^___^ liked the bit about the letters. loved how snape was observing neveille and then got jealous and then started looking himself in the mirror. snape getting jealous at neveille? priceless.

oh yes and i lie how he was planing to goad minerva.

cute about the knitting pattern man. liked how snape was uestioning her about neveille. was dying at all the others looking through windows at neveille including the lens. though i think hermione's response to snape asking where he was on the scale probably hurt him.

yay i got to see snape's reaction to the neveille phenomenon. loved how neveille rushed to hermione like i thought he would. liked the pavarti:one score. amused at dennis tracking neveille for shots. good that mcgonagall gave took away the positions from hermione and ron and then uestioned her choice. glad to see hermione planning to broaden her horizons. and having ron gay was your way of knocking him off the hermione market. though then what is your explaination for the locket scene-im just curious. 

oh my god!  the beginning with neveille!  i really like how you start with him pursuing his academic interests. it shows the new his and of course the side we dont get to see but should be there. and then sprout watching him and the part where he takes off his shirt... i was laughing nonstop for uite a while. and then the female teachers! o.O i wonder how will snape react to this as well as others. i like how snape's return wasnt in full welcolme. i also liked the whole scene with him and the trio.

I just read this story for the first time, and I think it is brilliant!

I just read this all the way through and found it marvelous!  Thank you for sharing your story. 

Nice, sweet and a "cannot put it down until I read it all" kind of story. As I actually am German, I must admit that I am a little put off by the fact that the only German words that made it into the English language are such niceties as "Schadenfreude", "Angst" or "Weltschmerz"... Hey, we can laugh, too!

when he walked in with that jumper on i cried too.  what an outstanding end to a most satisfying story.  thank you so much for sharing your time and conciderable talent.  i look forward to more of your offerings.                                  

What a perfect ending to a terrific story!Am I mistaken, or is there an illustration for this somewhere?  I seem to recall a quite nice pencil drawing of the two of them in the winter garden.  If it wasn't drawn for this, it should have been.  Yeats would have been proud of this use of his apples!Exquisite.  And now I look forward to the continuation in "Lady Ellhorn"!  *applauds*

"That's the thing about a fresh start: you get to leave things behind. The loss, the pain, the fear. You get to have some fun. But the world changes and some of the good things get left behind, too, like expectations, hopes, people…"You have managed to turn a light and delightful little story of new beginnings into a quite moving and even slightly melancholy tale of longing and reinvention, and I am so looking forward to the final chapter (because I know it will not be the final chapter after all, hooray!).  This is beautiful.

"All work and no play makes Severus a dull villain," and again you have me snorting milk through my nose.But things are beginning to take a more serious turn as the stakes get raised on them both.  And I, for one, couldn't be more delighted!

What a wonderful job you are doing of delineating their private feelings and fears, that sense of thinking you know how unwelcome your feelings would be were you to find the courage to express them.  The party sounds like fun (except for that longing-for-someone-you-can't-have bit)!

Granted, the general reaction had been "Ew!" but....You do have a way with words!

I laughed out loud and for quite awhile at: "You are a very lucky girl," he stage-whispered to Hermione on his way back.What in heaven's name was the clerk measuring?!They make quite a pair, and it's nice to see them realizing it.  And the incident with the jeans....

She's manipulated him into a Pygmalion scenario!  She really would have made a lovely Slytherin, and here she's got him thinking she's just a very smart Gryffindor!  Can't wait to see where she takes him before he catches on!!

I am yomping through this way too fast, but it's such fun!  And, hmm, what does he have that Longbottom doesn't?  Oh, I'd be ever so glad to help him with that catalogue....

I am giggling right along with her, the sneaky little minx!  And I don't have to smother my amusement!

Oh, not an evil cliffie--a tantalizing one!And what a fun twist here to reveal the truth about Ron!  (Perhaps that's why Dumbledore was winking at Hermione!)Now to discover what she has in mind for her fresh start...and how it will involve Severus!  This is delightful!

Oh, this is a lovely fresh start! Thanks for sending me this direction--don't know how I missed this one before, but I'm very glad to find it now.I love the idea of an incredibly sexy Neville (he's always been a great character, and he deserves to have turned out deliciously), and it's quite interesting to have Severus and Hermione sharing feelings of loss and disquiet.  It's also a nice touch to have had her responsible for saving his life, and for him to have worked out that she did so (as well as being ambivalent in his feelings about having survived!).And Ireland's lack of snakes must have been wonderfully appealing!Your writing is terrific. I can already tell I'm going to enjoy this immensely.

This was a great story! Bravo!!

Great Job!!!!!

I am really enjoying this story!

I loved it! I can't wait to read more!!!

Have you ever read Vanity Fair's "Forget Me Not"? There is a part in that story about how Severus is the only one to give Hermione something other than books for Christmas. I have to say I fully agree with you and VF a husband would give his wife beautiful things. Thank you again for this story Dickie, it was a wonderful reread.