Disclaimer: I don't own Victorious.
A/N: I've been away from this fandom for a long while and finally decided to return. What brought it on that I return is I went to look and see what Tribbie stories there were. Now my settings were all ratings, all word counts, English, and complete. There were only 28 stories, and only three of those were multichapter. I wrote two of them. So I'm coming back to write some more Tribbie and help boost it up.
Secrets That We Keep
Chapter 1
Surprise
"Why do I have to have a child? Can't I just do the scene with someone on their knees acting like a child?" Trina Vega asked, well more liked begged, her teacher. Trina was an 18 year old latina senior at the prestigious Hollywood Arts Preforming School. It was the premier preformance school on the west coast. It was amazing to people that she had made it this long in there as she didn't seem that talented. The truth was that she was a competant actor but she liked to blame others for her short comings. It was the writer or the lighting or the costumes or her fellow actors that brought her down.
Her complaints this time were due to Mrs. Dawes hanging out assignments that said that each student needed to act out a scene with a young child to show where the old saying came from. "The two groups you don't work with in Hollywood are animals and children."
"No Ms. Vega. You will do what the assignment is or you will fail. End of discussion." Mrs. Dawes said in a voice that would broke no sighed and stormed out. She had no idea where she was going to find a young kid to act with. She got to the Asphalt Cafe and slammed her books at an empty table. She sat down roughly and ate a small container of yogart. She fumed as she tries to figure out what to do. She could hear her sister and her friends talking at another table.
"So are you all coming over tonight for movie night?" Her sister asked. Tori Vega was sweet, popular, and talented and it drove Trina crazy. She had everything that Trina wanted but she got it with almost no effort.
"Yeah we'll be there." Andre said answering for the others. He was an African American boy that was a very talented singer and songwriter. In fact he was paired with Trina which led to him meeting Tori and them becoming friends. The rest of the kids he was speaking for were Cat Valentine, a goofy but extreamly talented girl, Beck Oliver, the most sought after boy in school, Jade West, a mean girl that could out sing almost anyone and wasn't bad with making movies either, and Robbie Shapiro, a weird and strange teen that got in because he was good with his puppet Rex. In fact the next person to speak was Robbie.
"Actually I can't make it. I have to watch my little sister tonight." the nerd said. Suddenly Trina's interest was peaked. If he has a little sister then she should be able to force him into letting her work with the brat and if not him surely his parents would make her. She still knew where the nerd lived after that thing with her one woman show so she would head over there after school. It seems like her day was picking up.
After school Robbie drove himself home and walked in with a sigh. He had the day's mail in his hand and was sorting it into important and junk. Junk went into the trash and he brought the important mail into a room that looked like a study. He laid it on the desk and then glanced at the clock. He still had thirty minutes before he had to go so he sat behind the desk and started sorting and opening the mail. As he was figuring out how to balance his budget there was a knock at the door. Glancing at the time and seeing that it was still early he got up and walked to the door. Much to his surprise Trina was on the other side. For the longest time he had a crush on her but after months of trying and his feelings going unreturned he finally gave up on it.
"Can I help you Trina?" He asked politely. She scoffed at him and pushed past him to get into the room. Robbie just shook his head and waited to see what she had to say.
"Where are your parents?" She demanded.
"Not here and if you could excuse me my sister will be here soon." he said motioning for her to go to the door. Trina stood firm and put a hand on her hip.
"That is what I need to talk to them about. See I got an assignment and I need a little kid for it. I want to use your sister for it."
"Well you can't so you can have a nice day." He said as sternly as he could. Trina just shot him a withering glare.
"Well seeing as your not her parent you don't have final say." She said matter of factly. Before he could answer a horn was blown outside. Robbie opened the door and soon a curly haired little girl of about four ran towards the house. Without any hesitation Robbie dropped to one knee and scooped her up when she got to him. She grinned, showing off her missing teeth, before speaking.
"Hi Daddy! I had fun today. I finger painted and drew and played on the slide. Can I have a cookie?" She asked. She was full of energy and went from one topic to the next with no breaks. Robbie just smiled.
"Now Angel you can have one cookie but I need you to go to your room and change into your play clothes." He said setting her down.
"Ok Daddy. I'll tell Boston all about my day." She took off to her room, not even sparing a glance towards Trina. Trina for her part stood shocked in his living room. Robbie just sighed but looked her in the eye.
"As you can see I am her father so I have the right to tell you no. Now leave please." He said as calmly as he could. Trina walked out in complete and utter shock. The entire drive home she tried to wrap her head around the fact that Robbie had a daughter. At first she thought that maybe the little girl was acting but that didn't make sense when she really looked at it. The girl didn't even know she was there and said it like it was what she did every day. So that meant that Robbie Shapiro had a daughter which meant that he had sex. Some where out there was a woman that had slept with that nerd and had his child. The thought made her shiver in disgust. When she pulled into her drive way she walked in and saw all of her sister's friends already there. She turned off the movie and held up her hand when they all protested.
