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?”

could explain the real situation to the dean. How could I tell the dean that I didn’t

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

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 that. Not to mention that sports medicine was totally not even close to the field I actually wanted

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

she asked. “What did

replied. “She wants me to

you wanted, but look at it this way: at least you get to

sounded

elbow. “How could you not

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

if he had something

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

her shirt and running

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you’re high all the time anyway,” Jessica

but laugh at

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

it and poked my head in to see a pretty woman with wavy brown hair sitting at a

from her desk and coming around to greet me. Much to my

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

in sports medicine! We don’t usually

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

you alright? You seem depressed. You know, I’m not just your mentor with this internship; I’m your mentor with

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 spill my feelings

but… I was actually hoping for

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