When I was little the only thing I knew how to do was run, to run away from the people that looked down upon us. In society groups and categories define how we live, there are three groups in total. My father came from the highest group, Purple. While my mom came from the lowest group, Red.

My mother and father met when my father was running out to get something from the store, at that time my mother was working her butt off at the store trying to get money to feed her sister and mother. When my father went to check out it was her that caught his eye, she had beautiful long brunette hair and piercing blue eyes, her beautiful features were covered up by a thin layer of dirt over her face.The rules between the different groups were strictly enforced and Red groups were not allowed to socialize with anyone outside of Red group while Purple class people were to avoid anyone with lower status.

Even with these rules ingrained in his brain he still couldn't help but pass a note to the beautiful young lady behind the cash register. The note read "10 pm under bridge, please" as he passed the note and she read it she looked up with look of curiosity in her eyes, her lips slightly curled up and she gave a slight nod to the guy dressed in expensive clothing.

10 pm came and the two met in the dark night under a bridge hidden near the south of town. As the boy sat there leaning against the side of the bridge he saw a light coming in from the distance, his heart leaped excitedly as the light got closer and he could see her blue eyes from the light emitting off of the lantern in which she carried.

She sat beside the boy and stared off into the darkness of the night. "You're a quiet one aren't you?" she looked at the boy and smiled sadly, "I'm not allowed to talk to you people." her voice rang out, the most beautiful voice the boy had ever heard, clear as day and sweet as candy.

"What's your name?" the boy asked her, yet she sat there quietly. A few minutes passed and they sat there with only the burning light from the lantern to light the area. "It's Polly." the boy looked at the girl surprised. The boy smiled happily that he had learned her name, "Mines Jack" She looked over to him while their eyes met, the blue of her eyes dug deep into his heart making it bounce in his chest.

The girl looked away breaking the contact of their eyes, the girl looked away due to the overwhelming heat that rushed to her face. She looked the other way but the boy put his hand on her cheek turning her face back towards his, he looked at the redness that had taken over her dirt covered cheeks. The boy chuckled while the girl moved his hand away from her face. The boy stood up taking her hand, "follow me." the girl looked up at him with curiosity but did as he instructed.

The girl followed behind him quietly, after walking for a few minutes the boy stopped and pulled the girl next to him. The girl looked around, confused. They had stopped right before a river, the girl looked up to the boy who was a few inches taller than her and he smiled. "Stay here." he instructed and let go of her hand while he walked away.

The girl followed his movements with her eyes, she watched as he took a few steps then sat down on the ground, he lied down with his arms and legs together and began rolling towards her. As he rolled lights flew up from the slightly long grass, more and more lights emerged from the ground lighting the once dark area.

The girl looked around in amazement as the little lights flew up, surrounding her. The boy got up from the ground and brushed off the loose dirt from his nice clothing. The girls face lit up and for the first time her lips curled up into the most beautiful smile the boy had ever seen.

When the girl looked over to the boy she found him staring, and once again their eyes got caught on each other. "You should smile more." The boy plainly stated, the girl's smile faded and she looked away from him, she walked over to a tree to her left and sat down leaning against it.

The girl took a deep breath and said, "I have no reason to smile more." She looked back to the boy and he walked over to where she was sitting. "Sure you do. You can smile to make others happy, you can smile to make yourself happy. And if you ever need someone to smile to, I come to this river every night at ten."

The girl looked the boy in his eyes and saw a sincerity that you don't see in people of his class nowadays, he looked wholesome, and she felt that she could trust him.

After that night the two met up every night for years, their relationship grew into something more than friendship, it evolved into something forbidden between two different people like them, love.

Things grew complex as they didn't know what to do with these newfound feelings. They decided to bottle them up and try to hide them, but love was much stronger than what they expected. As the boy grew into a fine young man many things were needed from him, the now young woman got a promotion to store manager as she had been working there for so long.

