Ch 17: Reunited again

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(Without the bag)

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(Without the bag)

"And for once, Grandma Georgina knew exactly what she was talking about. The next morning, Charlie helped his parents fix the hole in the roof. Grandpa Joe spent the whole day out of bed. He didn 't feel tired at all. Charlie's father got a better job at the toothpaste factory... ...repairing the machine that had replaced him.Things had never been better for the Bucket family. The same could not be said for Willy Wonka."

Willy was, in the entrance hall. He lied on a couch while a sharply dressed Oompa-Loompa sat in a large leather chair (well it was a regular sized chair, but compared to the Oompa-Loompa, it was large).

"I can't put my finger on it," Willy began to tell his therapeutic Oompa-Loompa. "Candy's the only thing I was ever certain of and now I'm just not certain at all." The Oompa-Loompa nodded and scribbled in the notepad. "I don't know which flavors to make or which ideas to try. I'm second-guessing myself which is nuts."

Willy wasn't going to lie to himself. The candy was the least important thing on his mind right now. He arranged this time to talk about something not candy related. "But, for some reason, I'm not really caring about the candy. I try to make myself think about it, but there's always something else on my mind."

Or rather someone, but Willy didn't have that breakthrough yet or want to talk about it.

Then Willy sat up. "That's just it, isn't it? I make the candy I feel like, but now I feel terrible, so the candy's terrible. You're very good." Willy said to his therapist.

Willy didn't want to mention about Ivy because he was still confused on what he feels about her. Maybe he'll mention her soon in a another meeting. But he did want to see her again.

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Within the week, life had improved greatly for the Buckets. They had fixed the hole in the roof. Grandpa Joe was up and about, helping with chores. Mr Bucket had also started his new job at toothpaste factory, fixing the machine that replaced him. The pay was a lot better, and now the Buckets could afford more food, other than cabbage soup.

Ivy was back at work and she worked alongside the older woman, baking pies in the kitchen. Ivy had also asked Mrs. Robbins if Hannah and Daniel could have part time jobs as who could help her with anything if Ivy couldn't be there.

Charlie even had a small business on weekends which polishing people's shoes which a few people have gave him some money for it.

So one day, Charlie had his business in front of his sister's work place, but was having a small bite of biscuits before he had a client. "Are you okay, Ivy?" Charlie asked since he had noticed that his sister has been feeling down for the past few days.

"I'm not doing too well, Charlie." Ivy admits. "Charlie, do you think it's crazy that I miss Willy Wonka?"

"No, cause I think you two deserve each other. You seemed happy when we went to the chocolate factory." Charlie says.

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