in the afternoon now."
Natalie folded her arms. "Are you coming or not?"
"Of course I am."
"Then shut up and let's go."
Adrian followed his nurse out to her car and got into the front seat.
"Where's Julie?"
"She's at my mother's." She started the car and they took off. They were on the main road when Adrian finally spoke.
"I've always hated going to the store."
"Why?"
Adrian stared at Natalie. "Because there are people there."
Natalie pretended to be surprised. "Oh, really Adrian? Wow, I wonder what they are doing there."
"Stop being sardonic. They're taking up space."
"Whatever you say."
"There's a green light ahead."
Natalie looked at the light that was 50 feet away. "Thanks, Captain Obvious."
"Well, have you ever heard of a stale green light? Slow down."
"Why should I?" She argued.
"Because it's about to turn yellow,"
Sure enough, it turned yellow. Natalie narrowed her eyes mischievously. She sped up and zoomed through the light before it turned red. Adrian began yelling. "Are you crazy? What is the matter with you?"
Natalie slowed down. "Are we alive?"
Adrian patted his body down, breathing really fast. "I-I think so. Hardly at all."
"But you're alive, so get over it."
"Don't tell me that." He snapped. He was breathing so hard and his heard was pumping so fast, he thought he would faint.
He still felt numb by the time they arrived at the store. He was surprised that he could even walk, because his legs were so numb. He had to have Natalie help support him.
"You really are frightened aren't you?" She asked kindly.
"Yes. So don't ever do that again."
"Fine. I'm sorry. Don't worry, we won't be in here long. I just have to get a few things."
"I'm not worried." Adrian commented stubbornly.
Immediately they were caught by a flood of a small group of people, but to Adrian, it was a large group. Adrian tried to not touch anybody. Natalie had to grab a hold of Adrian's arm so he wouldn't begin to panic and flail.
"Just follow me. It will all be okay."
So, of course, Adrian listened.
"Okay," Natalie began. "Julie is going camping next week, she needs a sleeping bag..." Natalie said, wheeling her cart down the isle.
"Camping?"
"Yeah."
"No"
"What now? Camping is so much fun. You should try it."
"Sleeping on the ground. Sitting on logs around a campfire...with fire. No bathrooms...not even an attempt, nature all over the place...no thanks. I didn't like it when I was four, why would I now?"
Natalie stopped the cart and smiled at Adrian. "You've been camping?" She said excitingly.
"Yes. For about 20 minutes."
Natalie's face fell and she snorted. "20 minutes?"
"I was crying and I refused to leave the car, so my parents took me home."
"Okay. Great story. Anyway...yes. Here are the sleeping bag," she took down a dark blue one. "Now, we need a camera."
Natalie and Adrian strolled over to the camera's. Adrian began to organize them.
"I wonder which one I should get."
Adrian stopped organizing and looked around the store. People were everywhere. He cringed. One person though, caught his eye. It was Harold. Adrian growled in the back of his throat.
Natalie noticed because she stopped thinking and looked where Adrian was looking. She sighed.
"He's just here to buy stuff. Ignore him."
"He's not here to buy anything," Adrian began stubbornly, ignoring the cart full of objects Harold was pushing. "He's following me."
Natalie laughed. "Following you? Why would he want to follow you?"
"I don't know. I'm about to find out." He said starting toward this rival. He was suddenly stopped by Natalie who grabbed the back of his jacket.
"Don't you dare. Just leave him alone."
But Adrian pulled out of her grasp. He squared his shoulders and marched over to Harold. He tapped him on this shoulder twice.
Harold turned around and her face fell when he saw Adrian.
"What do you want?"
"I want to know why you are here!" Adrian snapped.
Harold gestured to his cart. "Maybe, I'm buying stuff." He snapped back.
"Liar," Adrian breathed. "You're following me."
Harold began to laugh. "Following you? Ha! You're crazy. Now go away."
"No, you're the crazy one." Adrian looked at his cart. "Look at how you organized everything. It's not organized by size"
"I know. It's organized alphabetically."
"Well, it's wrong!" Adrian yelled.
"No, it's wrong my you. By me, it's right."
Adrian's jaw dropped. "You-You LIAR! You want to organize it by size, but you are not paying attention to it because you are following me. Why? What do you want?"
"I'm not following you!" Harold yelled back. People began to stare.
"Yes you are!" Adrian screamed back louder. He reached into Harold's cart and hit everything, so it moved out of Harold's alphabetical order.
Harold shoved Adrian. Adrian stared and attacked Harold. They began to cat-fight. The fight didn't last long because Natalie ran over.
"Adrian! Stop it!" She screamed. She grabbed hold of Adrian and pulled him back. He stared at Harold with hatred in his eyes.
