A/N: Sorry I haven't updated recently! I don't think I will be able to update again until next month. Hopefully this chapter will please you till then. Just to clear up some confusion in the last chapter. it was Draco who kissed Hermione at midnight.

This is my favourite chapter in the story, so hopefully that will mean more reviews! wink wink nudge nudge

Disclaimer: (Sighs) I own nothing...I'd tell you what i would do if I owned draco, but then the rating would go up. ;)

Chapter 28 – Midnight Meeting

February came, along with the stress of the approaching end of year exams; that would begin during the last week of May.

"Do you realize that there is just over three months until exams start? I don't know what I was thinking leaving my studying off this long," she started in on them Thursday evening.

"Relax 'mione, we have plenty of time," said Ron as he reclined in his chair.

"You may have plenty of time Ronald, but I am taking nearly double the number of courses that you are taking. All of my professors are already assigning us a lot of tests and assignments," she began. I have a two-and-a-half- foot essay due Monday for Ancient Runes and I haven't started yet. By the way…"

Hermione then looked around the room cautiously to make sure know one could here them before prodding Harry roughly in the arm. "Ow, what was that for?"

"Shh, I wanted to ask you if I could borrow your," at this point Hermione's voice dropped even lower, "invisibility cloak tomorrow night."

"What do you need it for?" Harry asked curiously, as Ron leaned in to hear well.

"The Madam Pince is away tomorrow and I wanted to start my essay, so I wanted to sneak in so I could check out the books on ancient runes."

"You wanted to steal books from the library?" Ron asked incredulously.

"Of course not Ron, don't be ridiculous. I would use a spell to transfer it to this," she said holding out a small bottle, "once the text is in here I could transfer it to parchment to read."

"Wait, let me get this straight," Harry said looking at her, "you want to break the rules so you can work on an assignment?"

"Yes."

"Okay, tomorrow I'll give you the cloak then Ron can enter the portrait, so you can get out."

"That sounds great!" Hermione said before hurrying off to talk to Ginny, who had just entered the common room and was now going up to the girls' dormitory. Hermione found Ginny a moment later and got straight to the point, "What happened?"

Ginny turned around and gave a deceiving smile before answering, "I have no idea what you are talking about Hermione"

"Don't play with me Ginny, tell me about your date with Blaise."

"Be quiet, what if someone hears you?" Reprimanded Ginny, as she made sure the door was securely shut before saying, "it was amazing, and he set up a picnic on the quidditch pitch. It was so romantic."

Ginny continued on describing her evening before asking about Hermione's plans for the weekend. This included her plan to sneak into the library. They said their goodnights before Hermione left for the sixth year girls' dormitory.

Classes passed by in a blur for Hermione that Friday. She was constantly worrying about her plans for that night. She had planned everything out carefully down to the finest details.

If she was gone more than an hour Harry and Ron would put disillusionment charms on themselves and use Harry's map to find her. That part was a bit risky, but she was sure she could make it out before half past twelve. The opening of the portrait brought her out of her thoughts.

"Bye Harry," she whispered as she swiftly moved past Ron and out of the Portrait before it swung shut.

The castle was silent and eerie this late at night. Hermione was able to get out earlier than she expected. It was 11:15 she had one hour and fifteen minutes. She made her way though the castle stopping many times when she thought she heard someone, or something approaching. Luckily she met no one on her journey to the library.

She magically unlocked the door before creeping in and shutting it behind her. In the darkness she crept though the many shelves until she found the section she was looking for. She began searching through the books using lumos. Manoeuvring her wand beneath the cloak proved difficult. She sighed and looked around; she decided it was safe to take the chance if she worked quickly. She pulled off the cloak and quickly began transferring information.

She was so absorbed in the process she didn't notice footsteps approaching her.

She had just transferred the last bit she needed and was corking her bottle as she noticed a shadow fall over her. She stopped dead in her tracks, grabbing her wand. But before she was able to do anything someone grabbed her. She screamed, but the person covered her mouth with their hand, silencing the sound.

"Calm down Granger, it's me," Malfoy hissed in her ear. The muffled screaming stopped and he remove his hand from her mouth. He then turned her around so her back was pressed against the bookshelf.

"What are you doing here?" she whispered.

"A little bird told me you'd be here,"

"What? Who could have…Ginny!"

