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 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

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

to a few sessions where I’d likely have to 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 was totally not even close to the field I actually

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

asked. “What did she

I replied. “She

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 you’ll never be

voice sounded anything

elbow. “How could you

her that I

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

was sitting on the floor of the living room with a stained white sheet around her

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

Chapter 10. The Internship

all the

help but laugh at my

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

pretty woman with wavy brown hair sitting at a desk. She looked up and flashed me a toothy grin as she waved for me

desk and coming around to greet me. Much to my

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

she said when she finally pulled away from hugging me. I’m so happy to see another young woman working in sports medicine! We don’t

unsure of whether I should tell Tiffany that I actually didn’t want this internship or if I

must have noticed my sad expression, though, because she looked at me with concern on her face. “Are you alright? You

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

this, but… I

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