The portrait painting was at the start of its second week of progress. Martin was unmarried, but tended to his father on weekends, so Draco had agreed to give him weekends off to travel to see his father. In the meantime, however, Hermione had grown comfortable with him, and although modeling for the portrait was still something she wasn't sure she liked, she found his quiet demeanor helped relax her, and they had talked about their scholastic careers and childhoods, books they'd read, both in and out of the muggle world.