I enjoyed this and I love fluff, so the ending is just fine :))) It's also nice to see a Hermione who has to grow up a bit before she can be with Severus!

the ending was fine, what's wrong with a little fluff, it's what keeps your slippers warm!

love the dialogue between Severus and Hermione

life often goes in a circle, doesn't it?

Don't worry about your ending everyone needs some fluff in their lives.  I really liked it.

awwww..... this is lovely! *swoon* *melts*they have finally "found" each other after so many years (how many is it exactly?)

*sigh*  Well, it was nice well it lasted...as this was in "Potions Under Duress," I knew that you wouldn't keep me with Severus--but I was hoping that you would bust out with an angst-filled ending where Hermione and Severus didn't end up together.  Alright, I'm just joking.  I really enjoyed this nice bit of fluffy goodness.

Great job with this chapter--okay, I must confess that I really have no idea what happened after I read about my little dalliance with Severus;  I wasn't aware that that information had been leaked to the press.  Just friends?!  That's not what he was saying last ...but I digress.  Great chapter and thanks for the shout out!

And just what is wrong with a fluffy ending, I'd like to know?!?  Even though I present myself in public as a hard-bitten realist, I'm actually a die-hard romantic at heart -- and I secretly love happy endings like this one which make me sigh and go "awwwwwwwwwwww!", because this is the way that love stories should end in real life yet really seldom do.

Well, maybe because the ending needs a bit of snogging, and a marriage, some reaction shots from the others (be original, and add in a few "it's about time!" from their friends and colleagues, *snerk*), and so forth?~Lotm

Eh. The fluffy ending didn't bother me, but I felt like the story was a little dry. There was also a lot of jumping around, and inconsistency with the nature of the Hermione/Snape relationship. One moment they sound like close friends, the next moment they sound like formal colleagues. It almost felt like I was reading chapters from three different stories, or written by three different authors.

You aren't happy with the end and neither am I. SO, unless your contractractual obligations with these characters have expired, write one more chapter....HINT, HINT (aren't I subtle?). Don't be disappointed that the ending will be fluffy just go for it!My very strange and misguided suggestion is to have everything at the wedding and/or preperations for it, ok maybe 2 chapters. We need the bachelor party where Severus gloats and laughs at Ron's kids pictures. We need Hermione to finally finish telling Molly off. I love your writing and if anyone was to plan a wedding I'd count on you to pull it off.That's it. I have begged, pleaded and groveled. My first-born child is a 10 year old female. I would offer her to you but there isn't a sane person on this planet that wants a pre-hormonal child....except me...I'm keeping her. Think about continuing this fic at least an epilogue.

A happy ending is a wonderful thing.  If people want misery and angst, they can watch the evening news or talk to the barflies at their local watering hole.  I liked your story!  If you're really wanting "advice" from those of us not brave enough to post their own stories, I'd only suggest that a few more narrative lines in this chapter wouldn't have been amiss.  I would picture an expression or movement, but then find out I didn't guess right and have to go back a line or two.  It wasn't that I ended up losing track of who was talking (that happens in some dialogue-only stories or sections of stories) so I'm not complaining at all.  Thanks for your work -- and keep us happy ending junkies happy!

Sometimes, I really like fluff.  I enjoyed that. 

I know you said you were trying a different writing style. However, I have to say the back and forth dialogue writing style with virtually no narrative leaves the story rather flat. Also, it makes the movement of the story seem very fast, and I found that disconcerting.

"A sip.  Not a... Well, you through that back like a champion."  That line cracked me up.  To be honest, this chapter WAS a bit fluffy, but I think one reason is that it was almost all dialolgue with virtually no description of character reaction.  Still, a pleasant read.

Aha!  I couldn't figure out why story was under 'Potions under durest' if Hermione was marrying Blaise... With egg on my face, here I am to say... great story, regarless if the ending was fluffy.  Fluffy isn't a bad thing, you know!?  Cheers!  :)

Fluffy is nice!! I really enjoyed this story - more detail would have been good but then again I think the briefer style you chose worked well. I did wonder how you were going to end things with Hermione getting engaged to Blaise in Chapter 2. I like how you handled that. Good job!

Nothing wrong with fluff-very enjoyable.

I really like the plot of this, but it feels incredibly rushed.  Maybe you're trying to give a sense of a story being told –– possibly aloud.  I'm not sure.  It's not really working for me, though; I'm getting a lot out of the plot but really missing the subtlties of character development that are easier to show at a slower pace.  I think I would enjoy it a lot more if you took the time to fill it out and really show all the events unfold, rather than rushing through "telling" them.  Still, the plot is lots of fun, so thanks for writing!

I love the conversations between Severus and Hermione, you made me laugh out loud several times:-) I am a bit dissepointed that this aint a Severus/Hermione romance, but I will survive (I think). Keep up the good work and give us the last chapter asap:-)))

Blaise? 

are hermione and severus going to get toghther and get married

Even if they seem a bit OC, I do like the verbal banter going on with Hermione and Severus. I agree there are some friends or acquaintances that you can play around with like that and all is well...and others...well they just get offended. lol Can't wait to see how this one wraps up.

I suppose I did. Admit this to anyone and I know 493 different untraceable ways of poisoning you." "493? You only taught me 492!" "Well I had to keep one to myself just in case."

I just love that part. I think it is something i will start saying to my fmaily if they bug me. Heh i do know a few ways to, but thats another story.

Clever little story!