"Mom! I'm going to be late! Come on!" Julie teeger was a average 14 year old, she liked her music to be up at a deafening volume, hanging out with her mates ,shopping , fashion and getting straight A's .

"Ok sweetie, just a second Adrian's got a problem…no, Adrian listen get a shoe and thwack it… no it won't bite…Adrian it's a spider! Listen I've got to take Julie… fine, yes ill bring your laundry…bye."

Natalie, Julies mom worked for a detective, well not any detective, the smartest, most obsessive, compulsive detective you could meet. Adrian Monk.

Natalie and Julie first met Mr Monk 6 years ago, when Mr. Monk was called to a crime scene at the house when Natalie killed an intruder. Mr. Monk discovered that it was because of a rock from the moon was stored in the fish tank, but instead of rescuing the rock which by the way was worth over 2 million dollars, he saved Julies fish which was given to her by her dad. The kind gesture did not go unnoticed by Natalie, who decided to work for the defective detective –even if it isn't the best paying job in the world.

Julie checked her watch again, 9:03, late again. What excuse was she meant to come up with today? Julie had run out of good excuses 3 weeks into her mom's new job. And telling the truth wasn't an option. Julie remembered when she was late for science and when Mr Rushton asked where she had been she had told him that her mom had to calm Adrian down after finding a spider in the bath. When asked how old her brother was she replied – "oh he's not my brother, he's my mom's obsessive, compulsive boss". Its funny how people don't seem to believe that a 48 year old man could be afraid of such things, but that's what makes Mr Monk so special. Yes he's a handful most of the time but when you see him solving a crime he's one of a kind.

Julie watched as her mother darted around the living room straightening out the magazines on the coffee table. Julie laughed internally. Mr. Monk had rubbed on all of them, Julie had a spotless bedroom, while her mother took her time cleaning every nook and cranny, although it didn't matter if they worked a week Mr. monk would always find a speck of dirt or dust somewhere, nothing ever missed his keen eye.

"Ok, you ready? Listen say we got stuck in traffic, and then the car broke down."

"Sure mom, I'm pretty sure that we haven't used that excuse in, what 2 months?" Natalie chuckled lightly at her daughters comment. Julie was such a strong and confident young lady so much like her father. Bringing Julie up on her own hadn't been easy, money was tight even though her family owns the third largest toothpaste company in the world, Natalie had decide she wanted to bring Julie up on her own which meant supporting her with her own money. Switching form job to job, school to school was never easy on either of them but then Adrian came into their lives via an incident of Natalie killing a guy.

Mitch would be so proud. Natalie was brought out of her dream like state with Julie heading towards the door.

Natalie just shook her head and followed her daughters lead out to the car.

Adrian glanced at his watch for the fifth time in the past two minutes, 11:11am she's eleven minutes late. Adrian sighed as he heard a key turning in the lock and a rather ruffled looking Natalie stumbled into the kitchen with 5 bags of groceries. "Adrian…a…little help...would…be nice…"

Adrian just stood in the hallway with a deer in the head lights look plastered on his paramount characteristics.

Natalie let slip a giggle, causing more confusion to spread on Adrian's face.

"What? Do I have something on my face? Natalie couldn't help but fall into a fit of laughter at Adrian's poor attempts of see the invisible stain.

Adrian continued to try and see the invisible stain that has infected his virtuous features until he felt petit arms enclose around his frame.

"Hello." Adrian smiled warmly down at the petit blonde.

"Hey to you too." Natalie blushed as Adrian gazed enthralled.

"What?" Natalie whispered afraid if she upped the volume she would break the spell they were under.

"You." Adrian replied matching Natalie's tone.

Jus then a shrilling filled the room breaking whatever spell the two companions were under, Adrian stared intently at Natalie tilting his head in the direction of the phone. Natalie paused a few seconds considering If he was being serious before sighing and untangling herself and picking up the phone.

Hello…yes he's here captain…why…What happened…oh my god." Natalie dropped the phone she was holding and turned to find Adrian gazing at her in concern.

