Mr. Monk Takes a Break
A/N: Okay guys. Brace yourselves. This is the final chapter of my story. I just want to thank you guys for reading and reviewing it. I enjoyed writing. And hopefully, you will also read my Adrian/Trudy story. Well, here is your chapter 10.
Monker, yes, yes, yes. I'll put the baby in this chapter. :) (She already was) Hope you like it...
Part 10:
Stephan had invited Adrian and Natalie to come over to his house. They happily excepted. Adrian was relieved that he wasn't over there to investigate anymore crime scenes. And this time, Stephan, Conner and his baby sister occupied the house. Even Stottlemeyer was invited. Stephan had forgiven him for believing against him.
Natalie and Stottlemeyer was talking happily to Stephan, while Conner was on the floor next to his sister. Adrian lingered out of the conversation. He walked over to Conner and the small baby. He knelt down and smiled down at the little girl on the soft pink blanket. The little one moved her eyes to him and she smiled a toothless smile. Adrian's heart skipped a beat. He began to think about wanting to have a child to raise. And for the second time in a long time he began to think about how he had a child for a short time. Tommy.
Conner snapped Adrian out of his thoughts. "Mr. Monk, would you like to hold her?"
Adrian, startled, looked at Conner and shook his head slowly. "No, I couldn't. She's only a week old."
"At least touch her." Conner argued.
"Uhhhh..."
"Oh, go on, Mr. Monk. You can hold her. I understand that you are free of any germs that might get her sick. Natalie told me that you are good with children who like you. She seems to like you. Go ahead."
"Yeah, Monk. You must be the cleanest person around." Stottlemeyer said.
Adrian nodded in agreement and he smiled. He slowly slid one hand underneath her bottom, and his other hand supported her head. He slowly began to lift her off the blanket. He pulled her close to his chest and held her.
"You sure know plenty about me, Stephan." Adrian commented. Stephan turned to Natalie and Leland. He smiled.
"I've heard stories." He answered. Natalie and Stottlemeyer shook their heads, smiling.
Adrian took his finger and touched the baby's soft cheek. She continued to smile. He didn't see Natalie playfully nudge Stephan, egging him on for some reason...
"Oh, Mr. Monk, ummm...I hope this doesn't discourage you. But Kathy and I never talked about a name for our little girl. So in thanks, I decided to name her Trudy. Her middle name, thought will be Kay."
Adrian's mouth went dry. He looked down at the half asleep baby in his arms. He smiled. Why would he be discouraged? "No, I don't mind. I like it...thanks." He said weakly.
Everyone smiled.
"You can come and visit anytime you would like." Stephan offered.
"I would like that." Adrian whispered.
Stephan nodded and re-entered another conversation with Natalie and Leland. Conner joined in, too. Adrian walked around the house talking and singing to Trudy.
"She was just snatched from me. It was the worst day of my life..." He was telling her.
Half an hour passed when Natalie interrupted Adrian.
"Adrian, we have to go."
He turned and stared at Natalie. "Okay." He said. He wanted to object, but he could never do that. Anyway, he could always come back.
He kissed Trudy's forehead and handed over her over to her father. She immediately woke up and started to whimper. Adrian touched her head and she stopped.
"Thanks for inviting us over, Stephan." Natalie said.
"Thanks for coming. Come again."
They smiled and turned to leave. "You really like that kid, huh?" Stottlemeyer asked.
"Yup. She's great."
The following day:
Adrian was sitting as his desk. Evidence of Trudy's death spread all over the top. Adrian held a magnifying glass to a picture of the car Trudy was found in.. He scratched the top of his head in frustration. 'Maybe the evidence was not just in the car.' He thought. He moved the glass over to other parts of the picture. He spotted some gum on the pole when he jumped. The phone rang, scaring him.
He allowed the phone to ring four times before he picked it up.
"Hello?" He asked when he picked up the phone.
"Monk, I want you to come over here." Stottlemeyer's voice said.
Adrian took the phone away from his ear and looked at it. His voice sounded so...formal. He placed the phone back to his ear.
"Captain Stottlemeyer? What is it? I'm kinda busy right now. I'm looking over evidence."
"You've been over that a hundred times, Monk. Now get over here. It's important. Natalie's here."
"Oh, my God! Is she okay? Is she alive?"
Adrian heard Leland chuckle over the other line. "Yes, Monk, she's okay and alive. Just get here."
"I can't drive."
"Take a cab like everyone else."
Adrian's throat clenched. "I can't do that, Captain."
Stottlemeyer sighed. "Okay, Natalie will com e and get you then."
Adrian nodded. "Okay."
"Be ready." He said, then he hung up.
Adrian placed the phone back into it's place. 'Be ready?' What was that supposed to mean? Oh, well. He would just sit down on his couch and wait for his nurse. He abandoned the table and walked to the couch. He sat down and looked at his watch, which read 6:32pm. 'What are they up too? What do they want with me?' Adrian thought.
