The Next Day~
12-year old Henry Bucket, the son of the famous chocolatier, Charlie Bucket and Violet Beauregarde, arrived in class along with his sister, Vanessa. His two female friends, Mabel and Carrie, were already seated when they got there.
His other friends, Emma, the daughter of the famous and rich, Veruca Salt and Mike Teavee, and, Jedayi, the adoptive son of Augustus Gloop- Gloop was the well known friend who owned a high class butchershop, are in a different school. They are good friends who care about each other like family.
Everyday, when school ends, the older friends go pick up the younger ones as they walk home.
Henry and his sister have been friends with the children of the five original golden ticket winners for their entire lives. It was Henry's Dad who went to Wonka's factory all those years ago. Charlie Bucket was well known for winning the factory so many years before he fell in love with their mother. The rest is a story of love and how families grow.
As for Emma's parents, they fell in love too. The gossip writers called their story,"The Gamer And The Princess". This was another example of how the golden tickets grew past their experience in Wonka's factory.
Jedayi's Dad, Augustus, stayed single. He hadn't met anyone and anyone hadn't met him. At a certain point, he decided to adopt a little boy.
This factory group were friends ever since their experience. These parents knew each other, supported each other, care about each other, but, its not about them anymore...it's about the kids...
Anyway, Henry, Vanessa , Mabel and Carrie continued to chat away. It was noticeable the teacher hadn't arrived yet,
"Dude, did you hear about an abandoned house? It is across the street near the end of Main Street in town?",asked one kid,a boy , who sat directly in front of Vanessa.
"An abandoned house!?! No way! Is it truly abandoned!?",exclaimed another kid shocked.
Henry listened to the conversation. He had no idea what the boys were talking about. All he knew was when you get to Middle School, boys usually talk about video games,action movies and most importantly, girls. Henry usually was not into that type of stuff. Well, sometimes, he played Minecraft with his Uncle Mike Teavee. He, also,had a strange feeling that Mike's daughter, Emma liked him, maybe. He definitely was not into action movies!
"I wonder what these guys are talking about?",commented Henry, turning to Venessa.
"Well, I don't know either about a house. I'm not going to find out because I don't care!." ,said Vanessa determined.
Henry rolled his eyes. He knows that his younger sister is TOO mature for her age. She isn't the type to be "butting" into things, such as ,middle school rumors. She would rather just sit and read. Usually she spends her free time probably trying to ignore Henry and his problems.Henry had no choice but to lean in to where the two boys were talking,
"Excuse did you say, abandoned house?"asked Henry with a grin on his face.
The two boys looked at him awkwardly like he farted or something,
"Um ,yeah ,why did you need to know?", asked one boy.
"Cause.. if there's an abandoned house, there's one person who needs to check it out.. me!",shouted Henry determinedly.
He pointed to himself. Everyone looked at him awkwardly,
"Um,you okay Henry, Dude?",asked Mabel using his nickname.
Mabel, his good friend, usually called him,Henry Dude. Henry thinks the name is cool enough,
"I'm pretty okay Mabel. Its just we have a house here, in town, that needs to be checked out!" said Henry.
"Henry, is it the house that you heard the kids talked about?",asked Vanessa.
"That's right Vanessa, and we're going there!",said Henry with excitement.
"Um do you think that's a good idea, Henry? "We will get in a lot of trouble if we do that I mean our parents are going to question where we have been.",explained Carrie.
She spoke in a reasonable tone that made Henry stop. Carrie had a point. If they are late getting home, then, their parents are going to ask where they were. Sooo..he thought of a plan!
"Alright, I'm going on my own tell Mom and Dad I have detention." ,said Henry to Vanessa.
"Detention lasts for 30 minutes Henry , Mom And Dad are exactly going to know that you're missing.",said Vanessa.
"Oh would you tell them for me...please?",pledged Henry, giving his sister the puppy dog eyes.
"Nope, cause I'm going to get in trouble for lying. You are going to get grounded for not coming home in time.",said Vanessa.
Henry sighed. He knew how his mother and father were when it came to bad deeds. He was aware that he and his sister and their other friends didn't do anything wrong, they were genuinely good kids.
He had heard the stories on how his mom, ,Auntie Veruca, Uncle Mike and Uncle Augustus weren't very nice people as children. His Dad told him not to ask his Mom because she gets too embarrassed to talk about it.
This was too much, though. He felt that he didn't have a choice. The abandoned house was too interesting to him.
Uh oh, the bell rung! That meant class had started. It also meant everybody had to turn their attention to the teacher. So, they did, as the teacher walked in.