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?”

situation to the dean. How could I tell the dean that

pained expression, because 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 a reassignment.

how they were the most likely sports

me and I exited her office. Jessica was

asked. “What

I replied. “She wants

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

My voice sounded anything

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

to be around Justin,” I replied. I wanted to tell her that I didn’t

whatever was happening between Enzo and I was getting weird. I wondered if he had something to do with my

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

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

Chapter 10. The Internship

all the time anyway,” Jessica

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

voice called when I knocked on 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 and flashed me a toothy grin as she waved for me

to greet me. Much to my surprise, she

who would deal with sweaty,

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

I actually didn’t want this internship or if I should just let her be happy for the

face. “Are you

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

to say this, but… I was

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