I like Severus's meticulous scrutiny of the boxes.  Who knew he had such taste...  Oh, I feel the tension building. It's exciting!  Can't wait for the next chapter.

I'm glad that helped him. Poor sot.

I look forward to more chapters!  Excellent.

omg.  that is so horrible.

Excellent.  I love it.  Poor Snape.

poor Snape.  :( 

Excellent chapter, I'm so looking for more.  Now she knows and he feels betetr for it.  Thats a good thing.  She will come to realise she loves the man in the future...at least thats what I hope :)

Love the chapter title! :)

Great title chapter!    I'm glad that Severus has finally unburdened himself to someone, and also that Hermione now knows what happened and why that night on the tower.  They've obviously both got some heavy thinking to do, Hermione on what's right (not just right in general but also what's right for Severus and for herself) and Severus on whether or not he's blamed himself enough for the past and should he begin to look toward the future.  Is the soul degraded more if one no longer even tries to make up for past transgressions?  Severus seems to think that once you've screwed up on that grand of a  scale, you're done for metaphysically speaking, so why bother with atoning?  I prefer to believe that there's always an opportunity to claw your way out of that hole, and I hope that Severus can be persuaded that such an attempt is worthwhile as well.Great story, and it's been fascinating to see Hermione slowly grow from the hyperactive, stim-fueled woman with no time or patience for anyone to someone who's now closer to who she used to be as a young girl--someone who can empathize with the people around her and make those emotional connections again.  And she owes it all to Severus Snape!  I hope she appreciates the irony of it all!

Well, he should be carefull. Because she might change her mind and want to wake up to his face every morning. And so try to free him against his will. Because she's in love with him. And with a bit of luck she might even convince him that he isn't guilty and that he, too, is in love.

The title of the chapter is a scream.(Why does everything sound so ... dignified ... in Latin?)Ok, to the chapter--So Hermione finally knows the truth!  Thank goodness for that.  And I think her basic honesty will not allow her to just do...nothing.But I am a little surprised, in all the time they've spent together, that she hasn't yet developed any ability to look beyond his...face.She's learned to look beyond his outward irascibility, to see his intelligence, to trust his business sense, to enjoy being in his company exchanging conversation and ideas---and now she's stymied by his _appearance_?Hoping Hermione (who in canon is presented as normally a plain girl--only 'strikingly beautiful' when she takes the effort to doll herself up, which she finds too impractical and unimportant to do on a daily basis) will come to realize what I believe is her 'real' reluctance---to have to submit to some outside entity telling her what she will and will not do.  While my independent soul respects her for that, and for trying to turn the government's decree on its ear by only in name submitting to their ML but in actuality making fools of them by getting around it, I hope she won't find herself in the position of one who "cuts off her nose to spite her face"---by refusing to recognize a very good thing when it's right in front of her, merely to prove the point of "you can't make me!"Looking forward to your next!

Gay Harry is always fun! Is he seeing Draco by any chance? Hey why are there only 6 chapters over here? Get busy posting slacker!

I am twittering all over again about the "marriage contract meeting" Poor Hermione has no idea. Ha! PS: Yes I do think I'll use a different little face for each chapter

Hermione had always inexplicably been drawn to the wrong sort. Well if thats not forshadowing I dont know what is!!

And so the sparing begins! Ahhh yes I remember back in the old days when it was all so simple. Just sign the damn contract was the only thing to worry about. If only she knew then what we know now!

So thought that if I reread TGC it would cause a new chapter to pop up. Naive of me? Besides this archive has all these cool little emotion faces

Will you fix the bed, for the love of Merlin, Hermione! :)Great story so far!

Poor Billy.  Adds a human face to the Kiss effects.

Yay they're married, and wackiness will ensue!  I seriously loved this chapter.  You put so much detail into it and really let us see and hear everything that was going on with the ceremony and after.  It's interesting to see her actually giving a crap about him in some ways even though she really doesn't want to and she can actually just say she's doing it for her benefit since she's got to visit him and all.  I can't wait to see what happens next.  Much Love ~ Brena

“And yet you couldn’t be bothered to use your own product,” he remarked, obviously eyeing her ‘electrocuted hedgehog’ fashion statement.LOL! 'Electrocuted hedgehog' - Brilliant!

Great as usual... and Hermione spending an hour and a half cleaning up Severus' cell is just so like her, then wondering how he'd managed to trick her into staying so long!  If he hadn't yelled at her, she probably would have been there for another hour at least...Also loved the aside about trying to give Crookshanks a pill-- we've got two cats, and it's always a two-person job (at least) to force medicine down their lovely little throats.  I can't imagine successfully doing it if I lived alone... they'd just have to be sick, I think.So, will Snape wait until his cell is completely tricked out and perfect before delivering his appeal? 

"Beneficium accipere libertatem est vendere - To accept a favour is to sell freedom. (Publilius Syrus)"Oh my gosh--I cannot tell you how much I love the way you've put Latin "summaries" of each chapter up as Chapter Titles, but this one is beyond perfect.  It not only summarizes this chapter, but succinctly sums up a lot of what I personally believe in.  Sometimes the words of others (Pubilius Syrus, in this case) say it so much better than we can ourselves.And I very much look forward to Hermione's rousting Severus out of his self-pitying, self-imposed 'penance' as only Hermione can!  Prepare yourself to be blown up, Severus!Looking forward eager to your 'bringing it on'---

I'm glad they're warming up to each other.

She's already softening towards him. That's so like her. She has a new pet cause and, within days, she'll start to free him of that awful prison. *grin*

That meeting is going to be unforgettable. For both of them.