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?”

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 be assigned to the sports medicine internship because I didn’t want to be

as she filled in a portion of the form. “If you still really hate it by then, come to me

nodded gratefully. I 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

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

she asked. “What

no,” I replied. “She wants me to try

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 get to deal with all of the

My voice sounded anything

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

I wanted to tell her that I didn’t

if he had something to do with my assignment, considering

floor of the living room with a stained white sheet around her and a canvas

Jessica said, covering her nose and mouth with her shirt and running over to open the window. “The fumes!” Lori chuckled. “I

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because you’re high all the time

but laugh at my

sent me an email with her office information; it was located in between the soccer

head in to see a pretty woman with wavy brown

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

was not 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 appear ten years

pulled away from hugging me. I’m so happy to see another young woman working in sports medicine! We

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

at me with concern on her face. “Are you alright? You seem depressed. You know,

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

hate to say this, but… I

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