My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

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?”

there was no way I could explain the real situation to the dean. How could I tell the dean that I

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

was still a bit disappointed that I’d have to go to a few sessions where I’d likely have to deal with the hockey team, seeing as how they were the most likely sports team to be injured, but at least I could get

her office. Jessica was

asked. “What did she

I replied. “She wants me to try

I know it’s not exactly what you wanted, but look at it this way: at least you get to deal with all of

voice sounded anything

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

replied. I wanted to tell her that I didn’t want to be near Enzo either, but kept it

whatever was happening between Enzo and I was getting weird. I wondered if he had

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

her shirt and running

Chapter 10. The Internship

all

laugh at my friends’

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 was chilly out

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 for me to come

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

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

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

at my feet, unsure of whether I should tell Tiffany that I actually didn’t want this internship or if I should just let her be happy for the time

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;

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 say this, but… I was actually hoping for

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255