Can't wait for the next installment - the UST is incredible, but I love the building of feeling between them most!

Dear me, Severus really did get impatient! Can't say I mind >.> Nice to hear there's plenty more to come, am enjoying the story greatly, and should have left a review looooong ago. My bad. Hope to hear from you again soon :D

Great chapter!.

Whee hee, what a great chapter. I'm with Severus, bring on the smut. But that's not the only reason it was great. I loved Snape trying to talk sense into himself during Potions. Really? The next chapter involves a certain spell. Surely it's too soon for the AK isn't it?

Where do I began?  First of all I'm dreading that the time is fast approaching when Severus will have to kill Dumbledore to save Draco.  How awful it will be for Severus and Hermione!The apologies they made to each other on the Quidditch Pitch could not have been sweeter, but I cringed when Lavender saw them and immediately started trying to put two and two together.  Just when I thought she was going to behave herself, she and Ron break up, and she goes back to her jealous, conniving ways.  Please don't let her say or do too many things to make the time Severus and Hermione have left together into too much of a living hell.  It's going to be awful enough for Hermione to keep her faith in Severus as it is without having to listen to all the crap stirred up by Lavender.I can't wait to see what happens next, Cori!  You're writing a whale of a good tale.Beth

i can only imagine the sight of hermione stretching on the pitch. :D  that must've been hot.  its a wonder he managed to keep his cool at all lol

You have me firmly planted on the very tips of my toes. What is Lavender up to? Just how much trouble can she cause? Now, that they both know what they want and just take their time to get there, she can cause havoc. I shudder to think.

I liked seeing the Draco incident through Severus. I'm sure he was indeed furious. And the little stray thoughts about Granger that go through his mind. Oh, so very cute.

Now, Lavender, she's another story, and probably not a good one.

excellent.

Awesome update, well done. It's quite complex so you have my admiration. I loved his internal dialogue...Yes. Yes. And… yes. Bugger it. Hope he can fulfil his wishes!

I can't wait to hear how they progress!!

Wow, he is finally using the f word...friends that is.  That along with an apology is a big step for him.  Lavender needs to mind her own business!  Am looking very forward to the next installment.  Hope we get some insight into the dreams they had.  This is a lot of fun, keep up the great work!

Still reading the story:)

Nice apology, Severus.  Now she is swimming in the clouds! LOL :)

Uh oh, looks like Hermione is on Lavender's radar again...  I hope that she doesn't decide to make trouble because she's angry about Ron.  Nevertheless, it sounds as though things are going to be coming to a head very quickly with Severus' "betrayal" soon, so maybe there won't be time for Lavender to do much.I'm on pins and needles to see just how upcoming events are going to continue to shape Severus and Hermione's relationship.  I also hope that Draco will come to appreciate Severus' sacrifice for him as time goes on.I can't wait!!! 

What is a great romance without a little angst?  They'll get there eventually.  It is a good sign that he realizes that he has positive feelings for her...whatever he wants to think they are.  Why do they always have to be so blind?!  Nice chapter.

So when will they realize what the other feels? Before the rest of hogwarts figures it out?

Does Hermione even see that Snape would be jealous of her rattling on and on about her male friends to him when she is supposedly attempting to become friends with Snape?

excellent!  I look forward to reading more.

Excellent chapter!  Best line: "I WANT her help. And he did, quite ferociously. Hermione Granger’s help was patently a good, good thing." That really warmed me.

Oops. Hope they sort out this misunderstanding before it grows.

here you have it in a nutshell.it is not the easy flowing, harmonious, light, absorbed in conversation - events, evenings, experiences, that make him think and reconsider what is going on here. No, it is the first time he hurts her and has to deal with what that does to him, her reaction, fleeing from his spiteful way. Lets hope he gets somewhere.And again the music connects them!! you are glorious!oh yes, what would all the , e. g. boarding school kids give for this silencing spell!!!!I'm so glad, she has realised, that he enjoys her company, that he eases up and senses the positive, the harmony that is growing in these meetings.That is a little balm to her wounded heart.And how easily and sustainably is a heart of a girl in love  hurt. ohhhh.that'll take a while.She has opened up to him with a very personal item. and he is so off balance. Well, it is his sensitive subject. but now, for the first time, he has to pay for his behaviour. hehe!! for the first time he feels he is in the wrong! ha!Apologise? Him? to her? not in so many words. maybe in his behaviour. but not directly. my guess.thanks for the music pieces!!

I think they both just told each other a truth of sorts and as these things tend to go - it hurt a bit.Looking forward to the next update and thank you for the music link. I'd never heard Dowland's compositions before, but they are right up my alley.

Oh god...Lachrimae...serious depression music...great minds do think alike, as our heroes wallow in whatever it is they are wallowing.  That was a great chapter in which we are brought right back to the reality (errm...you know what I mean) that nothing that is worth the effort is easy. And that is a  beautiful rendition on modern guitar. Quite beautiful.

A very touching story, and Dowland appearing is just a plus. Poor Severus. Poor Hermione.