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

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

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 get out after

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

she asked. “What

replied. “She

headed toward the cafeteria for lunch. ” I know it’s not exactly what you wanted, but look at it this

My voice sounded anything

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

her that I didn’t want to be near Enzo

was getting weird. I wondered if

day, Jessica and I went home. Lori was sitting on the floor of the living room

mouth with her shirt and running over to open the window.

Chapter 10. The Internship

high all the time

but laugh at

email with her office information; it was located in between the soccer field and the hockey arena. It was chilly out

chipper voice called when I knocked on the door. I opened it and poked my head in to see a pretty woman

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

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

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

whether I should tell Tiffany that I actually didn’t want this internship or if

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 mentor with

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 spill my

this, but… I was

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