Disclaimer: I don't own any ER characters, I do own Lexi.

Little Things

"Well, it's official! You're ours for now!" Abby said as they headed to the car, they had just signed the papers so they could foster Lexi.

"How about we go out to dinner to celebrate?" John asked, as they got in the car.

"Sounds great! Where should we go?" Lexi asked, and John pulled out of the parking lot.

"Why don't you decide? It only seems right." Abby said, as she turned around to face Lexi.

"I don't know any good places to go, I never get to go out to eat." Lexi said, as she turned to look out the window.

"Well, what do you like to eat?" John asked.

"I don't care, I'm not picky." Lexi said, looking towards him.

"How about some pizza?" John asked, looking at Lexi then looking at Abby who was looking at him funny, "Not just some pizza hut, there is this great little restaurant down by the river."

"That works for me, how about you, Lexi?" Abby asked once again turning to look at her.

"Sure, works for me too." Lexi said.

"Ok, we will be there in just a few minutes." John said.

"So Lexi, are you looking forward to starting school?" Abby asked.

"Well, that's one way to put it, but I guess its ok." Lexi said, then pointing to a restaurant and asking, "Is that the place?"

"Yep, here we are." John said, getting out of the car, Abby and Lexi followed John into the restaurant.

"Table for three please," John said as the got inside.

"Yes sir, right this way." said the hostess as she led them to their table.

"So what kind of pizza should we get?" Abby asked, looking over at Lexi.

"I don't care, what ever you want." Lexi said.

"You know Lexi, if you want something you can ask, even if it is just the kind of pizza you want." John said, looking at Lexi then over at Abby.

"Well, how about pepperoni then?" Lexi asked, surprised that they wanted her opinion on things, even little things like pizza. Then the waiter came back and John gave their order.

"So Lexi, do you want to tell us about yourself?" Abby asked, "You don't have to if you if you don't want to."

"It's ok, I guess there isn't too much to tell though, I was raised by my mom and I never knew my dad," Lexi paused for a minute, "When I was 9 my mom died in a car accident and I went to live with my grandparents, but when I turned 11 they died too. I've been in foster care ever since."

"Wow, I'm so sorry. That must have been really hard for you." Abby said.

"Yeah, it was, but I don't want to talk about it anymore, how about you guys? Tell me things from your lives?" Lexi said, looking back at both John and Abby. The pizza had just arrived.

"Those could be some interesting stories," Abby said, "How about we get into those some other time, when were not eating."

"We could do some recent stories though," John said, "Like, a couple years ago we were quarantined for smallpox, actually, it was monkey pox of some kind, but anyway we were stuck in the hospital for two weeks."

"I wouldn't say it was all bad though," Abby said looking over at John.

"It was definitely fun," John said looking back, then turning back towards Lexi.

"So was it just you two?" Lexi asked, intrigued.

"No, there were two other doctors and a patient, but that was probably a good thing." Abby said.

"So when did you guys start going out?" Lexi asked, wondering what other crazy things had happened in their lives.

"Actually, it was right at the beginning of the quarantine," John said, as they all finished their pizza.

"Wow, so the first two weeks you guys were going out you were together the whole time, that's kinda cool." Lexi said.

"Yeah it was, well, we probably should get home and get you unpacked." Abby said, smiling over at Lexi, "Then later we can get some new stuff for you for school."

"Really?" Lexi asked, Abby nodded her head yes, "Cool, I'm going to run to the bathroom, I'll be right back!"

"You seem to be getting into this whole mothering thing," John said as they watched Lexi head to the restrooms.

"She's really great, and you don't seem to be minding either." Abby said moving over towards John.

"Yeah, its weird though, having someone looking to you for approval and depending on you to provide for them, even though its only temporary." John said.

"Those are the big things, but it's the little things that really matter." Abby said as Lexi returned and they all headed to the car.

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A/N: Hey! I'm back! Finally, this chapter might not be the greatest, but I think its pretty good. Next chapters we will learn a little more about Lexi, and stuff like that. If anyone knows about John's past could you email me? Or Abby's, even though I think I know that well enough. That's the only reason I didn't include it after Lexi's. My e-mail is JingleBellsRock@hotmail.com, if you could help that would be awesome! Please review! It helps me to correct things that you don't think are right in the story. Also, you can review just to say you like it. Thanks!

~Alli