Hi guys! If you're wondering, in the previous chapter, Brooke was not clean. She was under the influence of marijuana. Not only did Austin actually saw her smoking marijuana on the fire escape and not only did him and Ally smell the weed deriving from her breath, but also Brooke had a huge rise in her energy, was acting in a very surreal fashion and she was being very aggressive with Austin. I'm glad he broke up with her, he deserves better than a girl who works as a streetwalker and does drugs.

And for the record, Austin and Ally's neighborhood is less sketchy than the previous chapter might imply. It's just Brooke is a prostitute, and she goes anywhere she pleases to have sex with random men for profit or sell pot, coke and horse (Horse is slang for heroin). Where should she end up- jail, rehab or a mental asylum? I'll let you guys pick ;) OK, here's Chapter 17!

ALLY:

I just stared into Austin's big brown puppy eyes and his touch gave me a tingling sensation. His hands were as soft as a baby's ass. He kind of interrupted my thoughts by saying,

"I hope I didn't disturb you."

I said,

"Oh, no, no, no, no, no, Austin. You didn't disturb me. I just came out to see if you were OK because you were having one hell of an altercation with Brooke."

"Well, I'm kind of used to this, because I've had altercations with inmates, and some of them have gotten pretty violent with me. But I appreciate your sympathy."

He kissed my hand and now I just stared up at him.

"God you're beautiful,"

He said to me.

"Awww, thanks, Austin,"

I smiled at him,

"But if I'm beautiful, you're very handsome. You have an amazing haircut, hard muscles and baby soft skin."

He smiled at me.

"Aww, you adorable little thing! I get soft skin with moisturizer. My mom's a dermatologist, and she's actually given me, my siblings and even my dad face treatments and moisturizing treatments. Of course, Cadence uses them the most because she's a girl and my mom often gives her face masks."

"My mom used to give face masks and the cucumber on the eye treatments."

"While she was in college, earning her medical degree and while she did her internship, worked at a spa and she was a manicurist and pedicurist. My sister, when she wears a face mask, she likes to scare me with it."

I said,

"That doesn't sound like Cadence."

"Cadence, she loved to torture Randy and I, and she still does it on occasion, but she never really did it out of malice. She just loves to have fun. And besides her sassmaster side, that's one of the things Randy love most about our little sister."

We then saw Trish and Jace caressing each other and they kissed. I could hear Trish asking,

"You think I should have called to check on Cadence and Bella again?"

Jace was saying,

"It's all good, Trish. I'm sure he's fine with her. She's our nanny, she doesn't carry drugs or weapons, she's one of the people we'd best trust with our daughter. Best case scenario, she's in bed asleep. Worst case scenario, she's up right now watching something that's not appropriate for her. And she's probably up because she wants to see us before she goes to bed."

Trish also said,

"And also, she has preschool in the morning, and she's a toddler, so I don't think she should be up too late."

"It's fine, Trish, stop worrying."

"Thanks, Jacey, for putting my mind at ease."

"I'm your boyfriend. I'm there to love and comfort you, and I'm also there to be an asshole."

Trish laughed.

"You are an asshole. But you're a lovable asshole."

We saw Trish and Jace. Their faces descended into smirks.

"You guys seem to be hitting it off."

Trish tightly embraced me as Austin and Jace manhugged. I also hugged Jace and Austin hugged Trish. I said,

"Oh yeah, I love this guy! We've had four dates, one of them was where I met his family."

I smiled up at the hunky blonde guy who put his arm around me. Austin said,

"And I overheard the conversation between you two. Trish, did you say Cadence?"

Trish said,

"Yeah. She's babysitting Bella tonight because I had a seminar to go to tonight and Jace was having dinner with some of his co-workers. And she looks a bit like you, Austin."

Austin lit up.

"She's my little sister!"

I lit up.

"And when she went to Kinloch Park, I was her english teacher when she was in eighth grade!"

Jace smiled. Trish said,

"I saw Cadence's profile on and she seemed really qualified. And the fact that she's your sister means we'll sure as hell be hiring her again."

I said,

"My younger sister likes to earn money by babysitting. She's babysat my parents' coworkers' kids and she's made tons of money doing that. She loves kids."

Trish said,

"She seemed like a great substitute. Our regular nanny, Jace's business partner's cousin, got sick over the weekend and obviously she was too sick to watch Bella."

Austin asked Jace,

"Is she alright?"

Jace said,

"Yeah, she just has the flu. We're letting her rest and we don't want Bella exposed to the flu."

"I'm glad you guys are thinking about your daughter. I should probably come with you guys to your apartment to offer my sister a ride home."

Trish said,

"Yeah."

AUSTIN:

I smiled at Ally.

"It was so great to see you, Ally. I should probably go with Trish and Jace to go get my sister."

My crush smiled at me.

"You're a good brother. I'll see you around."

I kissed Ally's hand and she blushed and walked back to her apartment. I followed Trish and Jace to their apartment. Jace asked me,

"Do you have a crush on Ally?"

I laughed.

