"Delphine, what is the one thing have I told you throughout your life?" Guillaume said in French, he held Delphine's hand across the table. They were in some cute French restaurant in the city having their evening meal, Delphine's free hand was holding her temples. The stress was getting to her. She looked up from her bowl of onion soup and saw his concerned but happy look.

"En toute chose il faut considérer la fin." Delphine said with a sigh, she let go of his hand and fell back onto the soft leather of their booth. Guillaume leaned forward over his finished bowl of soup and bread.

"Exactly. Whatever you do Delphine, act wisely, and consider the end. Whatever you find the solution to be, remember what you want the outcome to be." Guillaume again said in French. Delphine sighed again but smiled weakly. "I know this is a terrible situation. I see that you love this girl very much, so maybe what will happen comes about through fate." Guillaume gave an encouraging smile. "Or maybe not." He picked up a left over piece of bread with his fingers and began to mop up the remains of his soup. The liquid soaked into the bread before he put the floury piece into his mouth and chewed with satisfaction. "You are the master of your own fate Delphine, you have the power to choose." He swallowed and grinned at her, she knew he was right but this situation seemed colossal.

"Dad, could I talk to you for a minute?" Cosima opened up the door to his office just a creak and peered in. Dennis was sat there, his glasses at the tip of his nose and his hands working through papers. When he caught her eye he smiled and relaxed back into his desk chair, taking his glasses to let them dangle on their string, and let the paper settle on the pile. The light from the later afternoon sun peered through the blinds of the office window.

"Of course Cosima! Come in." Dennis said softly and smiled gently. Cosima was nervous, it wasn't like her at all to be nervous about pretty much anything…except this. Cosima was immediately reminded of the only real time she came in here. Once a year when it was her birthday. She shook off the feeling of mortality like a cloak falling to the floor, before walking over to his desk and taking a seat in front of it. She pulled her legs up so that she was sat cross legged, her hand held her feet. "What's the matter, my dear?" He seemed concerned and a little stressed. It was that time of the year he had to prepare for the next academic year as well, even though it was mean to be summer.

"I need advice." Cosima said quietly. "It's about Delphine." Cosima studied Dennis' face to see any change, to see any reaction, but he seemed unaffected by her words

She didn't really expect a change, but as a family they had never really talked about it. "Look, I get that everyone is concerned about Delphine being older than me, and sure this whole thing with Danielle had been pretty bad. I get that." Cosima took a breath but when she was nervous she spoke, a lot. "And I know we didn't tell anyone, and I get that Janice is so pissed. I mean Janice has every right to be pissed off. But she is not even my mom, she doesn't have a right to tell me what to do, she doesn't have the right to say what is right and what is wrong. I mean I get where she is coming from, there is more than a decade between us and we are in totally different places in our lives. But that doesn't matter because I love her, you know." Cosima was exhausted by the end of that she just looked at Dennis is stunned silence. She felt a weight get off of her chest. Dennis didn't say anything, he just looked at her for a moment. Maybe he was thinking it over, or maybe not. Cosima didn't have time for this. She felt such a build up of pain in her and she needed to get this out of the way and not admit that really all this was about was the impending realisation that Delphine was going to leave. "Like I really love her, and I mean that, I really do." Cosima sighed heavily. "I'm just scared she's going to leave me when I go to university. I don't want to do that to anyone, I don't want to make her wait for me." Cosima was trying hard to hold back her tears. Her chin was trembling and so was her voice, her hands as they spoke for her stopped moving and rested on her legs. She didn't know what to say, she stared at Dennis' face and hoped for a reaction but there wasn't one. It made her more mad. She wanted him to console her and tell her that it didn't matter that everything was going to be ok like Delphine did. She wanted reassurance and she wasn't getting any. Dennis just stared back at her.

After a few long seconds, he moved his glasses up onto his nose and looked away down at his papers. Cosima was shocked.

"Cosima my darling." He said quietly, almost inaudibly. "Are you done?" Cosima was shocked. He wasn't saying anything and then he says this. There was another long pause. Tears continued to fall down Cosima's cheeks. She looked at him pleading for an explanation. "If there is one thing I know, it's that you are smart enough to figure this thing out yourself. Do not cry or complain about it. Use your smarts, kiddo. You will know what to do."

