In the future after a war has destroyed much of the human race. people are paired using a common interests test for marriage at the age of eighteen, for fear of the past of divorces, wars and unhappiness that plagued the old world. This is how Bethany meets Patrick, through a government forced marriage. Will they be able to escape the new world and it's rules? Or is there no where to run to on the outside of the black marble gates of the New World? this is an AU fan fiction