NOTE: I am also a part of the Victorious wiki, and I copied and pasted this story from my blogs that I posted on here, so I apologize if the captions are a little out of date.
Hey guys! I've been yearning to write a Cabbie story so badly but I could never come up with ideas that made Cat and Robbie seem a little OOC. But then, seeing The Breakfast Bunch and seeing all the cute Cabbie moments gave me an idea! I WAS planning on only making it a one-shot, but it may actually become a three-shot if I can come up with some good ideas :). This is basically Robbie's POV on the whole thing that happened with Cat (plus some "added" scenes not seen in the episode). I hope you guys enjoy it!
WARNING #1: I do not own Victorious. If i did, Beck&Jade would stay a couple and Tori&Andre, Cat&Robbie, and Trina&Sinjin would already be couples.
WARNING #2: This is the user's first time writing a Victorious story so she apologizes if it's really, really bad! :O
WARNING #3: Intense Cabbie fluff inside! Also some mentions of Tandre and Bade. A curse word or two, but I think for the most part, you kids will leave this story unscarred.
ROBBIE'S POV
Ugh. I officially hate Saturday detentions. I've been yelled at all day for various reasons (one being the fact that i got them here in the first place) and I just want to go home, get into my bed, and go back to sleep after eating some mayonnaise.
And to make things worse, everyone just found out that I'm a vegan. Jade is just so mean sometimes! She harassed Cat and I all morning and then she got on Tori for being able to shoot an arrow with her feet. It's a good thing that she's with Beck to keep her mentally stable; otherwise who knows what damage she'd do to us... and Rex, for that matter, because she seems to hate him the most.
Being a vegan is just one of those weird things that I'm sensitive about but shouldn't be. I'm Robbie Shapiro and, truth be told, I am ashamed of a lot of things- my so-called "nerdiness," my social awkwardness (especially around the ladies), and Rex's insults to everyone that is NOT him- and this just happens to be one of them. You know why I don't go around telling people that I'm a vegan? Because that would just go on the Things-About-Robbie-To-Make-Fun-Of list.
I'll tell you right now that I've been made fun of my whole life, and what I suffer through now isn't even the worst of it. In middle school I've been stuffed into trash cans, beaten up, had my head stuck in a toilet, had my tongue stuck to a pole... You name the classic bullying technique, and I'll be able to tell you that I've been through it. Every day I'd come home beaten up and miserable while Rex would berate to me about how I was so weak and uncool and nerdy. It got so bad that I now have a therapist that I've been going to since 6th grade, and I personally think she's nutty in the head too because she doesn't believe that Rex is a real person either. I mean why can't anyone see that he's real? To me he is; for the last time, he is not a puppet!
I was pretty much about to give up on life after those few years of torture- until I got a letter asking me to go to Hollywood Arts. Apparently they had seen my videos on TheSlap and wanted me to audition, and of course I got in because if I didn't, I wouldn't be in stupid detention right now! And as soon as my first year at Hollywood Arts started, my life changed. Sure, people still made fun of me and Rex, but I made new friends, found my true passion (working with the technical equipment), and met many girls- including her.
Tori is very, very pretty. She can sing and dance like a pro, and she can do everything right (unlike me). She lights up a room when she walks in, all the boys fall to her feet, and everyone just loves her to death. But she's not my type. She's just too... perfect. And don't even get me started on her sister, who is also pretty but is greatly untalented and doesn't care a damn about anyone but herself. If I was just in it for the looks (like I was a year ago when she stage-kissed me), I would've already asked her to marry me or do something equally stupid! But no. Thank god I learned from that mistake. And you guys already know what I think about Jade (a.k.a The Devil in Disguise).
I'm talking about the other girl. The girl with hair the color of red velvet cupcakes and strawberries. The girl who is so naive and adorable that it makes my heart swell whenever I'm around her. The girl who can be jumping for joy around the room in one minute and hysterically crying the next. The girl that people don't take seriously and think that she is too dumb for her own good. Yes, I'm talking about Cat Valentine, my very first friend at Hollywood Arts who saved me from falling into a deep abyss and never getting out.
Miraculously, I only thought of her as a friend at first. It seemed like we were both so lost and hurt back then and were just looking for a friend to lean on. I was that person for her and she was that person for me. We leaned on each other until we met Beck, Jade, and Andre a couple of months later. Even when Tori came into the group a year later, we still remained really close and still are now. And it didn't take me long to realize that after everything we've been through- those first couple of months, the stage kiss, the disastrous visit with my Mamaw, her boyfriends and my "almost" girlfriends- that she was the only one I truly loved, the one I wanted to protect and be around all the time. Sure, I get attracted to other girls when they pay even the slightest bit of attention to me, but I just do that to ward off that feeling of rejection- rejection from that one girl who will always have a special place in my heart.
But ever since she kissed me on the cheek after I gave her that cotton candy machine near Christmas time, I decided to push out of the "Friend Zone" once and for all. And that leads me to what is happening right now- After dancing around wildly for no apparent reason other than the fact that we were extremely bored out of our minds (and high on tacos, for that matter), I'm sitting in a chair in the library while Andre and Beck are straightening my once-curly afro.
