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?”

the real situation to the dean. How could I tell the dean that I didn’t want to be assigned to the sports medicine internship because I

and 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

were the most

dean dismissed me and I exited her office. Jessica was

“What did

no,” I replied. “She

it’s not exactly what you wanted, but look at it this way: at least you get

My voice sounded anything but

nudging me with her elbow. “How could you not be

Justin,” I replied. I wanted to tell her that

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

home. Lori was sitting on the floor of the living room with a stained

said, covering her nose and mouth with her shirt and running over to open

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

couldn’t help but laugh

email with her office information; it was located in between the soccer field and the hockey

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

greet me. Much to my surprise, she hugged

it was not at all what I expected from a person who would deal with sweaty, whiny athletes all day. In fact,

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 passionate

of whether I should tell Tiffany that I actually didn’t want this internship or if I should just let her be happy for

her face. “Are you alright? You seem depressed.

I tried to come up with my response. For some reason, I felt comfortable being candid with Tiffany even though I was usually not

say this, but… I was actually

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