Austin's POV:

"I thought you weren't going to be here for another 2 weeks." I say slightly shocked. "That's the way you greet me?" she says slightly smiling. I'm still pretty shocked. "What happened?" I say. Just then Ally walks back in. "Um, who's this Austin?" she looks at me. "This...is August Ryan." I say. I'm feeling pretty helpless in this hospital bed. August looks to be around 15 or 16 with blonde hair. Ally walks up to her,"Nice to meet you, I'm Ally Moon." I smile at little at the Ally Moon part. "Well, my dad died." I look down at that part. "In his will, he left me a message." We look at her. "No, not like secret agent message. He left me a message that said,"Austin Moon will take care of you." she says. She looks at me,"How did my dad trust you so much? He had issues trusting people." I answer,"We fought together which you probably know. We just became brothers. It's hard to explain without you actually being there." She nods," I kinda get that. How long have you guys been here?" Ally answers,"Just a couple of days." She frowns,"Did I cut into your honeymoon?" Ally answers for me,"Well, we knew your dad had a chance of dying but we decided to come anyway. I think we have enough money to rent out another hotel room for a couple of days. Then we can decide how we want to continue." She smiles,"Alright, I'll leave you to each other. I'm staying at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort." I say,"Us too! We'll have to met up once I get out of here." She says,"Bye," and leaves. "Austin, how are we going to work that out?" she whispers. "Ally, I kinda bought a house." I look away. "Well, is it a house I would want?" I smile,"It's the only house you want." She looks at me,"How do you know which house I want?" I reply,"I guessed. Just kidding I may or may not have asked friends and family to help me out." She smiles,"Alright, I trust your judgment."

-I'm gonna time skip here-

-2 Days Later-

Ally's POV:

Well, we left a little earlier than expected but we needed to get to court to make sure we could keep August. We received a letter from the Judicial Court in Texas. Basically we had to sign some papers saying she was our adopted daughter. It's amazing how fast that went. Maybe Sgt. Ryan had the paper work already set up. The plane ride over felt like forever but being back in Miami is great. "Hey dad," I casually say walking in. He walks up and hugs me. "Hey! How was Hawaii?" I laugh a little,"Well, besides a crazy sunburn and Austin almost killing himself on a surfboard it went all right. Oh, and your gonna have a step granddaughter pretty soon." I say. "And how is that gonna happen?" he says answering me. "Austin had a military buddy who died. He had a daughter we're gonna take care of." I answer. "Ah, sooo how old is she?" he says dragging his words out a bit. "She is 16. Her mother died a while back." "That answers my next question." he says. "So ya, we just need to sign some paper work. I'll be back in a little bit." "Ok, be safe!" he yells at me as I walk through the doors. Austin is sitting in his car texting somebody. "Hey!" I yell scaring him. He throws his phone at the roof and it comes back down and hits him. "Ow, Ally!" I'm trying not to laugh and it's just not working. I bust up and he looks at me annoyed. "Sorry Austin, I couldn't help it." I take his hand in mine and smile. "Austin, we're gonna be parents soon. Like in about an hour. We're 20! Can you believe it?"He smiles back, "I can believe it and we're gonna be the test parents we possibly can." We pull up to the adoption center and take a deep breath. "We got this." We walk up hand in hand and sign the papers. "Congratulations, you guys are parents!" We take the paperwork and leave. "Is August at home?" I ask. "I think she is. I guess we'll see when we get home." he answers. It feels like a short drive home. We walk in and August is watching T.V. "Hey August we're home! Austin yells. She yells back,"I'm right here!" He looks slightly embarrassed,"Sorry, didn't know you were in here." She hugs him and then me. "It's fine. Did you get the papers?" she asks. I hold up a stack of papers. "Yep, you are now our official step daughter." She nods. "Hey Austin, can you tell me something about my dad? Him being in the military I didn't get to see him a lot." Austin nods and answers,"Well, he was one of the most disciplined men I know. If he said he was going for a 10 mile run at 4 A.M. Then I knew he was going to do it. He knew when to be strict with somebody or to let it go with a warning. We were good friends and had each others backs. He was always talking about how he couldn't wait to come back to see you." She looks up with tears in her eyes. "Thanks. We tried to talk as much as possible but sometimes it just didn't happen. Maybe through you I can get to know him just a little better." Austin hugs and I get in on it too.

-6 Hours Later-

"Hey Austin, you have a letter!" I yell. He walks up and takes it. He opens it and I read over his shoulder.

Hey Austin,

If you are getting this it means I've died. If you got this that also means your taking care of August. Remember when I said I was saving money? That was for this moment. I'm leaving you $500,000. Take care of her well. Give her what she needs and just a LITTLE bit of what she wants. I trust your judgment. Thanks again man. I'm glad I trusted you. Thanks for being a good friend.

I love you August,

Sgt. Max Ryan

-Another 4 Hours Later-

"Austin, let's go to bed. It's kinda late and we've had a long day." I say. I hear,"Goodnight August," and he walks in. He changes and lays down next to me. "His funeral is next Tuesday. They want me to do the eulogy. That means four days to come up with a summary of this incredible man's life. I hope I can do it." I take his hand in mine, kiss him, and say,"I know you can." He kisses back and smiles.

Austin's POV:

That night the nightmares came back worse. I could barely control myself. I can't let Ally know what happened.

AN: And that completes chapter 7! Hope you enjoyed it.