"Do let me add, before disappearing, that the few moments we were married were among the happiest of my afterlife," the Captain said smugly, as he dematerialised. Carolyn frowned up at his portrait, furious and frustrated. "I wouldn't marry you if you were the last ghost on earth!" This is another AU fan fiction using the GaMM canon characters, episodes, scripts and my own works.

Carolyn Muir, a young, attractive widow, with two small children, is almost destitute. Her refusal to remarry is an issue with her parents. When a position as a clerk of office to her uncle Claymore Gregg becomes available Carolyn, her children and her woman companion, are all shipped off to Maine's wild, windy coast in the hope Carolyn will see sense and agree to find a husband...

Carolyn and the children take a trip to Schooner Bay over Spring Break to get a feel for the town and visit Gull Cottage. Candy relieves her disappointment over not going to Disney World by making friends both young and old. Carolyn seeks to find an old friend and Jonathan and Martha find their own ways of coming to terms with life's new adventure.

Ever wondered what happened next to our favorite couple, and their family in Schooner Bay - it's an Eternal question and one that gets answered here at long last!