The next morning, I woke up and everyone was gone. None of the Slytherins were still in the room. I wondered where they all were. I looked at my clock. It was already noon! I jumped out of my bed and got dressed. I ran down the stairs and out the door. I was hoping that Harry would be waiting outside for me. To my relief, Harry was sitting underneath a tree on a blanket. His eyes were closed and I wondered if he was asleep. I walked over and sat down next to him. He opened his eyes.

“Hello, Harry.”

“Hello, Draco. How are you?”

“I’m good. How are you?”

“I’m good. Where were you at breakfast?”

“I slept straight through it. I just woke up.”

Harry laughed. “You are so damn lazy.”

I laughed and captured Harry’s lips with my own. “Oh, am I?”

“Yes, you are.” He grinned at me. I grinned back and kissed him again.

“That’s what you think, Potter.”

“Oh, no it’s not. I know for a fact that you’re lazy as all Hell.” He smirked.

“Oh, please! You know nothing about me!”

Harry’s eyes lost that cute little sparkle they have when he’s joking with his friends. He looked down sadly. He whispered, “You’re right. I don’t know anything about you.”

My heart was breaking and I didn’t know how to stop Harry from feeling that way. “It’s okay. We’ve only been together for like two days. You don’t have to know everything about me yet. And besides, you know some stuff about me.” I looked at him sadly. I really wanted him to stop feeling bad about this. I just didn’t know how exactly to make him feel better. Then I had an idea. “How about tonight we hang out and we can talk and get to know each other?”

Harry smiled at me. “That’s a great idea.” He kissed me gently and laid his head down on my shoulder.

Later that night, I walked into the Owlery where Harry and I had agreed to meet. Harry was already there waiting for me. I sat down next to him. I kissed his cheek.

“Hello.”

He smiled at me. “Hello.”

“Okay. Ask me anything about myself.”

We sat and talked for hours, just getting to know each other. I told Harry everything about myself. He told me everything about himself. After we talked, we just sat in comfortable silence, resting against the hard wall.

I laid my head down on Harry’s shoulder. He wrapped his arm around my shoulder. I wrapped my arm around his waist. I cuddled closer to Harry. It was awfully cold in that Owlery. I closed my eyes and breathed in Harry’s wonderful scent. I listened to Harry’s heart beat as I felt his chest move up and down as he breathed.

I fell asleep like that, just sitting with Harry. I woke up several hours later with my head in Harry’s lap. I looked up at Harry to see him looking down at me. I smiled up at him as I turned around so I was laying on my back.

He smiled at me. “Hey there, sleepy head.”

“Hey there, yourself.” I yawned. “What time is it, anyway?”

“Eleven.”

“Damn. We’d better get back to our dorms.”

“Yeah.” I stood up and took Harry’s hand. He pulled himself up and kissed me gently on the cheek. “Let’s go.”

We walked together out of the Owlery and towards the dungeons. At the top of the stairs, Harry and I said good night and gently kissed each other. Then I walked downstairs and went to bed.