Epilogue: Loose Ends

loovvvvvveee it 

This is one of my favorite SSHG stories ever <3 brilliantly done 

Loved the whole story. Lots of fun!

"And today, you’re as jumpy as a unicorn around Pansy Parkinson." Love it.

That was a great read, and I've recced this story on the One Bad Man comm over on LJ. I hope that some more readers will experience the pleasure of this story that way! 

Excellent!!

I think Blaise Zabini bought Hermione's pictures.

I thought it sounded like a good idea.  Severus may need a body double for a pregnant Hermione or they could use polyjuice from a pregnant woman. Would that work? I know she wouldn't be pregnant, but would she look pregnant? The breasts change with pregnancy and he is all about the breasts.  If he does the early pregnancy painting before a woman is completely miserable, maybe Hermione could just stick out her tummy.  The 1st baby I didn't show for 5 months. Only my breasts got slightly larger. She could be looking in the mirror and imagining herself as a mother with a baby at her breast. Please tell me they won't have children this soon.  Studies in the US show that people without children are happier than adults that have childern. At least if they stay at Hogwarts there are probably house elfs lined up around the block for the chance to take care of their baby while they work. 

I do like the fact that most of the other characters beside H and S are very astute and aren't missing much when it comes to the couple in question.  In most other stories the other characters aside from possibly Ginny and maybe Harry seem to be mostly cluelss, but we all go along with it because it fits the needs of the story.  I'm afraid to find out what Minerva has discovered. 

Please let Minerva be understanding. Sorry.  I have to get on to the next chapter!

Dear Severus, Blaise knows about us and he is in love with me so he had been providing a shoulder for me to cry on, because I've been crying a lot. He has been trying to help me work things out with you. He's very supportive and noble.  In case you've been listening to gossip, I'm not shagging Blaise.  I'm sure you are above listening to gossip started by Ronnald Weasley.  That burk has no idea what really I do in my private life, otherwise he wouldn't be spreading untrue gossip would he. He saw Blaise comforting me and jumped to the wrong conclusion. Wouldn't it be awful to be like Ronnald Weasley?

WTF!!!  I guess I'll find out who that was soon enough. I hope it was Ginny. That would take care of that little problem.  Severus wouldn't open her door without knocking, I think.  Blaise is too good. What would Severus do if he thought Hermione was spending her free time laying on her bed with Blaise? Would he be jelous or would he nurture it and use it to rationalize a reason for dumping her and hating her? Does he really expect Hermione to leave him be? Can't they just agree to wait until the end of school? They are adults after all.  Hermione would protest but it would be the best thing to do in the long run. But then again, where would be the fun in that?   Are Christmas Hols coming up? Two weeks at the studio would be nice. 

Not the response I was hoping for when he figured it out. What will you do with Blaise? Just as there is no one like Severus Snape, there aren't other girls like HG running around the school.  He might like Ginny if he knew her better.  Maybe Luna? She is definitely an unique individual. I've been too enthralled wanting to get to the next chapter to leave reviews, but I want to tell you that this is awesome!

Is she going to tell her mom the real truth? She seems like someone she could tell the truth to. She is a lot like my mom.  Maybe her mom can talk some sense into her about continuing to deceive Severus.  

That silly girl. Is she trying to torture him by continuing to stir this up? Her stream of consciousness ramblings indicate she has no intention of letting Severus discover she is Grace, yet she plays with fire. I suppose that because she is more naive than any 19 year old would realize they are, she doesn't realize how cruel this is if she doesn't plan to have a relationship with him but only plans to lead him on for her own titillation. Does she plan to live a double life? Hermione Granger during the week and Grace Henman on the weekends? The more she draws this out the more deceived he is going to feel when he realizes he's been tricked.  She isn't a stupid girl and she must know this deep inside.  Now he knows she returns his feelings. What is he supposed to do with that information? This is going to get bad before it gets better I fear.  I feel the most concerned for Severus who has more to lose. He would have let this lay if she hadn't egged him on. He didn't pursue her because he didn't want to be hurt.  He felt it was inappropriate but aslo that she would never be interested in him because of his age. He isn't looking for a booty call. Has she thought that he might be interested in more than sex?  Now that she has gotten his hopes up what does she plan to do about it? Has she thought it through that far? Again I ask, has she thought this through?

It's too bad Severus feels he still has to be a git. I know potions is dangerous, but I'm sure he could get the NEWT students to cooperate without being mean. 

Well, I've been thinking about how brave Hermione is. She has been nothing but professional. I admire her. I am a femenist, but I don't think I could have been that relaxed in her situation. It is unusual to find a young woman that is so comfortable with her own body and isn't recriminating herself for imagined flaws for one thing.  She doesn't feel super sexy but she also doesn't feel embarrassed about any of her features. I suppose I wouldn't be able to pose like that without feeling at least as aroused as she did. She did have the knowledge of the truth to keep her from getting carried away.  On the other hand, Severus was very hard on himself but he didn't judge her for feeling aroused too.  What a gentleman.  I am feeling very sorry for Severus. He is so sensitive. He's got it bad for Hermione and she's only "just interested" in comparison. She is young and has never really been in love yet.  She doesn't know what a broken heart is yet. I've heard it said that women fall in love easier, but men fall in love harder.  I suppose one could say he is only sexually interested in her but we know he wouldn't be aroused if he didn't truely like her for herself. Female Death Eaters didn't have the same affect on him.  And what do you expect a normal red blooded male to do when a beutiful and aroused teenaged woman is willing to lay there with her legs spread for you for hours while you examine her every nuance', realising she is aroused because she is showing her lady parts to you.  How sad for him to have her treat him so causally kind and truely proffesionally, to be honest.  It must make him feel like he's just a harmless old man, and maybe even as if he was a trusted harmless old favorite uncle that paints lots of nude women and figure that she could never imagine him as a sexual creature even when she knows he desires her.  Because while he could tell she was obviously aroused, I'm certain he didn't immagine it was due to the fact that she was thinking sexy thoughts of him. Hermione acted completely professionally.  How was she to know he would develope feeling for her.  I sense that this will get worse before it gets better, but I'm comforted by the hope that you will help them work this out and they will be whole in the end and a happy couple.

