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, and thanks for reading and reviewing.I couldn't agree more with your assessment of Ron, Hermione and Snape. In real life she would never have been satisfied with him, and usually men like him would be too intimidated by a woman with her intelligence to feel comfortable as her boyfriend, much less her husband.Thanks for following my little yarn. I will try to hold your interest.ClayPotter

Besides killing off Sirius, Snape and Lupin, pairing Hermione up with Ron at the end of the HP series was one of the few missteps I felt JKR made in the HP series - I was not happy with the outcome - but it's her world, and it's canon... What you said is what would have REALLY happened in the real world. Ron is not stupid, but Hermione is head and shoulders more intelligent - she needs someone equally bright, and frankly *Harry* was a better choice than Ron. Heck - *Neville* was better.I'll be watching now - don't worry.

Viktor will play an important role in more ways than one...Thanks for sticking with the story. I'm so glad you like it.

Glad you like it. More coming soon. :)

Thanks for your insightful review. Winky is too old to create little house-elves, but she and Tolkey (the Malfoy house-elf, Dobby's brother) are rather fond of each other.And you are one of the few who has picked up on the new direction this story is about to go in... Otto S. and Rita, along with a few others, will play a vital role as we move on. Rita has a few tricks up her sleve that will surprise even Snape!I have a lot on my plate in RL right now. Will update as soon as possible. Hang in there!

He never dreamed that Viktor would do such a thing, especially to his old friend, Hermione. But people change over time. Snape has changed for the better. Viktor perhaps went in the other direction.

Thanks.

Yes, Hermione is rather humble for an "insufferable knot-it-all."Glad you liked the chapter. Thanks for all of the stars.

. Thanks so much for reading and reviewing. I want to finish my story, but as you must have read in my review answers, I don't have much time any more for such things. A body massage sounds wonderful, but I haven't had one in almost twenty years! I am also the type of writer that needs a good couple of hours to get any writing done. I can't work in small spurts like at a traffic light. I have thought about bringing my laptop for the communte, but I get car sick. We take long curving back roads to work. It's the only way to get anywhere from where I live. Still, I might try it sometime because I can still type without looking at the screen or keyboard. I can always correct any typos later. Most of the story is in my head. I just have to type it out. Be patient with me. I promise I'll finish it some day.

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He brought her along for several reasons. He wanted to spend time with her away from her children. He wanted to expand her circle of friends to include someone else who had suffered a divorce (a rarity in the wizarding world), and he wanted to see if there were any burning embers left in her heart for Viktor.But he got more than he bargained for. Now he knows that she only wants to be with him (Snape), he was torn up inside at the thought of her with another man, and Viktor is an egotistical moron who can't be trusted alone with a woman.Viktor is still the best literary agent in the business, however, and Snape needs him. So Winky wouldn't let Snape do him bodily harm. Wise little elf, indeed.Just a warning. I like to write cliffhangers, and I LOVE UST.

Ah yes, but we will have to put up with Snape's desire to be noble for a while longer, I'm afraid...Thanks for reading and reviewing. I love the reviews.

Isn't Winky awesome!? As you know, she's quite the life saver in my other story too.

Excessive alcohol + big ego = stupid. Actually, excessive alcohol + anything (or nothing at all) usually = stupid. Viktor is not so bad, as you will see in due time.Thanks for the review, and all of those pretty stars!

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. I'm glad you are enjoying it.Happy reading,ClayPotter

I love Winky, too! Viktor has spent too many years in the lime-light. Alan Rickman has succeeded at remaining humble, but most people don't. It's a shame, but fame effects people, and usually not for the better.I'm so glad you like my story. Thanks.

Snape wanted to expand her circle of friends. He had seen Viktor's marriage woes dragged through the papers and knew that they had things in common that he had no clue about. Snape also knew that it was a gamble, that they might rekindle the old flame, but he felt that that would have been better for her, too. He would have hated it but tolerated it for her sake.

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Ah, but letting him in would be too easy...

Hmm. Perhaps your right, nice bulid of tension would go down a treat..  

And again, and again...

Thanks for the great review,

. I'm glad you are enjoying my little jaunt into Fanfiction. Yes, Viktor is lucky that Hermione only hit him with a "Jelly-Legs Jinx!" She would have been justified, IMO, to harm him greatly. But after being married to Ron, she knows what jerks men can be when the wine flows too freely.You'll find out later that Viktor is not all that bad. Sorry I can't say more. Don't want to spoil anything.

Snape was  being selfless. He also wanted to help her find a new/old friend. I think, deep down, he didn't want her to get romantically involved with Viktor, but he didn't realized just how bad that would feel until he was presented with the very real possibility that it was happening! He knows better than to play match-maker for her now!

Thanks for all the stars,

. The blackmail subplot will come into the forefront in the coming chapters. It is an integral part of our story.And Snape and Hermione do eventually end up on the same page, but it does take a while. Sorry for all the frustration.

You'll be glad to know that the story is far from over! Our duo has quite a bit of "working out" to do.So glad you love the story. Thanks so much for reading and reviewing.

I read in an interview once with Daniel Radcliff that during the filming of HP#5, he and Emelda Stanton got along really well. She took him under her wing and gave him all kinds of acting advice. He said she was really nice - not at all like the character she played.  Somewhere along the line I recall him saying that Alan Rickman was very much UNlike Snape as well. Laid back, easy going, very nice. Where was the HP Exhibition?

The HP Exibition is a traveling exhibition.  It was in Boston when I saw it.  All the costumes and some of the props and a statue of that Creevy kid who got frozen by the basilisk.  There's a full sized hippogriff figure/statue thing.  Lucius Malfoy's costume for the big Quidditch thing in Goblet of Fire is BEAUTIFUL.  The costumes are close enough to touch, but you're not supposed to touch them.  So I didn't but that didn't stop me from examining Snape's buttons from inches away.  ROFL  I don't think I can put links in my reviews but you can google harry potter exhibition and probably find it.  I loved it so much!

I read in an interview once with Daniel Radcliff that during the filming of HP#5, he and Emelda Stanton got along really well. She took him under her wing and gave him all kinds of acting advice. He said she was really nice - not at all like the character she played.  Somewhere along the line I recall him saying that Alan Rickman was very much UNlike Snape as well. Laid back, easy going, very nice. Where was the HP Exhibition?

The HP Exibition is a traveling exhibition.  It was in Boston when I saw it.  All the costumes and some of the props and a statue of that Creevy kid who got frozen by the basilisk.  There's a full sized hippogriff figure/statue thing.  Lucius Malfoy's costume for the big Quidditch thing in Goblet of Fire is BEAUTIFUL.  The costumes are close enough to touch, but you're not supposed to touch them.  So I didn't but that didn't stop me from examining Snape's buttons from inches away.  ROFL  I don't think I can put links in my reviews but you can google harry potter exhibition and probably find it.  I loved it so much!

I believe that in one of the books (and for sure in one of the movies) Hermione accused Ron of having the sensitivity of a teaspoon. I don't think that shaking him would do any good. He's hopeless.

Let us hope that the clueless git comes to his senses so I don't have to kill him off. I hate violence.Thanks for your kind words of praise.

Umbridge is as infuriating as Rita Skeeter!

Umbridge is as infuriating as Rita Skeeter!