A Junior's Choice

        It's now my time and I can't decide. I'm in front of a huge audience, but they don't bother me as much as my family does, sitting there and staring expectantly at me. It's always been that the "Juior's" family decide what gender they should choose, and even though we still kind of have the choice, most just choose what their family decided. Those few ones who chose the opposite of their family's choice were sent to live with the 'Malos Tomadores de Decisiones' A.K.A. "MTD". Those are technically the ones who's family didn't accept their choice, which is the case for most.

          As I stand here, everyone waiting for me to choose, I'm terrified. I'm terrified because my family's choice didn't feel right. I didn't want to be a 'girl', because I didn't like the idea of me wearing dresses or playing with dolls, and I found the idea of me playing football and driving sport cars when I grow up appealing. So now I'm left wondering,

          Should I listen to my family and make everyone happy? Or should I choose what I want, and make myself happy?

          I stand there thinking and looking at the clock as the time gets shorter and shorter... until it's time for the 10-second countdown. 10...9...8... what should I do?...7...6... think, think, think,..5...4... Me or them?...3...2...1.

          Everyone cheers as I announce my choice, my whole family hugs and congratulates me, as my feminine features start to form. And that's how my heart starts to break and a part of me dies inside.

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