First night part 2

Captain Merrill and the gang headed to the local ice cream shop with Vicki who was on her dad's shoulder's as she looked at everything

"Here we go" Merrill says as the crew entered the ice cream shop

Gopher was going to get a table and sit with Vicki

"How do you like staying with the captain?" Gopher asks her as they were sitting in a booth so she could sit on her knees

Vicki was still shy around her dad's co-worker's

"Vicki here is your ice cream" Merrill says as he gave, the the ice cream that he brought her

Vicki started to eat the ice cream slowly as Julie brought hers and Gopher's over and Doc joined them with his frozen confection

The grownups talked and asked Merrill how fatherhood was treating him and if Vicki was scared a little bit and she was of course

(Later)

"I think it's bedtime for a certain little lady" Merrill says as he cleans up after the ice cream treat

"I think so and let's have a sleepover at the captain's place" Gopher suggested

"The sleepover can happen once we are back on board" Merrill says as he picks Vicki up cause she was getting sleepy from the day in general

Everyone said good night before going back home cause they were going to joining Merrill and Vicki in the morning for breakfast cause they wanted her to feel like she had a family like a proper family with the captain right now

(Later)

"I think it's bath time for you then you can play as I get ready for bed, and once I am ready for bed, and I will read you a story then it will be bedtime" Merrill says as he brings Vicki into the apartment after the ice cream date with the crew

Merrill gave her a little bubble bath and she loved the bubbles that were in the tub that night and the captain washed her pretty hair cause it was dirty from the playground and she played as he washed her body and he drained the water, and he took her to her room to get her ready for bed

"Okay princess daddy is going to put you in your nightgown, and you can play while I get ready for bed" he says as he was going to get her ready for bed until she felt comfortable getting dressed by herself

Merrill put her in her cute nightgown and put slippers on her feet to keep her feet warm

"There we go already for bed, so go play while I get a shower and get ready for bed too and we can read a book before going to bed" he says as he shows her to the playroom so she could play while he was in the shower and getting ready for bed cause this was going to be her first night in her new place

Vicki played with some of her toys as the captain was in the shower, and getting his jammies on as well

(Later)

"Okay Vicki I think one or two stories then it is lights out" he says as they head to her room for the night cause he was going to sleep on the floor next to her, so she wasn't lonely or scared cause she was in a new place and with someone new as well

Vicki put away the one toy she had out, and they headed to her room for the night

"Here we go into bed you go, and I'm going to pick two stories out for tonight" he says as he heads to her shelf to get her bedtime stories, so she was happy

Vicki went to the wall cause she was scared she was going to fall out if she got close to the edge of the bed

"Sweetheart it's okay that railing will protect you if you get too close" he says as he was going to comfort her cause she was really scared

Merrill did not want to get a crib, so he was going to help her overcome this somehow and someway cause he loved her with all his heart

"I can sleep with you tonight and until you feel safe in your big girl bed" he says as he gets in with her

She nods cause she wanted him with her

"Okay do you need anything before I start with the stories?" he asks her cause he wanted her to be comfortable her first night in her new place

"Water and doll" she says in a scared voice like he was going to hit her

"Okay one cup of water and one doll coming up" he says as he heads to the kitchen to get her water and he was going to ger her doll from the other side of the room cause he had gotten her a doll to help her sleep at night and she could play with her doll during the day as well so she could be the little mommy, and when she needed to go potty and she needed someone to watch the baby he was going to watch the baby for her and he was okay with that

Merrill returns with the water, and puts it on her little nightstand and gets back into bed and he was going to read her the stories that he had picked out for her

"Okay ready for the three bears?" he asks her

Vicki nods

"Okay here we go" he says as he reads the first story

Vicki laughed at the funny voices the captain was doing and he was happy she was laughing again and enjoying the stories he was reading to her that night

(Later)

"They lived happily ever after the end" he says as he finished the second story of the night

Merrill looked down and Vicki was sound asleep against his chest and she was hugging her doll close to her

"Night Vicki" he says as he kisses her on the head before trying to remove himself from her grasp and moving to the floor to get some sleep right now