This story reminds me.  About 16 years ago I went to the Musee d'Orsay in Paris with a friend. We thought we had seen everything there until we were leaving and I saw the postcard for the L'orignine Du Monde. I was like, "Hey Kathy! Hold on! Look at this! We've obviously missed a section somewhere because I'm sure we haven't seen this yet! My eyes had landed on it immediately like a magnet as I scanned the stand.  I wonder how many people actually buy that postcard?  I personally prefer my postcard of the statue of David for unreligious reasons. He has such large hands. I love large hands on a man. Which reminds me again! Later at the Louvre, we were down by the mummies. The underwire in my bra had broken through the fabric.  I just couldn't bare it jabbing me between my breasts anymore, coupled with my painful feet from walking all over the city.  So, I reached into the top of my sweater and pulled and struggled and pulled and wrestled it somemore, as I tried to get the wire out of my bra.  There was an older woman resting in a chair by the wall.  She was looking at me in horror as if I was about to pull a bomb out of my bra and blow the whole place up!  Finally, I got the wire out and looked at her as I pulled it out of the top of my sweater holding it up.  Her face and eyes lit up in a friendly smile of comradery as she nodded her head sagely and said, "Ahhhhh!" I saved that underwire with all of my other Paris mementos.  Apparently broken underwires transcend the language barrier. 

Very lovely!!!! Can't wizards feel the magic signature of another magical person when they are together? I wonder if he stares at her long enough he will notice she is wearing a glamour?  I don't know how they work in this story, but it seems in other stories they can be detected by the trained eye, and if anyone has a trained eye it is Severus Snape.  I suppose we see what we expect to see and he isn't expecting to be deceived. I wonder how long Hermione can keep up the charade? I'm a little surprised he didn't recognize her voice when she was on her feminist rant. Maybe he has never really listened to her because she annoyed him so much.  If she pulls this off for the holiday, I can't imagine he won't become suspicious after school starts. After watching her for so long he will have to notice the similarities of voice, scent, hand gestures and facial expressions when he see's her in class. What if he falls in love or infatuation with his model?  During breaks he will surely find out what an intelligent woman she is and find her interesting.  That could be good or very bad depending on how he takes it when he finds out who she really is. What a tangle that will be. Ha! I had no idea this would be bringing up the feminist cause when I went on my own rant in the last review!

Great stream of consciousness monologue!  Yey for the hippies!  My mom was a hippie.  Bodies are just natural.  Handy for the breastfeeding lady except when people are offended at mums breastfeeding in public and mistakenly say something in my presence and I have to climb up on my feminist soap box.  I have to climb because I'm quite short, but once I'm up there I am very passionate.  People who can't look at a breastfeeding baby without sexualizing it makes me very uncomfortable and I don't think they should be allowed to do that in public. It totally grosses me out! Strange. The young women that are my colleagues at work don't understand feminism. Why did they become lactation consultants and childbirth educators? Will Hermione tell him who she is or not? I am going with "not" for the time being.

This end of this chapter had me in in fits of little school girl giggles hehe. Can't to see the real reactions to that scene!

Dear sunny33,

I am writing to inform you that you've been nominated for the following category for the Fall-Winter 2013 Round of The HP Fanfic Fan Poll Awards (hpfanficfanpoll . livejournal . com):

SHIP: SNAPE X HERMIONE   

CATEGORY: BEST ROMANCE for "Limited Exposure"

You need not take any other action at this time, unless you would like to reject the nomination. In that case, please contact us and we'll remove the nomination and contact the person who nominated you to let them know your decision.

We have an "I've been nominated" banner on our website for you to post on your blogs/Tumblr/Twitter/Facebook pages right now, if you wish. The banner can be found here:

 hpfanficfanpoll . livejournal . com / 20115 . html.

The nominations period ends on October 28, 2013.

The voting period will commence on November 1, 2013 and close on December 31, 2013 (that gives two full months to read and consider the nominated fics).

Our awards ceremony is open to the public to vote, and we encourage you to ask your friends/family to participate. We will tally up all votes and announce winners on or before January 10, 2014. Please check back then to see if your stories placed, or add us as a FRIEND on Livejournal so you can get emails when that list is broadcast on our blog. Banners for your nominations/placements will be available at that time, too.

Congratulations on your nomination!

Sincerely,

Melissa, The HP Fanfic Fan Poll Awards Moderator

I've thoroughly enjoyed this. I remember reading this when it first started to post and I'm so happy to see it completed now. I meant to stop inbetween to leave reviews, but I was to eager to see what happens next.There are so many things to love here: the relationship between Severus and Hermione, Snape the painter (and I can see him so well pouring all his pent-up emotions into his art over the years), the friendship between Hermione and Blaise, the relationship between Draco and Neville...I had to grin when Kingsley turned out to have a wife after all - apearances can be deceptive ;)Very delightful tale with a lovely happy ending for all!

nooooooooo! i'm not ready for it to end! any next generation of their children fics u are thinking of?

love the argus kiss and his inclusion and pride in his hobby!