Adelaide had spent the next week locked in her room, she was grateful to the Cullens giving her space, no one trying too hard to force her to socialize, Esme and Renesme seemed to be the only one's coming in, Carlisle didn't come in as much as they did but from what he told her, that was because he worked at a semi far hospital, and Renesme and Esme mostly came to give her food and take out the previous meal of which she wouldn't eat much, which was part her not being used to solids as well as her loss that made her lose her appetite. They'd tried to communicate with her but she couldn't entertain them for long. And when Carlisle noticed her not eating he went to check up on her, claiming as a doctor, though she could also see it as someone bordering on concerned, but apart from that everyone tried their best to give her space.

She barely had a handle on her feelings as it was without them having her talk about it, which was even more uncomfortable as they were strangers to her. She would say though she was grateful for the concussion, but only because it was a wall her feeling could hide behind. With the concussion, she would occasionally suffer from memory loss about the tragedy that would allow her moments of reprieve, but just as fast the memories of what she lost would come back and cripple her with despair, or cause spasms of anger that threatened to make their marks on her surroundings, but then she would remember that she couldn't do that to Cullen's home.

She remembered when her father had told her about the Cullen's, they had come up when he was telling her about other hybrids like herself, so about as often as she would ask. Being with them now they weren't quite so...so, she had to take a breather before she continued even reminiscing hurt. anyway, they weren't quite so threatening as he'd made them out to be, though she hadn't had much interaction with them when she had first arrived, she could easily place most of them. There was the blond, gorgeous female Rosalie, easy, then there was the huge and muscular one with curling brown hair, Emmett, Rosalie's mate. Then the tiny female who looked like a pixie, with deep black hair she'd confirmed as Alice, the lean and tall blond male with collar-length hair she'd identified as Jasper. There was the woman with straight dark brown hair and a wide forehead, this was Bella, and a man with bronze hair and high cheekbone, on a sharp angular face, this was Edward, Bella's mate, it wasn't hard to know which was their daughter, Renesme had her father's bronze hair and had chocolate eyes, there was a russet skinned guy with dark eyes that she didn't know but left it alone. And then there was the doctor Carlisle, and his wife Esme, not really sure why, but Adelaide had those two committed to memory.

She also remembered her father telling her about the Cullen's dietary lifestyle which sounded disgusting, and slightly beneath her to be honest, especially when there was perfectly good human blood to be had, fresh or otherwise. She figured they'd get onto her about that soon and it didn't help that she was starting to get hungry a luxury she had more than taken for granted at the Volturi. While she could digest human food it had never been her goto choice, she wasn't used to it being her daily meal only as very rare occasion snacks, her being content alot of the time. Besides the meals she ate recently hadn't been staying down, since her first night she'd tried the skewers that Renesme had brought and she remembered them tasting chewy and hard to swallow, no offense to whomever cooked said meal, she had no doubt it tasted good, from smell alone it would be perfect by human standards but the taste was like over seasoned chewy flesh which she could only compare to the feeling of feeling the meat around the person she'd drink blood from, and she couldn't help but treat the meat the same, thick and in the way of the real delicacy, except there was no delicacy within the skewers, not to her anyhow. And the middle of the night she'd woken up to exude the contents of her stomach. She hated this feeling of hunger, unlike the burning ache for blood a normal vampire might feel when hungry as she'd been told, she had more of a shriveling in pain stomach that hunkered for human blood. Her just mildly starving made her irritable or agitated at best, her without blood for long periods of time, she didn't want to find out, honestly though, Adelaide didn't care that she was starving, hell, she felt starving was her getting it easy after failing epically to protect Didi. She did care however if it bothered the Cullen's, so she just had to suck it up, till she'd acquired taste for...ugh...food, no matter how many vomit filled nights it would take.

Giving Adelaide space wasn't too hard, after the other day, Jacob had to tell his pack and Sam's about the new vampire. His pack was just Seth, Embry, and Quil since Leah had left the reservation after having graduated from community college, wanting to "start her life" to quote her. He, Embry and Quil had all started working at a mechanics a few ways from the reservation but close enough to home, they worked reasonable hours so they all still hung out, and Seth in an effort to be there for the pack had taken a gap year before heading off to college, he's taken up some odd jobs so Jacob and the others still see him around. Thanks to their relative absence there was no one poking in his head for answers, he knew eventually they could find out but he figured why try to fix something that ain't broken. He did tell Sam's pack as much as he could, a hybrid vampire would be staying with the Cullen's for a while, and she wouldn't be causing trouble, that was it. Though they dissolved the treaty that kept the Cullens out of the reservation years ago, due to Jacob's relationship to Renesme, the Cullen's made no move to come to the reservation, maybe Bella but even that was occasional. They kept to their side and Sam's pack kept to theirs.

Speaking of the other Cullen's; Alice with Jasper and others who had come to join her, like Bella and Emmett in the 'library' had been researching the grieving process so they could help Adelaide should she be ready to talk, they'd seen lots of tips that would surely help with Adelaide. But none wanted to be the most prepared than Alice to make the girl feel welcome, for reasons unknown to everyone but Jasper and probably Edward, she knew what it felt like for one's life to change so drastically and have not a clue where it was heading, though Alice didn't remember her human life, the gap it left in her mind could be daunting at times and while Alice had the fortune of having her foresight ability that made life clearer for her and allowed her to move forward, Adelaide didn't. The poor girl had ended up with the Cullen's on bad circumstances, grief, and loneliness which Alice imagined didn't pair well. Not that the rest of the Cullen's weren't quite as motivated, having lost someone dear to them during the years past. Renesme for one was glad to have someone of like physiology around and someone closer in age. Jasper hated the idea for someone so young to suffer from grief, the soldier in him. Emmett was curious more than anything, and despite Rosalie's initial irritation would help the girl as asked by her family. Bella had once too been an outsider of the family and knew alienation was not the way to approach the girl, and having a hybrid daughter of her own twisted her conscience a bit.

