Dark Chocolate
Written by: canangelscry
Disclaimer: Still waiting in line… not happening anytime soon…
What happened last time in Dark Chocolate: As she crawled into her bed that night, Eden's mind raced about the day.Willy was going to be gone for two weeks, and she didn't know how on god's green earth she was going to cope without him for that long. Granted, she had been in America for slightly over a year, but that was different.
She didn't love him as much then compared to now.
Chapter 11: Missing and Loving
Eden rolled over in her bed, seeing that the time was two in the morning. Five minutes ago she had checked and she swore it said 2:05…And he's only been gone for two days…can you imagine how you're going to be by the end of next week?
Will you shut up? I don't need this…
She flung back the covers and crawled out of her bed, turning on one of the bedside lights. She wiped her eyes and stood, wobbling over to her dresser. Slowly, the young girl pulled open the second drawer and moved some of her shirts out of the way, looking…
There you are…
Eden smiled upon finding her treasure and walked back to bed, sitting on the edge as she held the object close to her chest. Pulling her legs up to sit Indian-style, she lowered the dark colored frame from her arms and stared at the picture, smiling all the while…
Lying beneath glass and a purple mat was Willy and she, captured in a moment of celluloid, smiles lighting their faces. The picture was taken back at the slumber party, shortly after Eden and Allie's raid on the Chocolate room. Her small ivory fingers traced the chocolatier's jaw line, coming to rest gingerly on his perfect shaped mouth. His purple eyes were not gazing at her directly, but for the first time that Eden noticed, he was looking slightly down, towards the Eden in the picture. The newly turned nineteen year-old looked at herself, who was grinning cheerily, her eyes trained on the camera, missing Willy's private moment of looking at her…
Thank God for camera's…
You've got that right…
Sighing, Eden moved back to her pillows, the frame coming with her. Then an idea struck her. She quickly jumped off her bed, and went to the door, checking to see if anyone just happened to be around…in the off chance that there was, Eden did NOT want to get caught. She closed the door behind her and opened Willy's, walking in slowly, the door shutting behind her.
Eden was shocked.
The room was painted a light burgundy color, with mahogany wood floors. On the far wall was a marble fireplace with dark colored seating, and a light rug. Beside that was a door, that led into what Eden supposed was the bathroom. However, her attention was taken to the large oversized California King bed covered with a warm cream-colored comforter with dark sheets underneath.
Smiling, Eden quickly made her way to the right side, and crawled in between the sheets, amazed to find that they were made of bamboo cotton. She snuggled close to the pillow that would usually hold her chocolatier's head and inhaled the familiar scent of peanuts mixed with…caramel…that's what's been missing! She thought, a grin on her face. After finally getting comfortable, and that wasn't hard on Willy's amazingly soft mattress, Eden closed her eyes and smiled…this was as close as she could ever get to the real thing…
It had been a week since Willy had left, and time couldn't pass fast enough in the chocolate room. After three sleepless nights, Eden had gotten the work done that Willy wanted her to finish while he was away and was now sitting by the waterfall, where they had their first one-on-one confrontation. She smiled fondly at the memory…Time does fly when you're having fun…but Willy's not here, so that is the reason it's not going fast enough…
Sighing, she leaned back and closed her eyes, placing a blade of grass in her mouth, sucking on the end. "Willy Wonka, Willy Wonka, the amazing chocolatier…Willy Wonka, Willy Wonka, everybody give a cheer…" she sang lightly, shaking her head back and forth as she did so.
"Am I going insane?" she asked no one, rising from her horizontal position.
"I have to be, in order to be singing that silly song." She sighed, rolling over on her stomach.
Eden began to play with a few of the new candy ladybugs she had created a few days ago before Willy's departure. He was excited about the idea, and wanted to work on more insects. It would be a great seller with the little kids. Having an eatable ant farm would be a wonderful gift for birthdays, Christmas, and Easter! At least, that's what Willy thought…Eden just thought it would be a cool thing to play with when she was bored.
However, her short attention span won out, and she walked around, coming across the pumpkin patch where she heard Willy singing…She smiled and moved to where he had sat, sitting just as he did. She closed her eyes, and let herself relive the moment, the words dripping from her mouth…
"Come with me and you'll be
in a world of pure imagination.
Take a look and you'll see
into your imagination.
We'll begin with a spin
Traveling in the world of my creation.
What we'll see will defy
Explanation."
