Chapter 13- Bachelorette
Delphine smiled, feeling like a small child again as she saw her mother's unforgettable form walk towards her with an equally bright beam. She ran towards her, giving her a tight hug. The woman was the same height as Delphine with a short pixie cut in the same shade of blonde. She wore a bright red top and a long, flowing skirt, ruby earrings dangling from her earlobes, accessorized with a thin pair of glasses. There was something so bright about her.
She was just as Delphine remembered. The moment the blonde doctor hugged the woman who had raised her, she was transported back to being 5 years old, standing next to her in the kitchen and waiting to have a turn to knead a loaf of bread. She still smelled like yeast and sugar with a touch of honeysuckle.
"Quelle affaire, ce transport par avion! La visite prochaine tu viendras me voir; j'haïs l'aire recirculé. Mais ma belle petite Delphine, c'est par la grâce de Dieu que je te vois encore. Comment ça va? Quand est-ce que je vais rencontrer ma nouvelle fille et petite-fille?
Quelle affaire, ce transport par avion! La visite prochaine tu viendras me voir; j'haïs l'air recirculé. Mais ma belle petite Delphine, c'est par la grâce de Dieu que j'ai la chance de te voir encore. Comment ça va? Quand est-ce que je vais rencontrer ma nouvelle fille et petite-fille?"" she asked all in a rush, still not breaking the hug with her daughter.
Delphine chuckled and pulled back, kissing both of her mother's cheeks "Maman, une question à la fois. Elles sont ici. Viens! Maman, one question at a time. They're here. Come!" Delphine answered, taking her mother's hand and walking her through the busy airport to where Charlotte was making a game of trying to balance on the back of Cosima's chair.
Both of them were laughing as they tipped backwards slightly, then landed forward again. Charlotte looked up and saw her maman, getting down immediately, knowing that she'd been warned not to do that.
Cosima turned to see her fiancee and this very similar-looking woman walking towards them. She watched as Delphine gave their daughter her trademark mom look and spoke up before she could scold the child.
"You must Annette, bonjour Mme Cormier" Cosima spoke, smiling up at the woman and mentally kicking herself for her attempt at french.
Delphine forgot about Charlotte's disobedience for the moment as she couldn't help but chuckle at Cosima's terrible pronunciation. She turned to her mother, whom she saw was pleased by the attempt.
"Bonjour, yes, I am Annette. I am assuming that you are the famous Cosima" she noted, extending a hand to the woman in the wheelchair.
Cosima gave the woman a quick wave before taking the offered hand and shaking it "Why, yes I am. Hardly famous, but very much Cosima" she replied.
"Not in my daughter's eyes" she expressed, watching Delphine turn a shade of red. The woman then turned to Charlotte "And that would make you Charlotte" she deducted.
Charlotte nodded and held her hand out to her grandmother. "Pleased to meet you" the young girl expressed.
Annette looked to her daughter and smiled "Ah, je vois que quelqu'un connait ses manières. Ah, I see that someone knows their manners" the older blonde noted in a pleased tone.
Charlotte giggled as Maman beamed proudly at her and shook her hand.
"Charlotte, this is your Mamie" Delphine told her daughter, smiling as she rubbed her mother's shoulder.
"She's tall like you, maman" the young clone noted.
"Yeah, well don't get any ideas, you're gonna be my height, kid" Cosima told her kid, ruffling her hair "and it's almost time for a haircut."
Charlotte giggled "I know! But it's nice having someone around who can reach the top cabinet" she told her mummy, making a face at her in jest.
Cosima shook her head and went to respond, coughing into the hanky she grabbed from the pocket in her chair instead.
Delphine walked over to her, rubbing her back gently as she looked up at her daughter "Charlotte, help Mamie get her luggage? We'll meet you two over there" she instructed.
Charlotte nodded "D'accord, Maman" she responded, taking Mamie's hand and walking her over "Pendant que tu es ici, je dois te montrer mon collection de roches, et bien mon laboratoire. Maman et Mummy m'ont donné mon propre section. While you're here, I have to show you my rock collection and my lab. Maman and Mummy gave me my own section" the girl informed her grandmother.
Cosima kept coughing and Delphine wheeled her over to face a bench, which she sat on. She leaned forward and rubbed the brunette's back, trying to shield her from the stares.
"Do you need another handkerchief?" Delphine asked.
