ALL ABOUT EVA

I gotta say, these doppelganger episodes were amusing. I just wish all seven had an episode rather than just Bob, Jim and Tina. Oh well. Still own nothing, never have and never will.

All credit goes to Sherwood Schwartz and my brilliant beta - Mary.

After the Skipper scolded Gilligan for saying "Grub," the five were quiet on the walk back. The only sound was Ginger softly sobbing the whole way home. When they got back to the table, Ginger sat in a chair, leaned over, and putting her head on the table on top of her arms, sobbed a bit harder.

The others shrugged, not knowing what to say, or if there was anything they even could say to her. They all decided to leave her alone for a while and went to get breakfast started.

Ten minutes later, the food was all set out and everyone sat to eat. Ginger was still in the same position, tears noiselessly cascading down her eyes, across her cheeks and pooling onto the table.

"Ginger, sweetie, you should eat something," Mary Ann said, and Ginger finally sat up and wiped her eyes. Mary Ann put a plate of food in front of her and Ginger picked at it with a fork.

"For what reason, Mary Ann? Face it; I can't leave the island now! I may as well just die here," she answered in a depressed monotone voice as she dropped the fork on the plate not bothering to eat.

"Oh, Ginger - don't say that… I'm sure that evil girl won't be able to take over your life," the Skipper said, to be helpful.

Ginger cocked a brow at him. "And what will stop her, Skipper? She has my look and the courage to pull this off."

"I'm sure someone will recognize she's an imposter," the Professor added in, and Ginger shrugged.

"Yeah, sure, but who knows when that'll happen? I'm sure she has this already figured out… She has no idea where she was or what happened to you all, and everyone will just welcome her home with open arms!"

"I'm sure…" Gilligan started.

"Oh, just stop it!" Ginger snapped, silencing Gilligan who snapped his mouth shut.

"Ginger, we're only trying to help!" Mary Ann protested.

"Oh, stop being the perky Mary Poppins! Face it, she didn't leave here looking like boring old you, she looks like me! The queen of Broadway - not the queen of dirt and mud!" Ginger snapped.

"Well - excuse me for trying to be your friend! Lord knows how impossible that's been!" Mary Ann huffed.

Ginger rolled her eyes. "Hasn't been a fun ride for me either, Poppins," she answered, and Mary Ann stalked off in the direction of her hut. When she was gone, the other five gave Ginger a disapproving look.

"Oh, don't start!" Ginger whined. She pushed her plate of food away, sulking again.

"Ginger…"

The movie star groaned. "Don't start, Professor, please… None of you will ever understand the stage is my one and only life," she begged.

The Professor, who had seated himself beside her, gently stroked her hair.

"I'm sure that isn't true… There are so many other things you can do once we get rescued."
"Are you trying to depress me even more?" Ginger asked giving him a look.

"No, I'm just trying to keep your hopes up," he said, and she rolled her eyes.

"Don't bother… Like I said, only the stage is my home… Since I was a year old, I've been in beauty pageants and talent shows and now Eva stole it all from me." She stood up. "I just need to be alone for a while… I'll apologize to our perky farm girl later," she said, and walked away.

She was back a second later. "Anyone seen the radio?" she asked, and Gilligan got up and went into his hut.

"I like the fairy tales," he said, and she smiled at him.

"Thanks… I'll see you all later," she said and walked off again. She was hungry, though, and grabbed a banana from the table.

XXX

Ginger walked till she found herself at the lagoon. She sat in the sand, despite hating sand, and leaned against a big rock. It wasn't very comfortable… as she rather have a chair, but it beat staying at camp and listening to everyone try to convince her everything would be okay.

She turned on the radio, and the station played soft music. It was a pretty sound, and she listened to the instruments sounds as they blended perfectly together. It was so pretty and soft that after she finished her banana, she fell asleep.

She woke a few hours later to someone shaking her shoulders. She opened her eyes to see Gilligan kneeling by her.

"We're all about to eat lunch, but we wanted to see if you were still not hungry," he said, and Ginger shrugged.

"I'm okay, Gilligan, but can you help me stand? I think my legs are asleep," she answered, and the boy helped her up. "I'll be back for dinner, I promise," she added, walking away. Gilligan nodded, and jogged back to camp to give the news.

XXX

Four more hours passed before Ginger appeared, as promised, carrying the radio.
She put it on the table and turned it off. Mary Ann gave her a cold look as she passed out the food. Ginger smiled at her and the other girl turned away.

Dinner was quiet, and after, Ginger left for their hut, not wanting to sit in the sand any longer. Mary Ann followed her in and ignored her, sitting on her own bed. Ginger shrugged and turned on the radio, as she had taken it in with her. She lay in her bed, ready to listen to more pretty music.

Instead of music, though, a man's voice was heard.

"It's been four hours now since Miss Ginger Grant appeared in Hawaii…" he was saying, and Ginger scoffed.

…"Yeah, great… Bet their still throwing a party," she muttered.

Mary Ann rolled her eyes.

…"Immediately she was flown to Hollywood to determine if she was the real Ms. Grant, as the other six castaways she was with weren't with her. Miss Grant claimed that she has no idea where they are," he went on, and Ginger rolled her eyes.

"Of course not! Why would she want to help us out?" she said to the radio.

Mary Ann chuckled softly from her bed.

…"We now have our answer, ladies and gentlemen! The woman is an imposter!" the announcer went on, and Ginger clicked off the radio, not needing to hear any more.

Ginger's eyes widened. "She… she couldn't pull it off…" she murmured, looking at Mary Ann who held the same stunned expression.

"Mary Ann – I've still got my Hollywood name!" she said, and Mary Ann jumped up and they hugged, cheering loudly. The two then ran outside.

"Everyone… She couldn't pull it off!" they yelled, running out. They kept yelling it till everyone was huddled outside.

"What are you two carrying on about?" Mr. Howell demanded, and Ginger told them about the bulletin.

Everyone cheered and smiled at Ginger.

"That's wonderful Ginger… At least you're not a "boring nobody" like me now," Mary Ann said and Ginger looked at her.

"You're not a boring nobody, Mary Ann… You're the best roommate I ever had and the best friend," she went on, and Mary Ann smiled.

The two girls went back to their hut, and soon the island was quiet again, except for the pen scratching paper as the young man in his brother's shirt sat at the table to write in his diary.

Dear Diary,

We met a new gerl but she was nut nice. Her nam waz Eva, and she was sad wen we fund her. So gerls mad her ento Ginger and then Eva left us but she is in trubl fer bein Ginger. I dun get une theng diary. Eva was nut ugleee so why cheng?

Oh well I dun eveer get gerls eneweys.

Gilligan