It was decorated exactly as Harry ordered. White ceiling and cornices, cream coloured walls and dark red wooden furniture. It also had a red and gold comforter on the queen-sized uncanopied bed. And the ensuite was in plain white walls with cream fixtures.
He then led them to a door opposite the one they entered through and Sirius said, "And, finally, this is Daphne's room. It was in a more 'wizarding' style, with lots of green and silver. Both Harry's and Hermione's were in 'muggle' style.
Standing in Daphne's room, Harry said, "Sirius; they're brilliant! Thank you!" And gave the man another hug. Hermione and Daphne, not to be outdone, also gave him hugs; with Daphne a lot more eager to do so after discovering she had her own room.
Sirius was beaming in happiness at all three.
Daphne turned to Harry and said, "Don't even think about using that door between your and my room until I'm ready, either."
"Or the one between ours," Hermione was quick to add.
"Take a look," said Sirius, indicating the door in question. "Double locks; one for each side."
Both girls checked them out, before turning back to Sirius and again saying, "Thank you."
Sirius nodded and said, "Now, let's go and explore the rest of the house." He cast a quick Tempus and added, "We've still got ten minutes before Hermione's parents turn up."
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After trooping right up to the attic and down to the basement, with Sirius pointing out his and Remus's rooms; together with what other rooms were for, including guest rooms; they returned to the welcoming parlour - as Sirius called it.
Their tour included the actual library, which was about ten times larger than the few shelves on the wall cases in the welcoming parlour would at first indicate.
Right on time, Wendell and Monica stepped out of the floo into the room. Harry was just a bit miffed they were so much more elegant at it than his own still-slightly-stumbling on occasion efforts. Surprisingly, both were wearing 'wizarding casual'.
Hermione was quick to give a little girlish squeal and dash forward to give her parents a long hug each, before Harry stepped forward to hug Monica and warily shake Wendell's hand.
"It's good to see you both," he said to them. There was only a little trace of nervousness in his voice.
"Relax, Harry," said Monica. "Sirius has given us some idea of what's going on. He also made sure to tell us you aren't at fault in this.
He gave a nod of relief before turning to indicate Daphne. "Wendell, Monica, this is Daphne of the Noble and Ancient House of Greengrass. She is the young lady who has found herself in a concubine agreement with me and under my protection."
Turning to indicate the Grangers, he said, "Daphne, this is Doctors Wendell and Monica Granger, Hermione's parents."
As they exchanged greetings, with Monica comfortably drawing Daphne into a hug and shaking Wendell's hand, Harry breathed a slight sigh of relief. It was easy to see that neither Granger parent was disapproving of her.
Sirius said, "Remus, would you mind escorting our guests to the formal dining room while I await the rest of our guests?"
Remus gave a slight head nod and said, "Of course." Then he turned to the Grangers, gestured to the door and said, "This way, please, folks."
Everyone, bar Sirius, followed him out.
They didn't need to go far, though; only to the room next to welcoming parlour, the formal dining room, where things had been set up to meet and talk.
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While they were in the formal dining room with its sixteen-seater table and chairs, no one sat. They stood in a somewhat circle and chatted. Except for Harry's short time speaking with Wendell at the February session of the Wizengamot, it was the first time in two and a half months Hermione and Harry had a chance to speak in person with Hermione's parents. And they didn't want to waste it.
Harry was also pleasantly surprised how well Monica and Daphne seemed to get along so quickly. But, even Wendell was easily opening up to her. Mind you, once away from other Slytherins except her sister and Tracey, Daphne was quite the emotionally open young lady.
After a couple minutes, Monica dragged Hermione and Daphne away for a quick 'girls talk', leaving Harry and Wendell to talk one-on-one. Remus had already returned to the parlour to await the next guests with Sirius.
"I'm sorry about this, Wendell," sighed Harry.
"For what?" asked Wendell. "Rescuing a young lady, who would have drowned if you hadn't acted as quickly as you did?"
"If I'd known a life debt would have been the result―" he began.
"You still would have acted," Wendell firmly cut in. "It is in your nature to help others, Harry. From what Monica and I have come to understand, the life debt would not have been created if your intent was untoward."
Harry sadly nodded and said, "Yeah. But, if I had known about it, I could have done something that would have made it so the debt would not have been created. Had evil thoughts, or something."
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