Another good chapter. It'll be interesting to see how far they can get before people start to realise that it isn't really a joke -- I'm waiting for Ron to realise and announce the secret that he is keeping to the whole world.

I did think that Dumbledore might have put his reasons for having Snape teach the Slytherins slightly more delicately, if only to avoid further exacerbating Snape's antagonism towards Harry.

Sounds like a pretty good motivation to me too.

I forgot to mention in my review of the last chapter: Harry's dream about Hermione polishing his broomstick was great!

And the Prat- Who- Annoys rears his ugly head. Another very nice chapter.

The fragment "she studied considerably more subjects than seemed neither possible or necessary, nor healthy" should be rewritten. As the last half-dozen words are listing things in the positive sense (they *are* things that her studying isn't), you shouldn't use "neither" and "nor". You could, of course, reword it slightly to get either construction, but as it stands it is a combination of both: "than seemed possible, necessary, or healthy." and ", which seemed neither possible, nor necessary, nor healthy."

Yay! A very nice start to the one true 'ship.

There appears to be a typo: "Ron and subconsciously abdicated" should probably use "had" rather than "and".

Why on Earth would Hermione, or her parents for that matter, agree to have Ron as their secret keeper? Hermione knows that he is prone to getting angry of the most trivial imagined offence and saying things he oughtn't and I can't see Mrs. and Mr. Granger trusting their safety and that of their daughter to a child when there are plenty of adults around.

Other than that, this is a great start. I can't wait to read the rest of it.

Wonderful story! I have been exploring Portkey, since I just recently discovered it, and I enjoy your work immensely. Hope there is a sequal to this story. Had one complaint, that was typos and missing words in sentances. Overall, still very enjoyable.

Keep up the great work!

This story is so luvvy-duvvy!! I just love stories like that!! And you described the kisses perfectly..just the right amount of passion and sensitivity.not that i would know anything about that cos of my 'take it slow' boyfriend... anyways, great story! keep writing!

That was truly a great story. I really liked the way you had Harry and Hermione interacting and playing off of each other.

I did think she was being a bit too flirty with him early on; especially considering that they hadn't really defined things between them. It all worked out in the end however.

Thanks for sharing this great story. I'm very eager to read more of your work.

I like understanding Harry and embarrassed Hermione. it's so cute!

Hermione's Face: or

Harry's Face: or or

Those are my ideas of how they were during the trip.

-- Sage

Aww.....too bad she wasn't seventeen yet...I would have loved to see her jinx him good!

-- Sage

Hm, I'm not sure if I like it or not. I mean, I liked it in the beginning but then it kinda fizzled out at the end.

I suppose I can say that I did enjoy reading it.

What was the understanding they came to while on the first night-time walk around the lake? I expect you'll explain in a future chapter, but I am quite curious as to what transpired between them on that walk.

I'm loving the story and looking forward to reading more.

This hands down has to be one of the most underrated stories on portkey. You are very good at keeping us interested with the way things flow in your writing. Don't let the lack of reviews stop you from continuing this story or others (possibly sequels). I know talent when I see it mate, and you got some serious potential.

hey, This stories great, I was wonderin if it's leading to a sequel? Anyway great job. Love the story line

Ron has caused a lot of misery - how much of it can he be blamed for?

Oh, and where have you been plaving your fics before? I uploaded a complete story (only 12 chaps) here and got very few reviews, but when I posted a new story 1 chapter a day the number of reviews went up a lot. Just so you don't get discouraged from posting here on pottkey