Oddly, Cosima stopped crying, wiped her tears from her face and smiled.

"I know, I know, it's just hard to see when all I can think about is the end." Cosima changed her tone, it was quieter, strained still but hopeful.

"Every relationship comes to an end by some means; mortal or personal." Dennis picked up his papers, pushing his glasses up his nose. Cosima adjusted her thick rims too. "It's just a case of making the most of the time you have."

Delphine took another sip of wine although she really ought not to, her head was already spinning a little.

"But père, that's not how that film goes!" Delphine scooped up a spoonful of her pudding and placed it in her mouth, her hand clutching the table, more in support of her body than anything else. Guillaume laughed, used his napkin to dab at his mouth before scrunching it up on the table.

"That was simply delicious, the best I've ever had!" He smiled, resting back in his chair, bringing his heavy arms down on either side of the table in comfort. His kind eyes watched over a slightly wobbly Delphine across from him. The pain in her eyes was still there as always, but her cheeks were rosy and she seemed to be enjoying herself.

"Oui, oui! But not like we do back at home!" Delphine agreed in French and then contested in English, as she licked off the remains of her pudding from the small spoon. She tried to put her spoon down carefully but ended up dropping it to the floor. She looked up wide eyes to Guillaume in shock, like a child would when they got caught making a mistake. She pushed her locks of curly hair over the other side of her head and behind her ear, before leaning down to pick it up.

"Non, not like back home." Guillaume agreed in English. He motioned a waiter for the bill before looking back at Delphine. "I am glad we came to that agreement Delphine." He looked her in the eye, his voice was serious but his eyes were kind.

"Oui. I think it is best, for the both of us." Delphine was trying exceptionally hard to keep her words steady and her mind clear but the excessive amount of vintage wine she had drank tonight after so long was not good. Cosima would be proud Delphine was so inhibited. "The plan starts tomorrow; I am going to make this the best summer Cosima has ever had." Delphine smiled. Guillaume handed his plastic card over to the waiter, before their bill was paid and he stood up. Delphine began to stand up but he was by her side. She wasn't blind drunk, Guillaume thought that after all she had been through, maybe it wasn't the alcohol that made her so free.

"Delphine?" Cosima called up the staircase in Delphine's house. She had let herself in again and didn't feel the slightest bit guilty. Doux's muffled yapping escaped from Delphine's room and echoed down the hall. Cosima smiled and made her way up the staircase, remembering that time Delphine was barely covered in a towel. Oh and the feeling in her pants she felt now at the memory. At the top of the stairs Cosima gulped before pushing Delphine bedroom door open, her eyes falling on the bed sheets perfectly made. Doux ran up to her from it's corner in the room and jumped at her feet. Cosima giggled and picked her up, holding her under the armpits so that her little back legs could support themselves on her stomach. Doux immediately attacked Cosima with love and adoration, licking all over her jaw and neck. Cosima laughed and turned away to avoid the moist onslaught of cried dog food smell. But Cosima was a little disheartened by the fact Delphine wasn't actually in her room, and the possibility Cosima had just let herself in to an empty house. She was pretty sure Delphine wouldn't mind either way.

"Cosima?" Delphine said, she was outside in the hall way. Cosima's face lit up, she let Doux drop to the ground sensibly before turning in a flash and getting herself out into the hall was as quickly as possible. Delphine was stood in her lacy underwear, her now classic white tee (Cosima's white tee), her hands towel drying her hair and a smile on her face. Cosima beamed back at Delphine.

"Delphine, thank god you're hear I've got such a day planned for us." Cosima was so excited all of a sudden, and turned on for that matter. Delphine was always so hot after a shower. There was still a little moisture on her body, so the white tee clung her to her toned torso and chest without a bra. My god. Cosima gulped again and took a deep breath to stop herself pouncing. "Damn." She couldn't help but appreciate her body. "Like seriously you are so damn hot." Cosima shook her head in disbelief. Delphine giggled and walked forward in her bear feet across the hall. She let the towel drop to the floor. There was a tense, sexually tense, silence between them as they got close. They made no indication to kiss, but Delphine moved so far into Cosima's personal space that it was a 'if we don't kiss this is weird' moment. Delphine moved her hand so slowly up Cosima's bear arm (it was like 100 degree outside, she was wearing a tank), that Cosima's skin got goose bumps from the light sensation. Cosima stared up into Delphine's eyes, which were locked with hers. There was something hungry, but still cheeky in the way Delphine looked at her. Delphine leaned in ever so slowly, lifting Cosima's cheek up so their faces were closer.

