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, Emma.
A/N: Hey! Sorry it's late, but better late then never, right? It's also a little shorter but I'm happy with it! Hope you like it!
Carter held the slip of paper she had given him tightly in his hand. He hadn't let go of it all day, for fear of losing it. Of course, it wouldn't matter as he had memorized it and the information ran through his mind all day. He walked into the hotel the more he walked the faster he walked. The minutes seemed to crawl by, all he could think about was meeting Emma and seeing her again.
He walked up to the door, room 219, he knew it by heart. He was about to knock when he heard a baby crying, then another noise, it sounded like singing? He got right up to the door and listened. She was singing to Emma, he thought about how a year ago if anyone told him that he would be doing this, and she would be doing that, he would've sent them to Psych for sure.
The sounds in the room stopped and he backed away from the door, he took a few moments to regain his thoughts. He was about to become a father, well technically he already was, but was he ready for the responsibilities? He wasn't sure, but he knew it didn't matter, he had to be ready now. He knocked on the door and a moment later she opened it. "Hey Carter, come on in," they both walked in and Carter shut the door behind them.
She was quickly moving around the room trying to straighten some things up. Carter walked over to where she was standing at the moment, "You know, It's ok, you can leave all that there," he said, pointing at the pile of stuff she was picking up. She dropped the stuff and quickly smiled at him. "If you want to have a seat I'll go get Emma," she said and she hurried off to the other room. He sat down on the couch and looked around, the room looked very lived in. He looked at the pile next to him on the couch, there was a picture on top of her and Emma. He never realized how much they looked alike, even at such a young age.
She walked back into the room with a sleeping baby in her arms, Carter immediately stood up and walked over to her. "Carter, this is Emma. Emma this is your daddy," she said and handed Emma to Carter. He sat back down and stared at Emma. Emma rubbed her hand over her face and Carter gently grabbed her tiny hand, he sat looking at her hand, then her little feet. He couldn't stop staring at her she was the most gorgeous and amazing baby. At that time the only two people who existed were Emma and him.
She stood quietly watching the two of them, this was everything she had hoped for. The look on Carter's face was one she would never forget, it was like he was entranced, he couldn't look away. Already at only 4 months old, she had her daddy wrapped around her finger.
She started daydreaming about a life together, their whole little family. Would there be any way to make it work? She hoped so there was nothing more that she wanted, but what did he want? Did he want to try again. Was there even any hope to try again? Little did they know, but they both were asking themselves these questions, but they were too afraid to ask one another. Right then and there she decided that there would be another chance, there had to be. She, Abby Lockhart, would make it work.
A/N: Ok so now we have our mystery lady! Woohoo! I know some of you guys guessed it, good job! I'll never be able to do a story again like that, because I always put them together! Thanks for reading! Please review! I'll try and have the next chapter up by Sunday!