Cosima nodded and Delphine reached for the backup she kept inside her own pocket. She switched it out for the one that was saturated and leaking into Cosima's palm. She slipped the old one into the wet bag in another pocket of the chair before she checked her fiancee's oxygen tank level, opening the pressure valve a little more.
The french woman felt her heart in her throat. She continued to rub Cosima's back, doing her best to shield her from the world as she waved away concerned security guards. There was nothing they could do, nothing anyone could do. It would only further embarrass Cosima.
Cosima thanked her lucky stars that Delphine was here. She could feel the eyes burning through her back. It didn't really matter as her attention was taken up by the burning in her lungs and the rough shaking of her body with every cough. Delphine's steady, strong hand on her back reminded her that she wasn't alone in this. Tomorrow, they would be married. Cosima only wished that she could hang on long enough for that.
When the coughing finally subsided, Delphine pulled out a package of wet wipes and handed one to Cosima, taking the handkercheif and tucking it away. "Do you want to wash up in the bathroom?" the doctor asked, concerned.
The brunette shook her head and cleared her throat, wiping her face and hands on a series of wet naps "I'm okay. Did you turn the oxygen up?" she asked.
Delphine responded by nodding her head "Is it too much?" she inquired, concerned.
"No, it's good. We'll have to umm...change the tank before we head home" the clone stated, clearing her throat again, reaching behind herself to grab the bottle of water in the holder. She took a few swigs and put it back, looking up at Delphine "I'm okay" she assured.
The blonde smiled and nodded "Okay. Let's get my maman home then. She'll probably want a nap."
Cosima chuckled softly, her exhaustion now taking a firm grip on her "We should take one too, especially with tonight's activities. Any clue what Cal's got planned?"
Delphine chuckled "Knowing us, we will just play darts at his place" she told Cosima "You are the one who is going to have the crazy wild bachelorette party. Sarah's told me a couple of things her and Alison have planned. So have fun, and remember who you are marrying" Delphine joked, kissing Cosima's cheek.
The brunette blushed and slowly shook her head. She took a deep breath and relaxed back in the chair, curving her spine to sink in as she braced an elbow on the armrest and waved her hand around as she spoke "Do you really think we shouldn't let Charlotte go with the kids tonight? She's already been grounded from like everything for the week" Cosima reminded her soon-to-be-wife.
Delphine closed her eyes "Cosima, we have talked about this. Punishment is punishment. If we ground her from TV, internet, the phone, and friends for a week, we need to stick to it" the blonde argued.
Cosima grimaced "Hard ass" she accused.
"Yeah well someone has to be, mummy chill-out" Delphine countered, leaning in and kissing Cosima again. She looked up and saw her mother and daughter walking back, each wheeling a bag.
"Fine" Cosima conceded. She'd tried, but Delphine was right and they had agreed on the punishment. She turned around to see Charlotte and Annette laughing. It didn't seem like a night alone with Delphine's mother would exactly be punishment anyways.
Delphine set up her shot, taking aim before snapping her wrist and sending the dart whizzing to the board, where it hit with a soft thud. She turned to Cal and chuckled shrugging.
"Guess that's game" she told him, heading to the board and pulling her three darts out, the last one having landed on the triple 1 to get her triple out of their game.
He shook his head "Seriously? How did you get so good at this?" he asked.
"Cal, we've been doing this every day" she reminded him.
The blonde walked back to the bar table that was set up right at the line for the dartboard and took a sip of her root beer. Cal had started brewing the stuff himself and she had to admit that it was way better than any other root beer she'd had. He had it on tap and everything.
"Donnie should be getting here soon" Cal noted, leaning against the table and taking a swig from his own glass. "Any clue what's going on over at the Hendrix'?" the lumberjack inquired, heading over and flopping onto the couch.
Delphine followed, sitting down across from him, letting her long legs swing up and tuck under her sideways "I know Alison mentioned that Sarah had picked out a porn they were gonna watch. Oh, and they were going to order pizza and strippers" Delphine informed him.
He chuckled "I'm sure Helm will appreciate all of those forms of entertainment" the lumberjack joked, taking another sip of his root beer.
Delphine laughed, nodded "It is funny to think about what his face will look like."
Cal joined in on the laughter "We should sneak over there just to watch his reaction."
The blonde gasped and reached over, hitting his arm "You are terrible."
"It makes me fun. Besides, we've got a full night ahead of us. Pool and more darts and pasta and a very healthy salad, oh and Donnie and I want to hear gross doctor stories."
