Who Doesn't Start In The Middle?

Logic Level 1

You are playing a game of Tic-tac-toe. You are playing as $\color{blue}O$ while your opponent plays as $\color{red}X$ . The game plays as shown:

Which of the three labelled boxes should you put your next $\color{blue}O$ in to save yourself from losing?

Assume your opponent plays optimally, that is your opponent always try to win and always try to save themselves from losing.

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