This is Me

Chapter Eleven

The next morning, Draco woke to the sun shining on his face. With a yawn, he sat up and stretched.

"Morning, Harry." He said with a groan. "How did you...." He looked down at the empty spot next to him. "Harry?" He looked around the empty room and saw a note on his desk. He got up and walked over, picking up the note and reading it.

Draco,

Already gone to breakfast. Would have woken you, but you looked more peaceful than you had this entire week. So I decided to let you sleep. Will be saving you a seat when you wake up.

Harry.

P.S. Don't forget about what we talked about yesterday.

Draco sighed and changed into his robes. As he was admiring himself in the mirror, he thought about the conversation he had with Harry the previous day.

In the Great Hall, Harry was talking to his fellow Gryffindors Seamus Finnigan and Dean Thomas.

"So, you two are dating now?" Harry asked the two boys.

"Yeah." Dean answered. "Thanks to you and Draco."

"If it weren't for you and him," Seamus explained. "I don't think we would have had the guts to come out."

"Well, I'm glad we could help." Harry smiled.

Just then the doors at the end of the Hall opened and all heads turned to see a young man with grey eyes, pale skin, and long, bleach-blond hair tied up with a black ribbon, walking into the room.

"Draco?" Harry asked, awestruck, as the boy approached the Gryffindor table.

"Hello, Harry." Draco smiled at him as he took a seat. "Notice anything different?"

"Well, it's kind of a hard change to miss." He said, reaching out and touching his love's hair. "For a moment there, I thought you were a younger version of your father."

"Hardly." Draco said with a soft laugh. "I took your advice and have decided to be myself."

"Does being yourself include looking like your father?" Harry questioned.

"Hey, for your information, I've been wanting to grow my hair out for a while now." Draco told him. "I just hadn't had the guts to go through with it, until our talk yesterday."

"Well, I like your hair this way." He smiled, leaning in to whisper in his ear. "It makes you look sexier than normal."

"Really?" Draco said, blushing slightly. "Well, maybe you would want to meet in our dormitory later?"

"Just what are you suggesting?" Harry asked.

"Oh, come on, Harry." Draco smirked. "As if it isn't obvious?"

"Fine." He sighed. "I'll meet you after Potions."

"It's a date." Draco smiled.

Harry just sat and ate his breakfast, blushing furiously. He knew exactly what he had agreed to, he just didn't know if he was ready.