The midnight coffee house was busier than normal as a few of the residents of Shark House were active along with their friends, among the residents, Popuri was with Dawn, Dave was with his friend Luke while the regular occurrences of Nessa with her bridge club along with Barry and Quint kept things running like clockwork as Giro joined Luke trying to make a distraught Dave feel better.
"She was literally your passenger and you blew it" Dave could only bury his head in his arms as Luke points out his missed opportunity.
"To make things worse, I still haven't met my neighbour Lisa" Luke was about to point out something but Giro stopped him while shaking his head.
"Cheer up, there's more than just Lisa" Giro pointed out.
"Yeah Giro is right, Hellcat is hiding those huge assets, Nessa over there seems like your type and Popuri....... she's an option, that friend of hers looks hot as well" Luke charismatic in showing Dave some options.
Dave looked over at Dawn only for Dawn to scare him off with her intimidating yellow eyes.
"I swear Dave you always play in hard mode" Luke shrugs.
The sports programme Quint and Barry were watching was interrupted by a report from the streamer Razzmatazz.
"Hello Bayside, I am the hype that keeps this city going, the Razzmatazz" the interruption started to anger Dawn the most let alone Quint and Barry wanting their sport back on.
"Now then you know that Bayside is the city of competition and everything from gaming to driving is always competitive, well I'm putting a bounty of my whole fortune on the line for someone to win the greatest tournament Bayside has ever seen! Over a thousand players will compete in a tournament with one left standing to claim my fortune, I of course will enter as I wish to keep my fortune but I only have one condition, Popuri Meadows will enter otherwise I'll call the whole thing off, you have until 1st February to register, don't keep me waiting" Razzmatazz ends the broadcast.
The attention of all the customers focussed on Popuri as she tries to piece together what just happened.
"I don't care how much he's worth, it ain't getting me anywhere" Nessa indignant to Razzmatazz's offer as she continues her bridge game.
"There we go Dave, an answer to your problem, of course I'll enter as well" Luke pretty confident of his chances.
"Are you after Lisa as well?" Dave enquired.
"No offence, but someone who can casually buy a Ferrari has way too many red flags" Luke finishes off his energy drink.
Dawn meanwhile was begging Popuri not to take Razzmatazz's offer.
"Poppy don't do this, don't give that prick any satisfaction"
Popuri gently pushed Dawn's arm aside.
"I refuse to be the cause of any problem, I'll enter this tournament" Popuri being brave with her decision.
"Give the girl credit, she knows she wants out of Shark House" Luke called out.
Dawn stared down Luke.
"You think this is a joke? You honestly think Razzmatazz will just cough up the money? All he wants is to beat Popuri just to feed his twisted ego!" Dawn's eyes glowing yellow as she leaves a dent in the table after slamming her fist.
"Whoa now, someone has boyfriend issues, probably not wise to cause property damage in front of the cafe owner and a police officer, if you really hate this prick so much then beat him yourself, then Poppy doesn't have to indulge his inflated ego" Dawn knew Luke was right and calmed down, Dave was several tables away terrified of Dawn.
"Alright that's enough, Dawn your paying for the table damage" Giro cleared the rest of the tension as everyone went back to their drinks.
Popuri was upset knowing that she caused this to happen.