Cosima pushed passed the slow walkers in her way, looking briefly at her phone to check her timing five minutes late already, she picked up her pace with a skip to her step moving off the congested street to front of her place of work. She looked up at the glass tall building, taking two stairs at a time she ran through the revolving door uncaring about anybody else, scanning her pass to sign herself in she swiftly made her way through the clinical corridors turning to descend down the dark brick stairs to the old wing of the building, her lab was basically in the basement. Cosima was panting as reached her and Scott's lab door scanning the security lock, taking a long deep breath waiting for the green light pushing the heavy metal door open.
"Did I beat her?" she asked dropping all her bags down, hanging her winter clothing on the hook, swapping her jacket for a lab coat.
"Beat who?" She could hear the smile in the French woman's accent; Cosima wanted to smile too but instead turned and rolled her eyes at her boss.
"You are late. Again. I do hope you have your report on the epigenetics of clone cells ready, because Rachel Duncan is coming and has requested a meeting, you have an hour." Delphine smiled tapping her fingernails across the metallic table nudging Cosima's shoulder as she passed leaving the lab.
Cosima was filled with rage and lust, she knew that have just grabbed Delphine's wrist and pinned her to door frame, and so easily got her to reschedule that meeting with the touch of her tongue and fingertips on her skin, but she had to carry on as normal.
Delphine was just pretending to be a bitch; she doesn't actually mean it, Cosima reminded herself as groaned lying across the small mustard coloured couch, removing her glasses to rub her eyes and temples thinking about what she was going to say.
"Are you coming to this meeting?" Cosima huffed sitting up to see her friend munching on a cereal bar.
"Delphine just mentioned you." Scott said in-between bites, swallowing before speaking again "What you gonna say?" Clearing the crumbs of his lab coat, moving into the chill zone to see Cosima fully "I have no idea" She sighed bringing out her laptop out of her bag and starting it up. Scott moved beside her, grasping her shoulder slightly "We'll do it together, team science mega force, right" He grinned and Cosima nodded bringing her hand to her mouth as they both read the computer screen. Expect they were really not team science mega force, not anymore Cosima thought they are more like team science Delphine was the mega and the force and she sits up the stairs now in a fancy office that overlooks the whole city, while they are still stuck in the basement.
Cosima made her way up the stairs, going at a snail's pace compared to just twenty minutes ago, what the heck, did that just happen. Her body buzzed and fluttered around her small heels clicking on the hard white flooring standing at the printer queue trying to look through the glass panels to see inside Delphine's office but due to her height and the angle she could not see.
She typed in her I.D number and password bringing up the document she needed to print, she hit the button and waited, as the queue of people huffed watching the endless number of sheets of paper. She muttered a sorry, noticing it was the tiny platinum blonde, with sea blue eyes on the front desk.
"Hey Shay" Cosima smirked walking over to her desk, knowing the small blonde would tell her anything she wanted to know with the right smile.
"Hey Cosima, what brings you out of your dungeon?" Shay beamed happy to be distracted from the phones and paper work.
"Oh Delphine like demanded this report for me, she only gave me like half an hour to do it as well." Cosima moaned to the younger girl, "What a bitch" Shay said shaking her head with disbelief.
"I know, so, I was thinking I could maybe get her back, but I would need your help" Cosima smirked leaning down on the desk, tongue behind her teeth smiling as the younger girl quirked her eyebrows
"What did you have in mind?" Shay replied with a twinkle in her blue eyes.
"Well I thought I could mess with her schedule, like put me and then not show up under like a false name obviously, or I could show up and be like you're late Dr Cormier I requested this meeting to discuss how much a bitch you are"
"Oh my god, Cosima" Shay laughed, "Okay yeah, just don't get me fried okay." The smaller blonde brought up Delphine's work schedule turning the computer screen so Cosima could see, but the doctor's schedule was fully booked, the only time slot available would be during lunch and she hoped that Delphine would still come down to the lab as that's what she normally do anyways.
"How about tomorrow?" Cosima asked, they both studied the schedule "Cosima Niehaus! That's your printing finished" a voice boomed, Cosima held up two fingers to Shay as walked to get her papers. She stapled them and put them in a binder ready for this meeting.
Cosima noticed a new atmosphere when she looked up two men stood at the side of a small woman, in a crisp cut white skirt and top. Her heels clicked with every footstep, her bobbed hair not one single strand moved as she walked. Even though she was similar in height to Cosima she never looked up to anybody. Cosima never saw her face but Delphine moved from her desk to meet her as the two men stood outside her office doorway. Cosima gulped, that was Rachel Duncan, oh geez she so was not needing this today.