"You sure about that? I think Donnie might pass out" Delphine informed the lumberjack with a scrunched nose.
"Even more fun!" Cal teased as the doorbell rang. He jumped up "There's the man of the hour."
Cosima was in her chair, set up in front of the TV as she waited for the surprise Sarah had for her. She smiled, looking around the room. Ali was pouring glasses of red wine for everyone, making sure they were set up for the drinking game that accompanied this surprise. Sarah was fiddling with her computer that was hooked up to the still off TV. Scott was currently seated next to herself, looking awkwardly into his glass of wine and telling her about his newest board game find. She was half listening as she noticed Felix and Helena talking about her pregnancy.
Even just being in the room with all of them was a party enough. She knew though, that Felix and Sarah would never let her get away with such a tame bachelorette party. And neither would Alison it seemed, which was oddly out of character for her. Cosima eyed the housewife through squinted eyes, thinking about why that was. She made a mental note to ask Ali about her own bachelorette party, having a sneaking suspicion that it was less tame than her sister would like people to think.
While she was busy watching her sister a loud moan erupted from the TV and a series of different reactions peppered the room. She turned her attention and laughed when she saw what Sarah had gotten on the screen. The video was quickly paused on two women ( a tall blonde and shorter brunette of course) making out. Sarah pointed at her and nodded. Cosima shook her head, flopping dreads from side to side as she relaxed back into her chair.
"This is all for you, sestra. All girl porno drinking game, with the exception of our sestra-mother-to-be of course" the punk told the room. "Rules are simple, drink every time one of these things happens: "Moans that aren't real", "Holy shite those nails are way too long", and my personal favourite, drain your drink for "There's no way in bloody hell that was a real orgasm"."
Cosima laughed, hearing Scott exhale as slowly and loudly as a balloon slowly losing air.
Helena looked at Felix, confused "What is this, this prono sestra Sarah is speaking of?" she asked.
"Oh, bollocks, really?" He asked the pregnant woman, rolling his eyes. "Sexy movies, Helena."
"Like the kissing they are doing?" she asked, pointing to the screen.
"Sometimes I get reminded that you grew up under the convent rock. It is going to be so much more than kissing. Hope you wore thick panties" Felix told her.
She gave him an odd look and drank her grape juice.
Cosima looked over at her father, shrugging at him. Helm laughed and shrugged back, taking a swig from him beer. The brunette gave her father her signature incisor-filled smile as she turned her attention back to the screen.
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let the lesbians fuck for me" she told Sarah.
Sarah hit play and took her seat.
Delphine speared another fork of penne and chewed it happily while Donnie spoke.
"Yeah, so unfortunately Oscar's team is losing their coach next year. It's gonna be tough finding someone to take the job. None of us really know anything about hockey" Donnie told the two of them. "And all the kids are upset because he's been with them since they started. It kind of really sucks."
Cal nodded "What do you need to coach?" he asked.
"There are a few clinics and certifications, nothing too difficult. Why, are you interested?" the male Hendrix asked.
"I might be. Kira's expressed an interest in playing. The kids play out in the street whenever they're over. You guys really need to get some street hockey gear" the lumberjack told them.
Delphine shrugged "I had no idea they were that interested. Charlotte hasn't said anything."
"Well of course she hasn't, she can't play with her leg and all" Donnie mentioned to Delphine.
Delphine took a deep breath and nodded "It would be difficult."
"Well I mean, she could play goal" Cal mentioned. "We train her as a stand-up tender. Then, when Finny here heals her knee, we can ease her into butterfly."
Cal was speaking a foreign language to Delphine, having no idea what he was talking about "Are you still speaking English?" she asked.
The men laughed and nodded "Sorry, I was just saying that she's got one good knee, so if we teach her how to play mostly standing up, she would only need to get on a knee to cover the puck. Once you heal her, we can teach her to play more on her knees" the rugged man explained.
"I do not know. I would be worried about her getting hurt" Delphine told them, taking another bite.
"Everyone gets hurt. It's a sport. She's gonna get hurt in soccer" Donnie told her.
"I'll talk it over with her and Cosima" Delphine told them.
"Well, if Cal here takes the coaching spot, you could always be the trainer" Donnie informed her.
"What's a trainer? Like fitness?" she asked, confused.
"No, no. Medical. Every team has a trainer on the bench during games so that if someone gets hurt, there's an adult who is trained in hockey-specific first aid to head onto the ice. You being a doctor and all, and also if she did get hurt, you'd be the first one to respond" the suburban husband explained.
