I love this story.  The contrast between the advice and what actually happens is terrific.  Hermione, Snape, BZ, and the delightful Agnes keep me in stitches and the plot rolling!  Cngratulations.

Forget the Granger wench, Snape and Agnes could be hot stuff! :)

haha love it, love the humor in this. PS whats with the sudden 2 year late update? :P

This is hysterical. I hope we'll get to read more soon!

You're back! Yupie!

I'm looking forward to reading more of this. The agency is a great venue for Severus and Hermione to bicker and get to succumb to one another.

love it! more please!

Great story thus far.  love the secretary handling Snape!

Looking forward to seeing what happens next!

Ok I feel better now.  I read the first chapter and thought "I KNOW I've read that somewhere before".  Then I noticed that you wrote the first chappie quite a long while ago so I guess I read it then and never marked it as read. Of course it's still going to drive me slightly mad because I thought I'd read an entire story--but since this is a challenge story, I probably read another in the challenge. Not trying to suggest any illicit doings on your part, just wondering if I've read one too many fanfics (is there such a thing?) that they are now running together.

The story is quite fun and I like Snape's secretary.  She probably has the right attitude to deal with him. (I liked the line about the extra pocket money).  Tho' I am curious who Ron married.  And Ginny.

I'm really enjoying the story so far!

Great start to this story. Love the way you portray Snape. His secretary is a perfect foil for his character. Looking forward to more.

The secretary reminds me of Harrison Ford's secretary in "Sabrina." She knew just how to handle him.

Great story. Not sure how Snape will ever get past the fact that she left him for dead. That is a real issue with him, and rightly so. I can hardly wait to see how you handle it.

Kreacher just saved Hermione's waistline, LOL! This is light-hearted, which is exactly what I needed today. Thanks.

This beginning is really interesting, I don't know if you have lost interest as I've noticed you like to write shorter length stories. But it's such a good start, well written & intriguing - please please please continue working on it. Perhaps you could post the written chapters mentioned in the previous review?

Hello, peppermintWell, November has passed quite sometime ago, but, alas, there's no third chapter in sight...I wish you would continue this story, because I really like these first two chapters. Please?*puppydogeyes*

yeow!  what a fantastic begininng!  love your style, chica!  thanks and mucho smoochies

Love IC Snape and his snarky assistant.  Excellent witty banter, and she tells it like it is.The decision-making process is proving difficult for Severus.  Hermione is the most talented of the job applicants, however, she annoyed him for six years and left him for dead.  Will business logic win out over bitter emotions?  I say, "YES!"  But poor Hermione, so desperate for a job and her independence.  How much grief will she tolerate just for gainful employment.  I can't wait to find out.

Hello, mystery writer.  Let me begin by telling how pleased I am to have found your story so late in the variety challenge.  It is a wonderful change of pace.  I like that you chose the YLC challenge to revisit.  So much potential fodder to mine.  Snape is the last person on Earth I would expect to successfully match couples.  Harry and Pansy might go wild when they learn who matched them, but if you use those tried and true compatibility equations... I can just see the tension brewing between two such meticulous people as Severus and Hermione.  Can't wait to read more.

This is going to be fun.  And funny.  Not to mention that I am currently looking for a job, and the CV tips were just great :)  and I look forward to more Agnes/snape banter.and since I'm a bit dim, could you tell me where the references to Robert Heinlein and Aaron Sorkin were?

I wonder what Hermione is going to do when she finds out who her potential boss is? And Snape trying to dig up dirt. Poor man, he's going to end up with her as an employee anyway!

Please

Severus was too funny about Hermione's CV nad letter of introduction. Wonder why he wanted all the 'dirt' on her? I giggled over the comment Kreacher made about his pastries and the one Giny made about Willie Wonka. Very clever!  What is BFG? that threw me.

More, please??

In a sea of absolute crap mediocrity currenlty plaguing the challenge floating about, this is a gem.  It's brilliant, zingy, witty... and a whole bunch of other words that end in Y but I can't think of and you'll get bored with.  Well done.

Author's Response: My dearest wench, I bask in the glow of such marvelous praise. And I would never get bored with words ending in y, especially if they are extolling my virtues. ;) 

I already love how you're writing Snape - he's in character to the hilt and looking for dirt on a former student who used to annoy him. I wonder if he'll find anything, and if he does, how he will use said dirt.

"The little hand-waving, know-it-all, leaving-him-for-dead pain in the arse had gone and got herself a fucking Mastery in Arithmancy. He'd wondered why she hadn't come through the office looking for her life-mate after Potter and Weasley had used the services, and now he had his answer. She'd obviously been busy. " Thats always the crux between them, isn't it? Not only the annoying busy-body, but more significantly: she left him for dead. I will love to see how you manage this. thank you for this interesting start!