CHAPTER NINE
A/N each chapter from now on in is going to have a Paramore/or a song I think fits attached to it ha-ha. The song for this chapter is PRESSURE. You will understand why I picked this song as you read on through the chapter. I already have the song ready for the next chapter so be warned listen to Paramore and see if you can guess it hahahaha.
THANKS: spookycj you know why I am thanking you. Firstly for your unwavering support with my writing and secondly you made me a Paramore fan. Where the hell had my musical tastes been before then?
Everyone who has taken the time to read this story. It means so much because as a person with low self-confidence to see that someone else is getting pleasure from something I love doing makes me feel so good. Best ego booster around :P
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You are all the best and after the recent OB trailer release I am in two minds on how I want my story to end now. My heart broke into a million pieces once again. Anyway on with the story….
Cosima woke up to the sound of the alarm blaring.
"What time is it?" She grumbled as she got up to turn it off.
"It's time to get that sexy ass out of bed and get yourself ready to go the airport!" Came the cheery reply.
"How the hell can you be so cheerful on 3hrs sleep?" Cosima sulked.
"Well Cherie when you wake up next to someone as beautiful as you and you know you are going away with them for a few days that helps." Delphine smiled as she pulled Cosima in for a kiss.
"Well when you put it like that, it doesn't sound so bad." Cosima agreed starting to smile herself. Her nerves about flying starting to dissipate. She felt like she could do anything when Delphine was around.
"So Cherie are you looking forward to meeting Paul?" Delphine asked.
"Del, I want to meet everyone you know just so I can show off that I am with you!" Cosima boasted with a laugh. "In all honesty babe I am shit scared. He is like your family and meeting families scares the hell out of me because they judge you on an instant feeling."
"Oh you have no need to be nervous with Paul he is like a pussy cat. He will love you because I love you. He just wants me to be happy. I am happier than I could ever imagine I could be with anyone. Now stop being a wimp and get your arse out of bed!" Delphine said with a giggle as she pulled the covers off Cosima who squealed.
The next hour was spent in silence as the two women prepared themselves for the next few days. Them both imagining how the meeting would go with Paul. Cosima's nerves getting worse and Delphine smiling broadly. When the taxi pulled up they left the house.
"Del, I'm scared!" Cosima whispered.
"Don't be scared my love, I will be there with you." Delphine soothed as she took Cosima's hand and gently kissed it.
This seemed to placate Cosima as she moved closer to her girlfriend and rested her head on the other woman's shoulder. They arrived at the airport quickly and soon found their way to the departure lounge where they sat and had a small snack and a drink.
"There is no going back now unless you get yourself arrested and thrown out the airport!" Joked Delphine seeing Cosima's nervous expression.
"Oh God, could you imagine having to explain that to Paul when you turned up alone?" Cosima laughed. Grateful that Delphine was there to try and take her mind of her fear of flying. "Or we could just join the mile high club?" She winked at Delphine.
"Oh Cosima I was just thinking the exact same thing to say to you if you continued to be nervous!" Exclaimed Delphine, trying to hide her blush.
"Great minds eh?" Cosima laughed continuing to wink at Delphine.
"Stop it Cherie you will make me blush!" Delphine squealed as she felt her face grow redder.
"Well you started it by telling me that you were thinking the exact same thing as me!"
"That may be so, but I didn't think you would just ride with it and cause this much embarrassment for me!" Delphine said trying to hide her face.
"Aww poor baby is a little embarrassed by thinking about her hot girlfriend!" Laughed Cosima as she tried to do a teasing voice.
Delphine playfully smacked Cosima's arm and both women sat laughing, garnering strange looks from the other passengers in the lounge.
After a short while the tannoy announced their flight. The women got up and made their way to the gate with their tickets and ID. Within a few minutes they were on board the plane. Cosima instantly doing up her safety belt and reading the safety leaflet over and over again.
Delphine took hold of Cosima's hand and gently kissed it. Cosima looked over at her gratefully and mouthed thank you. Delphine smiled, keeping Cosima calm had actually taken her mind off her own fear of flying which she had never thought would ever be possible. Delphine gazed lovingly at Cosima as she fidgeted in her seat and kept glancing around the cabin. The way Cosima wrinkled her nose when the air conditioning came on. She let out a smile contented sigh.
