Like I said short and sweet cute, and interesting. same stuff different story.

Aphroditee

:crises: how freakin was that letter????? i can totally see harry writing that then after sending, getting completley mad at him self for doing so. But it was great!

Good story. It was very touching, those letters that were written. This relationship between the three(two mainly), seemed I little more realistic given the situation that the both of them were in. At least they didn't run into each others arms and start snogging. They managed some greetings before making out . None the less. it was a good story. Ron's reaction seems like the way I would see it in the books, but that is only my preference. Keep it up and good job .

This was one of the most beautifully written letters I have ever read. Thanks for putting so much hard work into these stories. I for one think that you are doing great. You are one of my favorite authors. Thanks.

I just read the summary to this story and it seems wonderful! I can't wait to read the whole thing!

WOW.
Yeah. Wow. This is amazing. You've done an amazing job getting the characters just right. I think this is the most Cannon portrail of feelings & characters I've seen. In fact this is what I want in the next book. Yes exactly this =].
WOW.
I loved the letters idea. I was almost hoping the whole thing would be done through letters...One thing that always bothered me all the letters in fanfiction are (seem?) very short and maybe a bit contrived. But yours...WOW.
Damned insiteful analysis...
WOW.

I used to think that Hermione and Ron liked each other, but after all those facts that you pointed out in your story, I'm beginning to wonder... Anyway, as with Safe In Harbor, I loved this stories. I'm not one for sappy moments, but those two letters really touched me, don't know why. Just wanted to say that. And I think that if you haven't, you should really consider writing novels, because your writing in this story could have easily slipped into the first few pages of HP and the Half-Blood Prince. They were that believable.

I was going to wait until the last chapter to review, but alas, I must speak. Hah! Serves Ron right!

Awwww. How nice! I really enjoyed reading this sotry, it's so good!

awwwww....cute H/Hr moments luved them...nice way to have Ron react the way he did....ur an excellent writer and i cant wait to read more of ur stories

Ouch

"But I didn't dare. The last thing you needed was one more complication, and I convinced myself that you needed our friendship to remain more or less uncomplicated. In all honesty, though, I was scared. And besides, you were enamored with the lovely Miss Cho Chang. Why would you even look at me? It killed me but I was determined that you get some of the happiness you so deserve, and if Cho Chang was what made you happy, then so be it."

I felt that with a guy I liked once too, I even told him, "I want you to be happy, if she makes you happy than be with her, that's how much I love you" so yeah... this has got to be one of my most favorite stories ever, it's so real.

[i]So intent was his observation, his awe that he didn't notice the knowing looks being exchanged by the adults around him.[/i]


[i]He missed Ginny's small sigh of resignation,[/i]
Poor girl knew she hadn't had the smallest bit of a chance. ^_^
[i]missed the deep frown of suspicion on Ron's face.[/i]
Well, canon!Ron wouldn't act any differently... ^_^

[i] "I was right," she said in a superior tone.

"About what?"

"You're not a bad kisser," [/i]


[i] "Well, can't say that I'm surprised." His gaze fixed on Hermione. "I mean, you've always liked him more than me."[/i]
So, so true. Especially his observations a paragraph after. Poor Ron. :'(

[i]"So what? So what, Ron? You have your family. You have your mum and dad, a sister, your brothers. You have all of them, and they love you. I would give almost anything to have my mum and dad back," he said fiercely. "I would give almost anything to just once hear my mum say she loves me, to have my dad hug me."[/i]


Excellent fic!

[i]"Are you going to report me?" and you grinned.

A sweet, boyish, lop-sided grin.

And I remember becoming flustered, my train of thought derailed in the face of that grin and I could only stammer like a stupefied fangirl. Imagine that - Hermione Granger, dumbstruck and stuttering.[/i]
Oh. Thank you for putting this in! I do agree; it probably is the time Granger's feelings started to grow, albeit one tiny step at a time.