"What did you have in mind?" Delphine asked with a sultry tone that literally made Cosima's mouth run dry and her heart pump so fast. Their faces were just inches apart and Cosima could practically taste Delphine on her already. Cosima moved her hands to sit on Delphine's hips, those soft toned hips just above the hem of her panties. Cosima loved the way Delphine felt. It was simple, just skin on skin, but she was always warm, and so damn soft and she could run her hands over her body whenever she wanted and she loved that, so freaking much.

"Urr…" Cosima said in a groan, it shocked even herself. Delphine's hands moved down from Cosima's jaw, making sure that her face stayed where it was. They slowly made their way to sit on Cosima's hips as well. Without warning Delphine pulled Cosima into her, their lips did not touch but their fronts were pressed against each other. Cosima licked her lips and gulped. She wasn't scared but she was trying to guess Delphine's next move, to no avail. Delphine surveyed her, she looked Cosima up and down, looked at her jaw, her lips, her eyes, her blushed cheeks, then back to her eyes.

"Oui?" Delphine asked in a husky breathy whisper.

"I urr…" Cosima breathed out heavily, pulling Delphine's hips into her, and moving her hands around Delphine's back under the tee. Her skin was so damn nice to touch. "Maybe, like we could just…" Cosima had made plans for them, but you know what, whatever was happening right now seemed a lot more fun.

"Yeah?" Delphine whispered again, her face moved in as if to kiss, Cosima closed her eyes and got her lips ready, but Delphine used her special trick of never actually touching. Their lips ghosted each other like magnets, Delphine would go in and pull away just as Cosima leaned in for the kiss. Cosima couldn't help but grin at how much of a tease Delphine was, and Delphine couldn't help but smile at how desperate Cosima always was to move fast.

"This seems a lot more fun." Cosima admitted and blushed even more, her core was throbbing at this point. Delphine ran her hand up Cosima's tank, and pushed under Cosima's bra. Delphine laughed a little, Cosima always wore padded bra's but she really really didn't need to, her breasts were perfect already. Cosima groaned as Delphine caressed her breast, Cosima moved forward a step, pushing her thigh between Delphine's legs, and finally kissed Delphine on the lips. Cosima could feel Delphine smile under their kiss, Cosima always loved to be triumphant. Their lips held together for a long few seconds, both holding their breath as their hands searched each other. Before Cosima broke away to move their kiss on her lips, take in more of Delphine. Cosima back again harder, Delphine moved their kiss towards Cosima's side. Kissing was always a battle of who was in charge. Delphine leaned over Cosima commandingly, Cosima fell back a little but kept the kiss hard and passionate, smirking at how lucky she was.

"You're going to get it tonight." Delphine teased before leaning all the way back out of the kiss, and holding Cosima searching hand still as it tried to push under the lacy panties. Delphine didn't remove her hand, she kept it there for a second as her mind conflicted her body. Cosima grinned wide as she saw Delphine's hesitation. Caught between wanting to stop but loving the way Cosima's fingers were so close to her core and the memories of all the pleasure her hands had given her before. "I've just got out of the shower." Delphine whispered, not really to Cosima more to herself, Delphine's eyes were closed her lip bitten by those perfect white teeth.

"So you're already wet?" Cosima teased and tried to push her hand all the way into Delphine panties, between her legs. Delphine let Cosima inch a little but kept a firm grip on her hand. They were locked in battle, Delphine wanting it so much but knowing she would have to shower again afterwards, and then probably have shower sex, but also the need and desire for Cosima to ravage her. Delphine's hand let go a little, just a little to guide Cosima's hand. But as soon as Cosima's hand breached the threshold, Delphine pulled it out again.

"Non, non." Delphine used her hand to push her hair to the other side before wiping the small beads of sweat that were building on her hairline. "I've got plans for us too." Delphine admitted, Cosima let her hand fall to her side, she would be upset if she wasn't so turned on. They stood there for a second just as close to each other as before, but not touching.