"Hey shut up. I have something improtant for you all to hear." She said loudly and they all fell silent, at least for a little. "Did you guys know that Robbie has a kid?" She asked. They all looked shocked.
"What are you talking about?" Tori asked. "Robbie has a little sister but no child."
"Yeah that would mean that someone slept with him and we know that that would never happen." Jade added.
"I'm telling you I just saw them together at his house. She calls him Daddy and everything."
"No you are mistaken. He would've told us something like that." Andre said trying to wrap his head around it. This whole time Cat just sat there quietly. As they argued she slowly stood up and walked over to Trina. When she spoke everyone fell quiet.
"Take me to him. I want to see this for myself." Cat's voice was barely a whisper. Trina nodded her head and soon they were driving, taking two cars as everyone wanted to see this. They pulled into the driveway in front of the modest one story home and they all got out to see the truth of what they were told.
They walked up and rang the doorbell. Soon the door opened and there stood Robbie wearing a bright pink apron and holding a spatula. He looked at them all wide eyed as a small voice called out.
"Daddy I want my butterfly!" Robbie sighed and waved them in as he went back to the kitchen. Sitting in a high chair at the table was the adorable little girl wearing a set of jean overalls and a pink shirt. Her chestnut color hair was curly and hung down to her shoulders. The gang walked in and looked at little one. She was getting ready to eat but she looked at them all and smiled. Her blue eyes caught the light and they sparkled as she took everyone in. "Hi! I'm Angel!" She shouted to them.
"Angel indoor voice." Robbie called out from the kitchen as he cooked. Angel tried to turn around in her chair.
"But Daddy there are new people here." She said as if it excused everything. She then turned her attention to the new people. "What are your names?" She asked happily.
"I'm Tori and this is my sister Trina."
"I'm Andre" He said waving at her.
"I'm Beck and this is my girlfriend Jade." Beck said with a smile. Jade was still in utter shock that someone had slept with Robbie to even really acknowledge the little girl. Angel turned her gaze to Cat to get her name but Cat walked right past her. She walked over to Robbie and cleared her throat. When Robbie looked up at her she slapped him across the face. Before he could say anything she screamed at him.
"How could you?! You're supposed to be my best friend but you never told me this! What you didn't think I could handle it? That I was just a flake that wouldn't be there for you?" She shouted. Robbie just looked at her and once she was done he looked her in the eye and asked one question.
"When's my birthday?"
"May 17th." She said immideatly. Robbie just shook his head.
"My birthday is March 19th. You have never once come to anything I have done for my birthday. After Angel was born I stopped even celebrating my birthday and you still didn't notice. None of you did." He said looking at the group of them. Only Jade met his gaze. "So yes I never told you that I had a daughter because I wasn't sure you would even care. I'm just the nerd that hangs around you guys remember." With that he finished fixing his daughter's food, two pancakes that looked like butterfly wings with a sausage link in the middle as the body. The designs on wings were made with chocolate chips and strawberries. He set it down in front of her and Angel forgot all of the drama for her butterfly. He looked at the rest of them. "Would you guys like some too? I have plenty."
After they all said yes he got back to work. Soon they all had their own butterflies and he took a seat and watched them. As they ate the questions he figured was coming did.
"So who was she?" Jade asked. Robbie sighed and drank his water.
"Not in front of Angel. It is a long and painful story." He said eating his salad. He couldn't eat pancakes normally. He thanked God that his daughter didn't inherit his allergies.
"Well how about an easy one. What is her full name?" Tori asked. Before he could speak up Angel answered.
"Angel Rose Shapiro. Daddy says I am his fairy." She said happily. Robbie looked at her with such fondness that everyone there could see the love he felt for his daughter.
"So when is your birthday Angel?" Andre asked starting to really like the little girl.
"October 11th." She said was October 20th so they had missed her birthday. "Daddy took me to the zoo and that is where I got Boston."
"Who is Boston?" Beck asked.
"My tiger. He protects me during the night." She said as if it was the most serious thing in the world. Beck nodded and they asked her what her favorite color was, dark purple, and her favorite show, Spongebob Squarepants. After dinner Robbie went to give her a bath and then put her to bed. He walked out of her room to see his friends stretched out in his living room. He got a soda and took a seat.
"I know you have questions. I ask that anything I say here stays here. This is my life and I don't want it messed up by a bunch of busybodies who think they know better then me what Angel needs. Do you agree?" He asked looking around. They all nodded. Trina was figuring that if she hears him out and maybe babysits a little he'll let her use his daughter. She was so cute that she would easily pass.
"Ok so here is the story of Angel."
A/N: So next chapter will be the story of where Angel came from. Now here is something I made this story with three main characters Cat, Robbie, and Trina. The reason is that I don't know which pairing I really want to do. I figure I'll let the story play out and we'll see. Please read and review and let me know what you think. Thank you all.
