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Chapter 10

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?”

real situation to the dean. How could I tell the dean

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 form. “If you still really hate it by then, come to me and we’ll see about a reassignment. Sound

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

I exited her office.

“What did

I replied. “She wants me to

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

My voice sounded anything but

c’mon!” Jessica said, nudging me with her elbow. “How could you not be excited

to tell her

I wondered if he had something to do with my assignment, considering his influence in the

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

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

Chapter 10. The Internship

because you’re high all

help but 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 and the hockey arena. It was chilly out and getting dark, so

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

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

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

Tiffany,” she 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 know that there are other women

I actually didn’t want this internship or if I should just let her be happy

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 with this internship; I’m your

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

this, but… I was actually

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