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?”

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 to be assigned to the sports medicine internship

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

they were the most

dismissed me and I exited her office.

“What did

I replied. “She wants

lunch. ” I know it’s not exactly what you wanted, but look at it this way: at least you get

sounded

elbow. “How could you not be excited about

I replied. I wanted to tell her that I didn’t want to be near

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

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

said, covering her nose and mouth with her shirt and running over to open the window.

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you’re high all the time anyway,”

laugh

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

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

she said, standing up from her desk and coming around to greet me. Much to my surprise, she

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

she finally pulled away from hugging me. I’m so happy to see another young woman working in sports medicine! We don’t usually get female students in here, so it’s always nice to know that there are other women who are passionate about

Tiffany that I actually didn’t want this internship or

her face. “Are you alright? You seem depressed. You

some reason, I felt comfortable being candid with Tiffany even though I was usually

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

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