One day I will be good enough.
Claudia had grown up being told she wasn't right. After her brother died, she was sent from foster home to foster home, being told things like, "you're too smart", "you're so rude", "you're a horrible person" and "you're not good enough" all which she had accepted to be true. But then she found the warehouse
They understood that she was good at things; in fact, they were the ones that proved it to her. And even though she did mess up from time to time, the team didn't mind that much (other than Artie, who was just worried about her) and they understood everyone makes mistakes.
But she still didn't think that she would be good enough She needed to make them proud. They were her family. They had welcomed her with open arms, and she needed to do anything she to show how thankful she was.
So she updated the warehouse. Made it easier to find everything, help everyone do his or her jobs. Artie was less than pleased. She updated the vacuum cleaner, so that Artie would stop complaining about the dust. That didn't work out too well... The teslas had impressed Pete and Myka. They all knew how annoying it was to have to wait for them to charge, and even Mrs Frederic liked her ingenuity. Everyone loved this upgrade. Well except for Artie. "It was fine how it was" he said, "You shouldn't be playing with something so dangerous" he said. And every time he said that, she sulked up to her room, to think of other ways to impress him.
Myka had started to notice this pattern, and new something was up. Claudia created a fantastic invention, showed Artie, she shot it down, and within a week, the same thing repeated its self. Myka thought she needed to step in, and stop the heartache Claudia went through each week.
"Artie" she asked the older agent, who was alone in his office " Can I talk to you?" Artie mumbled a "Yeah, what?" while doing something with the pile of paperwork that was in front of him "It's about Claudia" He stopped what he was doing, and turned to look at her " what's wrong?" he said, sincerely worried about the younger agent " You know she's just trying to impress you" Artie looked at Myka in confusion "what?" he asked. "When she creates those machines, the inventions and upgrades. She does it to impress you." This time Artie looked at Myka as if she was crazy. "All I'm saying is that you should give her a compliment next time she makes something. Let her know she's good enough,
Because she is."