The young man got a well paying job keeping his family legacy and the young woman was finally able to live a comfortable life with her sick mother and young sister. The young woman moved up from Red class to Blue class and she was happy, but lonely. Even though she had a wonderful, loving sister, it wasn't enough for her.

As she had already experienced the feeling of love and being loved by another, she knew that at that moment she felt lonely. That night the young woman went to the river, she hadn't been there in a while due to her late shifts, but she finally got a day off. To her relief he was there, leaning up against the tree with his eyes closed.

The young woman quietly went over there and sat next to him, "It's been a while, Jack." The young man opened his eyes and the she could see the difference between the boy he was before and the man he has grown into. His jaw was now chiseled and stubble now ran along it.

The young man met eyes with the young woman, he also could see the differences that maturity and time had done to the beautiful young lady before him. She now looked well-kept with nicer clothes and a clean face. Her eyes had a sharpness to them now, she looked like she could see straight past the exterior of someone and straight into their soul.

"It sure has Polly, how long now? 6 years?"

"It sure has Polly, how long now? 3 years?"

The young woman looked into the young man's eyes only to see the spark that was there before now replaced with a coldness. The young woman looked away as a chill grew up her spine, she looked towards the river and then back at the young man who was still staring at her.

"You've gotten more beautiful." He stated plainly with a still face, but the words made her heart skip a beat. "And you've become colder." She replied and he looked at her slightly confused, she smiled and continued with "I can see it in your eyes, you're not the same as before." He stayed quiet not knowing what to say.

A few minutes passed when the young man finally asked the question that has been tugging at him since this young woman showed up, "Did you miss me?" the young woman looked at the young man, startled by the question. "Did you ever think about me in those 3 years that you didn't come here?"

The young woman looked away and smiled sadly, "Every day" she replied. "Then why didn't you come?" the young man stated more than asked. "I got promoted, longer shifts but more money, I'm able to take care of my family now, I'm no longer looked down upon by Purples, only ignored." The young woman scoffed at her last statement.

The young man looked at the sad smile the lady had on her face and concern grew in his heart. He put his hand on the side of her face and turned it towards him, "I will never ignore you Polly." The young woman's expression changed from sad to happy, "I know Jack, you're one of the only people that can make me truly happy."

The two stared at each other in the eyes and this time the young woman didn't pull away, she couldn't find the strength to, so she scooted closer. The young woman rested her head on the young man's shoulder and found comfort there.

Before she knew it the sun had broke through the clouds and the warmth she felt on her face was unfamiliar, as she stirred she found that there was no longer a young man sitting beside her, but a jacket over her that kept her warm from the cold night.

The young woman rubbed her eyes and got up readying herself to go home and get ready for work. As she got home she found her sister sitting impatiently on the couch, as she walked through the door her sister rushed up to her. There were tears streaming down her face, "M-mom, s-she..." the sister didn't need to continue in order for the young woman to understand what she was saying.

The young woman rushed to the mother's bedroom readying herself for whatever she would find. When she walked through the door she found two doctors standing in the room chatting, when she looked towards the bed she found that the cover to her mother's bed was over her head to hide the body underneath.

The young woman shook her head in disbelief while the doctors looked over to her. "Miss Polly?" she looked over to the doctors and nodded, her head not able to release any words. "I'm sorry to say but your mother seemed to have died in her sleep, but at least she went in the most peaceful way." The young woman fell to the floor as the doctors rushed over to catch her before she hit the hard ground, her mind raced and she didn't know what she did to deserve this.

That day the young woman called in for a 3 day leave, but because of a death in the family they gave her a week off and payed her during that time as well. The body was taken away and a few days passed by slowly as she sat in her room crying or sleeping. No one came to visit, no one came to say they were sorry for her loss, all because the high and mighty believed that they were too good to visit such a lowly person's house.

On the fourth day the young woman's sister called out that someone was there, but she didn't care, she rolled onto her side and closed her eyes trying to ignore the sounds. The door to her room opened and then closed, she felt the side of her bed cave in on one side as someone sat down.