"Delphine I need you, come over right now I am about to pass out from nerves." Cosima almost shouted down the phone. Her whole body was a bundle of nerves, and she was almost shaking. For god sake she was 25 she should not be this nervous to go out on a date. It wasn't the date, not really, because she had been on many of them before..it was who it was with.
"Oh Cosima what has happened now? I'm coming over." Delphine sighed in a mock frustrated way but Cosima could tell that on the other end she was smiling and it made the nerves worse. They hung up, no more words were needed. Cosima beamed to herself in her room for a second and then threw her phone on to the bed.
Tonight was the night.
Cosima slumped herself on the bed totally stumped for what to do. Delphine was going to be there in literally 10 minutes, how could she tell her? Should she tell her straight away? Delphine wasn't a fan of surprises. But then Cosima was never that good at surprises. Once she organised a surprise party for a college friend and she turned up after the birthday girl because she was late. She was always late. But this time it would be impossible for her to be late, she was already there. Messing around on her phone for a few minutes she took a deep breath and tried to control her heart which was freaking out and made her feel light headed.
"Ok. You seriously cannot be freaking out over a date, you are literally a scientist, scientists have no emotions just lots of observational note books." Cosima whispered to herself, and then realised she was whispering to herself and stopped. Shaking out her arms she caught her eye in the mirror and gave herself a mental high five.
Knock knock!
Cosima's heart sank, but also jumped out of her rib cage, and started flying about inside of her. Calm down, she doesn't even know yet! Cosima commanded herself. Walking over to the door she checked the time on her clock. It was 7 she had an hour until she had to leave to get to the restaurant.
"Bonjour Cosima!" Delphine greeted when Cosima opened the door, Delphine moved forward and embraced Cosima in a one arm hug the other hand holding a huge bottle of wine. Cosima took a breath in at the embrace and caught her delicious perfume. Light and sweet just like Delphine was, Cosima bit her lip."What was so important that you are dying of nerves?" Delphine laughed as she came into the warm apartment, Cosima shut the door behind her and then leaned her back up against it, hands behind her holding onto the doors handle.
"I have a date." Cosima said with raised eyebrows, a wide smile and eyes that were so nervous they were a shade darker than normal. For some reason just in saying that she thought Delphine would guess straight away and storm out. But obviously Del had not been in Cosima's head all day and so had no idea about the plan. Delphine stared at her and then smiled in a questioning way letting out a small laugh.
"A date?" Delphine asked, the wine paused in the air with her hand shocked at the thought. Cosima...on a date. The first thought that came to Delphine's mind was which of the undergrads she was hitting on for kicks was she actually getting involved with. And then she realised there were no clothes or underwear (aside from Cosima's as usual) spread all over the floor and bed, so there was no undergrad? Cosima saw the thought processing in Delphine's eyes and her head started to hurt from all the blood rushing around her body from the flight or fight state she was stuck in. She thought about the flicker that came over Delphine's eyes and the way they quickly scanned the room and how she might had guessed. She might know. But then Cosima's heart raced up even more then Delphine next spoke. "With who?" She asked simply, innocently, but with a smirk that drove Cosima crazy. Tilting her head the words were at the lip of her mouth, but she bit her lip trying not to say them.
"Just...someone..but I really need your help. Like I realised you are the only one who is good at this stuff!" Cosima said, trying to not grab Delphine's face and kiss it right there and then. But then Delphine moved forward and reached her hand out to Cosima's cheek, caressing her thumb over it and staring her eyes. This was it we were going to kiss! Cosima thought but then Delphine spoke and her heart dropped. "Are you ok, your eyes are so dark?" Delphine looked concerned. Cosima sighed a little at what she wanted this to be about, her hand clasped over Delphine's and pulled it down her eyes following it to not show her let down.
"Just really nervous." Moving around her but brushing her bare arm against the silk material of Delphine's top she wondered over to the bedroom questioning whether to go through any of this. Questioning whether just to go out without her and pretend it was a flop just to avoid embarrassment.
"Well, I don't want you going out like that." Delphine said pausing for a moment after their interaction, turning and putting the large wine bottle on the desk before following her into the bedroom. Cosima closed her eyes just hoping to hold it all together, just keep it together until she got to the restaurant. Cosima sat on the edge of the bed and waited for Delphine. "One you will catch a cold because it is freezing outside...and two you want to sell the best side of you not when you are home alone binge watching on TV." Delphine reference the fact Cosima was in a tank top and baggy pj bottoms. She came right up to Cosima and stood in front of Cosima their legs almost touching. Delphine's dark skinny jeans standing at head height as she put her hands on her waist looking about the room. Cosima put her hands in her lap and tried to avoid looking directly ahead of her at...Jeez you are 25 not 14 get a grip! Cosima whispered to herself. "Hmm, what's that?" Delphine looked down at Cosima who stared longingly up at her. "You really do need help, ok what is clean?" Delphine said moving away from Cosima and trying to get over the mounds of material to her closet. Cosima took another deep breath and got up, trying not to imagine what she would love to do once she got those skinny jeans off of her. Getting up she walked over to Delphine's side and moved her legs spread across a pile of what she thought was clean clothes. They both looked at her closet which had very few items actually hung up inside of it.
