How Robbie Knew That Cat Kept Candy in Her Bra
Chapter One: Pilot

Disclaimer: I do not own Victorious

Cat bounced through the halls and approached her locker, swiftly taking out her binder and the few books she needed for her first class of the day. Everyone at school seemed to be in an extremely good mood today, whispering excitedly about the Big Showcase last night. "I heard she's going to go to school here now," a hushed voice whispered from somewhere close by.

"I sure hope not," another voice chuckled to their friend. Well, Cat assumed that the two students were friends, but what did it really matter? "She's definitely going to be the lead role in all of our productions, if she comes here that is. I don't want to have to compete with that!"

"Welcome to Hollywood!" the first voice to talk scoffed, fading into the distance as the person it belonged to walked down the hallway. She was slightly bothered at all of the gossip surrounding the new girl. Nothing bothered her, usually, so why was she so uneasy now? Am I jealous? The bubbly redhead thought to herself. Nah, definitely not. I don't even know her! Cat stood in her spot silently, not even noticing that her locker was still open and practically begging someone to come steal something out of it.

Finally looking up, she slammed her locker door shut and skipped down the hallway. Right as she was passing through the commons area, someone with straight brown hair approached her from behind. "Hey, can you…" she started, giving Cat a chance to get a good look at the strange girl.

It was her! The girl everyone was talking about was standing right in front of her! Cat had seen her in the Big Showcase, but she'd never had a chance to have a conversation with her. "Oh my Gosh, you're Tori right?" Tori nodded and smiled, confirming that that was indeed her name. "You were so awesome in the Big Showcase," Cat gushed, grinning from ear to ear. This girl is nice, she thought to herself happily.

"Aw, thanks," Tori said, grinning almost as big as the pretty girl in front of her.

"My name's Cat," Cat informed, blinking at the brunette with huge brown eyes.

Tori raised an eyebrow but kept the smile on her face. "Oh, like the animal?"

Cat recoiled like she had been slapped. "What's that supposed to mean?" she screamed, attracting the attention of a few people who were still lingering in the halls, not wanting to have to go to class. Maybe this Tori girl isn't as nice as she seems, thought the voice in her head sadly. She hated to think the worst of people, but this girl had just met her and had basically called her an animal. Who does that?

"Nothing. I-I love cats," Tori stuttered, confused at her new friend's erratic behavior, if they could even be called friends yet. She'd never met somebody so quick to jump to conclusions.

Cat quickly recovered her composure with a smile. "Oh me too, they're so cute." Then she hurriedly rushed down the hallway, not wanting to talk to Tori Vega any longer and hoping that no one detected the hurt in her voice that she tried so hard to hide.

Later that day in Sikowitz's class, Jade West, Cat's best friend, had already found a reason to hate Tori, and the two girls were bickering rather loudly in front of the whole class. Sikowitz finally got them to quiet down and act civil, but if Cat knew anything about Jade, and she did, Jade was definitely going to get revenge on Tori for whatever she had done. Cat hated to see anybody get embarrassed or hurt, but Tori hadn't exactly made a fantastic first impression on her. At any rate, Cat was interested in what method Jade was going to use on her newest helpless victim of the day.

Sikowitz announced that they were going to do a bit of acting, and a small group was arranged to play the various characters. Cat was included, and she grinned as she pranced up on the tiny stage in the classroom. Jade, who put the group together, smirked at Tori and told her to go and wait out in the hall. Tori looked confused, but she reluctantly agreed. The look that Jade had plastered on her face was somewhat scary.

"Okay, so we're at home and we've got big news!" their balding teacher instructed loudly, after taking the suggestions from Robbie and Andre. "And, action!"

The handful of students performed the scene perfectly… up until the point when Jade dumped her iced coffee all over Tori. Cat gazed at Jade with a horrified look in her eyes. How could she do something like that? The tiny redhead thought silently, appalled at the scene that had just played out before her. It was definitely a new low, even for Jade. But Cat didn't intervene and risk being victimized as well, even though a nagging in the back of her mind kept telling her that she should have.

