okay, let me get just a little bit serious, because i'm actually going to get emotional here but i love you. i know you know i love you but let me gush. getting to be your best friend is one of the greatest blessing in my life, since i met you you have made my life brighter, happier. always dependable for a laugh, for a shoulder to cry on, an encouraging word, a voice of validation and reason. i love you for who you are, one of the kindest, compassionate people in my life, someone who is steadfast and insightful, but never afraid to gently tell the truth when it's needed.
you are the sister i never got to have, and our bond is irreplaceable, going so far beyond the means by which we met. getting to watch you grow and get married this year has been so exciting, and i'm so lucky to be trusted enough to be part of your inner circle. i know it's only up from here, the closer we get, the deeper and sillier our chats get, the more i love you with all my heart.
i love you so much, I hope you have (had) the happiest of birthdays, and another amazing year full of rich, new experiences (with a husband!). i can't wait to spend another year laughing until our sides hurt, making each other cry, and 'being rude for a minute' as old age quickly approaches.
kc was not a nervous performer, he'd been doing shows on stage since he was little, in fact the stage was one of the few places on earth where kc felt completely sure of himself. the stage. and being with max. he'd always felt that way with max, but since their relationship had changed over the course of the last year, that was only more clear now than ever. max was his safe place. max was home. and he wanted to celebrate closing this chapter of their life in the biggest way he knew how. most of the time with them it was max taking the lead, despite kc's big personality he loved the way max was always sure of himself, sure of them as a couple, and lead them with an ease kc wished for at times. but this was different. this was a chance to show max he could be sure about things too. he was sure about max. about their future. maybe it was just prom. but in kc's mind it was a symbol of so much more.
he'd been preparing for weeks, as silly as it was, he'd made up poster boards, 8 in total, each with a portion of his pitch to max, that he planned to present to max - and family - on a normal tuesday night. julian had been around, helping kc organized the oversized poster board collage and draping a sheet over it as the family gathered int he moore's tiny, lived in living room that had always felt safe to kc. "thank you for gathering here tonight. i've prepared a presentation that i'd like you all to see." of course the last time he'd set up a presentation he'd accused max of cheating in a competition from nearly a decade earlier, so this was rather a full circle moment.
[ slide one ]
"i'm kyle christopherson, and this is my pitch for promposal. i am proposing that i am the most qualified applicant to take max moore to prom, and in this presentation i will present my arguments, experience and skills in hopes of gaining his approval to my invitation to prom."
[ slide two ]
"about me. why should i be the chosen prospect for this? well that's easy, i'm max's best friend. i'm also his boyfriend, but we'll get into that a little later. i've known max since we were eight years old, and i feel that i am uniquely qualified to take him to his senior prom, as i know him better than anyone, so i'll be able to provide the highest quality experience for this once in a lifetime event. a little more about me, i'm a senior in high school, i have a 4.0 gpa, i'm the president of the drama club, and i hold a title position in the student council. i'm also a mid-fielder on the school baseball team - and we're defending state champions. i'm 5'11, i have brown eyes, and blonde hair, i have 17 tattoos, i don't smoke...much, i work out....sometimes, and have no illnesses that would prevent me from giving max the best night of his life."
[ slide three ]
"education. i have spent years of my life working towards a full and well-rounded education in max moore. 10 years of being his next door neighbor and at least 2 and a half years with a major obsession bordering on psychotic. in that time i have learned absolutely everything there is to know about max. from his favorite color, to the band of his insulin, to how many times he's used oliver's credit card to pay for porn. as i have stated, i am uniquely qualified, because i know what type of suit to wear to make him sweat, what songs he'll dance to, and what he'll eat off of the refreshment table. who else can do that? no one, that's who."
[ slide four ]
"experience. i think it's pretty obvious what my experience is, but i will lay it out for you. i took max to the winter formal last winter, and he left with a glowing review. not only did we arrive on time, we also danced the night away with our best friends, and then went to a hotel where i let him do unspeakable things to my body that he greatly enjoyed. it was by far the best winter formal he's ever been to, as stated in this instagram post - yes i always cite my sources. i also have a lot of experience taking max on dates. we go out almost every friday night and we alternate hosts, so i have planned approximately 22 dates in the last year and a half, most of which have been successes of the after date activities are any indication as to my boyfriend's feelings."
[ slide five ]
"personal skill. well, i can...do things for max that no one else can, so i'll leave it at that as to not tear this family apart. also, i give really good back scratches, and really long ones, i don't cheap out on them i will scratch back for the entire movie. also...have you seen me in a suit? i look amazing. that's a skill. "
[ slide six ]
"my projects. as you can see, i've improved max's fashion sense significantly which means i can help him pick out a suit that he won't regret when he looks back on photos of the night. for oliver's sake i want to sneak in the fact that i've helped encourage max's studying habits this year significantly, but mostly i know i've made him happy, and that's really the project i'm most proud of and want to show case. because i make max happy, and he makes me happy, and we should be prom dates."
[ slide seven ]
"max moore, just one question left to ask. will you do me the honor of being my senoir prom date?"
