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The next morning Hermione woke up and rolled over in her bed, 'what a strange dream' she thought, 'Malfoy said he would like to go out with me. OH MY GOD, WHAT DID HE SAY?' she jumped out of bed and grabbed her clothes and threw them on, and ran down the stairs. 'No, go back up Granger, grab your book so when he comes down you can just ask him casually, that a girl Granger, turn around and back up the stairs' she said to herself. She walked back up the stairs and grabbed her book bag and walked back down the stairs. She sat down on the couch and only then did she look at her watch. It said 12:45. 'That must not be right. But how did it get so it says the wrong time?' Just then the portrait opened and Malfoy walked in. "Well, well Sleeping Beauty is finally awake," he said

Hermione blushed, "So about last night," she said

"I'm sorry I said that to your parents, but it is really how I feel," he said

"Ah, are we talking about the same thing?" she asked

"What were you talking about?" he asked

"Just about the muggles and everything."

This time it was Malfoy's turn to blush, "Oops, well sorry about that."

"It's okay."

Just then the portrait opened for a second time and Ginny walked in, "Oops, well I'll be back in a minute," she said and she turned around and quickly ran back out the portrait hole.

Hermione and Malfoy laughed

"What was that all about?" laughed Malfoy

"I thought you would know Draco," said Hermione, but when she heard what she said she sucked in her breath

Malfoy stopped laughing and said, "You just called me Draco, you've never done that," he said quietly

"Got a problem with it?"

"Nope."

"Well don't get used to it Malfoy."

"I just wanted to tell you that you looked really beautiful last night," he said

"Thanks," Hermione said quietly

Malfoy sat down on the couch and Hermione who had jumped up when he walked in sat down beside him.

"So, well this is hard to say, but, well I'm sorry about everything I said and did to you since 1st year. I wish now that I could take it all back, because I have finally learned that you are more than what you appear to be. What I'm trying to say is, I'm glad I got to know the real you," said Malfoy

Hermione blushed, "Thanks."

"So do you want to go out with me?" he asked, "I understand if you don't want to after all I've done."

"Sure I will," she said quietly

"Really?"

"Really," she said

"Well by the way, how did Weasley get in here?"

"Oh, sorry about that, but I gave her the password. She won't tell anybody about it. I hope that's okay with you, if not we can change the password," said Hermione

"No, that's okay," he said, "So."

"So," said Hermione

"When do you want to go out?"

"I don't know, you decide," she said

"Hogsmeade trip is next Saturday," he said

"Nah, let's not wait that long, let's go right now."

"How, we can't get out the gates?"

"Your telling me that Draco Malfoy has never found a way out of the school in all his years here," said Hermione

"Yeah," Malfoy said sheepishly

"So want to go now?"

"If you can find a way out, sure."

"I don't need to find a way out, I know the way out, let's go, on second thought, wait here, and I'll be back in a minute," she said and she turned and ran out of the Head's Tower and up to the Gryffindor Common Room. She said the password to the Fat Lady and walked in. She spotted him sitting in the good chairs in front of the fire and she walked over to him and sat down on the arm of the chair, "Hey," she said

"Hey," he replied

"Can I use your invisibility cloak?" she asked

"Sure, it's in my trunk, if you want to go get it, but why may I ask?"

"Going to Hogsmeade," she said quickly, but quietly

"Hermione Granger is sneaking out of school," he said sounding shocked

"Got a problem with that, well you shouldn't should you, you did it in 3rd year?"

"No, I was just joking," he said

"Okay, well thanks," she said

"Do you need the map?" he asked

"No, I don't think I will," she said, "But thanks anyways."

She hurried up to the boys dorm and found the cloak right where he said it would be and then she ran back down the stairs, "Thanks again," she said

"No problem, just bring it back when you're done," he said

"What, you think I'm going to steal it?" she cried playfully

"No, just.."

"I was joking this time," she said

"Oh, okay, well bye then."

"Bye," she said and then she ran out of the Common Room and back to the Head's Dorm.

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Back in the Head's Tower Malfoy was waiting when the portrait opened and Hermione ran in.

"What did you get?" he asked

"Just this," she said and she held up the cloak

'Wow, so that's how they did it all,' he thought, "Is that yours?"

"No, just borrowing it," she said

'Probably Potters,' he thought

"So are you ready to go?" she asked

"Okay," he said

"Oh, wait, I have to grab one thing," she said. She turned and ran up the stairs and a few minutes later she came back down with her purse over her shoulder, "Ready?"

"Okay, let's go."

She threw the cloak over them and then they walked out of the Tower. They walked to the entrance to the passage way and finally they were in the tunnel. They walked for what seemed like forever and finally they came to the end of the tunnel.

"Where are we?" Malfoy asked

"Shh," Hermione put her finger to her lips and whispered, "Just be quiet and you will see."

She threw the cloak over them again because they had taken it off when walking in the tunnel. She reached up and started to push something in the ceiling.

"What are you doing?" Malfoy asked

"Shh," she said, "You'll see."

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a/n Well hope you liked it. It wasn't my favorite chapter even thought he finally asks her out. I know it's nothing extraordinary but the start of the story just seemed to drag on and I couldn't really think of any other way to get him to ask her, so I just plunked it here. I just wanted to finally get the main part of this story happening. So please review. Everyone that has reviewed. You are great. Thanks, and please keep it up.