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?”

didn’t like my assignment, and there was no way I could explain the real situation to the

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

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 out after

and I exited her office. Jessica was sitting outside. novelxo.com fast

“What

said no,” I replied. “She wants me to

” 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

sounded anything but

“How could you not be excited about getting to

be around Justin,” I replied. I wanted to tell her that I

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

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

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

Chapter 10. The Internship

high all the

but laugh at my

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 my

my head in to see a pretty woman with wavy brown hair sitting at a desk.

from her desk and coming around to greet

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

young woman working in sports medicine! We don’t usually get female students in here, so it’s always nice

at my feet, unsure of whether I should tell Tiffany that I actually didn’t want this internship

you alright?

tried to come up with my response. For some reason, I felt comfortable being candid with Tiffany even though

I was

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