Again I don't own these characters, this fanfic is just for fun.

Harry Potter and the Temple of the Holy Cross

Chapter 8, New Life

For most Hogwarts students, Saturdays and Sundays were free days; or at the very least, days in which the respective Quittich teams could obtain valuable practice sessions. This year, however, the first weekend of the term would include the first and last mandatory Chapel services. Rabbi Lebowitz hosted the Jewish Chapel Service at 10:30 AM on Saturday, while Reverend Ewls would host the Christian Divine Liturgy at 10:30 AM on Sunday. These particular services would be the only mandatory ones of the year.

It was hoped that by making the first services mandatory and the latter services optional, it would expose the students to the two respective religions, inspiring some who had not previously given them any thought, while allowing those who did not choose to continue religious pursuit to exempt themselves.

Neither Rabbi Lebowitz, nor Reverend Ewls expected huge turnouts from either the limited Jewish or Christian populations of the School; both planned their respective services to be as elaborate and attractive as possible so as to encourage as many students as they could to keep attending weekly. Neither took the students' apparent groaning at the Jewish service—which was held in the room of requirement converted into a Make-shift Synagogue—to be a good sign. Though nine people came to Rabbi Lebowitz after the service interested in Judaism.

After the Jewish service, Harry informed Ron and Hermione about what Reverend Ewls had said to him, and had shown him. Ron seemed surprised that he had known and been trusted by both McGonagall and Dumbledore; Hermione however, was unimpressed.

"He didn't really tell you anything new did he?" she reminded Harry in the Gryffindor Common room after the Temple Service.

"What do you suppose is the deal with this Order of the Holy Cross Harry?" Asked Ron.

"Oh please, if they were so powerful and so good they'd already be helping us in the fight against Voldemort wouldn't they?"

Nothing that Harry could say managed to convince Hermione of Reverend Ewls' trustworthiness. It seemed as though Hermione had a personal grudge against the Ewls family as she refused to talk to any of them.

When they awoke early Sunday Morning, Reverend Ewls and his wife prayed for over a half-hour that the service would inspire students and teachers alike to commit their lives to God. Reverend Ewls looked over his sermon notes, praying silently while doing so; he had given over a thousand sermons, many of which were extemporaneous, yet he feared public speaking, and the prospect of giving sermons still frightened him to death, even though he was years outside of seminary. His weekly nervous episodes had become a tradition in the Ewls family.

Amanda Ewls knew full-well not to talk to him before a service as he would be talking pretty much exclusively to God, and his private pre-Liturgy nervous rituals required his complete attention. Despite this weekly ritual, he loved being a minister; he considered the Gospel his life's passion and was happy in his work. He often fancied himself as a modern St. Paul, traveling the wizarding world, preaching the salvation of Christ to whomever would listen, drawing his own comfort and boasting from the same source.

He smiled to himself as he reflected on these notions while, organizing his sermon notes and heading off at 9:30 to prepare the Hogwarts Chapel for liturgy.

The Hogwarts Chapel was an old, huge, ordinate, cathedral-like sanctuary on the ground-floor of the Castle. It had been closed off for so long that no student or teacher could remember when it had last been in use. When Reverend Ewls first looked upon it and began the process of cleaning it and removing the cobwebs from it, prior to the start of the year, he did so with great excitement at the prospect of worshiping God in a room so beautiful.

Several Rows of Pews lined the room with an aisle running down the center of the chapel, leading to an altar upon which Ewls had placed communion elements, a podium stood just to the right of the altar, and a huge cross hung from the ceiling, large enough to extend down to the floor in front of the huge pipes of the organ. A choir loft extended above the back rows of the pews. The walls were covered with ornate, 2-dimensional, ancient iconography.

Though the chapel was absolutely huge, by 10:15 AM the many burning charcoals of Cathedral-blend incense that Reverend Ewls had managed to acquire filled the room with their pleasant smell. By this time, students began to file into the Chapel, awed by its utter beauty having never before entered therein. By 10:20, with a wave of his wand, Reverend Ewls caused the unmanned organ to play "For all the Saints," which would turn into "beach springs," then to "Praise to the Lord, the Almighty." By 10:28, the organ began to play "Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty."