Fifteen minutes he waited until he heard Natalie's car horn. He grabbed his keys and locked the door. He quickly walked to Natalie's car and slid into the front seat. They were off...
Natalie quickly walked into the police station with a big smile on her face. Adrian followed close behind with confusion written all over his face. They walked into Stottlemeyer's office. Randy and Leland automatically stood up, respectfully.
"What is this about, Captain?" Adrian asked.
Stottlemeyer just smiled and Randy tried not to laugh. Natalie looked as though she was a small child going to Disney World for the first time.
"Adrian Monk. We thank you for yet again solving another case that we were stumped on."
"Your welcome. Again." He said, starting to get annoyed.
"Natalie gave us the idea that we should thank you more than just saying thanks. I thought about it, and I saw that she was right. You deserve more."
Adrian just stared. Stottlemeyer looked back in respect, Natalie still looked like that little kid and Randy was rocking back and forth on his feet.
Stottlemeyer reached down and opened a drawer. He took out a black 9mm hand gun. He set it on the table. Adrian looked at it. That was his gun. Leland reached into the drawer and pulled out a badge. He set it on the table. Adrian looked at it. That was his badge. Did this mean?...
"Adrian Monk, I don't want this stuff in my drawer anymore. It belongs to you. It's yours. And you...belong out there, detecting. Welcome back, Monk."
Adrian looked at Stottlemeyer. He smiled through the tears forming in his eyes. He least expected this. He walked up to the desk and touched his stuff. Trudy would be so proud. He looked up. Leland held out his hand. Adrian happily took it. "Thank you, Captain."
"I expect you to be here tomorrow at 7:00. Here me?" He said professionally.
Adrian nodded, taking his stuff. Natalie came over and hugged him. Then she led him out of the room. "I'm going to take you home, okay?" She asked.
Adrian nodded. "Then could you take me to Trudy?"
Natalie understood. "Yes, detective."
Adrian rushed to his room and pulled on his detective suit. He looked in the mirror and smiled. He looked good. He put on his badge and placed his gun in its place. He slid on his hat and took one last look at himself. He left the room.
"Looking good, Mr. Monk." Natalie commented.
"You think so? Thanks. Let's go."
Natalie drove Adrian to the cemetery. He got out of the car and walked over to Trudy's plot. Natalie went with him.
Adrian looked down at the headstone. "Hey, Trudy. Guess what happened to me?" He paused. "Do you just give up? Well, I got my job back. I'm a detective again. I wish you were here to see me. Maybe now, I can do more in figuring out what happened." He stopped talking. He looked to Natalie and nodded. "I love you, Trudy." He said. He touched her headstone and they left together.
Natalie looked at Adrian. "What do you want to do now?"
The End.
A/N: Wow, this was longer than I thought it would be. I wasn't going to put the part where Adrian got his badge back, but I thought it would be nice. Hope you guys enjoyed. Thank you all. You people are so great. :)
Reviews:
Rach: Uhhh...I dunno...I'm sorry. I have no idea what is going on with the computer. Hold on...okay...lets see if I can explain this. First you have to register...then when you get into your account, the left side will have a column of stuff to click on. Click on 'Documents.' Then at the bottom of that page, you type in the system that you used. For example. I use WordPerfect...so I type that in. You type in what you use. The list of accepted documents are listed. Then on 'File on Computer' you click browse and click on your story. Make sure you saved it! Then you click 'Submit Document.' Then you click 'Stories' Then you have to click on 'Guidelines' to say you agree with stuff. After you click 'Yes, I agree to the guidelines,' you click on "New Story." Then you put the information in and such...and it's in. Or it should be.
And no, Harold is not the guy that used to live above Adrian. That is Kevin. Watch episode "Mr. Monk and the Girl Who Cried Wolf, and Mr. Monk and the Election, and you will find out who Harold is. Thank you so much for reading, and being the first person to read and review my story. Hugs
Amymimi: You didn't guess it was Corey? Wow, I'm glad I got somebody. I don't know if I got anyone else. Yes, Monk was irritated because of his headache. He's not used to having headaches. Yes, I will read some of your other stories. I already know they are going to be as good as the one I read. squeals You like Pee-wee Herman? You are the coolest! Hugs a lot
Thanks for reading:) hugs for that too.
Monker: So, did you know what happened? It's alright that you haven't reviewed in a while. It's Jesus Freak, Kiera Kay and jd burns I'm worried about. I hope they can get to a computer soon, as I have to have this chapter up before I leave on the 1st. Oooo...I'm glad you pointed out the parts that you thought was funny! (Or wasn't funny, but you liked it.) Hoped you like the baby in here. I already had her in this chapter, I'm glad you really liked her. And Monk is very man-ish. It's the way he wants to be...remember what episode he said that in? LOL. Thank you so much for reading. hugs
A/N: I thought of something I wanted to do. Since this is the last chapter, I'm going to put up 'one more' just to reply to your end reviews.