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?”

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

she said as she filled in a portion of the

the most likely sports team to be injured, but at least I could get out after that. Not to

me and I exited her office. Jessica was sitting outside.

she asked. “What did she

“She

chin as 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

sounded

said, nudging me with her elbow. “How could you not be excited about getting to

just don’t want to be around Justin,” I replied. I wanted to tell her that I didn’t want to be near Enzo either, but

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

floor of the living room with

shirt and running over to open

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because you’re high all the time anyway,”

laugh at my

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 and getting dark, so I threw

the door. I opened it and poked my head in to see a pretty woman with wavy brown hair sitting at a desk. She looked up

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

would deal with sweaty, whiny athletes all day. In fact, even though she was middle-aged, her bubbly personality made her appear ten years

sports medicine! We don’t usually get female students in here, so

my feet, unsure of whether I should tell Tiffany that I actually didn’t want this internship or if I should just let

expression, though, because she looked at me with concern on her face. “Are you alright? You

up with my response. For some reason, I felt comfortable being candid with Tiffany even though I was usually not the type of person

but… I

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