Ok so this is my first Monk and Natalie story and I'm a little nervous. Please review and tell what you think so far and if i should continue. Thanks

Beep beep beep beep Natalie Teeger reached over and hit the off button on her alarm clock. It was 7:00 and she had to get ready for her day. She walked down stairs and into the kitchen and saw Julie her daughter setting at the breakfast table eating pancakes. Julie was sixteen and Natalie loved the fact that Julie was growing up to be a beautiful, caring, and nice woman. But she also thought that it was happening to fast, she still want her to be her little girl the one who when she had a bad dream she would come in Natalie's room and curl up beside her and fall back asleep.

"Morning honey" Natalie said to her daughter

"Morning mom" Julie said to her mom still half asleep "I don't know why you are still getting up at this time when you know you don't have to drive me to school"

"Well honey I still like to say bye... and I'm used to it" Natalie said making herself some pancakes.

Just as she sat down Julie got up and put her empty plate in the sink and walked upstairs to her room to get ready for school. Natalie ate her pancakes in silence but her mind was focused on two people her daughter and her boss. Since she had bought Julie a car almost four mouths ago she had been going out with her friends almost every night and not getting back till nine which was her curfew . So after awhile she started staying at Mr. Monk's till nine.

She mostly helped him clean his house (not that it needed it) but they would also have very interesting conversations and both seemed to enjoy themselves so it became sort of a routine. She thought a lot of Mr. Monk and even though he did have his phobias he was a all around great guy. Not to mention cute and caring, like last night when she sneezed and he freaked out and started running around the house looking for a wipe because he thought that some had got on him but afterwards he was concerned that she might be catching a cold and insisted she take the next day off, but she reassured him she was perfectly fine.

And then there was the fact that a few mouths ago she thought that he was dead. She remembered how she felt when she heard what happened. It was like she had lost Mitch, her late husband all over again. She thought that if she ever got her hands around LelandStottlemeyer's neck she would strangle him. When she found out that he was really alive she had to see him. She thought it was cute when she walked into the car wash and Mr. Monk tried to hide his face. She had came prepared with wipe in hand. She remembered when she kissed him all over his face how he flinched and tightened up.

As she finished her pancakes and put her plate in the sink she heard Julie coming back down the stairs and looked at her wall clock and saw that it was already 7:45.

"OK bye mom see you later" Julie said walking over to her mom and giving her a kiss. "Oh and me and Erin are going to catch a movie after school and maybe go to the mall, OK?" she added

"Oh of course, have fun" She told her daughter as she walked out the door.

Natalie still had a hour and fifteen minutes till she had to be at Mr. Monks and it would take her about thirty minutes to get ready and fifteen minutes to get to his apartment. She wondered if he would mind if she got there thirty minutes early. She didn't think he would sense he did get up at about 5:30, so she headed up stairs and took a shower all the while thinking of Monk.

She hadn't been able to get him off her mind sense she found out he was alive. She even had dreams about him. Most could be considered nightmares. She would wake up in the middle of the night crying afraid it would be true, afraid that like in her nightmares he would be dead. She had to fight urges to call him just to hear the sound of his voice to make sure. She didn't tell anyone about them because she was she was scared it would make her seem weak.

Although most were nightmares one was the opposite. Natalie had one dream that would repeat itself every few days. She and Mr. Monk would be sitting on his couch talking, but then something would happen and they would move closer to each other and it would become very intimate. Every time she would have this dream she would always get a good nights rest and wake up feeling great. Much like now because she had that dream last night.

She was embarrassed that she would have such a dream about her boss. But then again he was more than her boss. It had been a long time sense she had considered Mr. Monk just her boss, after just a few months of working with him she thought of him as one of her closest friends, and after almost four years together they were inseparable. He couldn't function without her and in the past mouths she realized that she couldn't function without him.

He's a big part of my life. Where would I be if he had really died as she thought this tearsbegan to fill her eyes. She was in the privacy of her own shower so she made no effort to stop them. She finished her shower and continued to cry as she stepped out and dried herself off. She exited the bathroom with her towel wrapped around her heading for her closer. She had stopped crying and was now putting on a pair of jeans and a white button up shirt. Now it was time for her makeup, once she finished she went downstairs, grabbed her purse and got in her car and headed for Mr. Monks place.

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Adrian Monk woke up at 5:30 and got up to start his normal routine. As he started his breakfast he thought about the dream he had had that night. It was about his assistant Natalie, she would be staying late like she had started to do but then things would become different. They would sit next to each other and get closer and then things would get very intimate. He hated having that dream it felt like he was betraying Trudy, but on the other hand he liked it he couldn't quite put his finger on it but he felt wonderful after having the dream and he also felt wonderful when he was around Natalie. But he could never tell her that.

Natalie was beautiful and she could never feel anything more for him besides friends. That he was almost positive about, but every time he would look in her eyes his heart would race and it felt like it was going to jump out of his chest. And when she would smile his whole world would light up. He could also never tell her that as well.

It took him two hours and fifteen minutes where as it would usually take him only two hours. Half of the fifteen minutes he kept stopping and thinking about Natalie and how beautiful, strong, lovely and caring she was, the other half was spent kicking himself for think of her that way and for betraying Trudy.

It was now eight fifteen and Natalie would be there in forty five minutes. In the meantime he started cleaning his bathroom.

Natalie pulled up in front of Mr. Monks apartment building fifteen minutes later. Grabbing her purse from the seat next to her she went up to his apartment. She used her key to get in and sat her purse on the table as you walk in the door, she walked into the kitchen to make her some coffee.

"Mr. Monk I'm here" she called as she started the coffee water. But Monk was so caught up in cleaning that he didn't hear her.

Natalie leaned on the island with her elbows supporting her as she drunk her coffee and her mind drifted back to her dream last night. Meanwhile Monk needed another bottle of bleach and existed the bathroom and walked toward the kitchen. When he saw Natalie drinking her coffee he stopped and admired her.

God she's so beautiful, if I could only tell her how I feel... wait no I don't feel anything. I love Trudy... but she would want me to be happy. Maybe Natalie is my chance for happiness. What am I saying Natalie would never think of me like that, if I did say anything she would laugh in my face. As he thought about this Natalie shifted her weight from her left foot to her right this brought Monk out of his trance.

He walked behind her turned and opened the cabinet. Natalie was daydreaming so she didn't hear him but she finished her coffee and turned to put her coffee cup in the sink. Monk got the bleach and him and Natalie turned at the same time. Natalie didn't know he was behind her so when she saw him she screamed and dropped her coffee cup. Monk also screamed but only because Natalie screamed. Natalie's hand flew to her forehead and she let out a deep breath. Her heart was racing and she felt her face turn red because she had been daydreaming about him then he just appeared behind her.

"I'm sorry" she said her heart still racing

"No no no I'm sorry... I didn't mean to scare you" he said putting the bleach on the counter behind him and bent down on his knees to pickup the pieces of the coffee cup. Natalie side stepped to her right and bent down to help him.

"It's OK I was just daydreaming and didn't know you were behind me" Natalie told him as she picked up some pieces of the coffee cup.

"Oh" was all he said. He wanted to know what she was daydreaming about but he didn't ask. They continued to pickup the pieces. Soon there was only one piece left and Natalie and Monk both reached for it. Natalie's hand landed on top of Monks. They looked at each other and they realized that their faces were only inches apart, Natalie let her relax on his and he didn't flinch or jerk away. They looked deep into each others eyes.

Her eyes are magnificent Monk thought.

Wow his eyes are amazing thought Natalie. Whoa he's my boss and he loves Trudy but...