Honestly, at this point I didn't want them to get married. It's not a happy ending at all.

Maybe I'm a bit harsh, but I don't like Ginny in this fic. Draco is waaaay too good for her. And I totally want Draco to be with Ginny over Harry, but Harry here seems so OOC. Didn't like him either.

Author's Response: Sorry you feel that way. This Ginny is very difficult to like mainly because she doesn't like herself. She has been broken and never took the time to fix herself. Draco is not completely innocent in this fic, but he does get a lot of undeserved grief from Ginny. My take on Harry in this fic was built on his treatment of Ginny as a trophy, which I think he does even in canon. I would like to think that Harry would never cheat on Ginny or manipulate her the way my Harry does, but I do think even canon Harry is 'human' and capable of making poor choices. While canon Harry hates the limelight, we don't know how he would react to finally experiencing the freedom the end of war would provide. It could go to his head a bit. I don't think that's too much of a stretch. Anyway, I'm not sure if you read all of this fic or not, but I do thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts. No one in this fic is really a villain - not even Harry. They all have their reasons for making bad choices and Ginny does eventually deal with her problems. Thanks again.

Definitely one of the most beautiful stories I have ever read (and I have been reading fanfiction for longer than I care to admit). Excellent job!

Author's Response: Thank you so much for your generous compliments. It made my day to get your review. Seriously. Thank you.

I did just update it! And you're welcome. I was so unsure about this, but I loved it. You did great, and you deserved the reviews! *applauds*

Author's Response: Thanks again!

This story is much more interesting than I thought it would be. I really want to see how it turns out! Ginny is pissing me off. She needs to stop whinging and be happy with Draco.

Author's Response: Thank you. I know Ginny really tests everyone in this fic. You are not alone in your reaction. :)

Started reading this today, after wishing my story had more reviews, and thinking that yours sounded way better. ;o)

I like the way this seems to be going. I always love D/G during Draco's seventh year.

I will continue reading this to see how it all goes.

Author's Response: Well, I have really enjoyed your fic, and I believe it has more reviews than mine ;) but I get what you mean. I often wish I would get more feedback, too. Which leads me to say thank you for taking the time to review!

Awwwww!!! I started crying cuz it was so romantic and I hoped for everything she would say yes!!! Best fic ever!!

Author's Response: Wow! Thank you so much for the amazing compliment! And I'm so thrilled to know that you were moved by their story. This review definitely makes up for all the hours I spent questioning it and reworking it. Thank you!

Read the whole thing just now, sorry for not reviewing on the other chapters. I really loved this story. I think you did a heartbreakingly wonderful job on Malfoy's character, and most of the time I was torn between choking and loving Ginny. I think this was a beautiful story and I loved the good mix of fluff and angst.

Author's Response: I forgive you because this is such a lovely review. Thank you for the really sweet compliments.

And I'm glad you enjoyed the fluff and the angst. This fic became so much more angst-filled than I ever epxected when I started writing it. At first, I think I though the rejections would be a mixture of misunderstandings or they would both be equally screwing up the relationship. But my Ginny just did not want to crawl out from her emotional wreckage. At least she finally figured it out. :)

Thank you again for the review!

Wonderful! It was heartbreaking, and happy. I loved it.

Author's Response: Awe, thank you! Yes, it was so sad most of the time, but I couldn't deny them their HEA. Thank you again!

Ooohhh Loved it!! :D Congratulations on finishing it. I love the whole idea of the plot and the way you developed the entire story was fascinating.
You did a lovely job with Draco still managing to keep cool and collected on the outside but you could still get the sense of his undying adoration for Ginny and the unmoving drive to be with her. One of my favourite parts were on this chapter when he comes back and he just says he's going on a date and I can feel the angry desperation in his actions through your words and then when he comes back and says he just went to back to work its a listen-to-what-I-am-saying kind of desperation and the contrast is so great it just brought the entire story together for me.

Thank you very much for such a lovely read and I can't wait to read more from you:)

Gio

Author's Response: Thank you! Thank you so much! I thought I had it finished for ages, but then I kept reworking it and then came the big doubts of whether it sucked or not, so thank you for letting me know how much you enjoyed it.

I love how you read that line in this chapter. He's just so desperate for all this to be real and the problems behind them, and I am glad you got that.

Thank you again for the review, and I am madly working on my other fic, The Safe House. It's very different from this one. In some ways, much more fluffy, but it is so much longer and there is so much more going on. I guess it's drama is completely external while this one was completely internal. Wow! I just realized that. :)

I have faith that you'll do a lovely job with the conclusion. You did with this one.

Author's Response: Awe, thank you. I can't even begin to tell you how much I debated about this chapter so it means a lot to me to know that it turned out okay. And now, of course, I'm freaking out about the last chapter. But, it's written already. Just waiting to hear back from my beta.