Chapter 7

"Natalie what did you want for dinner?" Monk asked Natalie when they were standing next to her car.

"I don't care baby, whatever you want." Natalie said pulling him in for another hug. "I love you."

"I love you, too." He said. She used the same shampoo and lotion Trudy did, and he loved it. They got in the car and went to Monk's place.

"Why are we going to follow them?" Randy asked Stottlemeyer as the were walking out the front door.

"I just want to find out something." He said getting into the car and starting it up.

"Oh." Randy said digging into his pockets. "That will give me time to listen to my iPod."

"Randy did you buy another one of those things?" Stottlemeyer asked looking over at him.

"Yeah I thought I would get another one. Third times a charm, huh?" Randy said putting the earphones on.

"Like you ever listened to me before." Stottlemeyer said to himself.

They followed Monk and Natalie to Monk's apartment and were parked about five or six cars behind hers.

Monk looked at the clock; it was 7:30. "Ok, I'll see you around 8:30 or 9?" he said leaning into her.

"That sounds great. I'll see you then." She said leaning into him. Their lips met and then Monk went inside to get everything ready.

"Ok she's on the move." Stottlemeyer said, but Randy was singing 'I Shot the Sheriff.' Stottlemeyer rolled his eyes and kept driving.

Natalie rushed up to her front door. She had forgotten that she told Julie to lock it, and she ran right into it. "Ow." She said holding her head and finally getting thee door unlocked. Julie was running downstairs, startled from the knock.

"Mom, what happened I heard a knock at the door?"

"Oh no I just ran into it." She said running pass her up the stairs, still holding her head.

"Why are you in a hurry?" Julie asked her following Natalie to her room.

"I have a date." Natalie said. She looked at her daughter and noticed an uninterested look on her face. "With Mr. Monk."

The uninterested look turned into a grin. "You're kidding?"

"No, I'm not." Natalie said grinning back at her.

"Oh my gosh. I can't believe it." Julie said hugging Natalie.

"I know I can't either. It started this morning when he said he was going to raise my pay, and we accidentally kissed, and we couldn't stop until the Captain walked in. Then I told him how I have been feeling and he told me how he was feeling, and I fell for him." Natalie said, sitting down at the foot of her bed when she said the last sentence.

"Wow that is so cool. I thought you two already had a something going on. You are always over at his place, or he is over here, and you are always comforting him." Julie said, sitting next to her mother.

"That's what I told him…I need you to help me pick out something to wear."

"Ok…do you want to be formal or just regular?" Julie asked picking up a dress in one hand and a pair of jeans in the other.

"I don't know." Natalie said looking at both of them. "Probably just regular. We are just going to be at his place…but then again I want him to feel up my legs."

"Mom!" Julie yelled and tapped her mom's arm.

"Oh come on. It's Monk. We aren't going to do that for at least four years." Natalie said and Julie started laughing.

"You've got a point." Julie said still laughing. "So, you're going with the jeans?"

"Why don't we just go home?" Randy asked Stottlemeyer. "She's been home for an hour and a half. I still don't know why we are following her."

"Here she comes." Stottlemeyer said, looking through binoculars. "She looks really nice. Look."

"Wow you're right. Maybe she has a date." Randy said.