PLEASE READ

This is a warning that you need to read before you begin this story.

Please read the WHOLE thing.

Ok, so here I am, four years later going through this story again. I haven't read it in practically forever but I still remember what it meant to me at the time. I'm not rewriting it, just patching it up. I was 13/14 then and my spelling was even worse than it is now. The story is full of mistakes and I wanted to try and fix them all.

To anyone who read this story before, I want to say thank you. The support that all of you gave me really helped me to quit cutting. I hope that most of you are free of that addiction as well now. I can't thank you all enough for the encouragement you gave me. I hope that you all know that you probably saved my life, this story saved my life.

Thank you even to those who wrote me flames and said that I was going to trigger people with this. You gave me insight. I don't believe that anyone should be triggered by this story. I like to think that most people know themselves pretty well and if they think they are going to be triggered will stay away after seeing the warning.

I'm not going to say that this story is just for cutters...but it kind of is. From my experience...its hard to read stories about it (especially one this graphic) if you aren't a cutter. For those of you who don't cut and are planning on reading...be careful. I started cutting because I read about it in fanfiction, I don't know that I ever would have started otherwise.

Also, if you're a recovering cutter, be careful as well. I wrote this story, and I've been having trouble going through it to edit without being triggered. Halfway through chapter eleven I had to stop, take a few deep breaths and have a cigarette before I could continue to read it. I just want to warn you, if you are recovering and not 100 sure that you're going to be able to read without being triggered, please DON'T try to.

I received comments for this story saying that it was disgusting, that all Draco and Ginny did was cut and help each other to do it. That it went back and forth like this for half of the story to the point where it looked like the plot was never going to go anywhere. This isn't true! That's not what I was trying to show. This story is about the STRUGGLE of quitting. It's about how you may fall back when you're trying and that you need good friends to stand by and help you along the way. Nobody is perfect and a cutting addiction is as legitimate as a drug addiction. Do drug addicts not relapse? Do friends not help each other to get drugs and help to quit drugs? It does have a good and moral ending (I swear!)

I wish I could actually speak and personally thank all of the people who wrote me reviews, sent me emails, encouraged me and shared their stories. I feel overwhelmed and emotional when I go through the reviews and emails (I have hundreds of them in a folder on my hotmail). If anyone out there wants to talk, PLEASE send me an email or a review, because I would love to speak with ANY of you. I made some good friends on here four years ago, and I've lost touch with every single one.

PLEASE

Pay attention to all of these warnings.

I could never forgive myself if something that I wrote was the cause of anyone going through what I, and so many other readers, have gone through.

In any case, please enjoy the story and let me know what you think.