This is a wonderful story with which to end my submissions to the Review-a-Thon!

It has a real roller coaster feel to it and the little 'reflections' that pop into Rose's head as she's standing there make you wonder what's going on with her and Teddy, but then . . . she did the right thing after all ( and made Hugo and everyone else eat their words at the same time ),
Will it be easy? No.
Perfect? No.
Worth every minute? Of course.
We've all been there, done that . . .doubting ourselves and our choices is part of being human . . second guessing; "coulda, woulda, shoulda", etc.
They'll be fine . . . give us a one shot about their 10th anniversay . . . which happens right after a knock-down-drag-out fight over something REALLY stupid! ( Plot bunny sticks his nose out of his hidey-hole!)
HE!HE!HE!
EXCELLENT, BLOODY BRILLIANT, and a FINE PIECE OF WRITING!!!!!!!!
Welcome to Gluttony!
Penguins???HE!HE!HE!

Author's Response: Once again, I'm completely shocked by the reaction this has got! I think she did the right thing too, but the right thing for who is probably a very good question. Haha, oh I'd love to but I shall leave Teddy/Rose to the better writers of the ship. It took me about 3 months to get this finished! Thank you so much for this fantastic review, and for the warm welcome. And yes. Penguins. I'm afraid that was the naive choice of a 16-year-old girl that has stuck with her for life ... or at least her fanfiction career! Thank you :)

I don't think I can add much more to what Elena said! It was very well done, and I could see it as well. I'd like to see more of your works. So, I guess, "What she said" covers it! 10.

Author's Response: Thank you so much - I'm so glad you liked it. I hope to be able to post a few more of my one-shots up here shortly :) Thank you

I was sucked in. From title to its ending, I was right there with her. You took me on a journey, and not just telling me a story and I loved that :)

I loved the back story too, the glimpses into the school girl crush to actual, adult love. I loved the moments, so subtle, so little, yet mean so much.

I could picture her excitement after getting the job and leaping into his arms, only to feel embarrassed and shy that she did something like that. It made me smile at all these little things, but also because I could 'see' it. As i read, I also could play each scene in my head :) You gave me imagery, not just a bunch of words.

I liked that you mixed in a bit of humour in with the angst and romance. It made this all that more realistic...Plus, a wart covered face is just hilarious!!! ;)

While the pairing is unexpected, I actually, really enjoyed this story, so much so, that if he had of just walked away, I would use my adminly powers to refuse to validate based on the grounds that the ending was unacceptable...

Okay, I wouldn't do that, but that should give you an understanding about how much you sucked me right up into this fic :)

Thank you so much for sharing this with us here, it really is a brilliant story, and a welcomed addition to Gluttony.

Author's Response: Wow. I don't really know what to say. Mainly through being slightly intimidated by a review from the admin :P Let's give it a shot anyway. I think journey was what I was aiming for here. I find it difficult to define some aspects of my writing but that's probably a good word for it. I wanted to show the progression of her relationship with Teddy and how that influences her decision at the end. Haha, yes. I ripped that off a reality show here when one of the contestants got through to the finals. That's what inspired the whole story actually - that one scene. I think that's the only way I can do humour - integrating it in occasional scenes here and there. I'm not an overly funny person so I find adding it in small doses every now and again is easier for me to show that side of my writing. My attempts at writing entirely humour stories are always horrific! It's definitely underwritten though you might see there's a sudden trend appearing on TGS with this ship. I'm not overly struck with it but it works :P Haha, well, I did consider it but I wanted a somewhat happy ending (for once!) Thank you so much for this wonderful review, Elena. I hope to be able to move a fair few more of my stories over from HPFF in the coming weeks. :)