Author's note: This is an epistolary fic of letters between Cosima and Delphine throughout their last year of school before college/university. I am not sure how long I plan on this story being, as it is still a work in progress. The first few chapters will be a little short because they are the first letters and neither of them really know what they're doing yet. It will pick up, I promise!

I am not from France. I do not know very much French, nor do I know anything about the French education system. Most of the French stuff included is from various Google searches. If there is anyone who is more knowledgeable than myself who would maybe be interested in helping me out a little, let me know! You can contact me on tumblr at tatianathevampireslayer. Otherwise you will have to deal with the inaccuracies that are bound to exist. Otherwise, enjoy!


September 1, 2013

Dear Delphine,

Hey. Um, so, I'm not really sure how to start this. But like, my homeroom teacher, Mrs. S, told us about a project we're doing, just for fun. I guess we have a sister school somewhere in France so then she assigned us all pen pals that we're going to write to for the next year. Wait, it's possible you already know all this. Shoot. Ok, um, let me start over.

Hi! My name's Cosima Niehaus and I'm gonna be your pen pal for the next nine months! I'm 17, I'm a senior at Balboa High. Born and raised in San Fran. Favorite book is Harry Potter, obvs. I only say obvs because it's hella popular. Anyway… I am more into science than reading though, ya know? I'm taking AP Bio right now and it's my favorite class. I wanna study biology at UC Berkeley next year so fingers crossed that works out. College apps are due soon so I'm kinda nervous about that.

Anyway, um, I'm not really sure how this is going to work, and this is just an intro letter I guess. So I'll stop talking now. I'm looking forward to, uh, being your pen pal.

Best wishes,

Cosima Niehaus