One Night Changes Everything
How to Kiss
Monk stared up at the tree that was above the victims body as he thought about what happened last night. He remembered every little detail. He was cursed like that.
He remembered how it had all started.
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Monk had been shocked at the way that Natalie had smiled at him, making him feel all the more embarrassed that he had never kissed anyone other than Trudy.
�No��you know what Mr. Monk (she had said with a warm smile), I think it�s really sweet how you don�t want to kiss someone else the way you kissed her.�
He had wanted to end it there, but Natalie just wouldn�t drop it.
Doesn�t she know��I�m not really good with people?
He had tried to get up, but Natalie had pushed him back down, aggravating him and making him feel like a child. Which he wasn�t�really he wasn�t.
�Mr. Monk�if you�re ever going to be with someone else you have to face facts��you�re going to have to get over your phobia of kissing someone.�
He had been about to deny it, when Natalie stopped him before he could. She seemed to be doing more of that lately he noticed.
�Mr. Monk�you just about crawled out of your skin when I kissed your face. How are you going to react if someone kisses your lips��or better yet��French kisses you.� Natalie said as a huge smile crossed her face as she imagined the woman that tried to stick her tongue down Adrian Monk�s mouth.
The thought had caused Monk to want to gag.
�Mr Monk its not that bad��you just have to learn how to kiss a woman without picturing its Trudy.�
Monk stared at her in that way that asked �how do you know�.
Natalie had looked at him with this kind knowing face and had slowly explained.
�After Mitch died�(she paused as she said the words) I realized that I hadn�t died with him.�
Monk had stared at her as he listened to the words.
Natalie had looked down at the ground as she said the next lines.
�I had a daughter that needed me, and I knew that I couldn�t stop living my life. I started dating again��and I realized that the men kissing me��weren�t Mitch.�
He had sat there for minutes processing what she said. Trying to understand if it held relevance to himself.
Natalie had gotten up and had started to get ready to leave for the night, having helped him clean out his fridge after a long day of work.
While she had been away, Monk had tried to��practice��on how to kiss a woman. He had been pursing his lips together when Natalie had walked back into the room, catching him in the act. Laughing at him, he had quickly tried to stop, but Natalie rushed over.
�No�I�m, I�m sorry Mr. Monk.� She had said as she again plopped down on the coffee table in front of the sofa, with her hand held up to stop him as she held in her laughter.
Sighing she tried to settle her laughter down as she spoke.
�No one purses there lips like that unless their kissing a child, it�s���it�s more like.� With that she had made a motion with her lips.
Monk had looked at her like she was crazy, but he imitated the act anyway. At least he had tried.
�No Mr. Monk��like this(again doing the motion with her lips).�
Again Monk tried to copy her.
�No�wait�(scooting towards him more she grabbed his head and made the motion for him) up like that.�
Again Monk tried, and failed quite miserably. He didn�t even want to do this in the first place. He had known that he was never going to kiss someone again.
�Ok��Mr. Monk its��it�s like�( she had been soo close to his face by then that she had leaned in on instinct and kissed him slightly).�
Monk had remained with his lips open in an odd way though, she must have thought that he had not understood how to kiss yet and therefore had not moved. But��it was the exact opposite. Natalie kissing, even at the point, had made him freeze.
She kissed him again, this time molding his lips to hers and slowly moved her lips over his.
That�s how it had started. That one moment where he had frozen up. When her lips had slowly moved over his in a teasing fashion that he had never experienced before, like�that she had turned her head and slowly opened the kiss, he knew.
He knew at the second that he had betrayed Trudy��because he never thought of her once���.as he and Natalie kissed.