"Really?" Cosima said, she was ok with Delphine not wanting to go there after just getting out of the shower. But what intrigued her now was the plans Delphine had, maybe they could do both. Delphine smiled and nodded, her eyes glowing with the heat between them and the anticipation for Cosima's reaction when she tells her. It was simple, but with Cosima nothing simple was ever boring. "Ok well my plan was to go shopping and grab lunch." Cosima cringed. "So yours must be better right?" Cosima kept her hands on Delphine's hips, if she couldn't go in she could rest on the side.

"Hmm it's a secret. It will be hot though, bring a towel and sun cream. Oh and it's a bit of a drive. I have work again tomorrow so I want to spend the whole day there." Delphine said, she had that face on where she knew she was concealing something but also really wanted to give it up, but knew better. Cosima could figure out on her own about the sun cream and a towel, but why was it a bit of a drive? Cosima squinted her eyes trying to figure it out. "I've never been but everyone raves about it, apparently."

"Apparently?" Cosima asked with a laugh. Delphine shifted her weight on those long slender legs, Cosima gulped again. Here yes briefly dashed down wards to see, but all she wanted to do was get into Delphine's panties. But that wasn't going to happen and that was ok. It wasn't her fault that now all the drama has ceased Cosima's sex drive had sky rocketed.

"Oui. I've only really been…here, so I had to look this up." Delphine blushed, her hand found Cosima's and held it, just their connection felt so good. Their fingers locked together, came apart, slid up and down each others palms before coming together again. Cosima looked up into those beautiful eyes and didn't need to go anywhere else other than where she was right now, in order to see something wonderful. "Are you ready?" Delphine asked, she still needed to get changed but Cosima had only just been told.

"Can I go in this?" Cosima asked, pointing to herself. She had her tank on and some baggy dark red harem pants she loved, with a pair of faded vans. Delphine checked her over. Sure, Cosima could go in those, but Delphine had a better idea. She motioned her head with a wink to come into the bedroom. Cosima followed, their hand still interlocked with each other's. Delphine moved over to her dressed, before opening up the draw and rummaging through. She didn't need to check Cosima's size, even if there was a height difference they wore the same clothing size, and god knows Delphine had seen Cosima's beautiful body enough to know. Out of the draw Delphine pulled out a black bikini set and red bikini set. She turned her head to see Cosima, holding up the sets for her approval. Cosima grinned, she loved the beach!

Driving down the coastal highway had never been this fun, even with Dennis. Cosima rolled down the windows and stuck her head out the side. Delphine was a little cautious of Cosima being so far out at this speed but said nothing, her hand was holding the gear shift, her other holding the wheel but resting on her door window frame. It was nearly 80 degrees outside, the sun was blossoming in the bright blue sky, only birds and the sounds of cars to tint the atmosphere. Cosima was thrilled. They had been to a sort of beach once, when they broke into the lake Dennis had taken Cosima when she was younger. But this, Delphine was pleased to be organising, was the first time they had been to a real beach and done real beach things together. It was sweet. Playing out of the speaker was Cosima's favourite, and now Delphine's, song; "laisser tomber les filles". It wasn't the original version but it was more modern and you could dance to it. With sunglasses over her eyes, the sun blaring down on the windscreen Delphine just smiled to herself. Cosima dropped back into the car, out of breath for some reason but with a huge grin on her face, looking windswept. Delphine grinned back at her, her hand moving from the gear shift to Cosima's thigh. Cosima took up the hand in her own, and they held each other. Delphine drove faster, Cosima giggled, and Delphine blushed. Cosima checked Delphine out, those short shorts Delphine had only worn once before were so damn hot, that paired with the almost transparent white blouse covering her black bikini was too much. Even her little sandals were cute as hell. Cosima slumped back in her chair, she pulled her dreds into a bun at the top of her head so she could sit back properly, and then looked at herself. She was skinny and toned, which a lot of magazines said she should be, and it wasn't as though she was ugly, but she always felt a send of inferiority when next to Delphine. Not only had Delphine got a decade on her, but she was also so smoking hot and smart, it wasn't fair. Cosima pulled the visor down with the mirror, opened up the mirror and looked at her face. Yes her winged eye liner was on point as fuck, like always, but her eyes weren't the right colour. They were darker than Delphine's. Oh and her hair, it was her natural colour yeah, but Delphine's was natural too but looked like golden spun thread. Cosima tried grinning into the mirror, her cheeky fangy grin beaming back at her. Even that, she put her heart and soul into her grins, but it still couldn't match the beauty of Delphine's innocent smirk.

