I do not own any of the HP character JKR does. I do not have a Beta but I do have spell check, please be patient and kind with the misspellings I do try and pick them up but an odd few might slip through.

Hermione POV
Draco held my hand as we apparated, spinning in a circle we landed gracefully on the grass of Malfoy Manor. Draco turned to give me a slight smile and pulled me gently by the hand. I really didn't want to be here. Lucius and Narcissa stood at the grand double oak doors.
"Hermione welcome to our home" Narcissa welcomed me and kissed my cheek.
"Hermione" Lucius reached for my hand and placed a gentle kiss on it

"Come you must positively see the refurbishments of the house"
Lucius and Narcissa turned on their heels and I looked at Draco wide eyed shaking my head.
"Come they just want to show off our house"
I groaned but followed Draco inside, he was right Narcissa had pulled apart and refurbished the entire manor but it was still the manor of which many people died and I was tortured here.

"This is our living room" Narcissa opened the door and walked in proudly.
I did a quick mind map of the last time I was her. Which room…
"Draco I cannot be here" I backed myself out of the room
"Hermione please" Draco pleaded with his eyes
"Im sorry" I turned on my heel

"Hermione wait" Draco grabbed my arm
"Hermione, in three days you will be living her with me in the manor, please just try get used to it"
"That's easier for you to say, I was tortured by your dear aunt, merlin rest her soul"

"Hermione" Draco groaned
"You know if there was anything I could have done"
"yes, yes you would have done it, I have heard it off a lot of Death Eaters this year in hopes they get a lighter prison sentence"
"Just, please come back into the room"
"Draco I can't, please don't make me"

I sobbed and fell to the floor. Draco wrapped me in his arms and carried me away. I was placed on something warm and soft with Draco's arms still tightly around me and that is how I fell asleep.

Draco POV
"Just, please come back into the room" I tried to plead with Hermione
"Draco I can't, please don't make me"
I watched as Hermione crumpled to the floor and cried. I picked her up in my arms and apparated to my bedroom. Laying Hermione down on my bed I wrapped her tightly into my embrace.

"Enter" My parents didn't need to knock I knew it was them before knocking.
"Is Hermione ok?"
Mother asked concerned, Father who stood slightly behind her looked down at her as if she had gone insane
"Of course she isn't Mother, Hermione was tortured in that room, I knew it would be a bad idea to bring her here so soon"

"Draco she must try and get used to the Manor at some point if you proceed to live here after your married" Father stated
I nodded and slipped my arm from under Hermione's neck. Walking into my bathroom I looked in my potions cabinet for a calming draught, merlin knows the poor girl is going to need it when she wakes up.

Hermione POV
Images of that night flashed back before my eyes
"Where did you get that sword from" Bellatrix all bus screeched
I woke up screaming and Draco came over and rested his hands on the side of my face.
"Hermione, your fine" I looked into grey eyes and smiled slightly

"Here, drink this" Draco passed me a bottle and I frowned up at him
"Merlin Hermione if I wanted to kill you poison would be the last on my list, it's a calming draught"
I nodded and emptied the entire contents into my mouth

I looked over to Narcissa and Lucius and smiled sheepishly
"No need to apologise my dear, I guess we have a lot of apologising to do at some point" I smiled and passed the empty bottle to Draco
"Come we have the rest of the Manor to visit"
Myself, Draco and Lucius looked at Narcissa as if she was crazy
"Mother not in merlin's chance"

"Oh hush Draco, Hermione will come accustomed to the rest of the manor, she simply cannot be confined to one room because of fear"
I stood up and loosely laced my hand with Draco's, Draco groaned but pressed forward with his parents.

"This is the library, you may look through any book as long as they are put back neatly in the exact place you found it"
I stood in the middle of the library and looked in awe struck spinning in slow circles
"I told you she would enjoy the Library" Draco said to his Mother

"Yes well Hermione hasn't seen the best part of the Manor"
We walked down halls not bothering going in every room
"There's the gym, in there is an indoor swimming pool, oh and through there is the kitchen, We don't need to go through that wing today, "
I frowned at Draco who mouthed 'tell you later'

"In here is my baby" Narcissa opened two glass double doors.
Inside it looked like a muggle garden centre. Rows upon rows of plants and flowers.
"I do every bit of my own gardening myself"
I raised my eyebrows abit astonished
"No magic?"

"Please Hermione, now where would the fun in that be?"
"Touché"
"What do you like best, the library or Mothers insane greenhouse?"
Draco pressed.

"The kitchen" I answered and Lucius laughed holding his hand out for the other two who passed him some coins.
"You made a bet on which room I would like best?"
Everyone nodded

"I think, Draco you went for the obvious and the one thing you know about me is that I like books, Lady Malfoy, a few times I have seen you in Hogsmeades we have been in the garden centre therefore thinking I would like this room best. Now Lord Malfoy I have no explanation on how you came about your suggestion"

Lucius smirked
"Easy Hermione, you're a woman, Most purebloods like cooking or baking to extent, now with the magnitude of our kitchen and the vast amount of both muggle and magical appliances we own it peeked your interest"

I raised an eyebrow
"Very well played Lord Malfoy"
"Lucius" I frowned slightly
"Hermione you are to be family in a very short time, it is only proper you call us by our first names" I nodded
"Very well played Lucius"
Lucius mocked bowed and I couldn't help but laugh lightly

Draco put his arm around my waist and took me from Narcissa's garden.
"Come I have something to show you"
I nodded and followed Draco out of the room. We went through the house and out through the kitchen back door. Out of the back was a lovely lake with a old but replenished bench sat overlooking the lake. Draco sat me down whilst he stood up nervous? Had Draco Malfoy ever been nervous?