The captain of the plane made his announcements saying what the weather conditions were and how long it would take them to get to inverness. Delphine giggled when Cosima muttered "An hour and 15 minutes too long!"
Then the engines started and Cosima gripped harder on to Delphine's hands. Then a few minutes later the plane began to move towards the runway. Cosima's knuckles were white from gripping onto both Delphine's hand and the armrest. Delphine did her best to try and sooth Cosima but to no avail. Delphine thought that with how Cosima was she would go into full anxiety attack mode but she was pleasantly surprised that when the plane started to accelerate that Cosima seemed to relax. It was as if the speed was soothing to her. It felt like no sooner had the plane got into the air than Cosima was back to her normal self. Laughing and joking about silly things. Arms gesticulating wildly. It was as if fear had never been a factor the last 2 hours.
Within an hour the Captain again spoke over the speakers to give current weather conditions (which anyone who knows Scotland knows is wet and windy). Then how long it would be before they began their approach. Delphine looked over again at Cosima and saw the all too familiar look of fear creep over the usually happy features.
"It's OK Cherie we will be back on the ground in no time at all!" Delphine soothed. Once again taking Cosima's hand for reassurance. Cosima looked and smiled thinly at Delphine her face draining of all colour before she reached for the sick bag in front of her.
Again once they had landed and Cosima could move about freely she was back to her usual happy self. Delphine had never experienced anything like that before. Someone so scared of the take-off and landing but everything else had been fine. Everyone she knew who had a fear of flying hated the whole experience, admittedly some parts more than others but the whole experience of flying none-the-less.
Delphine was just so happy to be away with Cosima away from everything. She hadn't said anything to Cosima but she had been stressing about starting her new job the next week. What if the person she was looking after didn't like her, what if she wasn't good enough, what if she failed miserably at being a support worker? It had all been running round her head, and now being in her home town so to speak she felt the worries disappearing.
"God Delphine how did you manage to live up here it is bloody freezing!" Exclaimed Cosima as they walked into Inverness airport to get their suitcase.
"You get used to it! I lived here for a while so I became immune to it almost." Delphine explained.
"Rather you than me, at least you're here with me to keep me warm." Smiled the smaller woman.
"I will always be here to keep you warm Cherie." Delphine said sweetly as she took hold of Cosima's hand.
Cosima gave Delphine's hand a squeeze and they found the carousel and waited for the case.
"DELPHINE!" Both women jumped at the shout across the small airport. Delphine spun around a wide smile on her face.
"Paul! What are you doing here? I thought I had told you that we would come to yours so you didn't have to get up too early!" Delphine exclaimed clearly surprised.
"You think I would have missed coming to get you and Cosima and not give you the grand tour on the way home." Paul smiled as he looked towards Cosima and winked at Delphine. "She is very beautiful you have good taste."
Delphine blushed as Paul pushed past her and went to introduce himself to Cosima.
"Hi I'm Paul as you can probably guess by now. I have heard so much about you." He extended his hand which Cosima took and shook enthusiastically.
"I have heard so much about you too." Cosima said shyly.
"God girl I am not going to bite you know!" Paul laughed.
Cosima smiled, she still felt a little self-conscious after being sick on the plane and was worried that everyone could smell it on her.
"Leave her alone Paul. We have been up since the crack of dawn I am tired myself so imagine how Cosima feels?" Delphine jumped in to save Cosima from drowning. Cosima gave her girlfriend a thankful look.
"So where is the gorgeous Beth or has she dumped your arse?" Delphine asked changing the subject.
"Oh she had to work, but she will be home later she can't wait to meet Cosima." Paul replied happily.
Paul grabbed Delphine's case off the carousel and wheeled it towards the exit. The two women followed, Cosima holding on to Delphine's hand for dear life. Once in the car Cosima began to relax a little. Delphine had gotten into the back with her and was still holding her hand.
Within minutes Cosima had dozed off. Paul looked at Delphine in the rear view mirror and whispered "She's sweet. A little geeky but sweet."
