Only You

55| Public Eye

Charles Leclerc

The next day we decided that we wanted to go visit one of the more popular beaches in the area. I had already rented a boat for the day and decided that we would be taking that for the day. 

"So your sure you'll be fine with people watching us right?" I asked Aria just to make sure. "For the last time yes Charles I promise I'll be fine. I will have to get used to it anyways for when we get back to work." She responds. 

"Alright then lets go." I give her a kiss on her temple before leaving to get into the car. We are well on our way to the docks where I'll meet the captain of the boat that were renting. 

When we get there I make sure to grab some of the things out of the trunk but Aria insists on helping me to carry some. We carry them over to the docks where there is a man waiting for us with a clipboard of papers I need to sign before they let us take the boat. 

After I finished all the work they handed me the key and we got up and onto the boat. The boat was smaller than the one I had back in Monaco but was the perfect size for just the two of us. I help to load the things onto the boat and get it out of the docks. 

I set us straight so we are able to go out to more open water but still safe enough for us to swim and do other activities. Once we were there I stop the yacht and turn on the anchoring system so we stay put.  

Aria followed me out onto the lounge area where she went and sat in order to finish her book while I went to go and do some swimming and decided to test my luck at jumping off the top deck. 

After a few goes I got tired and washed all the salty water off then made my way up to the deck where Aria was lounging on her back in the sun. 

Her book was lying on her face as she bathed in the sunlight. I went to go lie on top of her stomach and wrap my arms around her waist and press slow kisses on her exposed stomach. Yet again she was wearing a small white two piece bikini with little cherry designs on them. I lay my head on her stomach and stayed there for a while before getting up to get myself a drink. 

"Baby do you want one?" I ask pointing to the drinks. The book moves off her head and she nods. I crack open one of the bottles for her and give it to her. She takes it and thanks me before taking a long sip. 

While she was resting I take out my camera that I brought and started snapping pictures of her and everything else around us. 

"Charles you wanna take a dive with me?" Aria asks me looking down over the water. I nod as I make my way over to the edge of the boat. "3 2 1 jump!" We both count down and jump over the railing and down into the water. 

We are both emerging from the water when I notice another boat around us with a few cameras out and pointed at us. Somehow they always mange to find me. No matter where I was in the world they always did. Regardless I didn't let it effect me. 

"They've found us baby" I say swimming over to Aria. "Who?" She asks looking at me confused. "The journalists and the cameras" I say to her. "It's fine Charles lets just act like they were never even there" She adds. 

The day seemed to fly by as we continued our relaxing day on the boat. As soon as I opened my social medias the only thing was pictures of the two of us together. I couldn't help but feel a tiny bit protective over the fact that everyone was seeing her in such an attire. I felt that it was only for my eyes to see and now the whole world was seeing it. 

I was scrolling through some of the comments. I was relieved and disgusted at the same time. There was the normal talk about me and everything surrounding me but then there were also comments about Aria. Most of them nice but also the occasional rude one. 

As I scrolled through them I lost control of my expression and Aria could see that there was something wrong. "Charles whats wrong my love" she asks in a soft voice while she was under me. 

"I just dont know why people dont have better things to do then to sit here and criticize you I dont like it when they do that" I mumble. 

"Who said what" She says to me. I turn my phone screen to her and let her scroll through the comments. "Charles don't worry about them people are always going to have something to say because they need to feel that their opinion is valid. Don't worry about it trust me I've delt with it since I was 12" She responds handing me my phone back. 

"What do you mean?" Confused about the part where she was dealing with it for years. "Ever since I was around 12 or 13 people have always commented on me and said things. About my body about my face about my looks about everything about me. Eventually I stopped really caring about what these people had to say about me so it didn't really matter." She explains. 

My heart broke a little thinking about how she was picked on and bullied when she was smaller. "I'm sorry mon amour you know non of those things are true right" I reassure her. "Yes Charles I know and you don't have to be sorry about it." She responds running her hands through my hair. 

She ends up getting up to prepare the lunch that we had brought after. After laying for a few more minutes I get up to go see if she needs any help. She told me to set the small table and fill the glasses with ice and our drinks while she plated the food. 

I did as she told me and soon enough we were sitting down to enjoy the meal on our own, with the cameras behind us. 

"Do you want more pasta?" Aria asked me. I turned back around from looking at where all the photojournalists were and nod my head.

"I know that there are lot of them but shouldn't you of all people be used to this kind of attention." She comments while adding another serving to my plate. "It's not me I'm worried about mon ange its you. I don't like how they talk about you and I definitely don't want them to see you in this" I snap the string off her bikini bottoms against her hips as she yelps in surprise.

I pull her into my lap swiftly and kiss her cheek. "Seems like someones a little jealous" She mumbles while I bury my head back into her neck where it belongs. "That's an understatement but yeah I guess you could say that" I placed more kisses along her shoulder and neck. 

"It'll all be fine alright my love everything will be fine. We knew what was going to happen going into this and it's all worked out beautifully" She explains grabbing my face to place a kiss there. Soon enough the world and all its drama melts away while I continue to kiss her and hug her. 

"See all is well" She reminds me. I nod and let my head sink into the hand thats holding it. Soon enough we pack everything up and start to make our way home. 

"Charles! Charles can you take a picture with us!" A fan comes running towards the car where me and Aria were putting our stuff. I smile and nod then they look at Aria and ask if she can take the picture for us. I shoot her a sympathetic smile but she happily agree to take the picture and takes the phone from the fan. 

I stand and smile for a few photos and wave goodbye to the happy fans as they walk away. Aria smiles and follows me to get into the car. "I hope you had fun today" I say to her while starting the car. 

"I had so much fun and loved every second of it thanks to you" She smiles at me. I lean over to place a small kiss on her lips and drive off back to the house.