I'm so sorry that I missed your review somehow, but thanks so much for leaving it.  I really appreciate the encouragement.  I'm so glad you liked it!

I'm so sorry that I missed your review somehow, but thanks so much for leaving it.  I really appreciate the encouragement.  I'm so glad you liked it!

Thank you for the review.  I did post a sequel to this entitled, "Three Need Not be a Crowd" which follows Lucius and Hermione back to Hogwarts where they encounter an unexpected extra party.  Hee Hee.  Please feel free to check that story out as well if you are interested.  I've been VERY slowly working on a multi-chaptered sequel to that story as well.  It'll probably be quite a while before that one's ready to post though.  I've been too busy with an original story and the Mad Chatters story.  Thank you for your honesty though.  It is much appreciated!

Thank you for the review.  I did post a sequel to this entitled, "Three Need Not be a Crowd" which follows Lucius and Hermione back to Hogwarts where they encounter an unexpected extra party.  Hee Hee.  Please feel free to check that story out as well if you are interested.  I've been VERY slowly working on a multi-chaptered sequel to that story as well.  It'll probably be quite a while before that one's ready to post though.  I've been too busy with an original story and the Mad Chatters story.  Thank you for your honesty though.  It is much appreciated!

LOL!  I just read your story last night.  It was great!  I'm so glad you enjoyed this.  And it really is loosely based on my marriage (although not the affair part) so I thrilled to hear you describe it as realistic!  And this was my first attempt at writing Lucius.  He was so much harder for me to write and Severus ever was.  LOL.  Thanks so much for the review!

Thanks!  I am actually a SS/HG shipper, but the prompt was just too delicious to pass up.  I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

I have a rough draft of a sequel done.  It's my first attempt at PWP, and unfortunately, it is VERY rough at the moment.  Who would have thought smut would be so difficult to write!  I definitely tip my hat to the PWP writers.  But, I'm working on it, so hopefully I'll be able to get it off to my beta soon and then post it :)

Oh, thank you so much.  I'm so glad you liked it and I couldn't agree more - Lucius is a much better choice.

Oh, thank you so much.  I'm so glad you liked it and I couldn't agree more - Lucius is a much better choice.

I love this review!  I laughed so hard!  Thank you.  Unfortunately I do not have answers for most of your questions.  But there will be a sequel.  I am currently working on a PWP sequel in which they will encounter another member of Hogwarts staff.  Unfortunately it has been very difficult to write.  God bless the PWP authors!  I do not envy them.  Smut is much more difficult to write than it seems! LOL.  Thank you so much for your encouragement.

Thank you so much for your encouraging review.  I'm really glad you enjoyed it.  I must ask though, what is AYLNO?

AYLNO is a yahoo group...made for the fanfic A Year Like None Other by Aspen in the Sunlight...it won the sererus/sevitus category in the sorting hat contest and is my fovorite fanfic out there. she is now writing the sequal A Summer like none other...and its excelent. i totally rec it

anyways...good job!

SSL

>Fredandcrooks on AYLNO<

This particular story is complete.  I am currently working on another one-shot that will be a sequel to this story.  It will also be another prompt challenge response.  It should be ready in a couple of weeks.  Thank you for your encouragement. 

Given the nature of the story, I did not give a whole lot of thought to why they cannot end the marriage, just that they can't.  It could be that there is no divorce in the Wizarding World, or that it would cause her to be shunned, that she stays for moral reasons, or whatever, you can decide.  Personally I agree that Hermione doesn't seem the type to be dictated to, but sometimes people do things for reasons others can't understand... and it worked well for my story line.    There will be a sequel and it would include their "romp" as well as a run-in with an additional character.  (Please don't expect too many gory details though as this is the closest thing to a PWP that I will have ever written and I'm not completely comfortable with that yet.)  I am working on it now.  However, it may take me a little while as RL is a bit overwhelming right now, so please be patient. 

Your screen name is very descriptive.  Nice!  This is the first HG/LM story I've done as I rarely read them either, but I liked the prompt so I thought I'd give it a try.  My other posted story and the other stories I am working on are HG/SS stories, as that is my preferred ship.I am currently working on a one-shot sequel to this story that will finish off their night.  I don't plan on writing any HG/LM stories after that though.Thank you for your encouragement. 

I never would have come up with the idea without your suggestion!  Thanks for all your help!

Another one-shot is already underway as the sequel.  It will also be a response to another of the Fall prompts.  I'll probably take me a few weeks as RL is busy at the moment though, so please bear with me.  I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you.  Hermione was a lot of fun to write in this story.  I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you!

I'm so glad you liked it.  This is my first attempt at writing Lucius as I am a hardcore HG/SS shipper :)  This story was a lot of fun to write though!

Thank you so much for your encouragment and for your help during the posting process.  I will be working on another one-shot as a sequel which will also be a prompt challenge response.  It may take a couple more weeks though. :)

Sorry it took me so long to respond.  Your review, unfortunately, got lost in the fray.  I thank you so much for your encouragement though.

I'm so sorry this got lost in the mix.  I'm glad you enjoyed the sorry and I wanted to make sure that I told you.  Thank you.