Having Delphine in the lab with her was difficult, she was very distracting. Even though she was just doing very mundane ordinary actions, Cosima found herself coming closer to her at every opportunity, if Delphine was leaning down to look through the microscope Cosima, hands often found her waist, her body pressing into the back of Delphine's inhaling her sweet coconut shampoo. If Delphine was typing on the computer lip caught inbetween her teeth, eyes focused and mind concentrating, Cosima often found her lips pressed to the side of Delphine's neck, tongue tasting the lingering residue of her expensive perfume, her hand twisting and curling the soft golden blonde hair. The simplest touch from the blonde made Cosima blush and squirm, the brush of her body as she moved around the lab , the brunettes deep brown eyes followed and roamed over the blondes body, her mind often wandering to the previous night that they spent immersed in each other.
Yes it was difficult for Cosima to share a lab with Delphine, but she would not have it any other way, their relationship, well it was definitely making progress, she stayed at Delphine's house nearly every night and when she wasn't at Delphine's, they were at her apartment. Their relationship was in a very blissful state, the only strain was there was no progress on the cell line. With only a couple of weeks left, Delphine became more stressed and hostile, as she was working so hard to find the missing piece of the culture that would bring success to the experiment.
Cosima sat analysing the cells under the microscope, documenting any changes. Her eyes drifted over to the blonde as she sighed, hands pushing back her hair. A tell-tale sign that Cosima was familiar with, she was frustrated.
Delphine dropped her pipette "Merde" she pushed her self away from the work bench, pulling off her safety glasses and gloves; she left the lab without speaking a word to Cosima, heading out the back door of the institute. Inhaling the crisp fresh air, the tension drained from her body, the stale scientific smell of the lab scent constantly followed her, and it was a constant reminder of her failures. Delphine had challenges in her science career but never something like this, two weeks in and she was still at the beginning.
Exhaling her frustrations and inhaling through her nose, Delphine's thoughts racing a mile a minute. Deadlines, Cosima, chemical formulas, Rachel Duncan, Cells, Krystal.
Her head swimming as she heard the voices, the smirks and the cells mocking her. Her mind saw visions of Chloe, the other girls beating her but as she looked closer, her brown wavy hair was twisted into tight dreadlocks as Ferdinand and Rachel stood with s sly smirk on their faces and a delighted glint in their eye, her stomach knotted as her feet frozen in place doing nothing to stop them. As much as she screamed for them to stop, tears streamed down her face. The brunette looked up at the blonde, with her carefree smile and her name spilling from her red lips.
"Delphine"
"DELPHINE"
Cosima's voice was getting louder and louder.
Cosima yelling her name became more frantic as her body started to convulse, a sharp pain washed through her body as crimson hot sticky blood flowed out her torso, falling backwards into the void with a high pitched yell.
Gasping awake to meet a pair of cat like eyes, Delphine's body trembled into the open arms of the brunette.
"Ssh, you are alright. I've got you." Cosima hushed into Delphine's ear.
Delphine clung to Cosima, arms tightening in a vice grip around her body, it felt so real. She was still at her work bench; dents on the bridge of her nose were the safety glass had dug in, fingers pruned with the sweat as she still wore her vinyl gloves.
Delphine's breathing started slowing as Cosima calmed her with gentle words and caresses.
"You're alright." Cosima smiled cupping Delphine's cheeks
"It felt so real…" Delphine said voice laced with vulnerability
"Hey it was just a dream. Okay" The brunette reassured, kissing her on the lips briefly.
Delphine's mind was still swimming, she took a deep breath and put a smile on her face, she would find the answer. She had too, for Cosima. She would not let her down.
"Okay" Delphine released her grip on Cosima turning back to her work. Cosima stayed by her side as Delphine picked up her paper of notes starting again with the experimental cell line. The French woman stood walking over to the dry baths, and still the brunette followed. Delphine set the temperature and the timer on lab equipment going to start a new batch of cultures, but the lingering presence of the brunette started to grind on her nerves as she moved to check on a controlled culture to analyse its progress.
She took the slide under the microscope, it made growths, bacteria, possibly she noted it down and when she looked up the brunette was still gazing at her.
