𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱
𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄
𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘆'𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼𝗽
𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐃𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐌 𝐎𝐅 𝐍𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍 𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐀 𝐒𝐖𝐀𝐍, Catherine Dysis eyes immediately landed on her older cousin who was staring out her window.
Shaking her head as her body filled with worry, before she bringing her head back out of the room and closing the door as silently as she could.
"She's been like that this whole time?" She asked as she turned back towards her Uncle, concern lacing her tone as she spoke.
Bella looked completely out of it, it stunned her with the way her eyes seemed to be taking in everything outside, but also seemed empty like the eyes of a dead person.
"She rarely moves from that chair," Charlie spoke as he rn his hand through his hair, the man looking frustrated and helpless. "rarely sleeps without night terrors and waking up screaming, I just... I don't know what to do."
Seeing him this way with large bags under his eyes, his hair ruffled showing he had ran his hand through it many times, Cathy couldn't help but feel bad for her Uncle.
"It's alright Uncle Charlie, I'm here to help," She spoke as she laid her hand on his arm, the tension in the man's body almost immediately deflating. "why don't you go get some rest, I'll get her up and running in no time."
"Thanks kid." He spoke with a small sigh of relief, he knew he couldn't keep doing this by himself; he needed help.
Giving the man a reassuring smile, Catherine watched as he walked away towards his room to get some much needed sleep.
He had taken the entire day off so he could go get her from the airport, even so he already hadn't been sleeping well because of Bella's nightly night-terrors.
Taking a deep breathe, Catherine turned towards Bella's bedroom, before fully walking in this time and heading towards Bella.
"Bella," She spoke lightly, her voice somehow caused Bella to flinch before she turned towards her. "it's me."
Seeing Bella looking at her, Catherine continued with her soft steps as if walking towards a dangerous animal, Bella on the otherhand, looked shocked to see her.
"Cathy?" She spoke as her eyes cleared up, focusing on Catherine whilst also filling with tears.
The two of them -along with Jacob- had grown up together, if Jacob was their extrovert and Bella their introvert, Catherine was the mix of them.
She was always there to calm Jacob down from doing something crazy, while also encouraging Bella to do something slightly more crazy in the name of fun.
"Hey Bells, how you been?" She asked softly as she stood in front of her, her eyes filled with worry rather the pity Bella was used to.
"Oh Cathy," Bella sobbed out as she quickly pushed herself from her chair, wrapping her arms around her tiny cousin. "he-he left me, just left me here alone."
Feeling Bella suddenly throw herself into her arms, Catherine thanked her enhanced strength as she could only hold the girl close as she felt sobs start to rip through her cousin's body.
"It'll be okay Bells, I've got you." She murmured softly as she rubbed the girl's back, tightening her arms around her as she felt Bella bury her head in her shoulder.
"I thought he loved me, he said he loved me." Bella spoke out through her sobs, the girl not being able to do anything but hold Catherine tighter.
"Come on Bells," Catherine said as she lightly pulled her cousin towards her bed, her strength allowing her to move Bella without ease. "let's lay down okay?"
Not feeling the older girl reject her words, Catherine slowly pulled the girl into the bed, letting Bella use her as if she was one of those weighted Dinosaur plushes; which Cathy made a reminder in her head to get her cousin.
"Why would he do this, it was an accident, we could've worked it out." Bella continued to sob as she held Catherine to her chest, crying into her little cousin's hair.
Despite having cheek-to-boob contact with her cousin, Catherine didn't feel it was weird or awkward as she continuously rubbed her back.
"It'll be alright Bell, I'm here for you now I promise." She promised her as she allowed Bella to continuously sob into her hair, even letting her tighten her grip to squeezing.
No matter how uncomfortable the pressure of Bella's arm squeezing her felt, Catherine continued to let her hold her without so much as a flinch.
"I won't leave you Bells, I'm here to stay." She muttered as she felt Bella start to drift off to sleep with her in her arms, Catherine mentally slaughtered Edward in so many gruesome ways.
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𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐄𝐗𝐓 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐀 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐄 𝐖𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐋𝐘 𝐖𝐎𝐊𝐄𝐍 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐑 𝐒𝐋𝐔𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑, their noses were immediately hit with the smell a smell they weren't quite used to.
