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?”

to the dean. How could I tell the dean that I didn’t want to be assigned to the sports medicine internship because I didn’t want to be around

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 form. “If you still really hate it by then, come to

team, seeing as how they were the most likely sports team

me and I exited her office. Jessica was

“What

I replied. “She wants

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, so you’ll

voice sounded anything

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

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

wondered if he

and I went home. Lori was sitting on the floor of the living room with a stained white sheet around her and a canvas that

shirt and running over to open the window. “The fumes!”

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high all the

laugh at my friends’

it was time for 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 and the hockey arena. It

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

Nina!” she said, standing up from her desk and coming around to greet me. Much to my surprise, she hugged

at all what I expected from a person who would deal with sweaty, whiny athletes all day. In fact, even though she was middle-aged, her bubbly personality made her

to see another young woman working in sports medicine!

of whether I should tell Tiffany that I actually didn’t want this

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 Tiffany even though

I was actually hoping for a different

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