It's been several chapters and I've been lacking my duty of getting you a review. See… the thing is that after reading each chapter that makes your story better and better (just like wine… and my look after you have a couple of glasses of wine… *cough*) I find myself delighted reading all the reviews. So is a double pleasure to read your story with all the suspense and tension buildups, but also reading what all the avid reviewers write to you as well. Is like another story after the story; all the assumptions and guess, the criticisms and pleadings, the hopes and desires. Your witty answers and comments… Fabulous I tell you, just FAB!

About our very mature and responsible (but hard headed… both of them) Severus, can I suggest a little bit of magic? Maybe have Hermione work on spelling/creating 2 mirrors and self writing books that will work as a web camera. They can keep appearance but have some fun on their very guarded bedrooms/office until the time comes when there will be no consequences of doing something outside the rules of school. There is something to be said about visuals and you are very good at that.

Just a though…

PS: did I tell you I love your work? No? Well, I don’t… just kidding, I do… love your work I mean! See you in the mirror.

what a great story!  I adore severus snape  and if i can't have him, then hermione will be my stand-in!*grins*

...Then again, it might be Ginny. What would Snape be doing in the Gryffindor dormitory? Still. Don't torture us!

Oh FFS, Hermione, keep Blaise OUT of your room!Well well, Sunny, you've dredged us out of one cauldron only to throw us into another. Severus shows up, deciding to Talk It Out, only to find Hermione reclining with ANOTHER SLYTHERIN.So now we'll have weeks and weeks of more misunderstandings. Sigh.I...love the story, but I can't take too much more suspense. :(( Don't be too hard on us...

Hurra! And... uff.Hurra! that the man finally put two and two together. Finally. (Well done, by the way, with all the red herrings planted throughout. The tattoo? The hair? Her address? Any of them could have been resolved differently.) Yep, I can get behind Severus on this one. At least the amount of time he's spent figuring it out has shortened the wait before she's out from under his tutelage. Uff! that poor Hermione doesn't quite see the reasoning behind his decision. I suppose... ideally, there's some middle ground, where they can come to terms with one another and the situation and actually communicate, but I'm hoping that their poor communication skills indicate that we've still got quite a few chapters to go! First questions first... Who is our mysterious, eavesdropping lurker? My money's on Ginny. The question is how much of that conversation she heard - Severus' name, perhaps?

hmmm.  I am guessing/hoping that is Ginny that gasped.  Great chapter....feed up more and soon!  :)

Sunny, Sunny, Sunny ... my feelings for you are all jumbled up with love and hate warring for dominance.  What you do to me!I can respect Severus for recognizing that it is inappropriate for him to be with a student.  As much as I hate it for the purpose of this story, he is right.  And it doesn't feel like he is self-loathing and unworthy, but more that he is a rational adult with more perspective about what is at stake than Hermione has.  Still, it wouldn't have hurt anything for him to sit down with her, talk it out, and come up with a plan, even if it meant waiting until the end of school to act on their feelings.  He ought to know Hermione won't give up that easily.I was thinking the whole time, that maybe Blaise needs to have a talk with Severus.  Not that it is any of his business, but since he won't speak with Hermione it is the next best thing.  And in the conversation it might be helpful for Blaise to let on the fact that he is in love with Hermione, so if Severus is going to cast her off, he'd like to pursue her.  Now, having finished the chapter, I suspect that no longer needs to happen.  I don't think that it was Severus who overheard the bedroom conversation, but I have no doubt that he will hear about it.And Blaise ... *drools (and probably other things too impolite to mention!)*

Once again, you are evil! I usually love Ginny, but...little sneak...although I'm only assuming it was Ginny.Loved how Snape didn't ruin everything like in some stories.

Oh my God!  Finally an update from sunny.  I was getting twitchy, you know.  Ahem.  Your Severus and Hermione interactions are fabulous, but I find myself loving Blaise more and more.  Can't wait to find out who gasped!

Well.  Another cliffie.  Imagine that.  I'm shocked. *grumps*Am I a bad person if I admit just how much I chuckled at Severus' discomfort upon realizing who Grace was and his 're-living' of certain moments?And his thoughts of what Minerva was going to do to him.  HAHAHAHAHAHA  Those firsties DO need to practive their spells.I appreciated the 'high road' he took and avoiding her seems a sound plan, even if not a happy one.  Herms certainly isn't the one to do it it seems.Well, I hope to hear that you've finished the next chapter and it is already getting beta'd.....p-p-p-please

Ginny!!!  she's got to be the gasp!