Delphine mouthed 'Fuck Off!' back to him. Not wanting to wake the sleeping woman.
Paul laughed and Delphine couldn't help but have a giggle with him. The rest of the drive was in a comfortable silence. About two hours later they arrived at Kyle of Lochash a small town by the Skye Bridge in the highlands. Delphine took a sharp intake of breath. It never failed to amaze her just how beautiful it was. Every time she went it just got more so. Maybe she was just too used to the city now but always it had the wow factor. Looking down at Cosima who had ended up lying across Delphine's lap. She gave her a little nudge.
"We are here Ma Cherie." Delphine said softly.
"Oh shit I have slept the whole way!" Cosima shot up from her position.
"It's OK Cherie, you needed the sleep."
"Yeah it must be hard work being a lady of leisure….." Paul joked as he opened his door to exit the car.
"Lady of leisure I wish. I spend more time being a housewife to Delphine than having leisure time!" Cosima joked back winking at Delphine.
"Oh there have been no complaints from me yet Cosima!" Delphine chided softly.
"Why would you have any complaints when I keep you so satisfied?" Cosima asked in mock seriousness.
"On that note I will get your case and open the door whilst you two either make out in the back seat or have a massive fight." Paul said with a laugh as he made a hasty exit.
"Now look what you have done Delphine!" Cosima joked unable to stop the laughter.
"It was all you!" Delphine laughed back.
"He is now going to think I am a sex craved harpy!" Cosima laughed harder.
"Well you are Mon amour." Delphine replied as she gently took hold of Cosima's hands and gently kissed them, before kissing Cosima fully.
"Oooooo a make out session in the back seat. Have we done that yet?" Cosima asked full of seriousness again.
"Behave Cosima let's get in the house before you catch your death!" Delphine got out the car and headed in the direction of the small house that looked like a log cabin on the edge of the loch.
Cosima followed taking in the beautiful landscape that surrounded her. When she reached the front door she turned and looked over the expanse of water.
"I could live here!" She whispered to herself before she made her way into the house where Delphine and Paul waited for her. Cosima smiled just the sight of Delphine looking so relaxed and happy made her heart soar.
"OK guys, I know it's been a long morning so the plan of action for today is to relax until Beth gets home then stress the fuck out because she is midering you to death. Let her go freshen up we go and have a drink in the pub. Beth meets us there for food and then we get completely rat arsed!" Paul explained the day's activities to the two women.
"Sounds good to me except the midering part." Cosima huffed. "I get midered enough by my family at home!"
"Well Beth doesn't mean anything by it. It's just her mothering nature. She just likes to look after people and she just doesn't realise she is just midering them." Paul explains.
"You will love her when you meet her Cosima. She just has that …. Oh Paul help me out here?!" Delphine tried to explain looking to her friend for help.
"What you mean is that she is just too damn adorable." Paul laughed knowing that when Beth first came on the scene both he and she had tried to hit on her. Delphine was knocked back and Paul had won the girl. He smiled at the memory of Delphine huffing and puffing like a wounded peacock.
Cosima laughed, it made Delphine all the more adorable when she struggled to find the right words.
"So I'm guessing that she is quite beautiful if you put up with the midering because I would need something to take my mind of it all the time!" Laughed Cosima knowing exactly what they both meant.
Paul just nodded enthusiastically and Delphine blushed. 'Ha Ha I knew it!' Cosima thought triumphantly with a smirk.
"So you don't think I am beautiful then because I don't mider you?" Teased Cosima.
"Oh Cherie you are more beautiful than Beth!" Delphine gushed.
Cosima knew then that she couldn't tell Delphine about it being her that she would be looking after.
"I'm just going to freshen up!" Cosima said to Delphine. "I'm sure I have drool down my chin!"
"Ok Cherie, don't be long." Smiled her girlfriend.
Cosima walked towards what she found to be the bathroom and took her phone out. She fired off a quick text to Aldous.
Hi Aldous. I don't want the support worker that you chose. Cancel them please. I want a male one. Cosima.
She put the phone back in her pocket and checked out her face and splashed some water over it to try and take the blush away from her cheeks.
