A/N: This is chapter one of a little Cophine fic that I want to try out. I believe it will be Cosima's POV for the whole fic (not sure yet though). So yeah, thanks for reading and shoot me a review if you don't mind. c:
It was my first day as a sophomore in high school and I was not looking forward to it. My sister Sarah woke me up by rudely throwing her pillow at me.
"WAKE UP COSIMA! You're gonna make us all late." She muttered and went away before I could tell her to fuck off. Ugg just three more years I thought to my self. I quickly got ready and went to eat my breakfast where Sarah and our younger foster brother Felix were already eating and making obscene faces at each other behind Mrs. S's back. I just took my seat and nibbled at my toast and within ten minutes we were on our way to Mission High School in San Francisco's Mission District. I would have rather gone to Galileo Academy but Noo I just had to be put in school with my four sisters. Felix, Sarah, and I said thank you to our foster mother and made our way into the school where we met up with Alison and Beth our twin older sisters, and Helena, Sarah and I's sister that made us triplets. Helena immediately latched on to Sarah her favorite sister and I could see Sarah internally sigh. She loved our sister she really did but Helena was sometimes a bit much even for Sarah to handle which was why she insisted on living with me and Mrs. S, away from Helena. We found out where our homeroom classes were and the bell rang dismissing us to class. My first class was thankfully AP Bio, which I knew I would excel in. Sure I was an all around nerd but I especially loved the sciences. I took a seat in the front of the class on the left away from the teacher's desk but still close enough to complete my work well. Everyone slowly filled in taking seats all around the class. Just as our teacher was explaining the finer points of his syllabus when the principal came into class followed by a young blonde woman. The principal whispered something to Mr. Hayes, my bio teacher, and left. Mr. Hayes then introduced us to Delphine Cormier a new student who moved to San Francisco from Paris recently. He directed her to the only seat available, the one next to me. She sat down next to me and said hello in a slightly French accent. I smiled.
"Hey. I'm Cosima." I said extending my hand out for a handshake. She took it. I couldn't believe my luck she was pretty! Her hazel eyes and curly blonde hair were a great distraction from our middle-aged teacher. I spent the period making small talk. I found out she was an only child and moved here over summer because of her dad's business ventures brought him to San Francisco. When the bell rang to dismiss us to our second period of the day I asked her if she had any friends yet.
"No, I haven't really had the chance to take to much of anyone but you and the principal." She said with a laugh. I smiled.
"So do you think you might want to hang out with my sisters and I at lunch?"
"That'd be really nice actually." Delphine replied. And with that we agreed to meet up by the girl's restroom in the courtyard during lunch. I then spent the rest of AP World History dazing off and doodling. This Delphine girl seemed really nice and I had spent a nice bit of Bio studying her. She wasn't just pretty. She was hot and she loved science just like I did. It would sure make my day more interesting now. I barely knew Delphine but I was already starting to feel a crush coming on. I mean I tried to play it cool in front of her but when wasn't around I just thought of her cute French accent and I could feel myself blush. I was her first friend too. I just had to hope my sisters would embarrass me too much at lunch. Lunch finally came around and I met Delphine by the restrooms as promised.
"Hey Delphine!" I shouted to get her attention in the crowed hallway.
"Cosima! Hello." She said looking relieved to see me.
"How has your day been so far?" I asked wanting to hear her talk some more.
She sighed and recounted how at least five guys had hit on her that morning. I couldn't blame them but it would be pretty creepy to be hit on that much in one day by a bunch of horny assholes in a new country.
'Wow that sucks. But at least people are willing to tell you, you're pretty." I told her.
"I guess. Do people not tell you, you're pretty? Because you are." She said with a smile.
"Thanks." I said blushing as we got our lunches from the lunch line. I quickly found the table where my sisters were in the crowded cafeteria. Beth and Alison looked like judging bitches as usual and Felix was flicking his mashed potatoes at Sarah and Helena when we got to the table.
"Finally someone more mature than these brats." Alison said gesturing to Felix, Sarah, and Helena as I sat down. I laughed and Delphine sat next to me.
"Who's that Cos?" Sarah asked me as she aimed a spoonful of pudding at Felix who was bracing himself and shielding his clothes with a textbook.
"My friend Delphine. She's new here. She just moved from Paris." I explained.
"Nice to meet you Delphine. I'm Beth, this is Alison, and those three are Felix, Sarah, and Helena." My eldest sibling introduced everyone.
"It's nice to meet you all as well." She said giving them a smile. We spent the rest of lunch talking about Paris and the classes Delphine was taking when I found out we had P.E. and English together at the end of the day. By the time the bell rang Helena and Felix were both cleaning off various pudding and potato stains from their clothes and Delphine and I walked off to the locker rooms, where we were surprised to find Alison and Beth had the same period as us. Great another year of them teasing me because of how awkward I am at physical sports, I thought remembering the year before. Good thing they were seniors and I wouldn't have to deal with them much longer. After picking out lockers and going over rules Delphine and I walked the track in our regular clothes before heading to English for our last period of the day. We picked seats next to each other and watched as people filled in, when again to our surprise Sarah walked in looking bored already. We waved her over and she took an empty desk behind us. The last class of the day seemed to drag a bit and Sarah muttered a "Thank God!" When the bell rang dismissing us from class.
"Christ that class took FOREVER." Sarah complained and Delphine laughed I just shook my head. We met up with Beth and Alison who were already standing next to the minivan they drove to takes us to our respective homes.
"Hey do you need a ride home?" I asked Delphine. She looked a little embarrassed but eventually said yes. We all pilled into the car with me squished between Sarah and Delphine. We dropped Delphine off at her house and discovered it wasn't far from Sarah, Felix, and I's home, only about a block away. I smiled thinking about how we could study together and such since our homes were so close. Beth put the minivan in park and my siblings that lived in the house and I scrambled out as Alison reminded us that they would be back later in the evening for our biweekly "Family Dinner" in which our two foster families would get together for dinner since it "Kept the family close" and "Strengthened our bonds as siblings" as if we didn't get enough of that in school. I sighed heavily and dropped my school bag onto the couch as I made my way to the medium sized kitchen. I was kind of hungry and looking for crackers when Sarah came prancing into the kitchen.
"Hey Cos." She said as if she knew something I didn't.
"What are you up to, Sarah?" I asked wondering if her and Felix were planning some prank to ruin dinner.
"Nothing!" She exclaimed with a faux sense of hurt in her voice. "I just have an observation to make."
"Uh huh. And what would that be?" I asked as I opened a package of crackers and put one in my mouth.
"Thanks sis!" Felix exclaimed as her waltzed into the room taking the crackers I had searched hard for, I rolled my eyes at him.
"I'm just saying you like Delphine." Sarah stated matter-of-factly.
"I do not! I just think she's cute is all."
"Yeah, and then by the end of the week you'll be sighing in your room all 'Oh Delphine shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Hot as fuck.' Just you wait Cosima. You're a sucker for cute girls who love science just as much as you do." She said with a smirk. I gave her a look that said I-Know-You're-Right-But-I'm-Not-Going-To-Admit-It and went to my room to do my homework.
