It had been difficult leaving her family after New Year’s Eve, but the break had been much needed. Now that Bella was back in school, it was hard to concentrate on things such as gross anatomy or biochemistry. She wasn’t a biochemistry kind of girl. Sure, she could be quite the bookworm and she’d done quite well in school, but she was convinced that her brain was just not wired for the hard sciences. Maybe returning to Veterinary school wasn’t such a good idea.
She was in pretty low spirits for the majority of the day, considering many other options. She’d done veterinary studies before, but it had been in wildlife management and animal behaviour. Perhaps she was more of a researcher…? That night, she called Nathan and told him of her concerns. To her surprise, she wasn’t even fazed by her whining. “Bells… you can do this,” he told her. “You’re not just a researcher. You have a brilliant mind. You’re just nervous because this is a big change in our lives, but you can do this.” At the moment, Bella didn’t quite feel like she could. “I loathe biochemistry,” she said. “Gross anatomy I get. Even developmental bio isn’t bad. Nutrition and radiology… simple. But biochem? I don’t know…” “‘That’s just one subject out of many. I’ll help you with biochemistry and it’ll become easier. You’ll see. We’re doing fine here. Stop worrying about us. That’s probably your main problem.” Bella sighed. That was partly true. She missed them more than she ever thought was possible to miss someone. It sort of wavered her desire to work hard on those subjects that she wasn’t naturally good at. But maybe Nathan was right. Maybe she really could do this, if she tried harder. “Okay,” she said. “But if I fail this quarter, I’m coming home for good.”
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