"Oh. Well, I'll think about it" Delphine told them.
The doorbell rang and Donnie squeaked in glee, immediately getting a look of disdain from Cal.
"Who else is coming?" Delphine asked them. She didn't get an answer "Les gars?" she inquired again, suspicious as Donnie stood up to head to the door.
Cal stood too, handing Delphine a napkin "Might want to wipe the sauce off your lips" he told her.
"What is happening?" she asked as Cal started pulling her chair back from the table.
He picked it up with her still in it and set it in the middle of the kitchen. Suddenly the room was filled with dance music as two women in lab coats followed an excited Donnie into the kitchen.
"Strippers!" Donnie squealed in absolute excitement as he continually went to clap his hands, too excited to even allow them to make contact.
"I hear we've got a naughty doctor who is getting married" one of the women told the blonde.
Delphine laughed and looked up at Cal "Vraiment?" she asked.
The lumberjack shrugged and crossed his arms "Told you to wipe the sauce off."
Delphine quickly wiped her face, balling the napkin and throwing it to hit him square in the chest as the women continued to walk towards her, stopping a few feet away. She turned a dark shade of red and put a hand to her forehead, shaking her head. Out of her peripheral vision, she saw Donnie counting a wad of fives at the table.
"So doc, can we trust you to be an absolute riot tonight?" the shorter brunette woman asked.
Delphine laughed and looked up, shrugging "What the hell, bien sûr. An absolute riot."
"Well then, Mandy. There's a job to get done" the taller brunette responded, turning to her partner.
Each woman took a grip on the front of their lab coats, tearing them clean off to reveal some of the sexiest lingerie Delphine's ever seen.
"Woahoho!" Donnie expressed, his eyes going wide.
Cal chuckled as he watched Delphine's eyes go wide "You're welcome, Finny. Enjoy" he told her, pulling out his own wad of 5s and handing it to her.
Delphine took the money. She'd never had a lap dance before and handed the money to the woman identified as Mandy who was now standing right in front of her. Mandy laughed and shook her head.
"Not all at once, like this" she instructed Delphine, skimming a 5 off the top. She used her thumb to gently stretch the waistband of her underwear and trailed her hand with the five slowly down her torso to slide the bill into the waistband before snapping the elastic closed.
Delphine felt the heat in her rise at first with embarrassment, then with lust as she watching this woman's gorgeous body inches from her face. "Oh, oh, okay" Delphine stuttered.
The second stripper turned the music up and Mandy took another bill, putting it in Delphine mouth. She leaned in, straddling the tall blonde in the chair and lowered her head to take it out of the doctor's mouth, using her own. She could hear the french woman gulp audibly. It made her smile. She guided Delphine's hands over her thighs to grip her ass as she started to undulate in the woman's lap.
Delphine felt all sensible thought leave her as she looked down to watch the hips rock into her. This was incredibly new. Cosima had been the only woman who had ever been this close to her in such a sexual manner, let alone with all the exposed skin. She looked over to see Cal watching her and laughing as Donnie got his own dance from the other woman.
"Relax, blondie" Mandy whispered in her ear "Enjoy this. You'll be married tomorrow. Enjoy your last night as only a fiancee and not a wife."
Delphine nodded, pulling a bill out. What would she do with it? She took a deep breath and threw her inhibition to the wind. She tucked the bill into her own bra and giggled with the woman dipped her face down to take it out.
"That was not an orgasm! You liar!" Alison yelled at the TV, draining her juice.
The room followed with their own drinks as Cosima laughed. She'd already had a glass and that was enough for her tonight. Scott was beet red and she knew the pillow he was holding over his lap was concealing something that had sprung to life about an hour ago. Almost everyone was drunk at this point, with the exception of Helena, Alison, and Helm who had allowed himself a single beer.
Sarah got up and stumbled to her computer, turning off the porno.
"And that, ladies and gents concludes tonight's presentation of lying lesbos, a drinking game look into the world of shitty made for men lesbian porn" she called out, raising her newly filled glass for a toast.
Everyone laughed and toasted before Alison sprung up "I think it's time for gifts" she said.
Cosima chuckled "Gifts? Really? Who does gifts at a bachelorette party?" she asked.
"We do, now just enjoy it" Felix told her "You are bound to get some really naughty things from this group."