"I'm so sorry." Natalie apologized.
"Oh, it's okay. No need for you to apologize, just keep that crazy man away from me."
Adrian reached out with his arms and tried to hit Harold, but he just leaned back.
"We'll leave you to your shopping."
"Thank you."
"Let's go, Adrian." Natalie growled.
Adrian looked back at Harold who was fixing his cart. "I'll get you, Harold." Adrian snarled at him.
"Yeah, whatever, you freaking idiot." Harold said, turning a corner and disappearing out of view.
Adrian turned to Natalie. "Did you hear that? He called me a freaking idiot. I hope he did it. He wouldn't last a day in prison."
Natalie rolled her eyes. "Be quiet, while I pick out a camera."
Adrian stared at the cameras. Then he looked over to the place were he and Harold fought. Then she stared back at the cameras. He began to think about Stephan, the wife, the baby and importantly, the boy. Then he thought about the father, the camera, Harold's following...
"Okay, Adrian. I'm done with cameras."
Adrian didn't move. He continued to stare blankly at the cameras. Natalie pulled on his sleeve. "Adrian."
Adrian turned to Natalie. Slowly, his 'Adrian Monk' smile appeared on his face.
"What is it" Oh, my gosh! You solved the case didn't you?"
Adrian nodded, still smiling broadly.
"Yes!" Natalie screamed, jumping up and down. "Let's go, quickly" Natalie said, pulling Adrian with her. She quickly checked her things out and they power walked to the car.
"Who was it?" Natalie asked, starting the car.
"Sadly, it wasn't Harold. Just give me your phone."
Natalie quickly rummaged around in her purse until she found her flip-phone. Adrian reached into his jacket and grabbed his cloth. Then he took Natalie's phone. He dialed Captain Stottlemeyer's number and gently placed the phone to his ear.
"Stottlemeyer."
"Captain! It's me, Adrian Monk. I solved the case!"
"Really? Great, who did it?"
"No, I won't tell you anything now. Just meet us at Corey's house."
"Corey's house? He did it? Son of a bitch. Ok. I'll be there shortly."
"Okay, bye." He handed the phone back to Natalie.
"He did it didn't he?"
Adrian didn't answer. Natalie drove to Corey's house and stopped in front. Stottlemeyer was surprisingly already there, waiting. Adrian and Natalie rushed out to him.
"Monk..."
Adrian pointed to the house. "He did it."
"How do you..." He began, then she glanced over at Natalie. She glared and crossed her arms. "Okay, Monk. Let's go."
Adrian smiled and they walked up to the porch. Stottlemeyer knocked. Corey answered with a smile.
"Hello, can we come in?"
"Sure," He moved aside to let the guests in. "Would you like something to drink?"
"No, thank you. But we would like to tell you something."
"What would that be?"
Leland looked over to Adrian. He smiled encouragingly and gave Stottlemeyer a thumbs up. He cleared his throat. "You are under arrest for the murder of your ex-wife Katherine,"
Corey's face fell.
"You have the right to..."
"Wait!" Corey interrupted. Adrian tore his eyes from the ceiling to look at Corey. "What proof do you-what makes you think that I murdered Katherine?" Corey yelled.
"Monk, would you like to tell us?"
"Yes, Monk. What would you like to tell us?" Corey asked rudely.
Adrian nodded. "Okay, here's what happened. You, Corey, murdered your ex-wife Katherine," Adrian smiled and shrugged. "And you have been stalking your son, Conner, for the past 12 years. You knew that your son would be at that restaurant that night. You went there, with your camera to take pictures. When you went, you also realized your ex-wife was pregnant with another man's child. That made you extremely jealous..."
"Wait, what makes you think that I am stalking my son?"
Adrian looked agitated by the interruption. He was never interrupted. "Like I said, you've been following him for years. When I asked if you would let me see your room, I saw the pictures of Conner. I didn't let that register in my mind for quite some time. You see, I had a headache that day. I remembered Stephan saying that for 12 years his family has been seeing a weird flash of light they could not explain. It was your camera, wasn't it? Anyway, you snuck into the house when you thought it would be safe and you strangled Katherine with her husband's leather belt, so it would look like Stephan did it. However, you made one mistake," Adrian walked to the nearest light switch and covered it with his hand. "There were two light switches when you went into the room. You had no idea which one to switch so you turned both of them off. One of those turned off the alarmclock. That lead me to believe Stephan couldn't have done it, because he would have known which one to switch off. Captain Stottlemeyer thought Stephan threw us a 'curve ball'," Adrian stopped talking and walked over to Leland. "Why do you always have to say curve ball? This is not baseball. This has nothing to do with it. This is a murder case"
"Monk!" Stottlemeyer said sternly.
