Fire and Ice: The Volturi Queen (Aro/Marcus/Caius/OFC)

Chapter Five

Persy had probably rearranged the small items in the room a dozen times in the last ten minutes alone. Now, she was nervously pacing around Bella's newly designed bedroom and preying her Uncle Charlie would hurry up before she went stir-crazy. She hadn't believed her Uncle at first when he had told her Bella would be coming to live in Forks whilst Renee and her new husband Phil travelled for his career or something like that. Persy might not like Renee a whole lot but Bella was her cousin and family meant everything to her.

Once again, Persy moved around the room, rearranging everything until she believed it better suited the feel of the room before she went back to pacing. Her pacing only stopped when she heard a car pulling up to the front yard and Persy practically flew down the stairs and out of the front door.

"Bella!" she exclaimed, running up to her cousin and embracing her in a bone-crushing hug, "oh, my Gods; I've missed you so much." She pulled away from Bella, still keeping her hands around the petite girls arms as her eyes took in the sight her young cousin made. "Look at you," she gushed, "you're so beautiful."

Bella blushed and with her pale skin tone it was the easiest thing to see. As it had always been, Persy could not read her cousin's mind but it didn't take a mind reader to know Bella was uncomfortable. Besides getting her hair and eyes from Charlie, Bella had also gotten his awkwardness and Persy found it downright adorable. She also knew when to step away so Bella didn't think she was being smothered.

"How was the drive?" she asked as she led Bella into the house, "awkward, I would imagine."

That got a small smile out of Bella. "You have no idea," she replied softly, her hands clinging at the little cacti she held.

"I think I do," Persy retorted with a soft smile. "But that's okay," she continued as they ascended the stairs, "you guys haven't seen each other in a while and it'll take some time before you are both comfortable around each other. However, if it ever gets too much and you just wanna get away, my place is always open to you."

"Thanks, Persy," Bella said, her tone genuine as Persy led her into her room.

"I went with Uncle Charlie to get everything," Persy explained as Bella looked around the room, "I remember you telling me how much you liked purple when you were little; and I got a few knick-knacks to fill the space so it's a little more like Phoenix."

And she had. Persy had looked everywhere for photo's of Phoenix and little bits and bobs that might remind Bella of home. She didn't want her cousin getting homesick but she also wanted the room to be a little bit of Forks as well so she had thrown in some pictures she had taken herself of the surrounding woods and La Push beach. It wasn't much and Persy knew there was a chance Bella would want to change things to better suit her style but she hoped her cousin at least felt comfortable with the setout the way it was.

"You're not obligated to keep it like this," she assured Bella when her silence had drawn on too long, "I understand that things would have changed since your last visit and your welcome to completely redesign..."

"I love it," Bella interjected when it became obvious that Persy was beginning to go on a tangent.