{Thanks for 18.3K as of July 2nd, 2021. Not to spoil anything but it's time for you all to start getting excited 👀}

When Harry woke up, it was to the feeling of arms wrapping around him.

"If you're a murderer who somehow got through the wards, come back later."

He knew it was Draco of course, but he did not feel like waking up. He hadn't slept well the night before, and wanted to stay in more.

"I'm the dramatic one darling. It's time to get up."

"What if you stay here and cuddle with me instead?"

"As tempting as that is, we can cuddle in our new location. I left you sleeping while I packed for you already. You looked too peaceful to disturb."

"Then what changed?"

"I was bored, hungry, and lonely. Did you not sleep well?"

"Not really", Harry admitted, curling up into Draco.

"I hate when you do that, you know. It makes me want to cave in and let you do whatever you want. If you didn't sleep well, you should've come to mine."

"You were planning with Parkinson and Zabini, I didn't want to bother you."

"You only bother me some of the time", Draco teased. "Like now for instance, when you're going to put me behind schedule."

"You're so annoying", Harry whined, rolling out of bed.

"But you love me anyway. Chop chop let's go Potter."

"Do I have time to shower at least?"

Harry felt the cleaning spell hit him all at once.

"Seriously Malfoy? That cannot be hygienic."

"Soap doesn't kill 100% percent of germs anyway. You're much cleaner this way, I assure you that my spell work is outstanding. I'll bring your bags downstairs for you. I picked out your clothes for today, so get ready and meet me in a few minutes. We'll eat breakfast when we get there."

Harry had no clue where "there" even was. He allowed Draco to keep it a surprise as it made him more excited. Let's face it, Draco looked quite cute when he was all worked up due to excitement, so Harry was more than happy to let him be if it allowed Draco to keep smiling like that.

Looking at the clothes, Harry realized that none of them were even his. There was a note sticking out of the pocket of his shorts.

"Potter,

Consider this an early birthday present/ apology gift. I told you the next time I went shopping I would pick some things up for you. This is one outfit of many.

Have fun ;)

Pansy"

"Well, that winking face looks ominous", Harry muttered to himself.

The last thing Harry did before leaving his room was pop in his contacts. He tucked his glasses into his pocket, along with the rest of his contacts, grabbed his wand, and went to meet Draco.

"Are you read- Did you lose your glasses?", Draco asked,

"I put in my contacts. I didn't know what we were doing. Is that alright?"

"Yes, it's fine. Whatever makes you the most comfortable."

Internally Draco was swooning.

"Potter and his stupid beautiful green eyes", he cursed mentally.

"I already told Kreacher how long we'll be gone. Are we taking Scarhead or leaving him?"

"Do we have another method of communication in case we need to get in touch with someone?"

"There's a closed off floo system. If anything happens my mother knows where we are, and if there's an issue she'll be notified. You're perfectly safe with me."

"I trust you."

"Good, because now it's my turn to place a tie over your eyes. I specifically grabbed my Slytherin tie as payback. Your lack of glasses makes this easier for me.

Now, we will be travelling by portkey. I'm going to grab your hand and place it on the portkey. It won't activate until I say the phrase so don't worry about that. Ready to go?"

"Yes."

Draco spoke something in French, and Harry didn't know if his heart lurched because of the feeling of being whisked away or the sound of Draco's voice. Probably a combination of both. Harry was hoping to make an important change by the end of his birthday trip, if all went according to plan.

"Okay. I'm going to take the tie off now alright?"

Once Harry regained his vision, his jaw dropped.

"Malfoy, where are we?"

"Surprise! We're in America."

They were on their own small island, and Harry was blown away. From what he could see, it was absolutely beautiful. It was still dark because the sun hadn't risen yet, which was how Harry knew they weren't in England anymore.

"I can't believe you brought me out of that country."

"I'll take all of the bags inside and then show you around. Come on darling."

Wordlessly, Harry followed Draco inside, eyes widened in amazement.

"This is one of our summer homes. We're in New Jersey of all places, so you shouldn't be recognized. When Father would do business in New York with the American Ministry we would stay here because he hates the city.

Mother and I would spend a lot of time here just the two of us. I think Father stayed all of two times. I thought it would be nice to take you somewhere where no one would even think to look for you, if we decided to go out in public. With your hair over your scar and your contacts in, no one would know you were you unless they were looking really hard. And if they do look too hard I'll hex them for staring at you."

"This is absolutely amazing Prince. Thank you. I don't even know what to say."

"You don't have to say anything Scarhead. The fun is just beginning. You can answer a question for me though. Are we staying in the same room or did you want your own room?"

"Do you even need to ask? We always stay in the same room. We even get to room together at Hogwarts now which is bloody brilliant! I never thought that would happen."

"It is strange isn't it? To actually have a stroke of good luck for once? It's like someone is taking pity upon us.

I'll take you up to our room, but we need to head back outside in a few minutes so I'll help you unpack once we're done. After that I scheduled in a nap because I know how you are."

Harry couldn't wipe that goofy smile off his face, and Draco absolutely loved it, and couldn't stop smiling himself. The smile only grew when Harry came up behind him and hugged him, placing his chin on Draco's shoulder.

"This is already the best birthday ever."

"It's been less than 5 minutes, Potter", Draco commented with a laugh. "At least wait until after breakfast."

Grabbing Harry's hand as well as his camera, Draco led him outside to where he had set up a blanket in the sand, facing the sunrise over the ocean. Breakfast was under a stasis charm in a picnic basket, which Draco began to set up as Harry sat down and stared at the rolling waves.

Draco admired how peaceful Harry looked for once, eyes closed with his face in the wind, hair blowing around softly. He couldn't help but snap a picture.

"I hope you're hungry. I know the time difference is going to take some getting used to. We're actually 5 hours behind, so it's 5am. I haven't quite decided what time we'll be heading back to England. I figured we'd stay here until at least midnight London time the night, well, morning of your birthday. Whether or not you want to spend an extra night here is up to you. We have two days to think about it."

The breakfast was beautiful, but nothing compared to the glow Draco's skin took on as the sun slowly began to rise. His now everpresent soft smile just confirmed that Harry was whipped by the way his heart was reacting.

"Come take a picture with me", Draco said softly.

If Harry had to choose a photo to live in, it would be that first one they took. Draco softly nestled his head into Harry's neck, cheek on his shoulder, as Harry smiled down at Draco while the sun shone behind them. The rest of the photos were nice too, but nothing could compare to the emotions that photo stirred up in not only Harry, but Draco too.

{I got some nice responses in regards to the group chat question and have come to the conclusion that wattpad should make a group chat feature. I'll think on it and see if I can figure something else out, but don't hesitate to message me on here if you want to talk! I like to think I'm very friendly haha ~ J}