By this time Ron, Hermione, and Harry entered the sanctuary (Ron and Hermione entered hand-in-hand as usual), all amazed at the sensual effects of the chapel; their eyes taken in by the visual beauty, their noses astonished by the pleasant savior of the incense, their ears dazed by the beauty of the hymns.

"I didn't know Hogwarts had a Chapel, it's beautiful," Ron began as they entered.

"According to Hogwarts: a History, it hasn't been used in over three hundred years," Said Hermione.

"What's that smell?"

"It's incense Ron."

"Harry did you say that you believed everything that Reverend Ewls told you about love and Jesus and all?" Ron asked.

The three took a seat in one of the rows of Pews in the middle between the front and back of the Chapel.

"I'm not sure, you?"

"I don't know, but the more and more I think about it, I'm beginning to."

"Honestly, you two," said Hermione rolling her eyes. "Just because a professor, even and intelligent professor tells you something does not make it true and anyway…"

Before Hermione could continue her ramblings, the organ stopped playing "Holy, Holy, Holy," and Reverend Ewls took his place at the podium, wearing white ritual vestments. As he approached the podium, the now-completely-filled sanctuary became suddenly silent.

"Good Morning!" Proclaimed Reverend Ewls.

"Good Morning!" Called back an excited congregation.

"Ah you're learning," Reverend Ewls replied. "God has blessed us with a beautiful fall Sunday morning at Hogwarts, welcome to the first Christian worship service held in almost three hundred years at Hogwarts, and the last mandatory one. Before we begin I have a few announcements to make, Rabbi Lebowitz is thankful to you all for attending yesterday's Jewish worship service. The Rabbi will hold temple every Saturday morning, as will I hold liturgy every Sunday morning until the end of the year and everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend both.

"In addition, my sons and daughter are forming a Christian praise band which will hold weekly worship services on Tuesday nights after dinner in the great hall, of course all of you are welcome to attend, and if any of you have any musical talents you are invited to participate in the praise band. I'm also starting a bible study for those who are interested, we will meet on Thursdays at 9:00 in the evening, and of course all are welcome to attend that as well.

"'This is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.' If you'll look in the back of the pew in front of you, you'll see a bulletin that you may use to follow our liturgy, Please stand and join me in our call to worship. O thirst quenching God.

"You are the living water for our parched souls" Came back the congregation who was now reading a small bulletin upon which was written the entirety of the liturgical ritual in which they were now engaging.

"Your Word satisfies our deepest need; your presence gives hope to the dried up, the burnt out, the lifeless and the lost." Reverend Ewls retorted.

As the congregation read the assigned responses of the call to worship, Harry's eyes began to wander around the chapel. He caught sight of Ginny who was sitting next to Elliot Ewls, who was sitting in a Pew closer to the front along-side his brothers and sister. At first, Harry's heart sank at this sight. Ginny had seemed quite friendly with Elliot all throughout the week, though the two had not, to this point, publicly displayed affection. As Harry continued through the call to worship, his mind turned back to the words which the congregation spoke responsively to Reverend Ewls. He pondered deeply the words which he and Reverend Ewls spoke, and as he did so he discovered them speaking to him as an individual, penetrating his heart and soul, seeping into the deepest regions of his very existence.

"Your word satisfied our deepest need; your presence gives hope to the dried up, the burnt out, the lifeless and the lost." Reverend Ewls spoke.

"Come Holy Spirit, strike the stone of our hearts with a jolt of pure Grace, and let new life pour out," The congregation retorted.

"Refresh our Spirits with the limitless power of your mercy and love."

"Empower us to hear the good news, to believe it and to live it."

Reverend Ewls' voice turned from ritualistic to instructive, "Let us now remain standing and turn in the hymnal in the back of the pews in front of you to hymn number 21 and join together in singing 'Be thou My Vision, O Lord of My Heart.'"

With a wave of Reverend Ewls' wand, the unmanned organ began to play the Irish tune "Slane," after giving an introduction, the organ, congregation, and Reverend Ewls, with hymnals opened, began to sing.

Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart,
be all else naught to me, save that thou art;
be thou my best thought in the day and the night,
both waking and sleeping, thy presence my light.

As Harry sang, his heart began to do something he had hitherto not done sincerely; the words he sang became the prayers of his heart. In midst of the Hogwarts Chapel, though his eyes could not see anything out of the ordinary, somehow his soul was in the presence of the ultimate, not only so but he was talking to God, and what's more God was listening and smiling down upon him. A merciful gesture of love filled his essence, and his heart began to burn within him. Tears began to streak from his face. One of his hands left the hymnal for him to wipe away the watery substance from his face.

Be thou my wisdom, be thou my true word,
be thou ever with me, and I with thee Lord;
be thou my great Father, and I thy true son;
be thou in me dwelling, and I with thee one

"My great father and I thy true son," Harry pondered. He had never known his father, never had a conversation with him. The closest thing to a Father he had known was either Dumbledore or Sirius, both of whom he had known for a brutally short time. As he sang on, a realization came to him that God, his true father, had always been there with him though Harry had not bothered to notice this until now. Harry also knew that not only had God always been there for and with him, but that God would always be there for and with him; a divine hand on his shoulder to guide him. As he sang on, he felt something akin to a divine presence nodding in affirmation to whatever he sang, he could not help but believe it, it was as if foreordained to occur that his heart would be captivated by God's love and respond with the greatest sense of loyalty and honor that his soul could muster.

Be thou my breastplate, my sword for the fight;
be thou my whole armor, be thou my might;
be thou my soul's shelter, be thou my strong tower:
Raise thou me heavenward, great Power of my power.

"My sword for the fight, my whole armor, my might, my soul's shelter, my strong tower," For the first since he learned of the prophesy and his mission to defeat Voldemort, Harry could honestly say that he was not afraid. His confidence, his trust, and his faith were mustered to respond to the newfound love which filled his heart. He knew that whatever happened, somehow he was in the hands of a power greater than his own; greater than Voldemort's or even Dumbledore's.

Riches I heed not, nor man's empty praise:
be thou my inheritance now and always;
be thou and thou only the first in my heart;
Sovereign of heaven, my treasure thou art.

Harry's tears were now pouring in spite of his vainest efforts to hide them from his friends. Ron caught a glance of them revealing to Harry the tears that were also flowing down his own cheeks. Ron gave Harry a nod of understanding and for a moment the two connected, as if they could read each other's minds without legelemency. Harry and Ron knew that they had both come to the same realization and transformation in response to their newly discovered ultimacy.

High King of heaven, thou heaven's bright sun,
O Grant me its joys after victory is won;
Great Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
Still be thou my vision, O Ruler of all.

Reverend Ewls then began the great Litany by motioning the congregation to sit, and then making the sign of the cross while chanting "Blessed be the kingdom of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever and to the ages of ages, amen. In peace let us pray to the lord."

"Lord have Mercy" Came back the congregation accompanied by the unmanned organ.

"For the peace of God, the salvation of our souls, let us pray to the lord."

"Lord Have Mercy"

"For peace in the whole world, for the stability of the Holy Churches of God let us pray to the Lord."

"Lord Have Mercy."

This process repeated itself over a course of several things which Reverend Ewls prayed for, after which the congregation chanted to the organ "Lord Have Mercy," Eventually reaching the end of the Liturgy…

"Remembering our most holy pure blessed and glorious lady the theotokos and Virgin Mary, let us commit ourselves and one another and our whole lives to Christ our God." Chanted Reverend Ewls.

"To You Oh Lord."

"For to you belong all glory honor and worship to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, One God now and forever and to the ages of ages, Amen." As Reverend Ewls completed this chant he motioned the congregation to once again stand. The Organ then played the tune Old Hundredth. The Congregation, along with reverend Ewls sang…

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
praise him, all creatures here below;
praise him above, ye heavenly host;
praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen

The Worship Service Continued, Harry and Ron participated actively in every part of it, chanting and praying fervently when the congregation was called upon to do so. Though to this point, both of them had acknowledged God as Love, neither had given much thought to actually believing in Christ. Though, as the service progressed they slowly found themselves acknowledging the subtle points of doctrine preached. Hermione on the other hand, sang along softly, and pretended to pray when called upon to do so. Whenever she looked into the eyes of Ron, noticing the fervency with which he accepted what was being taught and done, she rolled her eyes, giving him a look which said, "honestly!"

