（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?。╨aughs）

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?。╠oor 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?。╠oor 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.