I sgree with Karelia. You ARE evil! I would wager it was Ginny sticking her head in the door. The news will be all over the school within minutes and Severus will have heard within the hour. Cruel, Sunny, cruel! ^_^

I think the Fates were against me today preventing me all day to find a quiet half an hour to myself. Anyway, I must say WHAT DOES SEVERUS THINKS HE IS DOING? You know, he deserves what he got for spying on her. A little, healthy competition might not hurt... Well, I take that back. Knowing Severus he'll wallow in misery deciding he did the right thing and she's better off without him. I really hope Hermione will NOT be patient about it.

I really don't know what else Severus could possibly do.  He can't be with a student if he wants to keep his job.  He can't even discuss it without they winding up in a forbidden clinch.  The only option is to wait out the year to see if she's still interested after graduation.  And now he'll hear she's moved on with Blaise.  Looks like all rainy weather from here.

Sunny, you have got to stop these cliffies with the people hiding in hallways and alcoves and behind doors. Goodness! I'm afraid to go out in the dark for fear of running into a scary potions master, or herbology student, or pure-blood rich boy, or whatever. I mean, REALLY! 

At least Severus accepted Hermione's feelings as real.  I was afraid he would find out and assume she was setting him up for a mean trick.**adds name to the queue for Blaise**

You ARE evil.  So there.

Ginny is guessing wrong, I'm guessing.  Ah, stupidly noble Severus.  I love reading about him.

You are evil.  Now what kind of chapter is this.  It only wets the appetite.  I need it quench.  I am glad he knows but he is so bloody stubborn.  Please update soon.

Yay! This new chapter just started my day off on a great note! Except for the eevil cliffie. I am bitter about that. As per usual, I re-read the last chapter to get it fresh in my mind, even though I have read it several times already. And then, at the bottom of the page, with anticipation and excitement, clicked on the newly appeared 'Next Page' link. And there it was! A new chapter!I am guessing it is Ginny at the door, and that she will start spreading tales of Hermione and her obsession with Slytherins. I am also guessing that Neville and Draco have figured Something Out, and that rumours may start from that source if Blaise doesn't handle things carefully. And that Severus will sulk for a long time, and there will be lots more chapters, including some with eevil cliffies. So, am I right? You can tell me; I can keep it secret!

  OOOOOO! Merlins Balls! he knows.that was a great chapter. and who was that at the door?.....more please!~ thankyou :O)

That went far better than I expected it to. I always picture far more hexing, verbal fighting, and possible legilimency whenever these two have a major misunderstanding... At leastbefore they calm down enough to think rationally and make up. I do hope her single mindeness winds up merging with his very real reality problems and they compromise. I very much want Severus to call her Grace once he's done sulking or at least in private.I'm considering putting a limit on your mysterious-strangers-around-the-corner/door who happen-to-over-hear-a-conversation cliffhangers. *Grabs a can of angst* I know we're going to need this for the next chapter of two.

Oh, crap. Yet another misunderstanding, ahoy!

Arrrggghhh! You would leave us with another torturous cliffhanger!?!?!?!? Arrrggghhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Phew! Had to get that off my chest. Wonderful chapter. I loved Severus’s reactions. He was so honest – not denying his feelings, but not ready to give into them and cry “Fuck the rest of the world!” either. I’m not sure Hermione was able to appreciate his choice for what it was, but it rang true for me.

I still love you Blaise. I love that he’s still there for Hermione. I love that he hasn’t tried to take advantage. I love that he can step outside his emotions an view the situations – his, as well as Hermione’s and Snape’s – with logic. You’ve created this fairly perfect boy (if one ignores the peepshow) and conveniently left him single and pining! Can you stay “instant fantasy”?

Of course, you are the Queen of the Deft Delay, so I need to grumble a bit over being forced to wonder just who was the door. (Ron? Harry? Ginny? Luna? Are they going to think Blaise is Hermione’s man?!?!?!?!?)

Thanks for the entertainment. As always, I'm panting for more.

Oooh, who was listening at the door?!  Ah, poor Severus.  So glad that he know knows it's Granger.  Can't wait for the next update.