"Damn it Cosima why did everything have to be so complicated!" She spoke to herself in the mirror. "Things are going so great. Why didn't you make her choose between you and the job?"
Cosima stared hard at herself in the mirror. Trying to work out why things had worked out for her the way they had. Nothing had ever been easy for her and she always had to find the hardest way to do anything. The silent buzzing of her phone broke her out of her thoughts. She unlocked it and clicked on the message icon that came up.
Sorry Cosima not enough time to do that. Also it wouldn't be fair on Ms. Cormier to just cancel her contract without warning. You will just have to make do with her. Why the sudden turn around I thought you wanted a female after the Felix incident?
Aldous, I am allowed to change my preferences if I want. It is my money paying for this no one else's. Change the support worker or I will leave DYAD. Cosima.
It was all that she could do. She felt terrible having to do things this way but she just didn't want to have to hurt her more than she could. Again her phone buzzed.
Cosima it is a no go. Have spoken to my manager and she has said that because the contract has been drawn and signed that it is legally binding. If she hadn't signed the contract then we could have changed her job. Sorry our hands are tied.
Cosima let out a little sigh and put her phone away again. She couldn't bear the thought that she was going to hurt Delphine in the worst way possible. Taking a deep breath she ran her fingers through her dreads and wiped her mouth with the cloth she found. Turning round she went towards the door. "Here goes everything best make the best of these couple of days." She swallowed hard to stop the tears from forming. Taking the door handle she stood tall and plastered her best smile on and left the comfort of the bathroom.
The afternoon was uneventful they all just relaxed telling stories about themselves, making each other laugh. Cosima participated but felt like an outsider when it came to Paul and Delphine telling stories because they always involved each other.
Cosima decided the next story she was going to tell was about their trip to Battersea. It held so many happy memories. In fact she could quite easily say it was the happiest she had been for a number of years. As she told the story she could see that Delphine was blushing profusely. Paul just sat with a big grin on his face.
"That's Delphine for you. Always thinking about romance." Paul beamed at his best friend.
"Behave Paul!" Delphine chided her blush getting deeper and deeper.
"Hey everyone I'm home!" A high pitched voice broke through the calm that had come over the room.
"Beth!"Delphine stood up excited.
"Del, it's about bloody time that you came up here again it's been way too long! I have missed you!" The other woman said as she took Delphine by the hands and dragged her into a tight embrace.
"I know Beth; you say that every time I come up. This time I have a good reason for it taking so long for me to return." Turning and extending her hand for Cosima to take. "Beth this is my girlfriend Cosima. Cosima this is my friend Beth." Delphine introduced her two favourite females.
Cosima did her awkward wave and smile to Beth and Beth just bounced forward and hugged Cosima tightly.
"So you're the one who took our Delphine away from us. You must be some very special lady to do that!" Beth joked as she eventually released Cosima from her death grip as Cosima had mentally named it.
"Oh I didn't do anything it was all Delphine's fault." Cosima replied deadpan. Delphine just stared at her girlfriend her mouth wide open in shock at Cosima's comment.
"Oh is that how it is going to be eh puppy!" Delphine teased.
"No you're the puppy!" Cosima giggled as she scooted past Beth away from Delphine as she tried to grab her.
Cosima laughed and finally let Delphine catch her. They both hugged out of breath.
"Aww they are just too adorable aren't they Paul?" Beth cooed at the two women.
"It is quite sickening really!" Paul pretended to be sick in the waste bin by his feet.
"Oh behave Paul you were like that once with me. What happened to that Paul?" Beth asked jokingly.
"Oh he is still here just coiled and ready to strike when you least expect it!" Paul teased as he started to tickle his girlfriend. Beth screamed and wriggled out of his grasp.
"OK girlies has this one shown you to your room yet?" Beth pointed towards Paul.
"No, we have been catching up and telling stories as we usually do." Delphine admitted.
"Tsk Paul, what did I tell you to do? I told you show them to their room first so they could relax before tonight and get comfortable. You never change as a host." Beth sounded serious but Paul knew it was one of her long running jokes with him.
"Oh it's our fault really. I actually slept in the car here from the airport and Delphine she has just been on a high since yesterday night knowing she is coming here. In fact I would say she is starting to come down from it right … about…now!" Cosima said just as she noticed Delphine's eyes close with the exhaustion.
