Oh dear. There is so much adjusting. Oliver is the only new husband who is not being a complete prat to his new wife.

Poor Ginny.I would not want to be the one to explain that to her mother!

"Black" wine! Silly Hermione for not thinking about something that had been in the Black house for so ling before she opened the bottle.Must go see what happens next!

Oooohhh, Sneaky Luna! I just know who she was hoping for!

I'm glad Harry is going to be leaving for Italy for a month. It'll be good for him to separate himself and work things out in his head.

Great update, and I hope the next chapter comes quick.  

poor harry!  will you have him come out of the closet or ...?  loving this story, thanks

Wow, what a difference betewwn the two couples.Silly Ron, he never quite gets that his actions have consequenses.

I think my favorite part in this chapter was Neville and Hermione's conversation. Neville's decision to not torment Snape is exactly how I would picture it in canon...and it was a nice twist to see Hermione want to gossip about Snape, usually she's the one who opts not to. Lovely chapter, looking forward to the update and hopefully more Snape and Hermione interaction--not even the lemony variety.

So Hermione has a little werewolf on her hand - and her husband just happens to have a dap hand with the woolfsbane potion! I look forward to negotiations on that one. And poor Harry - I hope someone turns up and shag him silly soon. he sounds like he could need it.

Hmm, suddenly I think Ginny and Oliver are the ones who'll need counciling after the first month.

 Great chapter! 

Heh.  Ron's such an idiot.

I love this story..I really enjoy stories that play along with all the other couplde IE SS/HG, RW/?? HP/?? GW/??..Those are the ones that really excite me,lol.I wait on pins and needles daily for this story! its that good!Can't wait til the next update.

*gasps for breath from laughing* Oliver and the little pinky... HILARIOUS! Thanks for the speedy update! I really enjoyed this.

Oh, I do like this story. :) The reactions of all of them feels so right. Of course Severus and Ron are so angry! They would be. Heck, I'm surprised that Oliver was so understandable, but he just got another woman in his bed for a year. LOL! So convenient. ;) And Harry... poor Harry.

Thank you so much for the update. :-) Good luck to Hermione if she thinks she can make Severus care with showering him with kindness. I would predict that is one sure way to get your hart and selfesteem broken. She should absolutely treat him with respect and kindness, but otherwise keep  her distance, she will never get an ounce of respect from Severus by behaving like a doormat, quite the opposite I would presume.  Severus is to locked up in the idea of Lily being the perfect saint he should have had to ever find anyone kind enough, or pretty enough to take her place. Until he wakes up and realise that Lily was a young girl of flesh and blood who loved someone else, not him, and did so more than willingly, no woman will stand a chance. Nor does anyone deserve to live in the shadow of a dead "saint". Ginnys way of handling Olivers groupies was marvellous and the pinky-trick was fantastic. It also look like Oliver knows just the way to make is wife shut up. They might not love eachother, yet, but at least they agree to find some pleassure from the situation. For Ron, I stand by me saying that he behaves like a brat who has lost his toy, even more so after this chapter. He knew the charm wouldn't pic him?? That is obviously a knowlegde he forgot to share with Hermione. Lusting after Luna while being engaged to his so called love also seems to slip his mind. And when meeting Hermione at the ministry he sure had to prove once more that what bothers him the most is that Hermione slept with someone else before him, making one think that what really nags him is that he didn't get first dib. I don't doubt that he at some level love Hermione, but not as a husband should love his wife, and the worse part is that he knows so him self, but in typical Ron-manners he has set his mind on something and react with tantrums and childish and hurtful words towards whoever he feels have stepped on his toes. Your writing is as usual exellent and you have the caracters very well portraited. We don't know to much about Oliver so you have pretty free range there, and so far you have done a exellent job with him. I look forward to see how you will let the other caracters develop, update again soon (and find some happiness for Harry too, someone special who makes him see that loosing Ginny was a blessing in disguise.)

Nice to see the tangled web as it's woven...  good job

I am really enjoying this story--everything about it has been a surprise! Poor guys. They've all suffered quite a shock, but I bet you sweeten things up for everyone by the end. Great work!

yay, lots of severus up next!  i look forward to seeing exactly how difficult it will be for hermione to kill him with kindess.  i expect he will put up quite the struggle.  the little interlude with neville was nice for giving hermione some perspective.  i'm enjoying how things are progressing with the other couples, and i think sending harry to italy is brilliant - what better place to recover from a broken heart?!

This is very intriguing. Keep up the awesome work.

I love how everyone saw that coming with Ron and Hermione.  And I love Neville.

Harry is so full of self pity. not the most attractive "quality". i hope he will be better soon.snape is still a git (anyway, that's how i love him). it seems hermione has her work cut out for her.UPDATE SOON

 Yes a great ideal indeed.   Get his mind off of all the craziness.  And maybe he can find something there that will make him happy.  Or someone.  It seems that at least Wood and Ginny have sex to look forward to in their marriage.  Maybe something will come from that.  Ron has been interested in Luna for a little while now.  Hmm that's something to basic his relationship on.   Now if we can get Severus off the DENIAL train all will be moving right along.

Well, I expect Severus to be the hardest case.  What fun it is to read your work!

I think Hermione has just found herself a new pet project. All of this is too good ans it's always a pleasure to have a new chapter to read.

Can't wait for more!