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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?”

was right– I couldn’t just ask for a new internship simply because 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

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

deal with the hockey team, seeing as how they were the most likely sports team to be injured, but at least I could get out after that. Not to mention that sports medicine

dean dismissed me and I exited her

“What

said no,” I replied. “She wants me to

exactly what you wanted, but look at it this way:

sounded anything but

elbow. “How could you not be excited about getting to touch hot athletes all

Justin,” I replied. I wanted to tell her that I didn’t want to be near Enzo either, but

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

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

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

Chapter 10. The Internship

high all

laugh at

it was time for 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 out and getting dark, so I threw my jacket on and headed

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

and coming around to greet me. Much to my surprise, she hugged me. I was

it was not at all what I expected from a person who would deal with sweaty,

sports medicine!

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

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

my lip as I tried to come up with my response. For some reason, I felt comfortable being candid with

to say this, but… I was actually hoping for a

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