BAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA*gasp*AHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA!!!!OMG, when she popped over the fence and yelled at him... I laughed that hard I had tears! BRILLIANT!!!

"I'd live next to Dolores Umbridge if I had to, just to be with you."Now "that's* devotion! Cute story, enjoyed it!

that's funny.  well crafted.

talk about a happy ending!!  the variety and vagaries of your plot bunnies never ceases to amaze and delight me!  thanks and mega-mucho smoochies, my deb

I had to tell a friend... or two. Hope you don't mind.

Oh good lord that  you even had ME going with this one!

*falls over laughing*That ending was unexpected!

I lived accross the street from Mr. Applebottom!   And in his defense, I have to say that twice when he noticed I might be in danger, he dashed accross the street to ask if I needed help. (Once I tumbled down the front steps, and once I was noisily killing a six-legged beasty in the carport, with a broom.)  I like to think that he came from kindness and not simply because I was a pretty young bride.  Anyway, this is awfully funny; thanks for sharing it with us.  It brightened my day.

Awwww! What a sweet little wedding gift to give Severus! Nothing like scaring the neighbors, even if they won't remember it. Hee hee!

Oh, very clever. It's just like Severus. I love it.

Muhahahahahaha. That was awesome.

Author's Response:

*Grins evilly.*  Thank you so much!

I was not expecting it to be a set up.  I love it!

DJ, you are too much.  All was going as expected, Hermione blows up at Snape.  He admits he was wrong to let her go.  Then we learn is was an elaborate hoax to scare the nosy neighbor lady.  That twist did me in.  Well done and a high five to boot.

Wonderful twist to the story, I am duly impressed, not to mention enjoyed it very much!

Wow--I think I live across the street from Mrs. Applebottom!    No really, there's this elderly little lady who always manages to come out into her front yard with a gardening spade whenever anything interesting happens outside, pretending to do yard work...  A few years ago, my husband and I were participants in a medieval reenactment group which fought live steel, and sometimes we'd have people over and they'd practice steel fighting in full armor out in our front yard (our back yard was too uneven and had too many trees in it to make it safe).  And every single time they'd do it, "Mrs. Applebottom" suddenly discovered something that needed to be done out in the front yard of her house!  She never would just come over and ask about what we were doing. As with Severus, eventually it got to be a game with us... we'd deliberately go out in costume to practice dance steps, or anything just to see if we could lure her out with her little gardening spade...  Alas, we don't do the reenactment thing anymore, but sometimes we can still get her to come out despite that!Great story!

You got me!  This is such a clever twist on the prompt, and I was totally sucked into the your ruse.  Well done.Beth

Well, that was fun!  Perhaps someday, you'll be bored and scribble a bit about our friend, the Applebottom, waking up in her garden and deciding what happened and what she'll do next. Thanks for your work!

Ooh... I love this prompt!  One of my favourite things in fanfic is seeing the characters through a third party point-of-view... unfortunately it's not actually done too often.  Hilda Applebottom was a great - I can just imagine her spying over the fence, all the way down to her name!

They're good actors (or better it's you the good writer) 'cause I never see that one coming. *bows low*

Nice twist, deb! :)

Yes!  *pumps fist in air*  Score one for team Granger-Snape!  What drama, what adventure, what fun! You had me totally going.  I love what you did with her.  She's perfectly prepared in case the Gestapo comes knocking - being a patriot instead of a busybody.  Adorable deb.  As always!  AV

hahaha! good one! :)

Perfect!!!!!!!

Hahahaha! I LOVED this! I can really see how Snape would find scarping the pee out of some poor busybody to be great fun. And of course, Hermione wouldn't mind getting dressed up and doing a bit of acting either...