Title: Positive Thinking
Author: Jonathan
Rating: Teen
Chapter: One
Category: Robbie/Tori and minor Cat/Robbie
Spoilers: "Tori and Jade's Play Date," and possibly AU after.
Summery: After Cat and Robbie sang to Beck, Beck returned a favor to Robbie.
Disclaimer: Victorious is owned by Dan Schneider, Danwarp, Nick, Viacom

"Hey, Mr. Beck.
Your life is going swell.
Now here is some news.
That's not so fun to tell.

Oh.

Now, Andre would like to thank you for the use of your car.
But something icky happened and it's kinda bizarre.
His grandmother peed in a clear plastic cup.
Andre put in your car, and started it up.

Now, here comes the bad part.
He was on the way to the doctor, and took a sharp turn.
The cup fell over and spilled all the urine.

64 plus 9 equals 73.
But please don't feel bad that your car smells like pee.
Because you're still good looking."

The song concluded, and both Robbie and Cat looked at Beck waiting for his response.

"Well, I'm not thrilled about the urine in my car. But I like your song, so I'm okay with it." He gave them a smile, and left the two happy teenagers in his wake.

They started jumping up and down in excitement.

"Oh, that was really fun!" Cat said cheerfully.

Robbie grinned as well. With all the excitement, he felt it was about time to say something to the bouncy redhead. This could be the lead way he needed. "Yeah…maybe we could make out some time?"

Cat continued to jump happily and swatted Robbie on the chest playfully. "Robbie, you're so gross."

As soon as she said that, she stopped jumping and turned around, and walked away. Robbie stopped as well, but he lost the natural high he was feeling. He let out a sigh, and watched the redhead leave him in the dust. Letting the guitar he was carrying slide from his arms, he went over to his locker and started banging his head against the cool metal cover, letting his guitar rest beside him.

"Woah Dude. You alright?"

Robbie stopped banging and turned around. He saw Beck standing in front of him. "Hey Beck."

Beck looked to where the three of them stood moments before and then back to where they were standing. "You alright?"

He smiled slightly, sighed, "Yeah, I'm fine."

"Uh huh…" Oliver said to his friend. "So you're attempting to ask Cat out backfired, and you're fine?"

Robbie showed a confused look, "You saw that? I thought you left."

"I was coming back to ask you if you knew where Andre was, but I saw you two talking. I didn't want to interrupt." He answered.

He pointed to the left, "He went that way."

"Thanks…" Beck offered as a reply. But he watched as Robbie opened his locker, and shoved his head inside, trying his best to block out the outside world.

"And in order to feel better, you place your head in your locker." Beck told his embarrassed friend.

"At least I know I won't get dumped in here…." Robbie said, halfway for himself more than for Beck.

"C'mere…" Beck said to him. He took a step toward him, slapped his hand on Robbie's shoulder.

"I'm fine here…" Robbie said, still feeling somewhat upset.

"C'mere, Robbie." He told him again. "Get your head out of the locker."

Robbie groaned, "I'm fine here, Beck."

"C'mere, Robbie." He said again. He pulled Robbie out of his locker and turned him to face his friend. "Do you like Cat?"

He sighed, "I thought I did…" He looked at the floor.

"Uh huh…" Beck said, uncertain. "You did ask her to make out, didn't you?"

"Well, yeah…" Robbie said honestly.

"So you like her then…" Beck summarized.

He shrugged, "I guess…"

Beck grinned, "Then you like her."

Robbie looked at him, "I thought I did…"

"You thought you did…" Beck told him, still uncertain.

"She told me I was gross." He reasoned.

"Ouch…" Beck nodded, getting the reason for his behavior.

"Yeah…" He told him finally.

"So…" Robbie began, "If you don't mind, I'm going back to my locker…" He started to make his way.

Beck pulled Robbie back, "Throwing your head in your locker isn't going to make anything better."

He glanced at Beck, "You obviously don't know my luck with girls…"

Beck sighed. He knew Robbie felt like he had the worst luck when it came to asking girls out. Every attempt Robbie ever made, the girl would answer with a 'no.' The only time he ever did go out with a girl, the girl posted about it at the Slap saying it was the worst day she ever had. And Beck knew that was not something anybody would want to remember. So, that idea did remain true. Robbie never had a date that went well.