"Right. Sorry. Where was I? Oh, yes. When you were finished you stepped out the window, knocking over a small object," Adrian stopped again and began to rub his head. "Natalie, we have to go!" Adrian yelled, throwing himself to the door. Everyone looked startled.
"What? Why?"
Adrian sighed and went to his nurse. "Because," He whispered. "Because I think I left the door unlocked."
"Mr. Monk, you never leave the door unlocked!"
Adrian looked around. "Yes, that's true."
Unexpected
"Get back to the story." She urged.
Adrian nodded. "Okay, you knocked over the object, but you continued to climb out the window. It is very difficult to close a window from the outside. So you-Natalie!"
Natalie rushed to his side. Leland rolled his eyes impatiently. Corey raised his eyebrows.
"What if just this one time I accidently..."
Natalie reached up and covered his mouth with her hand. Adrian began to struggle. When he was loose he began to yell. "Ahhhh...Ahhhh. Natalie. Give me a wipe!"
Natalie shook her head. "Finish your story."
Adrian seemed to have lost his voice. He began to whisper hoarsely. "Just give me a wipe."
"Finish the story."
"Fine," He continued the rest of the story still hoarsely whispering. "I also remember seeing a small crowbar in your room. There were paint chips missing from the window where you placed the crowbar. You were in a hurry, so you didn't close the window all the way. Big mistake..." He was now so quiet, everyone had to lean in to hear him. "You thought if you could pull this off, Stephan would go to prison for double murder. You would have gotten your revenge. In case you are wondering, the baby surprisingly survived. You would also have a really good chance on getting your son back if you wanted him," He finished. "Now, give me a wipe."
Cored nodded and surrendered. Stottlemeyer cuffed him as Adrian wiped his mouth down.
"Thanks, Monk." Leland said, patting the detective on the back.
"Your welcome," He smiled. "Natalie, let's go. We have a door to check." Adrian said running outside.
Natalie strayed back. "You know, Captain. If you really are thankful that he solved this case, then you can thank him more then just saying 'thanks'. Think about it." Then she left.
Stottlemeyer knew exactly what Natalie meant. He smiled this turned to Corey and his smile disappeared. "You have the right to remain silent..."
Soon, Natalie arrived at Adrian's apartment. He jumped out of the car and ran up to his door. Adrian turned the doorknob. It was still locked.
"Told you." Natalie said when she made it to where Adrian was standing. Adrian unlocked the door and they went inside.
"You did a great job today Adrian." Natalie commented.
"I try," Adrian said. He smiled and reached into his pocket. He took out his checkbook and wrote on it. "Your paycheck."
Natalie looked at it and smiled. She noticed he put extra money on it, finally giving her the raise that she deserved.
A/N: Hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Next chapter is the last chapter. Don't be sad. I couldn't have made this longer. It did take me forever to figure out a good crime. I think it took me a few weeks to put this whole crime thing together. It wasn't easy. The good thing about this story is that I didn't get one bad review. That made me really happy. Thank you guys.
Reviews: Hmmmm...I seem to be missing somebody...
Amymimi: You're welcome for that paragraph...I like to do that...cause it makes you guys feel so special...and you are:) Ahhh! Yes...I remember when Adrian told Harold that. I couldn't stop laughing! I almost missed most of the show! Ha-Ha! That's my favorite episode:) Hope you liked their little squabble! I did :)
Jesus Freak 87: Chores! AHHHH! I hate chores. Ha! head spins Wow...that was really fast...glad you enjoyed it so much. :)
Rach: Who's Harold? That's okay...I'll tell you. He appears in the episode called Mr. Monk and the Girl Who Cried Wolf. Seen it? Well Harold is another guy that has OCD...but he does everything different...and Adrian doesn't like it. He thinks Harold is doing it all wrong. For example...Harold organized magazines on a shelf as 3, 2, 1. Adrian hated it, because he wanted 2 magazines for each shelf so they would be even. But Harold wanted it in the pyramid. So Adrian and Harold hate each other. Harold is Adrian's nemesis. Ha-Ha! I love that word. 24 spyware programs...ouch:( Okay...I think that Monk would have a bit of a problem eating sweets and candies...cause well...he only like healthy food. He only drinks water too...nothing else. He is a very healthy guy. Oooo...good guess...it might be Corey...guess you're gonna havta find out next chapter! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! wipes mouth Ooooops...'sorry...I didn't mean to spray it.' (actual quote) What do you mean about my story not being in the archive?
Monker: looks around Hey...where are you?
jd burns: Where are you...you guys aren't giving up on me are you?
A/N: Guys...I have to tell you this...I just watched the coolest short videos on the internet with Pee-wee Herman in them. Ahhh...I love that guy. (Paul Reubens) He makes me laugh so much. :)