Yeah, even though Snape is going to leave, he's never going to approve of anyone teaching Potions but him.

Well, aren't Severus and Hermione actually married? Puzzled.

Well, his reaction to her pregnancy certainly wasn't *negative*...

Yes, it's time for Severus and Hermione to come out as married, and they really should have done it earlier-the scandal would be over and done with long before now if they had. A few 'but we're so in loooove!' interviews with Rita would have carried them through.

Yes, their relationship is coming along nicely, as both of them know nothing is really going to happen till she stops being a student.

Well...people are like that when they almost see their loved ones die.

Oh wow...so, I basically gobbled this story down in..,about 4 to 5 hours...it was an interesting story plot and I liked the way it was written. Everything about it from start to finish was spectacular and I happened to love Hermione and Severus playing the wizarding world like a fiddle because they’re essentially the smartest people in the room, I loved this so much, thank you for writing it!

How has the Ministry building not gone up in flames yet? You would think that Hermione would have a deadman switch ready to go off should she not check on it every few days...

This reminds me of a terribly smutty joke that ends "Blow is just a figure of speech".

Yeah, probably not Guam. I'd go with the bouncing eighth month preemie myself.

Well, it looks like they tried to jigger things to work out.

And so what if Simon was a bouncing eighth month preemie? So was Winston Churchill.

Well...the only solution would be for Hermione to stop being his apprentice or to finish it quickly. Surely they are intelligent enough to backdate some papers here.

I'm glad Minerva's being helpful here and not disapproving. And yes, I can see how Severus' heart would come close to stopping with the Polyjuice faux pas and the Petrifying.

That was rather clever, even if it was risky; but I can see why Snape groused about it, since it could have failed spectacularly. However, I suspect that they would have invented a ton of sign language spells. (in fact, that might not be a bad idea anyway).

Yes, when Hermione is doing research, the earth trembles.