"Alice I need furniture more then Clothing at this moment" Maria tried to suggest as Alice pulled her through rows of different styles of clothing, trying to find the right kind for her.

"After this we also need to find you some new shoes, get you a hair cut, get you some jewellery and then tomorrow is all about finding you a job since you're too old to go to school with us like Mia"

"And for that I am truly thankful" she sighed "I don't want to go back to school again. Aro already made me go to collage every 80 years"

"So what did you take in Collage?"

"A few things. I took Medical three times, Musical arts twice, and literature all 4 times" she explained as she searched threw the racks and pulled out a nice pair of jeans.

"So you can…teach at the school for music. We have a lot of interest in it but no one with the qualifications. Or…the hospital is always looking"

"Working with Carlisle, does not sound like the best idea if we'll be living together" she laughed softly "I don't want to make him sick of me"

"I don't think he'll be getting sick of you any time soon" Alice smiled "oh, and remind me to pick you up a baseball shirt and pants"

"Why?"

"There's suppose to be a thunderstorm in a few days. We play baseball during those"

"Sounds like fun"

"It is"

Picking out a few more pairs of pants and some shirts Maria showed them to Alice for approval before going to try them on. When she found all the right fits she took them to the counter and went for her wallet

"Don't worry about it" Alice smiled "Carlisle said it was on him"

"But…I told him I had money"

"He likes to spoil people" she smiled "you think Rosalie and Mia are almost done?"

"Two very popular, pretty girly girls…not a chance" She laughed as Alice pulled out her dads bank card and paid for the cloths "give them another hour or…five"

"Well then while we wait for them we can go get those shoes and some jewellery then we can go to the hair saloon"

"Alright. I give up. I'll get the hair cut"

Alice wasted no time in grabbing hold of her arm an pulling he rout of the store once everything was paid for and in their hands.

"I cant believe it took us 4 hours to shop for all of this…stuff" Maria sighed as she looked through the bags "Mia did you even get anything for school?"

"Of course. I got some note books, some pencils and pens, and a few other things"

"Like, cloths, cloths and more cloths?"

"There are not that many cloths"

"Enough for three people"

"Alright girls, lets not bug each other about your shopping styles" Alice laughed "Carlisle is waiting for us at home"

"Doesn't he work?"

"He hasn't been working as much for the past few days. Doesn't want to stay away from home as long anymore. He's afraid one of us will leave like Esme did"

"What would he do if she came back?"

"Truthfully I don't know. I hope if it does happen he doesn't take her back"

"But, isn't she like a mother to you?"

"Not as much as Carlisle is like a father to all of us"

"What Esme did was really low" Rosalie whispered "all he's done for us is try to make us as human as possible, and she's just tried to take over the mother role for all of us"

"So you wouldn't want her back in the family?"

"Not after what's she's done to him. I mean, she ruined one of the greatest guys I've ever meet. Not as good as Jasper must say, but still an amazing guy"

"Well from what I've seen of him so far he's a sweetheart" Maria smiled, looking outside the window of Alice's yellow porch as they drove down the road towards the Cullen house. "I don't understand why she would leave someone like him"

"Probably because he use to work a lot" Alice explained "he likes the idea of saving peoples lives"

"Well that's something he should be proud of, and she should have been proud of him for it"

"she use to be, but…I guess she just got sick of being alone" there was a dead silence for a few minutes, until Alice pulled into the drive way of their house and everyone climbed out of the vehicle. "they'll be dropping off the furniture tomorrow so today we can put your closets together and put up some of those posters you bought"

"And tomorrow I go job hunting" Maria sighed "this could be an interesting week. I've never had a job before"

"Well if you want you already have one" Maria turned in her spot and felt herself blushing a bit as Carlisle walked up to her "The hospital just lost a doctor, and Alice told me about your medical degree…"

"Alice!"

"I was trying to help" Alice laughed

"Anyways, they said they would give you a chance"

"Carlisle…i…thank you" she whispered "I can't believe you did that for me"

"Well I thought you might like it" he smiled "and you can start tomorrow"

"Sounds great"

"We don't have school for another week anyways, so we can put your new furniture in your room" Alice promised

"And I'll try not to put too much girly stuff up on the walls" Mia smiled softly

"Not that she can keep a promise" Everyone turned around to see Edward stepping out of the house "she actually really loves to break them"

"Edward you promised" Carlisle warned his son with a low growl in his voice

"Fine…"

"I should just go home" Mia whispered "I'd at least be happy with Casius"

"Mia he said he would visit. I'm sick of that place. Please stay with me"

"Fine, but only as long as you are sick of that place the minute you want to go back, we go back"

"or you can go back alone" she whispered "I don't know if I'll ever want to go back"

"Maria, Jane is not that bad"

"I don't like her" she growled "and I don't like being around her"

"You're pissed because even after 200 years you hold a grudge against her because she stole Aro from you"

"She's a whore" she growled dangerously

"Well, let go inside" Carlisle smiled, not knowing what to say about the situation "Emmett and Jasper are waiting to see their girls again"

"Jasper!" Alice squealed, running into the house and towards her boyfriend.

"Well, she's a hyper one" Carlisle looked back at Maria to see her laughing as Mia and Rosalie headed into the house. "So, is there anything I should know about the hospital?"

"Just do your best" he smiled "it'll probably be better then the guy you're replacing"

"Not that good?"

"Should have worked in a morgue" She laughed as he walked over to her and pushed her hair out of her face before the wind could force it to cover her eyes. "Should…we go inside?"

"Sure" she smiled "I need to set up my room a bit anyways" Carlisle wrapped a soft arm around her shoulder and lead her back towards the house with a smile.

"So, you and Aro use to be…together?"

"For about 250 years, and then Jane came along and he decided she was better looking" she growled under her breath "dumped me like I didn't even exist"

"Well, if it helps any I think he made a mistake" she tilted her head up a bit so she could see Carlisle's face, and she blushed when she saw the smile spread from ear to ear.

"it does" she smiled, leaning up and kissing his cheek before running ahead into the house. Maybe moving on was going to be a bit easier with Maria around.