"You are looking totally adorable, Delphine!" Cosima inhaled to look of her blonde friend who stood in front of her wearing a satin pushup bra and matching panties. They had returned to the exclusive house of the Leekies and searched through Delphine's large walk-in wardrobe trying many of her pieces of clothing. "Your boobs are just perfect with this bra. I totally envy you." Her hands wandered over her chest caressing her gently.

Delphine smiled at Cosima. "I love your small breasts too," she affirmed. "But if you would like to have some more, we could talk about a small body modification for you too." She reached over to touch Cosima's chest feeling her nipples harden immediately on her touch.

"Nah," Cosima grinned. "Not before they start to sag." She pulled Delphine closer and kissed her passionately until the blonde girl withdraw.

"Be careful," she moaned softly. "If we continue like this, we will not be at maman's house in time."

"Oh there is more than an hour left," Cosima answered and started to remove the satin bra and bend down to kiss Delphine's nipples.

"We still need to pick some reasonable dress," Delphine demurred halfheartedly. "And you did already make me come twice..."

"The best things come in threes," Cosima contradicted but Delphine pulled away and took a large box out of the wardrobe. "And after the weekend I will be back in Minneapolis, you know. I already started to miss you..."

"Let's first get you dressed up too." She rummaged through the comprehensive collection of underwear and brought out a really little thong and offered it to the other woman. "Wear this for me," she commanded. Cosima grinned and slipped into the little piece of lingerie, the fabric hardly covering her privates.

"Nice one," she confirmed.

"And showing of your cute little bum nicely." The women giggled and Delphine could not resist to smack Cosima's buttocks playfully.

"Yeah, most of my ass weakly covered," she commented and took a plain cotton slip out of the lingerie box. "Maybe I'd better wear that one."

"No way," Delphine protested. "Not for this occasion."

"Your mother will hardly get the chance to see any of my underwear," Cosima grinned. "It would be just for safety reasons."

"You're cheeky."

"I know."

"But I have another idea." Delphine continued her search through the box and took out another cotton knickers with a print.

"Cute choice," Cosima grinned. "With all female anatomy printed on the fabric."

"A present for my biology degree from Danielle," Delphine told her. "The funniest and most embarrassing part of that party."

Cosima slipped into the knickers and posed for Delphine. "As a biologist I should really wear these tonight. It is good to have some guidance with documented knowledge. You know where my ovaries are located and everything."

"Trust me, I would find your vagina even blindfolded."

"I bet," Cosima grinned. "Speaking of this. I saw you have some really kinky pieces too. Mind showing me some of these or even wear them for me?"

"Hmm not sure if I should..."

"Coward!" she teased. "You totally should!"

"Okay I will. One day soon. But now let's get dressed for lunch with maman."

"Awww."

"So what do you think I should be wearing?" she asked.

"Oh if you're not wearing a lab coat with nothing beneath, you should totally wear that black widow costume, including the black lace teddy and pantyhose."

She helped Delphine changing into that outfit with a lot of "Ohh" and "Ahh" and they were admiring her beauty in the large mirror when she was dressed.

"Perfect. Now your turn, sweetie." She turned the still half naked women around and looked at her body from head to toe. "I have a nice idea."

She picked a black set of lingerie and a bodice with a long line of buttons and dressed Cosima with a lot of touching and caressing her body, taking time to close all the buttons from the top to the bottom. Then she added black leggings and a short leather skirt. Cosima's ankle boots finally completed the outfit and they checked in the mirror again.

"What an awesome couple," Delphine smiled and Cosima nodded in agreement before they kissed again, their bodies moving together in a close embrace.


Delphine's mother lived in a castle-like mansion outside the city, which was surrounded by an impressive park.

When they arrived at the main entrance they were greeted by a tall butler. "Bonjour, Mademoiselle Delphine, good day madam. Madame Cormier is already waiting for you in the reception room."

