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"So you guys are definitely officially together?" Maria shouts into the phone the next night. It has only been a day since I went on my first official date with Max, and I have been dying to tell the girls about it. Both of them had been busy during the day, but now that nighttime was approaching, they were free to talk.

I smile at the question and say, "Yes, definitely."

"And Max had clarified this?" Keilly asks, and I laugh at the serious look in her face. The three of us were on a video chat, which made it so I could see their reaction. Exhibit A: Maria was dancing on her screen with a grin on her face. Exhibit B: Keilly was making sure that the status of Max and I had been fully discussed.

I ran a hand through the hair that I had to wash a little bit. I plan to do so as soon as I'm done with the video call. I laugh, "Yes, Kielly. Max called me his girlfriend."

"Yes!" Maria shouts, and Kelly smiles as well. "Then I'm very happy for you, Daisy."

"Yes! I am as well. I tell them with a big grin of my own. The three of us continue to speak about how my date had a gown, and I make sure to tell them about every detail that they were asking. I laugh when the both of them ask to see the pictures I have taken of Max and me. I get off my bed and head toward my vanity, where my laptop and camera are resting.

"Let me get it set up," I tell them with another laugh when they both start to continuously shout for me to go get it. I perch my phone up on the stand and grab the cable to connect my camera to my laptop. The folder for the pictures pops up, and I press into it. It takes a while for the pictures to boot up, but not too long. My smile only grows once all the pictures start to come up. Max and I are both smiling into the camera.

Once all the pictures are loaded, I share my laptop screen with the girls as I start to move through the pictures. The latest one has my hand on Max's face as he grins at me, and when it comes up, the girls shout, "He is totally in love with you." I can only agree to that, as I feel like having to shout at times when Max and I kiss.

There weren't many in here that showed our kisses, but there are some that caught me off guard. I hide our faces once those come on, but I knew that I was going to admire the kissing picitees later, when I'm alone. My pictures started to move on when Max got the camera. There are close-ups of my face with the dessert. There are pictures of the flowers he got me and also pictures of me just sitting on the bed of the car.

There is a video on here that I press onto and find that it's one of me sitting in the front seat while Max is setting up the car. "Hi, it's me, Max. When you see this video, I will be your boyfriend, hopefully. I'm betting on it."

The three of us both laugh at that but stop once Max continues to speak.

"Right now, you are freaking out about the way I trailed my hand down your arm. I love just how affected you are by me; it's cute. I like that my girl is attracted to me no matter what's happening. Anyway—" The camera pans to Max's face, where he smiles into it. "I'm setting up for our first date. I thought I would, so in the future we would be able to look back on it after countless dates. I can't wait to try my hardest to make our dates worth it for you. Just in case I don't get to say it tonight, I like you a lot, Daisy. It scares me, but I need to be brave enough to share that with you."

"Oh, we shared I love you's last night," I whisper to the girls, who only squeal at the news. I may have forgotten to mention that part to them.

The video ends with Max saying, "It's getting cold out here. Anyway, I'm so excited to be with you. Bye." The camera pans into Max's eyes before it shuts off.

"That was so cute."

"He was extremely excited for this date."

I smile at both of the girls' comments, agreeing with them. It was surreal to see how much Max invested in our date. He had planned everything out perfectly, and he had been happy about it as well. I loved it. I loved him.