Willy called Zoe early the next morning to ask her out on a date that afternoon. She accepted, and they were due to meet in a cute little café at 3pm.

Zoe felt incredibly nervous, but she didn't know why. Zoe took a deep breath in the mirror, and smoothed down her light purple dress, and put on her heels. She thought that it was fantastic how tall Willy was, so she didn't have to worry about how high her heels were. Her old boyfriend back in India always yelled when she was taller than him. Zoe winced at the memory of that jackass.

She grabbed her purse and walked out of the Bucket house, then right out of the factory. She walked down the road and instantly regretted not bringing a coat. Zoe wrapped her arms around herself and spotted the café.

She walked in, half expecting Willy not to be there. She was used to guys showing up late for dates, or not showing up at all. But he wasn't late; he was sitting at a table. Willy saw she had arrived, so he stood up and waved, with a sweet smile on his face. Zoe waved back and walked over to him.

She was happily surprised when Willy pulled her chair out and helped her in, then tucked it back under.

"Thank you, Willy" Zoe said

Willy then removed his coat and wrapped it around Zoe's shoulders. He bent down and kissed her cheek and whispered "You looked cold"

"I ordered you a coffee, is that ok?" Willy asked

She kissed Willy softly on the lips as an answer before he went back to his seat and smiled at her.

"How are you?" Willy asked, taking a sip of his cocoa.

Zoe laughed at his choice of drink "Willy, you own the most successful business in chocolate and you ordered cocoa!?"

Willy joined in with her laughter. Zoe loved his laugh.

"I like to check out the competition" He joked back.

Zoe smiled. "You know Charlie talks about you constantly, he loves you"

"I love him too, he's the son I never had" said Willy. "He loves you, as well Zoe. He told me how much you did for him before you left for India"

"The Buckets were going through hell, I did what I could" Zoe replied nonchalantly.

They sat in comfortable silence for a minute or two. Willy finished his cocoa, and Zoe swigged the last of her coffee.

"I have a surprise for you back at the factory, let's go!" Willy said excitedly, hurrying off while grabbing Zoe's hand. She giggled.

"You have the attention span of a four year old" said Zoe fondly

Willy gave Zoe a dazed grin as they speed walked back to the chocolate factory. Zoe was extremely glad that she had Willy's coat on, as the snow was pummelling down. They were both soaked through once they entered the cloakroom.

"Good job it's so warm in here" said Zoe.

"Yes, my oompa loompa's just can't stand the cold" replied Willy.

"Yes, Charlie said. Where are they from again?"

"Loompa land" Willy said absent-mindedly.

Zoe frowned to herself; she didn't think there was such a place. 'Well, I didn't take geography in high school' Zoe thought to herself.

Willy offered his hand to her, and they walked into the meadow.

"What's the surprise?" Zoe asked, not seeing anything out of the ordinary. Apart from the fact that no one was around. There wasn't an Oompa Loompa or a Bucket in sight!

"I wanted to give you a private boat ride" said Willy, looking quite bashful.

Zoe smiled sweetly at him and gave his hand a reassuring squeeze.

"That sounds wonderful"

The boat came out of the cave and stopped by their feet. There was no one on board.

Willy took Zoe's hand and led her on to the boat, with his free hand supporting her protectively so she didn't fall. He then jumped on after her. They sat right at the back and the boat started to move all on its own.

"How is it doing that?!" Zoe said excitedly.

"Well, I've made the chocolate have a stronger current to take the boat round without all the Oompa Loompa's. They have better things to do than cart me around all day. This is actually the test drive"

As Willy said that, the boat dived down a very steep part of the river, and Zoe ended up on Willy's lap, trembling. Her head was buried in Willy's jacket.

The boat levelled off and slowed to a stop again. Willy was laughing hysterically, like he did when Charlie was on the boat for the first time.

"Zoe, we've stopped!" Willy chortled, still laughing like a demented person.

Even though she was still terrified, after hearing Willy's laughter she couldn't help but join in- that chuckle was infectious.

Zoe ended up crying with laughter. They both forgot what was even funny.

Thank you to XDarkMagicianX for helping me out with this chapter hope you guys liked it!