imagine being on a date at the best restaurant in town and then the waiter trips and drops his tray full of live lobster and one of them pinches you and this is not even the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to me let's take it from the beginning my mom was a Red Cross advocate for women's rights and my dad was her bodyguard so they were always off to this Gala or the other and they left us back with an army of nannies and when I say us I mean me and the chaos crew also known as my five younger siblings food battles mud fights glitter bombs they were so extra even Mary Poppins would snap her little umbrella and sh P up a chimney to escape from them every time another Nanny left we got the talk I'm disappointed in all of you but especially you Martha you're the oldest you should lead by examples I haven't done anything exactly how are you supposed to become a leader of the future if you can't even lead your siblings if you were home teaching us instead of running around I wouldn't have to take charge what I do is important more important than your family when Mom didn't immediately reply my heart shattered I rushed to my room and locked it when Mom came to talk to me later Martha I'm sorry of course I love you then don't go I have to but we'll talk when we come back I promise maybe it's better if you never come back it was like fate really had a twisted sense of humor and heard me Mom and Dad did not return from their last trip to the Amazon I felt like it was my fault that they didn't return my punishment the police sent out search parties and even used drones to look at their plane that disappeared but they couldn't find anything it's a lot right but stay with me you've already liked and subscribed haven't you don't cry Mom and Dad will come back dad's a tough bodyguard and Mom's faster than a tiger I'll take care of you in the meantime I'll be a leader mom just like you wanted please come back but I was only 15 and I knew nothing about adulting I was suddenly surrounded by lawyers asking me questions and making me sign things just pretend you know what you're doing and you'll be fine yeah it wasn't fine one of my mom's lawyers turned out to be a total snake he conned his way into getting guardianship over everything and then he kicked us out and took control of all the assets you can't do this oh what I'm sorry I couldn't hear you over the sound of all the money you just signed off to me wait until mom and dad are back they'll send you to jail you mean when they come back from the jungle well I've got a fortune to spend goodbye I was super angry but I didn't have time for it the chaos crew had turned into a miserable bunch and I needed to take care of them first right first step let's find a place to live we all put our birthday cash together and it was enough for a couple of months rent finding someone willing to rent to a group of teenagers was quite a challenge so I had this crazy idea to dress up like an old lady and somehow managed to get us a lease luckily it was still the summer holidays so I had time to take up all the gigs I could find like a plant manager where I literally had to water plants cornfield pollinator and even party Entertainer these children are wilder than my siblings let it go let it go here let me help you up at least my colleagues are all kind my siblings pitched in as well they baked tons of cookies and sold them pretending to be Girl Scouts and they muddied everyone's cars at night so they could offer a wash-up service in the morning at a premium of course who knew that being Little Devils would come in handy by the time school started I had turned 16 and we had all transferred to public school I was so nervous on the first day and then I got to class and all the desks were already taken well now I'll have to stand in the corner like a potted plant but then a girl sitting in the last row waved at me she was dressed in this bright orange shirt with space buns and her desk was hidden under a pile of comics come here we can share um there's a desk under all that where can I get a chair well share mine by the way I'm Bri you can call me brilliant Brie was a weirdo but she was also pretty awesome she gave me all her notes and knew all the juicy gossip that girl there her mom works in marketing so she always knows the latest discount codes and that one there I don't talk about her nose we became best friends and eventually I told her about my story I want to save up enough cash so I can find my parents you're so strong I want to be like you you're perfect the way you are I'm not I'm almost 17 and I've never had a boyfriend everyone I confess to just rejects me and Darius doesn't even know I exist Darius was Bree's crush and the captain of the school's chest team are you sure he's the right guy for you he is the one I can feel it and this time I'm going to get my confession right Bri's plan was as crazy as she was she got dressed up as a chess piece and painted the whole club room as a giant chess board with a banner that said will you be my Checkmate but when Darius walked into the door he freaked out where is it what my chessboard there was a game I've been playing since I was a freshman I I we just moved it uh there Darius was so Furious he wanted to call the principal and then one of his friends intervened