"I've been thinking of putting a copyright on that. Besides, I think you should be singing it as Traveling in the world of his creation, not yours…"
Immediately, Eden's eyes shot open and she turned around quickly. Standing a few feet behind her was the man himself, a smile on his face. "Willy!" she shouted, laughing as she ran over to him. "What are you doing here? I thought you had to be in New York for your 'important business' meeting." She said, using her fingers to emphasize her words.
He chuckled and took her arm. "It's nice to see you too. I got tired of sitting in my room, and asked if there was any reason why I was just sitting around. You're influence is rubbing off on me."
Eden giggled. "Is that the only reason why you decided to cut your business short?"
"No…"
The teen stopped and looked at him as he continued walking. "Not going to elaborate?" she asked, catching up and tugging on his sleeve.
"I missed…well, that is…I…" he balked, not wanting to reveal the fact that he missed her terribly, and couldn't stop thinking of her.
"You? We established that you missed…what? The Oompa-Loompas?" she questioned, keeping up with him as he continued to walk.
"Ye-ah. The Oompa-Loompas…I missed the Oompa-Loompas. How is Doris?"
Eden gave him a side glance… "I asked her about you and your business trips…she said one time your trip was expanded to an entire month…and when you returned, you didn't miss them then…"
Willy knew he was in a hole. How in Nerd's name am I supposed to get out of this one? He chuckled nervously… "Mumbler!" he said, stopping to look at her and continued walking…leaving behind a very suspicious Eden.
She shook her head, just happy to be able to see him. "And just why are you in my jacket?" the chocolatier said, turning to her.
Shock overcame Eden. Holy Mother of all that is Good…I forgot I had it on! She had taken to wearing one of the jackets in the back of his closet, mainly because she loved the way he smelled, and wanted it with her all day long…and it felt like a hug from him. "I…well, that is…I wanted…erm…I…"
"You…wanted…what?" he said, mimicking her from earlier, a smirk ever-present on his face.
"Well…" she began, not sure how to explain herself.
Willy raised an eyebrow, and grinned. He had caught her and got her speechless, a rare accomplishment with Miss Hamilton. He watched as she fitted her words together.
"ImissedyousoIwantedtohavesomethingthatremindedmeofyouotherthancandy…" she said, her words jumbled and fast.
Willy shook his head and just looked at her. "Do I have to say it?" he said, smirking.
Eden rolled her eyes and pushed his shoulder jokingly. "I missed you! Okay? It was…weird without you here…and I…missed you…" she whispered shyly, looking to the floor.
A smirk came upon the man's face as he looked at the suddenly shy girl. "Really…that's funny… I… I don't… feel missed." He said; making his tone of voice shocked which caused Eden to look up at him.
He turned and walked over the hill, waiting for the brunette to realize what he said. She stood by a tree, slightly confused and hurt. You don't feel missed huh? Well bucko, you've got another thing coming.
Wow… you're starting to sound like me.
Shut up.
Eden slid out of the jacket, and gathered her breath. She located her target, and began to run. As Willy continued to walk around the chocolate room, he heard something coming towards him, and he couldn't help but smile. He turned, and found Eden running towards him, a huge grin on her face. Before he could say Pixie Stix, she was in his arms, kissing him soundly on the mouth. Slowly, her lips massaged his as Willy overcame slight shock. He knew she was going to jump into his arms, but a kiss…
The chocolatier quickly overcame the initial shock, and responded well to the kiss, pressing his mouth against hers. Eden smiled against his warm lips, and allowed herself to get fully lost in the kiss. She wanted to see just how far the chocolate man was going to go on the first time. And it began to show that Willy Wonka was not shy in this department. Slowly, he ran his tongue over her lips, asking, begging for permission to enter. When it was given, Eden gasped in shock and complete desire as their tongues began to dance together. As the kiss wore on, they broke apart for short moments, catching their breath before melting their mouths together in a heated embrace, time and time again.
Somehow, and Eden had no clue as to any logical answer, Willy managed to lift her into an embrace, and lead her to the glass elevator, her legs wrapping tightly against his waist. They made it to the contraption, although they had managed to stumble over various candy objects and run into many trees on their way. Upon entering, Willy quickly pushed a button, silently hoping that it would lead to their private rooms. The elevator shot up, and pushed the chocolatier into Eden against a wall, causing their kiss to deepen ever more so. Eden pulled away before gently attacking the flesh on Willy's neck, causing him to groan deeply as she nipped a spot and then gently caressed it with her tongue repetitively. After moments of sheer torture, Willy pulled her back for another kiss, ramming the girl's back into one of the walls, neither of them noticing that they had run into the panel of buttons.
