Chapter One: Awakening {Gilligan's POV}
"Gilligan!" I need a new name. My old one gets yelled at too much. "Gilligan!"
The unmistakable sound of my best buddy, Skipper, is yelling at me. So I just yell back.
"Ya, Skipper?"
"Gilligan, where have you been?" The Skipper's eye to eye with me now, or should I say eye to hat?
"I've just been in here, where else would I be?" I mean, I was right here in the hut. Even though I was thinking of going butterfly-hunting again-
"I know you're here, I just didn't know." His voice is softer now, more friendly, perfect for conversation.
"But you know where I am, so why were you looking out there?"
"Well, I jus-" He gives me a look, takes off his hat and clobbers me in one swift motion. "Gilligan! Stop messing around! You have work to do!"
"Like what, Skipper?"
"Well, for starters-" I hate it when he says that, 'starters'. It means I don't get to go butterfly hunting. "-you could get some fresh water, the girls are making soup for dinner tonight."
"Alright, Skipper." I say. I'm out the door and heading to the lagoon. It's only a short walk, so I don't have to haul-
the... water... Oops. I forgot the bucket.
By the time I remembered, I was already at the lagoon. I said it was a short walk.
As I head back to get the bucket, I trip over something. I look down. "SKIPPER! PROFESSOR!"
I stumble back, and I had a good reason. I didn't stumble over a rock or myself like I usually do. I stumbled over a person. And It wasn't one my friends. It was a girl.