"Bonjour. Um.." Delphine wasn't really sure if she should ask to sit with Cosima and her friends, but she doesn't really know anyone except her new lab partner and Scott. "Wanna sit?" Cosima asked. Delphine stared at her for a while before slowly nodding.

"Move." Cosima muttered, urging Tony to transfer to the vacant chair beside Alison. "Alright, alright." Said Tony. "I don't think that was necessary." Delphine whispered as she sat down beside Cosima and looked at Tony apologetically. "It's alright, don't worry." Tony said with a wink. "See, it's cool." Said Cosima with a sweet smile, then turned away. Delphine looked down on her food and bit the inside of her cheeks to stop the smile that was about to form.

"Dude, I swear to god I've heard your name before." Cosima said to Delphine, biting her sandwich.

"Really?" The blonde asked.

"Hillsdale, Cosima. At the park. I told you we live three houses away from hers." Tony reminded.

"Right! Right!" Cosima said with a snap of her fingers. "You fed the dogs."

"Oui. I like dogs." Delphine smiled.

"Me too. I have a Labrador Retriever, his name is Dalton, really sweet dog."

"Yeah, sweet dog. Not to mention that thing killed my rubber ducky when Cosima brought him to my house and it went straight to the bathroom and started murdering my duck." Felix said.

"Hey, he didn't kill your duck." Cosima defended.

"No? He bit off Colin's head!"

"No he didn't!"

"Yes he did!"

"If you didn't leave your duck on the floor then he wouldn't kill it!"

"And now she admits that her beast killed my Colin!"

"No Felix, that's not what I'm saying!"

"Guys!" Alison called out. "Really? You're fighting over a rubber duck?" She stated. "I'm sorry, Delphine. These children have no manners." Alison said, facing Delphine as she crossed her arms.

Delphine smiled at Alison and said, "It's okay." Cosima and Felix sank in their seats and ate silently. Delphine leaned in to Cosima and whispered, "Did your dog really kill his rubber duck?"

Cosima turned to Delphine and their faces were incredibly close. Cosima swallowed a lump in her throat before answering "Yes." followed with that cheeky grin of hers.


When classes finished, Delphine found herself heading to the parking lot alone. She had considered calling Margaret to fetch her, but then she remembered she told the older woman that she would appreciate it if she didn't come get her after class. Delphine sighed. How the hell is she going to go home?

"Hey Delphine!" A familiar voice called out from the far left side of the parking lot. Delphine turned to see who it was and she was right, it's Cosima. She was with Tony, Felix, and Helena, all sitting on the back on Tony's pickup. Cosima was now walking towards Delphine, so she decided she'd meet the dreadlocked girl halfway. They both stopped as they reached each other.

"Hey." Cosima greeted with a lazy smile, her eyes a bit red. Delphine giggled at this and Cosima couldn't help but giggle too. "Let's go." Cosima said, grabbing Delphine's hand and leading her to her friends. Delphine was almost taken aback by Cosima's hand touching hers, but she has to admit, Cosima has soft warm hands and she likes it. It's supposed to be alarming to her, but it isn't, so she let the other girl drag her along.

"Hello, French girl." Helena greeted Delphine once the two had reached Tony's pickup.

"Delphine, this is Helena. I don't think you formally met her at lunch because she kept on stealing jellos." Cosima said, eyeing Helena who remained seated on the back of the pickup, eating jello.

Delphine noticed three jello cups scattered on the floor and she laughed. "You like jello?" Helena asked, at the same time offering Delphine her last cup. "Oui, but thank you, Helena." She refused politely. Helena shrugged and continued eating.

"So Delphine, how's your first day?" Cosima asked as she sat on a barrier, patting the space beside her for Delphine to sit down.

Delphine sat down beside her and sighed. "Good and bad at the same time."

"Aww, why is that?" Cosima asked.

"Hm, I don't- I just miss France." The blonde admitted.

"Well for what it's worth, I'm your lab partner and that automatically makes me your friend, so you know, it'll be okay." Cosima smiled genuinely.

"Merci, Cosima." Cosima doesn't really know what it is, but the way Delphine said her name, she found it extremely sexy. Back in her elementary days, she used to get called Cosmo by literally every person in her class, even the teachers, and that really annoyed her but her father always said, "We gave you this name because we knew from the day you were born that you'd be unique, Cosima, and that is not a bad thing."

The two were quiet for some time until Tony broke the silence. "Sarah just texted me."

Helena's ears perked up at the mention of her sister's name. "what did she say?" Helena asked.

"She said… To come pick her up. She wants us to meet someone." Said Tony as he looked up from his phone and to his friends.

"Well, what are we waiting for?" Cosima asked as she pushed herself up and held her hand out for Delphine to take. She took it and Cosima pulled her up. Once Delphine was up, Cosima faced her. "Come with us."

"Um, I don't think I should.." Delphine trailed off. "This must be a special occasion for your friend."

"Come on, Delphine, don't worry. I'll text Sarah on the way." Cosima said, her hand touching Delphine's arm for reassurance.

"But Cosima-" Delphine didn't even get the chance to form a coherent sentence as Tony was now pushing them to get into his truck. "We need to go, we can't let the lioness wait for long."

"Lioness?" Delphine asked her eyebrows arched.

"Oh, I'll tell you about that later on. Come on."

Delphine sat beside Cosima, and on Cosima's other side was Helena who was practically eating up the space as she sat Indian style. Felix was in the front passenger seat, fumbling with the radio. "Is there anything else in this damn radio that is not played at funerals?" He mumbled.

"So, why is this Sarah called the lioness?" Delphine asked.

