Human AU, slight Tina x Jamie.

Kick. Kick. Kick.

Her mother thought she was the best athlete in her class, eh?!

So she couldn't fail! If she did, she'd be frowned upon yet again, and those words from her father would bore into her head.

"Failure isn't an option here, Jamie."

She seemed to choke on this collar of needing to be better as it squeezed her throat. She needed to be better; otherwise she'd never be good enough.

She could feel her breath quickening, and thoughts of needing to be better swirled around her head, making her dizzy and sick and horrible.

And useless.

She felt… warm? From cold to warm, she realised; her vision, which had blurred, smoothed out. She realised someone was hugging her, and she, subconsciously, burrowed into the warmth, turning around and hugging them back.

It was a definitely a jumper, she knew from the texture, that was wrapped around her. She smiled to herself, and then it dawned on her.

Who was this?!

She suddenly pulled away, falling onto her arse, and looked up.

Tina. It was Tina.

"Are you… okay?" There came that hoarse voice that put Jamie on edge – in the good way. She blushed, nodded. "Why were you panicking?"

"I wasn't panicking!" She denied, not making eye contact.

Still blushing.

Tina raised a brow, tossing her seaweed green hair behind her shoulder. "Oh really?"

"Yeah…"

"Something must be bothering you." There she went; Tina was going to dig out the answer now, whether Jamie liked it or not.

Might as well not hide it…

Jamie sighed before sitting on a bench, Tina sitting beside her. "I feel like I'm not good enough."

"W-What? Not good enough for what?"

"… To be me."

Tina's eyes widened. "Jamie?"

"I mean, my mother thinks I'm the best athlete in her class, but I'm not! I'm a horrible student; I'm a horrible friend…" She sighed. "I'm a horrible daughter…"

Tina wrapped her arms around the smaller girl, pulled her into a chest hug and rubbed her back. Sobs racked Jamie as she cried, hugging her. She ran a slender hand through the shorter girl's tiger orange hair as she cradled her.

The sobs died down. "Better?" Tina asked quietly, basil green eyes boring into tawny brown ones. Receiving a quick nod, Tina pulled Jamie into her hip, smiling down at her. "You're a brilliant friend, Jamie; you've stuck with me through thick and thin. The others only hang around with me because of my brute strength."

Jamie stayed quiet.

"And you're not the best student, I admit, but you're not the worst. You're a kid, Jamie; you can't be expected to know everything."

Silence.

"And if your parents don't think you're good enough, then how do they expect you to strive to be the best when you've continuously had your flaws pointed out? You need praise to know which way is going to be great and which one leads to disaster."

Silently, Jamie looked at her.

"You're not good enough. You're perfect."

A smile appeared on Jamie's face.

"Come on. Let's go freak out some squares."

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A/N: As short as hell, I know, but eh.

Anyway, since the next chapter was meant to be based off 9/11/2015 and something that was going to happen that day, and that thing isn't happening any more, I can't really write about it. So yeah. Request.

Please.