I love Ginny's unreasonability at this point. She isn't a feminist, even if she wants to say she is. She is doing what is best for her and masquerading it as feminism. But it is real, and I just love her character so much. Fluff!Ginny can be great, but Tomboy!Ginny is my favorite.

I love their interactions. I need more. I NEED D/G goodness. And Draco complimenting Ginny. And Ginny blushing in front of Draco. And the two of them being cute.

Anise, darling, you would write something like this. It's right up my alley, of course. From the beginning you had me enthralled with it. The entire exchange had me wondering what the hell was going on. Now I find myself dying to know just what caused Ginny to flee to America. What could be so bad?

You've done it again. But then you always do. I've thee tabs open for FIA and two of them are yours. Good job!

Author's Response: Thanks! :) Okay, as far as why Ginny ended up running all the way to Portland (she took Frontier, actually, and she's never going to fly on THAT airline again,) here's a quick recap. A year before this fic opens, blackmail letters were sent to a number of people, including Ginny, Draco, Luna, Pansy, Brutus Crabbe, and Selina Goyle. Ginny's letter said that unless she sent a lot of money to the anonymous blackmailer, then her affair with Draco would be made public (she was still with Harry at the time.) She was still trying to scrape the money together when the blackmail letters were sent to the press. As a result, she decided to leave the wizarding world for a while, which was allowed as long as she agreed to not use magic in the Muggle world. At the time, Ginny didn't know who the blackmailer was. Right afterwards, though, she learned from Luna that it was Theo. That's why she wants revenge.

I thought I was ready for this, but when you brought in the sex chair I realized I was so far away from being ready. I didn't expect that, but wow. That was interesting, to say the least.

To say more? I'm thinking I feel a bit scared if Draco is bigger than that thing. Just a tiny bit scared, as we know my preference doesn't lean towards that size. So I might have said ow and squeezed my thighs together.

I'm also very interested in what is sure to be an amazing story. I already hate Theo. Stupid Theo, trying to ruin the romance for my loves! *grabs him by ear and drags him away*

Author's Response: Thanks! Oh, um... um, the sex chair. Right. (looks shiftily from side to side.) There are a few, um, interesting things in this fic. But I don't think it ever gets too crazy-- I mean, to the point where the smut is more important than the D/G relationship and the motivations of the other characters. Theo is not a pleasant person, although he does get depth later on; I think that eventually we see that in his mind, anyway, he has a good reason for what he does. and, oh snerk, the chapters that are coming up next!! Maybe some chocolate would be good? Migraine-free chocolate? ;)

Usually I don't enjoy reading our submissions. I have to try and find every error I can to see if it meets the criteria. This story? You have blown my mind so far. I am adoring it, and I truly am excited to see where this goes!

This takes me back to when I first started shipping Draco and Ginny. All those stories were waiting to be found and told. I think that you'll join the ranks of our classic authors in no time!

The one thing I would advise: Be a little more careful with comas! There were a few errors, but nothing major.

Hope to see the next chapter very soon!

Author's Response: Thank you so much! Hearing that means the world to me :D Where were the comma problems? I know I'm a comma abuser, but I'll fix problems wherever you spot them.

I adore the banter between Ginny and Draco! It's beyond adorable. I also like the direction this is heading. You make me want to get back into writing for this fandom! So many writing challenges, so little time!

I think your Blaise is spot on. Or he is with the way I imagine him at least.

Will read the next chapter when I have time!

Author's Response: I'm so glad! Writing the two of them interacting is one of my favorite things...in life itself. They're just ridiculously fun. Blaise has always been a perplexing character. It's nothing short of amazing that he can have so few lines in actual canon, but have such a ridiculously well-developed fanon character. So I'm glad we agree on him. :)

The opening paragraph is amazing. You make me literally FEEL Ginny’s nervousness. I almost started nervously laughing as well. WOW!

I also like how you seem to be leading into making their relationship more. You aren’t forcing it. It’s very natural and organic. It feels so real and right, like this is the right step for them to take. Of course Ginny would develop feelings for Draco at this point. But you don’t beat me over the head with it. So it’s great.

[As Muggles said, hindsight was 20/40.]

