Authors note: I got stuck a little bit on where to go next and I wanted to make this a longer story but...im impatient. And I know some of you are too so; here it is. The big event.
Past:
"You're sure about this?"
"Of course, Gin. Harry may be gay, I can handle that. But I refuse to let him consort with the likes of Malfoy."
"I hear you on that one. The blonde git is sickening the way he parades around with Harry as if he's won some prize."
"Which is why it ends now."
"Harry, are you almost ready?" asked Hermione, knocking on his bedroom door.
Harry regarded himself in the mirror and decided he was decent enough. He tucked his wand into his dress robes and walked to he door. He pulled it open to reveal a stunning Hermione in an aqua blue grecian style dress with gold embroidery. Her mouth fell open at the sight of her best friend. Harry was dressed in robes of midnight blue with black lining. He had forgone his glasses in favor of contacts for the night and even managed to get his hair into some sort of semblance. He didnt look like a hedgehog at least.
"Harry...you look incredible!"
"Thanks. So do you! You kind of remind me of Helen of Troy."
"I was going for Andromeda. Helen was just a little harlot."
"Hermione Weasley! Such language!"
Harry pretended to be offended, placing a hand over his heart. They both burst into giggles.
"Oh Harry, you know I loved you before, but ever since you came out I can relate to you on an entirely new level."
"Fell out is more like it. I still dont know if Ron was more shocked to find that I was gay, or to find I was with Draco."
They lapsed into silence, both remembering when Ron and Hermione had floo'd into the living room at Grimmauld Place unannounced; only to find Harry and Draco in a rather embarrasing state. Embarrasing for Harry anyway. Draco looked pretty smug. Of course, his naked body wasnt the one on display, as it was covered...by Harry's.
Harry blushed at the memory.
"Come on, love. We need to get going." Hermione tugged him out into the hallway and down the stairs. They met Ron in the infamous living room and, with Harry and Hermione sharing a secret smile, apparated to the gates of Hogwarts.
"Draco darling, are you ready?" Narcissa Malfoy's voice drifted through Draco's bedroom door.
"One moment, Mother."
Draco looked back at his reflection. His hair was styled to stay tucked behind his ears with a few stray strands falling around his eyes. He wore the calm Malfoy mask as he prepared to see Harry again for the first time in ten years. His dress robes were green as emeralds with silver lining. Emerald. The same color as Harry's eyes...
"I dont know if I can do this" he thought. Ron and Ginny were certain to be there as well and he wasnt sure how he would react to seeing them again.
"Malfoy! Hold up."
Draco turned to see Ron and Ginny approaching him.
"Where are you going?" inquired Ginny.
"Im going to see if Harry wants to do lunch." Draco gestured towards the elevators of the ministry.
"I wouldnt if I were you." Ron said, casting a privacy bubble around the three of them.
"Why is that?"
"He's done with you, Malfoy" Ginny snarled.
Draco felt as if the wind had been knocked out of him. A chill spread throughout his limbs even as he let his mask slip into place.
"Oh, really?" He raised an eyebrow sardonically.
"Look Malfoy," Ron started. "Harry has had fun with you, really. But now that he's out, he knows he can do better."
That hurt.
"And why doesnt Harry tell me this himself?"
"Because he's too nice." Ginny replied. "He could never deliberately hurt someone's feelings, and so asked us to deliver the message."
Draco felt a lump rise in his throat and tried to speak through it.
"Well, you can tell him I got the message." Draco turned his back on them and walked away down the street, not caring that he could apparate. He felt tears brimming in his eyes and knew he wouldnt be able to focus without splinching himself anyway.
"Draco?"
"Coming, Mother." Draco sighed.
"Well, I've made it this far," he told his reflection. "Might as well see it through."
He tucked his wand into his robes and went out to meet his mother so they could leave for Hogwarts.
AN: ok guys, i promise the next chapter will include the meeting ;)