I didn't see who he was because I was too busy pulling a crying Brie away thank you mysterious dude after that Brie was done with the guys and honestly I had my own problems to deal with like the time I was getting out of the shower and this gigantic cockroach came out of the drain I screamed and hit it with the shampoo bottle but then even more of them started crawling out as an invasion oh yeah it happens why do you think the flat was so cheap we tried spraying them with gas but the Crawlers kept multiplying we need a new flat ASAP Martha RSE up and ask for a raise but when I showed up for my part-time gig at the party Entertainer company the door was sealed off with bright yellow FBI tape and the entire Place cleared out oh man I loved this job at least you get to keep the costume what costume these are my normal clothes that is very creative I never thought I'd meet someone more colorful than Brie hey hey wait a second cute smart and probably colorblind he's just perfect Jasper how would you like to meet a friend of mine the moment I introduced Bri and Jasper it was insta love they were like two very colorful peas in a super bright Po and shortly after they started dating Martha you are a lifesaver I was seriously starting to think I'd be a crazy cat lady forever it was an easy match you have so much in common a couple of months later it was Jasper's birthday party and he introduced me to his sister Trinity who was like a Wednesday to his Enid wow and they came out of the same womb I can't believe someone like Jasper found such a cute girlfriend and I'm still single all the boys care about is looks and no one cares about brains as I watched Trinity cut marshmallows into cubes and stack them into perfect columns I realized there was at least one Boy Who Could appreciate her so I texted him oh I hope I won't regret this the party was in full swing when what's Darius doing here actually I invited him what trust me hey Darius hi this is Trinity and she likes cube-shaped marshmallows round marshmallows make no sense finally someone who gets it and just like that Darius the Ice Cube started melting see I told you he wasn't the right one for you she is OMG you're right you're like the matchmaking Queen I realized how happy Breeze words made me helping other people is so cool but fate was once again ready to kick me down because I got a call from the hospital what happened they're saying my brother picked up a sandwich from the bin but it had some glass in it and now he needs stitches this is all my fault if we had more money he'd never pick food from the bin and now how am I going to pay for the operation we don't have insurance I even tried to call the snake lawyer but oh I love that you think I should care bye luckily the operation was a success and my brother was okay when I got to the hospital and asked for the bill the receptionist told me it had already been paid it was a young guy ah there he's just walking into the elevator I tried to catch up with him but the elevator doors shut in my face gosh I swear his back looks so familiar who is he thanks to my mysterious Angel the accident had resolved well but it had shown me how much I needed a new job after Darius and Trinity became a thing the whole school was buzzing with the rumor that I was the one who set them up people were begging me to find them their perfect match every time I opened my locker I was buried in a pile of profiles and love letters how do I fix this I'm happy to help but I can't keep doing this for everyone I got to focus on finding a new part-time job well when why don't you open a matchmaking agency but I feel bad to ask people to pay for love then only ask for a donation from the successful ones and who knows maybe you'll find the right match for yourself as well right like I have time for that but Bri is right this is something I'm good at I should at least try so the next day I got Bri and Jasper to help me throw my first Matchmaker Party by the end of the night the donation box was bursting with cash and everyone was coupled up almost everyone as I stepped into the bathroom a girl ran up to me and she was dripping wet how could you match me up with that dimwit I told him pass me the water and he poured it on me him as in I checked my notes KIRO KIRO was one of my top candidates one year older than me and a looker plus he aced all his classes oh and he loved hamsters and gaming and well to be honest I might have stalked his online profile a bit can't help that he's so cute and then he called my mom your grandma it has to be on purpose I'm sorry I'll find you a new match how about Timothy thankfully Timothy was a total catch so the girl was happy and my reputation was saved my agency was killing it and my siblings and I finally moved out of cockroach Ville but to track down mom and dad I needed some serious cash and that meant tackling my biggest issue hero what's up with him on paper he's a catch but every girl I set him up with comes back with a nightmare story he took me on a boat trip and we almost sank we went ice skating but he didn't know how to stop and we crashed we tried a cooking class and he somehow managed to burn the spaghetti set off the fire alarm and Evacuate the entire restaurant he's ruining my perfect score how can someone be really that clumsy maybe you need