Arvee Kay

The Summer Intern

The Summer Intern The sun beats down hot and bright on Mack, short for Mackenna Leyva on the first day of a summer that would change everything. Her years in business school had finally been awarded by the summer internship of her dreams: working on-lab at Juniper Palm Laboratories. She smiles, despite the impending sunstroke as the top of her head continues to bake. It is June 1st, 1986. All the interns have just finished their orientation day, and are now getting a tour of the enormous lab. Juniper Palm Labs sits on close to 100 acres of foothills in Southern California. Some interns were talking of grabbing a beer at the end of the day, and even catching a movie. Mack beams at the idea of a summer filled with life on-lab, grabbing beers in the dusky evening, and watching all the summer blockbusters.