Erich nods slowly. " i think so too. It is very important she knows where she comes from. Especially from your side. Lets face it,Miami is about as culturally important as a turd." Erich says,he's always hated his hometown and wants nothing to do with it. He gives ada's waist a squeeze. " I'm sure he will adore here,and she him. Grandparents are always fun. Mine were crazy as hell. They were the whitest people I ever met."

erich plays with ada's hair. he runs his fingers through it,then letting it fall back into place. her hair needs a good combing because of this,but erich will blame the wind. always with the wind blame. erich gives ada a wink and quips," rumor has it you are sleeping with the captain. people assume you hold sway over where we go." he chuckles before resuming his,er the wind's displacement of her hair. "as far as i know,erica is fine with anywhere.except japan,understandably. nichole....kinda scares me.so hopefully erica will convince her." erich says,while looking over his shoulder.

erich cracks up and gives ada a peck on the lips. " say it loud,say it proud,miss hess. fucking all the way to the top! " erich nudges ada and nods to the crows nest. he smiles when he see how much ada enjoys her hair being fondled. he imagined it was,to use a cliche,good for her as it was for him. he found it very relaxing. he lets out a content sigh as he continues to play with it. he gives a little shrug,careful not to jostle ada too much. "i.... dont really know,i've just get the vibe she doesnt like me sometimes." erich says,lifting the hair off the back of adas neck and letting it fal again.

he thinks briefly before silently mouthing "oh yeah." . he had also forgotten that they were anything to nichole's kids. "i had honestly forgotten since our own little bundle of joy came into play. hers are cute,but marlena kinda gets the edge in my book.she is the heiress to our legacy,ada. manifest destiny and all that." he says pridefully. there probably wansnt a prouder father than erich. he would be willing to death race with other celebrity fathers,just to prove this. " i think erica got one too. how do you think that works out? now that they are all....you know? i swear we are all one swap away from incest or something on here." he chuckles.

"being the daughter of germany's greatest export since the vw beetle will certainly be for better.i see her having a thriving stage career and culminating as the saucy occupant of the center square on hollywood squares." erich excitedly says. he was raised on 70's game shows,so he has an odd infatuation with them. his mother had them recorded and would pretend she was a genius by already knowing the answers. "wow,so nina and castor got the boy,huh? kaya does sound right.i think i remember holding her once. very....baby like,if i recall." erich muses,scrunching up his face in thought,in spite of recently feeding said child a bottle. erich laughs slightly and shakes his head. "unless nichole really pushes,and i do mean REALLY pushes,erica will never marry again. she still has some....loyalty? to natalya. i dunno. its one of those "erica" things." he shrugs. shrugs are his defense against really putting thought into things. deep down he has always thought natalya was best for erica,but didnt want to make the commitment to thinking that line. who knew what went on behind closed doors. erich listens to ada,becoming more appalled by the word. "i....i can only hope it ends at a kiss. like on star wars." he gives a little shudder. "can you imagine them breaking out the secret that they had been dating for years,and now were expecting a child?! most awkward thanksgiving ever. we must steer layne towards virginia. that is all there is to it. for future thanksgiving's well being." erich says,already planning the menu.

"yes!" erich says excitedly. "he was my favorite! he had it all. snazzy dress,excellent delivery...perfect for our little marlena." erich sighs happily and gives ada a tight hug. moments like this were proof she was the only one who really understood him. "i think marlena has huge shoes to fill in the area of self destruction. may she never discover the wonder of dxm and ether." he also raises his hand to toast. as much as he may joke about it,he didnt really want his daughter following in his footsteps. the law of averages probably meant she would though. "passionate...that is a good way to put it. marriage would just be something for them to rebel against. which would be terrible as i really couldnt see them with anyone else. could you imagine nichole dating...i dunno...that guy with the good hair in that one band. hell if i remember what it is. but the hair is just to die for. or erica with the bi korean girl? though i think we all know she'd try to steal you." erich giggles and gives ada a gentle elbow. "i am sure they will tell. i know erica carries on entire,very mature conversation with takara. " erich slowly shakes his head. "sam....gone but not forgotten. i imagine for his sake,he better hope nichole annulled the marriage and doesnt find him. "

