I'm so glad that you are enjoying this! I wrote this a long time ago. It was my very first longfic, and I remember being absolutely terrified and thinking that it was terrible, so the fact that you seem to like it is an enormous ego boost. Thanks so much for your continued interest, and I will hope to continue to make it fun!

I am so pleased that you are enjoying this! Thank you so much for your enthusiastic comments, they really help my self-esteem! I am waiting for the finishing touches from my beta, but the whole thing is finished already, so fear not, I won't leave you hanging. I just hope you like how it unfolds! *gets nervous* Thanks so much for sticking with it!

Do they eventually end up trusting each other, even if it is after much angst and many fights? I can take just about anything as long as I know they end up on the same side. Since this is AU, I'm not sure what to think. The Potions Under Duress catagory doesn't automatically = an eventual romance. It just means that they are the main two characters in the story.

You want me to tell you the ending already? *laughs* We aren't even halfway through yet! I will tell you that it is ten chapters long, so you have a bit to read through. I can't give it away! What if I told you it ended unhappily? Would you stop reading now? You'll just have to wait and see, my dear...

I would still read, you have me hooked. You are right, of course, I wouldn't give away my ending either. But it didn't hurt to ask...

I hope that I can hold your attention with the rest of the story! Now I am worried that after that big bang of a first chapter I am going to drop the ball! *bites nails* Thanks for your interest so far, for reading it and for sending your review! I appreciate it!

I really doubt you'll drop the ball, you have a great start. Stop biting and write LOL.

Hehehe... oh, it's all written and finished, never fear! Although the lines in the queue these days are so frightfully long that you may have forgotten it by the time it gets back around into circulation!

Thanks, I am glad you are enjoying it! Thanks for reading it!

Oh, don't give up on our dark knight just yet! He might surprise you as the story goes on... although I will admit that this isn't your standard story. I'm really glad to hear that you find my stuff a little bit discomfiting, and I hope that this one keeps to tradition, but in a good way. Thanks for the compliment, and as always, for reading and having faith in me!

Thank you so much for the compliment! It's all written and just awaiting the beta and long queue here! Thanks for your interest and for reading it!

The whole thing is written already. Just waiting on the beta! Thanks for reading it!

You've got it exactly right. Don't worry, I am not going to belabor that point. I worried that it was a little bit of an OOC behavior for her, but it was just a plot device to move the stroy along.Thanks for your review and I hope you enjoy what comes next!

LOL! I'm glad I got your attention! I will tell you (and only you) not to get too excited. This was my very first longfic, and I just broke it out and dusted it off. I am afraid that it isn't going to stand up to intense scrutiny now that I have been in fandom for awhile. I'm quite nervous that it is going to come off as naive or OOC now that I've been writing awhile. But it is finished, that much I can promise you. I'm glad that you enjoyed this little bit so far. I hope the rest goes as well. (now get ready for a long e-mail from me)

Why, thank you! I hope that you enjoy what I have in store!

I am so glad that you are enjoying it! I have the whole thing written, so have no fear that I am going to leave you hanging. Now it is just a matter of getting it all back from the beta and through the long queue. I hope you can be patient and last through the wait. Thanks so much for the review and for reading it!