(door opens)
Fadi: Hello Tony! How are you?
Tony: Alright, I suppose.
Fadi: Good to hear you sounding so happy! Hey, where is everyone?
Tony: Everyone who?
Fadi: You know, the regulars—Olivia, Sarah, Harry, Magda...
Tony: Dont know. Theyll probably come in sooner or later. Theyre always here.
Fadi: Hello!
Bindyu: Oh. Er, hello.
Fadi: I havent seen you in here before.
Bindyu: No. I havent been in here before.
Fadi: Thats probably why then!(laughs)
Bindyu: Er, I dont understand.
Fadi: Er, OK, well, never mind then. Listen, can I get you a drink? Would you like a coffee or something?
Bindyu: Erm, well, thats very kind of you, but no thanks.
Fadi: Go on! Have something! 1)My treat! You cant sit here not eating or drinking anything.
Bindyu: Actually, Im waiting for my boyfriend.
Fadi: Oh. Late, is he?
Bindyu: Well, only a little bit.
Fadi: You can talk to me if he doesnt show up!(door opens)
Harry: Hello there!
Fadi/Bindyu: Hi!
Harry: I see you two have already met each other...
Bindyu: Oh no, not really.
Fadi: No, I was just being polite, yknow.
Harry: Sure! Fadi, let me introduce Bindyu.
Fadi: Nice to meet you.
Bindyu: Nice to meet you.
Harry: Bindyus my girlfriend.
Fadi: Oh, er. Great! How long have you been together?
Bindyu: Oh, not long, only a couple of weeks.
Fadi: You didnt tell me you had a new girlfriend, Harry!
Harry: Well, I havent seen you for a few weeks.
Fadi: No, of course. I was visiting my family. So, whats happening here?
Harry: The big news is that theyre trying to close the café! Fadi: No!
Harry: Yes, and Olivias shop too.
Fadi: Thats terrible! Why?
Harry: A big building company are building new flats behind here. They want to knock down the café and Olivias shop to make more space.
Fadi: Oh no. What can we do to stop them?
Harry: Well, weve got a few ideas. Theres a guy who comes in here sometimes called Carlos, he works for the builders. He might help us. And Sarah and Olivia said they had some ideas.
Fadi: We should start a 2)campaign!
Bindyu: Good idea! Im a 3)journalist. I could write something in the local newspaper.
Harry: Erm, I thought you wrote for interior design magazines.
Bindyu: Well, yes, I do, thats true. But I know somebody who works for the local newspaper. And I want to do more serious journalism.
Fadi: Sounds like a great idea! Good luck! Hey, I think we should put a 4)banner in the window of the café.
Harry: A banner?
Fadi: Yeah, you know, a big sign that says “Save Our Café!” or something like that.(door opens)
Olivia: Hello all!
Fadi: Hey! Good to see you again!
Olivia: Yeah, you too! Hows it going?
Fadi: Great—Im going to put a banner in the café window—“Save Our Café!”
Olivia: Good idea. Can you save my shop too?
Fadi: Lets hope so! Bindyus going to write an article in the local newspaper.
Olivia: Bindyu?
Bindyu: Hello! Im Bindyu. Im Harrys girlfriend. Im a journalist.
Olivia: OK, great, nice to meet you!(door opens)
Carlos: Hi!
Olivia: Heres Carlos! Hes going to help us too! Carlos: Well, I dont know, Id like to help, but Im not sure what I can do.
Harry: You make food for the builders, dont you?
Carlos: Yes, I do.
Olivia: You could put poison in it!
Carlos: Erm, well, no, I really dont think...
Olivia: Haha. Only joking!
Carlos: I was looking for Sarah—is she here?
Olivia: No, I think shes coming in with Magda later. Why?
Carlos: Oh, no reason. I just wanted to see her. Olivia: I see. Oh look, here they are now!
(door opens)
Magda/Sarah: Hello everyone!
All: Hi!
Sarah: Hi Carlos! Good to see you again!
Carlos: Hi!
Sarah: Listen everybody, Magdas got some good news!
Magda: Yes. I got my masters degree with a 5)distinction!
All: Wow! Well done! Congratulations!
Harry: So you get a well-paid, full-time job with the architects!
Magda: Yes I do!
Sarah: Which means we can afford to stay in our expensive flat.
Magda: Theres only one problem, though.
Olivia: Oh? Whats that?
Magda: Im not really sure how to tell you this. Olivia: Go on!
Magda: Well, the architects I work for.
Harry: Yeah? Go on!
Magda: They have a big new project.
Fadi: Sounds interesting.
Magda: And they want me to work on it.
Harry: Even better.
Magda: Well, not really—you see, the project they want me to work on.
Olivia: Yes?
Magda: Its the new luxury flats...the building here...the people who want to close the caféand your shop!
All: Ah, oh, no.