"Well, there was this thing that happened a few years back. Alison got into a bitch fight with Marci, and that bitch is twice the size of Alison, height wise. Anyway, Alison was losing, scratches on her arms, her hair got pulled out, so Sarah jumped in on the fight." Cosima said, her arms waving all about. "Then she punched Marci in the face and she was knocked out. She deserved it though." Cosima smiled.

"So how does that make this Sarah a lioness?" Delphine asked, her face masked with confusion which Cosima found very adorable. "Then while everyone was left jaw dropped, Felix said something like "Sarah Manning, everyone. The hero. A brave lioness!" Cosima said, mimicking Felix's accent.

Delphine laughed at this and Felix chimed in. "You should know, Cosima is called the geek monkey."

"Geek monkey?"

"Yeah, but you gotta ask Sarah for that." Felix said.

"Can you tell me who Sarah is?" Delphine asked.

"Oh, she's Helena's twin." Cosima said "Also my best friend next to Scott." She finished with a small smile.

"Tony, where exactly are we going to pick Sarah up?" Cosima asked as she looked out of the window and wasn't familiar of the place they're currently passing.

"Just outside of town, it's not that far, so don't worry." He answered looking at Cosima through the rear view mirror.

"Okay." Cosima noticed Delphine tapping her fingers on her lap and checking her phone every minute.

"Are you okay?" She asked the blonde. "Oui, yes. Just checking the time." She answered.

"We'll get you back before tomorrow, I promise." Cosima said, laughing as Delphine's eyes went wide. "I'm kidding dude, we'll be back as soon as the sun rises." Delphine's mouth hung open and she realized Cosima was messing with her so she poked at her side and this made Cosima jump in her seat. "Dude! No!" But Delphine wasn't stopping, "Okay, okay!" Cosima muttered, trying to swat away Delphine's hand. "I'll get you home before 8! Just-" Delphine stopped and tried to suppress her laughter, watching Cosima catch her breath.

Tony turned right and his passengers could see a trailer parked beside a huge tree. As they came to a stop, Sarah went out of the trailer with a tall bearded guy behind her. They all went down as Tony shut off the engine and immediately walked towards Sarah. Helena ran up to her sister and gave her a tight bear hug.

"I missed you sestra!" She exclaimed.

"I've only been gone for two days, meathead." She said, hugging her sister back.

"Do not call me this." Helena said, untangling herself from her twin with a scowl. Sarah ruffled Helena's hair and the blonde shook it off but laughed. Felix hugged Sarah and shoved her playfully.

"You almost got me killed this morning." He stated.

"Why?" Sarah laughed.

"They interrogated me, demanded answers!"

"Your mouth slipped, Felix." Cosima reminded as she came towards Sarah with Delphine following closely.

"Hey." Sarah greeted, looking at Delphine and to Cosima.

"This is Delphine, she's new, and she's my lab partner." Cosima smiled.

"Bonjour." Delphine greeted, a shy smile on her face.

"Hmm, French. Cosima loves the French." Sarah said, winking at Delphine. Cosima immediately punched Sarah's arm in which Sarah quickly added, "Fries. French fries."

Sarah grabbed the hand of the man standing behind her and pulled him forward. He was tall, has a beard, and looks fairly innocent for Sarah, but then the smile on Sarah's face made her friends nod encouragingly for her to introduce him.

"This is Cal." She muttered. "I met him two days ago, and I really like him." She said, her eyes glued to the guy beside her.

"Hey." He greeted, his hand stretched out for a shake.

"Helena, Sarah's sestra." Said Helena as she shook Cal's hand. He smiled at her and turned to Sarah, his eyebrows arched. "She meant sister." Sarah said.

"Well hello then, Helena."

"If you hurt my sestra…" She trailed off, then dragged her hand across her throat, obviously threatening the guy. He smiled nervously but shook it off, "I wouldn't hurt her." He said.

After the introductions, Sarah led them down a small path that led to a beach.

"Dude, how'd you know this place?" Cosima asked, looking around. The place was peaceful and clearly no one knew about this place.

"We didn't. We literally just arrived a few minutes before you guys did." Cal answered.

They started a bonfire and sat on the sand. Delphine glued to Cosima's side. Cal and Sarah, are also glued to each other. Helena was lying on the side, trying to make a sand angel while Tony laughed at her. Felix, as always, was busy on his phone.

Delphine's phone started ringing in her pocket and she immediately got it out. Her dad was calling, she told them. She stood up and excused herself. She walked a few meters away, where it was darker. Cosima watched as Delphine vanished through the dark and suddenly excused herself.

Delphine sounded pissed and Cosima was worried that Delphine's dad might be so mad. Cosima moved closer to Delphine and tapped her shoulder which startled the blonde. "Sorry! It's me! It's me!" Cosima said, her hands up in surrender. "You scared me." Delphine said. "Yeah, sorry. So is your dad angry?" Cosima asked. "Non, it's okay."

Even though it was dark, the two were staring in each other's eyes. There's no denying that Delphine's already attracted to the dreadlocked girl, and Cosima, she's twice as attracted to the blonde. She has one problem though. She has a girlfriend. Shay. Who is still in a vacation in Rio. She's been with Shay for 8 months and in those months, they fought constantly over the same thing, which Cosima is so tired of. She shrugged the thought of Shay, and focused on Delphine. She smiled at the taller girl and said, "bonjour." Delphine giggled and muttered, "hey."


Okay, I'm so sorry that this took sooooo long. The past episodes of OB left me so drained, specially episode 8, like, dude, my heart can't take this! Anyway, I'll try to make the next chapter longer and go on with this story a little faster since I feel like it's going slow, but idk yet. Any ideas? So you know, reviews are much appreciated! Thank you reading!