Sweet Chocolate (Wonka x Reader)

Scrub Scrub

The Wash House is staffed by four of Mrs. Scrubitt's other guests, all dressed according to their old professions. ABACUS CRUNCH is an ex-accountant in his sixties wearing a tweed suit. He looks up as Willy clambers out of the basket. "Ah! You must be Mr Wonka. AbacusCrunch, Chartered Accountant. At least, I was. Now I er..." PIPER BENZ, a streetwise plumber in her 30s, takes over. "He runs the place. And you'd best do as he says or you'll answer to me. Piper Benz, a plumber by trade."  LOTTIE BELL is a silent, nervy ex-switchboard operator. "This is Miss Lottie Bell. "

"She doesn't talk much." LARRY CHUCKLESWORTH is an old-school comedian. "I'm Larry Chucklesworth." He then spins his bow tie "Comedian" Willy looked at all of them sadly "So they got you too, did they?" Abacus nodded and sighed "I'm afraid so. Each of us found ourselves in need of a cheap place to stay and neglected to read the small print." Piper nodded "One moment of stupidity followed by endless regret." Larry laughed "Sounds like my third marriage!... I'm sorry, I do that a lot."   Abacus nodded "He does." Piper added "A lot." Larry looked down sadly "I've only been married once and it didn't work out." Willy nodded as he sighed and looked around. "There must be some way out of here."

"You don't think we've tried? There's bars on the windows, the dog's on the door..." Piper spoke up " Abacus agreed "And even if you could get out, that contract is watertight." Piper sighed "If you're not here at roll call, Mrs. Scrubitt'll call the police, they'll bring you right back and she'll charge you a thousand for the inconvenience." Tiddles is standing guard by the door and starts to bark. "Alright everyone, back to work. Come on, Mr Wonka, I'll show you the ropes. You're in here. On suds" 

as the Workers return to their various stations. Abacus leads Willy into his section of the Wash House, dominated by two enormous COPPER VATS. "First you pick up the apparel then you stick it in a barrelScrub Scrub!" Willy starts to stir the steaming vat. The others join in the song as he discovers the drudgery of life in the Wash House. "Then you take it to the mangleAnd you turn the giant handleScrub Scrub! Then it's hung up really highUntil it's nearly dryScrub Scrub! But when we sing this the day don't seem so long Scrub Scrub!"

The song continues as evening turns into night. "Gotta press out all the creases From the dresses and chemisesRub Rub! Gotta fold 'em like they told us or they'll scold us and withhold our Grub Grub!" they all sighed "When I look up at the skyIt makes me want to cryBlub Blub! But rules must be obeyed and debts must be repaidScrub Scrub!" Bleacher unlocks the door and the Workers trudge wearily upstairs to the Staff Quarters. "When into our beds we creep, All we can do while we're asleep is Scrub Scrub! But we've got to get some rest Because tomorrow, well you guessed it! Scrub Scrub!.... We all signed the dotted line So we've gotta do our timeScrub Scrub!" Mrs Scrubitt then joins Bleacher on the stairs. "And if you don't agree, See Clause 5 Section 7aParagraph 22 Part d which says..." the two of them say. "Scrub Scrub!" 

They go into their individual rooms as Bleacher slams the door and locks them in for the night. "Lights out in thirty minutes!" Willy walks into his tiny room. He goes over to the barred window and looks out across the rooftops of the slums. The golden dome of the Galeries Gourmet seems a long way away. "Room Service!" Willy smiles. He turns to see Noodle and y/n standing in the doorway with a bucket of slops. "Told you to read the small print." Willy slightly smiled "Hm. Well, slight problem with that." y/n smiled sadly "You can't read, can you?" he nodded "I focused my studies almost exclusively on chocolate." y/n gets the bucket and handed it to Noodle "I see." both Noddle and y/n said, "For everything else, I've relied on the kindness of strangers."

y/n sighed sadly "And look where that's got you: the Staff Quarters." y/n looked glared at her "Noodle!" She looked at y/n "What?" Willy just chuckled a bit "You've got a bed." y/n tried to make things better. Willy sits on the bed. It collapses underneath him. "You had a bed. Desk. And wash basin-slash toilet. Water comes in two temperatures. 'Cold' and 'Colder'." y/n sighed at Noodle's sarcasm. "How much do you owe them?" He looked down "Ten thousand." he then looked at Noodle "Count yourself lucky. I owe thirty." he looked at her in shock "What? How do you owe them money? I thought they found you down the laundry chute."  y/n sat down on the floor as she listens in "Oh they did. Took me in out of the goodness of their hearts and charged me for the privilege."