Dinner at the Evergreen House (and apology)

Author's note since everything can't fit and I wanted it to be the first thing you read: I completely fucked the notifying thing up. I'll keep that up for now to make sure everyone who commented on it reads what I wrote. I sincerely apologize for my lack of explanation. I just wanted to do more for my patrons since I can't give them much. It was the perfect idea for the 3:00 AM me. I'm not leaving this site. As shady as the site itself is, you the audience are the best. I just wanted to have another way of notifying them aside from emails. I was so sure that this would work, but now I realize it wouldn't because it wastes your time as well since Webnovel doesn't put in titles for the next chapter. I won't do that anymore and I know now a lot of people have a bad impression of me because of it, but please give me another chance. I know I've done some weird shit to try to earn money like the part chapters, but I swear to you, I'm just trying to give my patrons more because I just feel like shit sometimes taking without giving much. I'll write an extra chapter today as my sign of apology. From now on, all I'll do is plug at the end of the chapter. That'll be it. No more weird shit. Once again, I sincerely apologize for my actions.

When Hermione and Kristine arrived at Chris' house they were shocked at how big it was.

"Chris," Kristine whispered to him. "I knew your family was rich since you were able to buy 7 Nimbus 2000s at once, but I didn't think your house would be this big,"

"Yeah this might as well be Buckingham Palace," Hermione said.

"Our house is too big in my opinion," Chris said. "Aside from the house elves, there are only my parents and I living here. All my other relatives live elsewhere,"

The three walked in with Bradley and Lorraine and Hermione and Kristine continued to be shocked with the luxurious decor. Bradley and Lorraine led them to the living room where they saw Hermione and Kristine's parents sitting on the couches drinking tea while talking to each other. The four turned to see who entered and smiled.

"Hello Hermione! Oh and you two must be Kristine and Chris" Mr. Granger said happily. "I'm thankful that you two are good friends of my daughter. She can be a bit... too much for some people,"

"Hello, Mr. Granger. It's great to meet you and Mrs. Granger," Chris said. Then he faced Kristine's parents. "And it is also a pleasure to meet you as well Mr and Mrs. Alder,"

"Yes, pleasure to meet you too," Mr. Alder said and Mrs. Alder nodded.

Seeing that everyone has introduced themselves, Mr. Granger has started to talk about the trip.

"I heard that you guys decided on New York Harbor for our trip? That's good! I've heard that we can visit the Statue of Liberty and tour many places there,"

"Yes," Mrs. Granger said. "And I have heard that the New York food was excellent. I'm excited to try all sorts of food and wine over there,"

"Yes and I have heard from my friend who has visited the harbor once said that the view from a cruise was excellent. Even during the winter, the cruise will be spectacular," Mr. Alder said.

"Well before we get to that, we'll have to get to the rules to our kids," Mr. Alder said.

"Oh yes yes. That is very important," Mrs. Alder said.

"What rules Father?" Chris asked. "It's just a trip. We'll just follow you around,"

"Yes, you'll be following us around, but that'll be for the final week," Bradley said. "Basically, for the first week that we'll be staying in New York Harbor, all the fathers will be together in one place, all the mothers will be together in another place, and you kids can do whatever you want. Of course, this is as long as you three are back at the hotel we'll be staying at by 10:00 P.M. During the time you are outside, you'll be secretly watched and guarded by 3 people that I have hired. Well they shouldn't come out unless something like a kidnapping occurs so your trip with your friends will not be disturbed,"

"Yes and on the final week, we'll all be together having wonderful meals, riding a cruise, and etc. This first week is so that the men, women, and kids can bond separately. I'm sure that you wanted to go somewhere as well," Lorraine said.

"I'm surprised that you got Hermione and Kristine's parents to agree with this Father," Chris said.

"Well, all of us were against it at first," Mr. Alder said. "However, after your father showed us the strength of the guards that will be protecting you three, we agreed. As long as all of your safety is taken care of, us men don't mind having just a guy's week out and I don't think our wives mind either. Well in a sense, just think of it as putting you three in a daycare,"

The adults laughed at his comment.

"Yes and all of us can bond as family during the final week of break," Mrs. Granger said.

"That'll be it for the rules. You have to come back to the hotel by 10:00 P.M. The hotel we're going to is managed by one of my friends and I am sure that you don't have an entire week worth of plans so he'll give you a coin where you can contact him whenever you want to send you a guide. We'll also be using a car as our mode of transportation during our stay," Bradley said. "Well I'm sure that all three of you are all hungry. Before we go to eat, would you two girls share a room together or get separate rooms? We just need to know which room to give you later,"

Hermione and Kristine discussed for a bit.

"We would like to share rooms thank you," Hermione said.

"Excellent. We do have a room with two beds in it. We'll have the house elves make it extra clean. Coincidentally, it happens to be right next to Chris' room as well," Bradley said. "Well now that we sorted that out let's eat,"

The 3 families went to the dining room where they saw a feast laid out for them.

'This is a Christmas meal,' Chris thought.

"Alright please sit anywhere you want and eat as much as you want. For the adults, I'm going to open my Cheval Blanc 1947 St-Emilion. It's one of the finest wine that I have in my wine shelf. I bought it from a wizard who absolutely loves Muggle wine. If it wasn't for him being out of money at the time, he would've never sold me this. I bought it for around 28,000 Galleons," Bradley said.

"28,000 Galleons?!" Lorraine screamed. "Bradley you never told me that you had such expensive alcohol!"

"Of course not. When you were mad about my broomstick purchases, you almost smashed all the wine that I had. If I told you about this, you definitely would have smashed it," Bradley said while cradling the wine.

The Granger and Alder family were shocked to hear the price as well, but in the end, they calmed down and laughed happily.

"Well since you took it out, we have to be courteous and drink the whole bottle," Mr. Granger said.

"Of course, if we run out of this one, we'll have to make do with the Lafites I have," Bradley said. "For the kids, we have regular juices that you can choose from. There's apple, grape, and strawberry. That strawberry juice was a bit hard to find though since not many places would even make those. So enjoy!"

The dinner ended quite joyfully for everyone except for Bradley tearing up at the empty 28,000 Galleon wine bottle.

"Well we have to go to the flight early tomorrow so go to sleep kids," Lorraine said. "Since it's right next to Chris' room, he'll show you the way,"

The kids said their good nights to their parents and Chris led Hermione and Kristine to their room.

"Well there should be a bathroom in there for bathing and what not so don't worry about that. As for your luggage, it should be in the room by now. Well I'm going back to my room. Good night," Chris said.

"Good night and don't forget to pack the diary for tomorrow. Since we're lucky enough to be alone for the an entire week, we can start looking for the piece of hope tomorrow," Hermione said.

"Alright," Chris said as he walked to go to his own room.