"What?" Delphine snapped
"Nothing…" Cosima shrugged, not reacting to the blonde's temper
"Just, do you not think that you should maybe go home? Get some rest?" Cosima said.
"Non. I'm fine" Delphine said
"Delphine, we both know that you are lying, you're exhausted. And frankly no good to us when you're like this" Cosima gestured to Delphine's appearance, hand landing on her hip.
"Cosima, I'm fine. I promise" Delphine smiled back
"You need to stop! Look we have made progress, I know you wanted to have made more, but we have and we have time, Delphine. Just please go home" Cosima stared and Delphine stared back, communicating in silence until Scott coughed clearing his throat.
"I think Cosima's right" he spoke
Delphine shut her eyes, and spoke through tight lips "fine" She grabbed her jacket and huffed out the door.
Cosima sighed with the slam of the lab door,
"Fuck"
"She'll be fine" Scott said with his best reassuring smile.
Cosima turned to the blonde's work station picking up her notes and placing the culture in the incubator, she returned to her own station carefully going through Delphine's notes and research.
Delphine fell through the front door to her apartment finding her friend spread cross the couch as some guy lay on top of her, fully clothed.
Thank god Delphine thought, she did notice his hands wandering and that's when she decided to cough really loudly, it was rather amusing to watch, as they both scrambled around like teenagers on the couch sitting up abruptly.
Delphine stood with a grin as her friend turned to face her. Red flushed cheeks and her hair messed up, her dress pulled up sitting in all the wrong places, her male partner looked in a similar state of undress as his shirt was pulled out of his chinos, jumper on the floor. His short raven locks spiked up where Krystal had fingered during their make out session.
"ERhm.. I'm just going to go. But I'll text you" The male said giving Krystal a light kiss on the lips, picking up his jumper, he gave Delphine a quick nod as he passed her shutting the door behind him with a click.
Delphine grinned as her friend gave her an eye roll taming her frizzy hair
"Sorry if I…cocked blocked you" Delphine said sitting down on the other end of the couch gaging her friend's reaction.
"It's fine. We probably wouldn't have done anything anyway" Krystal said down heartedly
"But you want to?" Delphine asked
"Well yeah, I actually like this guy, you know and this like our forth date and he still hasn't tried anything. I mean you totally felt me up when you were like unconscious and bleeding out. He hasn't even touched my boobs" Krystal said shocked, voice getting higher as she spoke
"Forth date?" Delphine said more to herself than Krystal but she didn't even realise she was dating. To be honest she didn't have a clue as to what has been happening in Krystal's life as she has been too absorbed in her own.
"Yeah, Raj, he's a technician. The computer at work broke down total nightmare, he came out and fixed it and yeah he came back the next day and asked if wanted to go and get dinner. He's a proper gentlemen Delphine, like opens doors for me and everything. It's strange I've never dated anyone like this before, I feel like am waiting for something to go wrong."
"Hey, look at me" Delphine said reaching out for Krystal's hand
"You deserve someone like this, you deserve someone who is finally going to treat you right, like the princess you are, and it's about time too. After all look at all the frogs you have kissed. Don't get scared or worried, enjoy it and don't be scared to be yourself. If he is the right one, then he will love you no matter what…and if not you toss him back in the pond with all the other frogs" Delphine said.
Krystal pulled Delphine into a long hug "I've missed you" she said into the French woman's ear.
"Me too" She pulled back out of the embrace "And if you want someone to touch your boobs, you just have to ask" Delphine winked
Krystal laughed too "They are alright just now, but thanks…so what's going on with you?"
Delphine huffed "Well"
She explained to Krystal what was happening with herself and Cosima, and how she had a dream in the lab today. Krystal listened tentatively, giving her opinion and advice whenever she felt it was appropriate, the French woman felt the tension drain from her body, as she spilled everything to her best friend. It was nice; the friends phoned for a takeaway and got all cozy together as they put on their favourite movie.
Delphine's mind was grateful for the distraction.
Delphine woke with a disturbing rapping on the front door, the television shut itself down and her friend curled at the opposite side of the couch, fast asleep. Delphine walked still drowsy from her sleep, bumping into the coffee table to answer the door, she had a rough idea who it would be and when she peaked through the key hole, her idea was confirmed.
