Author's Letter:
I work in two modes: lazy and lazier, as I told a fanfic buddy of mine, Isa (who writes some great stories, "Little Nicky" and "My Family" – check it out if you're in the mood for a chuckle and for the last time, is NOT a sick person for liking my angsty, painful stories). I never thought I would finish this fic so I surprised myself when I wrote the conclusion, sat back, reread it, and thought, "Hey, I'm done. This story has an end!"
Thank you so much, all of you, for investing so much time in this, my first real piece of longer HP fanfiction. 74 pages of Times New Roman text, size 12. Wow! It has been a rather wild ride for me.
Leah and Rachel were borne of my heart. They were everything I could ever hope Draco and Ginny's children would be like and writing that last chapter absolutely broke my heart. I have never actually cried writing a piece of fanfiction (and I've written some pretty disturbing fanfiction, mind you [can anyone say "In the Nighttime"?]), but they say there is a first time for everything.
I am sure any number of you, my beloved readers, were fully expecting an unhappy ending, judging from the reviews I received toward the end of the story. While I alluded to the fact that D/G were married unhappily in the beginning of the story (chapters 1 and 2) and in the interlude ("You're Gone," chapter 9), I assume most of you figured that said unhappy ending would be the final destruction of the Weasley/Malfoy union. And I know the majority of you are still trying to figure out WHY Ginny was still in love with Harry. Let me break it down for you: Harry died young, Ginny slept with Draco hastily. All she had left was to idealize and dream about what might have been. And Ginny is sure that what might have been is a whole lot better than what she has now. If what is is not good enough for her, then what might have been should more than satisfy her, so she spends her time dreaming of this complete life she lacks.
Whether you swear, punch, moan, applaud, yell, whatever – just REACT when you type those words out in the review box. Flame me, tell me to throw myself off the Astronomy Tower for writing such a long piece of crap that wasted your time - it doesn't matter because I will know my work affected you at least well enough to elicit a reaction from you! If you don't review my work, review somebody else's then! Just review, give these great authors a pat on the back, a job well done because most authors, like me, salivate for reviews.
Love, SnapeJuice