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Chapter 10

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?”

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

she said as she filled in a portion of the form. “If you still really hate it

they were the most likely sports team to be injured, but at

me and I exited her office. Jessica was sitting

she asked. “What did she

said no,” I replied. “She wants me to

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

My voice sounded anything

said, nudging me with her elbow. “How could you not be excited about getting

wanted to tell her that I didn’t want to be

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

that day, Jessica and I went home. Lori was sitting on the floor of the

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

Chapter 10. The Internship

high all the

help but laugh at my friends’

and meet my internship mentor for the first time. She sent me an email with her office information; it was

in to see a pretty woman with wavy brown hair sitting at a desk. She looked up and flashed me a

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

deal with sweaty, whiny athletes all day. In fact, even though she was middle-aged, her bubbly personality made her appear

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 about

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

have noticed my sad expression, though, because she looked at me with concern on her face. “Are you alright? You seem depressed. You know, I’m not just your

I felt comfortable being candid with Tiffany even

say this, but… I was actually

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