"What are you doing?" Delphine asked, squeezing Cosima's hand in reassurance. Crap, Cosima thought, she probably looked like an idiot grinning at herself in the mirror. She snapped the mirror back up to the roof sighed and looked at Delphine with all the genuine emotion she could muster.

"Nothing." Cosima laughed, brushing it off. Delphine laughed back at her gently.

"Anyway, we are almost there." Delphine said, her voice was calm yet still full of excitement. Cosima looked up, they were turning off the highway after a two-hour drive, Cosima was about ready to stretch her legs. It was only mid day but the place was absolutely booming, Cosima's eyes were wide with excitement. As they looked for somewhere to park Cosima tried to contain herself, she kept her hands in her her lap, held onto each other even though she really wanted to just start freaking out. She recognised the feeling, where you get just so excited that you feel your body buzzing and you just need a way to let it all out. As soon as Delphine turned the engine off, Cosima unbuckled her seat belt, checked her hair, and placed her hand on the door handle all within a few seconds, before realising that this was supposed to be a date thing and that she wasn't here with Dennis so she should be a little more romantic. She looked over to Delphine smiled and jumped out of the car, she ran around the back of it and straight to the driver's side, opening it, and letting her hand gesture to be taken. Delphine looked up at her over her sunglasses from the driver's seat and smiled with excitement and gratitude. Delphine took Cosima's hand, moving her legs to get out of the car. Cosima took the opportunity to check out her girlfriend, but regretted it because immediately the thirst in her built up and she needed to get some. "Merci." Delphine said sweetly as she stood up. She bent over to grab some things from the glove compartment, as she did Cosima couldn't stop put place her hand over her shorts on Del's ass.

"I'm sorry but you are just so hot." Delphine shook her head but laughed as she got out of the car, and closed the door. She stayed leant back against the car, staring at Cosima. She lifted her sunglasses and put them on the top of her head, leant down and took Cosima's head in her hands, planting a soft kiss on her lips. Cosima smiled she even tasted good. Delphine locked up the car, sorted parking and took Cosima's hand in her own as they began to walk towards the beach. "Damn, you know I've never actually been here." Cosima marvelled at the space, it was a beach town, that much was evident but it was so vibrant, people were everywhere. People were rushing into stores and coming out, talking in the gaps between stores, eating as they talked with friends, some were making out against store fronts and others were just hanging out. It was amazing. Cosima gripped Delphine's hand a little tighter causing Delphine to look down at her. "Thank you." Genuinely Cosima meant it, Delphine had shown her so many things in their time together that no other could do, and this was just another. Experiencing this place is something, but with Delphine…it was a whole other world.

"Are you hungry?" Delphine asked as they made their way through the walkways of stores to the beach front, Cosima was too engrossed in curiosity of her surroundings to hear her straight away. She turned around totally confused before turning her expression into a fangy grin. Delphine repeated her self softly. Cosima's eyes widened at the prospect, her eyes searching all around for a food stall or restaurant. Delphine thought it was so adorable the way that new things enticed Cosima, she would definitely be good at her degree. That level of curiosity got people places. "Maybe some ice cream now, sunbath and then dinner later…I booked us a table." Delphine was embarrassed at how planned it seemed, but she didn't care, she was being romantic as hell this summer and no one was going to tell her she should be embarrassed.

"God yes, that sounds so good!" Cosima almost screamed, then she brought herself back together. She still felt like she had to act cool as hell to impress Delphine, but to be honest, the way Delphine looked at Cosima never ever showed judgement, she was loving 100% of the time. Delphine grinned back at her, and told Cosima she already knew the best place.

