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Saturday night arrived and Charlie was prepared to go to Veruca's apartment to watch some films with her. He had picked two movies, 'Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone' and 'Star Wars: A New Hope' for her to choose. Before he left work he entered the Chocolate Room and picked some candy for them to have when watching the movie. It wasn't long before he knocked on her apartment, considering they didn't live too far from each other. She greeted him inside where he found how small her apartment was. It wasn't much, it consisted of small rooms, a kitchen/living area, a bedroom towards the back, and a bathroom. He walked into the apartment to find incomplete Ikea furniture, and a worn out couch facing a small tv. He felt sorry for her, she was clearly trying but couldn't afford much, and it looked like she had completely given up on the Ikea table sitting next to the couch.

"I know it isn't much, but at least I'm earning money now." She said, which was true. Now that she was working for Wonka she would be getting an incredible pay rise, however Wonka told Charlie that they had to complete a three month trial, to prove that they were loyal to the company, which made sense.

He walked over to a couple of photo frames on the kitchen counter, she told them she was only putting them there for the moment until she figured out how to build the table. He laughed and picked up one of the photos. It was a photo of a teenage Veruca at military school. She looked about 14 or 15 and had braces with her hair in a tight bun. She quickly snatched the photo.

"I don't know why I have that laying around. I looked so dorky." she groaned

"No, you don't, you were just a teenager, I guess that all teenagers go through that stage. How old were you?" He asked out of curiosity

"I was fourteen, it was my second year at military school… I hated it so much, do you know how hard it was to get my hair in that stupid bun?"

"Really hard?" he responded

"Exactly, I mean, I always had people do it for me, so imagine my surprise when I had to learn that I had to do it by myself." she groaned

"Why didn't you just cut it shorter?" He chuckled

"I would NEVER cut my hair shorter Charlie. Never. It took me three weeks to get that garbage completely washed out of my hair because I refused to cut it shorter."

"Why?" he asked

"I don't know. I just like my hair long okay!? Its pretty, and shorter hair reminds me of Violet and her mother's ugly hair. Now lets just watch this movie." She said as she grabbed her laptop

He knew one thing for certain, that she hadn't changed her attitude about her style. He asked her why they didn't play it on the tv, to which she responded that she didn't have a dvd player. He told her she should have asked to borrow his, something that she didn't think about. They sat down and she picked randomly one of the movies, picking Star Wars. She groaned and put it in her laptop, noticing the "IV" on the dvd case she asked why they were starting at the fourth movie, to which he explained that they were made before the 'Prequel' trilogy. It confused her but she pressed play anyway. He remembered the snacks and bought out a box full of candy. There was one piece of candy he specifically bought for her, which was a lollipop.

"You remembered" she laughed as he passed it to her.

"Well, you didn't stop eating it, even when Augustus went up the pipe, I assumed you just really enjoyed it."

"If I'm going to be honest, I couldn't care less about Augustus going up that pipe. Sure it added drama to the tour, which I liked, but that lollipop was way too good." she giggled

The movie started and she couldn't stop asking him questions. "Who's the old man?" "Why are they on a desert? Like, couldn't they move to somewhere better?" "How do you farm on a desert?" …. The questions went on and on, he didn't know if she didn't care and was purposely trying to annoy him or if she genuinely cared and wanted to know more about the movie but he happily paused and answered her questions. By the time he noticed she had stopped asking questions it was half way through the movie. He thought that maybe she was enjoying it enough to watch it. But he was wrong. He felt a heaviness on his shoulder and looked to find that she had fallen asleep on his shoulder. He didn't know what to do. He didn't want to wake her up, so he sat there and continued to watch the movie.

He couldn't help but notice how peaceful she looked whilst sleeping. Suddenly, this warm feeling rushed across him. It was like as if he wanted to continue to stare at her, but not in a creepy way. It was a nice feeling, and he liked seeing her so relaxed. He realised how kind he had been to her. Was it because they had become really good friends? Or was there more to it than he realised? It couldn't be, could it? He enjoyed her company, he had always been lonely, even after winning the factory. He had offered her his friendship and she took it, and now he was falling in love with her. It was the little things that made him realise this as he thought it over, the way that she smiled and laughed as they fake teased each other, the little chats they had when they walked home together, even the way she complained about Mike disrupting her work. He now realised that he was falling in love with her, and he wanted more moments like these with her. It was stupid, she probably would never feel about him that way. She was his friend, and he didn't want to ruin that. He paused the movie, and as he did so he nudged Veruca, which woke her up.

"I'm sorry" he quickly apologised. "I didn't mean to wake you up"

"No, it's okay. I told you this would happen." She giggled.

"I'm sorry I made you sit through that then" He responded, embarrassed.

"Don't be. I got to spend time with a friend, and it wasn't THAT bad of a movie" she replied.

They stared at each other for a few seconds before he got up. He apologised once again, and told her that he should probably head home. She was clearly tired and he told her to get some rest. He grabbed the DVD's and wished her a goodnight before leaving.