"That's what Randy, Cadence and Dez all ask me. And yes, I like her. She's gorgeous, admirable, super nice and super smart."

Jace laughed.

"That sounds like love to me."

I said,

"And we had four dates, I left her two gift cards, a candle and a necklace with her name on it."

"Sounds even more like you like her."

"I do. I just haven't asked her out yet."

Trish took her key and opened the door to her and Jace's apartment.

"Hello!"

I heard her say in a sing-song voice. Jace and I followed her inside. Isabella was just laying on Cadence's forearm in purple and pink Sofia The First pajamas, and she had a Minnie Mouse plush toy, an Elmo plush toy, a plush toy of the lamb from Doc McStuffins and a latina baby doll. They were just watching SpongeBob Squarepants. I could tell because they were watching the episode where he thought he broke his laugh box. Bella was saying,

"Mommy! Daddy!"

Trish was saying,

"Hi, princesa!"

I said,

"Hey, Cadence."

"Hey, Austin."

I tightly hugged my sister.

"What are you doing here?"

I said,

"I live in this building. I also came to ask you if you wanted a ride home."

"Thanks, that would be awesome!"

Trish was mexican and so she spoke fluent spanish and also taught it to her daughter. Jace was white and she was latina, so she was a biracial child. She picked up the child and put on her on her hip and kissed her cheek.

Trish asked Cadence,

"How was she?"

Cadence said,

"I love this kid. She was really fun, really obedient and I got her bathed, teeth brushed and into her pajamas and I decided to let her stay up until you guys came home."

Jace said,

"That's nice of you. Hi, Bella."

Bella said,

"Daddy!"

He kissed her on her cheek. I said,

"Hey, little monster."

I liked to call her that sometimes.

"Uncle Aussin!"

Bella called me Aussin. It was so adorable. I gave her a kiss on the top of her head and she kissed me and yawned a big yawn. Jace turned to his girlfriend.

He asked Trish,

"Who wants to put her in bed?"

Trish laughed.

"I will."

Cadence came over to Trish and Bella.

"Goodbye, Bella. I had fun with you."

She kissed my sister on her cheek.

"Thank you."

Jace said,

"I'll pay Cadence. Cadence, how much do we owe you?"

"I charge about six dollars an hour."

Jace was in thought as he took out his wallet.

"Let's see, your school gets out at what time?"

"Two fifteen."

"And Bella's daycare gets out at three, and it's eight fifteen now. So we owe you thirty dollars."

He took a twenty and a ten from his wallet and Cadence smiled gratefully.

"Thanks, Jace. I had a lot of fun and if you want me to babysit Isabella again, I'd love to do it. And I'd like you to leave me a review on ."

"I'll sure be giving you a good one."

"Thanks, Jace."

My sister put her white hoodie on over her purple, white and coral tank top with a butterfly on it and purple skinny jeans and picked up her backpack, a coral one with white polka dots and her neon pink crossbody purse, and took out her wallet- a blue and purple watercolor print one with a blue bow and a silver heart charm on it and put her money in it. Trish came out and she came over to Cadence.

"Bella's asleep, now. Cadence, thanks so much for babysitting her."

"You're welcome. I had a lot of fun with her. And I hope your nanny is feeling better."

"I'm sure she is. But we'll definitely be hiring you again. How much do we owe you?"

I said,

"It's OK, Trish. Jace already paid me."

Trish said,

"Oh that's right."

I said,

"Goodnight, Trish and Jace. I'm going to bring my sister home."

Trish said,

"You're a good brother."

I said,

"Thanks. Goodnight."

"Goodnight,"

Cadence smiled.

"Goodnight, Cadence,"

Said Trish and Jace in unison. I said,

"Come on, Cadence."

We left Trish and Jace's apartment and went to my car.

"So, what's going on, brother?"

She asked me.

I said,

"Well, Brooke was sitting on my scaffolding smoking marijuana, and Ally helped me send her out."

My sister laughed.

"She's crazy."

"Why I filed a restraining order against her."

Cadence's phone started ringing. She unzipped her purse and unplugged her phone from her portable charger. She said,

"Hi, Mom."

"It was good."

"You don't need to get me. Austin's giving me a ride."

"Yeah, he's a sweetie. I'll be home in about ten minutes. Oh, I know. I'm excited to get my braces off! See you at home. Love you too, Mom. Bye."

She hung up her phone.

"That was Mom. She was calling to see where I was, if I wanted a ride and to remind me that I'm getting my braces off."

"Are you excited to get your braces off?"

"Duh! These things are a pain in the ass! I can't have gum or anything sticky and they hurt. I got these bitches stuck to my cheek and had to go to the ER and get stitches."

I said,

"I remember that. I had to go to the ER today because Doug and I took the inmates to a homeless shelter and one of them cut her hand really badly with a knife."

Cadence said,

"Yikes! Is she OK?"

I said,

"Yeah, she's fine. But we need to take extra care of her."

I stopped my car in front of my house.

"Thanks for the ride, Austin."

"You're welcome."

I hugged my sister and kissed her on the cheek.