Title: Changes

Rating: PG

Summary: Someone comes back into Carter's life with some shocking news and follows his life after it.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the ER characters, I only own Carter's daughter.

Author's note: Hey everyone! Well this is my first fanfic and I hope you like it! It's written a little differently, so let me know if you like that or not!

It was a cold dreary day, as he walked along he pulled his jacket tighter. It was one of those days that he thought would never end. He slowly walked in the ER, taking time to stop and notice ever detail. As he walked in nothing seemed that different or out of place. Little did he know that today was the day that would change his life forever.

He walked into the lounge to get ready for the long day ahead, it was quiet in the lounge, quite unlike the day that lay before him. He placed his jacket in his locker and slipped his lab coat on. Glancing around the room again he noticed there was a person in there. She, she was in there. The one person he thought he would never see again.

She glanced up at him, smiling slightly she then turned away. He couldn't hold his curiosity in, "What are you doing back here?" He asked, she hide her face and he realized it had come out a little harsher than he wanted. She glanced up again and this time she didn't look back down. "I, I just had to," she said, neither one moved for a minute until she started to speak again, "I need to tell…" she was cut off by someone coming in the room, "Carter we need you out here, multiple MVA's coming in." He hardly had time to answer before Sam left the room in a rush, as she was leaving he shouted out that he would be there soon.

He turned his attention back to her, "What were you going to say?" she stopped for a minute then started again, "Carter, there's something you need to know," she paused for a moment and was about to speak when the door opened once again, "Carter we need you NOW!" Sam yelled as she ran out of the room again, he glanced back the quickly ran out of the room.

The day was finally over, all day long thoughts of her were on his mind, she left so suddenly, without any reason. She had been gone for a year now, why was she showing up now? He walked back to the lounge, hoping she would be there, but to his disappointment she wasn't. He opened up his locker hoping to get out of there quickly, as he opened it up something fell out. It was a note, a note from her, all it asked was for him to meet her at a local coffee shop tonight at 9. He quickly stuffed the note in his pocket and began to hurry out, it was already 8:50 and he didn't want to be late.

He hurried into the coffee shop and saw her sitting towards the back, he walked over to where she was sitting and started apologizing for being late. They sat in an awkward silence for a few minutes before she began to speak, "Carter, there's something I really need to tell you, well, you, I mean we have a daughter." He sat in shock for a minute, his mind went completely blank, they sat in complete silence, every time he would try to speak he would choke. The tension was so thick it was almost unbearable, after a few more minutes she got up and whispered that she was sorry and walked out.

A/N: Thanks for reading! I hope you liked it, there should be an update at least once a week! If you review it'll probably be sooner! Also, if anyone is interested in helping me with ideas/proof reading the story, then that would be great! You can e-mail me at WC242hotmail.com.

Whitney