"Merci, Jean-Claude," Delphine greeted him. "We find the way..."

The butler bowed and the two women went through the hall and into a nicely decorated room where they met Delphine's mother sitting on a chaise longe.

"Bonjour maman, comment allez vous?" Delphine greeted the older lady, hugged her and kissed her on both cheeks.

"Bonjour Delphine," she greeted her daughter. "Je vais tres bien. Fortunately that woman didn't do any harm to any of you."

Delphine turned to face Cosima. "Maman," she said solemnly to her mother, pointing to her girlfriend. "You already met Cosima at the funeral. We met at the weekend and Cosima has been there for me since then, helped me cope with my painful loss. She is the love of my life and she will always have a place in my heart."

Mrs. Cormier raised from her chaise longe and moved to Cosima, offering her a hand. "Cosima, I am really pleased to have you here." She shook Cosima's hand a few times.

A little tear was forming in Cosima's eye. She was touched from Delphine's proclamation, overwhelmed from the emotion.

The older woman released Cosima's hand and pulled her in a warm-hearted embrace. "I am totally pleased too, madam."

"Please call me Josephine," the French lady added and smiled.

"I would love to." Cosima confirmed.

"But now let's move to the dining room. Lunch is ready and I think there is a lot of things I want to talk to you about."

The maid served the soup in the elegant dining room where they sat on a large wooden table. They talked lightly and the both friends had to answer a lot of questions about the incident at DYAD and how they could escape the deathly thread of Rachel Duncan.

When they waited for the main dish Josephine addressed Cosima. "We have already talked about it on the funeral, Cosima. I want you to work for DYAD and not only because I see my daughter is a completely different person since the two of you met. I have never seen Delphine so happy, so balanced for so many years. Today I know, making her marry Aldous wasn't the best decision we made and I deeply regret it. Whatever this woman told you, Cosima - she badly needs you around."

"Maman..."

"Être tranquille, je ne suis pas encore fait."

She turned to Cosima again. "The other reason is, that I want you to work on the 'Niehaus Sequence'. We are still at the beginning of the development there."

"The... 'Niehaus Sequence'?" Cosima couldn't believe what she heard.

"Oui, ma chérie," Delphine smiled and explained: "Your idea we were talking about. Making a table of content in the 'DYAD' sequence to allow multiple modification of the genetic structure. You remember? I have submitted the request for a patent of this concept in your name."

"Wow," Cosima was really surprised now. "But I was only brainstorming..."

"You can be sure, this idea is worth a few million dollars," Josephine added. "And you might understand, it is easier for all involved if you join DYAD. Otherwise I would need to talk to Pierre and make him move the Minneapolis branch of the research group to the DYAD group."

"So do you really mean it?"

"I do," Josephine confirmed. "Especially for the first reason I explained. I really love my daughter."

"And so do I," Cosima said blushing.

"By the way, Scott already confirmed that he is joining DYAD too," Delphine added. "He will support you in the advancement of the genetic grammar you developed.

"Which is a really impressing achievement you already made," Josephine added. "I am sure one day you will be a Nobel Laureate just for this part of your research.

"Josephine, now you're really embarrassing me," Cosima answered modestly.

Josephine smiled. "So what do you think?" she insisted. "I want to hear your decision as soon as possible."

"I am honored that you offered me such a great chance," Cosima answered. "I will think about it."

"Is there anything we can do to help you decide?" Delphine asked.

"Hmmh yes," Cosima nodded. "The thing has a totally personal part, beside the job offer. And I would like to talk to you about that part to be sure it is the right decision."

"The answer is Yes," Delphine smiled. "Je t'aime, ma chérie. I really love you, Cosima. I have lived too long without love. So many lost years."

"And I love you, Delphine," Cosima answered. "With all my heart. Where do you want me to sign, Josephine?"

The three women laughed and the two friends kissed happily. There wasn't anything else that needed to be said.

- THE END -