•Familia•

Chapter 52: Opening New Doors

Roni POV
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The numbers echo in our head as the crowd outside floods in. We greet our first costumer that cried when she saw us. We gave her a big hug and made sure to take as many pictures as she wanted. We even got her number. We're thinking about giving her a special prize for being the first here. Her parents are over joyed to see her happy.

We love seeing everyone's smiling faces when they all walk in. To see the amount of joy that us and our clothes bring them is unreal. We never thought this would happen and it brought us to tears. We're overwhelmed by the amount of love and support that we're getting today. We make sure that we take pictures and get whatever they want because there's no way we could pay them back for their amazingness.

"Don't forget that everything is 30% off for our opening sale today!" Nessa calls out. I nudge her.

"What, I'm just trying to let them know that their getting a good deal"she says

"No" I roll my eyes. "Our families are here!" We both run up and give them all a big hug.

"We doesn't know you guys were coming to this part!" We say

"You know we couldn't miss it for the world" Dad says.

"We had to show off our new outfits" mom jokes. She gestures at the outfit she wore to the photoshoot. We laugh at her joke. They know we're very busy so they slide out of our way as we move on throughout the day. They're also wrapped up and taking photos and talking to fans. They love our family as much as we do. That's amazing.

We're just high on nerves throughout the day. It's an unreal experience to finally have this dream. The stress load is gone and now it's just amazing.

We were busy all day. The store was jam pack, even thirty minutes after closing. We still weren't tired and will never be tired of the people that support us. The fact that we had that big of a turn out and that we would ever be here.

It's dark outside by closing time. All of our family and our employees left. We can consider them family now because they're apart of our journey now.

When the store is completely empty, Nessa and I just sit in the middle of the floor. We use the remote to close the automatic blinds. No one can see us from the outside. We just sit in the floor. Unbothered. We take in everything and just bask in its glory. We hug each other and cry and laugh and just joke about how we got here. Our journey is laughable, cherish able, memorable, and just over all amazing. I wouldn't trade anything to be here. After just sitting there for awhile, I get up and fold up an unfolded shirt I see laying around.

"Are you going to get up?" I ask Nessa

"I can't" she complains "I'm stuck here" I stick out my hands and pull her up. We pick up and clean up anything that's on the floor. We don't want the workers to have so much work tomorrow especially because we won't be here. We'll be spending time with our families after such a big day. We're so glad that they came and they supported us. It meant so much to us to have the Burriss's come to. They totally didn't have to, but they went out their way to do it. We really appreciate it.

We finish the cleaning and we go and set the security system and lock the door. It's our first time ever locking that door. Today was full of first. The first time opening the doors to the public, our first face to face customers, our first sell out of an item, our real day in the business, and finally our first time closing the doors, locking them, and turning on this alarm. It's so surreal and crazy. That was something that we thought about as we sat there and contemplated.

We send out a big, long paragraph to our employees. We thank them a congratulate them. They are just as big of a part in the journey as anyone else. They helped us a whole lot. We tell them what to expect tomorrow. We also tell them that we'll drop by after the store closes and have a quick meeting on how everything's going.

We finally make it back home after a long day. It was super enjoyable day though, so I can't complain. We immediately shower and change out of clothes and into some really comfortable pajamas. We thank our family.

"Thank you guys so much for supporting us through this journey. We can't say that enough. We're so glad you guys got to see our dream play out. You guys were a big part of our journey and this is as much of your journey as ours. We love you so much and we can't tell you how much we appreciate it." I say

"Thank your for all your effort, time, and affection. We love you guys so so much and it's nothing we can say that can show the appreciation that we have for you guys. You're our everything and congratulations on your new store." Nessa says. We all go in for a big group hug. It's a little bit of crying and everyone's is congratulating us and telling us how proud of us that they are. I gives much such a good feeling inside. It almost feels better than opening that store. It's so amazing to finally be here and to have the people that we care about the most and care about us the most see us succeed. Our hard work and theirs pay off. I'm so glad that we're here and I could just stay in this awesome, heartwarming, epic, and movie worthy moment for ever.

Ik u guys get tired of hearing this but I really needed a break. I'll try super duper hard to get back on schedule. I feel so bad about this bc Ik how it feels to be in the middle of the book and it's discontinued or it's a break.