Hi. Thanks for your comment and for sticking with this; I truly appreciate it. I have had so much RL stuff going on  that I have had little time to catch up on my writing, but the muse has been stirring lately, so I'm about ready to get back to this. 

Hi. Thanks for your comment and for sticking with this; I truly appreciate it. I have had so much RL stuff going on  that I have had little time to catch up on my writing, but the muse has been stirring lately, so I'm about ready to get back to this. 

I'm concentrating on the LJ SS/HG gift exchange at the moment, but that is coming to a close so I will be concentrating on 'Forgotten', (which Im thinking of changing to 'Not Forgotten':)))) very soon. Thanks for sticking with it - I won't let you down.

I'm concentrating on the LJ SS/HG gift exchange at the moment, but that is coming to a close so I will be concentrating on 'Forgotten', (which Im thinking of changing to 'Not Forgotten':)))) very soon. Thanks for sticking with it - I won't let you down.

Glad to have surprised you. It HAS been mentioned that I've been chanelling my inner Slytherin for this fic :))

Glad to have surprised you. It HAS been mentioned that I've been chanelling my inner Slytherin for this fic :))

And thank you very much for reading on and for reviewing. I hope you like the rest of it.

And thank you very much for reading on and for reviewing. I hope you like the rest of it.

Well, that's one way of interpreting it ... :) It remains to be seen if you are right :))Thanks for reading and reviewing.

Well, that's one way of interpreting it ... :) It remains to be seen if you are right :))Thanks for reading and reviewing.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Well I'm very glad you broke your rule. I won't let you down, I promise :) Thank you for reading and reviewing. I'm working on the next installment.

Well I'm very glad you broke your rule. I won't let you down, I promise :) Thank you for reading and reviewing. I'm working on the next installment.

Thank you very much. Aftermath up very soon :)

Thank you very much. Aftermath up very soon :)

Thank you for such a wonderful and encouraging review. I'm so glad that you are enjoying it so far. The next chapter is all finished and at the beta stage, then it only has the queue to contend with.

Thank you for such a wonderful and encouraging review. I'm so glad that you are enjoying it so far. The next chapter is all finished and at the beta stage, then it only has the queue to contend with.

Oh thank you so much. I have completed the next chapter and am just in the process of polishing it up, so it should be queued soon.

Oh thank you so much. I have completed the next chapter and am just in the process of polishing it up, so it should be queued soon.

Awww! Thank you. I'm so glad you enjoyed. Thanks for continuing to read and review. I hope to get the next chapter out soon.

Awww! Thank you. I'm so glad you enjoyed. Thanks for continuing to read and review. I hope to get the next chapter out soon.

I'm glad you are left with a feeling of uncertainty about whether they did or didn't perform the spell, I'd hoped that would be the case. It's quite important to the rest of the story that there is a feeling of ambiguity about it. But I'm also  glad you felt that even if they didn't perform it, that they experienced a closeness;  you described it as 'a joining' which fits perfectly. Absolutely right again when you say that after this experience their futures are forever linked. Thanks for the wonderfully peseptive review which is much appreciated.

I'm glad you are left with a feeling of uncertainty about whether they did or didn't perform the spell, I'd hoped that would be the case. It's quite important to the rest of the story that there is a feeling of ambiguity about it. But I'm also  glad you felt that even if they didn't perform it, that they experienced a closeness;  you described it as 'a joining' which fits perfectly. Absolutely right again when you say that after this experience their futures are forever linked. Thanks for the wonderfully peseptive review which is much appreciated.

Thank you! Yes, now it is all out in the open, the problem remains of what to do with their new awareness of each other and how each will react to the other.Thank you for sticking with it so far.

Thank you! Yes, now it is all out in the open, the problem remains of what to do with their new awareness of each other and how each will react to the other.Thank you for sticking with it so far.

Thank you very much, I'm glad you enjoyed it. More on the way soon (I hope) ;)

Thank you very much, I'm glad you enjoyed it. More on the way soon (I hope) ;)

You have reacted to the end of the chapter just as I'd hoped so I'm very relieved and grateful for that. I had hoped that the reader would be left wondering. I wanted it to be a sensual and evocative chapter without actually "going there". And I also wanted it to seem plausible and not rushed and hasty and forced, which is hard to achieve when, as you say, they moved from being bitter enemies to practically lovers in very short space of time. I'm glad you remembered that he had told her that she may not like what she sees, and I suppose all I can say is that her reaction to her returned memories will clear that up.Nervous huh? Me too ;)Thanks for your incredibly insightful and thoughtful review.

You have reacted to the end of the chapter just as I'd hoped so I'm very relieved and grateful for that. I had hoped that the reader would be left wondering. I wanted it to be a sensual and evocative chapter without actually "going there". And I also wanted it to seem plausible and not rushed and hasty and forced, which is hard to achieve when, as you say, they moved from being bitter enemies to practically lovers in very short space of time. I'm glad you remembered that he had told her that she may not like what she sees, and I suppose all I can say is that her reaction to her returned memories will clear that up.Nervous huh? Me too ;)Thanks for your incredibly insightful and thoughtful review.

Sorry! ;) I think it was perhaps best to let the curtain fall on this occassion though. Thanks for your feedback, the next one is in progress and I hope it won't be too far away now.

Sorry! ;) I think it was perhaps best to let the curtain fall on this occassion though. Thanks for your feedback, the next one is in progress and I hope it won't be too far away now.

I'm glad you feel it cleared some things up. Much more to come though, things are just beginning for Severus and Hermione. Thank you for reviewing.

Thanks for your fabulous review, Nag. I'm sure I don't deserve it but I'm going to bask in the praise anyway. A melding of hearts, souls and bodies!!!??? Steady on! We've a few chapters to go yet before we get to proper melding!! ;) But we'll get there! If Severus shares it with me, I'll definitely give you an eye-ful, I promise :) Have one of these:and maybe a couple of these: 

Awww thanks for making the time to give me some feedback, much appreciated I can tell you. Speaking of emotions,  I think mine were pretty full-on when I wrote this as you can probably tell ;)

Well let's face it, basket cases are the best ones to write about, if they were both clinically sane they'd be boring! Yes, well how will Hermione react now is the question. Next chapter in progress and I hope to post it soon. Thank you for your feedback.