Chapter 6: Meeting Draco Malfoy and the Talk

Scorpius pushed big grand doors of Malfoy manor open still holding all of our luggage and my hand as he did this. We walked in and I let out a gasp of aw as I took in everything that surrounded us, everything about it was breathtakingly beautiful to me. Sure my house was beautiful but not like this, everything about it caught my attention.

Scorpius seeing the look on my face squeezed my hand in his tight, as we started to make our way into his living room, I couldn't help but take notice of the adorable pictures of Scorpius as baby, and his pictures before Hogwarts. "Father we're home, where are you?"Scorpius asked.

"Yeah I'm in the kitchen son. "Said the voice I had only had heard once in my entire life. I started to become even more nervous as we made our way to the kitchen, and as if Scorpius could tell he squeezed my hand tighter and smiled at me, and just the look in his eyes full of so much love, I felt a whole lot better.

"Come on I believe it's time for you to finally meet my father, and don't worry love he will love you, trust me ok." He stated rather than asked me. He kissed my cheek, and whispered in my ear and even if he did not I would run away with you, and we could elope." He said smirking at me with that adorable trademark smirk -that I had once dreaded but now loved-and I smiled back mouthing I love you too.

Once they were in the kitchen Scorpius suddenly got this really cute look on his face-like he was about to open the best present for Christmas-and I looked at him suspiciously wondering what he had was about to do, from the looks of it, I knew was going to make me feel even more nervous

"Tada isn't she a vision." He said smiling and making me blush madly as he gave me a huge smile and gestured to me with a big look of pride in his eyes, it made me smile and want to cry at the same time. Here he was showing such pride of having me, me Rose Weasley as his girlfriend, without any fear of his father rejecting me, and telling me to leave.

"Wow you did well son, she's absolutely stunning." Draco Malfoy said smiling, I finally met his eyes and was surprised and so thankful to see such a look of pure genuine kindness in those grey eyes so like his son's.

I looked at him and studied him, he looked so much like Scorpius, his hair was the same pale blonde as Scorpius, and his smirk was the same as Scorpius, the one my parents had warned me of at Kings Cross. He was handsome just like Scorpius, mum had told me Draco was handsome, but the way he treated her made him appear ugly. I wondered how this man could be the same man that had been so cruel to my family during Hogwarts, Scorpius was right he was a changed man.

"Father this is my Rose Weasley my girlfriend." He said to his father and looked at me smiling." Rosie Love this is my father Draco Malfoy" he said smiling at the both of us. I waited for Draco Malfoy to tell me to get out, that he hated my parents, and that blood traitors were not welcome here, but none of the these things happened, instead he kept smiling a real smile.

I looked at Draco, and smiled back, I held out my hand for him to shake. "It's a pleasure to meet you sir." I said no longer as nervous, but still waiting for him to change his mind and kick me out, but he only smiled wider at me, impressed with me for some odd reason.

"A pleasure to meet you as well Rose, Draco has told me so much about you, he never stops talking about you." Said Draco, and at this remark I looked over at Scorpius who was blushing like mad, and it was quite cute to see the boy who was always so sure of himself blushing. "Dad, I did not constantly talk about her, you probably made her think I was stalking her these past years at Hogwarts." He said still blushing, and Draco just chuckled at his son's reaction.

"Rose Weasley you are even prettier than your mother was at 17, and she was very pretty at her age." He said as if recalling his days at Hogwarts with my mum.

"Thank you sir and I can definitely see where Scorpius gets his good looks as well." I said back and trying not to turn any shade redder than my hair. "Please Rose call me Draco, I'm not that old. Scorpius how about you go take up the luggage to your room and let me chat with Miss Rose." Draco said.

Oh no this can't be good, but why is Scorpius smiling like an idiot if it's bad new, alright chill out Rose it's not necessarily a bad thing that he wants to talk to you to alone, maybe he just wants to talk to me about my intentions of dating Scorpius, I mean it is his son, he has every right to ask me this, no big deal." I thought to myself. I prepared to brace myself for the worse just in case.

"So Rose does anyone in your family such as your parents know about your romantic relationship with my son?" he asked me, but it seemed like he was just clarifying the information he already knew.

"No they don't you knew my family, the still have that hate towards your family and well Uncle Harry I don't know what he would think if he found out that I was dating your son, Uncle Harry is the one I can usually talk to about anything, except this, and it hurts to know that he will be disappointed in me, and I wouldn't be his favorite niece anymore." I said finally able to tell how I felt to someone else besides Scorpius, someone who was older and wiser than me.

