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?”

could explain the real situation to the dean. How could I tell the dean that I didn’t want to be assigned

a form. “Just go to the first few sessions,” she said as she filled in a portion of the form. “If you

the most likely sports team to be injured, but at least I could get out after that. Not to mention that sports medicine was totally not even close to the field

I exited her office. Jessica

“What did she

“She wants me

it’s not exactly what you wanted, but look at it this way: at least you get to deal with all of the handsome

sounded

elbow. “How could you not be

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

whatever was happening between Enzo and I was getting weird. I wondered if he had

the floor of the

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

Chapter 10. The Internship

high all the

but laugh

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 out and getting dark, so I threw my jacket on and

a pretty woman with wavy brown

she said, standing up from her desk and coming around to greet

sweaty, whiny

medicine! We don’t usually get female

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

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

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

I was actually hoping for

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