THIS WAS GREAT THANKS SO MUCH FOR KEEPING THEIR LOVE ALIVE!!!!

Amazing ending to a wonderful story!  You've done an outstanding job with these characters, bringing them together in a way that seems completely real and true to their personalities.  Great job and I can't wait to see more of your work!

A lovely ending to a terrific story.   Very well done. 

TERRIFIC END TO A TERRIFIC STORY. I HAVE ENJOYED IT IMMENSELY. SAD TO SEE IT END BUT HAPPY FOR THE HAPPY ENDING FOR HG & SS, IT WAS WONDERFUL. PLEASE GIFT US WITH MORE OF YOUR WONDERFUL CREATIVENESS, I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR NEXT VENURE WITH EAGERNESS. HUGS AND MUCH CHOCOLATE TO A WONDERFUL, CREATIVE WRITER. (I WOULD GIVE YOU MORE STARS BUT I DONT THINK THERE ARE THAT MANY IN THE UNIVERSE FOR THIS STORY...!) JIM

Laurie, I'm just so grateful for this beautiful love story. It was just about as perfect a story for an old softie like me to read.I know this has no doubt been a great journey for you as a writer as well. You've written with skill and grace and style, and so much affection for these two characters. I am sure there will be those who like more angst or conflict, but I think there's enough of that in the world. You've given us born romantics something special, a story that will live in our hearts. The fact that their last night in Hogwarts on the Great Hall steps was so hot I'm surprise the ceiling didn't explode was a great read, as well. Your lemons are some of the best in fandom!Thank you again for this great story. I'm a little sad it's over, but inspired to go and finish the chapter for my fic. Well done, and I look forward to everything you will write in future.BTW, get yourself over to LiveJournal - There is an amazing community of writers and artists over there who would love for you to be a part of it. I gain daily inspiration there. Love, Teddy

I truly love how you have captured the complexities of the human condition within the characters.  Also the vocabulary that you use fits their personalities very well.  One of the best HG/SS romances I have read!

They have come a long way! A very satisfying chapter as they continue to forge on.

Wonderful like all your work, raw and needy, I love it. Your writing is focused and intense, i think this is a good portrait if Snape. A miserable man not willing to trust or to love.

I have the feeling that Mcgonagall is really going to flip, but it would be nice if she could find it in her heart to wish them well.  I love this story and have enjoyed every update, I hope the next one is up soon.

I can't believe they got caught!  Well, that and they practically made it happen!  Great story - I usually read it on my iphone which does not allow me to leave a review.  Sorry for that.  Since I was reading on the desktop, I thought I would review.  I am really enjoying the story.  Now, I am on edge - I can't wait to see what happens next! 

Uhoh. Perhaps they won't be found out. Especially once they explain to Minerva what had happened. I'm sure Severus can twist things so it seems he was only showing concern for a student who was assaulted.

Well given that Filmore gave every appearance of attempting to rape her, I'm quite on Severus' side here.

EXCITING!!!!

Oh dear, indeed.  What is the matter with you?!?!  In this season of giving, I certainly hope you find it in your heart to give us the next chapter like ... now.  What a sad little addiction I have to this story :)This was a great, great chapter.  If I was feeling a bit sorry for Lawrence before, that has all gone out the window.  It is ok to be a hormonal teenage boy.  Even a drunk one.  But she wasn't even giving him mixed messages.  She told him in no uncertain terms verbally, as well as physically, that she didn't care for his advances.  That crosses him over the line of total creep.  Then there is the way he spoke to Severus.  Completely out of line, and he would have been in deep trouble even if there had been nothing going on between Severus and Hermione.  I was cringing the whole time.There was that moment where everything stopped and clearly people had taken notice of what was going on.  It probably seemed a bit odd that he was taking up her cause so vehemently, but he still could have played it off as being a teacher that stands for no funny business from his students.  He enjoys taking points from students and breaking up their fun, and even him pulliing his wand on Lawrence could be explained by the manner in which he was speaking to a teacher and about a female student.  I was shocked when Hermione just blew the whole thing wide open.  Was it instinctual?  Was it intentional because she either thought they were beyond explanation or because she was worried he would really do something to Lawrence?  Holy cow!  Something is going to hit the fan, real soon.  I can't even begin to predict what McGonagall's reaction and response will be.  I have no doubt it won't be pretty, but I just don't know what to expect.  I don't see any good way out of this.  I liked the end where they held hands in both an "us against the world" way as well as and "in for a penny, in for a pound," mentality.  Gulp.

This cliff hanger nearly killed me! Please update soon!!

Ah, I knew it was going too smoothly for them lately.  Can't wait to see how it turns out!

What a wonderful update, well worth the wait.

THIS IS GOOD THANKS!!

I need a cigarette. Good lord... *now where is DH?*So, I assume the nest chapter will be up an the next hour?Livvy

Every time they are somewhere public I get so nervous.  I don't know that you ever intend for them to get caught, and I actually hope that is the case, but still it makes me nervous.I am torn when it comes to Lawrence.  I want him to back off and leave Hermione alone, but he is a teenage boy, afterall.  He isn't really a bad guy per se, just hormonal and determined.  So I am hoping that he does something dumb so he can get a good ass kicking from Severus, but at the same time, I feel sorry for him as he doesn't really know what he is up against, even if Hermione did tell him they were just going as friends.  I guess part two of the ball will reveal all.It will be nice for them when they finally leave Hogwarts and can be together without hiding.  They have finally firmly established what their relationship means to both of them.  It is time that they can be a couple out in the open.  They need that I think (not that I believe for one moment that when they are able to be together in public, they won't still spend every waking hour alone, just the two of them).I don't want this to end, but will be glad when their happy ending is firmly in place.

Too bloody good! I don't feel sorry for Lawrence at all! 

Wow, I get such a grin on my face when I get the alert that another chapter has arrived. This is just such a lovely, lemony story. The passion is hot enough to warm us here with 20degree weather, and the story of their love is just so good. There's enough real angst in the world. I love the fact that they aren't filled with it.And its not JUST the fact that the story is fun to read. It is well-written and an enjoyable read. Not everyone understands that! Lovely story that I've enjoyed from the get-go. Always leaves me satisfied.

Wow...what passion fueled interactions! What erotically enticing prose. *giggle* Lovely, indeed.Thank you for sharing~

Great chapter. We have all come so far with our favourite characters in this story. It will be sad to have the story end but wonderful to have seen them grow.

Excellent chapter... so sweet, and yet so sad.  I can't wait for the ball :)