Cosima gave Delphine a little nudge and Delphine stood up.
"I'm so sorry, I am tired now. How long til we eat?" Delphine asked.
"Well I am going to have a bath and freshen up, so how about you go and have a lie down for a couple of hours. We will come and get you at say 7pm?" Beth said to Delphine and Cosima.
"That would be amazing, and don't worry I will look after Delphine." Cosima said as she followed Beth with Delphine to the bedroom.
"OK girls, there are plenty of towels in the drawers. Anything you need just yell OK!" Beth explained.
They both nodded and Beth left them to their own devices. Cosima looked at the view out of the window. She had her breath taken away by the view. Delphine came up behind her and put her hands around the smaller woman's waist and her head on her shoulder.
"What are you thinking about?" Delphine asked the woman in her arms.
"It's so beautiful here? Why did you ever leave? I would never leave if I lived here." Cosima asked.
"Work is the only reason I left. I couldn't get any lab jobs up here and when I was offered the job in London I jumped at it. It wasn't the exact job I wanted but it was in the field I wanted to work so yeah that's why I left here." Delphine said wistfully "Well if I hadn't left here I would never have net you!" She added with a smile.
Cosima turned round so she was facing Delphine. Putting her own arms around Delphine she looked up into the green eyes of the woman she loves. "I'm so glad you did move to London in that case." She smiled as she moved to kiss Delphine.
Delphine responded and within seconds the kiss had deepened. Cosima gently pulled away and rested her head on Delphine's shoulder letting out a little contented sigh. They then both moved towards the bed a lay down.
Delphine dozed as soon as her head hit the pillow, Cosima lay watching her. Moving strands of hair out of her face, gently kissing her cheek every so often. Her heart had started to break the moment she realised that this may well be the last few nights that she got to do this, and it would be her own fault.
Cosima tried to have a nap but it just wasn't happening for her. It was like her mind was telling her she had to stay awake for the next 96hrs because after that there would be nothing but pain and hurt.
She moved closer to Delphine and the other woman nuzzled into her. "Hmmmm, I love you." Delphine said softly. Cosima felt the sting at the back of her eyes and she cried silently not wanting Delphine to see her like this.
True to her word Beth banged on the door at 7pm. Cosima had got up and was in the bathroom. Delphine woke up and it took her a moment to remember where she was. She looked at Cosima as she walked back in the room.
"I had a strange dream that you were holding me and crying?" Delphine said as she stretched herself fully awake. "It felt so real!"
"Yeah? If I was going to cry you would know about it babe!" Cosima said trying to swallow down the dread that had surfaced and threatened to manifest itself.
"Would I now? The only crying I can ever remember is the tears you let fall after I have had my wicked way with you!" Delphine teased. She had woken up more refreshed than she thought she should be.
Cosima laughed trying hard to act normal and not let the tears spill again. Delphine walked up to her and pulled her in close.
"I really did hit the jackpot the day I saw you. I know I say it a lot to you but it's true."
"Delphine I was the lucky one. If I hadn't needed that joint, I would have still been in the office when you came in, and I would never have seen the blush you had when you saw me at the lift. It was your eyes that seduced me the moment you looked my way. I am so glad I had been in that day." Cosima spoke truthfully, but there was also the merest hint of remorse in her statement. If she had been in the office when Delphine had seen her they would not be in this position now.
"Cherie I am going to go and freshen up before Beth comes and crashes through the door to get us moving. So on that note. I want you to know that I love you and you are my everything OK. Don't ever forget that. Go out and distract Beth she is probably dying to give you the Spanish inquisition on everything to do with you." Delphine said happily.
"OK babes just don't take too long." Cosima begged as she kissed her girlfriend before going out to Beth screaming her name happily and dragging her to sit down.
