I USED TO HATE PERFECT

DISCLAIMER

In A Heartbeat belongs to Disney, not me. I mean, hello? Do you think it'd be off-air if it was mine? No. I'd be pushing those repeats. Despite Jamie's musings on Val, this is not to be considered a JamieVal romance.

Val Lanier stretched back in her seat and Tyler Connell yawned. Hank Beecham slapped down the last piece of paper work. Jamie Waite merely looked at his teammates.

"I love it," Val stated out of the blue.

"Love what?" Tyler asked.

"The fact that there hasn't been a call for hours," Val replied.

"You know what else is perfect? Melissa Chandler," Hank said.

"No. She just thinks she's perfect," Tyler corrected. Perfect? I used to hate perfect, Jamie thought. To him, perfect was all style and no substance. He had thought Val was like that when he first met her. But he had been proven wrong. Oh, so wrong. He saw now that she style and substance, a rare combination in a girl people considered perfect. She had no idea what kind of an effect she had on him. She made him want to change. To be a better person. No, Val wasn't perfect. But pretty darn close. And to think, I used to hate perfect, Jamie thought, letting out a low chuckle.

THE END