“Any luck?”
“Nothing yet. I may have to figure out a plan B.”
“Have you tried the clinic in town?” she asked.
“No, it’s too close to home. If Mom and Dad find—”
“You don’t have to tell them why you’re doing it yet, just that you want to try new things.”
“I don’t know... it would be ideal being so local.” I wouldn’t have to worry about travel time and maybe I could help after school.
“You should call them,” Mya said, handing me her phone, the clinic’s number already punched in.
“Now?”
“Can you think of a better time?”
Hailee sat down beside me, the two of them giving me expectant stares.
“Fine, but I bet they have nothing.” I’d left it too late to try to find something.
I hit call and waited.
“Hello, Rixon Veterinary Clinic, Regina speaking. How can I help you?”
“Hmm, hi, Regina. I’m a senior at Rixon High School and I was wondering if you have any vo
lunteering opportunities? I’m considering studying animal science at college and really wanted some hands-on experience.”
Mya gave me a little thumbs up.
“I didn’t catch your name?”
“Oh? I’m sorry, it’s Felicity.”
“Well, firstly thanks for thinking of us, Felicity. I’d love to be able to tell you we have something right now, but unfortunately—”
“You don’t.” My shoulders slumped. “I expected as much.”
“I’m sure you can appreciate, we have a rigorous process in place for all of our volunteers and we only recently recruited.”
“Of course, I completely understand.”
“That said, I might be able to arrange you a visit to our sister-center across town.”
“The pet rescue place?” I asked.
“Yes, A Brand New Tail. There’s no permanent volunteer spots at the minute but I’m sure George, the manager, wouldn’t mind showing you around.”
“That would be great, thank you.”
“Excellent. Drop me an email and I’ll forward it to George. We can also add you to the waitlist should anything come up...”
“Thank you so much.” We said goodbye and hung up.
“So...” Mya asked.
“They can let me look around, but they don’t have anything permanent right now.”