Disclaimer: I don't own ER I only own Lexi…….

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The Grove's house

"Bye Lex," Abby said as she gave her a hug, "I'll see you tomorrow."

"Bye Abby," she said then went to give John a hug, "Bye John,"

"We'll see you later Lex, big day tomorrow, are you nervous?" John said as they stood on the Grove's front porch a little longer.

"I'm just ready for it to be over," Lexi said then paused, "Can I ask you guys something?"

"Of course, what is it?" Abby asked.

"Well, uh, I'll just ask you tomorrow." Lexi said.

"Are you sure?" John asked, "We can talk about now if you want."

"No, that's ok, I see you in the morning," Lexi said as she went inside, "Bye"

"So how about you? Are you nervous for tomorrow?" Abby asked John as they walked back to their car.

"Yeah, but we just have to trust that we'll be ok," John said as they got in the car, "So are you ready for our appointment?"

"I'm nervous that's for sure, I just want everything to be alright this time." Abby said.

"I know, it will be," John said, trying to reassure her.

"But how do you really know?" Abby asked quietly, "We thought everything would be fine last time and look how that turned out. Think of how big Megan would be by now, she'd be walking and starting to talk, that's they ago where things really start to get fun."

"I know Abby, I still think about her everyday, and we will be there someday, sooner than you think." John said as he carefully kept driving and laid a hand on Abby's stomach.

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After Abby's doctor appointment, back at the Carter household.

"Wow, that's one of the most amazing things ever," Abby said as she put her ultrasound picture on the fridge.

"It really is, that's our baby." John said as he put his arm around Abby and traced the outline of their baby with his finger.

"Just 7 more months, it seems like forever." Abby said as she wrapped her arms around John

"It's well worth the wait though," John said as they just stood and held each other until the phone started to ring.

"You go sit down, I'll get it," Abby rolled her eyes, but sat down as John got the phone.

"Hello? Ms. Bennett, what can I do for you? She what! You're serious! Yeah, we'll be in first thing in the morning! Ok…. Could you do me a favor and not tell her? Thank you very much!" John hung up the phone.

"John? Is something wrong with Lexi?" Abby asked, suddenly very worried.

"No, everything's fine, that was Ms. Bennett, Josie has decided not to try and get custody of Lexi! We can go in the morning to get the adoption papers!" John said as he and Abby basically danced with joy.

"Can we go get Lexi?" Abby asked.

"Ms. Bennett is calling the Grove's right now to let them know," John paused then started to speak before Abby could start, "We're going to go surprise her, she doesn't know yet."

"Let's go then!" Abby said, grabbing her stuff and heading out the door.

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The Grove's

Lexi was sitting in the living room when she heard the doorbell ring. She listened to try and figure out who was there. When she vaguely made out the words Carter and congratulations, she moved to the window to try and see who was out there. Mrs. Groves came and said, "There's some people here to see you, Alexis."

Lexi knew right away who it was she ran to the door, "John! Abby! What are you doing here?"

"We've got some news for you, Your aunt Josie has decided not to try for custody," Abby said, watching as Lexi became very excited, "We go in the morning to sign the papers."

"Yes!! So do I get to come home now?" Lexi asked.

"As soon as you get your stuff," John said.

"I'll be just a few minutes!!" Lexi said as she ran around gathering her stuff.

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The Carter's

"Home for good!" Lexi said as she set her stuff down.

"We're not getting any sleep tonight, that's for sure." John said, laughing at how his wife and soon to be daughter were practically bouncing off the walls.

"Well, why don't we all crash in the living room tonight?" Abby said, already going to get blankets. They all got settled in and started talking.

"Lex, what was the question you were going to ask us before?" John asked.

"Well, it's just," Lexi paused trying to think how to word it.

"It's ok Lex, you can tell us anything." Abby said.

Lexi thought about it some more then said, "When I get adopted Carter is going to be my last name isn't it?"

"Well, yeah, as long as that's what you want," John said, trying to figure out what was on her mind.

"I just don't want to forget my mom, and Cooke is about all I have left of her." Lexi said.

"Do you want your last name to stay Cooke?" Abby asked.

"No,"

"How about Cooke-Carter?" John said, "Still get both names,"

"Cooke-Carter, I like it," Lexi said, yawning.

"Think maybe we ought to get to bed?" John asked, noticing how tired Lexi was and how Abby was almost asleep.

"Yeah, goodnight."

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A/N: Still looking for baby names!! Leave them in your review (hint hint!) or e-mail me at JingleBellsRock@hotmail.com!! Also, if you read my mother's day fic, I just wanted to tell you that I won't update it as of now, but I might think of something for Father's day. Thank you for reading and reviewing!!

~Alli