@spendius,
LABELLED
Laughing and BELLIGERENT, Ed levelled Laura's elevated desires.
*this is so weird - I have an american keyboard, but apparently a British spellchecker. It's making me use the British spelling every time - I guess I could just ignore the little red lines, but for some reason I have to keep changing my spelling until they go away.
The word is BELLIGERENT (as in this spellchecker program).