[i]A confused young woman who couldn't stop prattling on and on about her best friend. I didn't even realize just how much I was talking about you, Harry; I just couldn't help myself. And Viktor is no fool. If I had talked about Ron even half as much as I did about you, he probably wouldn't have gotten suspicious.[/i]
Amen to that. Ever since I read Hawk's essay, yes, I believe the same.

[i]Why would you even look at me? It killed me but I was determined that you get some of the happiness you so deserve, and if Cho Chang was what made you happy, then so be it.
[/i]
Sounds exactly like canon Hermione.

[i]But as long as I draw breath, I will do everything I can to sustain you. I want to be by your side; the thought of anywhere else is unbearable. Because, Harry, you see, I need you. I need you as much as, if not more, than you need me. You have been such a pivotal influence in defining who I am. What was my life before Hogwarts, before you? Was it even worthy of being called a life?[/i]
Beautiful, and even then that word doesn't do it justice.

[i]Because I don't know exactly when it happened, Harry, but sometime during the past five years, I fell in love with you too. And everything I've done, everything I've become, every time I've scolded, nagged or just plain harassed you, [b]I've done it with the blessed weight of that love resting on my head, leaning on my shoulders, caressing my heart.[/b] And that awareness of you, that love has become so intertwined in my existence, in who I am as Hermione Granger that, you know, if I were ever to lose it, I might as well just perish.[/i]
I'm entirely speechless...

[i]And, for that alone, I am ashamed and angry at myself. You have been a friend to the fullest extent of the word, and beyond, and what have you gotten in return?[/i]
Exactly how I believe Harry would feel, if not in the next book, certainly in the seventh. He has taken so much from Hermione, and yet, what has he given back to her? That dolt has took her for granted long enough.

[i]It was humiliation at the hand of our best friend (and I haven't forgiven Ron for that, either. Has he even apologized to you?)[/i]
Probably *the* reason I will not ever, barring Harry's sudden demise, ship R/Hr.

[i]But out of all of them, I can recognize that you are the one constant. I knew, even as I'd never questioned it, that when my last clump of endurance is crumbling, I would need only reach out a hand and you would be right there to recharge me.[/i]
That's so canonically true that it isn't even funny. Hermione, and only Hermione, has always been at his side supporting him in much much more ways than one. Some recognizition is due I'd say from canon!Harry. ^_^

[i]Why didn't you just let me go, Hermione?

Because you were too busy pleading for another life. Mine. And that pissed me off tremendously because my life is nothing. You should have been worrying about Sirius's life. You see, I couldn't worry about me because I don't love me. I love Sirius. No, I loved Sirius, God help me. And because I loved him, he's gone.

I killed him.[/i]
That's so beautiful I'm crying speechles...

[i]For the longest time I have viewed expressing emotion, any sort really, as some kind of weakness. [/i]
Sigh. I am still impressed even now that you can hit canon!Harry's character right on the mark.

[i]I think before this year I did a pretty good job of seeming bland and composed, which was why everybody was so shocked by the hot, bubbling cauldron of irascibility that was me.[/i]
It's so true. OotP Harry was so different from the previous four books that I thought it was OOC.

[i]But, yesterday I cried.
...
But I think [Buckbeak] cried too, in his own, unique hippogriff way.[/i]
Poor boy. He really needs to cry in canon, doesn't he? Good job involving Buckbeak; he was always a symbol of the H/Hr togetherness since PoA.

[i]Because I need you too much to let our friendship fall apart. [/i]


[i]I'm sorry for possibly endangering our friendship by sending you this letter. I am really and truly sorry for so many things, Hermione.

But I'm not, and I never will be sorry that I know you. I'm not, and I never will be sorry that you're my friend.

And I'm not, and I never will be sorry that I love you.[/i]

This story is amazing! Absolutely wonderful. And me actually giving this fic a REVIEW is one thing coz I hardly do. I just read most of the time.

It's touching especially Harry's letter.. I mean, I so hope that's going to happen too in the book (Harry's realization of his feelings toward Hermione). You made valid points for possible H/Hr relationship. *Sighs* Their so cute together, aren't they?