Author's Note: Hey there! Thanks for all the positive feedback. It's positively exciting for me. As this fic goes on, you may notice that writing style has changed. Try not to be too alarmed! I'm actually recovering from a concussion (or possibly more). I have an MRI on Monday and then I may have to see a neurologist. I probably shouldn't be writing, but I can't keep away. So basically everything you've read so far and will read now is coming from the brain of someone who has been in the ER three times for hitting their head. For that, I apologize if anything is jumbled or doesn't appear quite right.
The first week of classes went by like a whirlwind for Cosima. Tuesday classes consisted of Analytic Chemistry-Quantitative Analysis and her Advanced Undergraduate Research formal class. Wednesday was the same as Monday. Immunology was first then two general electives after that were required for her to graduate. In Immunology, she spent the majority of her time staring at Delphine while haphazardly writing notes on what the professor was talking about. Cosima was a scientist through and through, and Delphine had captured her mind. So she found herself carefully observing the enchanting blonde's behaviors. She noted the way she would bite her lip while thinking and put her hands on her waist to lean her shoulders back. She noticed that often the blonde's lips would be slightly parted as she watched the class with a sparkle in her eyes. When it was time for her to speak, her face would light up, and this made the brunette's heart start beating just a tiny bit faster. Then there was the way her hands moved about to match the pace of her speech and the way she would lean against the wall with her hips forward. All of Delphine the dreadlocked girl found absolutely enthralling. Every movement, every word, and every look in her eyes. It all captured Cosima's mind in a whirlwind of awe.
As the class finished up, Cosima found herself giving a longing glance to Delphine, but the moment the French woman's eyes met hers Cosima found her eyes darting down to her bag and gathering her things to make a casual exit. Although, there was nothing casual about the way the brunette watched the blonde. Her eyes were filled with a desire that she had yet to question, but surely the thought would come up. What was it about Delphine that captured her in so little time? Instead of thinking about reading assignments and lab experiments, she often found herself often thinking about curly, blonde hair and pink parted lips. All Cosima wanted to do was speak to Delphine and get to know her mind, but she was waiting for the class to get on its way before dropping by during office hours. It took all the willpower to restrain herself from going to see the alluring French woman, but as the seconds ticked by she could feel that power slipping away from her.
Thursday came without a hitch, but Friday was the day that her mind returned to one thought: Delphine. There was only one class on her schedule, Immunology Lab, and that class was taught by none other than the beautiful Delphine Cormier. Cosima wasn't sure if it was a blessing or a curse to know she would be in the presence of such beauty for three days a week. But either way, she was still late to class, as usual, so she had to take a quick seat at the closest lab table as the blonde had started to speak.
"I'm sure many of you already know me. I am Delphine Cormier, and I am the graduate student who will be guiding you during your lab. Each week you will get a handout for the following week's lab. Many labs require you to come in earlier in the week to make preparations for what we will be doing during class. In most cases, during class we will be finishing up the lab and making final observations and taking final notes, so you may complete your reports. There is a list near the door of when the lab is open and available for students to use. In the event of a conflict, please do not hesitate to speak with me. I know many of you have quite busy schedules, but that is no excuse not do a lab. I will be happy to assist in making sure you get time in the lab. Well, let us get started!"
Delphine clasped her hands together with a cheeky smile spread over her face. She picked up a stack of handouts, and she gave them to the nearest student to pass down the lines.
"Today, we will mainly take the time to get familiar with the layout of the lab. So please, take a look around and take a peek at the handout. It would be wise to check the lab times during class. If you have any questions about the locations of equipment, do not be shy. I am sure we will all have a wonderful time this semester! I hope you all find immunology as fascinating as me. Well, I will let you all get to looking around."
Cosima started to go over the handout. She figured there was time to look around the lab later, and she should get an idea of what kind of labs they were going to be doing. With an occasional glance toward the instructor, she finished up her reading then went to the lab availability list. Other students were already surrounding it, so she had to squeeze through to take a look. As she scanned the available times and compared them to her schedule, she whispered, "Shit." All the available time slots were during classes or time she had already set aside for her Undergraduate Research. She pushed her glasses farther up onto the bridge of her nose then looked over toward Delphine. She was standing at the front of the laboratory watching the students walk around to look at the different scientific instruments. Cosima inhaled slowly then made her way over to the French woman. The blonde straightened up when she saw her dreadlocked student and smiled . "Do you have une question?" After a moment, she realized that she had reverted back to French, and she quickly amended her words by adding "a question" on the end. Cosima's hands clasped together at her words, and started to twist and turn in front of her.
"Um, yes I do," she started. "It- my schedule is a little packed. I'm in the Undergraduate Research program, so when I checked to see when this lab was available this lab it- well, I noticed that there we no openings during my available times."
The words rushed out of Cosima's mouth at the same speed her hands were moving in front of her. She partially expected to get a confused look at her antics, but instead Delphine just smiled and nodded occasionally. When the brunette finished speaking, her instructor asked her if she had a copy of her schedule. Cosima nodded and smiled up at her.
"Uh, is that it?" the French woman asked with a motion to the paper in the other woman's hand.
"Oh yeah," she responded quickly with a nod of her head.
"May I…?" She reached out toward the paper.
"Yeah, of course."
Delphine took the paper and started to make her way over to the posted lab schedule. "Well… Cosima was it? We shall see what we can do." She started to compare the times on both schedules. Her lips pressed together then slowly parted, and Cosima found herself entranced. "Uh, huh" was the only response she could manage to the blonde's question. She started to glance down to the woman's neck. She was wearing a jacket, but her top under the jacket fell loosely over her chest. Cosima swallowed hard and took a tentative glance over, but when Delphine turned around she looked up quickly.
"Well, it appears there is no way to get you into this lab. I could talk to my supervising professor and see if you would be able to use the graduate lab. I would probably have to oversee though. Why do not I speak with my professor, Mr. Pelly, today, and you can stop by my office during office hours on Monday? I am sure he will be fine with it, so we will need to compare schedules and set up a time," Delphine spoke while handing her student's schedule back.
"Okay, yeah, that sounds awesome," Cosima said with a cheeky grin and an assured nod.
With a somewhat awkward thank you and goodbye, the dreadlocked science geek made it back to her seat then made her way around the lab. She spoke to a couple of the other students then she sat back down to make notes on what she would have to do to prepare for the following week's lab. The class came to a close without any issues. Delphine wished everyone a nice weekend, and Cosima resisted the urge to go speak to her again. Keeping her desires in check, she exited the room and made her way to her apartment.
Her apartment wasn't that far from campus, so often she walked instead of taking the bus. She found the walk to be calming, but recently her mind could not stop thinking on these daily walks. Her brain was consumed with thoughts of Delphine. Today, the thoughts raced to being alone in a lab with her. Cosima was hoping to learn more about her as they spent time in the lab. From the lecture classes, she already knew what a brilliant mind the French woman had, and Cosima found herself consumed by thoughts of Delphine the same way Delphine appeared consumed by passion for her subject. That passion just seemed to transfer over to Cosima. There was no getting the blonde out of her mind, but she wasn't sure she wanted to.