A month passed since that night. One day, Willy and Holly were taking a stroll through the Chocolate Room, which was like a beautiful sugarcoated landscape where everything was eatable… even the walkway and grass. They were sitting on the chocolate river's edge next to the waterfall when suddenly, a thought popped into Holly's head; she looked at her husband.
"Willy?" She began. "Which are you hoping for?"
Willy turned his head to look at Holly; he had a rather confused look on his face.
"What do you mean?" He asked.
"What are you expecting the baby to be? A boy or a girl?"
Willy looked over at her, pausing for a moment. In thinking about it, he couldn't believe that they hadn't discussed this yet. They sat down on a patch of candy grass near the colossal chocolate waterfall and looked at each other.
"Oh, well… I guess I'll be happy either way." He replied. "It really doesn't matter to me. What about you?"
"Yeah, I guess it doesn't matter to me either…"
Suddenly, there was a bit of a pause. After a minute or two of silence, Holly looked at her husband and asked,
"Honey, are you alright?"
"Yeah, why?" Willy replied.
"Uh… because a few seconds ago, you just started shoving little blades of candy grass into your mouth."
"Did I?"
Holly pointed her finger at a tiny patch of grass in front of Willy; he looked and he immediately blushed when he saw that quite a bit of neon green grass was gone. Holly laughed as she reached out and took a few bits of grass away from her husband's lips; Willy smiled as she did so.
"Sorry." He said. "I was just thinking about something."
"About what?" Holly asked, cocking an eyebrow at him.
"Well, what if we had a son and he… turned out like me?"
"What are you talking about?"
"I just thought… what if our baby turns out to be just as weird as I am? What if…?"
"Willy, please don't talk like that. I'd welcome a son who was just like you."
"Really?"
"Of course. There's nothing wrong with you; your quirks and silliness are what make you special. I love you just the way you are."
Willy smiled and let out a soft chuckle before Holly thought of something else.
"For that matter…" She added after a moment. "What if we had a daughter that was like me?"
Willy cocked his head the side, a bit surprised.
"In my eyes, that would be great." He said. "I think the world needs more people like you. Another Holly would be a real asset."
Holly laughed quietly as Willy wrapped his arm around her; she reached out and gave him a pat on the back.
"And so would another Willy." She declared, ending the conversation and leaving Willy with a very warm feeling. She suddenly thought of something else. "Hey, speaking of which, do you have any ideas on what to name the baby?"
"Name it?" Willy asked. "Well, I don't know. I haven't really thought about that until now."
Holly's eyes suddenly lit up as she had an epiphany.
"Hey, I know what we can do. What do you say we pick out two names, one if it's a boy and one if it's a girl? What do you think?"
"Good idea."
Willy smiled and put a gloved hand on Holly's belly, and felt the now-familiar (but no less remarkable) movements; she scooted closer to him.
"How about Wallace or Wesley?" He suggested; Holly shook her head.
"Nah, sorry. I never really liked the sound of either one of those." She said, putting her hand on his.
"That's okay… You know, I don't think I like those names either… That's what I get for trying to think of names that start with 'W'."
Holly giggled before she thought of something.
"Maybe Zachary or Jeremy?" She asked.
Willy grimaced and shook his head.
"No. Sorry dear, but there are WAY too many Zach's in the world. Plus, I never liked the name 'Jeremy' anyway. It sounds too… eugh." He replied.
"Yeah, good point. Can you come up with anything else… maybe something that doesn't start with 'W'?"
"Haha, very funny. Let me think… How about Cody? David? No, those sound awful. Maybe… Ian?"
"Not bad… Oh! How about Louie? I've always liked that name."
"Louie, huh? Louie Wonka… I rather like the sound of that! And what about girls' names?"
"Okay, let me see… maybe Autumn or Summer?"
"Sorry, but no. I'd rather have a kid who's not named after one of the four seasons… same goes for the days of the week."
"Okay, okay; fair enough. Do you have any ideas, Mr. Expert?"
"Perhaps I have a few…"
"Really? Well, tell me."
"How about Dawn?"
"I dunno."
"Lindsey?"
"No, too common."
"Peyton?"
"Hot listing… but no."
"Rebecca?"
"Not bad."
"Melody?"
"Maybe…"
Willy chuckled before he suddenly thought of the perfect name.
"I've got it! How about Charlotte? I've always thought it was a pretty name. Plus, it sounds a lot like chocolate, doesn't it?"
"Hmmm, Charlotte Wonka… Has a nice ring to it."
"Then that's it; Louie for a boy and Charlotte for a girl."
The decisions were sealed with a shared smile and a quick, gentle kiss; Willy rubbed his wife's belly as Holly scooted even closer to her husband.
