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?”

my assignment, and there was no way 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 sports medicine internship because I didn’t want to

she sighed 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 me and we’ll see about

nodded 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

dismissed me and I exited her office. Jessica was sitting outside. novelxo.com

she asked. “What did

“She

” I know it’s not exactly what you wanted, but

voice sounded

“How could you not be excited

I replied. I wanted to tell her that

weird. I wondered if he

sitting on the floor of the

covering her nose and mouth with her shirt and running over to open the window. “The fumes!” Lori

Chapter 10. The Internship

high all the

couldn’t help but laugh at

first time. She sent me an email with her office information; it was

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

up from her desk and coming around to greet

what I expected from a person who would deal with sweaty, whiny athletes all day. In fact, even though she was middle-aged, her bubbly personality made her

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

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

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

some reason, I felt comfortable being candid with Tiffany even though I was usually not the type

say this, but… I was actually hoping for

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