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?”

no way I could explain the real situation to the dean. How could I tell the dean that I didn’t want to be

form. “Just go to the first few sessions,” she said as she filled in a portion of the form. “If you still really hate it by then, come to me and we’ll see about

the most likely

her office. Jessica was

“What did

I replied. “She wants me

we headed toward the cafeteria for lunch. ” I know it’s not exactly what you wanted, but look at it this way: at least you get

My voice sounded anything

elbow. “How could you not be excited about getting to touch hot athletes

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

was happening between Enzo and I was getting weird. I wondered if he had something to do with my assignment, considering his influence in the

Jessica and I went home. Lori was sitting on the floor of the living room

her shirt and running over

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because you’re high all the time

help but laugh at my

me an email with her office information; it was located in between the soccer field and the hockey arena. It was chilly out and getting dark, so I threw

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

greet me. Much to my surprise, she hugged me. I

a person 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 in here,

didn’t want this

must have noticed my sad 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

come up with my response. For some reason, I felt comfortable being candid with

but… I was actually hoping

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