I know this is a completely random place to review the entire story (well, up until this point, at least), but I felt like I had to pause and commend you on your work before I moved on. And yes, it is quite late where I am, so please excuse any misspellings that may occur...:)

Tia is such a fun character! I love her personality and the way that she interacts with the marauders. She is definately a part of the group, but stands on her own as well...she is very much her own person with her own agenda, which I find refreshing because you made her a very 3D character.

I love how you balence her boldness and strength ( which could be considered a negative trait because she carries everything to such extremes) with compassion and a mischevious nature. If she had any of these traits without the other, her voice and the flow of the story itself would be lost. Perhaps my favorite aspect of her personality, however, (and not just because I'm a hopeless romantic), is her vulnerabiltiy (sorry about the spelling!) when it comes to her feelings for Sirius. Yes, she is experienced in relaitonships, but by showing her softer side, you round out her character nicely and make her much more true to life.

Aubrey, also, is a character that I love. Her timidity and desire to please make her a bit of an enigma, but her genuine innocence and trust make my heart go out to her. I also love that she is beginning to come out of her shell!

Anyway, I'm sorry this is so long. Congradulations on your QQ award! I'm going to go finish the story now!

I just wanted to let you know that I absolutely loved this story! I am a big fan of H/Hr, which I know is not popular around here at all, but I applaud you on a great effort in spite of what others say.

Your story is also one of the few romangstys that I have found and really enjoyed, as I normally dislike huge amounts of angst in one shots. However, you handled the situation and material brilliantly and the emotions your characters were feeling were believeable, and, dare I say, natural considering what they were going through.

All in all a great job! I can't wait to read more of your stuff!

Let me just begin by saying that I am so jealous of your characterization in this one-shot. I can never write Luna realistically enough in my own stories, so the way you've captured her in this story is absolutely amazing to me.

I haven’t seen him much since Professor Slughorn’s party. I had a nice time; it was quite the best party I had ever gone to.

This was kind of bittersweet for me. It brings out a bit of Luna's innocence and her consistently cheery perspective, which seems so believable based on what we've seen of her in the books, but it is a bit ironic that she enjoyed it so much when Harry absolutely hated it. She obviously doesn't get invited many places...

I don’t really understand the rules of Quidditch, but I find the matches quite enjoyable.

This made me laugh out loud. It perfectly illustrates one of the things I love about Luna, which is how she could care less about what others think of her. She concentrates on enjoying herself and nothing else really matters.

If I had to make one critique, it would be that this should have been a bit longer. You have such a wonderful grasp of Luna's character that I would love to see you place her in a few more challenging situations. Also, there were a few comma splices toward the beginning of the work. Overall, however, this is a wonderful example of a character-driven one-shot, and I can't wait to see what else you do with Luna in your future work!

This story is so cute!!! I love the way you've made Lily so different from her sterotypical (sorry about the spelling!!) self. It's nice to imagine her as slightly flawed and a bit more human. It also makes her a much more plausible match for James...after all, there is no way that one of the marauders could fall for a complete goody-two-shoes.

Anyway, I'll stop rambling now, but please update soon. This fic completely made my day!!

Author's Response: I\'m so happy you like it! And I hope you\'ll be able to read the next chapter soon. By the way, I completely agree. Lily has to have an attitude!

Hey! I just wanted to stop in and say how much I enjoyed your story. I'm not normally a big Ron/Hermione fan for whatever reason, but I thought that this one-shot was really beautiful. I love how you focused on the real feeling and emotion between the two rather than trying to tie in humorous banter or something. It made the story so much more real and adult and I really enjoyed it (even if you did kill one of my favorite characters...:))

Anyway, I'm off to write my own one-shot before Prof. Roxy closes the assignment. Hopefully it will be somewhere near as good as yours!!

Author's Response: Oh. My. Gosh. I just had an purely awful day, and I am now actually smiling. I would like to thank you IMMENSELY for this wonderful review. I\'m so glad that you think that the feeling and emotion was real. I felt pleasantly good about this story, but after a few days went by with no reviews, I was a tad worried. I am SO glad that you liked it. Thanks! ~Lindsey :)