"Delphine, what is this?" Cosima asked, carefully bending down to pick up what looked like a photo album, wincing at the back pain that came with stretching that far down.
"Oh be careful ma chérie, you'll hurt yourself!" Delphine rushed over and retrieved the book, redirecting the aging woman to her chair and then taking her spot beside her life long lover, "It's a photo collection I have been keeping since I met you," She said, opening the front cover and showing Cosima the beautiful book she'd made.
Cosima found herself staring at pictures of her younger self at her graduation with Delphine beside her.
Turning the pages Cosima reflected on the party that she had dragged Delphine too, photos of the two of them dancing and laughing were stuck in a different angles and Delphine, in her beautiful handwriting, had written the details of where and when each of the photos were taken along with who was in them.
Delphine watched as Cosima relived her younger years through the photos and she flicked her longer, whitening hair out of her eyes. Cosima had given up her dreads years ago, they were too much to maintain now and her tastes had changed over the years.
On the next page photos of Cosima showed how she changed physically through her pregnancy and then suddenly a small little girl was in her arms, their daughter, in the hospital and little Kira peering over Sarah's shoulder as they all wanted to see the newest member of Clone Club.
Turning over a few more pages there were photos of their two year old daughter Melinda listening to Delphine's rounded stomach as she tried to hear her unborn sibling.
Delphine watched as Cosima's eyes watered slightly at the happy memories of their daughters births, their firsts days at kindergarten, primary school, secondary school, university….
Halfway through the book there was a picture of all the clones and then another with them and their children. On the next page a photo of all the kids; Kira Manning, Oscar and Gemma Hendrix, and Melinda and Jane. They all grew up together and were close friends. The fact that their mothers were clones didn't bother them at all, Leekie and the evolutionist were behind them. They'd moved on with their lives and lived them just how they wanted to. Together.
