Empathy bellies for the Captain and Gopher
Vicki was still on cloud none when they came back from the baby moon and she wanted to have a little more fun before she has the twins in a few weeks, so she was going to have her dad and Gopher wear empathy bellies, so they could feel the effects of the pregnancy as well
"Julie want to come shopping with me cause I have to get my dad and Gopher bigger uniforms for what I am going to give them" Vicki asks her as she got off the elevator cause her dad was practicing right now the quickest way to get to Doc's office when the time comes cause he had to have every route down pat
"Sure, what kind of gift are you getting your dad and Gopher?" Julie asks her cause Julie was starting to get back into a routine
"Empathy bellies cause they are going to fill what effects the girls have on me cause my dad is already getting on me for using the bathroom a lot and why I can't eat at the Captain's, table anymore" Vicki says as they headed into town
"Makes sense they need to go through the same thing you are going through" Julie says as they were going to get the bellies first and the uniforms second cause Vicki got the dinner jackets so they could be sized up for the bellies which is going to be fun in itself right now
Vicki was able to get everything that she wanted to get and they were back on board before boarding cause before the passengers board is when Vicki wants to do the bellies
(Later)
"Vicki is it time?" Gopher asks her as him and Merrill came into Merrill's office once they heard her page for them
"No it isn't time just yet these girls are staying put for now at least" Vicki says as she was giving Gopher and her dad the gifts that she had bought
Merrill and Gopher open the gifts and they did not know what to say
"Vicki you must be kidding" Merrill says when he saw what was in the bag
"No dad I am not kidding I want you and Gopher to have these on for an entire cruise the only time the bellies come off is in the shower" Vicki tells her father
"Is there a bet going for this?" Gopher asks her as he was going to put his on cause he was going to be a good sport with this
"No bet" Vicki says to Gopher
"Okay if me and your dad win, we get served breakfast in bed for an entire cruise" Gopher says as he was going to put the bigger top on
"Okay if I win, I call dinner at any restaurant I pick either on shore at one of the ports" Vicki says smiling
"Sounds like a bet" Merrill says as he gets ready as well
"I even got the white and black jackets sized up as well" Vicki says as she gives them a box
"You thought of everything" Merrill says as he was going to hang up the new jackets
"I think after this bet there will be room in this one to keep the babies warm on deck in the cold months" Gopher says as he was looking at his jacket as well
"We better head down there" Merrill says as the trio leaves the office
The trio had to stop and use the restroom twice and so far so good with the bet
"I am going to be on deck in my chair of course greeting passengers" Vicki says cause she had to have a deck chair on deck cause she could not be on her feet for long periods of time and greeting passengers was a task she was not going to back down from
Merrill understood that cause of the false labor she had before
"I am going to be in the lobby of course that way I am close to the bathroom" Gopher says as he was thinking ahead a little bit
"Right there with ya" Merrill says as they boarded the elevator
As soon as Merrill and Gopher got off Doc and Isaac started to bust out laughing cause they found it funny that Gopher and Merrill were wearing empathy bellies
"You guys better stop or Vicki will include you next" Julie says as she had Vicki's chair ready to go
Doc and Isaac stopped laughing cause they did not want to be apart of this bet that was going on with Vicki, her dad and Gopher as well
"Man, Vicki your feet look like loaves of bread" Merrill says as she puts her feet up cause she has been retaining water lately
"Dad your feet might look like that after this cruise" she says as she was ready to greet passengers
Merrill knew he was going to win this bet if it killed him
"I guess the countdown is on for these cuties to make their entrance" he says as he was greet passengers as well cause the passengers got the rooms and headed in so they could get settled
"Yeah it is I can't wait either" she says as she was rubbing her belly in-between passengers
"Me either that day is going to change my life cause I am going to see my granddaughters be born" Merrill says as his brothers came on board, and they started to laugh when they saw what Merrill had on
"Merrill what is that?" Marshall asks him
"It's an empathy belly and it has the weight of the twins in it so I can have a feel for what Vicki is going through and Gopher has one as well" Merrill says to his brothers
"I have brought everything that is needed for the labor if Vicki does go into labor on this cruise" Milo says cause he was in charge of the pain medicine
"Thanks Uncle Milo do you have anything for water retention?' she asks him
"Hang on I will see once we sail" Milo says as they head for their cabins as well
Julie came by with the confetti and streamers and Merrill and Vicki were going to do that part from the bridge once they have sailed