"And now let those of us who are Christians, and those of us who would like to be Christians stand together and mutually profess our Christian faith," Said Reverend Ewls who was again standing at the podium.

The congregation stood and read aloud from the bulletin.

"I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ his only son our lord who was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried, he descended to Hades, on the third day he rose again from the dead, he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the father from thence he shall come to judge the living and the dead, I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy catholic church, communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and life everlasting, Amen."

As this creed was recited, Harry and Ron followed along fervently. The same spirit which had awaken Harry's heart to a belief in God being love, now burned at the recitation of the creed. After which the communion was administered. Some of the professors, including McGonagall, Hagrid and Lovelace partook in it, along with a handful of students including the Ewls siblings. Ron and Harry, unsure of whether or not they were welcome to partake chose to remain seated.

After the Communion Reverend Ewls returned to the podium to face the congregation.

"Now let us stand and turn in our hymnals to Hymn number 302, and join together in singing 'Come thou Fount of Every Blessing'."

The congregation took hold of their hymnals and stood, with a wave of Reverend Ewls' wand, the unmanned Organ began to play the tune for Come thou Found of Every Blessing. After an introduction the congregation began to sing.

Come, Thou Fount of every blessing,
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above.
Praise the rock! I'm fixed upon it,
Rock of Thy redeeming love.

A song of hope, a song of peace, flowed through the hearts of both Harry and Ron as they sang with great energy the lyrics of this particular hymn which touched them with incredible power. Harry caught a glance at Ginny, what he saw made his jealousy disappear; Ginny was now being held, crying into Elliot Ewls' shoulder. Apparently the same spirit which had touched he and Ron had also been at work in Ginny. Harry rejoiced at this, Hermione rolled her eyes; though within her heart began to beat a new tune, one of continued disagreement but also respect for the zeal which her friends now demonstrated. She tried to bury these newfound positive feelings as hard as she could; her heart was dead-set against Reverend Ewls and she was going to do whatever it took to ensure that he was exposed for what, to Hermione, he was.

Here I raise my Ebenezer;
Hither by Thy help I've come;
And I hope, by Thy good pleasure,
Safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wandering from the fold of God;
He, to rescue me from danger,
Interposed His precious blood.

O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be!
Let Thy goodness, like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to Thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love;
Here's my heart, O take and seal it,
Seal it for Thy courts above.

Upon singing "O to grace how great a debtor" a new revelation came over Harry's heart, the final straw, the last realization that he needed in order to make his heart's conversion final. A powerful metanoia exploded throughout his soul: he believed! He believed it all, he opened his soul to Christ. By the time he had gotten to "Here's my heart, O take and seal it" the deepest joy, the most profound peace came upon him. Tears freely fell from his cheeks, he could no longer stand, he could no longer sing.

He brought his hands to his eyes, covering his glasses in a vain effort to conceal the tears which were now bringing in the attention of most of the people in his immediate area. He sat down and cried into his hands. While in the depths of the peace which passed all understanding he felt even more comfort from an even more physically real source. A hand around his shoulder; he looked up enough to see, to his great surprise, Ron, who himself was crying. Ron had never been so emotional or sensitive; even Hermione was now amazed. Attempting to appear accusatory, Hermione could not help but honor the transformation which she knew would inevitably be positive for both of her friends; however, she could not bring herself to partake therein.

O that day when freed from sinning,
I shall see Thy lovely face;
Clothed then in blood washed linen
How I'll sing Thy sovereign grace;
Come, my Lord, no longer tarry,
Take my ransomed soul away;
Send thine angels now to carry
Me to realms of endless day.

