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

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

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

and I exited her office. Jessica was

asked. “What did

“She wants

know it’s not exactly what you wanted, but look at it this

sounded

nudging me with her elbow. “How could you not be excited about getting to

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

wondered if he had something to do with my

Lori was sitting on the floor of the living room with a stained white

running over

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high all the time

laugh at my

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

called when I knocked on the door. I opened it and 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

and coming around to greet me. Much to my surprise, she hugged me. I was a bit

and warmth; it was not at all what I expected from a person who would deal with sweaty, whiny athletes all day. In

said 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, so it’s always nice to

should tell Tiffany that I actually didn’t want this internship or if I

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

bit my lip as I 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

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

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