ITS AMAZING HOW A NUMBER MEANS EVERYTHING. I FOUND THAT BECAUSE AS A PERSON THAT LIVE IN A WORLD BUILT OVER LAW, IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT NOT TO NOTICE. FOR EXAMPLE, CRIME. CRIME ISN'T TAKEN LIGHTLY WHERE I COME FROM. ITS GIVEN HARSH CONSEQUENCES IF NOT SLIGHTLY CRUEL. I REALIZED THAT BECAUSE WHAT I DID HAPPENED TO BE A CRIME.
MY NAME IS NESS AND BEING ME USE TO BE A GOOD THING. MY REPUTATION WAS NOTHING BUT A CLEAN ONE. I WAS THE MOST INNOCENT PERSON YOU COULD EVER KNOW COMPARED TO WHERE I LIVED. GREATLY RESPECTED BY THOSE HIGHER THEN ME AND YET, EVERYYTHING CHANGED WHEN I FOLLOWED MY HEART.
LOVE MUST BE A CRIME BECAUSE SHE'S A 16-YEAR-OLD THAT FELL FOR A 19-YEAR-OLD. THEY KNEW EACH OTHER EVER SINCE THEY WHERE BABIES. EVERYTIME SHE WOULD START, HE'D BE THE ONE TO GO ON TO SOMETHING HIGHER. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN HE GRADUATED MIDDLE SCHOOL SHE WAS ENTERING! THEY'VE BEEN FRIENDS FOR A LONG TIME AND NOW THERE HEARTS ARE SET UP IN ANOTHER PATH. BUT, FOR SOME REASON, IT HAPPENS NOT TO BE THE RIGHT THING.
"I TOLD YOU HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG!"
"iT DOESN'T MATTER! YOU OF ALL PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW THAT THAT'S THE LAW. AND THE LAW IS STRONGER THEN WHAT YOU FIGURE IS 'lOVE'."
"ITS ONE THING TO MAKE A LAW FOR YOUR PEOPLE TO FOLLOW THAT IS TRULY NECESSARY BY ALL MEANS, TO STOP CHAOS. BUT ITS ANOTHER SITUATION IF YOU'RE GONNA JUST MAKE A LAW OVER WHO I'M SUPPOSE TO LIKE OR LOVE. ITS REDICULIOUS!"
"I DIDN'T MAKE THE LAW NESS," JACK SAID TO NESS FEELING VERY BAD. "IF I COULD I WOULD CHANGE IT. BUT I REALLY CAN'T."
SLOW MOTION. I FELT AS IF I WAS TO BLAME FOR WHAT HAPPENED. BUT YET THE WHOLE TIME HE WAS SMILING.
"EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE OKAY NESS," HE CONTINUIOUSLY SAID TO ME SMILING WITH A GRACE. SHOWING NO FEAR.
I WANTED TO HIT HIM FOR BEING SO BRAVE BECAUSE I COULDN'T. I FELL IN CRAZY TEARS BUT STOOD ON MY TWO FEET. I KEPT MY EYES ON HIM AND SO DID HE DO THE SAME TO ME. IT GAVE ME SOME KIND OF WARM FEELING BUT I WAS HURT ALL OVER. HE WAS LITERALLY GOING TO GO TO JAIL FOR LOVING ME. FOR ACTUALLY LOVING A PERSON YOUNGER THEN HIMSELF. I FELT BAD. SO BAD THAT IT WAS ALL BECAUSE OF A NUMBER. MAN I SHOULD HAVE BEEN BORN EARLIER!
