Delphine came out the bath with steam flowing from her red skin; she collapsed on the couch, burying herself in the cushions turning on the TV watching as Kevin defended his house from the wet bandits. Her eyes becoming droopy as she tried to stay focused on the film but she soon gave in to sleep.
Delphine woke on the couch with a blanket thrown over her the Christmas lights now turned on; the tree twinkled in a kaleidoscope of patterns and colours. The living room was engulfed with a smells of fresh bread and brown sugar, candles flickering around various parts of the room, sitting up sluggishly as her muscles stiff and sore from napping on the couch.
"Typical you wake up when you smell food" Her friend appeared from behind dressed in pink furry onesie, carrying a box of wine under one arm and balancing two glasses on a large tray with a loaf of cheesy bread. The French girl's mouth instantly watered as the smell of the fresh baked bread made her stomach grumble. Pulling apart the bread as the cheese stretched in a long string that she wrapped around her tongue shoving the bread into her mouth humming and nodding her head as her friend laughed doing the same thing.
Krystal sat side by side with Delphine under her blanket as they shared the warm bread and sipped on the wine, watching TV. The both snuggled into each other Krystal's head leaning on Delphine's chest "Delphine turn this over you know I can't watch this." Said the smaller blonde reaching over her body for the TV remote Delphine groaned as she put her weight on her full stomach.
"How could someone do that to a little animal" Krystal said trying to hold back her tears as pictures of abused and abandoned Dogs came on screen the message of the advert being 'a dog is for life, not just for Christmas'.
She quickly changed the channel not wanting to see any more of the horrible images. She flicked through the channels settling on "Friends" The pair had both seen every single episode at least ten times.
"So you stayed at Cosima's last night and then I come home from work to find you totally conked out on the couch when I got home, so much for business as usual" Krystal said giving her friend a lope sided smile, nudging her "Well I am glad that it all worked out" Delphine enveloped her friend more tightly.
The pair sat and talked about their work, sharing about each other's day, going over their plan of action tomorrow, and what they were planning on wearing etc. Krystal realised half way through their conversation that they should be watching Dirty Dancing in preparation for tomorrow, but even then the pair just talked through it.
"So did Cosima like her presents?" Krystal asked
"I think so" Delphine smirked "Oh, she is coming here when she gets back, and I hope that's ok"
"Yeah sure, I want to get to know this girl, make sure she passes the BFF test" Krystal said
Delphine chortled "I thought you already approved, Go have sex Delphine, buy her this present Delphine, Go say sorry Delphine" The French woman said impersonating her best friend, giving her a confused look
"Okay, well she does sort of pass but I will properly decide after that dinner." Krystal said diplomatically
"She asked how we met" Delphine spoke softly
"What story did you use?" Krystal asked just as softly.
"The usual one, you were my manicurist and our friendship grew from there. Just if she asks again"
Krystal nodded in understanding "Okay, will you tell her the truth?"
"Maybe, she will have to pass your test first, no?" She smirked but her friend was not letting it go that easy.
"If she passes, you have to tell her the truth. You can't start a relationship on lies, it's just wrong on so many levels." Krystal began
"Okay, okay" Delphine interjected before she started ranting
"Have you been thinking about it?" Krystal asked watching her friend closely. Delphine bobbed her head slightly.
"Do you want to spoon tonight?" Delphine moved her head up and down smiling as Krystal held out her hand for her, Delphine lay in her bed grabbing her phone as she had left it on the side table when she first came in, noticing a text from a special someone, it read;
Hey, Delphine that's me landed, safe and sound. I hope you got in okay too. It's funny how you miss your family and then as soon as you are around them, you wish you were somewhere else, like preferably in your bed. :P I brought your present down with me by the way, so I hope it's not too erotic hahaha, anyways I hope you have a good day tomorrow, text me xxxxxx
Delphine smiled at the message but didn't bother replying after all the message was sent hours ago, she put her phone back on the bedside as her friend wormed her way in the space for her.
Christmas Eve
Krystal woke screeching in her friend's ear, jumping up and down on the bed in excitement. Delphine soon joined her as they blasted the soundtrack from the musical they were going to see this evening; the two girls had been waiting for this moment since the end of the summer after all.
After their lazy breakfast they finally got ready and off they went. The first stop on the list was the winter wonderland, it was packed naturally. The two girls walked arm in arm through the crowds looking at the different stalls from around the world, the scents of the different foods made their mouths water and eyes sparkle. After grabbing some of the delicious of the tasty treats to eat at home later, Krystal decided to drag Delphine into the Christmas tree maze the large pine trees making it impossible to cheat. They ran around the maze separately with the winner buying anything they desired. Krystal sashayed her way around the maze shouting over the pine trees to see if her friend was close but no response, she grinned to herself as she followed a large family that seemed to know they're way around the Christmas Maze.
Unfortunately they did not, but she reached the end of the maze and her friend nowhere to be seen. She stood smugly leaning on the exit sign waiting for Delphine to appear. She felt two hands nip at her hips causing her to scream in fright causing a large group of people stare "oh my god, oh god. Don't do that, I could have like peed myself or something" Krystal panted her eyes wide in shock in a defensive body position as Delphine laughed at her friend's reaction
"How the hell did you beat me anyway?" Krystal asked taking her friends arm as they walked together moving out of the maze area.
