Sorry the chapter is so short. Haven't really felt much like writing lately.

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Natalie pulled into her driveway. She looked and saw that the door was open. Just then she had this horrible pain shoot up her spine and into her head, the pain that one gets when they know something terrible have happened to one they love. She jumped out of the car and ran into the house.

"Julie?" She called out. "Julie!" She ran into the living room and looked at the T.V. that read 'You are watching an encore presentation of Forever Young'. Natalie ran all though the house screaming her daughters name the whole way. She looked in her bedroom, Julie's bedroom, both bathrooms, kitchen, den, living room, and even the garage and couldn't find her anywhere.

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Monk got up and answered the door to find Natalie in tears.

"Natalie what's wrong?" Adrian asked with eyes full of concern.

"You're what's wrong! It's all your fault!" Natalie said as she walked towards him and started punching him in the chest.

It didn't hurt but Monk was still shocked. What could possibly have happened in the time Natalie was home to make her act this way? "What are you talking about?" He asked as he tried to get her to stop hitting him and talk.

"If it weren't for you and your STUPID fears I would still have my daughter!"

Adrian grabbed her hands and forced them to her side. Natalie just put her head on his chest and kept sobbing. Monk let go of her fists and wrapped his arms around her and she did the same to him.

"What happened Natalie?" Monk asked in a soft voice.

Natalie dropped to her knees and Monk followed but kept hugging. Even though physical touch was at the top of Monk's 'uncomfortable list'…the fact that he and Natalie were so…close…didn't seem to bother him at all…in fact…getting coodies was the very least of his concerns at the moment.

"Natalie look at me." He said pinching her chin and bringing her eyes to him. "Where is Julie?"

Natalie's face wrinkled up as she said, "I don't know." Then she started bawling again.

Monk felt like crying when he heard that she didn't know where her daughter was but he knew that every day Natalie was always the strong one out of the two, and she always took care of him when he needed her. He knew that he needed to be the strong one this time and take care of her cause she needed him.

"Oh Natalie." He said as he pulled her in once again for another warm embrace. They stayed that way for at least 30 minutes. Monk merely rocked the both of them back and fourth…back and fourth.

After a while Natalie felt better but she knew that if she showed it then Monk would let go and she didn't want that to happen. She really felt safe in his arms like nothing could harm her and no bad thoughts could reach her mind. All she wanted right now (besides her daughter back) was to be held.

Then Monk broke the silence but not the hug. "Natalie…I need you to talk to me…what happened when you went home?"

Natalie sniffled and began. "I don't know…all I know is when I got home the door was open and…there was nobody in it."

"Did you see anything that might tell us who it was that opened the door?"

"No Adrian…I…wasn't really focused on that." Natalie said but then started to cry again.

"I know. Ok. Shhhh. Shhhhhhh…its ok." Monk said with a soothing voice as he kept slowly rocking her back and fourth…back and fourth.

'I think that's the first time she has ever called me Adrian.' Monk noted silently in his head.

"I checked every where. She wasn't there."

"What did you see when you walked in?" Monk questioned.

"………………The T.V. was on."

"Was it something that you think Julie would be watching?"

"Yeah…it was Forever Young. She was watching as I left to help you."

Monk couldn't help but feel guilty. Natalie was right…if it weren't for him and his phobias Natalie would have been home to protect Julie. Unless who ever it was had gotten Natalie too. Monk could bear to think of that.

"She must be so frightened." Natalie said.

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Ok just so I don't get any bad reviews from fact checkers. I know that that wasn't really the first time Natalie ever called Monk by his first name. The real first time was on the epilogue of Mr. Monk gets Drunk. But I figured thatsince Monk was unconscious at that moment he probably wouldn't have remembered anyway.

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