"Yeah, tomorrow's about the blenders and china. Tonight's about the...the…" Scott couldn't even get the words out.
"The dildos" Sarah stepped in for him.
Helm choked on his sip and Cosima laughed "Papa, you can head back home if you want. It's fine."
He shook his head "No. I umm...I just wasn't expecting that."
"Get used to it Daddy-o" Felix told him, clapping him on the shoulder.
Helm chuckled, raising his eyebrows at this twink. He found Felix quite amusing. The young man had no clue that he, himself was a gay man. It made for some quite amusing comments on the lad's part. He and his daughter had come to joke about it afterwards. He supposed it would all come to an end tomorrow at the wedding, when there was mention of Cosima's dad. But for now, he enjoyed the bliss of Felix' ignorance.
"I guess I will have to" he told him "This dildo stuff must be new for me, right?"
Felix rolled his eyes "Must be. Well, come, come. Open mine" he told Cosima, grabbing a box off a hidden table and walking it over to Cosima.
The brunette raised her eyebrows up at him and laughed "Okay. I guess this is happening" she said, tearing the booby wrapping paper. She opened the box and nodded. She pulled the assless chaps out of the box and held them up. "Felix, you are awesome" she noted, chuckling.
"Everyone's got a cowboy fantasy. Or cowgirl in your case. Delphine's getting a matching pair so you can go all Brokeback Mountain together" he told her.
Cosima laughed and nodded, an image of the tall blonde in assless chaps crossing her mind. She could already picture how red Delphine's face would be when she opened the gift.
"Thank you, Felix" the eldest clone mentioned.
"You are very welcome. Well, who's next then?" he asked.
The gifts kept coming. A few dildos from Helena who admitted that Felix had bought them for her, some organic edible massage oil and lube from Alison along with a book about erotic massage and something she called an OM (apparently standing for Orgasmic Meditation), a restraint system for the bed from Sarah and some bondage rope to go with it. Scott had gifted her a set of what he called "carefully curated pornographic films" along with a comical 55 gallon drum of lube that he told her would be delivered by UPS tomorrow. And her father had tastefully given her a giftcard to an online store. Thank the stars for that one.
"Great! Now it's time for games. Never have I ever?" Alison asked the group.
"What HAVE you done, Alison?" Sarah joked.
Delphine's hair was a mess and she was almost out of 5s. Mandy had moved on to Cal's lap and now Candy was all over her. Candy was a lot more handsy than her partner. Delphine wasn't complaining. Both women were now completely nude and the scent of pussy filled the air. Delphine couldn't tell if it was her own or the strippers', but it was delightful.
Candy was currently in some wild position. Her body was supported by her hands on the floor and her ankles were over Delphine's shoulders, allowing the blonde a nice view of between her legs. She HAD to tell Cosima all about this later. She knew her partner would be mad with desire at hearing about how hot this was. Just the idea made her giddy.
The men had switched to beer and whiskey a while ago and she could tell they were getting pretty drunk. She didn't mind staying with rootbeer, her mind still keeping firmly in the middle of it the fact that she very well might be pregnant. Every time she remembered that, it made her smile.
But right now, despite the ever present thought of carrying a child being in her mind, at the forefront was this glorious smell of female lubrication. Candy was moving closer to her face and she inhaled deeply, noticing how different she smelled than Cosima. Delphine placed a trail of bills down the stripper's back. The woman then hooked her feet on the back of the chair, bending her knees and bringing herself even closer to Delphine to allow the plastic money to roll off the back and down her head to land on the ground below her.
Then suddenly she was off Delphine's lap. Before the blonde could protest, a very well muscled guy in a speedo had taken her place, grinding his crotch into her stomach. She laughed in complete shock and turned to Cal.
He winked at her "Didn't think I'd forget about the other half of your sexuality, did you?" he asked, his head then being turned back to face the woman in his lap by the woman in his lap.
"I am going to get you back for this" Delphine called out as he tossed her another pack of 5s and sat back in his chair, his hands behind his head. She caught the bundle, still laughing.
"Oh, I am hoping you do" the lumberjack replied.
The man in her lap turned around to shake his ass in her face and Delphine slapped another bill into his waistband.
"Never have I ever done anal before" Scott told the group.
Everyone turned to look at each other as they watched Sarah, Felix, Cosima, and Helm all drink. Allison let out a burst of disgust.
"Ali, you're missing out" Cosima told her, laughing. It turned into a cough and she grabbed the hanky from her chair.