A loud and familiar siren began to go off, causing Eden to pull away and look up at the top of the elevator. "Every damned time I get close to him you have to bloody go off don't you!?" she shouted before returning to Willy's mouth, not caring about the damned siren any longer.
However, Willy wasn't as in sync with their second kiss, lowering its intensity. That is, until the elevator stopped suddenly, throwing them across the small space, landing in a pile on the floor. Eden began to giggle softly as she found that her hand landed on Willy's thigh, close to a very important part that was rather hard. Willy became embarrassed, and stood, helping her up and looking around to figure out what was wrong. He immediately noticed that the entire panel was lit up, mostly in the shape of Eden's backside. "Well… I think I have an idea on what happened…" he said, a smirk upon his face.
Eden simply glared at him. "What would that be?"
Willy thought for a moment, trying to figure out how to… gently tell Eden what was wrong with the elevator, and that he couldn't fix it. "Well, I think that by hitting all the buttons on the wall, we ended up throwing the elevator into overdrive, resulting in making it confused on which way to go." He said, pretending that he knew how to fix the machine by examining the top.
"Can you fix it?"
Suddenly, the elevator doors opened, and shook, throwing Eden out of the elevator, her hands grasping the ledge. "Willy!" she cried, sheer terror upon her face. "Help me!"
Immediately, he grasped both of her arms in his, and pulled, holding her tightly to his chest when they tumbled back inside. Eden began to shake in his arms, completely terrified. "I don't…like…this…damned thing…anymore. I swear, this thing has a vendetta against me, and these blasted alarms are giving me a migraine." She stuttered, wrapping her arms tightly around his neck.
"It'll be all right." He whispered consolingly, looking around for a way to escape.
Noticing only one way out, he looked down at the girl trembling in his arms, and lifted her into an embrace. "Do you trust me?" he asked, pulling her close.
"What?"
"Do… you… trust… me?" he said slowly, overemphasizing every word.
Eden slapped his shoulder. "Of course I do. What I meant was what are you trying to do?"
Willy ran a hand over his face, not too sure about the idea himself. However, he didn't want the girl he cherished to be scared. He gently cupped her face in his hand and kissed her nose. "I know for a fact that you are not going to like it starshine… but it is the only way out of here alive that I can think of."
Gulping, Eden closed her eyes and leaned against his chest. "I'll keep my eyes closed and hold on tight." She whispered, knowing full well what Willy was about to try. She only hoped this worked.
Willy slipped out of his jacket and slid it over one of the nearby rails before grabbing Eden around her waist tightly, and leaping out of the elevator. The brunette nuzzled her face into his strong pecks, muffling her screams of terror as they flew throughout the factory relying on the slanted bars of the elevator tracks. Through the vibrations of the rails, Willy could tell that the elevator had taken off, and that it was gaining speed. He quickly maneuvered their positions so that they were able to switch to another rail, and escape the path of the now dangerous transporter. Time passed, and Willy noticed that the girl in his arms was muttering something, and he wasn't too sure if he wanted to know. They slid further on, finally coming to a halt above a room Willy recognized. "Hey! I know where we are!" he said, smiling.
Eden peeked out from his chest, and looked down. "Oh… my… God!" she shrieked, grabbing Willy's vest even tighter.
Below the couple was the Fizzy Lemonade Swimming Pool room, and they were directly over the center of the pink fizzing pool. "Eden, you have to calm down. I've got you." Willy said, trying to calm the girl who was beginning to climb to reach the pole.
"How can I calm down? If I let go, I'll fall into the pool and drown!" she yelled, completely freaking out.
"If you don't calm down, I will let go, and we'll both end up wet."
The girl stopped, and looked at the chocolatier, complete terror on her face. "You wouldn't." she whispered, her voice shaking.
"You're right. I wouldn't, but you need to calm down or else your wriggling around will end up causing us to fall in the pool." He said, completely serious as he held her shaking figure close.
Slowly, Willy moved his jacket so that they were able to move across the tracks, and get them to land softly near the exit. "See? That wasn't so bad." He said, placing his jacket back on.
"Easy for you to say." Eden mumbled, glaring at the floor.
Willy smiled and grabbed her hand. "Now, since the elevator's on the fritz, we'll have to use the stairs."
Groaning, the girl followed, and was shocked when they entered the emergency set of stairs that led to their private rooms. "We have to walk up all of these stairs?" she questioned, loosing energy just looking at the giant staircase that seemed to have no end.
"Good heavens no! There's always another way to do something here. I thought you'd know that by now." Willy grinned as he pointed to a secret panel beside her. "Open that panel and you will find an oblong aquamarine button."
