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

Chapter 10 The Internship

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?”

assignment, and there was no way I could explain the real situation to the

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

team, seeing as how they were the most likely sports team to be injured, but at least I could

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

she asked. “What

I replied. “She

toward the cafeteria for lunch. ” I know it’s not exactly what you wanted, but look at it this way: at least you get to deal with all of the handsome athletes,

My voice sounded anything

said, nudging me with her elbow. “How could you not be excited about getting to touch hot athletes

her that I didn’t want to be near Enzo either,

I wondered if he

I went home. Lori was sitting on the floor of the

mouth with her shirt and running over to open the window. “The fumes!” Lori chuckled.

Chapter 10. The Internship

you’re high all the time

help but laugh at

internship mentor for the first time. She sent me an email with her office information; it was located in between the soccer field and the hockey arena.

poked my head in to see a pretty woman with wavy brown hair sitting at a desk. She looked up and flashed me a toothy grin as she waved

her desk and coming around to greet me. Much to my surprise,

deal with sweaty, whiny athletes all day. In fact, even

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

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

expression, though, because she looked at me with concern on her face. “Are you alright? You seem depressed. You know, I’m not just your mentor with this

tried to come up with my response. For some reason, I felt comfortable being candid with Tiffany even though I was usually not the type of person to

to say this, but… I was actually hoping for a different

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