Thanks to those who reviewed. I would like to have 10-15 reviews before I post chapter 4 (more than 15 is totally cool as well).

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Hermione rushed up the stairs to the astronomy tower, pushed open the door and stepped inside, panting from the exertion of running through the entire school while trying not to be caught.

"Nice to know you care enough to show up," a voice hissed from a dark corner.

"Draco? I'm sorry; I went to my room for a minute and sat down on the bed. The next thing I knew, it was past eleven and your owl woke me up," Hermione explained.

"Uh-huh. I bet you just wanted to spend more time with your precious Weasel. I've seen the way he looks at you," Draco snapped, stepping out of the shadows.

Hermione was shocked and dismayed at Draco's behavior. "Look, I told you the truth. I fell asleep, by myself, in my own room!" Hermione drew herself up to her full height at glared at Draco. "If you're going to accuse me of things with no reason, I'm just going to leave," Hermione snapped and turned on her heel, reaching for the doorknob.

"No, Hermione, wait!" Draco called behind her. He ran up beside her and wrapped his arms around her. At first Hermione stiffened, but she couldn't help but relax into his strong arms. "I'm sorry, Hermione, I've just been a little-tense since we got back," he whispered into her hair. When she turned around to face him, she was finally able to see just how drawn and haggard his face looked.

"Draco, what's...what's wrong?" she asked, her voice laden with concern. She reached a hand up and put her palm against his cheek.

Rather than give a response, Draco hugged her close to him and placed his chin on her shoulder so she could no longer see his face. She wrapped her arms around him in response and held him for what seemed like both an eternity and a matter of moments at the same time. When he finally pulled away, his eyes had a sad, far-away look and he looked as though all of his energy had been sapped from his body.

"I've wanted to hold you all day," he whispered. "How I wish that we could just tell everyone that we're together without having to suffer the wrath of the entire school and my parents," he sighed. Hermione just nodded in agreement.

"Well, there was actually something else I wanted to show you while we're here," Draco said, a light suddenly coming back into his eye. "Come here," he commanded, sitting on a sofa by one of the huge windows which provided a perfect view of the night sky. Hermione plopped down next to him and he put his arm around her shoulder. "Now, watch."

Hermione turned to gaze out the window and was just in time to see a white streak flash across the sky. Before she could turn say anything, another flash rent the sky near the horizon. In a matter of moments, the night was filled with hundreds of radiant bands.

"You brought me here to watch a meteor shower? How did you know that I enjoy astronomy so much?" Hermione asked, turning to Draco with wondrous eyes.

Turning so he could look her in the face, Draco smiled and said, "I didn't, but I love astronomy, so I wanted you to watch this with me."

Hermione smiled and placed her head on his chest to continue watching the beautiful show in front of her.

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She awoke to find Draco gently shaking her shoulder and whispering in rather urgent tones.

"Hermione...Hermione, wake up!" he hissed.

"What is it?" she groaned, not realizing who was waking her.

"Hermione, we fell asleep and now it's morning and we're still in the Astronomy Tower together. We've got to get out of here before anyone catches us!" he said.

Suddenly, Hermione was wide awake and as jittery as though she had just had five cups of coffee. "What do we do? What do we do? Whatdowedo?!" She began pacing back and forth like a caged leopard.

"Hermione, calm down," Draco said, stepping in front of her and grabbing her shoulders to stop her movements. She just shook him off and continued to fret.

Suddenly, they both froze in their tracks. Someone was moving outside the door.

"Quick!" Draco hissed and shoved Hermione over towards the open window. He picked her up and sat her on the window ledge before grabbing both of her hands and lowering her out. They were just in time, because at that moment, the door opened and Harry and Ron burst into the room.

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Okay, that's all I'm going to put in this chapter, because I want to put the next bit in the next chapter. Please review and tell me if this story just totally blows or not. If I don't have a total of at least 10 reviews by Wednesday, I think I will discontinue this story. That's only 5 reviews for this chapter. It's possible, right?