Lorne was sitting quietly on the plane musing to himself. How should I do it? Take her to a nice meal somewhere? Where should I do it? Venice? Sydney? What if she says no? What if she says yes and the ring doesn't fit? What if she doesn't like the ring? What if…

"Evan are you ok?" she asked him. He shook his head to clear it and turned to her. "I'm fine. You know just thinking."

"Oh yeah? About what?" Uh oh. Not good. Have to lie. He thought frantically. "You know this and that."

"This and that what?" she asked suspiciously.

"A little of this a little of that. Nothing important."

"Uh huh. I see." She said looking at him impishly. "Just for the record I don't believe you." He just smiled at her and then looked out the window again.

They soon landed in Venice and collected their luggage. They checked into their hotel. Deciding to go for a walk to have a look around, Laura was really starting to get worried about Lorne, as he had barely said a word since their conversation on the plane.

"Are you ok?" she asked him while trying the link they shared. Getting nothing from the link she frowned. This is really weird. Oh no! What if he wants to dump me? He's brought me to Venice to just dump me! What did I do to deserve this? She thought frantically. I mean I know I can be difficult sometimes but I can't be that bad surely… She stopped suddenly next to the pier that they had walked down and folded her arms. "Hey!" Lorne turned and looked at her. The sun had turned the sky red and orange behind her. The last rays of light bounced off her brown hair, it seemed to illuminate her. She looked absolutely stunning. He continued to look at her as he absentmindedly thumbed the ring in his pocket. Her voice brought him back to reality with a thump.

"Hey! Didn't you hear what I just asked you?" she demanded.

"What?"

"Typical. You bring me out here to dump me and you haven't even got the decency to tell me why!" she shrieked at him. He looked up in surprise.

"No. No. I didn't bring you here to dump you." He said holding her hands in his.

"Then why are you completely ignoring me? Is it because of what I said to your mother? Have I done something wrong? What? You have to tell me so that I can fix it." Here goes nothing. He laughed at her and kissed her before saying, "I didn't bring you here to dump you. I brought you here so that I could do this." He looked at her and dropped to one knee. She looked at him in surprise. "Laura. Will you marry me?" he asked her. She tilted her head to one side and stood still for a couple of seconds her face unreadable. Lorne was starting to get worried when he cleared his throat. Her face broke into a smile and she said, "Yes. I would love to marry you." He jumped up and took a hold of her waist and lifted her up, spinning her at the same time. He finally let her down and they kissed for the longest time. Pulling apart for air she turned to him and said, "Is this what has been bothering you? Were you afraid I would say no?"

"Yeah I was actually. I've been trying to decide where to propose more than anything."

"What do you mean where? Venice is perfect." She asked him confusedly.

"Well I didn't know whether to ask you here or in Sydney."

"Sydney? We're going to Sydney?" she asked shocked. He just looked at her and smiled. "Yes we are." Laura grabbed his head and pulled him into another kiss and they headed back to the hotel.

A/N: Sorry this has taken so long to update. What did you think of the proposal?