"You're all gross. Except for you Felix. I understand that it's a part of your sexuality" she noted.
"It's a part of all of our sexualities" Sarah informed her.
"Felix doesn't have another choice of hole though" Alison told them "Nevermind, I am not getting in to this right now. Cosima, it is your turn."
Cosima nodded and finished coughing, taking a sip of her water to clear the taste from her mouth as she cleared her throat and folded the blood stained material in her hand.
"Okay, never have I ever...lied about my period to get out of having sex" she said, rolling her head over to stare at Alison. "Drink up, pinocchio."
Alison flared her nostrils and took a sip. "Not fair" she stated, looking less than pleased. "Well, never have I ever gotten a lap dance" she told the group.
"We could have guessed that" Cosima countered, not drinking.
Sarah gasped "Cos, come on, never?"
Cosima shrug and made a show of it with her hands as she sat back in the chair "I just haven't."
Felix chuckled "Well luckily that is going to change. Allison…"
Alison smiled and hit a button on the remote. Cosima's eyes went wide as she processed that Allison might possibly be about to give her a lap dance. "No. No. Please no, keep your clothes on, Ali."
"Excuse me but I wouldn't strip for anyone, let alone you. That's what she's for" she said, opening the door to the backyard and a tall blonde nurse walked in.
"Ohhhhh" Cosima called out "You got me a stripper? You guys are the best!" she called out, then waved to the woman "Hi, I'm Cosima."
The stripper was thrown off "I'm umm...Heidi...I mean I'm Ginger" she corrected herself.
Sarah walked over to her sister and handed her a bundle of bills. Her, Cal, and Donnie had gotten a bunch of them from the bank earlier. She wondered how Delphine's surprise was going.
The Leda leader gave Cosima a soft punch on the arm.
"Don't spend it all in one place" she joked.
Cosima looked down at the money and laughed, pulling a bill out and waving it at the stripper "I think these are for you."
"Make me earn them, baby" Ginger replied.
Scott gasped as he watched in amazement. Felix was busy making more drinks for the group and Helena was completely enthralled by what was happening.
"So now she dances for sestra Cosima?" she asked Sarah.
"Yes. In her lap" Sarah told her, not taking her eyes off the stripper.
"While getting much naked?" Helena asked. Her eyes were being opened to a whole new world tonight. Why had no one ever told her about pornography and strippers and dildos?
"Yeah. Pretty much. Now shut your face meathead and enjoy the show" the other twin threatened, bumping Helena with an elbow.
Cosima couldn't believe how much this woman looked like Delphine and told herself to ask Delphine to give her a lap dance tomorrow night. She did her best to enjoy the woman stripping for her as she ground her body all over Cosima's, but she couldn't help the exhaustion. Cosima pulled her sweater closed a little tighter around herself and smiled politely at the woman.
"Your pool's open, right?" Donnie asked Delphine as they cleaned up the confetti left by the grand finale of the strippers.
"Yes and it is very expensive to have open this early, but Cosima wanted it ready for the wedding."
"Oh man, your hydro bill is going to be through the roof" Cal noted.
Delphine nodded with big eyes as she dumped the last dustpan of paper into the recycle bin.
"We should go skinny dipping" the male Hendrix told the other two.
Delphine chuckled "Yeah. That sounds like fun"
"Better yet, we should go crash Cosima's party and get everyone to come with us" Cal suggested.
Delphine nodded gratefully. She was aching to hold Cosima right now. They hadn't spent this much time apart since getting back together. Especially with this week's happenings, she felt particularly in need of physical touch and assurance from her partner. She closed her eyes and smiled, remembering what hugging Cosima felt like. The smaller woman was so warm and comfortable. It was like being wrapped in the largest, comfiest duvet, surrounded by a pit of pillows on a cold winter's day.
Donnie finished his beer "Let's go!" he called out, putting his shoes on and running out the door. "Last one there's gotta streak the girls' party!" he told them. Big mistake.
Delphine and Cal (the two runners) took off behind him.
The room applauded as Ginger took a bow and collected her 5s.
"Thank you, that was fun" Cosima told her.
"My pleasure. I wish all of my clients were so respectful" the stripper told her, pulling her shoes on.
Cosima smiled "Well you do a great job. Have a nice night, Heidi."
The stripper smiled, blushing as she waved and put her long coat on, walking out.
