Hello! Before someone accuses me of plagiarism, I've decided to post this note indicating exactly what I consciously based on to write the story. But hey, maybe I did use somebody else's idea without noticing too. If that happened, I am sorry and intend to correct my mistake. For now, I give you the lyrics for the song that was on Hermione's letter and the dialogue of Meet Joe Black from which I borrowed some parts. At the end, there's a very, very long list of replies to the reviews I got.
The Song
What am I to you, by Norah Jones (Album: Feels Like Home)
What am I to you
Tell me darling true
To me you are the sea
Fast as you can be
And deep the shade of blue
When you're feeling low
To whom else do you go
See I cry if you hurt
I'd give you my last shirt
Because I love you so
If my sky should fall
Would you even call
Opened up my heart
I never want to part
I'm giving you the ball
When I look in your eyes
I can feel the butterflies
I love you when you're blue
Tell me darlin' true
What am I to you
Yeah well if my sky should fall
Would you even call
Opened up my heart
Never wanna part
I'm giving you the ball
When I look in your eyes
I can feel the butterflies
Could you find a love in me
Could you carve me in a tree
Don't fill my heart with lies
I will you love when you're blue
Tell me darlin' true
What am I to you
What am I to you
What am I to you
The Dialogue
Movie: Meet Joe Black. It's at the begining of the movie. Anthony Hopkin's character (AHC) is talking to his daughter about her relationship with a man that, he notices, she doesn't love.
AHC: I know it's a cornball thing. But love is passion, obsession someone you can't live without. I say, fall head over heels. Find someone you can love like crazy and who will love you the same way back. How do you find him? Well, you forget your head and you listen to your heart. And I am not hearing any heart. Cause the truth is, honey, there's no sense living your life without this. To make the journey and not fall deeply in love, well, you haven't lived a life at all. But you have to try, 'cause if you haven't tried, you haven't lived.
At this point they say one thing or another and then she asks for a shorter version of the speech.
AHC: Stay open. Who knows? Lightning could strike.
I thought that some parts of the dialogue would fit very well in the story and so I copied. But having Anthony Hopkins say it was a lot better. I just love his voice. Erm... uh... right. I wish my father would talk to me like that. The only thing he asks is: have you guys had a fight yet? Have I just gone off topic again? Ah well.
The Reviews
First of all I'd like to thank all of the 354867468764687 people who reviewed. Since I couldn't possibly reply to all of you, I randomly chose 4 people to reply to. Yeah, I've only had 5 reviews so far (two from the same person, which explains why I chose 4, in case you couldn't come to that conclusion). But that's great, I thank you all who took your time to not only read it but also comment on the story. And hey, maybe one day the number of reviews will be indeed the first mentioned number and then yes, this will be a very, very long list of replies and thank-yous. Reviews stand from last to first and, if new reviews are to come, I'll continue with the arrangement of last to first.
hydraspit – I'm happy you liked this extra chapter, but who came up with the idea was you, so thank you. And I didn't have any ideas for more stories... until I stopped a little and thought about your "write more about the Weasley"... hm... ideas start coming... hmm... And your story is great, I'll make sure to stop by and read some more.
Miss Pirates – thank you for taking your time to review each chapter. Your reviews are really appreciated and you had patience to review all 3 chapters! Yay! Thank you. And your comment about the twins, that made me really happy, first because I love them to death, and second because you approved the writing, and this coming from you, whose humour in stories I loved, is very meaningful. Thanks again.
hydraspit – Hey, maybe I am a shrink who's in need of patients and all I did was on purpose. Just kidding. ) Thank you very much for your humorous review and I pretty much added this note because you said you hadn't seen Meet Joe Black and then it hit me that, maybe, just saying I had copied from it wasn't enough. People had to know what was mine and what wasn't. I think. Or maybe not. Ah well, now it's done. As for a new story, I don't have any plans to writing any just now. Glad you liked this one.
Pirate Fancier – Thankee. I hope you find your way back to my fanfic. And lovely nickname, by the way.
katie – Thank you very much indeed. Having the them interact with one another is very import in my point of view because... well... because everybody interacts with somebody eles. And sometimes people don't give much an idea of groups interacting and that's what I tried to do a bit. I hope it didn't look like a pitiful attempt.
urew – Your wait is now over! The last chapter is up! And I hope that you, too, find your way back to the story's page. Thank you for reading it.
Riina – I just love the twins and I love writing them. They are such great characters. And Ron and Hermoine, well, that's the only couple I really cheer for, so I am bound to be more... erm... awkwardly romantic when writing about them. Thank you for your review!
That's all folks! Now I'm going to go around reading other people's fanfic and, trust me, you'll still see my review on yours.