After reading your Tower story I had to look up what else you had written, and stumbled with this one, which I found very nice and funny. Her friendship with Hermione needed to be explored, and I liked the way you present her relationship with Fred and George. I guess the reason I chose this story is because I've always been very fond of Ginny, since CoS, and would have liked JKR to develop her further. After reading OotP, in which she starts to stand out, I thought she would, and was extremely disappointed that she never got far enough in HBP and DH (I was also disappointed because she didn’t develop further on the liability Harry was becoming if he didn’t learn to control his temper, but that’s another story). I think Ginny had a great potential, since she had been the only one who had actually befriended Tom Riddle. Although he had used her, she had intimacy with him. When she threw away the diary, and then retrieved it from Harry's dorm I always believed that it was because she had grown on Tom, and she needed him; an example of a destructive relationship. The ending of the series I’d have liked would have been one in which she sacrificed herself for Harry, taking advantage on her familiarity with Tom. Then, since Harry’s scar had become a Horcrux, he’d have sacrificed himself to destroy Voldemort, knowing that in doing so he’d join those he loved: his parents, Dumbledore, Ginny and Hedwig. That would have been a chance for JKR to explore the possibilities of life after death. At one time, before HBP, I thought about writing Ginny Weasley and the Chamber of Secrets, which would be followed by other stories on the Ginny JKR hadn’t developed – what you partrially did here. I even had a few notes on it., but I probably got scared about how dark the first story could get and never wrote it. I was planning to use it as an excuse to explore the dangers girls are exposed to when they roam the web, since I found great similarities between Tom’s diary and chat rooms. I know I never will, since there are many other things I must write in "my real life," and it’s unlikely I’ll ever find the time. Furthermore, after reading your story I'm quite convinced that it takes a girl to write about a girl; I'd have never been able to come up with the details on the gown and things like that... Maybe someone as insightful and prolific as you are would be up to the task...

Hi,

this is a very nice story where all characters are very much themselves. Ginny is rather girlish, while she's a tad more sportive in my eyes, but when it comes to a ball such things do change.

Maybe I loved the scenes with the robes best? Or then the brotherly offer to arrange something for her? Puffing their chest at their own words of other boys being shy...

Yes, I agree also that the film showed so well how Harry and Ron are not fit for a ball, with uh-girls, and ick-dancing. I laughted my head off while whatching. And then my husband and my son said they found these particular scenes a waste of time ... so far for the prejudice about boys and dancing. 

Percy's Christmas note was great and I hope we can eventually read Charlie's and Bill's letters! 

I'd have a a question to you, too: may I re-use a few things you invented in my story? I'm thinking of Aunt Muriel's present, but maybe also something else? 

OK, tomorrow is the day and we'll spend it queueing and reading ... but then you'll continue this story, won't you?

love this story so far. can't wait to read more. I'm looking forward to read Ginny's point of view of the Yule Ball.

I loved that scene from the movie too.

Poor Ginny.  Bad enough that Harry is clueless, but Ron as well...  It was great to see Fred and George being so nice to her.  Hope you post more soon.

the random machine got me here. and I am grateful.a pure, normal light pupil to pupil story (or best friends story, as Ginny would put it). normal people going to a ball with each other.  so different from what I usually pick to read.a new scene that JKR didn't show us - for good reasons. but now I am glad you attended to this Hermione and Victor scene where he sneaks around Hermione and finally asks her. nice, really.