"What's the plan for the date, did you want to end it when the bill comes or were you looking for something more?" Delphine looked down at Cosima next to her and Cosima blushed hard. Her eyes widened and she shoved her a little, totally freaking out to herself as she looked at the floor laughing and widening her eyes at wh
at to say. This was making it so hard. How could she answer that question when she was the one she was going on a date with.
"Urrmmm," Cosima began laughing to herself and looking back up at her with a raised eye brow. "Not sure, see what happens?" Cosima said trying to not be too obvious but also not be herself. Delphine wasn't an idiot, Cosima was totally the type to have a weekend fling and never talk to them again, or at least only go on a date for a hook up. So the fact she didn't have a plan took Delphine back a little.
"Now I need to know how this person is." Delphine said, pulling something out of the closet and lining it up with Cosima's chest. "She must be different if you aren't going to 'hit and run'." Delphine laughed, deciding she didn't like what she was wearing and leant close past Cosima to put it back. Cosima breathed in the scent that wafted in her face and she was so crazy in love with this girl it was driving her mad not to tell her. But then she realised what Delphine had said;
"Delphine stop calling my..shenanigans 'hit and run' it's not cool!" Cosima laughed her hand covering her mouth at the thought.
"Well what else do I call it, you hit on them, spend the night with them and run." Delphine laughed getting something else out of the closet and lining it up on Cosima's chest. Cosima was looking in to Del's eyes with a flicker of a smile across her lips about how she even had a name for what Cosima had been up to lately. She put her hand up to the hanger the item was on and held onto Delphine's hand.
"We cannot call that 'hit and run'!" Cosima laughed and looked down at what Delphine had up against her. And then she realised she wasn't wearing any sort of bra and then her body caught up with the fact that Delphine was touching her and...holy watershed. "How about this?" Cosima said trying to distract herself as she bent down and pulled up a almost sheer black blouse with no sleeves but a wine red detail around the collar and buttons, Delphine really took a shine to it.
"Yes! But what about underneath?" Delphine said looking at Cosima's chest. All of a sudden Cosima was embarrassed and folded her arms over her boobs, totally feeling vulnerable but totally turned on by the fact she looked at her boobs with a big grin and blushed red cheeks. "We need to make those look even better!" Delphine said and began to rummage through her side draw next to her bed. Cosima was freaking out even more because she knew that there was something uber personal in that draw that Delphine could never see!
"Hey!" Cosima said drawing Delphine's attention, "I have something here." Cosima picked up a lacy black piece of lingerie which was a black padded bra with sheer drop over her stomach. The two sheer material would at least offer her some cover and make her boobs like amazing. Delphine ran her fingers over the bra and bit her lip.
"This will do perfectly." Delphine said idolizing it before Cosima snatched it away. The way Delphine's eyes were running over it drove her crazy, she had to take it away before she just..."Ok, now what time is the date?" Delphine asked flicking her big brown eyes over to the time and back to meet Cosima's dark green.
"Like 7:30." Cosima said she had her hands at the bottom of her tank about to tear it off. Delphine looked concerned, flicking her eyes back to the clock and down to her hands.
"Ok get this on and I'll get you something...sexy." Delphine turned around and began searching the rest of the room. Slowly pulling her tank top up over her flat stomach and up her sides. All the while her eyes checked out Delphine bending over to get something. Delphine turned her head and looked up in a smile to Cosima, who quickly turned around to pull the rest of her tank off.
"Here take this." Delphine said coming up towards Cosima from behind and putting the clothes on her bed, she rested her hand lightly on her hot shoulder for a second before walking out of the bedroom. Cosima felt the warm touch and it excited her beyond belief. She covered her chest until Delphine was out of the room, and then put on what she had been given. A tight red short skirt, and patterned black tights, her sheer top they both picked out. All she needed was a make up re-do and shoes.
"Hey." Cosima whispered in a husky tone, she was stood at the entrance to her bedroom holding onto the red drop curtains, her leg positioned seductively on the side. Delphine was sat at Cosima's desk, leant back and her legs crossed with a magazine in her lap. Delphine beamed up at her and then held up the magazine. Cosima's eyes widened in terror. It was the latest issue of her 'girls only' magazine. Cosima practically ran across the room and tried to grab it out of her hand. Delphine put up a little fight, and stood up suddenly holding it out of Cosima's reach. "Oh my god, give it back!" Cosima was furious, but found it too funny not to laugh. She was laughing hard, jumping up trying to get it and Delphine was trying to keep a stern disapproving look but couldn't help but sense the humour.
