I still don't think she was acting childish! Jealousy is not an exclusively childish emotion.  Expecting him to have the maturity to tell Rosemerta straight off the bat, as soon as she went to kiss him is not expecting too much.  If anything, it is showing more concern for Hermione's feelings than the way Rosemerta was perceiving his outing with Hermione.  She may have been acting childish by avoiding him, but that is all.  He could have rationally taken her aside and reassured her that yes, he would make it a point to go back down to Rosemerta's at his earliest convenience and explain matters to her, but he didn't.  Severus just threw up his hands and said 'I didn't do anything wrong.' Well, what would he have expected her to do, if the situations were reversed? That is the true test to know if a person's feelings are childish or not, and believe me, Severus wouldn't have let her get off that easily - especially not if he caught another man kissing her even casually!  Southern is totally wrong in her judgement.  Both with the last chapter and this one.  Severus did NOT just say hello to Rosemerta, he accepted a kiss from another woman IN FRONT OF HIS DATE! That is NOT ACCEPTABLE, that is NOT JUST SAYING HELLO! "Hello" is constituted by receiving a peck on the cheek, or both cheeks, and perhaps a hug at the word "Hello." Not receiving a kiss to seal something at the word "Goodbye." Childish? I think not.

No, no.....

I'm very close to Snape's real age, and let me tell you, "shag buddies" at our age are NOT COMMON!  Our generation was brought up to believe friendships were friendships, and casual sex was casual sex, but you don't have friends you just use for sex! You might get it with 20 or early 30 year olds, but not with the older crowd. 

That's why there's such a thing as a 'guy slut'.  A guy slut is a guy who has sex with women just to have sex.

I'm so glad Harry showed up!

His problem with Severus is just that, his problem, and I am not going to let his opinions sway me. I have opinions of my own, thanks...For once, this is something that has absolutely nothing to do with Harry Potter! This is about Hermione Granger! 

hear hear! i wish all those sycophantic potter fans like bobmin would get this rather basic point!

Ah, yes, jealousy... the enemy of trust. Interesting story line. Rushed in some places, but overall, not bad. Of course, anything that compromises Severus is good. LOL. But then, I may be biased.

You are a truly remarkable author.  This was a great story and I look forward to reading more of your stories in the near future.

What she can't have male friends?  And it was only dinner, Rosmerta wants to shag his brains out.  Though a week of silence does show her immaturity and lack of relationship experience.

He was wrong.   She wasn't acting like a child.  I'm very soon to be 36 and I would have been the same way.  And slap and tickle has always made me lol.  I don't know why but it does and shag buddies will too.  Prefect chapter.

Thats right tell them where they can stick there opinions.

I doubt Harry stays a brat forever.  He can't be happy without Hermione as a friend.

Harry really needs to grow up. 

Draco is Draco.  I'm surprised that Harry came to her defense but still will probably act harsh towards her later.  As for the way she treats Harry in class,  she is a teacher now and can't show favoritism.

After reading the rules to this challenge,  this chapter is even better then I thought and I thought very highly of it already.

I adore happy endings!  Great story, well thought out (especially making the canon sentances work for your story) and great flow.

I'm glad Hermione is starting to act like an adult.  I know she has little practical experiance, but she chose to go out with a much older man not just in years but experiance as well.

Oh Hermione! *smacks her in the head Hopefully she'll straighten out now, although really that's your job author. LOL

I can't wait to see their next date, an opera no less....

Hmmm I detect a slight whiff of citrus.....lovely.Personaly, I think it's difficult to set aside her friendships with Harry, Ginny and of course, Ron, but she really has to stop worrying about their reactions.  She is now their teacher, not just their friend.

Borrowing a British phrase whose meaning I can guess, what a wanker!  Let's hope Harry grows up a bit, maybe Ginney can hit him with a Bludger to speed him along.

I loved the way Hermione took care of the challange to her authority.

Cute start, I wonder if Minerva realizes she set up a perfect post war romance!

I agree with Sun.  He was too easy on her.  Talk about childish. lol

thank you for a wonderful story.  i've enjoyed it very much.  what else to you have up your sleeve christy.

But what did Severus teach then if Bill got DADA?

I really liked this story.  I live for happy endings.  I will be waiting for your new story!!!