I don’t think that’s quite right, but Ginny would get it wrong, and that’s the point. I almost spit out my coffee laughing. Its little touches like this that make this story so great! You don’t go for big jokes, you just sneak in little things that work great.

Their plan is interesting. It’s manipulative and smart, and I must admit that I love it to pieces so far. I’m not sure how it’ll pan out, but so far, I’m loving it. I’m not loving the fact that the healers seem content with the fact that they’re mad. They should be wanting to heal their patients, and they don’t seem to care much about doing that at all.

So far you are doing an amazing job with this! I can’t wait for the rest of it! Okay, so the wait makes it worth it, and I totally can. But still. I love it!

Author's Response: Yay! I'm so glad you got the hindsight joke! I was half-expecting someone to review and tell me that I'd gotten it wrong, but the whole point is that Ginny is the one who uses the phrase incorrectly. XD I love those little touches! But sometimes you have to wonder if they're worth it when people don't get the joke. (Like in a previous story, Draco calls Ginny a bunch of different names because he has no idea what her name is, and I got a few reviews telling me "Ginny's name is Ginevra, not Ginger or Gemima," and I just kind of had to laugh because they didn't get the joke. XD Successful jokes are the best!) And I'm loving the fact that everyone is hating on the Healers (as, of course, they should, because they look pretty incompetent, don't they?)! Thank you so much for your review! I'll have more this coming week!

"In the dark or invisible, he could exist without being beleaguered by anyone else's opinion of him, but now he had to sit in this tiny closet with nothing to look at except the "-present scowl on her face. And just as she was the cause of his headache, Draco knew that he was the cause of her scowl."

The above blew me away. Right there you sum up Draco's character. You've just told me everything I need to know about him and what he cares about most. You did it without beating a horse to death. This is something that can be really hard for a lot of people, and you pulled it off flawlessly, doll!

I love that Draco feels the need to reach out to her, and that Ginny feels comfortable confiding in Draco. They are slowly opening up to each other. It's cute! Even if they were stuck in a closet. I also think it's realistic; how Ginny was treated after the war and how she felt about said treatment. Wars aren't easy, and people do get overlooked.

Honestly I could gush about this story for days. You've come a good, long way as a writer. I'm anxiously awaiting the next chapter. If this has any typos, please forgive me, as i had a seizure earlier, but I wanted to read and review this so badly!

Author's Response: Yes, yes, yes, all the yes. I always wanted to write an epic (relatively speaking) post-war fic that really digs into my headcanon of what could have happened after the war. Everyone handles their trauma in different ways, and it's possible that in the wake of Fred's death, what Ginny went through (which really was horrific for a sixteen year old girl to go through) could have been forgotten. And, Draco, who always loved the spotlight at Hogwarts, maybe he would have shied away from it after the war, when people were filled with pain and hate and wanted to take it out on someone. Would the Malfoys have been deserving of any hate they received? Probably yes. But Draco, too, was only a kid, manipulated into doing this terrible thing to save the lives of himself AND his parents. No one would know or care about that, and they'd try to verbally abuse him anyway, and that's gotta stick somewhere in a man. That Draco and Ginny end up being opposites of each other was a happy accident while writing, but I love the parallel. One hiding from attention, the other craving some. Different ways of handling grief.

Thank you so, so much for the lovely review! I hope you're feeling better after your seizure. D:

OH MY GOSH!!! This is too cute! I am adoring it already. You've really pulled me in with a topic that most women can relate to. I think we've all had that one guy we've worked with harass us, and we all wished we could pull a Ginny and makeout with our own version of Draco Malfoy.

You do a good job at making me detest Junker. I want him in the garbage bin where he belongs! Draco better keep her safe from that disgusting pig!

Author's Response: It's disgustingly easy to make Junker detestable. I don't know if that says something about me or about the prevalence of this kind of behavior/attitude. O_O Oooh, Ginny would blow a gasket if she heard you say that about Draco keeping her safe! She can take care of herself, thank you very much! ;D Thanks for the review, Kristi!

This caused my heart to restrict. Just, wow. Stylistically, it was a bit hard to read, but it was worth it. It was a different flow than I am used to, but I liked it. It worked well to tell the story. You were able to evoke emotion within me, and I felt the pain and sadness Ginny felt. Great job!