"French edition, eh?" Delphine smirked, waving it about. Cosima realised and was so freaking embarrassed. Her face was bright red and she was almost dying from her finding that. Christ if she didn't guess before she must know now. "You like French girls?" Delphine's face was on fire with excitement and just knowing how much embarrassment it was causing her small little friend made it all the more hilarious. Cosima finally grabbed the magazine and shoved it in a draw where she kept the rest of them. "It's ok. We are a majestic breed." Delphine smiled with a wink. Cosima just gazed at her for a second with longing hopeful eyes, before Delphine leant forward so their faces were closer. "Now you have a date." Delphine said holding Cosima's head on each side as something flickered over them. "You will have to tell me who it is, unless you are hiding it in case it goes wrong." Delphine asked, brushing her cheek before leaning back and going to get up.
"Urrrrrrggg.." Cosima protested, grabbing the bottle of wine and taking it to her kitchen to find the opener. "Maybe I will tell you maybe. If you come with me to the restaurant-"
"To check them out before you go in?" Delphine asked, leaning up against the kitchen counter and watching Cosima open up the bottle with a cork screw.
"Of course." Cosima winked.
"What are best friends for?" Delphine joked, opened up a cupboard and grabbed two wine glasses. Cosima felt the innocent comment hit her like a ton of bricks. Suddenly reality hit her and she realised she might not even say yes to going. She poured out the wine for the two of them, and they each took their own. Delphine felt the immediate tension after she spoke was totally confused as to why, so she just sipped her wine. Cosima took a bigger gulp than before and turned to lean against the counter with her back, her arm across her chest.
"Mon Dieu! We almost have to go! You aren't even ready!" Delphine said almost chocking on he wine. She swallowed and took another sip before moving forward a little spilling onto the wood floor. "Come on Cosima, we have to get you ready!" Delphine said, her free hand taking a reluctant Cosima to her own bathroom. Cosima gulped down the rest of her wine and wiped her mouth. Ok this could still be amazing, Cosima psyched herself up a little, being pulled to her bathroom. At least the knots of nerves filling her body were almost gone, she had at least gotten over that aspect.
"32 Broad street off Johnson." Cosima said to the taxi driver as they both climbed into the back. Cosima had decided to try something a little different that Delphine really liked, it was a thin line of liquid eye liner all across her eye lids with a angelic flick at the end. Cosima took comfort in the way Delphine liked it and it gave her those stupid butterflies in her stomach. They sat apart in the back but Delphine saw how nervous Cosima was again. Cosima was freaking out, she was seeing Delphine in a whole different light. It was exciting, and daring and new. Cosima turned to Delphine and took her hand.
"Delphine I am about to go on a date with the most beautiful person I have ever met and I am really scared." There was a flicker of something across Delphine's face and she tightened the hold on their hands.
"You will be fine, Cosima." Delphine said, her usual smiley face was replaced with a real genuine expression of emotion. "You have no idea how much you deserve, you are brilliant." Delphine reached for Cosima's face again, Cosima was so touched by her words, excited, aroused even, but scared. What if Delphine really only did think of her as just a friend? "Anyway, you couldn't possible mess up. When you do it in such a cute way." Delphine gave her a wink before giggling and looking out of the tinted window to the city outside. Cosima looked after her with longing eyes, but she understood. Those words gave her a little hope. Maybe this would work out, maybe Delphine would be happy. She damn well hoped so.
Once the taxi slowed down outside of the restaurant Cosima's heart seemed to skipped hundreds of beats and she felt so light headed it was unreal, but she couldn't help but spread a smile all across her face as she got out of the taxi, Delphine choosing to get out of her side too. Cosima turned to get the taxi fare but Delphine got their first, paying the man and not collecting the change. It was so cold out and Cosima could see her breath in front of her face. The city was electric tonight, it was so loud, and bright and just alive. The warm yellow light from the windows of the restaurant illuminated Delphine's perfect blonde curls and beautiful smile. Cosima wrapped her arms around her chest and shivered slightly looking in at the table she had reserved with that single tulip in a glass vase at the centre.
Holy watershed this was happening.
"So who is your mystery date?" Delphine said her eyes darting all around the interior of the restaurant before resting on Cosima's deep green. She walked over to Cosima and hugged at her side to keep her warm, rubbing her hand up and down her arm. Cosima took a huge deep breath and smiled, looking up at her. Feeling so warm already, and realising how nicely she fit into her body.
"You, Delphine." Cosima said and felt Delphine's hand slow on her arms. An electric tension erupted between them and Cosima's heart lept "Would you like to accompany me to dinner...as my date?"