Tori looked down at the big brown stain on her shirt, and then rushed out of the classroom in tears. Andre stood up and followed her out, leaving the rest of the students and their teacher gawking at Jade. A pleased smirk still gracing her lips, the mean girl sat back down in her spot and the rest of the group took theirs as well, including Cat, until Sikowitz asked her and Robbie to go tell Andre and Tori to hurry up and get back to class.

Cat glanced at Robbie and Rex, motioning for them to follow her out and into the hall. Once they were out, Robbie took a deep breath. "Wow, that was intense," he said, pushing the bridge of his glasses up further on his nose. Cat muttered her agreement and the pair slowed their fast walking pace to a leisurely stroll, neither of them in much of a hurry to get back to learning. "So how's your day been so far?" Robbie asked a bit awkwardly.

"Not too great," Cat replied, shrugging. "I talked to Tori earlier and she called me an animal! Can you believe that?" the young girl exclaimed, her eyes beginning to water up. Most of the time, Cat was a very forgive-and-forget sort of person, but what Tori had said to her that morning had really hurt her feelings.

Robbie observed her with a sympathetic look in his eyes and stopped walking altogether, pulling Cat to face him. "That's horribly mean," he said matter-of-factly. "And she had no right in saying that to you. I don't think you're an animal at all," the somewhat geeky boy went on, blushing slightly. "You're a really nice girl, Cat, and you shouldn't let what she said bother you. Besides, I'm sure she didn't mean it that way, anyway."

Cat sniffled and wiped her eyes with the back of her hand. "You mean it?" she asked hopefully, looking back up to meet her friend's gaze.

"Yeah," Robbie assured her, clearing his throat and grinning. "Come on, let's go let Andre and Tori know that they need to get back to class."

The duo jogged down the rest of the hallway and found the new girl and her friend having what sounded like a serious discussion in the commons area, but Cat wasn't all that interested in what they were doing when she announced, "Guys, Sikowitz really wants everybody back in class!"

"And you really wanted a date for the prom last year, but you didn't get one!" Rex's mocking voice sounded from beside her.

Cat spun around, her eyes blazing with anger, feeling as if she could just rip out all of her bright red hair. "What's that supposed to mean?" she yelled in a wave of rage. Why was 'Rex' doing this? She knew that Rex was Robbie, obviously, so why was he talking to her like that? Didn't they just have something of a heart-to-heart a few seconds ago down the hall?

"Rex!" Robbie exclaimed in a stern tone, directed at his misbehaving puppet. Looking up at Cat with puppy dog eyes, he mouthed 'I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to say that' and gazed at her with a pleading look on his face. The other two must not have caught the exchange, because neither Tori nor Andre said a word about their little argument.

"Tell your puppet to quit being mean to me!" Cat shouted at Robbie, trying, although not succeeding, to keep her cool.

"Don't call him a puppet!" Robbie shot back heatedly, angry that Cat hadn't even acknowledged his silent apology. "That's an offensive term!" The tension in the room was almost tangible, and it seemed to be too much to handle for Robbie, who stormed down the hallway and headed back toward the direction of Sikowitz's classroom.

Cat stood still as Tori and Andre continued to talk, thinking about the exchange between her and Robbie. First he makes her feel so much better about what happened with Tori, and then he practically attacks her through Rex only a few minutes later? It was almost unbelievable, although she had to believe it since it just happened.

"Normal's boring," Andre was telling Tori at the moment Cat returned to her senses.

"It's true," Cat agreed sadly, looking down at her sienna-colored boots.

Tori looked up at the short redhead. "That normal's boring?" she asked, a confused look spreading across her face, probably at the fact that Cat had joined in on the conversation so suddenly.

"No, that no one asked me to the prom!" And with that, the curly-haired girl ran down the hallway all the way until she reached the end, where she slid down against the wall and sat on the cold tile floor, placing her head in her hands.

A/N: Hey there! This is my first multi-chapter story, and it's pretty much the episodes of Victorious, but from Cat's point of view. There will be a lot of Cat and Robbie-centric drama, and twists to how Cat reacted to certain things in the show.

I have up to chapter five written for this story, but I want to make sure that it's going to be read before I upload it.
Drop a review if you liked the first chapter, things are already starting to get interesting by chapter two!

Thanks for reading!