"I understand Rose if I had told anyone in my family that I wanted to marry a Weasley or muggle born, they would flip out on me, I know how you must feel, but I'm sure your Harry would find a way to understand, even though he and I were never on good terms, I know he was a true friend and would beside his opinions and give someone a chance for someone he cared about." Draco replied.

"Oh and my parents they would freak out, well maybe my mum would eventually be ok, but my father would murder me for even befriending Scorpius, and he would never understand that people can change, because he's too stubborn to accept the fact that people can change. "I said starting to feel so angry with the way things were.

"Yes Rose I wish I could tell you that your father would welcome the idea of you and my son together with welcome arms, but I know your father he has a temper and he holds grudges for too long, and I don't mean any disrespect your father, that's just the way he is." Draco said offering me sad smile.

"It's not fair though! I should be able to choose who I do and don't Love! I shouldn't have to keep a secret that I want to tell just because of my families old prejudices with your family, its wrong Draco!" I said starting to cry right there in front of him.

He took my hand and gave it a squeeze, and then gave me a hug a fatherly hug, and it just made me cry harder because here he was already treating me like I was his daughter in law, which I hoped to be someday, even if I had to lie to my parents and move far away where no one would find me so be it.

"I know Rose but it's the way things are, believe me I wanted to help you uncle and parents numerous times, but my father wouldn't allow it. You see Rose when Voldemort returned my father wanted me to follow in his footsteps and become a death eater, I had no choice, it was either that or death for me and my parents. As much as I despised my father, I couldn't let him die because of me. I was weak then Rose, but I wouldn't change a thing, I met my wife and now I have Scorpius, and I would never wish any of that on him."He said looking at me with tears threatening to fall, he smiled and wiped them away.

"I'm so sorry Draco I never knew, I wish my parents and the rest of my family knew the truth, I wish they could see the side of you now the one they never bothered to search for. Is your father still alive even and what about the Wife?" I asked him.

"My father died the day after I got married, and my wife she died giving birth to Scorpius." He said suddenly choking back tears but letting them fall this time instead of even trying to wipe them away. "She so beautiful as she held Scorpius in her arms, we thought she was fine, she was smiling so bright, and then she said told Scorpius she loved him and she then she closed her eyes for good." He said crying harder than before. "She made me the man I am today Rose, and I thought I would never be happy again after that, and then I looked at scorpius and I knew that he was my key to happiness." He said smiling at this memory.

"I'm so terribly sorry Draco that's awful but I'm sure she is looking down at you now missing you so and so happy that she married you because you made her son such a great person." I said and I embraced him, at first he was limp but then he hugged me back. I tried to hold back the tears, it was so heartbreaking, he had been through so much and he lost his wife after all that. I cried for him, and for Scorpius who only saw his mother once and probably blamed him for her not being there. I cried because it was so unfair that my family had judged him, and I had believed them, I didn't know him, and they didn't know anymore either, and I cried harder realizing how awful I felt, promising to never assume things of people until I got to know them myself.

Draco saw my tears, and smoother my hair back and rubbed my back like Uncle Harry did when I would start crying." There, there Rose it's alright this is not your fault, I made my choices and my actions cost me a lot of things. You didn't know Rose don't cry sweet heart" he said smiling a weak smile for me.

"No! My parents told me about you and believed them, I hated you and your son before I could even meet you and get to know you, and I can't forgive myself for this it makes me hate myself!" I said turning a deep red because I was angry for being so blind.

"Rose you have your father's temper I see, not the best trait to inherit it always got your father into trouble". "I know I hate it, I punched your son in third year time too, and I'm sorry for doing that." I said blushing as I recalled that day.

"Not to worry though Scorpius tells me that you like your mother are the brightest witch of your age, and your mother punched me too, I'm sure she told you that, it hurt too." He said ruffling my hair and claiming to be his own blood already. "I'm so glad to finally meet you Rose, welcome to the family, I already feel like you're my daughter in law." He said smiling and kissing my forehead.

"Thank you Draco, I feel like you're my second father already as well." I said hugging him.

"Ah I'm glad to see you guys are having a good time, it feels so great to finally not worry about one person's parents." Scorpius said smiling at us; as he came down to plant a kiss to my lips.

"Well Scorpius why don't you go give Rose here the tour and I'll go finish making breakfast for us, it should be much any minute now." Draco said disappearing back into the kitchen.

"Well you heard the man let's give you a royal tour of my house." He said flashing me that smirk again. I just nodded and took his hand as he showed me around the house.

Well It had definitely went well, I had dreaded it for so long, now all there was left to do was tell my family, yeah that should be fun. Oh well I'd figure out a way eventually, it just might take a while. I was in awe of his home and soon after the tour Breakfast was served.