Disclaimer: See last chapter…

A/N: I know this one is shorter then the rest, but hey, gossip columns can only write so much about one topic without knowing more about the story right? Right.

Edge - June 18th, 2006

Rocky road for the happy couple?

Sources report that Rufus Shinra was offered an ultimatum by his girlfriend, Amber Watson yesterday; "cut back on your workload or we're through."

That's doesn't mean that Amber doesn't understand that he's a busy man. 'She knows that as the President of Shin-ra, he has to give a lot of hours to the company and she accepted then when they started dating.' Our source confides. What is getting to her is his constant 16-18 hour days, 7 days a week. 'When they started dating, Rufus would start his day before dawn and call it a night around 6pm or so. Now he still gets into work at the same time, but doesn't leave until 9pm or so and then he goes home and works some more from there for a few hours.'

The lack of time together is starting to affect their relationship. 'She's said that she feels like she's living with a complete stranger and she doesn't know what to do anymore. She's asked him to take a few days off but he won't. She's asked him to keep his work at the office, so he ends up just staying there longer. This past month, she's lucky to have had a dinner date with him once and that's just because he managed to pencil the dinner into his schedule.'

Being treated like a business associate is wearing thin on his girlfriend. 'Most of the work that he's doing is work that should be delegated to others but he never gives it to them. He wants to be hands on in everything so he keeps it all for himself and leaves them with nothing.'

Trying to tell him to delegate the work appears to have the same affect as telling it to a brick wall; namely nothing. 'He tells her that he knows he's working a lot of hours right now but that it'll be over soon. He's blaming the final stages of the reactor project for the workload. But Amber knows that this is only the beginning and if it's not stopped now that it'll only get worse. If he doesn't slow down, she knows that he'll work himself until he's in the hospital and possibly work her out of his life. Personally, I think he'll come around, and hopefully before it's too late.' Our source continues, 'He really cares a lot about her so I doubt that he'll let his work take precedence over her once this project is complete.'

Let's hope for both their sakes that our source is right.

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A/N 2: I hope that they’re not boring anyone to tears (crosses fingers that they’re not) Reviews make me very happy!