Eden was taken aback slightly but continued as she was told, and found it to be quite the way Willy stated. "Bloody hell, it is oblong and aquamarine! I thought men only knew five colors and four shapes."
"That may be true of some men. But you will soon find that I am unlike so many men you know of." Willy grinned playfully as he leaned towards her, pressing the button.
Eden's senses were overtaken by the scent of the chocolatier, causing her to roll her eyes in the back of her head, closing them to hide her very apparent arousal. She gasped as the stairs beneath her feet began to move like an escalator, and she grabbed Willy's arm for support, completely unprepared for the sudden movement. "Are you serious?" she asked, looking up at him, a scowl upon her face.
"Of course!" he replied his cheery smile present.
"You told me that the only way to our rooms was through the elevator!"
"No. I included the staircase. I just left out the fact that it moves. I couldn't have you loathing one of my greatest inventions, now could I?" he questioned, running his gloved hands up and down her arms.
Eden's scowl slowly turned into a smile as she shook her head. She had to admit… she did like how the elevator threw her into his arms. "I do have to say… it had its…ups and downs…" she mumbled, looking at him.
The two laughed at her unintended pun, both secretly wishing for another repeat of this afternoon…
Without breaking the elevator this time.
Slide, wait, jump. Wait, slide, smile. "King me."
Willy sighed as he added a light colored piece upon one of Eden's Draughts playing pieces. "You are too good at this game." He mumbled, reaching for his glass of hot chocolate.
She giggled against his chest, and adjusted herself so her legs were straddling one of his as they lied on the dark couch in Willy's room. "I guess I did leave out the fact that while I was in San Francisco, I won the dorm Checkers tournament." Eden said, moving her piece to capture another one of Willy's pieces.
He shook his head, and looked at the metal board. Eden had taken all but three of his moving pieces, and he had yet to capture any. "I dislike board games…"
"You're just saying that because you're losing." She laughed, loving the way Willy's paisley silk shirt felt beneath her cheek.
An aggravated groan escaped the man, and he turned away from the game in disgust. "Let's do something else." He said, beginning to run his long white fingers through Eden's hair, sending shivers down her spine.
You already are…
Hell yes. This is the best day of our lives!
You've got that right.
Eden sighed contentedly, and played idly with the buttons on his shirt. "I like this." She whispered, catching Willy's attention.
"What?"
"This. Us being together like this… It's nice."
Willy smiled and took another sip of his hot chocolate. "I do too. I'm grateful I came back a week early. Otherwise I'd be swamped with work. Not that that's a bad thing mind you. I love candy making."
"Never a bad thing at all. I like working with you Willy. It's an amazing experience."
This puzzled the candy man for a moment, and he turned her head to face his. "What do you mean by that?"
"Well… It's amazing to watch you work. You're always in tune with what's going on in every part of the factory, and when you're creating a new candy… You get this… never mind." She said, shaking her head as she smiled.
"No, what? I want to know. I've always worked alone, and this is interesting to hear from you." He stated, wiping a stray curl from her face.
She sighed as her grin grew before she replied. "You get this adorable look on your face… It's like a little kid at Christmas, opening their gifts and amazed at what they received. It's… magical."
Willy looked down at her, a genuine smile on his face. What does make it magical? He pondered, his thumb rubbing Eden's back in thought. However, the girl lying in his lap disturbed his thoughts. "Willy?"
"Yes, Starshine?"
Eden smiled, "I thought I lost you for a second there." She said, tucking his hair behind his ears, revealing a small gold hoop on his left ear.
"Oh my god! Willy, you have an earring!" she exclaimed, gently feeling the hoop with her fingers.
"I am amazed it took you this long to figure that out." He smirked.
Eden scowled at him, and moved herself closer to his ear. "I like it." She whispered seductively before flicking her tongue against his earlobe, causing Willy to shudder beneath her.
She smiled at his reaction and moved even closer. "Does the amazing chocolatier like that?"
"A… a little." Willy whispered.
Understatement of the year.
Eden took his earlobe in her mouth, sucking it gently while playing with the gold hoop with her tongue. "Just a little?" she questioned, continuing.
"Okay, a lot." Willy said, completely forgetting about the mug of hot chocolate in his hand.
Before Eden could even continue the torture, he had dropped the cup, making the dark mixture spill all over them. The girl screamed and shot up, completely shocked by the warm substance on her middle, and Willy sat up just as quickly, hot chocolate seeping into his pants. He took Eden's hand and led her to the bathroom, where he handed her a washcloth to try and clean herself up as he did the same. "This is worse than Prince Pondicherry's castle mess!" he exclaimed as he tried to wipe the concoction off his legs.
