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?”

new internship simply because I didn’t like my assignment, and there was no way I could explain the real situation to the dean. How could

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

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 get out

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

asked. “What did she

I replied. “She

exactly what you wanted, but look at it this way:

sounded

with her elbow. “How could you

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

whatever was happening between Enzo and I was getting weird. I wondered if he had something to do with my assignment,

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

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

Chapter 10. The Internship

that’s because you’re high all the time anyway,” Jessica replied

but laugh at my

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

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

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

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

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

whether I should tell Tiffany that I actually didn’t

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 mentor

For some reason, I felt comfortable being candid with Tiffany even though I

to say this, but… I was actually hoping

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