"You smell it to?" Bella asked as she noticed her dad walking out of his bedroom at the same time she did, causing him to look over to her.
The two had both been awakened by the smell of something delicious, so they both quickly got dressed and began hunting for the source of the smell.
"Mhmm." Charlie murmured nodding his head his eyes slightly closed, the man still having the after effects of a joyous full night's sleep.
Together, the two walked down of the stairs and straight into the kitchen, the smell of breakfast coming directly from there.
Walking into said kitchen, the two immediately noticed the spread of food on the table, before they noticed Catherine who was turning off the stove and turning around with a plate of bacon in her hands.
"Goodmorning Uncle, morning Bells." She spoke with a large smile on her face as she sat the plate of bacon onto the table, she'd already heard the two coming down the stairs.
"Cathy," Charlie spoke dragging her name out as he moved to the table, the man quickly sitting down as he looked between her and the food. "you didn't have to do all this."
Hearing his words, Catherine couldn't help but giggle a bit behind her hand, says those words while staring at the food like a man who hasn't eaten in years; her Uncle sure was a funny man.
"I wanted to," She spoke simply as she sat at the table right next to him, letting Bella take the seat in front of him; which she did. "I wanted to help you guys out around here."
"Catherine you are a godsend." Charlie spoke his words slightly muffled due to the entire slice of bacon he had shoved into his mouth, whilst continuously filling his plate with food.
"Thank's Uncle Charlie," Catherine spoke with a small giggle as she moved the syrup over to his plate, before she remember the phone call she had gotten earlier. "oh Bella I talked to one of your friend-"
"What?" Bella cut her off, her voice filled with hostility although Catherine hadn't even noticed it, the girl just trying to fill up her own plate.
"Yeah, Jessica, she called earlier," Catherine continued to speak simply, as she placed a few pancakes on her plate, not forgetting to move some onto Bella's so she could regain her weight. "she wanted to go to the movies today-"
"And what did you say?" Bella cut her off again, this time Catherine finally noticed the hostile look that was on her face, causing her to speak a bit lower.
"I said it was fine, I even asked if I could go along, we're supposed to be watching some zombie movie." Catherine spoke in a low voice, looking between Bella and Charlie in confusion.
She didn't understand why Bella seemed so agitated, she was here to get her out of her depressive funk, she thought it would be best to get the girl out of the house.
"Why would you tell her that," Bella asked her younger cousin, her voice coming out awkward an low as she stabbed at the pancakes on her plate. "I don't want to go to some stupid movie, I just want to sit in my room the whole summer."
"I thought it would be fun," Catherine said shrugging her shoulders, before turning around and motioning towards the house phone. "I could call her back."
"No, she's going to think I'm some kind of flaker, thank's a lot-" Bella spoke sarcastically as she leaned back in her chair folding her arms, her words making Cathy feel worse about her decision.
Depression was a hard thing to go through, she shouldn't have just pushed Bella to start hanging out with her friends again, she should have started the girl out slow with all of this.
"Bella she's just trying to help," Charlie spoke up for his almost niece, his words causing Bella to scoff lowly under her breath. "you should be happy she's here, otherwise you'd be going to Jacksonville."
Hearing this, Bella immediately looked over at her Dad, no one had mentioned anything about her moving back with her mom, how would Edward find her if she was gone.
"What?" She asked faintly as she looked at him, causing Charlie to let out a sigh as sat down his fork and knife to talk to her.
"Your mom and I had already talked about it," Charlie spoke simply, the man reaching his hand out to place on Catherine's shoulder. "Cathy was the last option, before you moved back."
Catherine could only lower her head as she noticed Bella looking her way, she wanted her cousin to think she was there on her own accord.
Not that her parents had practically begged Joseph, Catherine's Dad, to have her move in with Charlie to help him out with her.
"Did you know this?" Bella asked lowly as she looked at her little cousin, the girl letting out an awkward smile before nodding her head.
"Yeah, I wanted to help you get better so I agreed to help." Catherine spoke as she rose her hand to rub the back of her neck, the girl could feel the awkward tension in the air.
"Fine," Bella spoke up in low voice as she sat back in her seat, her fork rested on her place, but not falling out of her hand. "thanks I guess."
"No problem." Catherine said putting on a small fake smile, before going back to her food; she knew that would be the best apology she'd get from her cousin for now.