Hey there fluffy clouds! (: thanks for being patient with the next chapter!

I can't believe I made a typo on my summary. I'm SO stupid. It's a thing I caught it, though. (x so here's the next chapter, and I'm happy you guys enjoyed it. Well, if you did enjoy it. I'm starting a "responses to reviews" in the beginning of each chapter now since I'm just that awesome. LOL.

Just a heads up, I am adding personal twists. It's good to have my ideas thrown in too, right?

Responses to Reviews

Thalanthus: Truth be told, I've only read Matched. I am going to add my own personal twists, just not yet. Also, proofreading is not my thing but I should start doing that. Thanks for reviewing! (:
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Okay, we got that down! You know since I'm thanking my reviewers all the time, I should just say at the end: thanks for reviewing everyone! Yeah… I should do that (x but thank you so much for reviewing, favorite and alerting! (: omg… so many smiley faces, LOL.

Chapter two is now starting!

PS: so excited for Leaf's reaction to her Match.

Disclaimer: I do not own May's favorite color red or Ally Condie's fabulous imagination.

Usually if you know your Match, the Match screen will slowly process your Match's picture. I wasn't sure if that was a good thing or not; what if it was the guy who sits next to me in history class who picks his nose and eats his boogers? I shook my head. This was not the time to think of negative thoughts. Besides, the Association would never do that to me.

The best thing I could think of now was: I might know my Match.

My hands scrunched the ruffles of my blue dress and my eyes continued to burn the screen with my stare. Then, his picture showed. Dark brown hair and those ruby eyes I've known since forever…

"Brendan Nathan Birch," the announcer said. My brother turned to look at me, his face was shocked. I was shocked, too, but at the same time I was extremely happy and relieved. Obviously I was also completely overwhelmed. "May Melanie Maple, you have been Matched to Brendan Nathan Birch."

Brendan stands up, and he and I exchange glances. We smile at one another and we both went to the podium to receive out boxes. I felt a little shy when Brendan stood next to me. I smile at him again. What's there to be nervous about? I've been Matched to my best friend.

I went back to my seat and Mom hugged me. Max gave me an amused face and put his thumb up to approve this. I didn't need his approve anyways, you can't decline it. The man sitting behind my Dad tapped his shoulder. Dad turned around and the man said, "Your family has great luck. Now you don't need to worry about what man your daughter ends up with." His daughter hasn't been called yet, and she looked scared. He looks towards my direction and nods. "Congratulations."

"Thank you very much," I say, wiping my hands on the ends of the table cloth. He's wrong, it wasn't luck. The Association always makes the best choices and they're never mistaken, they knew Brendan would be right and perfect for me. I was about to tell the man that her daughter won't end up with a bad man, but the announcer said another girl's name.

I smile to myself, looking down at the ground and taking a deep breath. I put my hands on my cheeks and they were warm. I'm Matched with Brendan.

After hours of thinking of him, the announced says a name that catches my attention. "Leaf Green Xenia," he says. I look at her and she stood up, looking calm. I couldn't help but let out a tiny laugh, she looked, well, it looked like she didn't care at all. Her picture showed on the screen, and it was her sitting on the balcony in her green dress, holding a tea cup and smiling at the camera. It was my favorite picture and I told her to use it.

"Gary Samuel Oak," he said. His picture showed up and my jaw dropped. It was the player that Leaf loathes. To be honest, he was quite good looking. Him and Leaf look great together but he's a player. I turned to see what Leaf's reaction was and she had a disgusted face on. I let out another little, quiet laugh. They walked up to the podium and I saw him whisper something to her with a smirk. She made a face at him and they returned to their seats.

I felt kind of bad. I have a perfect Match and Leaf has a not-so-perfect Match. Maybe he's not that bad, but years of seeing him with multiple girls gives him a bad image. Now Leaf has to be with him for her whole rest of her life.

"Sis," Max said, waving a hand in my face. I blink and look at him. "Do you know the guy Leaf was Matched with? She doesn't look happy."

