Cosima loved Science, used to live and breathe Science. Until an experiment gone wrong took the life of her father. School starts in a month and she's not sure if it would be as great without him guiding her, then she meets Delphine. A girl whose world was turned upside down when her parents decided to fly her over to San Francisco, and she sees this as a fresh start.

AU Sarah, Beth, Cosima, and Alison meet in high school and try to figure out who they are to each other. Rating for language. Some Cophine in later chapters.

AU: having moved to san francisco a year and a half ago for her dream job, delphine never could have known that in less than eighteen months, she would find herself a grieving single parent, trying hard to deal with the death of her fiance while raising a three and a half year old. she finds out that she is not alone through the help of spirited librarian by the name of cosima.