*Snores*

*Sighs*

*Snores*

*Sighs*

For the last few hours, Nick and Carla have been in a cycle of snoring and sighing. Carla had forgotten how much Nick snores while he was asleep and now she can barely get any sleep herself. Although she is quite relieved that the sleeping tablets are working so that her husband can finally get a good night sleep.

*Snores*

"Nick, shut up", Carla groans as she has lost her patience.

*Snores*

"Nick. Shut. Up"

*Snores*

*Sighs*

Carla gets out of the bed and goes to sleep in the guest room.

"Good morning", Nick smiles to Carla as he makes the pancakes in his dressing grown.

"Morning", Carla groans while rubbing her eyes as she stumbles into the kitchen. "I bet you had a good night sleep"

"Oh yeah, it was great! Those tablets are the best! I was dead to the world me. I had this dream of me and you on a beach, just me and you, and it was so relaxing. Then the alarm went off and I felt so energised you know like I could just go outside for a run, but then I thought that I can use that energy to make pancakes for breakfast. Hey, look at me making breakfast, even though I didn't do anything wrong last night"

Carla just stands in the kitchen with her arms folded, looking a bit annoyed.

"Um... did I do something wrong? What did I do wrong?", Nick stutters.

"You just kept snoring over and over again. I couldn't get any sleep last night!", Carla moans.

"Oh"

"Didn't you noticed that I wasn't in the same bed as you when you woke up?"

"I... I thought you were in the bathroom"

"You thought I was in the bathroom"

Nick looks down at the floor, looking very apologetic: "I'm sorry Carla, I'm very sorry"

Carla sighs: "Don't worry about it, at least you finally got some sleep and this time you woke up, instead of sleeping in all day"

Nick looks up and smiles at Carla again. He does feel bad that Carla had to sleep in the guest room, but he can't help feeling happy about his restful night.

It's a very busy day at the bistro- the whole place is full, there's not an empty chair in sight. Nick has been serving a table of 10 elderly women while Carla is behind the bar serving drinks.

"Where are you from?", one of the women flirty asks.

"Manchester, born and breed", Nick giggles.

"Oooh, a Manchester man, so... would you date an older woman?"

"Uh yeah, older women are my type"

"OOOOH, so would you mind dating me?"

"No thank you, I already married an older woman", Nick says while pointing to his wedding ring, Carla watches him from the bar, feeling a little bit embarrassed.

"Ah, who is this lucky lady then?", the woman asks.

Nick turns his head towards Carla and the women on the table take the hint. Carla gives a little wave while feeling even more embarrassed.

The woman almost chokes on her drink: "She's older than YOU?"

"Yeah?", Nick replies bemusedly.

"You look older than her!", another woman says.

"No, I don't"

"Yeah, you do. She looks like she is in her 30s whereas you look like you're in your 40s"

"No! It's the other way round!"

Carla couldn't help but laugh out loud. Feeling completely embarrassed, Nick leaves the women to let them enjoy their meal and goes up to Carla.

"Well, that backfired", Nick tells Carla.

"Well, that's what you get for trying to embarrass me", Carla laughs.

"I wasn't trying to embarrass you. I just didn't want them to get the wrong end of the stick"

"Good, because I just want you to myself. My 40-year-old looking husband"

Nick sighs as Carla goes to wrap her arms around his waist and kiss the dimple on his chin, Nick then responds by kissing her forehead.

"AWWWWWWWWW", all the women say from their table.