Sarah hollered at Cosima "You charmer! I have never seen anyone get a stripper to blush like that"
"She was nice, okay?" Cosima argued.
At that moment, Donnie burst into the room, his hands holding his junk as he ran bare assed in socks and running shoes through the basement.
"Donnie! Stop that! What are you doing?" Allison yelled at him, grabbing a broom and starting to swat him with it.
"I'm sorry honey, I lost the race" he told her.
Delphine and Cal high fived each other as they stepped up to the door frame, laughing. Cosima felt her heart explode as she watched the blonde frenchwoman make eye contact with her. She gave her fiancee a little wave and Delphine returned it with a wink.
"Cal? YOu're not supposed to be here!" Sarah called out.
"I know, I know. Hear me out. We wanted to know if your party would like to join us for a drunken skinny dip?" the lumberjack asked the room.
Felix started stripping already "Naked in water, I am there" he said.
Sarah laughed and shrugged "What the hell? Why not?" she called out.
"I do not swim" Helena told the room "And my Jesse is waiting."
Helm nodded "I'll take you home, Helena. I'll leave the skinny dipping to you kids"
"Thank you large German sestra father" the Ukrainian clone told him.
He smiled and walked over to his daughter, giving her a kiss on the forehead "Have fun. Love you, kiddo"
"Thanks Papa. See you at home?" she asked.
He nodded and stood, hugging Delphine "You too. Enjoy this."
Delphine nodded and patted his back "I will. Let Charlotte know that I will come say goodnight when we are finished."
Helm nodded and ushered Helena out of the room.
"Skinny dipping!" Scott called out and people started flooding out of the basement.
Delphine went against the crowd, heading to the brunette who's embrace she'd been craving all night.
"Hi" Cosima giggled up at her.
Delphine lowered herself to hug Cosima, letting out a sigh of relief and a slight moan at the sensation "Hi. Did you have a good time?" she asked, taking a deep breath of her partner's scent.
"I did. Did you?" the clone asked in return.
Delphine nodded "Hold on tight. I'm gonna pick you up to get you up the steps."
"Delphine, I'm too heavy" Cosima protested, but still held tightly to the blonde's neck.
"I've got you" the doctor told her, sliding a hand under her knees and motioning for Alison to grab the chair.
Cosima had lost a lot of weight int he last few months and was significantly lighter than her usual self. Delphine had no trouble pickign her up and walking her up the couple steps into the back yard as Alison brought her chair up behind.
"Okay, someone got strong" Cosima noted, settling into the warm body she was pressed against.
Delphine smiled "I have been doing the weights" she told her partner who giggled.
Alison set up the chair and Delphine kissed Cosima's cheek before setting her down in it.
"Do you really think they are going to skinny dip?" Alison asked.
"Yes" was Cosima's answer. She rolled her tongue into the side of her cheek "Most definitely."
Alison shook her head and locked up the house before following the two back to their place. Sarah had turned on the pool light and the strings of lights set up and ready for the wedding tomorrow. The pool had been heated against the still chilly spring air and a mist lifted from the water's surface as the hot steam hit the cool night air. There were naked bodies everywhere.
Cal turned on a chill out playlist on the bluetooth sound system, making sure the volume was low enough to not disturb the neighbours too much. Alison was grateful that she'd gone door to door a few days ago to get permission for the possible noise. Suburban dwellers were quite sympathetic to the noise of a couple bachelorette parties for a couple who are getting married so that they can enjoy their final time together until one of them dies. No one was willing to complain.
The housewife rolled her eyes at her husband helicoptering his penis to the laughing group.
"Alison! We see why you like him so much now! And we thought Paul was Mr. B.D." Felix called out.
Donnie beamed with pride and cannonballed into the water. He popped up a moment later "Honey! Come on! This is fun!"
Alison stomped towards him "You are drunk and naked Donnie. Everyone is seeing your peter!"
"And they love it! Come on, honey berries. Just come in, in your undies. Daddy needs some sugar" he pleaded with his wife.
Sarah had snuck up behind her sister, already stark naked and dripping wet.
"No, come out of there Mr. Hendrix!" Alison called.
"Hey Alison, is your phone in your pocket?" Sarah asked.
"No, why would you…?" Alison started before she was shoved into the pool by her nude sister. Sarah laughed and jumped in.
The housewife bobbed to the surface as the group chuckled "Well that wasn't very...oh it's nice and warm in here" she noted, looking around the water.
