Title: Robbie Shapiro: Hollywood Stuntman
Author: Jonathan
Chapter: One
Rating: Teen
Spoilers: Post series. Anything's game.
Summary: Robbie Shapiro was always the acting geek at Hollywood Arts, what happens down the road when he decides to make a few changes and follow a different path.
Disclaimer: Victorious is owned by Dan Schneider, Danwarp, Nick, Viacom

"Hey Cat!"

Cat walked out of her bedroom, through the hallway, and into the den where she her brother resting upon the couch. "What?"

"Look at the TV!"

She showed a confused look, "Ok…" Cat brought some of her hair behind her ear, and looked at the television. "What am I looking at?"

"The TV!" He repeated.

Cat looked at the television set again, and shrugged, "What about it? It always looks like that, doesn't it?"

He let out a sigh, "No, I mean, look what's on the television."

Cat made her way to the couch and sat down beside her brother. He raised the volume and the announcer spoke aloud, "And coming out Tinsel Town, we have news about a rising star's storybook romance quite possibly becoming a storybook wedding, and the unique part is that it's not to her co-star but to a stuntman named Rob Shapiro and…" His finger went on, 'mute,' a second later.

Her eyes widened, "Woah…"

"Yeah…" Her brother said. "Didn't you go to school with her?"

"Yeah…" She said, her voice low. Cat turned to him, "But we didn't think that…"

"Think what?" He asked.

"Turn the volume back on!"

"Oh, sorry." He said to her, and pressed the 'mute,' button again, but the annoucnment was already over.

"I can't believe it…" She said to him. Her eyes sank, "I didn't know that they were still in touch."

He showed a confused look, "What happened?"

She sighed, "During our senior year… things fell apart. We all did…"

"What happened?" He repeated.

"Robbie tried to ask me out…"

"Hello my little mutants!"

"Hi!" Cat chirped aloud.

"Today we have something special to discuss!" Sikowitz announced.

"Trina finally learned how to cook a turkey?" Jade asked.

Robbie showed a confused look, "How do you know about that?"

She shrugged, "What don't I know about?"

"You certainly a festive gank." Sikowitz said to her out of the blue.

"What?"

He grinned, "Nevermind." He took a sip of his coconut milk and glanced at the calendar that was upon his desk. "This weekend is the 2nd annual Prome." Jade groaned at the name. "Yes, well, we need to need to know who would put up the decorations this time."

Robbie grinned, "Cat and I can do it!"

"Great." He said with a smile. "You're going to need a theme."

"Yay!" Cat smiled happily.

He looked at Cat, "But no cupcakes…"

Her eyes sank, "Hurtful."

Robbie looked at his friend, hurt by her reaction. Cat always seemed to be the butt of any joke or any cruel comment. This proved no different. He let out a breath, hoping that his plan to ask her out would be the thing that would lift her spirits. A happy Cat was always one of the best moments he could ever experience.

"Ok then, we're going to do the 1980s!" The kids sighed in disgust, "And we'll get Hall and Oates to play!"

Sikowitz's comment pulled Robbie out of his inner thoughts. He glanced up at his teacher. "Everyone will dress as their favor actor, musician, or any person from the 1980s." He looked at Jade, "And no, Jade. You're not coming as 'Boy George.'"

Jade groaned, "Like I would ever come as him."

"Uh huh." Sikowitz said slowly. He turned to Beck, "Make sure she dresses accordingly."

He looked at him skeptically, "You expect me to tell her what to wear."

"I expect you…"

"You don't get to tell me what to wear." Jade said as she got to her feet. "And besides, I don't care about your silly prome." She then left the room.

"That went well." Sikowitz said to the class. When no one said anything for a few moments, he added, "Class dismissed." He looked at Cat and Robbie, "Make sure you run the final decorations by Helen when you're done."

Everyone started to get up from their seats. Robbie walked over to Cat hoping that he could get the courage to ask his friend about the decorations. Hoping that this could be just the idea for them to get close and he can the chance to ask her out.

"So when should we get together to do this thing?" Robbie asked as he approached his friend.

"After school." Cat told him sweetly. "That sound good to you?"

He smiled at her positive attitude. No matter whatever was said to her, her ability to become happy again was something he always loved about her. "Yepperoonie."

She smiled at him, "You seem happy."

He grinned, and took a deep breath. He didn't know why, but at that moment all his nerves about asking the bubbly redhead out melted away. "Because I think I know who I want to ask out to the prome."

"That's great, Robbie." Cat said with a smile. "Who you going to ask?"

He took a breath again, "Actually… I was thinking about asking you again. Look, I know the last time you had Tug. But, this time I figured I ask you out before he got the chance or someone else asks you."

Her eyes sank, "Andre already asked me out…"

His eyes sank a second later. "He did?" He soon turned around and saw Andre sitting at the desk talking idly with a couple other kids.

"Yeah, he asked me last night." Robbie nodded slowly. She gave him a smile, "But I'll save you a dance."

"Sure Cat…" He said sadly.

She nodded with a grin, "C'mon, it'll be great." She watched as he headed for the door. His face gazing at the floor as he walked. "We're still doing the decorating, right?"

But Robbie didn't answer. He just left the classroom by himself.

"He never did come back to decorate that night…"

"Wow." Her brother said after Cat finished her story. He looked at the television set, "And that was the last time he ever talked to you?"

"The last time he ever tried to hang out with me." Cat finished, remembering how the rest of the year panned out. "I really hurt him that night."

A sudden beeping sound came from Cat's pear phone. She was about to go for it when her brother told her, "I can see how that would happen." He reasoned. He shrugged, "But how did he end up with your friend?"

She shrugged, "With her?"

He nodded, "Yeah?"

She let out a sigh, "I dunno." Her eyes glanced up at the phone again. She flipped it open. "Looks like Jade saw it too."

"You're going to talk to her about it?" He asked.

"Somebody needs to calm her down when she talks about Tori…"

TBC

Wow, I was productive today. This and 'Positive Thinking,' Go me! I hope you liked this chapter, and yes, this fic is not dead. It's just that Unbound keeps me busy most of the time.