"Uhh yeah," I said with a nod. "He goes to fourth level with us. He's been to school with us since second level. Leaf doesn't like him because he likes to… I'm sure you know what a player is." He nods, getting what I'm saying. "Yeah, Gary is a player."

"Oh sad," Max said, looking back at the screen.

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As we were about to leave, the hostess of the Match Banquet asked Brendan and my family to stay behind. We waited for everyone to leave and the chefs brought us tea. "This is a strange Match," she said but afterwards she shook her head. "Pardon me. Not strange, just very rare." She pointed at the golden box and tells us what is inside. Why would she tell us this anyways? They already told us in the beginning. "There are extra guidelines that the announcer didn't say, so make sure your family and you look over it when you have a chance."

"Don't worry, we will," Brendan said. I raise an eyebrow at him. He sounds like he's talking to the teacher when saying that. I don't need to read it, I hate reading instructions to games or stuff anyways. Usually Brendan would read it for me and he'd memorize it immediately and tell me the important stuff or something I'd want to know. He knows what I want and don't want to know. We just know each other that well.

I remember reading some of the guidelines all families receive. It was something that always stuck into my head.

If you are chosen to be Matched, your Marriage Contract will be in use when you turn the age twenty one. Your Match and you are allowed to have children at this age—providing for the most highest likelihood of offspring.

Brendan and I are Matched. We have a Marriage Contract. We will have children together.

The best part is about being Matched with Brendan is that I don't have to read that microcard to memorize his traits and what he likes and dislikes. I already know it all and I won't have to be worried about our 'first meeting.' We've already had our first meeting, so many years ago.

I know what I go to school, the girls will be bragging about their Match's handsome features, excited, scared or worried about their first meeting and always chatting about their mysterious prince. I won't feel that, I will never feel that. Is that a good thing or bad thing?

We leave and bid the hostess good night and wait for the high-speed train to arrive. I can hear my parents and his exclaiming and chatting about how great our Match was, and I couldn't agree more. It was a miracle, no; the Association has planned this since we were born. Brendan came from behind me and put his arms on my shoulders. He'd always do this when he'd want to say something only for me to hear. Brendan put his mouth close to my ear to say, "And you were nervous to be Matched to me?"

I roll my eyes and he laughs. "See?" he says. "This is why I wasn't nervous at all. I knew."

"I knew, too," I said, teasing him back. "That's why I was."

We both laugh so much the high-speed train comes. Our family got the third cart, and we watched all the other families walk in theirs', the girls talking about what it'd be like with their Match. I wonder if it was only me who got someone I knew very well, ever. Maybe someone has once; the hostess said it was 'rare,' not 'it never happened before.'

Brendan took a seat next to me, and our families were way in the back, probably to give us privacy. I felt a little embarrassed and he put his arm around my shoulders. "What's on your mind?" Brendan asked, making it sound like an Internet question, asking them to post your status. I ask what's his, first. "I was thinking about how I'd handle your angriness everyday now."

I elbow him. "How mean!" I pout and he laughs. "I was thinking about Leaf actually, not you." I lied, but that's okay. Lying to him once in a while is fine. I was thinking of him, but that'd be embarrassing to confess. He looked a little disappointed and surprised, and I laugh. "No, it's because she got Matched to Gary, and he's the player of our school."

"Right," Brendan said. "I thought I knew him from somewhere." I nod, I wonder what she's thinking of. I took out my phone and she already had ten texts sent to me. I turned my phone off because it was the rules of the Match Banquet. They were all her complaining about Gary being her Match. I texted: Maybe fate thought you two were actually a destined couple. She texted back with an angry face and saying we're meeting tomorrow after school.

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Leaf stirred her ice tea with a straw and she sighed. "I still can't believe it. You got Brendan as your Match and I got Gary? It's so stupid! How could you have great luck and I can't?"

"It's not luck, Leaf." I take a sip of my ice tea and I saw her pout. "The Associations make the best choices. As I said, you two are probably a destined couple." She shakes her head in a disagreement, biting on her straw. She only does that when she's angry, and I guess I get that. "When are you meeting with him?"

