Glad you enjoyed it again. Severus and Hermione really do have a lot in common. She just managed to get in with the right crowd at school rather than the wrong crowd. And I do think they would be good for each other. Of course, I also think Hermione would pair up with just about anyone better than she did with Ron.

LOL Ron literally was caught wasn't he? And as for Harry, he's not known for making the most rational decisions, is he? It makes sense to him, but perhaps not to everyone else.

Harry probably would not be too pleased with Hermione for picking Severus, but he will hopefully recognize that she and Ron aren't the best match.

I hope you enjoy the rest of the story. :) I love it when folks discover some of my older work (okay, most of it older now after a lengthy sabbatical). This was a really fun one to write.

Ah but mother's love their kids and sometimes are blind to how big a git their child is. Look at her behavior towards Percy. I really do think she would have listened to Ron's version which would have made Hermione the one who had done wrong.

Oh, yeah, remember how she acted towards Hermione based on what Rita Skeeter wrote about her? I can totally see her turning on the poor girl.

Oh sure you are right of course. I often want to strangle the Weasley mama. She drives me nuts.

Yup. I mean when it's Harry being bad mouthed, she sticks right up for him, but Hermione gets the cold shoulder. I'm not sure if that's she feels sorry for Harry as he has no family or if it's because he's famous and it's good the Weasleys to be associated with someone famous. *shrug* But I do feel bad for how Hermione has been treated by Molly.

Ah but mother's love their kids and sometimes are blind to how big a git their child is. Look at her behavior towards Percy. I really do think she would have listened to Ron's version which would have made Hermione the one who had done wrong.

Oh, yeah, remember how she acted towards Hermione based on what Rita Skeeter wrote about her? I can totally see her turning on the poor girl.

Oh sure you are right of course. I often want to strangle the Weasley mama. She drives me nuts.

Yup. I mean when it's Harry being bad mouthed, she sticks right up for him, but Hermione gets the cold shoulder. I'm not sure if that's she feels sorry for Harry as he has no family or if it's because he's famous and it's good the Weasleys to be associated with someone famous. *shrug* But I do feel bad for how Hermione has been treated by Molly.

Ah, the boys, got to love them. I really didn't want Hermione to be the bad person here and it's so easy to make it Ron (who I definitely don't like as her boyfriend/husband). I just love the fact that the boys would still be distrustful of a still living Snape.

Ah, the boys, got to love them. I really didn't want Hermione to be the bad person here and it's so easy to make it Ron (who I definitely don't like as her boyfriend/husband). I just love the fact that the boys would still be distrustful of a still living Snape.

Thanks. I think I spent about an hour researching names to come up with that one. Sometimes I don't really fuss over names, others, I really think hard about it.

Thanks. I think I spent about an hour researching names to come up with that one. Sometimes I don't really fuss over names, others, I really think hard about it.

LOL Isn't that wonderful. I just love doing naughty things like that from time to time. :D

LOL Isn't that wonderful. I just love doing naughty things like that from time to time. :D

LOL Thanks. I'm glad you liked it. I guess in hindsight the ending may be a bit abrupt, but I didn't want to drag things out. I have started writing more SS/HG and have an in progress story that I should begin posting soon.

Thank you very much. I really do like to work in a happy or at least hopeful ending. I think with everything in RL, that sort of thing is nice to have in the fiction world. After all, we come here to escape.

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I did enjoy writing this story, but I've always been the type of person that shies away from what's popular. LOL I think that's why I don't really ship HG/SS, so many others do. I like to reach out to the under-served. :D I'm not ruling it out, though.

Well, Molly first. She has already shown herself to be prejudiced to her kids, even the adopted one (Harry). As to Ron, well, I just didn't go into how he got his. I have contemplated and epilogue. We'll see.

Oh, I know exactly what you mean. Ron has been completely remorseless throughout this. He really does deserve something.

LOL That's a very interesting thought. Perhaps we will find out, perhaps not. ;)

Even though this isn't my ship, I did find this chapter a lot of fun to write. :D What a way to get her to admit to her feelings, huh?

I might be convinced to write an epilogue. Let me see what the muses have to say. I want to finish up "Rage Against the Dying of the Light" first. I have the next chapter of that halfway done. Sometimes, I think some mysteries are best left unresolved.

Ah, Ron. He can be quite the inconsiderate lout, can't he? I really tried to capture that here. He did got a bit over the top at the end, didn't he?

As for the Weasley's treating her badly, well, Molly really believes that her kids can't do wrong. Look at how she pined for Percy. Surely she would force herself to believe that Hermione must have done something to alienate Ron, that she was not a good wife to him. After all, they didn't have kids and Hermione seemed to be placing her job first.

At least Severus and Hermione had the presence of mind to be discreet. :D

Thanks. I really thought that would be how Molly reacted given how horrible she was to Hermione in GoF. It is a shame something like that had to happen, but well, it was my story. LOL I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you very much. I don't normally write this pairing, but I have made the circumstances compelling enough that I coudln't resis. I have finally started on Chapter 3, so hopefully later this week I will have it ready to go.

Glad you liked it. Keep an eye out for more. I have the long-awaited second chapter at beta rigth now. :)

Thanks,

. I had initially thought that I wrote myself into a corner by making her married, but I've been doing some brainstorming lately and I think that I have come up with how to continue. Several of my projects are winding down, so I should be able to put some work into more chapters of this one. :D

Yup, that was really disgusting. Ron is not a likeable character here. I really feel sorry for Hermione having to find out about his behavior in this manner.

I finally finished the story, so you can come back and check out the last chapter. I know it was a very long time in coming.

Thanks. I really didn't want Hermione to be the bad guy in this one. Thank goodness I made Ron such and ass. LOL Of course, parental love can be blind, so you'll see in the next chapter how much of an ass his folks think he is. Which, it is up now. :D

You know, it is amazing how much communication can help. This all could have been avoided had they talked to each other and come to an amicable agreement that maybe they were better as friends. Of course, that does make for a rather boring story, so I like my way better.