'Gonna look a lot better without these curls in your hair," Andre chuckles, smiling at me while examining Beck's handiwork.
I wince a little as I feel the heat of the straightener on my hair and the death of another little curl, but I still smile at Andre's compliment. "Hey, I like black curls," I say a little defensively but in a joking way.
Andre gives me a weird look, but i shrug it off like I always do when I get that look (which happens to be often). "So why are you guys being so nice to me?" I ask, changing the subject. They are being nicer than usual, which is awesome, of course, but a little suspicious at the same time.
Beck laughs. "Because you're letting us!" Andre joins in on the laughter and a big smile forms on my face. How did I get so lucky to have friends like these guys? We're all so different! Andre, the music whiz; Beck, the cool, dreamy actor; and me, the nerd with the puppet (whoops, I mean Rex!). But somehow, we seem to work out.
That being the nicest thing they've said to me in a while, I try to hug Beck while still sitting in the chair, but he pushes my arms away. Oh well, I guess some things never change.
"Okay, finished! You may now admire yourself in the mirror now," Beck says, handing me a mirror from Tori's purse. I look at myself and am instantly amazed; it's a whole new me!
"Wow guys, thanks! This is awesome!" I squeal (yes, guys can squeal too), clapping my hands in excitement. "Do you think she'll like it?"
"Yeah bro, but you're gonna look even more chill in these," Andre says, pulling out a sleeveless white shirt, a black tie, and grey sweatpants. As soon as I get a glimpse of the outfit, I grimace. Definitely not something I'd wear. But, in this case, I'll do whatever it takes to impress the girl of my dreams.
"You really think so?" I pick up the clothes and sling them onto my shoulder. "Thanks guys, for everything. Seriously."
"Hey, no need to get mushy, Rob. Just put on those clothes and go get your girl," Beck says, winking at me.
"And you guys don't mind me doing this, right?" I ask, just to make sure.
"Nope, already taken," Beck says, his face brightening as he receives a text message on his phone.
"And I already have a brown-haired beauty stuck in my mind," Andre says, also smiling as he receives a text at the same time Beck does.
"Jade says Cat is ready," Beck says, showing me the phone.
"So does Tori," Andre says, putting his phone back into his jean pocket.
"Wait- what? Jade is actually helping me?" I ask, astounded.
"She said it was the only way to get you to stop acting like a love-sick idiot and be normal for once in your life. So yeah, I guess she is, in a way."
I smile. Jade is pretty nasty most of the time, but I know that she can have a soft side, especially with Cat.
'Tell her I said thanks, too," I comment, still smiling secretly to myself as I walk to the bathroom to go change. I do like my sweaters and sweater vests, but boy, this outfit feels... comfortable. Loose, as if I don't have a care in the world, which is ironically how I'm feeling now.
When I come in, Beck whistles in approval and Andre makes a sound as if he had just burned his hand. I sneak to the door leading to where Cat is and peek through the window. There she is, working on her picture of the man on the moon. How cute is she?
"Wish me luck," I tell them, suddenly feeling a surge of confidence through me. And with once last nod, I let my shaky hand turn the doorknob and force myself to walk through the door.
At first I'm really nervous, looking at anywhere but her. My hands won't stop shaking, and my legs feel like when I was playing that motivational speaker with the jelly legs. My heart is about to jump out of my chest because it is beating so violently! Finally, I force myself to look at Cat drawing away. My heart then sinks. Of course she didn't see me walk in- I'm just a nobody.
Then she sees me. She glances, looks back down, then does a double take, as if she can't believe what she is looking at. Her mouth opens a little in surprise.
I smile nervously at her reaction and fumble anxiously with my tie. Her beautiful brown eyes and her cute, innocent face wipe my worries away, and I try to impress her by whipping my head to the side while trying to get one last curly bang out of my eye.
It seems to work. She looks at me from my toes to my head and smiles. She licks her candy-coated lips with her tongue and giggles shyly. I can't believe it! She checked me out. No girl has ever done that to me before! I am officially in love with this girl.
And then I think of something in some romance movie that I was forced to watch with my mom a couple of years ago. The boy and girl got on top of the tables and started to crawl towards each other. When they got to their respective ends of the table, they leaned over the gap and kissed. Knowing that Cat is into the sappy, romantic stuff, I take a bold risk. I walk over to the table and start crawling towards her.
To my utter surprise, Cat gets the jist of where I'm going with and gets out of her chair and hops on top of the table and starts crawling in my direction, a feisty look on her face. This is just so unreal! I feel like I'm dreaming...
When we reach the end of the tables, she gives me a puppy dog look, as if to say Whatcha gonna do now? She closes her eyes and waits for that magical moment. Oh my gosh, she's actually going to let me kiss her! I instantly feel like I'm floating on a cloud because I am just so happy. I start to lean too and pucker my lips, but I realize with dismay that the tables are too far apart! So instead, I bring my arm out and poke her nose with the lightest touch possible. I expect her to look disappointed, but instead she gives me that playful look again filled with happiness. I smile and we both look away shyly, stuck in our own little world...
