A/N Hello everyone! This is a new story. I may or may not make a sequel to Island Princess.
I had this idea and wanted to share it. Like the other story, I'm not sure how long it will be. I will see how far the story takes me. Goes without saying, I do not own the characters of Gilligan's Island. If I did, Ginger would have married The Professor early on and the Howells would not be the only married couple on the island. Now enjoy the story!

Ginger Grant sat next to him at the dining table wondering how it all began. Well she knew how it began. It began by them arguing over something she didn't even remember what it was. She had been helping him with one of his latest experiments. She insisted that he use something or other and he refused equally insisting it would be futile.

"Will you listen to me for once!" She shrieked.

"Ginger I'm telling you it won't work! I'm a scientist I should know what would work and wouldn't work."

She had crossed her arms in fury. "You know what your problem is." She stated.

The Professor had exhaled and folded his arms across his chest. "No what is exactly is my problem?"

"You are stubborn!"

"Stubborn?"

"That's right! And you think you are smarter than everyone else! It never once occurred to you that someone else could just as easily know something that you don't know."

The Professor was in disbelief. "I can't believe I'm hearing this! Ginger I'll have you know I studied science and chemistry all my life…."

"So?" Ginger had retorted. "That doesn't mean you know absolutely everything. Just like the eye of the idol. You refused to even believe.."

The Professor had not been able to believe they were even having this discussion. "Ginger my dear that eye of the idol was nothing but eleven dollars worth of quartz. And I'll have you know that because it made you happy, I went in that cave to look for it. Just for you. So don't say I'm stubborn."

It was at those words Ginger stopped being angry and had a look of hope on her face. "You did that for me?"

"Well you…"

"You did that to make me happy?"

"I suppose. I mean it did mean that much to you so I…"

"Professor! Oh Professor! You love me!" She had exclaimed with joy.

The Professor was dumbfounded and his only reply was "Huh?"

"You went in that cave looking for that little thing just for me. All because you love me!"
"I..well Ginger.."

"I love you too!"

That was the moment that Ginger had flung her arms around him kissing him with intensity. The Professor had somehow found his arms going around her and holding her as close as possible to experience the taste of her kiss. How long they had been like that neither of them knew.

It wasn't until Gilligan had come bursting in did they break away. Gilligan was going to tell the Professor about something he found on the island when he stopped and noticed the pair with their arms around each other. His eyes went wide and he hurried away exclaiming to the Skipper how he saw the Professor and Ginger kissing.

"Skipper! Skipper! I just saw the Professor kissing Ginger! The Professor was kissing Ginger! Skipper…Hey Skipper! The Professor and Ginger were kissing!"

The two had walked out of the Professor's hut and found Gilligan still babbling what he had witnessed to the rest of the castaways. They all had looked up at the two saying nothing. Ginger finally broke the silence.

"Well what are you all looking at?" She had demanded.

The castaways had all tried to mumble something or other and Ginger shook her head rolling her eyes. Mary Ann decided to announce that dinner was ready and they went to sit down and eat taking their places at the table.

The farm girl made the mistake of sitting down next to the Professor. Well she didn't know it was a mistake until Ginger announced that she was the only one who was going to sit next to him and asked that she kindly move elsewhere. The dinner went on awkwardly, everyone not knowing what to say. The Skipper had tried to make small talk but no one was listening.

Mr. Howell had tried to amuse everyone with his little jokes but no one laughed. Well no one but Mrs. Howell. Mary Ann was too scared to say anything to the Professor less Ginger bite her head off. She stayed close to Gilligan trying to lure him into a conversation but it was useless as he was still in shock and wasn't paying any attention to anything she asked or said. Finally Ginger could no longer stand it.

"Okay yes! I'm in love with the Professor! I kissed him. He kissed me. Can we all please move on?"

Mary Ann finally gathered enough courage to speak. "Um…does this mean…you are…well together?"

The Professor looked up from his food and spoke. "Yes. Mary Ann. You can say we are together."

Mr. Howell stood up and smiled. "Well this is cause for celebration! Lovey, get our finest bottle of bubbly!"

Ginger laughed thinking back what had happened four months earlier. Mary Ann had asked her if this meant she would be moving in with the Professor and she could have the hut all to herself. Ginger told her she was not sure of that yet although it slowly started to happen. She spent so many nights in his hut, she would just leave one thing or another and before she knew it…she had moved so many things in, that there was hardly anything left in the hut she shared with Mary Ann.

Ginger suspected that Mary Ann may be secretly happy to have the hut to herself so she could more easily sneak Gilligan in. Mary Ann had not said a word to her or anyone but Ginger knew there was something going on as she had spotted Gilligan leaving the hut early one morning. Ginger was happy for her and kept her silence. When Mary Ann and Gilligan were ready to tell everyone, they would. Until then, she decided to keep it to herself although she did mention something to the Professor but made him promise to not breathe a word.

The dinner came to a close. Mary Ann gathered up the plates with Gilligan. Ginger linked her arm in with the Professor's as they took a stroll in the jungle. She enjoyed these moments alone with him as it seemed they were rare lately.
He was occupied with coming up with little inventions to make life easier on the island and she was always helping Mary Ann with one thing or another. It was nice when she could steal him away from everyone and have him to herself.

The two continued to walk when the Professor stopped and backed her against a palm tree.

Ginger smiled. "What ever are you up to?" She said in her breathless voice.

His only response was to place a loving kiss on her lips. She circled her arms around him giving into his passion for her. Little were the two aware of the little boat that had just come up to the shore of the lagoon.

A dark haired woman with glasses wearing an ugly suit, stepped off the boat and tied it to a log.
She looked around and thought. "This will be my new home."