"Hey" The brunette spoke, unsure of the blonde's mood.
Delphine opened the door wider and started walking back into the room, bringing her legs under her body, tugging the fleece blanket over her body.
Cosima stood at the edge of the couch, in the middle of room.
"Its late" Delphine finally spoke
"Yeah, I just finished in the lab. I had to see you…just wanted to make sure you're alright" She shrugged, lip twitching at the corner as Delphine remained silent.
Cosima shook her head, hands bouncing off her thighs as she turned on her heel "I'll just go then"
Delphine felt a sharp pain in her side as Krystal's foot kicked her top of her leg, she turned with a sharp head movement with a annoyed expression painted across her face, Krystal mouthed and gestured to Cosima, the French woman shook her head causing Krystal to kick her again with more force to call out in pain, causing Cosima to stop and turn back to face Delphine.
"Did you say something?" Cosima asked confused
"Stay" Delphine said
"I'm fine, really. I guess I was a little tired earlier." Delphine admitted reluctantly with a small smile and a flutter of her eyelashes.
Cosima chuckled at that "A little?"
"Don't push it" Delphine said with a smile
Cosima laughed "Okay, you were a LITTLE tired that you drooled all over your work, no big deal…it's not like there were dangerous chemicals or anything"
Delphine flipped Cosima the middle finger.
Cosima laughed even more, unwrapping her scarf from her neck, coming closer to Delphine. She watched Cosima from the side of her eye, as came to sit next her on the couch she moved her face so she could not see the brunette.
"Delphine, I love you" Cosima cooed shuffling next to her on the couch, her hands gripping her waist pulling her closer, which Delphine did not reject to.
"Baby, look what I got you" Cosima said shifting as the blonde's body back to sit up straight, she reached into her bag at her feet, sliding the box under Delphine's nose.
A huge grin appeared on her face at the gesture of the ice-cream deserts, turning she brushed her lips against Cosima's cold cheek.
"I love you" Delphine whispered against the side of Cosima's mouth, lips chapped but still delicate.
"How did you know that I wouldn't be still mad?" Delphine asked with a raised eyebrow
"I didn't" Cosima shrugged passing one of the ice-cream lollies to Delphine
"Look I know we are under pressure with work and everything but we have to stick together and not let work come between us, okay?" Cosima said
Delphine nodded "Yes you are right, but we still have so much to do Cosima, and we are running out of time."
"No we're not"
"Yes we are Cosima" Delphine said exasperated
"No we're not Delphine, just listen. I was going through your notes, after you left and I put 615C33 into the incubator, which reading your notes was supposed to go in fridge to be frozen but, Delphine it multiplied. It's in the Zygote stage" Cosima finished with a beaming smile.
Delphine's eyes went wider than space ships "It's in Zygote stage?" she asked bewildered
"Yeah, you know the first time I sat on this couch you told me you were an expert at all things and I thought that was just a line, but now I know it's the truth, and I'm in love with a fucking genius" Cosima swallowed as she watched Delphine's face shift with the news, it went from bewilderment to pure awe and shock.
"We did it?" Delphine asked, her mind spinning once more.
"You did it" Cosima shouted enthusiastically
"We did it?" Delphine shouted jumping up kicking off her slippers and slipping on her plimsolls, grabbing her jacket.
"Where are you going?" Cosima asked with a smile
"To the lab of course, Come on" Delphine grabbed Cosima's wrist pulling her out of the door.
As the door shut Cosima found herself, pressed upon it, the blonde's lips hovered above her own with a wicked grin and a leg pushed in-between her own Cosima gripped the blonde's hips, hands trailing down over her bottom. Squeezing and grasping the soft flesh into her own body, the hot breath of Delphine's mouth hot against her own, eyes falling down to her lips inches away from crashing together, Delphine brought up her hand, her pointing finger nail traced down the brunettes neck, causing her to shiver in anticipation.
Delphine's mouth brushed against her neck, not kissing it. Just pressing against it as she whispered "Later"
Cosima watched in astonishment as the French woman walked away, with a fabulous smirk and flip of hair she strutted away.
Author's note:
Hi guys, just wanted to say thank you all for reading! And I think the next chapter will be the last and I will probably do an epilogue