Scarlett's pov
today is my 16th birthday. I don't want to get out of bed but I know what will happen if I don't. if you disobey any rule, you instantly drop dead. I don't know how, but that's just what happens here. one time I asked my parents how that happens, but they just looked at eachother and ignored my question. I reluctantly rolled out of bed and got dressed in my red dress. birthdays are the only day we get to wear whatever we want. other than that, we just wear plain white uniforms.
I wear my brown hair down today instead of my normal side ponytail, and head downstairs. our house is simple. all the walls are white and the floors are brown. all the furniture is grey and black. Today, we get to eat my choice of food, but honestly I'm not that hungry. My birthday is the anniversary of my twin brothers death. he died last year. He smuggled an extra price of bread from the table because my bread fell on the floor. by giving me the bread, he was disobeying the rule and he died instantly.