Natalie, what is it? Natalie what's happened? Adrian took a step closer.

Natalie felt tears spilling over but no sound would come. Adrian could see her legs give way form underneath her fragile form and lurched forward, catching her frail form hitting the hard concrete slabs of the kitchen tiles.

Adrian collapsed against the cupboard and gently lowered his and Natalie's forms to the floor.

"Hey, shh, it's going to be ok, I promise." Adrian did not have the slightest clue what the captain had said to her own on the phone but right now he felt his priority was to comfort and reassure her, so he carried on rocking Natalie's feeble frame.

Adrian lift his head and watched as captain stottlemeyer entered with shadowed face, showing only a portrayal of the darkest emotion.

"Monk, we have to go."

Adrian stayed in his position, moving only to bring Natalie's sleeping form closer to his chest.

"What happened, what did you say to her? "

"Monk we haven't time for twenty questions, just move Randys in the car waiting."

"Captain-"

"Monk Julies life hangs in the balance move…NOW!"

Adrian glanced and held stottlemeyer's gaze to see if he was telling the truth, he would never lie, especially about Julie, oh god.

Adrian shifted Natalie and gathered her up into a secure embrace and followed a somber looking Leland out to where randy was waiting in an unmarked police car.

The doors to the emergency room of hospital, San Francisco, were threw open and three men and a distraught woman hurried through the mass of relatives to the front desk containing a young woman of early to mid twenties popping gum and swiveling on the desk chair while nattering away to what was obviously not a worried relative.

Randy ran the bell awaiting the attention of the young receptionist, but was ignored, with randy repeating this action a couple more times before Leland leant over the desk and abruptly ending the young woman's conversation.

"Hi, Julie teeger was brought in forty minutes ago, after a bomb attack at st. Mary's high school." Randy watched as Leland's polite manner was forced. This is hard for all of us.

"You'll have to wait in line like everyone else sir." The receptionist smirked. Randy watched as Natalie's features darkened and her pupils turned from puffy, hazel to pitch black orbs. Uh oh.

"Oh forget this! I'm going to find my daughter, and this silly cow isn't going to stop me!" Natalie turned and headed for the door until to burly security guards stepped in her way.

"Miss if you would like to come with us."

"I don't think so, my daughters in there she needs me!" Natalie resisted as one of the two guards caught hold of her hand Natalie swung round and placed one on him. The second guard grabbed and forced her arms behind her back.

"get off of me! My…daughter needs me...GET OFF OF ME!" Natalie struggled against the two burly guards forcing her in the opposite direction to where her helpless daughter lay.

Adrian ran followed closely by Leland and randy calling out after Natalie.

"Police, stop and release her right now or I swear to god you'll be singing like Catherine Jenkins by the end of the day!" randy flashed his lieutenants badge and the security guards cautiously released her only for her to be embraced in Adrian's strong hold and guided back to the main reception to await news on Julies condition.

Adrian looked up at the clock on the wall 5:42pm, Julies surgeon had came and gone on news of her condition, merely telling them that the bomb had contained a unidentified poison and Julie was slowly drowning internally from fluid build up on the lungs.

Adrian glanced down at the sleeping beauty in his arms, brushing a stray hair from her closed eyes.

He leant forward and placed a chaste kiss into her soft, blonde curls, allowing a sad sigh escape his lips before leaning back and closing his exhausted eyes entering into a dreamless sleep.

Leland watched the touching scene before him and allowed a small sad smile cross his aging features.

"He really cares for her, doesn't he?" Leland had to laugh at that. Randy was a great cop, but he had a real knack for stating the bleeding obvious.

"Yeah, randy I think he does."

"no, I mean sharona and him never acted like that even when she was scared that she was going mad. This is something much bigger. Its as if he loves her!" randy chuckled at the last part but stottlemeyer became very quiet. Is it possible to achieve the impossible? Looking at the two of them he smiled a genuine smile for what seemed like an eternity. I believe they have.