"In two nights," she said, letting her straw free from her deathly bite. She tipped her ice team with her pinky and gasped as the last few drops spilled on her simple-clothes. "Aw, crap."

"Oh no," I said, standing up. "What if the Agents saw that? You're not in your work-clothes." She took some napkins from the table and messily wiped it off her grey pants. Ice tea from this café shows a mark when it's spilled. Rules are that you can't get simple-clothes or formal-clothes dirty. School physical-education-clothes, work-clothes, and workout-clothes are okay, but absolutely not the other two. There are different work-clothes, so it really depends on which kind. Like if you're a teacher or doctor, you can't get your work-clothes dirty.

"I have to go home to wash this, but I need to take a taxi to go home quickly." I make a worried face. She could just cover it with her bag, but that'd look a little fishy and the Agents might stop us.

I was about to offer her to come to my house since it was a fifteen minute walk, but then a teen with auburn spiky hair showed up, grabbing her hand. I gasped; it was her Match, Gary Oak. She was caught off-guard by his sudden act and she tried to pull away. "What are you doing here?" Leaf asked, skipping the greeting.

He chuckled. "My, Ms. Leaf Xenia, what manners you have. I was about to offer a ride to my home so you can borrow some simple-clothes from my sister. I have my car outside."

"You have a car?" Leaf asked, shocked.

"I'm rich, it said on my microcard." Gary raised his eyebrows and she made an upset face. "What, did you not look at it last night? I was sure the girl who was Matched to me would try to find out my information as soon as possible."

Leaf rolled her eyes. "Don't think all girls are swayed by your 'charm.'" The way she said charm was like it was what only he thought was charm, and he got the message. Gary sighed and pulled Leaf up from her chair.

He turned to me. "I'm stealing her from you. You mind?" I shake my head and she glared at me. I apologized. "Thank you so much, sapphire eyed beauty," he said to me. I frowned and watched Leaf be stolen away from the auburn haired man.

I stood to follow and I saw them be caught by an Agent. "What are you doing?" the Agent said.

"Going to my home," Gary said. The Agent asked what he was doing to Leaf, and Gary laughed. "Dude, this girl is my Match."

"Oh," the Agent said, nodding. "Excuse me, continue." Gary nodded and Leaf groaned, and she climbed into her car unwillingly and they drove off. Luckily the Agent didn't see Leaf's spill, she would've paid a fine.

My phone in my pocket buzzed and it was Brendan calling. "Hello?" I said after I picked up.

"Where are you?" he said.

"I'm at the West Café," I tell Brendan, making my way home. He asked if he should come pick me up and I shake my head. I groan; why do I always do that? He can't see me, so I'm pretty much just wasting my energy.

"May?" Brendan said.

"Oh right," I said. Wow, I'm so lost today. I shake my head to respond him and we're on the phone, and then I forget to answer his question. I was also still thinking of Gary and Leaf. "You can stay wherever you are. It's only a three minute walk, anyways."

"Alright." I hear Brendan talk to my mother. He was at my house? "You better hurry. Our families are having dinner together."

"What?" I said, picking my pace. "I said I'd be there in three minutes!" He laughs and I roll me eyes and hang up on him. He hates it when I hang up without saying goodbye, but it doesn't matter. I'm seeing him in like a minute or so. I pass by houses that are the same as mine since I live in a hometown. There are only a couple neighborhoods that have a different look from each other. Those are rich people. My dad calls it "Richiville." Get it? Like rich people. Richiville.

In two minutes, I reached my house. I open the door and a homemade smell fills my hose. My oh-so-wonderful mother made her famous, delicious spaghetti and meatballs. Every person who tried it loved it.

Brendan walks up with a smirk on his face. "Don't try stealing a bite, Melanie." I glare at him. He uses my middle name to tease me or get revenge from me. It was probably because I hung up on him.