"Hey who's was that?" Cosima asked already knowing the answer but she just wanted shay to confirm it.
"Rachel Duncan, honestly if you think that Dr Cormier has a stick up her ass, then you have not seen anything like her." Shay said as Cosima observed the two interact at the desk.
"She doesn't seem too bad, I mean they are both smiling. That's a good sign, right?" turning back to face Shay
"Yeah, but I think, they are totally doing it" Shay whispered.
"What, why would you think that?"Cosima asked with jealously and anger laced in her voice
"Because, when Marion was in charge, Rachel would air kiss her cheeks. But with Delphine she actually kisses her cheeks. Plus I've never seen her smile or laugh this much when Marion had meetings with her." Shay finished.
"That doesn't mean they are having sex, Shay." Cosima huffed, done with this conversation the idea or thought of Delphine getting touched by anybody else but her made her skin crawl, which was ridiculous because it was like one night, okay one and half but still. Cosima had a very possessive side and she marked Delphine that night, made her's, she wanted to barge straight into that office and grab Delphine by the lapels of her blazer and push her down on that desk and show Miss Duncan that Delphine was off limits. She was hers.
However Cosima took a deep breath and pushed the glass door open as the laughter and easy atmosphere instantly died with her presence.
"Cosima Niehaus this is Rachel Duncan" Delphine introduced. Cosima waved with her free hand, Rachel just looked her lips twitched in the corners off her mouth but she just stared at the dreadlocked scientist. Unimpressed.
Cosima sat down opposite Rachel with Delphine in the middle of them both but an inch closer to Rachel, Cosima observed. She passed out her folders to the two woman, Cosima watched again, Rachel was skim reading each page, and then eventually just started to flick through the report. Delphine however, was actually reading the report. But a large tskk came from the blonde pulling Delphine away from the report.
"Miss Niehaus, I have heard that you are very clever." Rachel spoke every word with a sharp articulated precision. Cosima gave her a quick grin "I was clever when I was like six"
Rachel hummed "But yet you have not made any significant progress. You have been working on this research for two years now. Perhaps Dr Cormier should find a more able candidate." Rachel said. Cosima floundered; Rachel suddenly stood knowing that she had won her eyes flickering up at Delphine's as she stood as well and walked to her to the office door.
"It was a pleasure Dr Cormier. I do hope that I will see you again soon. Joyeux Noël"
"Joyeux Noël" Delphine replied back kissing Rachel's cheeks.
Cosima watched as her blood ran red anger filling her veins, gripping the chair to ground herself. Delphine waved at her door with an easy smile on her face; as soon as she was gone Delphine closed her blinds on the glass panels, turning around to face Cosima with her own anger on display.
"What the hell was that?" The French woman scorned
"Me? What the hell was her problem" Cosima stood waltzing across the wide open space that was Delphine's office.
"All she did was compliment you, and you sassed her. Why couldn't you have just accepted it? Now she will probably replace you on that team or worse fire you." Delphine sighed leaning her bum on her desk.
"She can't do that, Delphine"
"She can, like she said you have not made any progress and your time keeping is not the best Cosima."
"So this was my punishment for being late, I honestly thought you were joking or you know being suggestive, I didn't think you meant it literally." Cosima stood with both hands on her hips eyes burning into Delphine's.
"Cosima, this meeting has been scheduled for weeks. It is not my fault that you forgot or you were not prepared"
"Whatever it looks like she didn't even want me there in the first place. Or maybe she just wanted it be you and her, after all she couldn't wait to leave when I came in."
Delphine never said anything to the other girl as they both stood facing each other, each girl red and flustered at the heated tension and fast flying words coming from their mouths. A large buzzing came from the desk with a sweet voice interrupting their trance. "Dr Cormier, Paul Dierden is here to see you." Delphine closed her eyes bringing her hands up to her hair, Cosima walked out the office watching a tall handsome hand greet Delphine with a kiss to her cheek and a strong handshake. The blonde smiling again, as if nothing had happened. Cosima stormed through the corridors causing a hurricane behind her. Once she reached her lab she rifled through her purse finding a small joint, sparking up she inhaled the toxicants exhaling the smoke through her nose, laying her back on the couch with a never ending loop of Delphine playing in her mind.
"How did the meeting go?" Scott questioned staying at his own computer
"Fucking amazing" Cosima answered dryly trying to hold back her tears.