Delphine was in terrible agony. Her tooth was killing her. Cosima had set her up with a dentist appointment earlier that week, but she didn't want to admit she was scared to go. She was a doctor; she shouldn't be scared of other doctors.
Today was the appointment. Delphine sat quietly in the passenger's seat as Cosima drove them to the dentist. She was in too much pain to talk. She was also too scared to talk; she hoped Cosima wouldn't notice her trembling hand.
Cosima walked with her to the counter at the dentist's office; got her all signed in, and then sat waiting with her.
"I remember when I got my wisdom teeth pulled. Well sorta. I passed out after I got home, like actually fainted. The laughing gas was great though." Cosima said. Delphine was having one of her wisdom teeth pulled today. "You're lucky it's only one tooth that they're pulling. They pulled all four of mine."
Delphine's hand visibly shakes. Delphine tries to hide it, but Cosima sees it this time. "Delphine? Are you okay?" She asks gently.
Delphine nods her head, but Cosima can see the fear in her eyes. Cosima finally realizes that Delphine is terrified. "Are you scared, Delphine?" Cosima asks gently. Delphine shakes her head no, but Cosima can see the fear in her eyes. Cosima takes Delphine's trembling hand in hers, interlacing their fingers. "Hey, you don't have to be afraid. I'll be with you the whole time. Okay?" She kisses the inside of Delphine's palm.
"Delphine Cormier?" A lady calls out. They are ready to take Delphine back to have her tooth removed. Delphine's hands start to tremble more. Cosima tightens her grip on Delphine's hand and pulls her up to follow the dental assistant.
Delphine sits down in the chair and after being looked over by the dental assistant, the assistant leaves to find the dentist. Delphine looks down at her and Cosima's intertwined hands.
"Hey, Delphine? Look at me." Cosima says bringing Delphine's chin up with her free hand. She places a gentle kiss on Delphine's lips. Delphine's heart beat increases, but not out of fear this time. She's still surprised that Cosima can still give her butterflies after all this time. Then Cosima leans her forehead against Delphine's. "You're gonna be fine, I promise. I'll be right here the whole time." She bumps her nose against Delphine's and squeezes her hand again.
The dentist returns and after briefly speaking to Delphine and Cosima about the procedure, Delphine is lowered in the chair. She is given strong medication that knocks her out. Her eyes stay fixed on Cosima's, those warm brown eyes that she loves so much are the last things she sees before going under.
What feels like five minutes later, Delphine hears voices talking softly around her. She feels a warm hand gently stroking over her knuckles. She can't open her eyes yet.
"Hey, she's waking up, I gotta go. Yeah, by Alison." The voice of Cosima says. Delphine smiles at the sound of the beautiful voice. She opens her eyes slowly. "Hey, sleeping beauty. How're you feeling?"
"Cozeema?" Delphine slurs her words; the medication is having quite an effect on her. She reaches out with her hand to stroke Cosima's cheek. "So soft." She murmurs. Cosima laughs and kisses her palm again.
"Okay, so no talking still." Cosima lets out a small laugh. "Well, the dentist says we're all good to go, so we can leave now."
"Take me home." Delphine says softly, letting her head fall back on the chair and closing her eyes.
"Well you gotta get up for that." Cosima says.
"Okay." Delphine pops her head up and tries, but fails to stand. Cosima catches her before she falls.
One of the nurses comes over to help Delphine to their car; it's standard procedure to make sure the patient gets to their car. She takes Delphine's hand and guides her by the waist, while Cosima picks up her purse from the chair. "Non, no, no, no, I have a girlfriend." Delphine says to the nurse. She tries to push the lady away from her. Cosima can't help but laugh at her drugged girlfriend.
"It's okay, that's just the nurse, she's here to help." Cosima says as she takes Delphine's other hand into her own. Delphine nods in understanding. She lets the nurse and Cosima help her to the car. Once there, Cosima helps her buckle up and the nurse leaves.
"I wasn't looking at her. I don't even like her. I like you." Delphine says suddenly.
Cosima laughs again. "I know, Delphine." She's amused by the state of her girlfriend.
"I want you." Delphine tries to say seductively. But it comes out in just a really deep voice and Delphine's eyes twitch. Cosima laughs again.
"We should really get you home." Cosima laughs. She starts the car and they drive home. Delphine's head soon falls to the side and she falls asleep. Cosima smiles at how adorable Delphine is.
When they get home, Cosima carefully wakes Delphine and helps her to the house. She sits Delphine down on the couch. She gets Delphine to lie down again and goes off to use the restroom. A few minutes later there's a knock at the door.
"I'll get it." She says to out loud to no one. She almost falls off the couch and then stumbles over her feet to the door. "Cosima!" Delphine says when she opens the door. But it's not Cosima, its Alison. Alison doesn't have time to do anything before Delphine is pulling her into a hug. Delphine lets her go and then pulls her in for a messy kiss. Alison stands there utterly confused as Delphine looks more closely at her. She is nose to nose with Alison, before she says "You're not my Cosima." She squints her eyes at Alison.
"Alison?" Cosima asks from behind Delphine. Delphine jumps and looks around at her. Delphine stands between the two women with her mouth open, trying to figure everything out.
Cosima takes in the red lipstick smeared on Delphine's face and Alison's confused expression and makes her deductions. She laughs at the realization. "Sorry, laughing gas, she had a tooth removed today." Cosima says to Alison.
"Clones!" Delphine says suddenly. "I kissed her." Her eyes are wide in shock. She grabs Cosima by the shoulders and turns her to look at her. "I kissed her. I am sorry, chérie."
"It's okay, Delphine." Cosima says trying to reassure her.
"Non, it's not." Delphine insists "Let me make it up to you." She reaches for her own shirt and starts unbuttoning it.
"Whoa! Delphine. Relax, it's okay." Cosima says. She takes Delphine's hands and stills them and helps Delphine button her shirt back up.
"Should I come back later?" Alison asks awkwardly from the door.
"No it's fine. Just set the stuff down on the counter." Cosima says trying to remove herself from Delphine who has wrapped herself around Cosima. Her face buried in Cosima's neck. Alison sets down a bag of marijuana and then leaves the apartment quickly. "How much?" She asks
"Ramon said forty will do." Alison says.
Cosima digs through her wallet for the money and hands it to Alison. Delphine is still wrapped tightly around her and makes movement kind of hard. "Thanks Alison." Alison leaves quickly after that.
"I am glad she is gone now." Delphine says in Cosima's ear. She moves her hands down to Cosima's pants and unbuttons them with quite a lot of speed. Cosima pulls her hands away and gets out from Delphine's grip. "What's wrong?" She asks Cosima, concerned.
Cosima laughs again. "Nothing's wrong," she grabs Delphine's hand and leads her to bedroom "you're just on a bunch of medication right now. You need to sleep it off."
Cosima helps Delphine into bed and then climbs into bed next to her. Delphine is out with-in a few minutes. Cosima wraps her arm around the taller woman's waist and presses into her back. She kisses Delphine on the base of her neck and then she too falls asleep.