Disclaimer: I don't own Monk and I don't own any of her sister characters

It had been a long day. Monk was feeling very frustrated and just about ready to climb out of his skin. He was tired of being there without Trudy. What was the point of living without her. It wasn't fair. Someone stole her away from him. He wanted her back.

"Mr. Monk," Natalie asked, "What do you want for your birthday?"

Monk shook his head.

"It's nothing you can get me," he said, "It's nothing anyone can get me"

"Oh I doubt that Mr. Monk," Natalie said, "Just name it and I'll get it for you."

"Like I said it's nothing anyone can get me. I want Trudy back. Can you make that happen? I don't think you can"

Natalie sat down next to her friend and rubbed his shoulders. Monk flinched because he was not a touchy feely person except when it came to Trudy.

"I know how you feel," Natalie said, "I used to feel the same way after Mitch died"

"She was my reason," Monk said, "If she were going through a tough time it would affect me even more then it would affect her. When she was... there was one time when she..."

His voice trailed off.

"I know Mr. Monk," she said, "You two had a very strong love. Leland told me your nickname is Electric Love."

"Yeah," Monk said "That was due to an event that happened a LONG time ago"

"What happened," Natalie asked.

"You might as well make yoursle comfortable," Monk said, "It's a LONG story"