And then I lean too much to the right by accident and tumble off the table. As a fall, I smack my head on the arm of the wooden chair parked next to the table. "Ow!" I cry out loudly, cursing in my head. I wince and fight back the tears of pain as i gently prod the spot where I had hit the chair. God damnit, that really hurt!
"Robbie!" Cat shouts, rushing over and plopping herself next to me. "Are you okay?" She rubbed her shoulder comfortingly and some of my pain goes away. Heck, she makes me feel better every time we talk! I certainly have it bad for her.
"Yeah, I'm fine," I mutter, extremely disappointed that I ruined the moment. Of course I, the klutzy dork, had to screw everything up again. Why can't I just be perfect like Tori? That would solve a lot of my problems.
She helps me up and we sit on the table (that I fell off of earlier) together. We are silent for a little bit while I try and come up with something to say to her.
"Hey Cat?" I ask, seeing the blush creep up her cheekbones as I say her name.
"Yeah?" she says softly, locking her chocolate eyes on mine. I can feel myself melting in front of her, but surprisingly, I am able to keep myself sane. Suddenly, Rex's voice pops into my mind. Wanna crunch the corn shell together? it mocks me, pressuring me to say that out loud. I almost fall for his dirty little trick for a second, but then push it away because it's just rude and inappropriate. God, he's just annoying sometimes!
"Can I tell you a secret?"
She giggles softly. "Sure."
I fight the urge to get caught up in her sweet strawberry perfume and kiss her candy-coated lips as I lean in close and put my lips to her ear. "I was glad to find out that you are a vegan."
She blushes even more, as if I had just said that she's the prettiest girl in the world (which she is, by the way). She squeezes her eyes shut and giggles some more, and I can't help but laugh along with her. She is the most adorable thing I've ever seen!
"I have a secret for you too." she says, giving me the puppy dog look again.
"And what could that be, little miss Cat?" I joke playfully.
She laughs at my joke; she's the only girl I've ever known who actually finds my humor funny. She mimics what I had done before and whispers in my ear, "I'm glad you're a vegan, too."
Oh, Cat. Sweet, innocent little Cat. Here I was expecting her to confess her love for me, but this will do. A goofy smile appears on my face and we get stuck in a trance. However, the door opens, breaking the little spell cast upon us.
"Guys! Detention is over! Come on, let's go!" Tori shouts excitedly at the door. I glance at her, and she smiles knowingly at me when she sees Cat beside me.
I get up from the table and show her my arm. "Shall we?" I say, wiggling my eyebrows in a silly fashion.
Man, that grin will not come off her face. It just seems to get bigger and brighter whenever I talk. "We shall!" she says and we walk out the door, her clinging onto my shoulder. As we walk down the hall, we chat about how fun the day was and that we should get detention more often.
"Eeeep, a panda!" she squeals as she witness someone in a panda suit giving Tori a balloon. That's strange; what is a panda doing in the middle of the hallway? Beats me.
"Can you get me a panda, Robbie?" she asks me sweetly, and I think she's serious. She has the mind of a child, so youthful and naive, and that's what I love about her- she doesn't have a care in the world, and that's what makes her the little redhead she is.
I smile at her. Definitely not a real panda, but a stuffed one will do. "Anything for you," I respond, poking her forehead. She pretends to try and bite my finger, and we keep on talking and goofing around as we walk out of the school.
I give everyone special thank-you smiles and nods (especially Jade). They all smile back at me, even Jade, but it's more like a half smile, half scowl. But hey, I'll take what I can get for her.
I walk with a little bounce in my step, not knowing that someone was following close behind me. I'm almost there when I feel someone holding me back. I turn around and see Cat still cllinging onto my arm. She swings it around playfully and then does something I did not see coming: She takes out her gum from her mouth and places it in the palm of my hand. At first, I think Ew! Why did she give me this, out of everything else she could've given me instead? But then, as I watch her curl my fingers around the gum and give me a look of "Thanks for everything," I realize how special the gum really is. She's making up for the missed kiss! She is truly an amazing girl.
With one last longing look at me, she bounces away happily down the sidewalk in the direction of her house. My eyes stay locked on her as I put the gum to my mouth and chew it rigorously. Hmm, what an interesting taste. Sour apple with a bit of sweet strawberry. Man, I could get used to that taste- the taste of a wonderful, blissful dream.
Losing myself in my thoughts, I finally get on my bike with Rex in the front basket and bike in the opposite direction that Cat walked. Then, I start to worry- What if she forgets today? What if she really doesn't like me but was playing a part instead? What if I get rejected yet again? But she can't- she just can't deny that there's something special between us. She had to have felt it; after the way she acted, there's no way she couldn't have felt it! I smile to myself. Even if she does brush today out of her head,that redheaded bundle of joy will be mine eventually. Even if she doesn't feel the same way, I'll cross my fingers and hope for the best. I speed up the hill, feeling as if nothing can bring me down.
So that's the first chapter! Based off my interpretation of The Breakfast Bunch. Reviews would be awesome! Thanks!
