Lucas Green groaned, rolling over in bed as he rubbed his eyes. He had just tossed and turned his way through one of the worst nights of sleep in his life. The ring box containing the ring that he had bought yesterday – the reason for his sleepless night – stared back at him from his dresser.

Kelly Di Angelo.

Jasmine – God bless her – had set the two of them up after meeting Kelly during the girls' first year of college. They had been together ever since. Now, after a few years together, Lucas was ready to take the plunge – or so he had thought. But during the night, all of his uncertainties had resurfaced.

What if his timing was wrong? What if he said or did something wrong, messed up the proposal somehow? What if she wasn't ready? And the worst worry of all, what if she turned him down?" Logically, he knew that she would say "yes," but still, what if she didn't?

There were too many "what ifs," Lucas decided, closing his eyes against the sunlight spilling through the window and into his bedroom.

But what if this really was what he was supposed to do and he was just standing in his own way where doing God's will was concerned? After all, he had been so certain picking up the ring yesterday, and even for the past months, that this was the road that God meant for him to take. That Kelly was the person that he was supposed to spend the rest of his life with. What if he was letting fear and "that old serpent, the devil" lead him aside from that?

Those were the "what ifs" that were truly important, the ones that he really needed to consider long before all of the others.

What was God's will in the matter?

Lucas already had his eyes closed, so he decided that he would just offer up a little – or, as it turned out, long – prayer.

Twenty minutes later, he crawled out of bed; mind made up, and called Kelly.

"Are we still on for that date tonight?" he asked her.

"Yeah, sure."

"Great, because I have a surprise for you then."

"A good one?" she asked cautiously.

"Yes, a good one!" He pretended to take offense.

"Well, what if I don't like it?" Kelly asked. "I'm not big on surprises, you know."

"Yeah, I know. But trust me, you'll like this one."

Another New Hope one-shot, this one a stand-alone. I started out writing "Lead Me," but somehow as I wrote it turned away from Lead Me and became this one-shot. But don't worry, you will still get a "Lead Me!" PLEASE review! Does everyone totally hate these stories, or what? If so, be honest! Thanks so much guys!:)