"It was the same as last years" Delphine said delighted
"And you remembered?" Krystal gasped, mouth dropping open
"Gifted remember" Delphine said flippantly, waiting in the long line for the Ferris wheel.
"Sometimes I forget that you are a child genius because all of the stupid stuff that you do, like who eats cereal with water" Krystal bantered back. She was never going to let that go, she swore that even when they are in their care homes with Alzheimer's she would still remember.
"That was once! There was no milk and I was hungover" Delphine exasperated as her friend laughed at her.
They went on the Ferris wheel watching the white flakes hit off the plastic glass, looking down at the sea of colours. Once they had been on a few other rides, the pair decided it was time to hit the ice rink. Both girls gripped onto each other as they tried to stand upright, holding on to the edge of the ring for dear life. A worker approached the girls giving a penguin to use; it was what many of the children were using to go around. Krystal managed to hold on the device but due to Delphine's height it cause more problems, as her bambi legs splayed arms waving around the air to try and balance her but she dropped down with a thud, her friend quickly made her way over trying to pull her up as Delphine leaned on Krystal she started to topple over as well, both needing assistance from the ice rink worker to help them off the ice.
Then they finally made their way to the show, taking pictures of the stage and each other in the theatre and buying both programmes available.
The musical finished with an encore with everybody on their feet dancing along with the stars on stage. Krystal and Delphine made their way to the restaurant to finally get something to eat as they had not ate since this morning. The restaurant was buzzing the Christmas spirit making its presence fully known with both girls filled with electricity.
Back in the apartment Delphine and Krystal stripped out of their fancy clothing opting to wear more loose comfortable clothing. Both sat around lounging, it was Christmas after all.
Delphine's phone vibrated causing her to sluggishly reach over to the coffee table for it groaning as her arm did not quite reach, the vibrations stopped just as Delphine sat up. Delphine decided to call back straight away not looking at who had called.
'Hello" Delphine said when she did not get a greeting
"Dr Cormier. I just wanted to wish you a very merry Christmas"
"Rachel?" Delphine said confused.
"I hope I did not catch you at an inconvenient time." The english voice said
"No, no is everything ok? But I am about to go to church soon" Delphine responded puzzled and also desperate to get off the phone.
"Yes everything is fine. Do you go to church often?"
"I…sometimes" Delphine said bewildered
"Because I want you to be on your knees tonight" Rachel said voice dripping with sexual suggestion.
"Excuse me" Delphine muttered out, before several big cackles pounded her ear drum
"Shit Cos, she actually thought it was her!
"Why is this funny?"
"Sarah, do you have to be so crude!"
Delphine listened to the several voices squabble before finally Cosima spoke "Hey babe!"
Her voice was high pitched, light and airy compared to the heavy English accent.
"Am I still on loud speaker?"
"No" She drew the O for longer than necessary, Delphine could practically see her smile, and it would be a big cheesy grin with her white fangs on display.
"Are you drunk?" Delphine asked biting down her lip as went into her room
"No, I am fine." She emphasised the O again laughing "If she's LaLa and I'm twinky winky, you are definitely tipsy." An English voice boomed down the ear piece with a shrill voice interrupting
"Then what I am Po"
"No, course not Alison, you are NooNoo. Cause you suck" The same English voice shouted down the line.
Cosima hissed her sister's name "SARAH"
"Cosima, I thought I was not on loudspeaker" Delphine said.
"You are totally not." She said happily, free and uncaring
"Cosima" Delphine used a curt voice as heavy breathing come over the phone line, meaning that she was moving or that's what the blonde hoped at least.
"Okay I am not on loud speaker and I am in my bedroom, totally alone" Cosima laced her voice with suggestion
"Cosima, we are not having phone sex. I am going to church in twenty minutes." Delphine said
"So you weren't lying just to get off the phone?" Cosima said sadly.
"No, I told you this" Delphine chuckled at how disappointed she sounded
"Shit, well do you have anything you would like to repent?" She said half smirking "Because I LOVE a sinner" Cosima said seductively
"Stop" Delphine shouted half laughing at her cheeky girl on the other side of the phone "mon dieu, êtes-vous toujours cette excitée?" she puffed out in between her laugh
"Oui, only for you. And you know how excited I get when you speak French to me" Cosima whispered
"Très très excité. Parfois, vous faites même ce son" (very very excited. Sometimes you even make this sound) she was delighted with herself as moan slipped from Cosima's mouth.
"Are you teasing me?" Cosima said slightly breathless
"Me? I would never do such a cruel thing. And I would never think about touching and tasting you"
"Delphine…What else would you never do" Cosima gasped.
"I would never think about your lips trailing down my body, sucking and biting. Or the way your hips rolled as you straddled me, making me moan out your name. Never would I think about that at work."
Delphine smiled to herself as she heard little whimpers escape Cosima's mouth.
"Tell, me, more" She panted.
"I would never think about the sweet taste of your come in my mouth as I touch myself."
