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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

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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?”

because I didn’t like my assignment, and there was no way I could explain the real situation to the dean. How could

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

were the most likely sports team to be injured, but at least I could get

her office.

asked. “What

“She wants me to try it

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

sounded anything

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

her that

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

classes that day, Jessica and I went home. Lori was sitting on the floor of the living room with a stained white sheet around her and a canvas that

shirt and running over to open the window. “The fumes!” Lori

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because you’re high all the time anyway,”

laugh at my

me to 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 the hockey arena. It was chilly

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 come

greet me. Much to my surprise, she hugged me. I was a bit

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

working in sports medicine! We don’t usually get

didn’t want this

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

felt comfortable being candid with Tiffany even though I was usually not the type of person to spill my feelings so

but… I was

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