Ok here's a short chapter. One of those "to fill in the blank" kind ofchapters. :o)

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Monk's eyes shot open. "What?" he said.

Stottlemeyer stared at Randy. "This better not be some cruel joke, lieutenant." Leland said in a sharp tone.

"It's not, I promise!" Randy said through a huge smile. "Monk, Natalie's alive."

"But th-th-that's not possible. I just spoke to the Doctor." Adrian said in disbelieve.

"Don't ask me how…but she is." Randy said still with that smile. "It's a freaking miracle, Monk."

Monk smiled the biggest smile Stottlemeyer had ever seen, and then Adrian limped his way back towards the hospital.

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Monk got to the hospital as fast as he could and when he got there he saw Kate and Dr. Lake talking.

When Monk reached them he asked, "Is it true?"

"Yes it is. Come with me." Dr. Lake said putting a hand on Monk's back and walking him down the hall.

Monk flinched when he felt the Doctor's hand and shook it off but continued to follow as the Doctor explained what happened.

"Honestly I have never seen such a recovery in all my days at this hospital. It really doesn't make since. She was dead, her heart had stopped she showed no signs of brain activity. And all of the sudden, her heart rate comes back and she starts struggling for air. We got her breathing again thanks to a machine, and she seems to be fine. It's nothing short of a miracle, Mr. Monk. Somebody up there must like you."

Monk smiled. "I guess so," he said.

Stottlemeyer and Randy were walking closely behind. "I told you she'd be fine," Randy whispered to Monk.

Adrian just looked at him and smiled.

"Is she awake Doc?" Asked Stottlemeyer.

"No not yet." The Doctor replied.

"Can we see her?" Monk asked.

"Yes, in a few minutes." Lake said then went into the room with Natalie.

Monk all of the sudden stopped dead in his tracks. "Julie." He said and the three of them took off for the waiting room.

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"Julie, Julie, Julie!" Randy said in excitement. (Try saying that three times fast!)

"What?" she said as she tried to clear the tears.

"Your mom's alright. We just spoke to the Doctor's, and she's gonna be fine." Stottlemeyer said with a grin.

"Mr. Monk is it true!?" Julie asked with a smile.

Monk's world was put on pause. 'That look. That smile.' Monk thought to himself as he stared at the smiling child in front of him. 'She's smiling at me. Her face…the one that, when she looks at me, I see her eyes fixed upon me as if I were an alien. The face that used to stare at me as if I had sprouted an extra nose. The face that would look upon me and see me as "that weird guy", as so many people do. And one of the many faces that looks at me when they think I'm not looking but I see them all the same…one of those faces…is smiling at me. And instead of that face being filled with judgmental glances or hidden thoughts filled with ridicule, that face is filled with utter glee, and over flowing joy. Joy that she is directing towards me. ME.'

And at that moment, Monk had a feeling that he had only felt once ever before.

Monk felt like a father. He felt as if that were his child sitting there with that smile on her face.

Monk couldn't help but return the smile. Monk nodded, "Yes Julie. It's true," he said with a smile.

Julie lunged from the chair and gave Monk the biggest hug he had ever received.

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Ok, just out of curiosity when I said " "Julie, Julie, Julie!" Randy said in excitement. (Try saying that three times fast.)"…how many of you guys actually said "Julie, Julie, Julie." out loud in front of your computer? lol. And if the number (of people the really tried it) is as big as I think it is…then me and my readers have a lot in common. lol.

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