"Oh god…I wish it was your hand baby, I'm so wet." Delphine moaned at Cosima's breathless confession.
"I would never think about how you felt around my fingers. I would never think about the way you fucked my face as your come dripped down my chin." Delphine said as she felt her own underwear getting damp.
"Delphine…I'm so…close" Cosima's voice cried out
"Oh Cosima, come for me, I want to hear you. Please chéri" as Delphine squeezed her thighs together.
"Delphine! Oh baby…I'm going to-" Cosima exclaimed.
The phone went silent on the other end, as she recovered from her orgasm. While Delphine's heart hammered in her chest with a growing pool in between her own legs.
Delphine heard little bursts of laughter from the other end of the phone "So you would never do any of that" Cosima's asked as Delphine made a noncommittal voice which made her laugh even more.
"I wish I was there with you or you were here with me. I just want to be with you like all the time." The brunette said sadly
"Me too" the French girl husked
"Can we do that again until the 27th?" She asked receiving a hearty laugh
"Delphine?" There was a long pause, her heart beating rapidly as her blood pumped vigorously around her body "I just wanted to say that I…"
" Yeah?" Delphine asked softly
"…Have fun at church" Cosima said instead
Cosima turned into her pillow craving Delphine's presence; she missed her skin and smell, her hair that she found often on articles of her clothing. She stripped out of her clothing reaching for her new favourite jumper, wrapping her arms around her waist, letting the expensive perfume settle in the air of the old cabin.
Cosima lay on the top of the bed, arm over her eyes as different thoughts swirled around her mind.
The door creaked open with her sister jumping on to the bed next to her. Cosima lifted her arm to see which sister disturbed her thoughts "Hey Sarah" sitting up leaning back on the headboard.
"Change of plan geek monkey, I'm sharing with you tonight." Sarah said moving into the bed, tugging the covers to go over her body.
"What, why?" Cosima asked shifting her weight
"Helena wanted to sleep next to Alison…so you are stuck with me" Sarah grinned.
Cosima shuffled down into the bed turning off her bedside lamp and took off her glasses. The pair lay in contented silence with one another.
"Did you tell her then" Sarah turned lying on her back
"No I kind of chicken out, I thought it was better to do it in person, you know" Cosima said her voice thick
"To tell her I was going to be staying with you for a couple of days?" Sarah asked puzzled
"No, what, Shit, but she's picking me up from the airport and cooking me dinner, but I'll ask if she can drop you off at mine first."
"To think I've came all this way to spend some time with my family and you're just going to piss off, leaving me in your shitty apartment with no food or anything, gee thanks Cosima" Sarah mocked.
"My apartment is not shitty" Cosima defended
"You have the periodic table above your bed" Sarah retorted
"Well it's still better than all of your stupid punk rock posters that you used to hang everywhere" Cosima snapped back.
"You have to admit though, mine were better than Alison's.
"Remember that Donny Osmond one"
"That freaked me out; it was like his eyes followed you everywhere." Sarah said making her sister laugh at the memories.
The two recalled their childhood memories late into the night. Sarah had moved to England at a young age, she missed her and skype wasn't the same. She saw Alison regularly as they only lived a couple of miles away, plus she knew Cosima couldn't cook so she was always dropping in dinners. Helena lived with their mum still so it was harder to see but she tried to visit as much as possible.
Cosima's phone vibrated interrupting the carefree laughs that were echoing around the small room. Her eyes burned with the brightness of the phone, reaching for her glasses to read the text from Delphine: Joyeux Noël Cosima xxx
Cosima beamed texting straight back: I hope you are not texting in church. Merry Christmas 33 xxxxx
Noticing it was one minute past midnight "Merry Christmas Sarah" she said stretching over wrapping her arm over her sisters chest squeezing tightly "Merry Christmas Cosima" her sister replied tapping her arm to signal her affection but Cosima kept squeezing, hugging her in a vice grip
"Bloody hell, get off. Save that shite for your girlfriend." Sarah chuckled noticing how her sister instantly loosed at the word.
"She's not my girlfriend. I don't know what she is. I think I'm in love with her, to be honest I think I have always been in love with her, but when we were worked together, it was all in my head, you know, fantasying. But now they could become real, and I want that so badly, we could be together you know, making crazy science forever. Then reality hits me, she's my boss and my job is on the line, nobody can know that we are in relationship together, at least the people we work with. I just love her so much. What if she doesn't love me, Sarah?"
"Jesus. Get your shit together, you silly tit. Of course she loves you. She would be stupid not to, I mean have you seen us!" Sarah said making Cosima giggle as a few tears fell freely down her face.
Sarah clasped and intertwined their hands together on the bed, comforting her sister. After a few minutes of silence and sniffles
"Well at least she's not shagging Rachel"
Cosima nodded making a little sound "Did you hear voice when you said that about getting on her knees"
Sarah laughed this time at the memory of the applaud tone of the French woman's voice.
"I can't wait to meet her" Sarah said giving her sister a nonsense face. The hippy girl gave her sister a nod of the head. With their hands still clasped together the sisters fell into a deep slumber.