Poor Sevvy! He's getting neurotic over all this! And Hermione's attitudes don't help - the poor thing's getting whiplash watching her! Hee hee hee!

Oh, my.  What a tangled web.

Very good update!  I always find 'confused Severus' amusing, since he so rarely admits to not knowing something.  

now that would be a very useful spell. great chapter, as usual ^^

I've just read this through in a oner. I'm loving the alternating POV, and the magical machinations. Thanks for a fun read.

She was bloody lucky here!! As Severus himself had considered Veritaserum, maybe he won't kill her outright? He did realise that he's got a problem, after all. Now he should just learn to say what Hermione heard! Hmm, and me too, I could use this spell! What was that hand movement, again?

I just started this today and have sped read through the entire thing.  I love it!  I was a little spoiled to be able to read 24 chapters in a row though, and now I am anxiously awaiting the next chapter  Great Story!

Gee, I didn't know Ginny felt that way about her brother's arse!

Ooo, that was better than I could have imagined. I'm dying to find out what he was really thinking!

Sneaky girls.

OMG!  The ideas that Hermione and Ginny and Severus came up with to find out what our two lovebirds really felt about each other scared me to death.  Lordy, there was so much potential for something to go terribly wrong.  But apparently I should have had more faith in Hermione's skills because the Fides fidelis seemed to work perfectly.

The entire time I was reading this chapter I was thinking to myself that something bad would happen.  I guess there's still plenty of time for that to happen (especially when Severus figures out/finds out that Hermione used magic to find out what he was actually thinking), but for now I couldn't be happier! 

Woo hooooooo! 

Beth

woo hoo!  See, I knew it would be good!  She got all the answers she needed in under a minute.  Too funny.  Now she knows how to read everything he says, pretty much if she applies this without the charm later.  When he says one thing he almost always means something else.

Looks like the spell worked, well, like a charm. Although, I think she really confused poor Severus by not responding to what he actually said out loud. I hope he won't be angry that she used the charm once he finds out, and we know he eventually will. Just like he did with the chairs. But I'm sure she'll come clean. She did the last time because she couldn't stand the idea of using a spell on him without his knowledge. But in her defense, she was desparate. I think a spell like that would come in very handy in my relationship.

Hmmm ... maybe Ginny really was on to something.  I certainly hope this doesn't all blow up in Hermione's face.  Maybe it would have been better to just lock them in a room and not let them out until they had worked things out.  Can't wait to see what is in store for them.  I certainly hope that Severus isn't mad if he finds out she used magic again.