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?”

I could explain the real situation to the dean. How could I

the first few sessions,” she said as she filled in a portion

most likely

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

“What did

said no,” I replied. “She

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

sounded

could you not be excited about getting to touch

her

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

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

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

Chapter 10. The Internship

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

couldn’t help but laugh at my friends’

to go and 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 the hockey arena. It was chilly out

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

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

expected from a person who would deal with sweaty, whiny athletes all day. In fact, even

when she finally pulled away from hugging me. 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 other women who are

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

“Are you alright? You

my lip as 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

to say this, but… I was actually hoping

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