Title: Changes
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 (whose name will be announced in this chapter!).
Carter sat in shock for a few moments longer, then all the sudden all the questions and thoughts flooded his mind. When was she born? What was her name? Why did she leave? He sat there thinking for a few minutes more, then he knew he had to get out of there and go find her.
He walked along, not really heading any place in particular, he had no clue how to find her. She had been gone for a little over a year, she had just left one day, no explanation, nothing. He had found out later from Susan that she said she just "Needed to get away," and that she couldn't stay there anymore. He didn't think that she would ever come back, there were too many problems between the two of them, too many things that they thought they could never work out. It was complicated, and with this latest news, he didn't know if it made it better or worse. All he knew was he had to find her.
It had been a week, and no news yet. He had tried everything he could think of, he went back to the coffee shop everyday at the same time they had met. He had asked Susan, but Susan said to just give her so time, he called around to all the hotels, he even tried all of her old phone numbers, but she was nowhere to be found. He didn't know what else to do, he headed back to the coffee shop again, as he was walking out of his apartment he saw her sitting on the steps, waiting for him.
They stared at each other for sometime before he finally spoke up, "What's her name?" He couldn't think of anything to say, so he asked the question he had been thinking about for days, "Emma," She quickly answered, she paused for a moment, "Emma Brianne Carter." He stared at her for a second, "Carter?" he asked. "Well, I figured she should have your last name, since you are her dad."
They stood in silent for awhile longer before she pulled out a picture, "Here, I have a picture for you," she said as she handed it to Carter. He stared at it, he was amazed at how gorgeous his little girl was. Emma had big beautiful brown eyes, and the little bit of hair she had was a dark brown and curly. She had a cute little smile on her face, and the cutest little button nose. He stood in awe for a little longer, just staring at her face, memorizing every detail, "Wow," he muttered. She moved to look at the picture too, "She is gorgeous, isn't she?" She said. "Emma is, my girl, Emma." They smiled at each other and for a moment the tension was gone.
"How old is she?" He asked, "4 months, she was born April 21st." They stood in a comfortable silence, he was thinking about his little girl, still studying her face. She was wondering if this would all work out, there were so many problems before, how would this all work for Emma?
"Can I see her?" He asked, breaking the silence, "Of course, whenever you want, you can come over tonight if you want." He quickly agreed and she wrote out where she was staying on a slip of paper and gave it to him. It wasn't until she was walking away that he actually stopped to look at her, something was different, he wasn't quite sure what. She seemed much more sure of herself, and more laid-back and happy. He wondered if things could work out this time, or if he would even get another chance to try. He decided he would get another chance, he had to.
A/N: Hello everyone! Thanks for reading another chapter! I hope you liked it! I would've had it up sooner but I couldn't decide on Emma's name. Next chapter will be up by next Sunday, hopefully sooner! And in the next chapter: Carter meets Emma! Aaannndd.. We find out who "She" is! So keep watching for it! Also, the more you review the sooner I update!
Oh, and I'm still looking for someone to help proof it and stuff, so if you would like to then you can e-mail me at WC242hotmail.com. Thanks!