he lightly touches the back of adas arm as they kiss. he was sure they were going to last and be the old people still making out. he imagined golf carts would be involved. erich chuckles and clenches his hands over his pockets. " i dont care where she experiments,as long as she keeps her paws out of our stash!" he was pretty sure marlena would end up pirating from them,or one of the other couples on the ship. most likely erica. that takara already seemed to have latched on to marlena as a partner in crime. "seriously...how do we approach that? its bound to come up." erich says,lost in thought. he remembers his own father giving him the "dont drink" speech while having a young erich hess mix him up a tom collins. erich plays with his wife's hair again,it relaxed him in the face of having to explain his actions to their daughter one day. erich nods slowly at ada knowing erica and nichole were going to end up together. "yeah....i wish it wasnt like it is though. natalya didnt deserve what happened..or what erica did to her." erich takes a deep breath and looks over the rail. he liked natalya a lot,but understood erica didnt do what she did out of spite. "whew. who'd a thought we would be part of the stable club with nina and castor?"

erich is slightly taken aback,he wasnt expecting the ball to be returned to his court so soon. it was a touchy subject. erich had changed more diapers and prepared more bottles ,while blazed off his ass than he wanted to admit. drinking he had almost entirely cut out. ones coordination couldnt be compromised when handling a baby. in the great scheme of things,he didnt care much for alcohol on its own anyway. he probably should ask castor how he has handled this. his daughter surely knew what went on,and surely asked questions. "i....." erich pauses and looks to ada,wondering if his next few words will pass her requirements. "i think we should be open and honest with any questions she may have. i would rather have her experiment here than with people we do not know. i hope we have that kind of relationship with her where she wont be afraid to come to us or any of our extended family.i dont want her smoking weed when she is like 13 or so. that is just out of the question. but when she is mature enough to know what she is doing to herself....why not? but i do reserve the right to come down like a ton of bricks for anything injected or was a major plot point in breaking bad." erich says,surprisingly sternly. he had been giving this a little thought as of late,and was hopeful that ada was close in his views. erich smiles a little and nods. at times ada could put exactly what he was thinking into words he could not find. it was inevitable erica was going to cheat on natalya,but only with nichole. he knew erica well enough to know she wasnt on the prowl for any old hoochie. she took her marriage seriously,but she just loved nichole too much. "you are so right,ada potato." he says softly,kissing her again. " i am glad you knew it. because i really thought i was going to scare you away forever." erich laughs and smiles warmly.he remembered that day very fondly. "it makes for a kinda romantic story for marlena to hear,right? maybe we should live out the the crystal dress i was wearing."

Erich is relieved when Ada agrees with him. He did have some concerns with the pressures to be normal parents. But with them both being on the same page on the issue of drugs,it made it easier. Erich squeezes Ada back,happy that their parenting was going to work. " so we got the drugs out of the way. ....what about the other vice of our business....you know..how we made little marlena..? " Erich asks carefully. He couldn't imagine ever speaking to their child about what to do and being careful and all that. He smiles and holds ada's hand. He loved hearing about how Ada felt for him. " I love you too. I thought I may have Been overzealous in my usual antics and passion for German girls named Ada and tom Jones. We should tell marlena today,and see how she likes it. She is a very aware child." Erich says proudly. He was certain marlena would love the story,even if she wouldn't say anything. Erich smirks as he undoes the straightening of ada's leggings. "A little." He admits. " I Think we could have made out like bandits with appliances and Tupperware ...it would have been nice to do it with all our friends there.....how about you?"

"Yes! I totally agree! We have several years before that is an issue." Erich says with much relief. He didn't mind if their little princess was smoking till she choked,but somethings were fine left in the future. Erich holds Ada and brings her ever closer. So much she is nearly on top of him. He liked the idea of being parents openly infatuated with each other. His own seemed like acquaintances at best. He had just assumed older people ...stopped,when they got older. At least until he moved in with randy. " yup. Oodles of pet names,and ass grabbing. We have to set a good exaMple of love for our daughter,right? " Erich happily says,giving Ada another hug. He hugs her tighter when she speak about marrying him at any time. There were times it seemed wrong that Ada loved him so much. He was nothing special,yet he ended up with a great life? " yeah.....we did miss that." Erich says,wiggling his feet." It was a whirlwind start of their relationships,all sense was thrown overboard and they flung themselves into it. " you think we should have one? You know,just for appearances? An open bar,Tupperware,drinking out of Tupperware...maybe a cheesy lounge band. It could be fun." He suggests,bumping her foot with his.