Waiting for information is not easy, especially at such an emotional time. Glad her parents came home to comfort her in the end. Nice cliff hanger as the owl from HW arrives. Shall look forward to your next part.

Thanks again for posting and writing.

LOL!  Yes, Hermione, get stuck into research instead of ice-cream - less calories - unless you read Thadeus Puddingsworth's Dictionary of Delightfully Devilish Desserts (Munchlot, Slurps & Sons, Big Eatington, UK, 1978) in which case just reading the recipes can add a few pounds.  Seriously (!) I love the way you've written Luna - there's always more advice in her words than just the words themselves :o)

Oh! I have favourited your story in order to keep up to date with its posting.

Great start. Intrigued with how this is going to grow and turn out.

Many thanks for writing. I do like long stories.

Interesting thought about the men, it had never really crossed my mind before. Looking forward to see where this will go. :)

Loved the first chapter. I hope to see more soon.

I love this chapter and am really looking forward to the next.

(this is kerravonsen)Oh goody goody goody! You went with THAT prompt. And I love the way your world-building is going - it makes delicious sense. (grin)

Dark-haired, ugly and awkwar, you say? Sounds suspiciously like someone we know... :)Looking forward for more!

Interesting start, I 'm wondering if perhaps Severus my be a male veela, he would fit the description.  

Ah, so this is the story you were talking of! Fascinating start and I look forward to reading more.

Great start!! Looking forward to more!

So happy to see a new update, thank you so much.

Interesting beginning. 

Hmm.. So Rons not in love with Gabrielle, or not to the extent he claims anyways? Hmm..

I'm glad that the thought of trying to "fall in love" only had to cross Hermione's mind, for it to be dismissed. No one can choose to fall in love , it just doesn't work that way.

Ron has always wanted to be like his big brothers, I think the biggest attraction for Ron, is the fact that Bill is married to Fleur, not Gabrielle herself.

Severus is already looking better to Hermione, she hasn't noticed yet, but it shouldn't be too long before the penny drops.  

I believe Ron described Gabrielle in his letter to Hermione as being "so sodding perfect"?

If what Hermione just read is accurate, then it's not love and it's not "Fate" at all. Given Ron's reaction to Fleur in the past, it sounds to me like Ron may be particularly susceptible to Veela allure. Or in love with the idea of having a Veela on his arm. Time will tell, I guess. Either they'll get to know each other after the fact and deepen their relationship or they'll crash and burn. But that's on them.

As for Hermione and Severus, they do seem to be getting closer, slowly. And that's a good thing. Good relationships don't happen overnight, they grow with time. And that's demonstrably true in both friendship and love. 

Well, it's good that Hermione realizes Ron's relationship with Gabrielle isn't as strong as she thought, since her research shows that acquaintances find the Veela perfect. It seems that if Severus is in fact Veela, then Hermione's relationship with him would be genuine.

Thank you for another great update. So, Hermione doesn't think she will fall in  love with Severus, how great that we know otherwise:-)) Besides, if she had decided to try to fall in love with him as a experiment, she would have failed, wouldn't she? Much better for her to think she is in control and have the overview, and let us fans know the truth:-))

Loving it so far, will it be finished at all? 

As for why Hermione is doing the research, I think she just wants to bury herself in something that will distract her; it just happens to be male Veelas because that was how the conversation with her friends turned. Hermione seized on it because it was a gap in her knowledge, and she hates not knowing things, especially wizarding things that purebloods take for granted. It's one of her insecurities about being a Muggleborn.And maybe, deep down inside, she hopes that learning about Veelas will answer the question "Why did Ron leave me?"I don't think she wants to try to win Ron back, though.

Snape interrupted with a snort. “She got jilted, Minerva. She wasn’t tortured or imprisoned. She hasn’t been hexed, jinxed, or cursed. Her life wasn’t threatened. She wasn’t even the victim of a tragic Polyjuice mishap – this time! She had probably – no, certainly – been through worse before she was a teenager. Leave the woman be, Minerva. Let her do her research in peace.”Spot on!

(smirk)Yes, smothering with their concern actually makes things worse. Thank goodness for Snape and his biting remarks.

Oh no. I do not hope that Snape will have to make good on that last promise about the coma and apologies. As always I'm enjoing the ride!

You have to say one thing for Severus Snape...he's definitely mastered the art of the comeback (even if he had to think about it for a moment or two)!

Ah Severus, saving the day by being his sympathetic self as always! ;)