Cosima never knew she could get quite so full from ice cream, especially coffee flavoured ice cream that she practically vacuumed up out of the tub. Delphine was still eating her ice cream as they sat on a bench at the side of the beach front. The place was full but not that many people were actually on the beach, there were large groups on the sand playing ball games, some sun bathing, some doing that typical application of sun cream to the other (Cosima made a mental note to suggest doing that, like right now), and others were just walking. The sea was that perfect kind of calm, the one were the waves weren't too strong at all, they just crept up to the shore and then swept away without a sound. Cosima assumed it was the time of the day or year or something, but it was so damn peaceful that she never expected the ocean to be. As they sat right next to each other on the bench Cosima couldn't resist again, but this time she just rested her hand on Delphine exposed thigh, not too close to her core, but not too far away either. It was a distance that no one would be like 'woah' but also everyone would know. Cosima took pride in this, Delphine thought it was cute.

"Did you want to try mine?" Delphine offered, on the end of a little plastic spoon Delphine held up a small dollop of coconut ice cream. Cosima licked her lips but she wasn't sure if it was just Delphine or if it was the ice cream. Cosima didn't say a response, she just turned in her seat and leaned in. She took the spoon into her mouth and closed her lips around the end, she practically moaned when she tasted it. As far as coconut ice cream goes it was so dam good, fresh as hell. Cosima closed her eyes to savour it before leaning out, but taking her time to pull her lips off the spoon. She opened her eyes and met Delphine's, but couldn't take the sexual tension so just laughed it off. Delphine sighed, she wanted it desperately too, more than desperately, she would take Cosima right here in front of everyone on this bench if she wasn't awkward and self conscious.

"It's good." Cosima said when she really tasted it. It was damn good, but she was so pent up in sexual angst right now, she felt like her body was a ball of sex drive.

"How about this way? I've seen it done, it looked pretty hot." Delphine took another small spoonful of the ice cream, placed it on the tip of her tongue and left it there. Cosima didn't know what to do but took the hint, they were both trying something new. It could be amazing or go horribly wrong. Cosima smirked at the concept, but leaned in anyway, needing to pin Delphine back against the bench by leaning across her to the arm rest for support as she did. Cosima looked at Delphine in the eyes when she was close enough, and then at her tongue with the ice cream on the tip, she smirked again at it before leaning in more and taking just the tip of Delphine tongue between her lips and sucking it off. Cosima's lips stayed around the end of Delphine's wet tongue just a little longer and looked her in the eyes. It was so strange, but what was stranger was the wetness in her bikini bottoms when she did it. Damn. To make it not look as strange Cosima went in for the kiss, pressing her lips softly against Delphine's at first, before moving and pressing harder, letting Delphine's tongue explore her own. But Cosima really wanted to get on top of Delphine, to straddle her hips and finally let her hands do what they wanted, but they couldn't they were in public. So Cosima leant back and sat back next to her.

"Yeah, that's pretty good ice cream." Cosima said finally and let out a breathe, Delphine burst out laughing, which caused Cosima to laugh as well. Delphine moved her arm up around Cosima's shoulders, even in this heat she craved contact. "That was actually pretty hot though."

"Yeah!" Delphine almost groaned in a tensed voice but then laughed again.

They sat there for a moment as Delphine continued to scoop up the last remains of her ice cream, but it wasn't just waiting. Cosima was sat on so much sexual frustration that she didn't think it was healthy. Cosima just watched Delphine finish the ice cream, lean over to the side and chuck it into a trash can before sitting back on the bench.

"Lets find a spot on the beach?" Delphine offered with a heavy breath, she was obviously tense as well. Cosima grinned at the thought of all that tension between them, how Delphine too wanted to do it. Waiting always made it better; rough, sensual, and passionate. They got up, taking the others hand in their own and began to walk down the busy promenade, splitting groups of people as they did. It seemed they were creating waves of their own, Cosima knew it was because Delphine was so hot, but people were literally getting out of the way for them. Cosima was watching everyone's reactions, watching for people to look at Delphine, seeing where on her body they looked. Cosima knew she was just being jealous, maybe curious as well, but mostly waiting for someone to check Delphine out just for the stern look she could give. It was human nature, we are attracted to things we like, we look at pretty people and things. Its just the evolutionary aspect of being able to look away that some people lacked even now in the 21st century. At once after looking past a man who even dipped his sunglasses to catch a peek, Cosima saw a perfect spot right at the edge of the beach, sandy enough to be comfortable, and away from everyone for them to be…private. Cosima's eyes widened in anticipation, she clutched Delphine's hands and pointed. Fuck, Cosima had to do Delphine right there, it would be so damn hot.