ummmmmmm---what lovely Christmas chocolate!More, please?

how real our nightmares can feel as they feed on our deepest insecurities.  you have caught that perfectly.  thanks and christmas and channaka smoochies

Just discovered your story tonight.  I am so grateful for all the research you've done on Severus' "home town"!  I'll have to go look it up, myself.  Having these very real details in makes the story come truly to life.I am enjoying your slow development of your characters, and am looking forward to more.  I do hope your next chapter comes along soon.

Yeah, women are crazy, aren't they?  Nice to see he has fond feelings towards Minerva.  I love her too!

Hello. I am really enjoying your story. The chapter was really well written and I love the way Hermione and Severus interact.

Great chapter. I am really enjoying the story. I love the characterizations. The letter from Minerva was a nice touch, too. I am contemplating not reading anymore until it is complete so I can savor it all in one go. How many more chapters are there?

I do hope he will find himself walking in font of her house and she will be working in the garden and he'll propose to help her and they'll work for hours and they'll be sweating so he'll take his shirt off and OMG and they kiss and marry... *grin* Am I close?

lol, even i have troubles understanding other females, and i'm a girl! Lovely chapter. i like how you keep putting in little bits of backstory here and there, it gives the story just that little bit extra that makes it stand so well. Hermione writing the letter to apologize to Severus fits her so very well. I'm truly enjoying your story, and i can't wait for the next installment.

Her letter was perfect. I know it got to him, even if he doesn't see it.

Well, it seems her care in choosing the right words for her letter paid off.  I hope he will take her up on her offer to stop by.  I like the way their relationship (or whatever you want to call it at this stage) is building.  My favorite stories are the lengthy ones where their feelings grow slow, and steady.  It is more realistic, and really makes it worth it when they finally get there.  That having been said, I am really anxious for them to make some significant progress. Thanks for another great chapter!

Loving this so far, and I am waiting eagerly for more soon!  (I know, you just posted this chapter, but I'm a fast, impatient, and greedy reader - when it comes to good writing.)  Keep it up!

Severus is always hard to read.

Well that was totlaly uncalled for! Of course he stormed away. How amuzing that Severus knew her great grandfather and is peeking from the net in the photo. Boy, does she owe him huge appologies!

I loved how he simply helped himself in her home, acting more the host than she was. cute.  She handled the warning well.

LOL so much for solitude. He's going to go find her, isn't he?

Oh, she followed him home? I wonder what he thinks about that?

Oh her great grandfather sounds like a dear man. Too bad he didn't know Hermione all that well except from photos.

Oh, I think I'd bugger out of the job as well - or is just a impromptu vacation?

what a facinating update. those two are definately at cross purposes.  thanks and mucho smoochies

Does that mean she own Snape's house as well? I'm curious there.

Love snarky Snape and stroppy Hermione! Even if she is going to apologise to him :) Looking forward to more.SGx

Hm... interesting.

Cool chapter, thanks for the the thanksgiving update.

ohh! exciting. I like how Hermione is standing up for herself.lovely chapter.

Not quite sure why that's so terrible... his face in the window. Oh, I know she ticked him off, or embarrassed him, but I'm glad she spoke her mind. He will eventually see that she's not the little girl he remembers.