Rose climbed out of the car in a pair of jean shorts and a black tank top after Xavier opened the door for them. She dragged a stuffed bunny out of the car with her. People had made remarks that she was too old to carry such a thing around but she didn't care. The bunny made her feel safe and reminded her of home. She had possession of the toy since she was a baby and had called it "kitty" as a baby and had never since stopped calling it that. 

"Let me make sure it's empty first." Xavier told them. "Wait here." He entered after unlocking the door with the key left in the mailbox.  She turned to Persephone once he was inside, "I think the truck with our furniture should be here soon. It'll be fun to decorate the house don't you think? We can make it really nice..."She paused, not really expecting her to reply with much, "I know I want to decorate my room just the way it was at home." It was a horrible way to think about it but sometimes she felt like the Persephone she had known had died along with her parents. She was nothing like herself anymore and she missed her. Xavier and Rose were both obviously changed by the incident as well but Rose felt like she and him had held on to parts of themselves anyway. She wasn't sure it was the same for Persephone. She felt like she was standing with a stranger.

Rose awkwardly looked away and down the street, occupying herself with other thoughts as they waited. She began braiding her hair loosely as she idly examined the neighboring houses. She wondered how the neighbors were. Were there people their age inside? Some new friends would definitely ease the tension in their family. Though she loved and missed her parents, she wanted to move on from the incident and be happy again. She was tired of pretending. She just wanted it to be real. 

Finally, Xavier emerged from the house, "It's safe." She didn't blame him for being paranoid enough to check out the house first before they all entered. They had no idea why those people attacked their family or even who they were. The people had yet to be caught. She watched him glance around and followed his gaze. There was a girl with really pretty brown hair looking at them from down the street. When she smiled at them, Rose smiled back and gave a friendly wave. Xavier didn't seem to be feeling as friendly. He ushered them inside the house instead of reacting. 

"Wow it's lovely!"Rosaline exclaimed, spinning around to look at everything. "How cute is that wallpaper! It's so vintage. Xavier you nailed this!" Though she was forcing this reaction, she did feel genuine excitement for the first time in awhile. She began darting through the rooms to check them out. Afterwards, she ran up the stairs and came back down five minutes later. "Okay there's two bedrooms down here and one bedroom upstairs and I'm really feeling the one upstairs because it already has pink walls. Any objections?"