Knocking. Gently at first, and then fierce.

"Yes?" a muffled voice replied.

"We need to talk," a harsher one responds.

Lauren opened the door and entered Willy's office, sitting herself down across from the empty desk.

"Where are you?"

A gloved hand rose up behind the desk and waved slightly. This made Lauren go around to the other side of the desk and sit in Willy's chair, so she could see the crouching man.

"We need to talk."

Willy looked up to her with big, round eyes full of guilt and fear.

"Why was Victoria looking for you?"

"I... don't know, actually," Willy said with a slight frown, knowing it was too soon for her to have DNA results.

"She was in my room. Nude."

Willy shot his head up and cried out as it instantly made contact with the desk.

"Surprising, no?"

Willy was quiet.

"What's going on between you two?"

Willy's eyes filled with tears he refused to release.

"We were engaged," he mumbled.

"She's the one that left you? So what's she doing back?"

"She says... she says Stacy's my daughter."

Lauren jumped up from the seat. This wasn't what she was expecting.

"And... and w-why was she nude?"

"I-" Willy choked up some, struggling not to release the tears, "I slept with her."

Lauren's voice also strained as she quietly asked, "When?"

"T-t-t" he couldn't say it, but she knew.

"It's over. We are coworkers. Mentor and intern. No more," Lauren said coldly, turning on her heel to leave. She didn't want him to see the silent tears she was releasing.

Willy, too, was crying at this point. Tears were falling shamelessly as he buried his head in his arms.

The following morning Lauren went to work with bloodshot eyes. A concerned Charlie asked what was wrong, but Lauren said she wished not to speak of it. And so the two worked without word from Willy. They eventually went to lunch and then returned, still without hearing from the factory owner.

Around 6, just as the 2 were getting ready to head to dinner, an announcement came on.

"Would all staff, with the exception of the Oompa Loompas, make their way to the office of Willy Wonka at this time."

That would only be Charlie and Lauren. They made their way down, unsure as to what was going on. Upon entering the office, they found it empty. They glanced around trying to figure out what precisely was going on.

"Willy?" Charlie called out.

"Let's just go to dinner," Lauren prodded, not really wanting to be in this room again so soon.

Right when they were about to do just that, they heard a voice call out, "Wait!"

An exhausted looking Willy was seen then standing behind his desk with two small black bags. He handed one to each of them. They revealed the contents of their bags to be candies. More specifically, Lauren's designs. There was the Tessa Bell- a bell shaped chocolate with a smile and bright green eyes and marshmallow filling, the Cat Attack- a kitten shaped cookie with a wicked grin and chocolate filling, and the Bianca Bounce- a ball shaped gummy with a serene visage and a juicy filling.

"They ship out to stores tomorrow," Willy then said.

Lauren and Charlie's heads shot up then. One day of development? It was unheard of.

"I've been working all day and most of last night on this to get it ready so soon."

Charlie glanced between Lauren and Willy then and noticed the uneasiness each seemed to have.

"Are you two... doing all right?"

"Are we?" Willy asked quietly.

Lauren threw the candies to the floor and stormed out of the room. She wasn't having this. You don't forgive a cheater. That was her philosophy. There were too many honest men in the world to deal with that.

Lauren went straight to her room, no longer hungry for dinner. She didn't even know if she could maintain her willpower to stay.

A/N: Ok, so this is where I need some reader input. I have multiple ideas about where I could take this, but I don't know what I should do. Let me know your opinions about the situation.