to find out out by yourself Bri was right so I bought a wig and contact lenses and set up myself for a date with kirao as soon as he entered the restaurant he tripped on his own feet and crashed into the waiter and everyone was looking at us but instead of being angry I just smiled so Ciro tell me about yourself well I'm kind of clumsy I'm sorry ah it's not so easy to scare me I mean I survived a cockroach Invasion a what so I told kirao everything about my horrible flat and crazy summer jobs he laughed and then got back from the toilet with a whole roll stuck under his shoe which then led to the Lobster AC accident which I told you about already and gosh he really is a menace you're giving up never the second date was better we only got a batch full of super salty popcorn the third date was almost normal and by the fourth I realized he'd done nothing clumsy wow I guess he was just nervous I started to get so comfortable around him that I even told him about my mom and dad's disappearance don't lose hope I bet they're still out there somewhere I know they are if it hadn't been for that awful lawyer what lawyer after I explained how we got con KIRO was super mad I can't believe he can get away with was something like that he's a lawyer who is the police going to believe there must be some evidence the more I listened to KIRO the more I realized he was right I didn't have time or money before to go after him but now it's time for the chaos Crews return and get our revenge that night we went to our old house and stuffed some old rotted beans and all the air vents less than half an hour later the people inside were opening all the windows stage two go dressed up as a cleaning crew my siblings rang at the door while I sneaked through a window it was dark but I grew up in this house I know it like the back of my hand I waited until the chaos crew started Ed to fill all the vents with flower making everyone cough and then I went into the study okay focus he won't leave around a folder with evil plan written on it so but as I looked into a drawer that's exactly what I found as I scanned through the pages everything became clear my parents I can't believe they dropped that I looked around to see if there was anything I could throw at him but he had me backed into a corner I thought I smelled a rat now be a good girl and con the lawyer dropped and behind him was curo holding a big law book The Power of knowledge J OMG thank you but how did you find me I might have followed you sorry I was worried while kirao tied him up and called the police I whipped out the phone and called the number I had found in the evil plan folder sugar leaders Bakery yes I have to place an order for 27 cinnamon rules thank you please work please work attack mistaking Ciro for a bad guy my siblings jumped in and by the time I pried them away the police had arrived arrest them they're trespassing it's not your house my parents are missing not dead so by law my signatures are invalid but the evidence was clear and the police dragged him away it turns out we weren't the only family he had conned he's going to be in prison for a very long time a few days later my siblings and I returned to our parents home I invited Ciro Bri and my friends to celebrate but I couldn't sit still finally the doorbell rang and when I opened the door my parents were there alive and well my babies we're so sorry we were working with Native communities to stop illegal activities but we were forced to go underground to save the project we left our lawyer a number number and a safe message so that you could reach us in case of an emergency that's the call you made yes that arrogant man had written everything down he was supposed to explain everything and take care of us instead he even told our parents to stay away because we had received some threats we should have never trusted him but now you're home and you're going to stay right mom and dad looked at each other and for a moment I was afraid that they might leave again of course we're staying we learned our lesson and who are all these nice young people I introduced all my new friends to my parents and told them how much they had helped me but when it was kiro's turn I hesitated is he a friend a date a boyfriend he doesn't even know I'm the Matchmaker this is KIRO and I well I've never been completely honest with him I turn to him I hope he understands kirao I'm not one of your matches I am the Matchmaker I braced myself expecting rejection but I already knew what why do you think I was such a loser with other girls I've had a crush on you since Breeze wild confession to Darius but you were so wrapped up in your agency you never even gave me a Second Glance I had to do something drastic to get you to notice me reze confession but I squinted at him right he was the guy who stopped Darius from going to the principal and OMG you also paid for my brother's hospital bill yeah I overheard you talking about it at Jasper's party why didn't you tell me I didn't want you to go out with me because of money I couldn't believe he'd done all that just to date me I guess this answers my question Mom Dad I'd like to introduce you to KIRO my perfect match I grabbed kiro's hand and as I saw the happiness on his face I knew I had made the perfect choice welcome to the family curo