Upgrading cabins
Merrill knew the cabins had to be upgraded to where a nursery could be added to the bedrooms cause Emily and Julie were starting to show, and Vicki was not even showing yet like Julie and Emily and Merrill was quite happy with that
"Sir what cabins do you want to change cause Julie and I are getting married as soon as possible: Gopher says to him as they were in his office planning the upgrade that the princess was going to get cause three of the cabins were going to be changed from what they were before
"Vicki's room that is next to my bedroom is going to be the nursery for the newest one, and do you want your room to be upgraded?" Merrill asks Gopher
"Yes, sir cause the baby is going to be sleeping with us for at least the first two months before we move the little one over to it's room" Gopher says cause he wanted to have the bigger room for him and Julie
"That sounds like a good move I want to add another room next to the office for the two Stubbing's" Merrill says cause he had to think about Vicki cause he was going to be watching his grandchild here and there as needed and they needed a room as well, so right off the office was going to be perfect cause he could put both Stubbing's together and he could hear them
"Of course, sir and what about Vicki's room?" Gopher asks him cause the ship was going to be in port for a few days after their second to last cruise
"Oh yes I got to call her up here to see what room she wants cause I assume she wants to be close to me once the baby arrives and I am perfectly okay with that" Merrill says as he was going to call Vicki up to the office and see what room she wanted to take
Vicki was upstairs in no time cause she was at the gym trying to keep fir for this pregnancy
"Vicki, do you want to be close to me still or a little farther away?" Merrill asks her as she took a sit
"I kind of want to be close to you daddy in case I need help or guidance" she tells him
"Vicki I am going to be learning like you cause I didn't get you still you were eleven I would have loved to see you when you were little or gotten you when you were younger" he says as he hugs her close to him
(I am going to do one more love boat story where the captain gets Vicki at an earlier age)
Vicki knew he was right and the both of them were going to be learning on the fly with the new babies
"Don't worry I will be there no matter what happens right now" he says as he hugs her as Emily comes in
"I will be right there too even though I am not your biological mom I will be there for you" Emily says as she hugs Vicki as well
Vicki was glad that her dad and her stepmom was going to be there for her when the time comes for her to have the baby
"Plus, your mom will be right here in your heart" he says as he touches Vicki's heart cause that is where her original mom was
Vicki started to cry a little bit
"Vicki it's going to be okay" he says as he hugs her cause he could see the hurt came back and it came back full force right now
Merrill knew he needed to be there for her from then on cause this was going to be harder on her then it was for him cause he could tell that she really wanted her mom there with her
"You know what maybe I can invite Uncle Marshall and Uncle Milo on board for a few days before you are due maybe that will help" Merrill says to her cause he was going to invite his brothers on board, and maybe he could invite his dad on board as well
"Can you invite Aunt Delores on board?" Vicki asks as she was in tears a little bit
"Sure, I can honey and don't be upset if she comes doesn't come, but I hope she comes for your sake" he tells her
Vicki nods cause it is a long shot for her to come back on board for you cause the birth cause she wanted someone from her mom's side to be there cause her dad was going to invite every Stubbing relative he could think of from his side of the family to come and be there for Vicki
"I know she took care of Gunner going to invite his family as well to be there when the time comes cause when the time comes for you, Emily and Julie to have the babies the ship is staying in port for a while
"I know Trig is going to transfer when the time gets closer for you to have the baby and I'll make sure I get plenty of sleep before you deliver" Merrill after your mom died" he says as he hugs her cause the newest Stubbing was going to be close to a month old when Vicki delivers the baby, so Merrill knew he had his work cut out for him for a while until the first one comes
Vicki knew he was right, and Trig was getting the paperwork done so he could be on the princess in time when Vicki delivers
"Plus, I can tell you all sorts of stories about your mom when I first met her and how she was, and what made me fall in love with her more and more as the months went on before I made the decision to continue with the sea, and not be with her" he tells her
"If you did stay with mom would I have brothers and sisters?" Vicki asks him
"Yeah of course we would have the perfect family with you and another one" he tells her
