First time at the beach

Merrill was able to get work done as Vicki slept peacefully and he stayed close by in case she had a bad dream and she did so he decided to take a nap with her as well cause he was tired from all that walking around town and he had to get use to this as well cause she will need him when she was really scared and she wanted her daddy as well

"Vicki I am right here" he says as he cuddles close to her as she was sleeping as well cause it was going to be her first real cruise on board the ship and she had a lot to adjust to like dinners and everything she had to do with her dad when he had to be at certain places and she had to be with him as well

Merrill loved that he was able to get some sleep as well cause h needed it cause he was up all night the night before going over the route that they were going to take and how she was going to adjust to being on the ship as well and there were a lot of things going through his mind and he could not let them go for anything right now

"Once you wake up we are going to go back down to the ocean just the two of us and we are going to collect seashells and once the ship sails again we are going to be making bracelets and necklaces out of those shells and they are going to be special to the two of us and if we make enough we can make some that can be sold in the shop and you will get the profits of course" he says as he was still sleeping next to her right now

(Later)

Vicki was up and the Captain was in his trunks and they were going to go back ashore and head to the beach to collect those shells and swim in the ocean as well cause he wanted her first cruise be one for the books of course and he was going to make it memorable somehow and someway as well cause she was going to be on the ship full time like he was and when they weren't on the ship they were going to be living at his apartment and they will be a family just the two of them

"Okay Vicki you ready to swim in the ocean for the first time?" he asks her as they headed back to the gangplank right now to go to the ocean

Vicki was totally ready to go in the ocean and collect shells as well and maybe have her first pet as well if she could find something

"Okay here we go" he says as they head to the gangplank

(Beach)

"Okay once I set up a spot we will collect some shells and then we will go in the ocean and next port you can build a sand castle cause I left your toys on the ship this time around" he says as they were walking

Vicki loved collecting shells and she collected all sizes and she was able to find a hermit crab inside one of them and the captain was going to let her keep it as well as a pet cause he wanted to see how she will do with a pet on the ship too and he was going to help her take care of it as well and show her what it takes to own a pet so when she was older she will know how to take care of it

"Okay I think it's time for the ocean before we go back on the ship and we have to get ready for dinner cause tonight will be your first night sitting at the captain's table with daddy" he says as he was going to put all of the shells that she had collected in her bag and her hermit crab was going to be going back on the ship with them cause the little fellow was kind of cute and he could not say no to Vicki either

Vicki loved the ocean and she loved jumping the waves and splashing her father of course cause he loved being with her and the crew was looking on from the deck above

"Hopefully you sleep good tonight, and sleep in your own room" he says as they were still playing in the ocean

Gopher was telling Merrill the time cause Merrill wanted to have time to get the both of them cleaned up and ready for dinner that night cause he hated to be late

"Okay Vicki we have to get back on the ship now and we have to get ready for dinner tonight" he tells her

Vicki was upset that they had to get back on the ship so soon and she wanted to be in the ocean longer cause she loved the water and Merrill didn't blame her this was her first port of call and she wanted it to last forever

"Maybe after dinner before the ship leaves we can come back down just the two of us and we can look at the stars and the moonlight cause the moonlight is really pretty when the ship wasn't moving" he tells her

Vicki was happy about that a lot and she couldn't wait to come back down after dinner

"Okay daddy is going to wrap you up and we are going back on the ship to get cleaned up and ready for dinner" he says as he was going to carry her back on the ship in her towel since he had his towel wrapped around his waist right now cause he didn't get really wet from the ocean

Merrill and Vicki were cleaned up in no time and they headed to dinner that night and Vicki wanted to get off the ship cause she saw the sun was setting and Merrill was going to take her down to see the sunset on the beach cause it was a site to see, and Merrill was going to capture it on film as well

"Okay Vicki it is dinner time" he tells her once he got her picture with the sunset

Vicki wanted to eat in town and not on the ship and Merrill was going to take her to a different restaurant for dinner cause he wanted this cruise to be special and they will always be on the ship and he will always sit at the captain's table, but tonight it was just going to be him and Vicki