Dear Delphine,

Oh, hey, hey, don't apologize! You totally don't have to apologize. I understand. I totally understand. You absolutely can talk to me, about anything. Wow, that sucks, I'm really sorry. You deserve so much better than that. Don't for one second think that this is in any way your fault, though. Louis is an ass for telling you that! Wow, I really want to go to France right now and kick him in the balls. He deserves much worse for what he did to you. But hey, it's his fault for not realizing how amazing you are! Because you are. Amazing, I mean. So he can go suck a dick and you can just forget about him. I really hope you're doing better now, but if not, I included a little care package for you. There's some American snacks (Hershey bars and Reese's cups—the best!), and The Princess Bride on DVD which is my favorite movie to watch when I'm sad. International shipping is way more expensive than I realized but I thought you needed some cheering up. Anyway, don't worry about it taking so long. I mean, I can't say that I wasn't anxiously checking the mail waiting for your letter, but it's totally fine. You needed time, I totally get it. Don't worry about it. Also, I meant it 100% when I said I'm here if you ever need to talk, so stop apologizing, and thanks for talking to me. I hope I could help a little.

Ha, ha, that's so great. Everybody make fun of the geek monkey! Haha, it's true though, I do make it easy. I am so uncool it's just really funny. Ah, yes, the chemistry incident is just a prime example of how totally uncool I am! It actually was pretty funny though. But no, there are no pictures. I have since burned and deleted all evidence of The Time Without Eyebrows. Yeah, ditto. Science is like, my life. Oh, don't worry about it! I probs know nothing about European geography so it's fine. California is huge! Like, one of the biggest states probably. I'm in San Fran, which is like a 7 hour drive from LA, and then San Diego would be another 2 hours or so. It basically all the way down the Pacific coast! But it is a nice drive when you've got the ocean view. Yeah, definitely let me know! Actually, I just finished applying for most schools. UC apps are due like next week so I wanted to get that out of the way early, and I'm doing the early deadline for all the private schools I'm applying for. I just have one application to finish up and then I'm done! It's kinda weird that I'm done early because I'm kinda always late. Oh well, it's a relief actually!

Ahh again, don't worry about. I still like you, bluntness and all. Haha, yeah, my friends are pretty interesting. They're definitely not being mean though, that's just how we are with each other. I love 'em to death. Ehh, nobody really cares that pot's illegal. Everyone says that it should be legalized pretty soon anyway. Let me know the verdict, but remember, that's the only way you'll get me to dance! Yeah, IRL stands for "in real life", it's like chat speak. I highly doubt you're more awkward than I am, Delphine. And I highly doubt that I would ever wish you thousands of miles away. Man, now I'm sad that you're so far away! I wish we could just hang out. We could talk about science and stuff. That would be cool.

Wow, Delphine, you are way too modest. Or do you actually not realize how gorgeous you are? My classmates were totally right. If that's a bad picture, I can't even imagine how you'd look in a good picture! And your hair is just, wow! Anyway…Thanks. That's…that's awesome, thank you. Yeah, I mean, I totally agree. Ditto. Obvs. Letters from you are always the highlight of my week, honestly! You're really great too, and I can't imagine being anything but nice to you, haha. Thanks for like, being my friend, and stuff. I know I talk about my friends a lot, but we're not exactly the most popular group and they're kind of the only ones who like me. So thanks for, ya know, liking me. It's cool. Um, anyway. Don't feel pressured to reply really quickly! Like, if you're busy, I get it, I can wait. But, yeah, it's good to hear from you, Delphine.

Best wishes,

Cosima Niehaus