As usual, it was a morning here in Radiator Springs. The sun was shining, the breeze was gentle and refreshing, and everybody in town was in a good mood. Everyone was, except for Lightning McQueen.

After weeks and weeks of trying to get himself to propose to his girlfriend, Sally, he found out after the third attempt that he was in fact, to scared- well, "nervous", to ask her.

But today was the day! Today he was going to set aside his fears and make his move. He was in his bedroom, still being cone #1, at the Cozy Cone, pacing back and fourth nervously in his room while holding a glistening crystal ring in a fairly sized silk black box in his hands.

He had picked up this proposal ring only a few weeks ago after Sally had nearly forced him to go into a prestigious jewelry store with her since they were already out shopping inside a large mall. The moment she saw this ridiculously expensive light blue gem in a display case hidden all the way at the back of the store, it would only be appropriate to call it "love at first sight". After a long while of gazing dreamily at it, she couldn't take her eyes off of it. She wanted it so badly. Costing more than the things Lightning had ever bought for himself in his entire life, he had to refuse to buy her the piece of jewelry at the time. He saw the disappointment in her eyes, but she appreciatively agreed to his comment. But when they exited the store, she told him that she had to use the rest room, just a few shops down from the jewelry store they just came from. She thought that he would be waiting for her outside of the restroom like usual, but instead, he smirked to himself and soundlessly rushed back to the jewelry store to buy her that ring. The saleswoman knew what Lightning was up to and went through his purchase in a flash. Handing him the beautifully boxed ring, he quickly left with his new purchase and only seconds before Sally came out, he kept the ring hidden in his pockets, waiting like he was there all along. And up until this very day, he's kept the ring a secret from her, hiding it in a place she would never think to look.

He carefully placed the item into his pocket, sitting down at the edge of his bed and emitted a soft sigh.

'Come on, you can do this! You're Lightning McQueen for crying out loud!' He forcefully shouted at himself in his head, closing his eyes shut and flopping backwards onto the bed.

"Oh, what am I kidding…? I can't do this..." He finally admitted in defeat.

Down at the Cozy Cone Office, Sally was finishing up the last of her paperwork before it was 1:00 in the afternoon. She wanted to get out of here and go get some beautiful fresh air outside. Being stuck here in the office since 6:00 am this morning was torture for her, especially since she didn't get a chance to see her boyfriend, Stickers yet.

'As a matter of fact, he didn't come here in the morning like he usually does... I hope he's ok, maybe I should go see if he's alright...' Sally thought to herself. She hastily finished up the last of her paper work and placed them inside a drawer. Standing up to her feet, she swept her hazelnut bangs to the side and made her way to Lightning's room, lightly knocking at his door.

"Stickers, you in there?" She said loud enough from the other side of the door for him to hear clearly.

Lightning immediately snapped out of his daydream when he heard Sally's voice from behind his door. He hastily jumped off of his bed and rushed to the door, not realizing how messy his shaded blonde hair had gotten.

He swiftly opened the door and smiled a bit sheepishly as he saw Sally patiently waiting.

"Oh, hey Sal.." He leaned in and gave her a small kiss on the cheek.

She sweetly smiled and casually walked inside, watching as Lightning closed the door behind him and turned his attention back to her.

"Hey… Are you alright? Your hair is a mess..!" Sally teased, ruffling up his hair even more while laughing.

"Wh- Hey!" A light blush dusted across his flawless complexion and he immediately stepped over to a mirror to fix his hair a little, being a little too self-conscious about it.

Sally seeing that, she just rolled her eyes and looked off somewhere else and finally asked.

"So, how come you didn't stop by the office this morning? You usually never do that unless something was wrong and I guess I..." She paused to slightly shrug. "-…got a little worried about you which Is why I came to stop by. Just to see if you were alright…" She said in a soft voice, sitting down on his bed and lying on her back, staring at him.

That's what he forgot about this morning! He knew he was forgetting something! He immediately turned to her and have her the, 'I'm-so-so-so-sorry' look.