Delphine made her way to the bathroom where she looked at herself in the mirror. She really did feel like the luckiest person in the whole world but she looked like shit. Stripping off she jumped in the shower. The hot water washing away all signs of sleep and tiredness. Her mind wandered to the dream she had. She was sure that she had been awake even just awake and Cosima was shaking. She had felt the wetness of tears on her shoulder. She hadn't wanted to move and alert Cosima to her being awake, that's why she had made the comment about it being a dream. She would ask Paul if he had idea on what would make her cry like that. But Paul being Paul he would probably just ask her straight out. Subtlety was not Paul's strong point.
Delphine finished in the shower, dried herself and put the spare robe on from the back of the bathroom door. She let herself out and almost collided with Beth.
"Oh I'm sorry Beth."
"It's OK Del; I was just going to get some of the good wine we keep in the locker room. I thought we could have a decent drink here before we get the crap the pub calls wine." She laughed.
Delphine knew exactly what she meant. Whilst Scotland was famous for the amazing Whiskey, the wine selection left a lot to be desired. That's why every time Paul and Beth went abroad they would bring cases of the good stuff home to store. They had been doing that for about 5 years now and had quite a good collection together.
"Well let me make myself decent and then I will join you? Is Paul still around or has he gone the pub already?" Delphine asked.
"Del, he left for the pub about ten minutes after you and Cosima went to your room. You know what he is like, plus the fact his beloved Liverpool are playing tonight so he will be pissed by the time we get there anyway!" Beth sighed.
Delphine couldn't help but laugh, Paul had hated football for so long. She had brought him a ticket to a pre-season match and he had fallen in love, just not with his local team.
Cosima on hearing Delphine came out to see what was happening.
"Go sit down Cosima I will be back in a minute!" Beth scolded her.
"Yes boss!" Cosima joked.
Delphine felt a wave of affection as she realised the two women were getting on brilliantly.
Two bottles of wine later and the women still hadn't left the house. Paul came back worse for wear and went straight to bed. The girls just carried on drinking into the night.
"So Cosima how did you two meet? Delphine hasn't told us anything you know. Kept you a big secret until a couple of weeks ago." Beth slurred.
Cosima recounted the chance meeting they had and how things had developed. Beth saying Aww and ahhh every so often. Delphine moved in closer to Cosima, she loved the way that Cosima told their story. Her hands telling just as much of the story as Cosima did.
Cosima then turned round to look at Delphine smiled took her hand and softly kissed it. "Definitely the best day of my life." Cosima whispered as she turned to look at Beth who had fallen asleep. The two women who were awake stifled a laugh. Took the throw from the back of the sofa and put it over the sleeping woman and made their way to the bedroom. Both smiling lovingly at each other.
"You know Cosima; I would marry you tomorrow given half a chance." Delphine didn't realise she had said it out loud until Cosima gasped and looked shocked at her.
"You want to marry me?" She asked her voice quivering.
"Yes I would love to marry you, but on one condition." Delphine says seriously.
"Anything." Cosima replies excitement building.
"Well, I think you should ask me, not me ask you." Delphine giggled.
"Huh, you were the one who mentioned marriage!" Cosima said confused.
"Yes, but you have shorter legs so it is easier for you to get down on one knee." Delphine started laughing uncontrollably.
"And you call me a brat!" Cosima playfully sulked.
"Aww my poor puppy." Delphine said softly.
"And when did I earn the name puppy? That seems to have come out of nowhere?"
"Because you always look at me with your cute little puppy dog eyes so you are my puppy." Delphine explained and Cosima giggled liking the new name.
Taking Delphine's hand she pulled her into the bedroom and shut the door behind them. Giggles soon replaced with gasps and moans of pleasure.
The rest of the days they spent with Beth and Paul passed by in a drunken blur. When Delphine was to look back at these times she would remember little things. (We will come back to this in chapters in the future :p)
It was 6am on the Tuesday morning. Delphine was trying to wake Cosima they had to catch the coach to Glasgow and they had just over an hour to be ready. Cosima just wasn't playing ball this morning. Delphine felt delicate enough without having Cosima behave like a spoiled brat!
"Cosima if you don't get moving we are going to miss the coach then you won't be able to see Hayley Williams tonight!" Delphine tried exasperated at Cosima's stubbornness.
"Nooooooooooo. I don't want to move. Why is everything spinning?" Cosima sulked.
