Thank you for chancing my original fiction! This was a story I was especially proud of, as I felt like it did capture that universal spirit of peer pressure at its worst. Man, there isn't enough money in the world to make me go back to my school days, I'll tell you what!I thank you for your lovely review, and most of all for trying something new and different!

Thanks for reading this one, Sunny! I really was proud of this one, even though I normally don't like to write in first person. This story just seemed perfect for it. I really appreciate your taking a chance on my original work, that means a lot to me!

I'll read anything written well.  It doesn't have to be fanfic. :D

I'm sorry. There was a mishap and I couldn't rate the story. Of course it's five shining stars.

Oooh, I'm just glad you still like the story! I am really worried that you are somehow going to start hating it along the way. And thank you for your generous rating, even if it didn't register. I appreciate it!

Does that mean there will be more?

Arrgh! *facepalm* I'm so sorry. I had, like, 10 reviews in a row to a different story and I wasn't reading the title to this one. DUH! Okay, clear that whole thing out. New response:I am thrilled that you took the time to seek out my original fiction. Not many people do, and it means a lot to me that you took the time. Although I enjoy writing fanfiction, I feel like I put a lot more heart into my original work. I know it isn't as compelling to read, so the fact that you took the time to search for it it an enormous compliment, and I thank you most sincerely.  (you'd think I would get the right review *headdesk*)This is why I shouldn't do a THING before coffee!

I must admit I read it because you're in my fav authors' list and I receive a notification. Experience has proved to me that if I like an author's fanfiction work I'm likely to enjoy her original one.

Well, even if you didn't do a specific search, you still didn't hit the "back" button when you saw that it wasn't HP. And from my experience, people like to read their HP on this site, and they aren't here for the o-fic. Which is perfectly understandable, it just makes it so much nicer when someone does take the time to read it and leave a nice review. So I thank you!

Oh, thanks! I am sorry that this got misfiled into the fanfic section instead of the original fiction, but I'm glad you chanced to read it anyway.To hear that I have portrayed it realistically is the best compliment I coud receive. And I'm with you: I wouldn't go back to my school days for all the tea in China.Thanks for the review!

I feel bad that this story got misfiled. It was supposed to go under "original fiction", and all of my o-fics keep ending up in with the general fanfic, so I feel bad about misleading people! (and after that whole thing we talked about people reading o-fic...) But given all of that, I'm glad you read this anyway, even if it was by hook and by crook. The prompt was "temptation", and I thought this was a good, realistic way to showcase that. Although, I suppose I have a handful of HP stories that would ...*ahem* ... fit the bill!I like to write the poignant little angles that doen't always end up perfectly, but somehow ring true. If the reader has a sense that this would REALLY happen, or if they connect as if it DID hapen, even if it isn't very happy, then I feel like I did my job, and that's all I can ask. I think I did that in this story, so I was pretty content, even if it didn't win. Anyay, thanks, as always, for your very thorough review! (you should be sleeping!)

Thanks so much for reading this! I apologize that it got filed in the wrong place; it was supposed to be under original, so I hope it wasn't a nasty surprise.Thanks for the feedback regarding perspective! I generally dislike frist person, but this one seemed to call for it, and I am glad that you thought so, as well. My original fiction work isn't as much fun as fanfic, but it is more satsifying, so I thank you for giving it a try!