Eden looked up from her stomach, "I remember him. Grandpa used to tell me your story when I was younger, and I never understood why he didn't listen to you." She said before turning back to cleaning her mess.
"He was a spoiled prince, as most are, and he was completely arrogant. Not the greatest six months of my life."
The brunette dropped her washcloth. "Six months?! You were in India for six months with a har…" Eden coughed, covering up her slip. "Excuse me. With Prince Pondicherry?"
"I was. Is that coming out?" Willy said, knowing full well what Eden was originally going to say.
She looked at the now ruined shirt, and sighed. "I was never good at getting stains out." She huffed.
"Here." He said, entering a door.
When he returned, Eden noticed he had one of his shirts and a pair of black boxer shorts. "Put these on, you'll be more comfortable." He instructed before closing the door behind him to change as well.
Nimbly, the teen changed into the clothes provided by Willy, and took a few moments to simply smell the soft silk shirt, his scent filling her nose. Wow… he smells amazing… Eden quickly left the bathroom, and sat on the couch, waiting for Willy to come out. The flames of the fire crackled, causing her to turn her attention to them. A laugh escaped her when she imagined Willy doing that god-awful Indian dance again. Be the flame Eden! Be the flame!
"And just what is so funny?"
Eden jumped and turned to see the man in question standing beside her, dressed in his black lounge pants and burgundy robe once again. She shook her head, "Nothing. Just… reminiscing."
Willy returned her smile, as his eyes roved over her in his clothes. He absolutely loved it. The way her hair grazed his silk shirt, the way her body fit easily into said shirt, and the way the boxers' shorts left her long, lean legs revealed for his greedy eyes. The grandfather clock in the corner pulled him from his thoughts, and alerted him that it was nearing midnight. "Oh! I'm sorry. I completely lost track of time." He said, helping her up from the couch.
She giggled and held his arm as they walked to her room. "Dinner was lovely, and I liked playing Draughts with you. Even if you are a sore loser." She smirked.
Willy scoffed. "I am not a sore loser." He said, pulling her round to face him.
Before she could speak, his mouth was upon hers, ravaging her. She responded, and smiled.
Eden could definitely get used to saying good night like this from now on.
A/N: I know, it's a little shorter than the last few chapters, but I liked where I ended it, and I wanted to post this as soon as possible! I can practically hear the people screaming: "FINALLY!"
Well, I am here to serve and satisfy! So, I have a quick question to ask you before I go into reviewer responses. My beta and I have been talking for several weeks about the idea of adding a small M chapter to this story. Now, I've never written anything like that before, nor have I experienced it, seeing as I'm probably the only 17-year-old girl in the tri-county area who hasn't been kissed yet. (But that's okay. I want that to be special…) So, I'm just throwing the idea out for ya'll and it would be my first ever Rated-M fic. I have a small bit of it written, and I'm only going off of my beta (she's happily married and has 4 kids. I think she's got that covered) and fics that I have read over the years. It's up to you guys and I just want you to know that if you absolutely do not want it, I won't do it. I have full respect for my readers and I won't post something that you won't like/feel comfortable reading/ or think is just nasty (fact of life, but hey, some people think it is nasty… whatever.).
Wow… I think that is my longest Author's note.
Reviewer Responses:
Yva J: Pure Imagination is one of my favorite songs on the entire planet, and I couldn't resist. I didn't intend for a ploy for reviews, but now that I think about it… it kinda was… I have recently discovered that I am a review whore, and can't get enough of em! I absolutely love checking my e-mail and am simply delighted when I have one! Ya know, I thought about sending Eden to NY, but I think this works just a smidgen better… Serious glomphing. I hoped you enjoyed what I wrote and I hope to please ya in the future!
PickledDuckFeet: Everlasting Gobstoppers are a staple in my diet nowadays. : ) I'm hoping that you liked what I wrote here…
Lady Knight19: You know, you are the only person that caught onto that! Hope you liked it!
the ness-ness: Ya know… I think a visit could be arranged… PM me and we'll work on that. Glad you're lovin it, and I hope you continue to! (BTW, I got your review before I went to bed tonight, and just had to post. I was going to wait until tomorrow morning, but changed my mind. Props girl. Props.)
And finally… CammieJR: Girl, I am running out of things to tell you! I am so happy to have you working with me, and I cannot wait to continue on this sweet journey writing with you.