After the miscarriage

Merrill, Emily, and Vicki brought Gopher and Julie food cause Julie didn't feel like cooking after she lost the baby cause she fell into a deep depression

"Hey Gopher, I brought more food over that Emily and Vicki made" Merrill says as he stopped at the apartment where Gopher and Julie lived

"Thanks Merrill I don't know what else I can do she has been in this depression since that day" Gopher says cause he was clueless right now on what else he could do cause he did everything he can including locking the nursery that was being worked on

"All you can do right now is tell her that the rainbow baby will come in time right now just hold her and be with her. Emily is going to make an appointment for the three of them to get their hair done on board sometime

"The problem is she still wants that baby that we lost no other baby" Gopher tells him

"All I can think of is getting a doll right now to help her heal and that can be the replacement baby for now, and I'm going to talk to the line to see if I can take you guys to one of the orphanage's I contribute to on the ship and let her spend time with some of the orphans" Merrill says to him

"Sir that is not a bad idea that might help and who knows she might fall in love with one of them" Gopher says cause he was going to get the doll to help Julie

"Glad I could help I got to get home to deliver more baked goods to you guys" Merrill says as he leaves to go home

"Looking forward to more goodies from you guys" Gopher says as he left

Merrill had to stop at the store and get a few things for more baking that was happening, and the girls were loving it right now cause they even made snacks for themselves as well cause the cravings were starting to kick in full force now

(Later)

"Julie I'm home" Gopher says as he came in with a doll and everything they would need right now

"Gopher what do you have there?" Julie asks him

"It's a baby doll, and we can pretend it's our real baby that we both are missing right now" he says as he hands her the doll

Julie held the doll like it was a real baby

"The Captain suggested this, and I was on board with it cause it will help us heal from this tragedy and make us stronger cause I love you" he says as he talks to her

"Don't you miss the baby too?" She asks him

"Of course, I do and sometimes I go outside and find a quiet place and I just cry cause like you that piece of the puzzle is gone from my heart. When you told me you were expecting I was over the moon and ready to be a father, and when we lost the baby that piece of my heart was ripped out, and like you I want a baby of our own to care for, and I want to have those dad experiences too. Like how you were going to have those mom experiences" he says as he looks at her

"Are you telling the truth?" She asks him

"Of course, I am Julie, and even though I don't get to be apart of your delivery the Captain has me as backup coach for Emily and Vicki" he tells her

Julie was happy he was going to see a birth after all

"Can we adopt?" She asks him

"The Captain is going to take us to one of the orphanages he visits, and we can adopt from there and if you want to visit other orphanages tell me and I can tell the Captain cause he is willing to get us that family" he tells her

Julie smiles as she looks at him cause she was ready

"Until then you can practice with the doll like I will be practicing with my doll as well cause I'm not going to let you go through this alone" he says as he got his doll out as well

Julie cries tears of joy cause she was happy that he really cared for her and was going to help her overcome this

"We can take a break if you want and let nature take its course with this process and if they want us to have a baby, we will have a baby" he tells her as they shared a kiss

"Until then I guess we can get practice with our dolls and being there for the Captain, Emily and Vicki" Julie tells him

"Yeah, and we can adopt down the road for sure cause I know how much you want this" he tells her

"I want this really bad" she says as she starts to cry

Soon the Captain came in with more goodies

"Good news I talked to the line, and I can take the ship out with no passengers just the crew" Merrill says as he starts to bring in the goodies that was made

Julie was over the moon that they could start their journey with just their friends by their side

"Julie we are going to be the best parents ever" Gopher tells her

"Do you guys have a preference on gender cause that will help with our selection" Merrill tells them

"No we don't we want a little one a baby at the most" Julie tells him

"Okay I'll see what I can look up and be by with the forms that need filled out" Merrill says as he left cause the girls were tired from baking in general so they were going to take a nap cause they have snacks for themselves as well during the pregnancy

"First can we try the Acapulco orphanage to see what orphans are available there for adoption then go from there?" Julie asks him

"Sure we can I'll be back soon with the list" Merrill says as he left for real

(Later)

Merrill came over since Emily and Vicki were still asleep in general from cooking up a storm and he brought over the list of orphans that were up for adoption and he also brought the paperwork as well