Man, that group from California sounds like a nightmare. Certainly not like any members of wizard kind I would associate with. I'm loving this, Ari!

Ah, cats... a wonder beyond all we do here. No wonder the Egyptians worshiped them: zero to dignified in .06. I look forward to Severus's adventures with the kitten.

Love the concept of the coin!

Mimi had spent the better part of the night in his lap, save for a thoroughly baffling episode at around three in the morning, when she’d leapt up quite suddenly and rushed about after no object he could discern.

Wondering what the kitten imagined she was chasing had provided a brief but welcome distraction from whatever it was he’d spent the night trying not to think about.

Yup, continuing on with no experience with cats... 

I wonder if stripping is discussed as a viable method in Subtle Slytherins and How to Stymie Them. It certainly seems to work quite effectively on ghost-Severus. Which I'm not sure he is at all, because surely a ghost wouldn't need someone to open the door? Or is it some kind of permission thing?The name Mimi definitely fits for the kitty, I loved that. Severus just doesn't get it, lol.I'm definitely loving this story, can't wait for more!

Now, I know I've seen this somewhere...I have to say, I loved your listing of what Severus has done these last seven years.  Typical of him.  And I love the kitty already.

Oh, yay! Another story to look forward to reading! This is an absolutely captivating beginning - look forward to updates. :)

Very interesting, but is Severus a true ghost?  No portrait and only a kitten can sense his presence?  Something isn't right...

Hmm... is that kitten, by any chance, a Kneazle? Just curious. What an unusual predicament Severus finds himself in. If he was truly just a ghost, then Minerva and other witches and wizards should have been able to see him, just like they see Nearly Headless Nick and the Bloody Baron. Odd, that they evidently can't. A most intriguing beginning, I'm definitely hooked!

a very interesting start. You tell it is a romance and it is not Ron by the sound of it so I take it that Severus will find a way to communikate and go back to life? Waiting for an update. Well written, veru funny too

*grins*Soooooo glad you're posting it here!

Yay you're back!  I love this story!  And Mimi, where'd she go!  *cries*

Thanks for the update!  I love this story.  Please finish it. 

Great chapter!! Please, please update soon?

I love this story. Hate the infrequent updates, but love the story. I kind of wish "todays" Severus would have gone WITH Mimi and seen where they end up. I don't know if that would have worked necessarily, but! And Demetrios hasn't been seen for a while. I wonder if he'll return. He always had such good advice. Vague, but good advice. Are we getting any closer to keeping Hermione and Mimi around at the same time???

I love this story, but, I hate abandoned fics.  Please finish this story or at least rate it as abandoned.I'd have loved to hear about Mimi, and what happened to Severus and Hermione - but alas it seems not to be.

I've just found your story, and it was great to have 28 chapters to read...now I'm stuck with having to wait for updates...it's not fair. This story is wonderful and has so many fun elements, the interactions are spot on and I love the progression. Looking forward to the next update!

I do so hope that you haven't abandoned this story, it's so good and has so many wonderful twists and turns, it would be a pity if it was never finished.  

But she doesn't know pine changed to peony - why peony?  And, perhaps a double entendre for pine?  

Pine - woe, torment, pain, languish  
Peony -"One legend has it that the peony is named after Paeon, a physician to the gods, who received the flower on Mount Olympus from the mother of Apollo.  And another tells the story of that same physician who was “saved” from the fate of dying as other mortals by being turned into a peony....peonies embody romance and prosperity and are regarded as an omen of good fortune and a happy marriage.

More Google.  

And alas, I have caught up.  It's a good thing your schedule is opening up considerably.  

When he's dying and says "look at me" is he talking to Hermione?

I can't believe you had me look up Descartes' Rule of Signs.  

Actually, yes I can.  

u b ebil.

In the future - future, does Albus Severus flip the coin?  Is that why Crooks is with him?

You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave. 

Just reading. 

There will be no talk here of Bette Midler, Swedish botanists, Pink Floyd, Kipling, wind-up toys or Foeniculum vulgare. And, definitely nothing about nights in white satin or Celtic Woman. 

Nope. 

Just reading.  

So are you hinting that Severus KNEW Hermione was 'older' than she actually was - for periods of time?  So that some of the 'old' memories that he has are actually memories she's creating at present?