"Come on, Alison. Bare that buttoned up body of yours. Have at least a little fun!" Felix called out.
Delphine started stripping off her own body, getting her shirt unbuttoned and her bra off before she turned to Cosima "Want some help?" she asked.
Cosima nodded, letting her sweater fall off her shoulders and taking off her t-shirt. Delphine smiled at her as she lifted her up from below her arms, moaning at the contact of their bare chests together "I have missed you tonight" she confessed to Cosima.
"Me too" Cosima told her, flashing her a toothy grin before she unbuttoned her jeans and slipped them down with her underwear.
Delphine used her foot to pin the material to the ground and helped Cosima out of it, followed by her shoes. The blonde took off Cosima's glasses and reached back, tucking them in the seat of the chair. She picked her up again, waking her to the pool and sitting her on a step. The blonde pulled away and started unbuttoning her own pants.
Cosima waited, pleased at the temperature of the water. She watched Sarah who was staring at the oblivious Delphine and laughed. No doubt Sarah had picked out the stripper. She watched as her sister peeled her eyes off of the blonde and jumped onto Cal's back. Scott was shooting Felix from across the pool with a water gun, which he then turned to Cosima, hitting her square in the chest. She laughed until suddenly she was pulled into the most familiar and warm of bodies, being shielded from the spray by Delphine's back.
There was a mass of blonde curls cocooning her as Delphine supported her in the water, leaning down to kiss her tenderly.
Delphine felt the night's worth of sexual tension release in that one moonlit kiss. The softness of Cosima's lips gliding along her own created a sheet of safety and calmness in her. Nothing compared to this. The warm water from her waist down counteracted the chill on her torso making her nipples stand at attention. She let a hand glide over the skin of Cosima's stomach and smiled against the lips her own were currently kissing. She gently pulled away, the sounds of the others laughing and playing in the background coming back into focus.
The blonde opened her eyes and smiled at the expression of pure bliss on Cosima's face. She was so very perfect for Delphine.
"Wow. That was...talk about the romance Dr. Cormier" Cosima purred.
"Romance is easy with you" Delphine told her, sinking a bit lower into the water.
"Especially when we've got a 55 gallon drum of lube" the smaller woman told her.
"What?" Delphine asked.
"Oh nothing, just be ready for a delivery tomorrow, thanks to Scott" Cosima informed her partner.
Delphine laughed and leaned down, kissing Cosima again before turning them to face the party. Everyone was laughing, having started up a series of playful fights in the water. Delphine watched as she enjoyed the sensation of the water on her body and the embodiment of home in her arms. She looked up to see a star-laden night sky.
The moon was bright. She was sure her daughter could pick out every constellation right now. She slowly let go of Cosima to let the woman float, laying down in the surface of the water herself to let her buoyancy take over. She held Cosima's hand, trying to find the big dipper.
A beam of light shot across the sky and her eyes went wide. She'd never seen a shooting star before. She immediately closed her eyes tightly and made a wish.
She wished that despite what happened, that Cosima's remaining time here filled her partner up with a lifetime's worth of happiness.
Delphine turned to see Cosima's eyes closed as well. The brunette turned to look at her and smiled "You saw it too?" the smaller woman asked.
The blonde nodded "And I made the wish that I have been wishing every moment of every day"
"Don't tell me, I want it to come true" Cosima told her.
Delphine chuckled. Even if she didn't fully believe in the superstition, it was comforting in this moment. It was beautiful. It made Cosima happy. Instead she turned her head back to the sky and let the water carry her.
"Me too" she whispered to the starry expanse. "Me too."
A/N: Okay, so it's not the wedding chapter as promised, but what's a fluffy family fic without bachelorette parties? Also, since I found out that the 21st is fanfiction writer appreciation day, I figured that I would give you guys a double whammy this week to show my appreciation for you. Sunday, August 21st you can expect Chapter 14 to be up. After that, no more fiancees, only wives.
I also tried something new this chapter with the line jumps. I'm sure that's not what they're called and that they have a technical name, but that's what I'm calling them.
I had no time to read this over and it's already late so I apologize for grammar and spelling. I'm sure that I'll go over all of the chapters in the near future and give them another solid proofreading. It's so hard to delay posting for that so I apologize if it's getting on anyone's nerves.
Anyways, happy Thursday and I want to thank you as always for sticking with me this far. I appreciate and cherish every kudo, comment, review, message, and chapter read! Keep being awesome! See you in the comments, or next chapter!