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Chapter 2: Goodbyes and Changes
[Tony]
The battle with the Chitauri last month was exhausting. My bruises and my bruises' bruises are just beginning to heal. The rebuilding of the tower to its new and improved 2.0 version is coming along faster than I could have hoped for. Soon it will be finished and the whole team will be living in the tower, Shield's orders. I added some upgrades to the tower, like more floors. I added a pool deck on the top floor, the 100th floor, and the two below it are training rooms. The two floors below that are reserved for mine and Bruce's lab and all the high tech research equipment I could get my hands on and built myself.
I may not show it on the outside through my sarcasm and narcissistic personality, but I do really hope the other Avengers like the tower, a lot of what I put in is for them to have somewhere to belong. And if it gets me more friends a long the way you will be seeing me complain, but not really meaning it.
"Man all this self-contemplating is really getting to me, I think I need a drink," I mutter as I walk over to the newly built and re-stocked bar.
"JARVIS!" I call out as I lean against the counter nursing my whiskey.
"Yes, sir?"
"Call Pepper for me and tell her its urgent."
"Right away sir."
Five minutes later had a frazzled pepper calling Tony's personal Starkphone asking what was wrong and what was so urgent he had to interrupt a business meeting. You see, after the battle I decided that Pepper would be the best woman to be promoted to CEO, she basically runs my life, why not my company too? She even agreed to finally be my girlfriend. I find that to be a step up from the beginning.
"Tony!"
"Yes, Pep?"
"You called?" Pepper said more annoyed now that I wasn't really listening to her.
"Yeah Pep, I was doing some thinking about the team and was thinking about getting a chef for when they all live in the tower."
"Well I guess that would be a good idea, but you could have told me when I got home later tonight. During my break I will draft up an ad and the qualifications needed for your personal chef. We can talk more tonight. Bye Tony."
[Harry]
"Bye Mrs. Weasley! Dinner was lovely as always."
"Bye Harry, dear. I may not like that you are leaving, but I hope your travels are safe. Please do come for a visit when you can."
"I will." I say as I give her a goodbye hug and walk over to Ron and Hermione, giving them a hug as well.
"Bye Ron, Hermione, I will miss you guys; I will write you when I can."
"Okay everyone, I should be heading back home to finish getting my stuff all packed. Come on Teddy," I say as I pick him up from his napping cot by the sofa in the living room.
"I will be sure to owl you when I arrive in New York."
I walked out the door and at apparating distance I left with a pop back to Grimmauld place. I set about putting Teddy to bed and went to my room to pack all the clothing I will need to bring. Earlier that day I took a secret trip to Gringotts to check my affairs. I found out that the Potter and Black family have properties all over the world. One place happened to be in New York about an hour south of Manhattan. I thought that would be a good place to start off and then I can look for a job. I may have a lot of family money, but I need something to keep me busy during the day. .
By the time I finished packing all of mine and Teddy's clothing and other essential baby items, three hours had passed and four large full boxes were in front of me. With a quick levitating charm I moved them to the living room, I will be shrinking them and storing all the items in a muggle suitcase later. I didn't need to bring any of the furniture because all properties are already furnished and maintained my trusted house elves linked to each property and Lord at the time.
"Kreacher!"
"Yes Master Harry?"
"Please check on the New York estate and make sure everything is ready for my arrival on Friday and please Kreacher, it's just Harry."
"Yes Mas- Harry." Kreacher corrected himself before he popped out to the New York estate.
Well I guess now is a good time as any to go to bed. I checked in on Teddy before getting changed and into bed. Tomorrow will be a new day of saying goodbyes to everyone before I leave Friday morning to head to Heathrow Airport.
[Tony]
After the call to pepper this afternoon I headed down to my workshop to tinker with the new suit prototype I have been thinking of since the fight. With loud music playing in the workshop I didn't hear Pepper get home until she cleared her throat behind me. I swung around with my gauntlet still on my arm and pointed it at her chest. I stopped dead in my tracks when I realized it was Pepper.
"Oh, hey Pep. Didn't hear you come in. JARVIS, why didn't you tell me Pepper was here? That's what you're here for."
"I tried to Sir, you were too busy working on your suit to listen," he said in an annoyed manner.
"Remind me to reprogram some settings when it's time to update your system!" I huffed and returned my attention to Pepper.
"Shall we discuss matters over dinner? Is take-out okay with you? I don't feel like going out tonight." I put the gauntlet down and walked over to giver her a chaste kiss before heading out of the workshop and into the kitchen.
"Sir, I have already called the usual from the nearby Chinese. It will arrive in 30 minutes."
"Thanks J."
"You're welcome Sir."
Dinner came and went. Pepper and I discussed why we needed a chef to make sure I really wanted one. I made a point about having a chef was so I didn't have to order take-out all the time and it would make the team less antsy out in the public when we want to get food. I had her on that one, so she readily agreed and put up an ad. I kissed and thanked her and we went to get ready for bed, she was going to have a long day of phone calls and interviews in the coming week.
This is an updated version if you haven't noticed yet I fixed things and added others. Like replacing Dobby with Kreacher because it wouldn't follow an actual timeline if Dobby were still alive. Please write a review and let me know what you thought. If you have any crossover suggestions between Harry and Avengers, or some other show let me know.
