A/N Thank you all so much for your great reviews! I was so shocked and surprised that so many people enjoyed what I had written so far! Thanks to each and everyone one of you and here is the next chapter for you!More of my babbling follows after...enjoy!
Chapter 2
Shock of a Lifetime
Aspen left the house a bit distracted. She wasn't thinking of anything in particular, just life in general. How had she grown into the person she was today with the stupid things she believed in as a child? In all honesty, now that she had come to terms with the fact that Wonka was merely a character and not real, her life seemed a little… emptier. It was like a piece of her was missing and that bothered her.
Aspen took her usually route near her house for her jog. She ran down the sidewalk passing houses, trees and sprinklers. The mist from the sprinklers hit her slightly tanned skin and left her with a cool and refreshed feeling.
When she finally reached the path that was surround by forestry, Aspen slowed her jog down to a slow walk. She always loved this part of her jog and took her time going through it. She touched the leaves that hung low over her head and let her senses take over. It was just as she was about less than halfway through the small forest path that she saw something in the corner of her eye. At first it was just a red bump protruding from behind a tree. But then it back out and she saw that it was a person, a man from what she could see. In fact it was a very strangely clad man. He walked into her full sight and stopped dead in his tracks no more than a foot in front of her when he laid his eyes upon her, this was when Aspen saw who it was. Dressed in a wine red, velvet dress coat, black slacks, black pointed boots and a large top hat was…. Willy Wonka.
Both stared at each other in shock and surprise for a few moments before Willy actually spoke,
"Good morning starshine, the Earth says hello!" He then giggled nervously and waited for any type of response from Aspen, who was ready to pass out in excitement and confusion.
"I…uhhh…. good morning?" She said it just barely loud enough so that he could hear her, "Is this real or have I died and gone to heaven?" she spoke earning a strange stare from the chocolatier.
Aspen closed her yes and slowly opened them again to see Mr.Wonka looking at her expectantly, and in a moment of fright and confusion Aspen turned and ran in the opposite direction thinking she was going insane.
Wonka watched the young woman run away and shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly. He was not very social in the first place so it didn't matter too much to him that she did not stay. She was rude to interrupt him while he was looking at plants for new candy flavouring anyways.
'She was really weird!' he thought as he swung his candy cane about and then giggled at nothing in particular.
Looking at his wrist (where no watch could be seen), he saw that it was getting late and so Wonka grabbed some of the plants he found to be useful and entered the glass elevator that had been hidden behind a few trees.
The elevator rose and disappeared into the sky above, remaining invisible to the people below. Unbeknownst to Willy Wonka and Aspen, this would not be the last time they would meet. Their paths were destined to cross again.
Aspen ran into her house completely out of breath and with a look as if she had seen a ghost, and that is precisely how Mellie saw her when she came downstairs for something to drink.
"Aspen? Hunnie? What's the matter, are you okay?" Mellie took her friends face in her hands and shook it about snapping Aspen out of the dream-like trance she was in. "Mellie you'll never believe it! Mellie I saw him! On my jog I saw him! And he said Good morning starshine and--"
"Whoa, calm down there captain freak out. Who did you see?" Aspen took a deep breath and took Mellie's hands off her face and spoke calmly, "Willy Wonka!"
They were now at the spot Aspen and Wonka came face to face with each other. It took everything for Aspen to get Mellie here after Mellie called her nuts and refused to believe that she saw the chocolatier.
But unfortunately for Aspen her only proof had already left and there was no sign that Wonka was or ever had been there. "Look Aspen, I love you girl but I think you need to get help. You don't know fake form reality anymore. I'm going back to your house to get my things and then I'm going home and then to work. I'll talk to you later ok?" and with that Mellie walked away shaking her head leaving her friend heartbroken and embarrassed. Aspen made way back home and stopped when she noticed something shiny in the grass beside her and gently bent down to retrieve it. Aspen gasped at the object in her grasp, it was a golden 'W', and not any 'W', but the infamous Wonka designed 'W'.
"Oh my God I wasn't hallucinating!"
When Aspen got home she showered again, changed and sat in her room. How weird it all was, all these years she thought him to be imaginary and now to find he wasn't…her heart constricted in her chest and she felt tears well up in her eyes. She fingered the golden letter in her hand and chuckled as the Wonka Welcome Song came to mind.
"Willy Wonka, Willy Wonka! The amazing Chocolatier…."
Aspen giggled at the stupidity of the song and shook her head and it was then she began to feel dizzy. Thinking she was merely hungry, Aspen made her way to the kitchen in search of food. But what she saw as she climbed down the stairs was not the kitchen she expected to see. In fact, what she saw was definitely not her kitchen at all….
A/N:Ahhh… my wondrous reviewers and readers! I am completely floored that all of you love my story so much already! 14 reviews for only 1 chapter! I shake you all warmly by the hand and hug you! LOL
I apologize of course, that it isn't a long chapter. I do have a good reason for it's shortness and why it took so long to post. (Although 2 days is not that long and I find it hard to take any less of time than that)
You see a friend of mine from back home where I moved from 3 years ago came to visit me for the day and since I had not seen her in 2 years I was obliged to spend as much time as I could with her LOL So I spent all day with her and after she left I was so tired I went to bed. Now I will say this my friends, it will take about two days for an update since I am slow and it takes me a while to give birth to anything decent enough to post! So please be patient and REVIEW as much as you like! It really makes me type even faster! Now for the responses…so many uhhhh! j/k lol
jhawkinsfan15: forever is a long time dear lol I do believe it was 2 days but thanks for your love for my story so much to be impatient and review.(it made me type faster)
Vicangel: May I have my Wonka bar now? I am craving chocolate….
Freddylover5:I hope you didn't die from the suspense…here is the next chapter please read responsibly. LoL
Aviarianna O Lorien: Thanx for your review and the tip. I will try to keep an eye open and will look into a beta for extra help.
Oracle Phoenix: I do hope I don't disappoint you. I am trying hard to figure out where exactly I'm going with this. If you have any ideas feel free to share them with me!
TheAngryPrincess13: You haven't! -Shoves you into the direction of a movie theatre- Go you silly twit! The Site has nothing on the amazing movie!
NinjaoftheDarkness: Give me my bunny now or ye will have no updates!-snicker-
Megg: Ha! We have the same name, different spelling. Hope you enjoyed the chapter.
Kchan: Update request fulfilled. Thx for the compliment ;o)
Italia12: I am a crazed Wonka fan and it's real for me already lol I will do my best to make it real for you too!
Ocean Queen Kai : Yeah? Well face my Cute Wonka Eyes of Doom Pushes Willy Wonka in front of her and makes him do sad puppy eyes Ha!
Miss Wonka: Thanx for the hug! Now you update your story soon too you banana or I'll be forced to do the Sad Wonka eyes to you too!
xxbutterflypunkbellexx: Thx, email me and we'll chat further about it! Thx for offering!
tarbarme: It will go for as long as I get reviews and readers
I'm out now fair thee well all and REVIEW LIKE MAD FOR A QUICK UPDATE!