*smiles - Thanks for the read and review!  Truffles - Sara

*smiles.  You will just have to wait for that.  Thanks for the read and review!  Truffles, Sara

Very much so!  He has an amazing protective instinct, and even after all that has happened (in my timeline and in canon) he continues to protect them all.  Thanks for the read and review.  Truffles, Sara

Yes, you will just have to see.  Hermione is very strong.  Take faith in that.  Thanks for the read and review.  Truffles, Sara

And it's just going to get worse!  *grin.  It will be awhile before she gets "unconfused" where Severus Snape is concerned.  Thanks for the read and review.  Truffles, Sara

You will just have to wait and see.  The second chapter is in the Q now and should be up around friday.  I will leave you with a question, though.  Think about all that happened, and what would you expect to see happen?  *smiles..  Until next time.  Thanks for reading and reviewing.  Sara

Hello

- this is just the first chapter (of 8) of the second story in the story arc.  The story will continue with two more parts of the quartet.  After this story, which is an immediate continuation of the first story, there will be an intermission of 5 years before we get to Every Which Way But Loose and then 3 more years before we get to Loving Her Is Easier.  The story will be finished there.  I hope you stay with us for the entire ride.  Thanks for the read and review.  Truffles - Sara

Hum... I'm glad you apparently like the story arc, because if you're waiting for that talk, you're in for a long wait.  These two can be likened to jigsaw puzzles.  They've got knicks and knacks that have to be turned over, examined, flipped and flopped before they become the integrated picture they are meant to be.  Thanks for reviewing!  Sara

You'll just have to see.  But think on this - do you think they really want to talk?

Stimulating?  Are you reading the same story I wrote?  I'm not sure I'd consider it stimulating.  Yet,  There is more to come and intellectual stimulation will abound.  Afterall, we still have to give people, Something To Talk About.

Glad to see your review!  *Sara cackles at debs naive belief that all will be well this soon...  *Muse smacks Sara upside the head for tormenting her readers..."No, Deb, Sara hasn't made it easy on those two.  There are no good times yet.  But I can tell you that they will come.  Just not for a while."  Muse shoots glares at Sara as she goes off and cackles over the rest of the story arc.  "She loves to torture these two..."  The beautiful Muse wanders off, trying to keep Sara in line, but knows it's a futile task.

Rare - yeah, but can you imagine, being a 7th year, having had classes with him for that long, to wake up in his sitting room, knowing that he had been there probably for quite a while, potentially watching her sleep, NOT feeling creeped out because he was (not that she's figured that part out yet) and, probably really wanting to brush her teeth?  I'd say she has several really good reasons for being unsure.  But she'll be alright. Thanks for reading and reviewing.  Truffles - Sara

And you should have so many unanswered questions!  But do you honestly think I'm going to answer all of them in this arc?  NO!  But - you will find out what Ron did this time to agravate Herms.  It was something pretty unexcusable, from her point of view.  Harry isn't exactly clueless to the situation, he's just clueless as to how to help these two emotionally charged friends of his.  You'll see some interaction between Herms and Harry before STTA is finished.  Thanks for reading and reviewing - Sara

When are Severus' thoughts EVER kind to him?  Thanks so much for reading - and reviewing, too.  Your trepidation will be answered next chapter.