"Don't worry bread and butter." His initials are 'BNB', and that stands for 'bread and butter.' Bam, Brendan, a new nickname for you. Work of a genius. He looks like a lost and it was my turn to smirk.

Eevee come running towards me and she nearly makes me trip. "Hey Eevee," I say, picking her up. She nuzzles her head against my cheek. You can only have one Pokemon unless your work requires more. I chose Eevee, since I love cute and small Pokemon. Plus Eevee won't evolve unless you give it a stone which costs a lot. If it evolves, you need to write another Pokemon Owner Form, and I hate writing forms. Brendan does them for me.

"May honey," my mom says, walking up to me. She had her yellow apron on and her wavy hair was pulled back into a bun. "Change into a new pair of simple-clothes. We will have dinner in ten minutes."

"Kay," I say, taking Eevee and myself up to my room. I hear Max ask Brendan to play video games with him. Boys.

I open my drawer and pull out the grey simple skirt and a green simple v-neck. Eevee jumps on my bed and makes herself comfortable and she takes a long nap. My phone buzzed. It was Leaf: Gary's mother is making me stay for dinner and I'm supposed to eat with them in two nights. My mom even agreed and she's not coming over to join us! Now I'm alone with Gary, his mom and sister! But her sister isn't that bad, she's a year older than us. Gary is such a flirt. When I was changing in the bathroom he knocks asking if I need help. I said no and then he asks if I need a bra to change in, and then he says that my size is probably smaller than his sister's so I probably shouldn't. He's SO rude.

I laugh and text back: you're like newlyweds. Cute. Again, she texts back with an angry face.

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After dinner, Brendan stopped me as I was on my way to my room. "May, can I meet you outside?"

"It's cold," I said. "Can't we just meet in my room?" He hesitates and agrees. I secretly laugh, he doesn't like going into a girl's room. Brendan follows me up to my room and we sit down on the floor since Eevee was sound asleep on my bed. "What's up?"

"I was just wondering," he started. "I mean, we're Matched." I nod. "So we're no longer, well, best friends, right?"

"Well we're still friends. Just Matched." This was a really awkward conversation, but I guess I was also thinking and some point, 'how's Brendan and I going to change from friends to a couple?' I play with my hair. "Well… we can start after we meet with the Agents when they test us about our knowledge of each other."

Brendan nods. "Sounds great." We sit there awkwardly. It hasn't been awkward between us before, I guess it was because we've turned from best friends to dating. Brendan's dad calls him down and he stands up. "Well, night May."

"Good night, Brendan," I said, waving at him. He waves back and he leaves my room, shutting the door.

I take out a fresh pair of pajamas and head to the shower.

After, I move Eevee to her mini bed that was sitting next to my larger one gently. I tuck myself in and I hear my parents talking in their room which was next to mine. Eevee moves and she knocks down the compact that was sitting on the floor. I walk out of my bed and set it on my desk.

Inside the compact were three tablets, a blue, green and red one. I know what the green and blue does, but not the red. Only some Agents know, but most people don't know. I go back into my bed and push the thoughts of the tablets away.

It was a night that I can dream of my Match.

My best friend, Brendan.

Some parts are the same as the book. For now, I am trying to go the same pace as Ally Condie, just so things don't go too fast. But when stuff gets slow I'm picking the pace a little and forever adding my own twists. The ending will be alike, though.

Eep, May is Matched with Brendan and she's going to be dreaming of him tonight! Well she tells herself she's allowed to but that doesn't mean she will. What am I saying? I'm not trying to give anything away. This is just a tiny matter. LOL.

On the other hand, Leaf is totally NOT HAPPY about being Matched with the biggest player, Gary. I wonder when she'll fall for him. I mean I know, but you're wondering. YES YOU ARE WONDERING AND YOU DON'T KNOW. I'm so weird.

But being weird is great and healthy! :9 I hope you enjoyed this chapter and it makes you wanna drop a review below me! (: alert to know when I put up the next chapter! Also, vote on my poll, it's waiting for you. (;

See you all very soon,

~Citra