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When I get back to rab a bite then take a shower, put on my sleep shirt and my eye mask, and sleep for as many hours as I can

Dr Carver sighs “FYI, Smithson, that’s not a life”

I shrug “But if I don’t sleep, Dr Carver, I’ll… die”

“I’ you should do ht?”

I nod

“I know you can’t be with your faht to bed, why not hit a bar with your fellow interns?”

“I don’t drink”

“Then just get a Shirley Teh with your friends”

“They’re not my friends”

When you’re an intern, everyone else is either your case, your boss or your competitor No friends

“Dance”

“I don’t dance”

Dr Carver rolls her eyes “Now I understand why you’re a virgin”

My eyes groide How does she know that?

A quick glance at the snickering interns across the rooives me my answer Why, those little…

“Smithson” Dr Carver reels my attention back “How old are you?”

“Twenty-eight”

“And still a virgin”

I frown “With all due respect, Dr Carver, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with – ”

“Word of advice, Smithson” She crumples the cupcake sheet “If you want to survive in this hospital, if you want to feel alive in a place reeking of death, you need to loosen up and get laid”

She presses the paper against my palm

“And tonight seeood time to start”

She walks off

“Dr Carver, I don’t believe interns should have sex with other interns,” I blurt out after her

I know it’s coo through, as if they practice on each other before going after the residents or the attendings But I definitely don’t approve

She glances over her shoulder “Who said anything about banging another intern? Just find so so you don’t tear that much”

Tear?

She waves her hand and leaves I throw the cupcake wrapper and lass of punch in a trash bin and walk over to the other side of the room I cross my arms over my chest and clear my throat The other interns fall silent and turn their heads towards me