Hot chocolate made with water? Sacrilege! I'm glad it worked though. Well done Hermione!

That logic puzzle was s really thoughtful present.

Aww, real smiles and laughter!

It seems unwise for Snape to confide in Lucius considering the fact that Voldemort can read his mind.

Has Dilys got her to wear sexy lingerie?!

''It was a nice smell, but she couldn't quite work out what it represented – the only thing she had really noticed that smelled even slightly like that was Snape, oddly enough, that clean mineral tang to his personal scent, and it obviously couldn't be him.'' Oh Hermione, for such s clever person you can really be quite obtuse.

This chapter really makes you think!

''their initiation wouldn't be as nightmarish as his had been, or that of any of the others. Voldemort wasn't human enough any more. He still couldn't think of the night he'd taken the Dark Mark without breaking into a sweat and wanting to be sick, and without Occlumency he would still have nightmares about it.'' Does that mean that Voldemort no longer has a penis to rape people with? Who has been raping Severus recently then?

''She had drugged half her class on one memorable occasion, filling the lab with fumes that had simulated an LSD trip and had most of them babbling confusedly about tentacles coming through the windows – he still wasn't quite sure about that one; the dungeons didn't have windows – but at least those lessons were never dull, and her homework could be absolutely hilarious at times.'' Lol

''they sat through more than one meeting by wand light, and discovered idly that several of them had a certain odd talent for shadow puppets. Severus earned himself a slap around the back of the head from Minerva for his admittedly somewhat obscene contribution to the theatre.'' This made me laugh out loud.

''he hadn't been laid in a very long time'' I think it should be ''got laid''

Has he realised that he loves her?

I love that the teachers are all trying to make Umbridge's life miserable.

I like Severus's water technique.

I love that the Murtlap Essence comes from him. You're so good at weaving your story into the original.

''He continued to eat his breakfast in silence, without appetite, gloomily watching his students'' I thought that he didn't eat in the great hall?

Ooh, a piano playing Severus? Intriguing And sketching and painting too?!

What happened to not touching anything? She must have touched the furniture in order to look at the contents.

So they portraits are plotting for them to fall in love?

''Filch didn't like her because Crookshanks had beaten Mrs Norris up in third year'' Lol

I quite enjoyed Severus swearing lol.

That list of scars made me feel even more sorry for him. Oh and God, he's regularly raped?! By Voldemort? Poor poor man.

''And that meant she needed to find out more about him.
And then after that, I'll walk up to Voldemort and give him a big wet kiss, she told herself dismally. She couldn't really have picked anything more dangerous'' Haha

''The main problem with Gryffindors is your emotions; everything you feel is painted across your faces for the world to see, and then you usually shout it to the world just in case they didn't notice.'' Lol

I hadn't really thought about it before, but Dumbledore really should have expelled Sirius. Poor Severus.

''Several deep incisive cuts to both wrists, deeper dexter than sinister;'' What does this mean?

''Severus automatically stopped behind Minerva's chair in the staff room to read the front page of the Prophet over her shoulder, and she automatically twitched it away from him. "Buy your own, cheapskate."
"I wouldn't pay for this rubbish unless there was a world shortage of toilet paper," he retorted.'' Hahaha. I love this portrayal of their relationship.

I love that Snape has watched Monty Python.

I never really thought about the after effects of the cruciatus curse before. This is very well thought out.

Heroin and a suicide attempt! There's certainly more to Snape than meets the eye.

It's sweet of him to provide her with ointment for her bruising.

Have been enjoying this story over the last fortnight. Brilliant imagination and great writing. Thank you very much !