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?”

I didn’t like 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

must have seen my 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

to a few sessions where I’d likely have to deal with the hockey team, seeing as how they were the most likely sports

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

she asked. “What did

no,” I replied. “She wants me to

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 deal with all of the handsome athletes, so

voice sounded

elbow. “How could you not be excited about getting to

to tell her that I didn’t want to be near Enzo either, but

I wondered if he had something

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 she was painting

running over to open the window. “The fumes!” Lori chuckled. “I didn’t notice

Chapter 10. The Internship

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

couldn’t help but laugh at my friends’

time. She sent me an email with her office information; it was located in between the soccer field and

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

around to greet me. Much to my surprise,

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

so happy to see another young woman working in sports medicine! We don’t usually get female students in here, so it’s

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

my sad expression, though, because she looked at me with concern on her face. “Are you alright? You seem depressed. You know, I’m

being candid with Tiffany even

say this, but… I was actually hoping for

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