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Almost a year later:
She woke up early, to the sound of birds singing. Opening the shutters of her small one-bedroom Caribbean home, closing her eyes she took in the scent of the ocean.
After finishing her PhD in biology, she decided she needed a break from everything. Cosima has always been fond of oceanlife, growing up on boats. So, in need of a change in scenery, she decided to pursue
her other big passion; scubadiving. When she came to the Caribbean, she already was a divemaster, but she quickly became a certified scuba instructor, and got herself a job at one of the local divingshops.
Letting coffee brew, she put in her contacts. God, she hated wearing them, but it was the simplest way for her to wear her mask and actually being able to see anything while she was in the water. She quickly took a shower, pulled her dreads back, and put on her favourite outfit; colourfull boardshorts, a tanktop and her flipflops. Once her coffee was ready, she walked towards the patio. The sun was already high up in the sky, not a cloud to be seen. She let out a content sigh, and dropped herself on one of the loungechairs. She was happy, really, but every once in a while she couldn't help but think of the woman she met almost a year ago in Toronto. Delphine Cormier.. She had thought of trying to find the woman a couple of times, but then again.. she was the one who left, who left her. And if there is something Cosima Niehaus hated, it's being left. Being left alone. Even though the woman left her name behind for Cosima, she never went looking for her. What was she going to say to her anyway? "Hey, it's me.. you know, the girl you fucked into oblivion that night at The Regent?" And in all honestly, Cosima was scared. What if the woman didn't really want to be found? I mean, it's not as if she left her address or anything. It was just a name.
Shaking off the thoughts, she prepared herself for another day at work. Grabbing her bag, she got into her red jeep and drove to the beach.
"Hey Sarah!" she greeted the shop owner.
"Morning, geek"
Cosima snorted. Sarah gave her the nickname after finding out Cosima was pretty fucking smart. "Hey Cos!" Sarah's boyfriend yelled from out back. "Hi Call, how's life?"
"Oh you know, work work work, but other than that, I'm fine." he responded.
Cosima met Sarah a couple of days after arriving to Curacao nearly a year ago. Sarah offered her a job at her shop, and they quickly became good friends.
Cosima sat herself down, grabbing a bottle of water. "So, what do we have planned today?"
"There's someone new coming in this afternoon, wanting to start an open water course, you up for it?" Sarah asked.
"Hell, if I wasn't this busy, I'd take this one myself, she's a real looker!" Call joked.
At that, Sarah grabbed Cosima's bottle and threw it in Call's direction yelling "piss off!"
Cosima grinned. Yup, another day in paradise.