Disclaimer: Stephenie Meyer owns everything Twilight. No copyright infringement is intended.
A/N: Thanks to Jax713 for pre-reading and to mcc101180 for beta-ing.
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From: Aro Volturi, arovolturi(at)fhcrc(.)org
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 6:27 AM
To: Edward Cullen, eacullen(at)u(.)washington(.)edu
Edward,
Part of the undergrad training involves more than just doing chores. Cleaning dishes, stacking pipette tips, and capping tubes do not count as experiments.
I expect your undergrad to have enough experimental data to give a presentation at the end of the semester.
Aro
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Aro Volturi
Member, Division of Basic Sciences
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
1100 Fairview Avenue North
Seattle, WA 98109-1024
What the hell? Did she tell him I have her doing chores?
Shit, shit, shit, shit.
Aro's right, though.
All she has done these past few weeks has been chores. And except the little incident with my RNA samples, she hasn't completely messed up yet. Maybe I should cut her some slack and give her something to do. She might end up learning something, or at least realizing how frustrating science is and give up on it sooner rather than later.
Oh God, how is she going to give a presentation if she can't even say one sentence without stuttering?
This is going to be an embarrassment, and not only for her. She'll make me look bad if she screws up her presentation.
It is decided then. I need to lighten up a bit and try to teach her something.
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On Thursday, the undergrad is doing her chores, and I approach her to hand her the proposed project sheet.
She looks at it with raised eyebrows. "What is this?"
"Your project for the next few weeks."
She smiles in excitement.
"You didn't have to go crying to Aro. I was going to give you a project anyway."
She frowns. "W-What are you talking about?" She looks up at me with a baffled expression, but I dismiss her quickly.
"Enough chattering. Those tubes aren't going to wash themselves."
You're busted, undergrad. Your puppy dog eyes don't work on me.
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A/N: Yay! Bella gets to do experiments!
So, who told Aro?
One more later today. Let me know what you think. Ronnie.
