Ahhhhh!  Must have more!  I was so engrossed in the chapter that I didn't realize that I was at the end.  I loved the dreams and will be interested to see where that goes.  Keep up the great work (ie-get back to writing...now!)

I loved this story!  However, I've been searching all over the place for the sequel but couldn't find it! Is there still going to be one?

Finally! The UST is driving me crazy...:D Can't wait for the next chapter.

Uh, this was good, thank you! But he will be driving her away, won't he? As long as he remembers his boots, she will be fine, I think. :) She does morning runs and evening rund, does she have a routine? 

Gracious!  I think it is fabulous that they are having similar dreams... identical in their meaning while differing in their locations.  The similarity in the music, both stringed instruments, evoke the music both had been listening to before they slept.I'm glad that Severus has decided to mend fences with Hermione.  It is, after all, "a perfectly routine, workable arrangement. In fact, the sooner they smoothed over last night’s regrettable emotionalism and normalised their association, the better."  Sounds right to me.  Besides, he'd "just enjoyed the orgasm of the fucking year."Oh, how I love this story!  Beth

Love this chapter! Gosh I can't wait to see how he approaches Hermione about it.

Fuck a motherfucking duck. That expression is priceless! :)

leave it to snape to make things worse.  he can be such an ass sometimes.    (i discovered the smileys lol)

that was sweet of her to leave tea for him.  and severus in a bath?  mmmm

*jaw dropped*

*adds to favourite author's list, so I don't have to stalk you and egg your window when you're trying to sleep, since lack of sleep will make it difficult for you to write the sequel*

Gads, such an A/N!!!  Now I feel I should write a review or live in shame. 

Such talent you have.  First story? Wow.  It amazes me that people take an idea and make a whole story out of it all.  Especially one that is so good.  Yes, I liked it and I will be looking for the sequel.

From the reader p.o.v. I must thank you.  You were rather consistent with updating and that makes a story so much more enjoyable. 

And AD is probably right, killing him would be easier now - damned cruel, insensitive manipulator.

Still going great! Do you have an idea of how long the story is going to be (not that I want it to end of course lol I'm just eagerly waiting for more!)

It was only a matter of time before they had to cross this bridge, but now that they have crossed their Rubicon, the die is truly cast.  They have no alternative to but to take a good hard look at themselves and at how they feel about the other.  I thought it was so fitting that as each tried to come to understand what had led to such an unsatisfactory conclusion to the evening, they both listened to Dowland's Lachrimae pavan.Both are weary for rest and want  "to sleep, perchance to dream."  What a great chapter, Cori.Beth

Nice chapter, Hermione and Severus have their emotions on a nice hard simmer. 

Poor Severus, jealousy is a hard and unrelenting taskmistress...  But sometimes it takes dealing a hurt to someone in order to truly realise just how much they actually mean to you.  The evolution of their relationship is enthralling to read, from each of their points of view--Hermione is realising that she barely really knows Severus at all, which is a step in a more mature direction for her emotions, and following that with the knowledge that she genuinely likes him as a friend and would like to know more about him.  Severus is hoarding the secret of his feelings of friendship for her in a dark unused corner of his heart, and now their argument has dragged it further out into the open.  He doesn't want to think about it, but I suspect he's going to have to whether he likes it or not!  Hopefully he will be able to believe that there is enough room in Hermione's heart for Ron, Harry and him.  It doesn't have to be one or the other.I can't wait to read what happens next (bounces up and down)!

This is one of my favorite chapters so far.  Severus starts out being his usual snarky self "I will not be chattered at," blah blah, and then three weeks later he's making them both tea and inviting her to stay in his rooms and mark while he brews!  Bwahahaha!!!    And of course, now that he's experienced having a competent TA, he'll never want to go back to doing it all himself...Sev's thoughts regarding the "dinner date" with Voldy and his DE's were hilarious, as well.  I loved the line, Behind one of the curtains of his mind, he vowed to find an occasion to punch Lucius in the mouth.  I'll bet Severus is as fiercely loyal to a friend as any Hufflepuff ever thought about being--as time goes on, he's not going to take kindly to crude comments about Hermione.  He can't do anything about it overtly right now, but I imagine he'll be tallying up all the insults and adding interest for when he finally gets to collect.Bella found acrobats.  For some reason, I found that amazingly funny!  I just get this image of her proudly bringing them back to the others like a demented little six year old...  "Look what I got!"

"He looked thin, pale, and annoyed. He stood straight and still, a spare, dark column of contained mental, physical, magical power… Oh gods, he looked like himself." I ABSOLUTELY loved those lines, but especially "dark column of contained mental, physical, magical power…" That is one of the best descriptions of Snape I think I have ever read in fanfiction. Oh, yes! And more dark corners! Yes indeed.

It's a good job she decided not to plant some initials in those love hearts. But Severus and Hermione in dark corners I like. I wonder if they'll meet again there, after all it's their favourite spot.

Lucky she didn't write initials on those little hearts. :)

I think Ron has a touch of green eye! :)

LOL. Hermione proved him wrong! :)

Heh, lovelorn indeed.  But if he only knew for whom!

I look forward to more chapters!  Very good.

ooh, dark corners... Severus, and dark corners. Yes... Yes please!!!

Oh I can't wait for more updates!!!  This is getting good.  Glad to see Severus is on the mend.