"I-I guess I forgot to because I was thinking about something for a long time this morning, and I accidentally fell back asleep and that was when you knocked..." He explained, letting out a faint sigh of relief as she just said a small, "ooh.."

They were quiet for a few seconds before Sally decided to speak again.

"Sooo, what were you thinking about..?"

Lightning's eyes widened a bit, knowing that if he told her that he was thinking about his proposal to her that he would just blow it and he replied with a clearly visible stutter.

"oh, just.. uh.. just..."

Sally heard the nervousness through his voice and was growing curious. Sitting herself back up, she glanced at him with a worried expression.

"Stickers? Why are you-"

Before she could say another word, Lightning quickly covered her mouth with his hand while leaned in a bit close to her, watching as her expression changed into that of a shocked and confused one.

"Hey, we should go on a date tonight!" He blurted out, hoping that he didn't sound too strange. "What do you say? I know this one restaurant that has the most amazing food I know you'll love...!" He said, finishing his sentence with a semi-fake charming smile and slowly removed his hand from her mouth so she could talk again.

"Oh, well, okay...! That sounds good." She said, still a little unsure in the back of her mind. She knew quite well that he was up to something, but decided to keep the fact that something was up, hidden from him.

"What time?" She asked, a small smile crossing her face.

"7:00 pm; I'll pick you up at your place…?"

"Okay." She sweetly smiled and gave Lightning a small kiss goodbye.

The moment Sally left, lightning purposely tripped backwards on his bed and abruptly shouted into his pillow and loudly exhaled. He hadn't realized how hard this would be, and all he needed right now was a reliable, helping hand. He suddenly sprung up from his bed and dashed out of his room, searching for none other than his mentor, Doc Hudson. He desperately needed advice, and he needed it as quick as possible.

Sally didn't quite know what else to do today, so she had decided to spend a little time at Flo's and have a small meal. She walked in and sat down on a bar chair in the front.

"Hey, How are ya doin' Sally?" Flo cheerfully waved hello as she made her way over to the front where Sally was, leaning over on her elbows to talk to Sally.

"Hey Flo! I'm alright, Thanks..! And I take it you're doing great?" Sally asked, smiling a bit.

"You're quite right about that, dear! So, what would you like to eat?" Flo asked through her beautiful, beaming smile.

"I'll just have my usual." Sally decided quickly as she got a "sure thing, sweetheart." from Flo as she walked off into the kitchen to fetch her order.

Sally glanced around a bit and saw that Mater, Sheriff, Luigi and Guido had come in for their usual quick lunch break.

She sat there in silence as she thought about her date with Lightning tonight. She was growing a bit anxious at just the thought, but she just brushed it off, not wanting to deal with the problem right now.

By the time she knew it, she was so deep in thought that Flo had already given Sally her food and Flo was waving her hand in front of Sally's face, trying to grab her attention.

"-llo? Earth to Sally!" Flo slightly yelled, finally getting her attention.

"Oh, I'm sorry Flo-! Uh, Thanks for the food!" Sally smiled a bit sheepishly, trying her best to hide it.

"Something seems to be botherin' you..." Flo furrowed her brows in concern. "Are you sure you're feelin' alright, darling? You seem a little.. lost today." Flo added in question.

"I'm fine, Flo. It's just that Stickers has been acting a little weird today. He even asked me out on a date for tonight at seven o'clock… I don't know what he's up to, but he better not get into any trouble..." Sally slightly trailed off, shaking her head and sighing a bit, poking at her food.

"Well, I'm sure he has a good reason for actin' like that." Flo said before sitting down with Sally, seeing that nobody else was coming into the café. Sally and Flo had sat there and ended up talking for at least an hour or two.

On the other hand, Lightning had just recently planned the most amazing thing that would be to happen in his entire life, with the help of Doc, of course. They had conversed about him proposing to Sally, and Doc completely understood where he was going with this. Doc had eventually asked lightning if he wanted the whole town to participate in a way, using perhaps fireworks and having something else special just for her. Lightning agreed, and knew that this would be the best night of her life. He was sure of it.

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