Thanks so much for all your comments! :) It was lucky that Harry wasn't allergic to the bee sting. It would have been a mess if he had been! I think that Severus spent the day wandering around the park, maybe spying on the people around. I don't know for sure though, I think that's left up to our imaginations. :)

I agree with you that Snape and Hoppity need to work better together, but it's partly Snape's fault too. Did he tell Hoppity that Harry couldn't jump on things? I don't believe so. In this way Harry is having difficulty with his guardians. To him, a trampoline isn't anything like a bouncy fun house. Hoppity probably wouldn't see a problem with either one, but Snape sees a problem with both. Maybe they will get some things settles after their "family meeting."

I have to agree with you about the cliffy too. Long ago I decided not to do cliffies because they were so hard for readers to take, especially if you didn't plan to update the next day. I didn't plan on this particular cliffie, but Snape sort of orchestrated it on his own. That's why I'm glad that it isn't the sort of cliffy that makes people go insane. :)

Thanks again!

Thanks so much Pandora! :) I love to read your comments, they always help me see things in the story that I miss or overlook, and help me plan out the next chapter sometimes. It's funny because I didn't plan a family meeting, but Snape apparently decided that it was needed. I was almost done with the chapter, and then he had to say that! It was a surprise for me too! He probbaly wants to bring up the issues you just raised, as well as some others.

Snape pretty much sticks to his word, so if he says that Harry is grounded, then Harry is grounded. Hoppity's nature seems to try and undermine that though, so we'll see what happens.

I'd like to go back and edit the scene with the bee sting a bit - that part just wrote itself too, and I didn't do much more than just write it. It seems like we could milk a few more sensations from it. But that probably won't happen as it's more importnat to move forward and have another update! :)

Thanks for reading and for telling me what you liked and noticed in the chapter!