"Well if you hadn't got through 2 bottles of wine on your own last night then you wouldn't feel this bad!" Delphine had very little sympathy for Cosima today. Her hangover was of her own doing.
"Well you kept filling my glass so I blame you." Cosima sounded pissed off.
"Don't you dare take it out on me! I was the one taking care of you at 2am when you were throwing up!" Delphine started to get annoyed.
"I didn't ask you to. I would have quite happily married the toilet bowl last night." Cosima said in all seriousness.
Delphine couldn't help herself with that comment and burst into fits of giggles and after a short moment Cosima was doing the same.
After a few minutes the laughter calmed down and Cosima finally got herself ready. They went into the lounge and Beth was already to take them to catch the coach.
"Paul said to say Love you and give you both a big kiss from him. He said he will text when he is semi alive." Beth explained.
Both Cosima and Delphine let Beth drag them into one of her death holds and let her give them a kiss before they moved away. Delphine looked at Beth with affection, a tear fell down her cheek.
"Hey don't you dare cry Delphine, we promised each other years ago we would never cry when we say goodbye!" Beth said trying hard to curtail her own emotion.
"I know Mon ami, but I always find it hard to leave here. You and Paul are more than just friends you are my family." The tears beginning to fall freely.
"You always make it seem like you will never see us again." Beth chided.
"You can't get rid of me that easily!" Delphine said as she took Beth's hand. "Thank you so much for the last few days. It was what we really needed, and being here seems to have done Cosima some good. Not one anxiety attack since we got here."
Cosima nodded it was true in a way. She hadn't had an anxiety attack but it had manifested itself in the fact that she would cry herself to sleep each night after Delphine had fallen asleep.
The women left the house and got in the car to go to the bus stand. Both the women getting excited about the concert they were going to that night. Cosima telling Delphine everything about every song they had released. Cosima's reasoning was that if they were going to the concert she needed to know the songs that would be played.
Delphine loved this little quirk of Cosima's.
They soon arrived at the bus stand and the coach was waiting for them. They quickly said their goodbyes to Beth and boarded the coach. Cosima putting her earphones in so not as to suffer too badly with travel sickness.
Delphine found herself sleeping on Cosima's shoulder. It was a much needed sleep because she had been up half the night with Cosima being sick, but also she just struggled to sleep full stop, maybe it had been nerves because her start date was now looming.
The comforting hum of the music had lulled her off.
Delphine was woken up by Cosima when they arrived at the Coach station. Cosima's eyes wide in excitement. They still had 6 hours before the concert. They had plenty of time to go around to the hotel and do whatever they wanted to do before going to the SEC arena.
"Come on Delphine lets go dump our stuff and go and paint the town red!" Cosima said enthusiastically.
"Hey babe, let us just relax it's going to be manic tonight and how you are not shattered is beyond me!" Delphine groaned.
"Oh you're such a spoil sport you know that!" Cosima pouted.
"And you're such a brat!" Delphine replied with a smile.
"No you are the brat dude!" Cosima laughed.
"When did I become a dude?" Delphine said in mock shock.
"When you said no to me!" Cosima laughed.
Delphine pulled Cosima into a kiss. Cosima squealed trying to wriggle away.
"No you don't get round me that easily." She laughed as Delphine started to tickle her.
"How about I show you what I would rather do with you this afternoon." Delphine said with a twinkle in her eyes.
That look was the winner. Cosima soon forgot about anything and started to look for a taxi rank.
"Ok get us to the hotel now!" Cosima ordered her girlfriend.
Delphine laughed and made her way to the taxi rank she had found out was at the front of the coach station. She told him the name of the hotel and they were on their way. Cosima snuggled into Delphine, holding her hand playing with her fingers.
"I can already imagine what you could be doing to me." Cosima whispered into Delphine's ear.
Delphine felt her stomach flip, she knew they shouldn't but they were still officially on holiday so why not and it's not like they could exactly be their usual loud self when they were at Paul's.
They arrived at the hotel after about 15 minutes. Delphine paid after arguing with Cosima about who should pay. Cosima hated it when she paid for everything but it had been her suggestion to come away and her surprise with the concert. So she was just following everything through.