"This used to be my favourite spot as a boy, Father would not come find me here because it meant going through the kitchen where the help worked"
I smiled as I watched Draco pace up and down.
"Hermione we are to be married in two days and there is something I need to ask you first"

Oh god, he is actually going to do this, Draco got down on bended knee.
"I am truly not sure how this works, I cannot promise to love you like you deserve, but I can promise to keep you safe, warm and content, I can promise to be attentive to your needs and I can promise to be faithful and kind. Hermione will you do the honour of becoming my wife"

Draco pulled a box out and opened the lid. Inside was a white gold ring, in the middle was a large garnet stone with two little diamonds on each side of the stone.

"Yes" I said just above a whisper
Draco beamed from ear to ear placing the ring on finger, he picked me up laughing and we spun in a circle. Draco set me down on the grass still smiling; reaching down slowly Draco's lips came in contact with my own.

"I hope you like the ring, it was my mother's engagement ring from my Father"
Draco explained as we went back into the house
"Draco?" Draco looked at me and smiled
"Your mother is not going to organise an engagement party is she?"

Draco shook his head
"No, Mother knows not to make any unnecessary attention to our engagement for your safety, we won't know until the ministry preform the necessary magic on the rings that you are safe, the last thing we need is anyone stealing my wife away from me before I even have had time to taste her"

I slapped his arm playfully as he opened the back door to Manor. Two overly fat men in grey overalls were moving portraits around. The one staring back at me screeched as she stood up from her chair. Draco pulled me behind him as if the insane old witch was actually going to come out of the portrait, could they?
"Cissy" The old hag screeched

Narcissa came running gracefully into the room, took one look at us and sighed
"I thought I told you imbeciles to move the portrait and not let anyone see, your pay will be severely affected by this"

"Cissy, that mudblood stole from my vault, kill her, kill her now!"
I cowered behind Draco just in case Narcissa turned around and sent a unforgiveable my way.

"Bella give it a rest your moaning is giving me an headache, you can go to the Black Manor and give them earache"
With a wave of her hand the men were moving the portrait again.

"Cissy, you can't do this to me, come back" The insane witch screamed from the entrance hall
"Hermione" Draco pulled me from around his back
"What's all the commotion down here?" Lucius stormed in

"The removal imbeciles as ordered were removing Bella's portraits unfortunately Hermione saw them"
"How unpleasant" There was no sarcasm in his voice but no emotion either as he looked at me.

"We will retire for the night, Send Angel up when supper is ready" Draco placed his arm on my lower back and moved us.
"Would you prefer to eat in your chambers Draco?" Narcissa called after us
Draco simply lifted his thumb up in the air for acceptance. Once the door was closed behind us Draco sat me down on the bed.

"I um, I hope you don't mind but you will be sharing my room this evening, Mother or myself didn't see any point making a guest room look neat or homely if my bed is just as free, just please don't tell your Grandfather."
"Where will you sleep?" I frowned
"On the couch"
Draco slipped his robes off his back and folded them over a chair. I walked behind him and wrapped my arms around his waist
"Draco we are to be married in a few days you can have your bed, I am sure we can be adult about the situation"

Draco turned around and kissed my cheek. He led me back over to the bed and sat me down. He knelt on the floor and took my boots off my achy feet.

"Hermione, honestly please believe me if there was anything you we could.."

"Draco stop apologising, I never blamed you or your parents for what happened. Harry although he doesn't show it, he is really appreciative you didn't sell him out when the Death Eaters caught us on the run"

Draco laughed and sat on the bed next to me placing his hand over my own
"I didn't know what else to do, I came a death eater out of fear of my Father. My Mother was in hysterics once you escaped. You have no idea how bad she felt about what Bellatrix had done, if it wasn't for the fact Voldermort had been summoned she would have happily hexed her into oblivion.

I raised my eyebrow, why would Narcissa feel bad?

A little house elf appeared with a 'pop' holding a tea try in her hands.
"Thank you Angel, that will be all" The little elf smiled and disappeared

"Strawberry?" I nodded and Draco still holding the Strawberry placed it to my mouth. I very seductively took it off of him.
"You make a little task like eating Strawberry's look sexy"
I smirked and ate a few more pieces before declaring I was full

"Where is the bathroom?" Draco pulled my hand and opened the door
"Mother went through the trouble to buy a toothbrush and a face flannel for when you move in"

I smiled at the sentiment and closed the door behind me. Sighing I fell to the floor with my back against the door. The house still gave me the heebie jeebies and I wanted nothing more than to run away from this whole mess. That would get me nowhere but Azkaban. Sighing in frustration I stood up and got changed into my pyjamas. I wore a blue strappy top with black pyjama bottoms. I turned the light off and closed the door. Draco was already in bed reading.

"Didn't know you wore glasses Draco?"
Draco sniggered and took them off and closed the book.
"For reading purposes only, tell anyone and you will wish you hadn't witch"
like a child I stuck my tongue out and climbed into bed. I tried to stay away from him so our skin didn't touch but obviously Draco had other options. Wrapping his arms around me he pulled me closer into him.
"Goodnight Hermione" Draco kissed my head
"Goodnight Draco" I smiled as my eyes closed.