Close to you

Boat day & surprise messages

"Mummy, Vivi look!"

Beth and Viv both chuckle as Theo excitedly points at the private yacht they rented for a family day trip and smile. "A big boat huh baby?" Beth asks as they approach it, Viv grabs his safety vest attached to the entrance and crouches down in front of him.

"Will you put this one on before we get on board buddy?" She helps him put it on smiling as he just looks at her with a happy giggle not noticing Lars snap a picture of them and fastens the vest. "Okay?"

"Yes, Vivi!"

"Finally!" They all look over as they hear Ben's cheer and laugh as they watch them pull of their shirts and summer dresses leaving them in their bathing suits, Viv just picks Theo up with a chuckle holding her hand out to help Beth on board and follows her.

"Everyone on board?" The captain asks Viv nods her head as she places Theo down and looks down as he tightly wraps her arms around her legs. She quickly takes off the long shirt she wore, leaving her shorts on for the time being and picks him up as she notices the angst in his eyes.

"Are you okay T?" She asks softly as she rubs his back, she turns to Beth as he shakes his head and frowns.

"Oh, baby," Beth murmurs as she joins them. "Let's sit down okay?"

"Lars geef mij die beer aub // Lars give me that bear please." Viv breathes keeping her eyes on Theo, she takes the, The Netherlands bear Theo gifted her shortly after they met and places it in his arms smiling as he immediately lowers his head to smell it knowing the smell of 'Home' calms him down immediately.

She wraps her arms around him as he crawls in her lap, keeping a strong hold on his mummy's hand and kisses Beth's head as she just leans her head against her shoulder the both of them calmly running their intertwined hands up and down Theo's back to keep him calm as they leave the shore.

Beth frowns as she feels the subtle shiver going through her son and locks eyes with Viv feeling quite helpless, Viv squeezes her hand softly and leans closer. "Think I can stand up with him?"

"I think you can do anything with him, Vivi, he feels safe." She murmurs as she notices her son's relaxed state while snuggling against Viv, she watches her girlfriend stand up after she kisses Theo's head and glances at Ben and Liv as she notices him just wrapping her arms around Viv's shoulders keeping his head buried against her shoulder.

"Look at that." Ben muses as he nudges his sister, he nods his head to Viv standing near the railing having convinced T to look at the open water and smiles. "Someone is slowly warming up to the boat trip idea."

"I think with Viv near, Beth and T feel both so safe that they do things they normally would fight against." Liv muses. "Hell, your sister jumped on an in her eyes death trap." She adds chuckling.

"Shut up." Beth blushes.

Lars just laughs and reaches out to pat her shoulder. "Viv has that effect on people, she oozes such a calm that the other person instantly feels at ease." He pulls out his phone and smiles slightly. "Oh and look at this, I am glad I managed to snap a picture at the right time."

Beth leans over to look at his phone, feeling Ben and Liv both look over her shoulder and bite her lip her heart beating faster as her eyes land on her son looking at Viv with a cute grin while she fastens his safety vest. "Can you send that to me please?"

"Of course."

"Shit, that's adorable," Liv whispers, she nods her head to Viv and smiles. "Look at that." She whispers.

Beth turns back to Viv, shaking her head in amazement. She notices her sitting on the orange couch with Theo in her lap, notices her wearing her bikini, and pulls out her phone. "Vivi." She calls out, she holds up her phone as she turns to look at her and snaps a picture right before Theo excitedly points at something.