...It Was Just A Little Lie...

I'm engaged to this amazing woman who's been so patient with me through my last semester of college. I told her the other day that I'd already finished an important research paper for class, but in reality, it's still due tomorrow and I haven't even started writing it yet... I feel so guilty about lying... I wanted to make her happy because she's been doing all this stuff around the house while I'm studying. But now every time I look at her smile or think about us getting married soon, all I can see is that stupid lie looming over everything... What if she finds out? What if my grades suffer and it looks like I was lying just to make myself look good? It's such a small thing but... it's eating me up inside. I want to be honest with her more than anything...