Carlisle had finally given the all clear for her concussion, and her arm had healed faster than he'd thought so that was good too. And at around the beginning of the second week Adelaide finally left her room, she couldn't stand another minute of being cooped up with her thoughts or food. The house that seemed hushed for the past few days since her arrival had become less hushed as she left her room, and awfully bright which made her flinch every time she crossed a window, a habit produced from living with full-fledged vampires one's whole life who lived in a castle with thick curtains that filtered almost no sunlight. She found a library filled with her fellow inhabitants, Alice, her mate Jasper, Bella, and Emmett on computers somewhat absorbed in their research, she had to clear her throat to get their attention, they all turned and it was Emmett who replied, "Woah, thought it was Renesme coming out of your room, what with the beating heart and all" adding a chuckle. Adelaide tried a playful smile herself but still couldn't quite put her heart into it.

"Well, I just thought I should get some fresh air...been cooped up in there alot with...", Adelaide took a few deep breaths before continuing, "my thoughts, but I felt introductions were in order, it now feels rude to not have already done so, what with living in your house, eating your food without payment of some sort".

"Please you don't need to feel in debt to us", Esme said from behind Adelaide, having found her way up during the conversation. Adelaide guessed she must have heard her leave her room.

"While it's true we aren't your family, you aren't a burden and have no need to feel like you owe us, we know you're grie...", Esme started but thought better of bringing up the girls' very recent loss, the guilt and uncertainty apparent in the way her eyes wouldn't meet Adelaide's. Since she wasn't doing much to hide it, Adelaide tried to assure her, "No disrespect, but none of you have to make talking about Didi weird...yes it's been painful and I understand it's out of respect for my loss, and I'm thankful don't get me wrong the space was good at first, but honestly, I've done the whole crying and space thing and quite frankly, it's depressing and that's not how she'd want me to be"

The Cullen's couldn't help but stare in silence which wasn't helping Adelaide's mind from spiraling, had she already ruined her first impression, even if this wasn't really their first impression of her, would they yell, shame her or just continue to sit in silence, which is why it was amazing when Esme said what she said next, "so what do you need?", and from what Adelaide could hear this wasn't the voice of someone who needed to be careful with their words around her, but someone who had heard her, and wanted to listen. The Cullen's might not have known it but, Adelaide's mind and heart felt a little bit lighter then.

"I don't know...change...", she chuckled her voice starting to shake, already mentally drained from thinking about her late sister, the thought that maybe now most importantly she would have to get used to the new reality that Didi wouldn't be in her life anymore.

"How much change are we talking? Total personality change, wardrobe change?...", Alice asked, she'd wouldn't have to ask normally, but with Adelaide this was uncrossed territory, so she had to be careful, for whatever reason her foresight wouldn't help with her in the long term and had to start with a good foundation in order for the relationship with the young girl to work. At the wardrobe question, Bella facepalmed, Esme's face got all concerned, and Adelaide felt immediately self-conscious, as someone who dressed practically and always wore robes, she never felt the need to dress up for anyone who would never see anything but the cloak, and besides she thought she dressed rather well.

"What's wrong with my attire?", Adelaide asked her voice almost at a whisper as her face flushed slightly.

"No disrespect but, your tastes are quite gothic and...maybe dark for Fork's environment", Alice seemed to explain to Adelaide.

Upon closer inspection, her current attire was a black long sleeved button up shirt with, a black knee length skirt, she realized Alice might have a point, she knew her wardrobe was almost entirely filled with black clothes but that was more out of living with the Volturi, and if she felt honest her everything could use a change but baby steps, plus they'd had more contact with the people it would be safe to assume she knew what she was talking about.

"I could understand if my clothes need a change", Adelaide stated. Alice wasted no time, one second she was in her seat talking to Adelaide, and the next she was dragging Bella and Adelaide for her car, "Oh Adelaide! We're going to have sooo much fun, wait till I show you a mall! Have you been to a mall before?! ", Alice continued to gush as she led the two girls. Adelaide was quite surprised the small female had the strength to drag her.

So Alice, Bella and Adelaide made their way to the garage where they entered Alice's sleek car, Bella looked inconvenienced but tried not to show it and before they entered her car, Adelaide asked, "Are you sure this is a good idea?! Does Carlisle know of this? Can we...well I just leave the house?!".

"Well, the weather's fine, and I'm sure Carlisle will understand, we're going shopping", Alice reasoned, as if shopping explained everything. But Adelaide couldn't shrug off the knot of fear/anxiety at leaving the house, maybe it was the fact that everything was too new or she hadn't been out since the attack but Adelaide's panic just kept rising "Can we ask...please?", a slight tremble in her voice.

Bella looked from the anxious Adelaide to the ever active Alice, Bella could tell something was bothering her but didn'twant to jump to any conclusions, Alice looked at Bella who motioned for her to do it, but before she got her phone out Esme entered the garage with Rosalie in tow, "It's fine for you to go Adelaide, I can personally vouch for you that's it's fine to go, also I thought Rosalie should go with us".

"Oh yah! This will be fun, won't it gals?!", Alice beamer once again, and Adelaide had to admit with permission now, she felt slightly better at leaving. But only slightly, even she knew four vampire women were no slouched, they were capable off coming out of a fight okay, but there was still that knot of uncertainty.

"Don't think just do", Adelaide quietly whispered under her voice.

"Fine but I'm taking my car there, I also have to pick Renesme up from the reservation, might as well make a girls trip out of this", Rose said heading for her car, Esme following her. And they headed for Port Angeles.