"Very clever Granger. Yes, Weaselette told Blaise, and he told me."

"Great gossip chain you have," she commented dryly. He smirked at her before pushing he up further against the shelf. "You still haven't told me exactly why you're here." She said as she tried to push his hands off her waist. His grip tightened slightly, and then just as she dropped her hands to her side he suddenly grabbed them instead and held them up slightly.

She gasped slightly, but the noise carried anyway. She opened her mouth to say something, but Malfoy was one step ahead of her. He pressed his mouth against hers'. She squirmed slightly, but couldn't protest any further because her hands were stuck in his tight grip.

She soon forgot all the reasons she was protesting and responded to the kiss. As soon as he felt her slide her tongue into his mouth he released her hands and returned to her waist. Her arms rose around his neck and she ran her fingers through his silky hair.

Just as Hermione was trying to position her head differently, a large book fell from the shelf with a load clunk. They separated instantly both with horrified expressions.

"Who's there?" they heard Flich's voice call out, "Don't worry Mrs. Norris, we'll find the naughty children."

Thinking quickly Hermione grabbed the cloak and through it over both of them. As quietly as they could they backed as far away as they could without being detected. Filch was now standing where they were positioned previously.

Hermione felt Draco move slightly behind her. She say him draw his wand, without a word he levitated the book.

"Ha, I've got you now," cried Filch as he chased after the book, which was making its way in the opposite direction. Hermione and Draco used this time to flee from the library.

Their triumph was short lived. As soon as the library door was shut behind them they heard Filch on his way back to the entrance, and if that wasn't enough they also heard Professor Snape's swift footsteps. They backed away slowly, and once they were far enough away from the two they hid in a small broom closet.

Harry and Ron watched the portrait, expecting Hermione to enter any minute. When she didn't Harry gave Ron a grim look and pulled out the map. The two boys leaned over examining it carefully.

"There she is with…Malfoy?" Questioned Harry, sure that his eyes were deceiving him.

"What is HE doing with her?" Ron snarled, and then he violently grabbed Harry and headed to the portrait, "Come on let's go."

"Wait a minute," snapped Harry, before hastily casting disillusionment charms over both of them. They hurried out of the common room and made their way through the castle, staying in the shadows.

Once they found a secure hiding place they were able to check the map again, which informed them that Hermione was just down the hall. Just as the boys were about to start walking they heard someone approaching. Fortunately, whomever it was hurried by and did not notice their presence. After several minutes the arrived at the closet Hermione and Draco were occupying.

"You're squishing me," she hissed at Draco, but to her dismay instead of backing up he moved his arms so they were wrapped around her waist, yet again. She rolled her eyes, and he smirked as he bent down to continue their previous activity.

Harry and Ron chose this moment to open the door and grab the cloak off them. Draco's quick reaction time failed him, and Harry and Ron both realized what was about to happen. Ron let out an angry, and very loud growl.

"Who's there? I demand you to show yourself," Professor Snape's loud voice said. By the volume of his voice Hermione estimated he was just down the hall. So without thinking she grabbed Harry and Ron, after realizing it was them, and pulled them into the cupboard.

The closet seemed to have reached its capacity and the door would not close completely. They all backed up, but there still wasn't enough space. Eyeing a stack of buckets in the corner, Draco managed to lift Hermione in the small space and place her on top of the pile. That did the trick, the door clicked shut.

No one made a sound; they all strained their ears to hear the conversation outside their door. "Professor Snape, I think they went that way sir," said Filch. After that they heard footsteps heading away from them.

"What the hell were you doing with her Malfoy," whispered Ron.

"Ron, shut up. What if they come back?" Hermione hissed, turning to look at him. The sudden movement caused her to lose her balance. She grabbed Draco's head for support.

"Watch it Granger, you nearly poked my eye out," Draco grunted.

After several more minutes of complaining they decided it was safe to leave. Draco cast a disillusionment charm on himself before making his way to the dungeons, while the other three disguised by the cloak headed back towards the fat lady. Once they got back into the deserted common room Hermione collapsed onto the couch and said, "Wow that was an eventful evening." She was met by the glares of her two best friends.

"Are you going to tell us why you were in a broom closet with Malfoy," said Ron his voice forced calm. Hermione bit her lip nervously Oh Dear!

A/N: Hehe...sorry for the clifffy!