It Never to Late

Malfoy Manor

CHAPTER 5

*Hermione's POV*

I felt my stomach turn and the second we landed I gasped

We were standing in front of a beautiful Manor filled with light!

'Is this MALFOY Manor?!' I asked myself

I looked at Draco with a confused look. He chuckled "after my parents moved out I brought more light to the place. Actually I completely redecorated it" he said with a smile

"It looks amazing!" I gasped

He laughed again "well lets go inside its kinda cold out here.....have you all eaten?"

"No and I'm starved!" Hugo exclaimed

Me and Draco laughed at him before Draco lead us in to the Manor

We walked down the hallways and the whole thing was beautiful! The walls were slytherin green with silver strips that ran diagonal across each other forming X's on the wall

I snorted at that

"What?" Draco asked with a smirk "you don't like my decorating?" He faked a hurt expression putting his hand over is heart

I laughed at him before answering "no I love the Slytherin colored hallways" a smile appearing on my face

He smiled back as we turned down another hallway filled with portraits of couples that didn't smile. The women just didn't look at me while the men glared in mine and Hugo's direction.

"Don't worry about them" Draco whispered in my ear seeing my unease "they are just all grumpy like always, they are all my past relatives that have lived here" he smile and I returned it slightly

"Ah, Draco my boy!" I heard one of the portraits say as we got closer to end of the hall

I looked at the portrait when we got close and noticed that, unlike the rest, there was only one person in the frame.

He looked like and older version of Draco, having the same grey eyes and blonde hair as he did

"Grandfather!" Draco exclaimed "Hermione, Hugo this is Abraxas Malfoy...my grandfather" he said with a huge smile

"Hermione Granger! Wow! Draco has told me a lot about you!" He smirked "it's about time you got her to come here!" Abraxas laughed at Draco

Draco's cheeks turned bright red "alright let's go" he quickly "grandfather my guest are hungry so I will talk to you later" he said as he grabbed my hand and started to pull me along

"Draco!" The Abraxas yelled "let the girl ask questions!" He demanded with a smile playing on his lips "do you have anything to ask me dear?" He questioned

"Actually..." I started slowly "why isn't your wife in the portrait with you? I saw in a book that i was reading once that you married a girl named Emily?"

He looked at Draco "very smart girl you have here and beautiful" he said and I felt myself myself blush "but my dear I'm afraid that is a story for another day" he smiled turning back to me

"Yes sir, well thank you" I smiled at him and he smiled back

"We'll bye grandfather....we must be going" Draco smiled

"Draco come back later if your not..... busy" Abraxas laughed and I felt myself blush then I looked at Draco to see him glaring at his grandfather and I couldn't help but laugh at his face

*Draco's POV*

As we walked down the hallway to the dinning room I was thinking about what my grandfather had said.....I had talked about Hermione but only to him, and of course my mother when I would wright to her from Hogwarts, my grandfather seemed like the only person who ever understand about my problems with falling in love with a muggle-born, maybe it was because he never truly seemed to have a problem with muggles and muggle-borns....he just ignored them...but when I think about it, I never heard him say the word mudblood....I was going to have to talk to him soon about that