Jamie walked into the waiting room of the airport. She looked at everyone around her. Already carrying her only bag she walked pass the other passengers waiting for their baggage. Outside waiting for an available taxi cab she stared at the blue sky. Finally she slid into a cab. As she was closing the door a red haired woman came running up to the cab.

"Would you mind sharing a cab? I have a meeting and I'm already late."

"Sorry I can't"

She closed the cab door and they drove off. Jamie watched the Woman catch a cab with a square shouldered businessman.

After that point they started taking Jamie as well as me. It was Mostly for our Exercises. There were physical exercises and mental exercises. Things were different. Instead of Jamie and me reading with the others in small single grey cubicles, Jamie and I were given books to complete in our room. We grey close. I didn't see it the clues. Only one bowl of food came to our room forcing us to share. We had to share our books and outline them together. Only one blanket was there to help us against the cold.

Soon the city turned into country. The beautiful landscape reminded Jamie of a garden. She looked down at a purple flower on her finger.

I knew very little about anything other than the grey. I only got to see the world through books. One day two transporters came to get me and led me to a white room. I was amazed dazzled. I had never known the grey had white room. Someone else was in the room but I couldn't see him because of the directions the lights were shinning.
"Josh. That's what she calls you isn't it"

"yes" I said curtly.

"you understand the circumstances of your birth don't you."

"yes"

"We have decided to pair you and Jamie together."

I froze. I didn't want to have a child who would never know anything outside the grey walls.

"you should be honored. Jamie ranks second to you in intelligence. Think of the child you two will conceive. You will be able to live in the world. Together you and Jamie to raise you child…. Do you understand? You could go to the outside.

"Outside. Yes the thought of outside is appealing but has a high price. Jamie and I will be on a leash for the rest of our lives and everything we have you will own including our children. I couldn't do that to a child. Let alone my own child."

The room got dark.

"you will be responsible for relaying the information to Jamie. There are two ways we can do this josh.

The next thing I knew I was waking up in my room. Jamie was sleeping on my chest. I didn't wake her I just stared at her dreading what would come in the future.

She opened her eyes and gave me a sleepy smile. I sighed

"Jamie…"

I hated the dreaded look on her face when I explained what they wanted us to do. We did love each other but we never had thought to bring a child into the kind of world we were living in. It was horrible. Your every decision made for you. You were treated like soft ware. To love a child tenderly and then send it into a world where it was always cold and gray. The grey is what we hated the most.