Okay, hopefully answering what I can in order.  Even if it takes me weeks, I do respond to all reviews, so never fear ;-)  A major part of the plot for Ginny is what made her run and why she talked to Tonks, so I'm afraid I can't answer that part.

It may sound like a weird stretch but I honestly believe that she's acting very much in character, even if she looks like she isn't.  I do think that Ginny is vital to the plot, and in fact I came up with her plot first and then everything else to go around it, but no... you don't have to focus on her. Hopefully the rest of the story will be fun without her. :-)  I'm off to post chapter 17 now.

I really appreciate your honesty.  I am going to address your concerns, hopefully in order, and please let me know if I miss something:

-Hermione didn't tell them because she did feel like they should know Ginny better than they obviously do... that and Ron was being a git and as the books show, they tend to annoy each other for the principle of it.  My writer's reason, however, is that I wanted to build the tension between Ron and Hermione so that their first kiss would be really explosive.

-I didn't mean that they were her best friends... I just meant for Hermione to point out that if she and Harry had left, he'd be pretty upset... and afterall, a guy she'd had a crush on for 6 years did break up with her.

-If I tell you what Ginny is doing then I would really have to just give up writing the story, so the next point about her being selfish is going to be a 'wait and see' part.  Ginny is no shrinking violet... she's also got a nasty temper (think back to her big row with Ron) and hexing people for just annoying her.  She did have to let Harry go... but that doesn't mean that she can just sit still and let them have all the fun.  She's got a debt to settle with Tom Riddle and she also has something to do.

If you give up reading, I won't be offended.  I chose the name 'final flame' because a friend told me that would be a good name... as I expected to get flamed.  You haven't, so don't worry!  I love honesty and I don't blame you for feeling this way.  You don't know the plot and there really hasn't been much to go on so far.  You can't really tell what Ginny is up to but I will say it again and again.  I am a die hard H/G shipper and I always will be.  Oh and I'm a sucker for a happy ending.  But if this is going to bother you so much, give it up.  Life's stressful and reading fanfiction shouldn't be.

Pretty much it goes like this... if you stick out the story to the end, I think you will like it, but I don't want you to be upset over it.  If you want to discuss this further, see my profile for my email address or some form of IMing.

~Sarah 

Well... Ginny couldn't help that her brother wanted to interfere in her plans and that he was going to try to keep her from ruining his reputation at work.  It's all a matter in how one looks at it.

I, although I admit to being heavily biased, think that what Ginny is up to is great and hopefully you'll eventually agree, but if not feel free to let me know!