There is something seriously wrong with me.  I read "Angst, glorious angst" and heard "Cheese, glorious cheese" in my head (from the cheese commercials years ago).  *facepalm*  Sorry.  *snerk*  I'm glad you're still enjoying it, and thanks so much for reviewing!  :)

*offers tissues*  Awww, it'll be okay.  *pats comfortingly*  :)

Sorry for the delay, but RL has kidnapped me hard core.  I'm over 5400 words into the next chapter, and I'm planning to have some time to write tomorrow.  *crosses fingers*  I am glad you've enjoyed it though!  Thanks so much for reviewing!  :)

Tres cool!  LOL  Thanks for the heads up!  I dig it...  ;)

ROFLMAO  Are those lemons clapping there?  *wicked grin*  I have spent over 3 years so far on this epic monster, and still going (I just don't have as much time to write anymore).  Thanks so much for the support!  :)

ROFL!!!  Please don't neglect the children!  *snerk*  Um, wow...  I'm so glad you're enjoying it so much.  Thanks so much for reviewing!  :)

*blush*  Aww, you're so sweet!  *beams*  I'm so glad you've enjoyed it so far.  I hope to write more soon (I'm about 5400 words into the next chapter now).  Thanks so much for reviewing!  :)

LOL!!!  I'm so glad you're still enjoying it.  *beams*  I'm not saying what he's working on, as it'll all come out soon enough.  *snerk*  Thanks again for reviewing!  :)

*claps hand over mouth to stifle giggles*  Wow!  I didn't mean to lure you in and ruin your sleep, honest!  LOL  Um, I'm sorry to keep you up so late, but I'm very glad you'e enjoying it so far.  I hope you continue to do so, but manage to not deprive yoruself of needed sleep.  ;)  Thanks so much for reviewing!  :)

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Wow, you must not check for months at a time then.  LOL  I'm glad you're still enjoying it, and thanks as always for reviewing!  :)

*adds

to the list of folk who want more*  LOL  I want more too--more time to write!  *sigh*  Anyway, thank you for the lovely review.  I'm so glad you've enjoyed it!  :)

*gigglesnort*  Yeah, I love my plays-on-words.  Yay for C.U.N.T!  Yay for ice cream!  Yay for gaming!  Yay for new carpet!  Yay for yays!  LOL  ;)

ammending review...loli started reading it over 3 days ago... relishing it.  the highs and lows..how many more chapters do you think there will be?

Unfortunately, there's no way for me to be able to guess at the number of chapters left, as I never know exactly how long it'll take to write what needs to be written to deal with a particular scene or situation.  Think about it: some chapters cover a week or so, and some times it takes 5 chapters to cover one dya/night (Christmas).  But, I can definitely say that we're well over half done.  *cringes*  At any rate, I'm so glad you've enjoyed it, and thanks so much for reviewing!  :)

*blush*  Awww, you're so sweet.  *beams*  Thanks so much for reviewing!  :)

You mean he needs to apprise Hermione of his growing friendship with McG, or that he needs to start hinting at his relationship with Hermione to McG?  *is confused*  You're not the only one wondering about her reaction, nor are you the only one who liked Jucy and Edward.  LOL  Glad you're still enjoying it, and thanks for the continued support!  :)

*blush*  i've been enjoying this story as well.read it in one day.  didn't go to bed.  read it at work...lolthe other reviewer is right...!  Bluddy brilliant...lolplease update!!!  as often as you can....

Oh, I will! This monstrosity WILL be finished.  *glares at Word doc with steely determination*  Glad you're enjoying it, and thanks so much for reviewing! :)

The "black look" was his way of saying "leave it be" to McGonagall, just like AD had tried to tell her to butt out before.  They're both stubborn and hurt and angry, and platitudes aren't particularly helpful when one isn't ready to hear them yet.  :)  As far as Snape's emotional maturity, I think it HAS been quite stunted, and he IS going through a maturing ("growing") stage finally.  He's essentially getting a chance to go through what most adolescents and young adults do, even though it's almost two decades behind.  The wound is too raw still, for others (McGonagall) to be poking their noses into it.  Thanks for the continued support and for a great review!  :)

*blink blink, jaw dropped*  Wow.  Just... wow.  I can't believe you made it through this monstrosity in three days!  *eyes goggle*  As for your exceptionally kind words--*blush*  Thank you.  *beams*  I'm so glad you've enjoyed it so much.  Thank you for reviewing!  :)

*beams*  Yeah, even though they aren't close in age, they're closer in experience, and it's an opportunity to have a peer friend.  I mean, Ginny's fully willing to be his friend, and he's willing to return the sentiment, but she's even younger than Hermione, so they're nowhere near peers, you know?  Glad you're still enjoying it, and thanks as always for reviewing!  :)

LOL!!  Glad I could provide somewhat instant gratification (after over a month, LOL).  Thanks so much for the support!  :)

I said to Lotm that Ron's comment about being bored and things getting wearing would no doubt reflect some of the readers' feelings after such a long journey so far.  I do take your comments in the positive way they were intended.  *hugs*  This one definitely picked up the pace as far as how much time was covered, for which I was grateful, as we've already seen stuff enough that I felt I could just "gloss over things" and move on.  "Progress" was an apt title, I think.  Thank you so much for yet another awesome review!  :)

Well, I'll confess to feeling greedy about getting to the "juicy" part...that being Snape and Hermione outting their relationship and seeing what fallout ensues. But I think the buildup has been delicious and will make the juicy parts better, especially the part with her parents! I thought the scene at Spinner's End with the tenants was super and I think, though I thought Book 7 was cheesy, now that JKR has shown us how passionate Snape is (just like so many of us suspected) we now have carte blanche to show his passionate side in fanfiction, and the scene with the tenants reflects that. I've had so many scenes that I have imagined might happen yet in this story, and I'm eager to see just exactly how the story will take shape yet...wondering how and when their relationship will get leaked, and am thinking you didn't have the scene with the tenants just for show, that it's a buildup to something more. And I think the "glossing over" worked very well here because it didn't have that feel, it told us enough and then moved on. Can't wait for more!~HR

*blush*  Awww, you're so sweet!  I know that the premise comes across as cheese-factor twelve squillion, but I have tried to make it as plausible a journey for some complex characters.  It makes me all sorts of giddy that you've enjoyed it so much, and I thank you for reviewing!  :)

LOL  Indeed.  I hope that they manage to have positive effects on each other.  So glad you enjoyed it, and thanks so much for reviewing!  :)

*beams*  I'm glad folks liked Lucy and Edward, for all few pages that we saw them.  I have great fun writing the "normal" folk that our couple meets in their lives.  LOL  The hurt goes deep in Snape, and AD is finally realizing how badly he messed up.  Thanks so much for reviewing!  :)

*beams*  Aww, you're so sweet!  I enjoyed the chance to write that scene with the tenants, as it let me address his emotional turmoil about his past, as well as letting me address his new, hopeful view of his future.  Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks so much for reviewing!  :)