#i can see maddie's huge grin as she sings the song to ash and ash's smile as she takes in every lyric

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when do madlyn say ily for the first time to each other do u think

*cracks knuckles*

its valentines day ashlyn's known since christmas day itself when maddox was waiting at her door with a stack full of presents for her and ej that she loved maddie. maddox never fully realised it though until mid january time when the two went sledging as a date. ashlyn had tripped and maddox being maddox had rushed over to help ash up, holding her hand out for her girlfriend to take but ash being ash pulled her down into the snow with her.

but when the say it is valentines day. ashlyn at this point doesn't have the grandest idea of a gesture to tell maddie, but she wants to say it. a song? no it's too ricky-bowen coded. so it's just a date in the middle of the the caswell's floor in the living area where she dragged ej out from college to help her build a fort. she asks jet to give her the longest list known to mankind of all the foods maddox likes so she gets all of the snacks she loves. MADDOX meanwhile also has plans to tell ashlyn she loves her. she gets ricky, jet and gina in her room, pacing back and forth; "i have to tell her on valentines day. it makes sense right? yeah. it makes sense to tell her that day-" and it goes on AND ON until ricky says that she should write her song. jet gives him a look that reads "ew. really?"

but maddie is all over the idea. until she realises that includes actually writing it. she gets her guitar in the living area and doesn't stop playing it and writing in one of her notepads that night until what felt like four in the morning for jet. it's perfect.

maddie is fiddling with the guitar strap the whole way on her walk to ash's place. jet keeps texting her telling her to stop panicking while he's literally on his date with kourtney (it's fine kourt wants all the gossip and updates on maddie and ashlyn's date). ash plays all of maddie's favourite movies as the two cuddle in the fort before ash asks her why she brough the guitar.

maddie is slightly panicked, and messes up at the beginning, but when she takes another look at ashlyn she just remembers. just like that. she loves ash. she plays her the song. she tells her she loves her so proudly. she wants to shout it from the rooftops itself. and ash is shocked- had her own girlfriend just stolen her OWN plan?

of course ashlyn says it back and the two laugh when it's revealed that the couple very much had similar plans of telling each other ily, and watch more of the movies before falling asleep in each other's arms.