Chapter 15

Monk and Natalie arrived at a bed and breakfast in Northern Nevada. They got the key and went straight up to their room. "Wow this is a really nice room." Natalie said checking out the room.

"Yeah it's a five star bed and breakfast." Monk said pulling Natalie toward the bedroom

"Adrian, what are you doing?" Natalie said allowing him to pull her over to the door. When she walked in, the lights were dimmed, candles were lit, and rose pedals on the bed.

"I called ahead and asked them to set this up. I thought it would be romant…" Natalie cut him off by kissing him and pushing him back on the bed.

"Are you ready?" She asked sitting on top of him. She kissed him again, and Monk pulled her shirt off and ran his fingers across her chest. "I guess so." Natalie chuckled.

"I've been waiting for 12 years," Monk looked at her, "Natalie I love you." He lowered his head, and kissed her chest.

"I love you too." They undressed each other, and made love. "Oh Adrian…" Natalie said rolling on her side, "that was wonderful." She cuddled next to him and they fell asleep.

Natalie woke up with the sun shining in her eyes. She looked up and Monk was still asleep. She jumped when she heard a knock on the door. She got out of bed, unwilling, and slipped on Monk's undershirt and boxers. "Hi." Natalie answered when she opened the door.

"Oh hi." Said a lady who was about the same age as Natalie. She was standing with a man who Natalie assumed to be her husband.

"Was there something I could help you with?" Natalie asked still standing in the doorway.

"Yeah. We saw you with a man downstairs yesterday, and we couldn't help but notice that you were both wearing rings."

"Yeah, we just got married yesterday." Natalie said showing off her ring.

"Oh congratulations." She took Natalie's hand and took a closer look, "So did we." The woman showed off her ring. "Well we were wondering if the two of you would like to go to lunch with the us." She wrapped her arm in her husband's, and Natalie couldn't help but think that the guy looked kind of like Randy.

"Yeah sure, thanks for asking. Is 12 o'clock alright?" Natalie asked.

"Alright. We'll see you then."

"Ok." Natalie shut the door, and she heard another knock. She turned around and opened it again. "Yeah?" Natalie answered.

"Oh sorry our names are Bob and Lisa Hayes."

"Sorry Adrian and Natalie Monk." Natalie smiled.

"Awww, I love the name Natalie. Well we'll see you later."

"Thanks, bye." Natalie shut the door, rolled her eyes, and walked back into the bedroom. Monk was still asleep; she took off the shirt and boxers and climbed in next to him again. "I love you…"

"How long have you been awake?" Monk asked. He started kissing her down her body.

Natalie let out a small moan, "Oh, about 15 minutes…Oh baby." Natalie stopped him when Monk was at her stomach. "What are you doing?" Natalie laughed.

"I was…uh…I thought you'd like it." Monk said looking up at her. He started going back up, but Natalie pushed him back down.

"No I never said I didn't like it…I just didn't think you would like it…go ahead." Natalie smiled at him reassuringly. Monk went down and Natalie ran her fingers through his hair. When they were finished, they took a shower and went into the living area.

"So what did you want to do today?" Monk asked pulling Natalie on his lap.

"Well earlier this morning, before you were awake, this couple came up here and asked us to have lunch with them. So I thought we would do that and then we could come back and…you know." Natalie smiled and kissed him.

"What is this couple like?" Monk asked returning the kiss.

"They seem kind of annoying. They were just hanging all over each other, but I thought it would be nice." Natalie looked at her watch and then back to Monk. "We have about an hour before we have to meet them."

"What do you want to do?" Monk asked her. Natalie laid down on the couch and Monk kissed her neck.

"I think you know." They looked at each other and smiled, and I think you know what they did.

"Oh Natalie I love you." Monk kissed her and held her close to him.

"I love you too baby." Natalie picked up her watch, "Ok we better get dressed." They went into the bedroom, got dressed and went downstairs.

"So Adrian, what do you do?" Bob asked.

"I'm a private consultant for the San Francisco Police Department." Monk answered.

"So you're Adrian Monk the brilliant detective?" Bob asked again.

"Well I wouldn't say brilliant…" Monk said modestly.

"Well I would." Natalie said rubbing Monk's back.

"So how did you two meet?" Lisa asked Natalie.

"There was a break in at my house, so the police sent my case over to Adrian. He solved the case, of course. Then I started working for him as his assistant, and we have been inseparable since then." Natalie turned and smiled at Monk and he returned it. "So what about you two?" Natalie asked.

"eHarmony." They said at the same time and they smiled at each other.

"Oh…" Monk and Natalie said at the same time. Natalie looked at Monk, surprised that he knew what eHarmony was. The rest of the dinner conversation was mainly chitchat. For the rest of the trip, Monk and Natalie stayed in their room and enjoyed each other's company.