*sniff* I don't know how I missed it before, but this is beautiful.

That was super cute. :) A few scattered errors, but overall very enjoyable.

Gotta love Draco when he's being wicked. I hope Ginny tracks him down soon, because I don't want to think of the potential consequences if she delays too long.

Did you hear a sound a minute ago that was kinda like a crash, followed by some tinkling? Yeah, that was just my heart breaking. *thwaps Draco*

And Ginny! What. The. Hell. I'm sitting here like at a horror movie, shouting at the screen - "No, no, don't go in there! No, don't go in the bedroom, you'll regret it!!!" :-L

*happy sigh* Someone on the forums was looking for this fic, so I had to sit down and read it again. It really is one of my all-time favorites.

You're seriously going to kill me with this fic. Every time I think maybe there's a tiny chance a moment of happiness will come, BAM! We hit another corner. *sigh* I'm still clutching onto hope that it will end happily.

Author's Response: I didn't mean to attempt murder. I just wanted to give people something to read! *weeps* I love corners! I just keep throwing them in!

She will never be my wife, but I will have her somehow, Draco, honey, now you're just being stupid. If you get to that point, Voldemort will be gone, which means you no longer need to placate Pansy, who is a known bitch. Yeah, she'll be disappointed and hurt, but who do you want to hurt, Pansy or Ginny? Wake up and smell the hope, baby.

Author's Response: I can't see Draco as an optimist, lol.

Thanks also to the cabal reviewers. I worked on the formatting though I still don't know why my system is HTML and yet gets all screwy on this site. I still don't understand what is meant by dialogue errors. I am dense. Would someone please give me an example!!?

Since you chose to ask this publicly rather than privately, I will respond in the same manner.

This question has already been answered for you. Madalene3666 explained your problem with dialogue punctuation, and Vesica explained your html issues. Either you are being disingenuous when you ask for help, or you are not reading the emails being sent to you by the Cabal. Either option is not one I appreciate.

For the final time: Punctuation around dialogue should be as follows:
"This is ludicrous," she said.

Note the comma. Note the lack of capitalization. There will be a quiz later.

With regards to your formatting issues, the best advice I can give you is to make use of the preview function, and to not trust Word's "save as html" function. There's a fairly extensive tutorial on formatting on the help page.

And before you whip out the righteous indignation at my tone and at my public response, I will point out again that you are the one who chose to make the comment in your fic rather than in a private email. Considering just how much unappreciated beta work Madalene3666 in particular has done for you, and just how much leeway you've been given in terms of these dialogue errors, and that this is the fourth time I have had to deal with your inability to deal respectfully with us, the site owners and maintainers, I really don't believe that you are the one with any cause to be upset.

And now that I have explained what the errors are that you have been making, you have no further excuse for ever again playing dumb about what you are doing wrong. It is not your actual errors that are causing me to lose my patience and my temper with you, but rather your shoddy attitude. Archiving here is a privilege, not a right, and your dealing with me and with the members of the Cabal from a position of assumed entitlement has come to an end here and now. If you cannot display civility and courtesy in exchange for being granted the favor of archiving here, and of being given a certain amount of leeway within the rules, even to the point of having your fic beta read by one of the Cabal members, then you are welcome to take your fic and go home.

That was a really cute story. :)  I liked the way that you showed how something so small can make the difference in matters of attraction.

Augh!  DRACO!  Wake up and smell the true love, would you?  *glares*


Author's Response: Draco would have you know he doesn\'t take kindly to glares, but he\'s off hiding from the intensity of it. Wouldn\'t want to burn his porcelain skin, now, would we?

I like how sweet Draco is here - normally I'm all about the mean and snarky Draco, but I could believe him being so tired that he can't manage it and instead just lets the softer emotions hold sway.

Hey, hon, I changed your links to live ones. If it bothers you, I'll change them back.

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!  *hugs Ginny protectively*


Author's Response: :)