Let's see, she works in a field that requires logic and cool thinking, and he called her irrational... how would any woman respond?  ;)  Thank you for the review!

With irrational screaming!  How dare you call me irrational!!!!But I see your point.

They're both pretty dysfunctional, aren't they? Remus is kind of in the middle.  I think he'll be ok in the end, and better off far away from them.  Thank you for the review!

If Hermione and Septima both knew the truth at this point, it would be a difficult relationship.  Septima's mind would always be irritated whenever they were together. Thank you for the review!

LOL... this is a thoroughly despicable Dumbledore, isn't he? She wants to think it's the wine.  Maybe she'll learn differently. Thank you for the review!

She really doesn't get how love is supposed to work, does she? Thank you for the review!

Thank you!  I had a lot of fun imagining the look on her face as he delivered those last few comments.  Enjoy your popcorn!

She may be that irrational, but he's going to be in some trouble for saying so!  Thank you for the review!

Seriously, he does.  He just couldn't seem to help himself, could he?  Thank you for reviewing!

Yeah.  There's really no way to make anyone happy at this point.  Severus made so many bad choices.  Thank you for reviewing!

One way or another I'll post the next chapter tomorrow.  I think it's safe to say they won't be as close in that chapter.  Thank you for the review!

Yeah, she's in for a hard time.  Thank you for reviewing.  ;)

It's not a good situation, and it's not likely to improve any time soon.  Thank you for the review!

I know.  He *seems* like he's playing along, but...  Thanks for the review!

Well, she just sprung it on him, and he hasn't had a chance to think about it, yet.  Thanks for the review.

Yeah, she has a lot to learn about realistic expectations.  Thank you for reviewing!

She'll know when the time is right.  I think that he might have taken the mark at any time between his seventeenth birthday and right around the time he took the prophecy to Voldemort.  The timing in this story is well within that range.  ;)  Thank you for the review!

It's not the only thing he's going to be wrong about, fortunately and unfortunately.  Thanks for the review!

LOL, I felt just a teeny bit bad about that, well, not really.  It's pretty unlikely that he would know how enjoy the full experience, as it were, given the sort of partners he would have had previously, since he's only about 19 at this point.  And she, of course has no idea except for what she's read about it and that's a very different thing.  They'll learn, though.  Thank you for the review!

Oh, of course they are, but Septima doesn't know any different, and it's before the days of restricting cigarette use.  There will be some fun with that later.  Thank you for the reviews!

He's smart enough to take what's offered, at least part of what's offered.  ;)  Thank you, again!

That's how it felt to me as I was writing it.  Here's this cute witch ready to fall into his arms, but it's not what he's looking for or expecting so he doesn't recognize nor trust it.  Thank you, again!

I didn't realize until after I'd settled on Descartes just how similar they looked.  I'm glad you're enjoying the story so far.  Thank you for the review!

Yeah... bad things are happening.  Thank you for the review, though.

No, the future isn't at all rosy.  They're both a little foolish about some things and they're both going to have to pay for it.  I did have fun thinking of some of these titles, and some of them just seemed to slide into place.  Thanks for the review!

She does seem to be accepting whatever he says and does without really thinking about it, doesn't she?  One can hope that she won't live to regret it.  Thank you for the review!