"Jesus christ..."I muttered as I pulled up outside the shop. The dying light of the sun threw light across the girls, Charlie and Lisa. I got out of the car, making sure to lock it, and walked in through the door.

The door's windows were completely smashed, covering the floor with sparkling shards of glass. The only table and chairs standing were the ones everyone was sitting at. All the rest were knocked over. There were coffee beans covering all of the ground and there were cigarette butts and beer cans littering the floor.

"Frank..."Miranda jumped up as soon as she saw me, fear and guilt covering her face. They were all nursing coffees and all looked very nervous.
"Well don't look so scared guys. It was obviously just some drunk idiots. It's nobody's fault,"I smiled and hugged Miranda.

"No but I left the money in the safe instead of taking it to the bank. There was over two thousand dollars in there,"She groaned.
"Look don't worry! The insurance will cover the damage at least. Not sure about the money but whatever. We can make it back,"I reassured her.

"Only our assets or whatever are insured. They can cover the damage but because its in our contract or something."
"Shit. Well..."I took a look around the place, assessing the damage,"What if we just find a new place? I bigger and better one. So that we can do it up and make it look exactly the way we want?"

"There's a huge place for sale a few blocks away. What sort of price would you be thinking of?"Lisa spoke up.
"Not sure. I need to check whats in the bank,"I went to pull my phone out of my pocket but remembered it was in the car.

"Here use mine,"Vicky muttered as Miranda and I sat down with the rest. Vicky slid her phone across the table. I opened up the internet and loaded up my bank accounts. In my savings account which I basically put any left over profits from the shop into had two hundred thousand. My personal one had two thousand.

"What was the price for this place?"I looked at Lisa. She looked exhausted and nervous still.
"It was negotiable. It's a pretty big place. It used to be a small supermarket with a kids area upstairs. My Mum used to leave me there while she did the shopping."

I was about to say I wanted to see it but everyone's sad nervous faces stopped me,"You guys, why the heck do you look so nervous and sad?"
"We just- we dont want to lose our jobs..."Deandra said quietly, taking a sip of her coffee and looking away.

"Are you kidding me? You guys are my best friends. I would never do that to you. If it wasn't for you guys, I wouldnt even have this place. You don't need to worry. And Lisa, you've only been working here but Miranda and Charlie have been telling me that you're fantastic. None of you are out of a job okay? We're gonna get through this. Now, we need to call someone to get these doors to fixed up before it gets dark again."

-time lapse-

"This place is fucking awesome!"Miranda shouted and grinned as it echoed throughout the building.
"I know right?!"I grinned at her. I pointed to the back wall that was underneath the upstairs section,"I'm gonna put a wall underneath the balcony and make that the kitchen. There's gonna be a hatch to put food through and then surrounding that wall is gonna be the counter which is also gonna be a a bar. I'm gonna buy another coffee machine and have one either end! And then upstairs is the bathroom and the kids section. I'll put a few tables up there so parents can sit with their coffee and watch their kids play. And then the office is gonna be in there obviously,"I pointed to the door to the left.

"Frank this is gonna take a lot to look good,"Miranda was in the center of the room, twirling in a slow circle. There was paint peeling off the walls and the floor was disgusting and the stairs looked close to breaking but whenever I pictured what it would look like, I wanted it.
"I know but if the sellers agree to my seventy five then we can afford it easy as,"I let out a sigh of relief.

"Well what sort of stuff do you have in mind?"She asked as the real estate agent walked back in from her car, hanging his phone up.
I ignored Miranda as he came over to me and slowly smiled,"They said yes!"
"Yes! Oh my god!"I clapped my hands as Miranda ran towards me and spun our hug.

"If you come into the office tomorrow I'll have all the forms ready for you,"The real estate agent said.
"Yup no problem at all!"I grinned at him. I felt bad for not remembering his name but at that moment I could not give a fuck.

"We have to leave dont we?"
"You can have the keys tomorrow once all the papers are signed,"He smiled.
"Okay well thank you so much,"I gushed as we all started walking out.
"Frank we should go and tell the others,"Miranda linked her arm with mine.
"Fuck yeah!"I punched the air jubilantly.