[ WP ] It is your eighteenth birthday and you live in the future . Humans have created the technology to suppress emotions . On everyone 's eighteenth birthday you are required to have this equipment installed , however you are allowed to choose one emotion to keep .

I had been researching for months now. All of my friends had already gotten their chips, and predictably, most of them have chosen love. It was the one with the best results, according to most studies. 
 
 My Dad woke me up. Both of my parents had picked love, of course. They had fallen in love when they were 16. That's what most normal people picked. It's also what my parents were assuming I'd pick. 
 
 But love did n't appeal to me.... it was a great emotion, do n't get me wrong, but the suppression made the surviving emotion stronger. My parents had become literally obsessed with me and each other at some point. They wanted to be around me all of the time, and had no hobbies outside of each other. It was overbearing. 
 
 We went out to breakfast at my favorite restaurant. I was allowed to eat before surgery, as it was just a quick implant into my skull. Sort of like a tracking device. 
 
'So, what did you pick, Kiddo?'' My Dad asked me. 
 
 `` Love.'' I lied. He loved me so much, but he would've tried to talk me out of my choice because he feels its the best for me. 
 
 They sat in the waiting room while the doctor took me back. 
 
 `` So, Jessie,'' he asked me, `` What implant are you getting?'' 
 
 `` I'd like the one with empathy, sir.'' 
 
 `` Empathy?'' The doctor seemed shocked, `` No one ever picks empathy. Let me see if we have one still in the sanitization date.'' He rummaged through his drawer of implants. `` You are in luck! We have one!'' 
 
 He administered the anesthetic, and soon I was out. My parents came into the room to help me get home after the surgery because I was still groggy. They were tending to me, being loving, doting parents. I felt their love bloom in my chest, and I smiled because I shared their love and loved them, too. 

