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The dinner had gone pretty much just as bad as the first one, maybe even worse. Nadia could try to convince Ed that she didn't want him all she wanted. The only problem was that she couldn't even convince herself of it, let alone Ed.

And worst of all, she hadn't even let Ed try on her dazzling dress. Actually, with all the commotion caused, he had forgotten to ask her in the first place. Although he knew that if he would've held the opportunity he probably would've been too embarrassed to go forward with asking.

So as Ed tapped away on his typewriter, he still imagined himself wearing the plunging blue dream that was Nadia's dress.

The hours fluttered passed him like they do while sitting in your car during a severe case of rush-hour traffic and before he knew it, it was already around midnight.

Ed moved his hands away from the surface of the typewriters keys and made a face at seeing that his fingers were starting to take on an ugly curled form from having them in that position over the typewriter for so long. He frowned and stretched his fingers out, hoping that they were not deformed like that permanently.

He suddenly felt a yawn coming over him and decided that he was ahead enough with his writing to go to sleep. He stood up, yawning again, and made his way to the bedroom.

He entered quietly, as to not wake Kathy, but she heard him anyway, awoke and turned to face him. "Ed?" She said with sleep in her tone.

"Hi, princess."

Kathy glanced at the clock, noting that it was around midnight. "Ed, you worked for about fourteen hours straight! You must be sacked!"

Ed walked around to the other side of the bed, taking less interest in being quiet because Kathy was awake now. "More like sixteen..." He said to himself.

"What?"

"Nothing." He climbed into bed.

"So is this thing almost done yet?"

"Yeah. You know... I think I might be able to finish it tomorrow!"

"Oh, Ed! That's wonderful!"

"It sure is." He leaned in and kissed Kathy on the forehead then returned his head to the pillow.

Kathy smiled and leaned over him this time. She put her face next to his so that they were cheek to cheek and she softly stroked his uncovered cheek with her hand. "I'll be happy when this is all over with," She said softly.

Ed simply lay there and did not reply.

Kathy raised up on her hands and hovered over Ed. "Ed?"

But he clearly had fallen asleep.

Kathy was disappointed, but happy that Ed was finally getting some rest for once. She returned to her own pillow and closed her eyes.

Just as she was about to fall down into a wave of sleep, she was disturbed by a horrible noise coming from nearby. It was a terrible, monstrous sound that had life to it. And it was so close! What was it!

She turned her head, groggily, and looked at Ed. Perhaps he had been awaken by the noise as well...

But Ed's eyes were still closed and he looked peaceful as ever.

She looked at him closer. No wonder he was so peaceful! The noise was Ed snoring!

Kathy's eyes went wide with annoyance. She had a lot of cleaning to do the next day and needed to be well rested. She certainly would not be able to get that well rest if this continued all throughout the night.

She outstretched a hand, wanting to wake him to ask him if maybe he could tone it down a bit. He had never snored before and she didn't see why he had to start now. But as she was about to tap Ed on the shoulder, she brought her hand back and sighed. He simply looked too peaceful to be bothered. And he had been working so hard the past few weeks...

Kathy decided that she'd just have to deal with it. She shut her eyes tightly and focused on falling asleep with the sound of a construction site practically in her ear. But it was not working.

After some minutes she let out a long frustrated sigh, grabbed her pillow and jammed it over her head like a madwoman.