Vicki comes back on board
Gopher told the captain when the ship was fully ready for Vicki so when they wanted the ship to sail again they were going to give Vicki a window where she will get adjusted and the captain had to get adjusted again cause he has been living on land for the longest time with Vicki and helping her over come this part of her life cause it was not easy at all for him and for her cause the crew had to be ready to help Vicki adjust to the new ship
"Well Vicki here we are home sweet home" Merrill says a she was going to push her onto the ship cause of walking the gangway up to the ship might cause her to have an attack and she has been doing good in her wheelchair when she was close to the ship cause her doctor wanted her to be in the wheelchair for a while until she was fully healed and she was able to feel confident standing on two legs as she was on the ship as well and that was not going to be for a while at least with her cause she was taking her time healing and going at her own pace as well and Merrill was okay with that cause he was going to help her get readjusted to the ship and that was not going to be for a couple of months at the most right now
"Guys the captain and Vicki just pulled up and he is going to bring her on the ship so act naturally and explain what everything is" Doc says cause he was going to be helping to care for Vicki
Gopher wore a long coat and something to really cover his baby bump cause the bump was making more of an appearance and the baby could come any day so Doc was ready to deliver the baby
"Gopher go sit in the lobby behind the desk cause if she sees the stomach she is bound to get scared" Doc tells him
Gopher heads into the lobby cause he felt safe there cause he really did not want to scare Vicki at all cause she was still on the rebound from her accident
"Welcome back Vicki" the crew says when Merrill brings her back on the ship once again in her wheelchair as well
Vicki was happy to see some safety measures in place as well so no one can throw her overboard
"Where's Gopher/' Vicki asks them
"We have him in the lobby and he will be happy to see you, and he can't wait to help you" Julie says as Isaac gave her a drink to help her cause if she has her favorite drink it will help her get back into the groove
"Are we going to have passengers board today/' Vicki asks her dad
"No the line wants us to go out on a dry run to see how you handle being on the open water, and going about the boat and everything else" Merrill tells her cause he was going to go up to the bridge to back the ship out cause they were going to go out for their dry run
Vicki was okay with that cause she wanted to try getting around without bumping into passengers right now and seeing if she could walk while holding onto something or staying close to the wall as she was walking
"Vicki I am going to put you on deck and you can watch from the deck chairs as we back out of port and go out for our dry run" Merrill says as he was going to take her to the deck so she could get comfortable as well
Vicki saw the deck chairs were a little more secured and had comfortable backs as well so she could enjoy the ride as they back out of port
"Can you put me close to you dad cause I am a little scared?" Vicki asks him
"Sure I can and Gopher can be with you as well" Merrill says as he was going to have Gopher push her to the deck where he was going to be close to her
(Deck by the bridge)
"Here we go Vicki up here is all enclosed a little more and there are benches up here too with he deck chairs and you get your own area by your dad I made sure of that" Gopher tells her as he puts her close by Merrill
Vicki loved that she had her own little area where she was close by her dad cause she wanted to be close to him as they did their trail run cause she was on the fence a little bit right now about being back on the open water
"Gopher did you put on weight?" Vicki asks him cause she saw that he had a little bit of a tummy right now and she was wondering what was going on with him
"Yeah I figure I start early with Santa and get the belly just right cause I am not doing the pillow bit this year at all" Gopher tells her cause he was hiding the fact that he was in fact pregnant and was going to give birth maybe on the trail run cause he has been feeling off for a little bit and he was going to Doc every other day to check on the baby and Doc told him that he could start having false labor pains leading up to the big moment
Vicki was okay with that cause Christmas was five months away so he was going to get a jump on it cause he was going to grow the beard and everything for the kids since she was not going to be fully recovered by then anyway so her dad was going to let someone else take it over and it was going to be Gopher cause he was perfect for the part of playing Santa for the little kids and for the passengers as well cause Vicki suggested a Polar express cruise for Christmas and her dad loved it