Robbie never had a date…

His eyes widened. He looked back at Robbie, "What happened with your formal bully?"

Robbie looked at the floor again.

"That bad, huh?"

Robbie didn't answer.

Beck let out a breath, "It's always not going to be like that…"

Robbie chuckled, "Have you been paying attention to our conversation?"

Beck smirked, "Good point." He wrapped his arm around his shoulders. "Robbie, but it is not always going to like that. If you keep believing you have the worst luck with girls, then you're going to have the worst luck with girls."

Robbie smirked this time, "Right…"

"No, I'm serious." Beck told him with a smile. "Have you ever heard the term 'positive thinking'?"

"Yeah…"

"Do you know that it applies here?" Beck asked. "Robbie, if you keep thinking the way you do, you're never going to get ahead in life."

"So," Robbie began, "I'm supposed to think like 'The Little Engine That Could'?"

Beck gave it some thought… "Actually, yeah. That works…"

"Right…" Robbie said, feeling dejected. "Like that would happen…"

"Hey…" Beck told him, slowly. "It would happen…" Robbie gave him a look. "It will happen."

"Right…" Robbie said again.

Beck sighed. He leaned in closer to his friend, "It will happen." He looked around the hallway. "C'mere…"

"Where we going?" Robbie asked, confused.

"Hey, Tori…"

Tori Vega turned around from her locker, "Hey guys…"

"Lemme ask you something…" Beck said.

"Beck…"

He glanced at Robbie, "It's okay, Robbie. I'm here to help you."

"Help me?" Robbie asked.

"Tori?" Beck asked his friend. "What are you doing tonight?"

"Staying at home, why?" She asked, confused.

"Robbie and I were talking…" He said told her. "And we were hoping you can help us with an experiment."

"Beck…" Robbie attempted again.

"What kind of experiment?" Tori asked.

Beck grinned, "The power of positive thinking."

"Okay…" Tori said, still confused.

"And in order to test this experiment, Robbie needs your help." He said to her.

"What kind of help?" She asked.

"By going on a date with him."

Her eyes opened wide. She looked at Beck. So, did Robbie. "What?" The both asked him.

"Look," Beck said honestly. "Robbie tried asking Cat out on a date."

"That's great!" Tori smiled. Robbie looked on the floor.

"She said no."

"That's not so great." Tori said with sorrow.

"Right." Beck told her. "And now he thinks that whenever he asks a girl out, they'll say no."

Tori sighed. Beck had a point. Robbie always felt that he had the worse luck in the world, and Cat saying 'no' only cemented in his beliefs.

"That's so sad."

"Yeah," Beck nodded. "And we were hoping that you could help him. Let him know what a date could be like. Let him know that with the power of positive thinking, Robbie can gain enough courage and self-confidence. Help him gain the strength he needs."

Tori nodded, getting what Beck was saying. She gave Robbie a smile. "I can't help Robbie out if he doesn't ask me for it."

"Tori, you don't have to do this." Robbie said to her.

"I want to do this." Tori said to him. "So, just ask me out." She looked at her watch. "But you better ask me fast, because we gotta meet Sikowitz at the Black Box Theater."

"Ask her, Dude." Beck told him, after a few moments of silence.

Robbie sighed. He looked up at his friend, "Will you go out with me?"

Tori smiled, "I'd love to."

Robbie's eyes widened, "You would?"

She grinned, "Yeah, I would." Tori smile. "We'll talk after lunch. Beck and I got to go meet Sikowitz."

Beck looked at Robbie. "Now, you can see what a real date can be like." He slumped his bag over his shoulder. "And after tonight, you'll be fine." He looked at Tori. "We better go."

Tori smiled at Robbie. "We'll see you at lunch."

That said, the two of them headed off toward the theater leaving a still shocked Robbie Shapiro in their wake.

TBC

I dunno how long this will be. But after I saw the recent episode of 'Cougar Town,' I knew I wanted to try something. And I felt 'Tori and Jade's Play Date' could be a good episode to play with. I hope you liked this, and I must admit, it was fun to write. It just seemed to flow properly. Until next time…