By the time the congregation reached "Come my Lord no longer tarry," Ron and Harry stood together and sang together with renewed zeal. After finishing the song both of them sat with smiles upon their lips, sharing together in unspoken fellowship, their new realizations. This occurred as Reverend Ewls again approached the podium in order to begin his sermon, which was a devotional version of the lecture he gave on Christianity the first day of class, explaining the ultimacy of sacrificial love.

As if their minds were not already overcome with emotion, they could not but continue their tearful rejoicing at the truth which they perceived emanating from Reverend Ewls' sermon. After which Reverend Ewls took position in front of the congregation right where the aisles of pews begin.

"I would invite you, if you have not done so already, to come forward and join me in the center aisle, to give your life to Christ, to make confession that Jesus is Lord, and to be welcomed into the body of Christ, as we remain seated and sing hymn number 251, 'Amazing Grace'."

With a wave of his wand, Reverend Ewls beckoned the unmanned organ to begin playing the tune to 'Amazing Grace.' The Congregation began to sing.

Amazing grace! how sweet the sound,
that saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost but now am found,
was blind but now I see.

'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
and grace my fears relieved;
how precious did that grace appear
the hour I first believed!

Harry sang this song without tears or overpowering emotions. A mere peaceful presence calming his heart and mind accompanied him as he sang, and it was this presence which motivated his next action which he accomplished with the full measure of his heart's resolve. The moment the congregation arrived at "the hour I first believed!" Harry felt his legs forcing him to stand, he moved to the center aisle and began to walk toward Reverend Ewls. Hermione was absolutely shocked, Ron's face gave way to a smile.

Reverend Ewls' smile went ear to ear as he greeted Harry with a handshake as he arrived.

Through many dangers, toils, and snares,
I have already come
'tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,
and grace will lead me home.

At first, Ron was not going to make a public confession, however the sight of his friend joining Reverend Ewls, and the peaceful presence of what could only be described as a divine spirit changed his mind. Ron stood, moved to the center aisle, and walked toward Reverend Ewls. Upon arriving at the front of the chapel, before he could reach Reverend Ewls, Ron was greeted by a brotherly embrace from Harry which he returned fervently. This embrace was replaced by another from an unknown source, which Ron soon identified as his sister Ginny, who had joined them at the front, her eyes filled with tears.

As the hymn progressed, five more people, including Neville Longbottom would join Reverend Ewls in the front. Reverend Ewls then, following the hymn asked the eight people to confess before the congregation that Jesus was the Christ, which they so did. Following which, he closed the Liturgy and brought them to his office.

"I wanted to congratulate you all personally and let you know what this means," Reverend Ewls began. "I fear that religious piety is not exactly on the forefront of the agenda at Hogwarts; that means that you probably represent the entirety of chapel attendance for a good portion of the remainder of the school term. I want to share with you a verse from Matthew Chapter 28: Jesus' Great Commission after he rose again from the dead, 'Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you, and lo I am with you always even to the end of the earth.' This means two things: first, those of you who have not, need to be baptized, we'll take care of that next Saturday at, oh say, 3:30 PM, immediately after Quittich practice, can everyone do that?"

The eight of them nodded.

"Good; next, it also means that you all are called to go out and teach all people as you have been taught, this is not wearing your religion on your sleeves, it is not being arrogant and shoving it down other people's throats, it is spreading the love that has been poured into your hearts. The word gospel means 'good news' and whenever you hear good news you're first instinctual reaction is to share it, and Christ's message must be shared with others."

After enjoying a friendly discussion of various topics with Reverend Ewls, the eight returned to their various common-rooms. Elliot Ewls, joined by his brothers: Thaddeus and Theo, waited for Ginny who came out of Reverend Ewls' office, followed closely behind by Ron, Neville, and Harry. At the sight of Elliot, Ginny beamed, tears of joy beginning to flow from her eyes. Elliot gave an extremely cheerful congratulatory smile in response. Before Elliot Ewls had a chance to say anything, Harry began to speak to Ginny.

"Look, Ginny, I'm sorry I've been such a fool lately."

"It's alright, God I'm so happy, I feel as though every burden in the world has just been lifted."

