1992

"He's the most beautiful baby in the world!" Mary Ann exclaimed as she looked through the nursery window at Roger and Audrey's new son, Ryan Paul Hinkley.

"He's a little cutie, all right," Roy agreed. All the former castaways had flown to California to meet the first castaway grandchild. Jonas and Claudia were now married and living together in Hawaii. The Howells still lived in New York City, Roy, Mary Ann, Dawn, and Dusty in Ohio, and Gilligan and Cindy with their ever increasing family in Kansas.

In Audrey's hospital room, Igor, Ginger, and Roger sat at her bedside talking. "I'll bet Ryan's birth was really different from mine, wasn't it?" Audrey asked her mother.

"Was it ever!" Ginger laughed. "Mary Ann and I were alone in our hut when my contractions started. Mary Ann went to get Roy, but he wasn't in his hut, so she sent Gilligan to look for him. As it turned out, he was looking for seashells on the other side of the island to make a necklace for Mary Ann. Anyway, you were born before he got back, so Mary Ann had to deliver you herself."

"Wow, that sure must have been scary!" Audrey exclaimed.

"It was," Ginger agreed. "Everything turned out fine in the end, though."

"I miss birth of my daughter," said Igor. "But I am here for birth of grandson."

"It was the most amazing thing I've ever seen," said Ginger, who'd witnessed her grandson's birth.

"You did really well," Roger told his wife.

"I can't wait for Mark and Jennifer to meet him," said Audrey.

Just then, the nurse entered with a whimpering Ryan. "Somebody's hungry," she said. She handed the baby to Audrey, who began to nurse him.

Igor reached for his wife's hand and squeezed it tightly. "Hard to believe we are grandparents now," he said to her. "Time pass very quickly, yes?"

"It sure does," Ginger agreed. "And I can't wait to watch Ryan grow up together with you. You missed most of Audrey's childhood. I'm so glad you'll be here for Ryan's."

"Family is all together now, never to be parted again," Igor said tenderly.

"That's right," Ginger replied.