After checking in and making their way to the room Delphine got drinks from the bar sent to the room and filled the bath. Cosima sat next to the bath as Delphine got in. Sliding her way to the back of the tub she motioned for Cosima to get in too.
"We might as well make the most of this!" Delphine smiled cheekily as she wrapped her arms around Cosima.
"Why?" Cosima asked, worried that Delphine knew her secret.
"Well, after tomorrow I will be working, sometimes long assed days. So I want to make every minute matter right now, because who knows how long it will be before we can enjoy each other like this again." Delphine said wistfully.
"Don't think like that babe, there will always be time for us to spend together. I am not going anywhere…" Cosima trailed off into her thoughts. 'You will be though!' her mind said bitterly.
"I am not going anywhere. You're stuck with me." Delphine said tenderly as she kissed Cosima's shoulder.
They lay together in the water until it began to go cold. Cosima shivered and Delphine moved quickly to get them both out of the plummeting water. They made their way to the bed and just lay in each other's arms, drinking in the sight of each other, exchanging passion filled kisses, both wanting to do more but scared in case they missed the concert. Eventually they both dozed off into a light sleep, Cosima tossing and turning unable to switch her mind off. Delphine trying to grab hold of Cosima every time she moved out of her arms. It was almost like she was holding on for dear life. If she let go then she would be lost.
The alarm went off at 6:30pm giving the women half an hour to get ready and out before the taxi came. They were staying about a 5 minute ride away from the arena. The doors opened at 7:15 and the first act would take the stage at 8:00pm. By the time the first support act had finished Delphine was really in the mood to let her hair down. Cosima was entranced by the music. Her body moving with every note, every beat of the drum. It was like the beat had taken over her body. Delphine was loving watching her be so free.
The arena went dark and Cosima held on tight to Delphine's hand. Suddenly the group's name flashed on the giant screen PARAMORA. Cosima let out an almighty scream. A drum began its beat followed by a guitar, then the bass. Suddenly a small woman with bright red hair came bounding out onto the stage. The energy she radiated brought the whole arena to life. She literally bounced from one end of the stage to the other in seconds. Cosima was singing along to the song, Delphine recognised it as the one she had heard Cosima sing a lot at home "I caught myself". She soon found herself humming along. She found herself enjoying the infectious energy coming from the singer. She understood why Cosima liked her so much. She wrote all the songs, and everything had a meaning to it. Delphine found herself enjoying the song "The only exception" It touched her because it made her think about her parents dying, how that really Cosima was the first person she had let love her unconditionally and she had done the same.
Cosima had been watching Delphine all through the concert and couldn't believe how much she had go into the music. She smiled. It was like Delphine had let the words of every song wash over her and enter her soul. She thought back to when she had first heard Hayley Williams sing. It had been on some song that she had collaborated with someone she couldn't remember their name, but she had been mesmerised by her voice, she listened over and over to the same song it had annoyed the hell out of Sarah and her mum but she did it even more just to wind them up.
Cosima recognised the up tempo intro to the song "Ain't it Fun?" and she pulled Delphine closer to dance with her. Delphine moved with her, both moving in time with the words. Both women smiling broadly. When the song finished Cosima tiptoed and kissed Delphine.
"I love you!" She said simply.
"Je t'aime!" Delphine replied.
They never really heard the rest of the concert they were wrapped up in each other so much; Delphine loved the experience of being able to share this with Cosima. She just wanted to do everything that Cosima loved, the only thing she probably wouldn't do was the weed. Not because she didn't want to because she had done it once in Uni, but because she was now subject to regular drug testing so she didn't want to fail that.
They didn't even realise fully the concert had finished they were that wrapped up in each other. It was only when people started barging past them that they moved apart.
Cosima took Delphine's hand and led her towards the exit.
A/N Sorry about the Scotland trip taking up so much of the chapter but it's the way I wanted it after I had to change how I was going to originally end it. The concert part was only about 3 sentences in the first draft so it is now a bit longer. I know I didn't go into too much detail, but if I started putting all the songs down I liked then my chapter selection of song would also have to change ha-ha.
Any way enjoy reviews are greatly appreciated as always, let's see if I can reach over a 1000 views this month