"Me too, isn't it great?"

"Wonderful"

"Look, erm, I was wondering if you might want to go and… er… you know, study together sometime, or you know… er…"

Before allowing him to continue, Elliot broke in with as friendly a voice as he could, attempting to pretend that Harry had not just attempted to ask Ginny out. He came to Ginny giving her a brotherly embrace which she returned happily, she too, trying to not allow Harry to finish his thought.

"Welcome Sister," Elliot Said to Ginny, he then turned to Harry and offered him his hand, Harry shook it not reluctantly, his eyes giving a disheartened look. "Congratulations bro."

At that moment, as if to signal Harry that her intentions with regards to Elliot were quite clear, Ginny took Elliot's free hand into her own. Elliot's face gave off a look of minor shame.

"Look er… I'm sorry we didn't' tell you, Ginny said that you were slightly angry and…"

"No, it's alright," Harry said looking slightly ashamed himself. "Thank you, I'm sorry."

"Look I'm sorry man I just…" Elliot began but was interrupted by Harry.

"No, no, you haven't done anything wrong, I'm sorry," Harry said as he walked off quickly; Ron and Neville rushing to catch up.

"He's a right Git," Said Ron as they came out of ear-shot of the Ewls brothers.

"No Ron, he's not," Harry began. "I was a right git, and it cost me Ginny, Elliot didn't do anything wrong."

Upon returning to the Gryffindor common room, Harry and Ron found Hermione who was waiting for them, stifling her emotions of respect, and putting on a face of angry disbelief.

"I can't believe you too would just join a new religion at the snap of a finger; Honestly." She said. Before Harry and Ron could respond she continued. "I mean read your history, Christianity has never been friendly to Witches and Wizards."

"Those were Christians who were afraid of us" Ron responded.

At the use of the word "us" Hermione realized that any attempt to dissuade her friends from becoming Christians would inevitably fail. Though she believed them to be acting extremely irrationally and she wanted to make sure they knew her opinion through and through before she gave up.

"Not true," She began; taking a bible from off of one of the common room tables. "look at this, Exodus 22:18, "thou shalt not suffer a witch to live"

"In ancient Israel, as well as in the early Christian Church, Hermione, the word we call 'witchcraft' was assigned to those who practice the dark arts, to those who draw their power from hatred, not from love," Harry responded as if reciting a passage from a book, now Hermione was even more offended at the suggestion that her friends knew more history than she did. "The Christian Church was founded upon principles of good witchcraft and wizardry drawn from the power of love, Jesus was a Wizard as was St. James, St. John, St. Thomas, and four of the other original twelve Apostles, in addition to several hundred other members of the earliest church."

"Where d'you get that from?" Hermione snapped. "Reverend Ewls? Where'd he get it? It's so obvious what he's doing isn't it? He's a self-important, egotistical, arrogant, propagandist!"

"I disagree Hermione," Ron began. "And Christianity by nature does not hate anyone, especially those who tap into the power of love to do wonderful things, and Muggles who are afraid of us and who do not understand us have used the good name of the church to persecute us because they're afraid; but they don't understand what John said in 1 John 4:18, "there is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear." They're not motivated by love, they're motivated by fear therefore they do not truly submit themselves to the will of God."

Hermione thought that, of all people, she could convince Ron whom she, deep down, regarded as her intellectual inferior. She finally realized that even attempting to turn him back to her side was an exercise in futility.

"I can't believe that you two would just fall for this, even if Christianity doesn't really persecute Wizardry which it does, why Christianity? Why not Islam, or Judaism, or Hinduism? What deductive or inductive proof do you have that Christianity is the true religion?

"I know that Jesus is the Christ the son of the Living God," Said Harry. "I don't have adequate proof for you, I only have it for myself. But it is enough."

"Why?"

"It just is."

"I don't believe this Harry, Ron, Just because some man with a bible comes along, you believe everything he says, you've been brainwashed!"

Hermione stormed off toward the portrait-hole exit of the common-room. Ron ran after her.

"Hermione!" Ron called out in a voice attempting to beckon her to be reasonable.