Chapter 10: The Internship

Nina

“Well? What’s your assignment?” Jessica asked.

“Um… sports medicine,” I replied, handing the phone back.

Jessica looked confused. “I thought you wanted-”

“Surgery, yeah,” I said, grabbing my bag and heading for the door with Jessica on my heels. First thing in the morning, I would go to the dean of the medical school and ask for a reassignment.

“And why do you want to be reassigned?” the dean asked as I stood in front of her desk the next day. She was a curly-haired woman with glasses and a hard face.

I swallowed and tried to calm my

nerves. “It’s just… not the direction I was hoping to take,” I replied. “I don’t

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like sports medicine.”

“You can’t just ask to be reassigned because you don’t like the internship,” the dean said. “And besides, you haven’t even tried it yet. How do you know you won’t like it?”

for a new internship simply because I didn’t like my assignment, and there was no way I could explain the real situation to the dean. How could I tell the dean that I didn’t want to be assigned

have seen my pained expression, because she sighed and pulled out a form. “Just go to the first few sessions,” she said as she filled in a portion of the

the hockey team, seeing as how they were the most likely sports team to be injured, but at least I could get out after that. Not to mention that sports medicine was totally not even close to the field I actually wanted to work

dismissed me and I exited her office. Jessica was sitting outside. novelxo.com

asked. “What did

I replied. “She wants me to try

exactly what you wanted, but look at it this way: at least you get to deal with all of the handsome athletes, so you’ll never be

My voice sounded anything

said, nudging me with her elbow. “How could you not be excited

around Justin,” I replied. I wanted to tell her that I didn’t want to be near Enzo either, but

was happening between Enzo and I was getting weird. I wondered if he had something to do with my

Lori was sitting on the floor of the living room with a stained white sheet around her and a canvas

with her shirt and running over to open

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that’s because you’re high all the time anyway,” Jessica

but laugh at

and meet my internship mentor for the first time. She sent me an email with her office information; it was

knocked on the door. I opened it and poked my head in to see a pretty woman with wavy brown hair sitting

to greet me. Much to my surprise,

who would deal with sweaty,

when she finally pulled away from hugging me. I’m so happy to see another young woman working in sports medicine! We don’t usually get female students

looked down at my feet, unsure of whether I should tell Tiffany that I actually didn’t want this

with concern on her face. “Are you alright? You seem depressed. You know, I’m not just your mentor with

reason, I felt comfortable being candid with Tiffany even though

but… I was actually hoping for a

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