Title: Disbound
Author: Jonathan
Rating: M (covering my bases this time)
Chapter: One B
Category: Robbie/Tori
Spoilers: Post 'Bound,' 'Unbound,' 'Rebound,' and 'Boundles' Still will follow season 2 canon.
Summary: Sequel to Boundless.' Tori and Robbie have been together now for three months, and continue to throw themselves into each other more and more. Now, it might of gone too far, and now they are trying to deal with their lives by themselves. Can they succeed in life by themselves? Or are they in over their heads?
Disclaimer: Victorious and Zoey 101 are owned by Dan Schneider, Danwarp, Nick, Viacom


Tori's gone…

She's gone...

She left, and his heart stopped. From the moment he heard those two dreaded words, Robbie Shapiro seized to make any sort of physical response. He just lost all sense of himself, and he didn't do anything but remain silent. His words became mono-syllable, and he lost any chance of seeing a potential future from happening between them…

Tori was gone…

And he didn't know what was going on. He didn't know where he was, or who he was with. All he knew that was that the love of his life was gone, and any chance of finally being happy again disappeared into a puff of smoke.

Which is what he was also feeling. Any sense of emotion, any sense being loved, and any sense of being himself…

It was gone.

He was hallow, empty, and done. Robbie Shapiro left the building. True, his body was existing, and he was breathing, but he wasn't doing anything. Any sense of worth was gone when he heard the two words from Jade…

She's done…

Tori was gone, and he was alone.

Alone…

Empty…

Without any sense of warmth, Robbie Shapiro was now a shell, and he was broken. His heart stopped beating, and he just sat in the car, without any notion to move or think.

He was just…

Done…

"Rob?"

The calling of his name didn't cause him to stir or anything. He wasn't paying any attention to the world around him. He just… didn't do anything or care about anything. He cut himself off, and it would take a miracle to bring himself back out of this funk.

"Robbie?"

Again his name was uttered.

But just like before. He didn't care.

"Rob, it's going to be okay. We're going to get you taken care of…"

But nothing…

His once brown pools had now changed to copper coins. All brightness and mirth drained from. He just sat in silence, unaware of the world around him.

"Rob, man…. We're not that far off… Okay… we're like…" The voice looked at the scenery around him, and then at the clock in his dashboard. "10 minutes, Robbie. Just ten…"

But when yet again, Robbie Shapiro didn't respond, his driver let out a breath, and couldn't believe the demeanor the young Shapiro was displaying. It looked so cold, so sad, so motionless…

So… dead…

Andre Harris never saw Robbie Shapiro so detached like this. He seemed other-worldly. He looked so out of his element, and it was downright painful to look at him like this. So much a hurt version of his former self. So much opposite from even the years that before he was even had met Tori. He just… he just looked so…

Pathetic…

Andre let out a breath, and pulled his eyes back to the road. He continued his route to where he had to go. The number of cars was starting to get more frequent as the clocked ticked by its fifth hour in the afternoon. Meaning that the time of day was reaching a busy period. Many people were getting home from work at the moment, and the neighborhood was even getting more active with children playing in the yards, and the sun was on its final descent of the day.

Time was approaching night, and Andre could tell that if what his girlfriend said was true between with what Tori told her, then he knew that things were about to get drastic, and fast. It was going to be a conversation that was going to be truly crucial. Not only because Tori and Robbie were going to have to come up with a plan on what to do, but the fact that Andre still had to talk to them and finally hopefully get their friendships back on track…

A feet he knew that was a long time coming. He knew that they both forgave Beck, and he had heard from Beck that Tori even forgave Trina. A obstacle that Andre thought wouldn't happen for a while. Especially because he knew that Tori and Trina had a past where it they hardly got along, and he knew that Trina often made Tori feel horrible whenever she didn't get her way.

Drama between the Vega sisters had been strained over the years, and it was only within the last two weeks that he had heard from Beck that the two sisters had finally began to make an attempt to hopefully become close again. A relationship that he knew both Tori and Trina really needed to make work…

He also knew that Cat and Jade were both at odds with Tori and Robbie. He knew their friendships never recovered since they came home from Yerba. But he also knew that if given the chance, Cat would try to make it work with Tori and Robbie. Given that behind it all, Cat, Tori, and Robbie were friends before everything happened.

Jade on the other hand…

That was another story. A story that he still had a hard time trying to get out of her. Don't get him wrong, ever since the two became intimate, he had the privilege of finding out some inner truths on what made Jade West Jade West. But any real fact that he ever uncover would only force Jade to deny an already known truth to taken in as false story…

A false story…

Yep… Being Jade West's boyfriend was both a blessing and a curse. Jade was a great girl, and he was on the verge of falling in love with her, but he knew there was always something behind the wheels so to speak. Something in the shadows that Jade didn't like talking about. And he knew that she still had a hard time dealing with. Even if it was something that she had previously shared with Beck.

A tired breath escaped as he thought that.

Everything in the Jade West/Andre Harris relationship was still up in the air. It was hard for him to get anything out of her. And it was even harder because she would stop herself from telling him. And when he ever tried to get the information out of her, she would say that the last time she told someone the truth, they would end up breaking her heart.

And she didn't want to go through that with Andre.

Yep… being Jade West's boyfriend definitely an interesting position to be in…

It was at that moment when they finally pulled into the parking lot.

"We're here." He said in an almost whisper. He turned to Robbie who still had a glazed look in his eyes. He placed a hand on his wrist. "C'mon. Let's go in. Tori's waiting for you."

Robbie just stared at him.


Tori sat in silence in her booth. She let out a breath and stared in front of her. It was an odd feeling being here especially after everything that happened at the hospital. She looked at her pear phone and noticed that it had been thirty minutes since she left, which means that it has only been thirty minutes since she had officially started to be on her own.

And at this moment, it was pretty much guaranteed that her mother contacted her father, and the two parents knew that Tori left. Not to mention she was sure that if Robbie didn't get away by now, then she would truly be alone. And she couldn't deal with having to succeed in life by herself. Especially when she didn't know how she was going to survive.

Her parents helped her whole life. Everything that she had done and achieved was because of how her parents raised her and how they helped in life. That, and provide the necessities she needed in order to remain healthy ad alive. All the things she needed to simply exist.

And that was what scared her the most. The fact that she was now alone, and if she didn't have Robbie with her, then she wouldn't know what to do. When she thought that, she couldn't help but realize a second later that even with Robbie by her side, she wouldn't know what to do…

Tori was in deep shit.

She didn't know what to do.

She really didn't…

And that was beginning to really scare her. So much so that her thoughts were becoming erratic, and fear was starting to seep in. And if it wasn't for the fact that she it had been a month since she had any visit from of her imaginary former friends, then she was sure it would be something like this for them to reappear. Especially when she was a situation that could truly break her.

That, she didn't need to happen. In order for that to remain true, then she needed one thing and that would be…

"Hey, there Tori…"

Tori soon looked up from her spot and noticed the smiling image of her former friend. "Andre…"

He gave her a smile, "I got someone for you."

Tori looked to her right and her eyes widened in joy. She pulled herself out of her seat and wrapped her arms around the slender shoulders of her betrothed. "Robbie!" When he didn't respond, kissed his cheek, and held him tightly. "Thank God! Thank God I got you with me on this."

Yet again, Robbie didn't say anything.

She pulled away when he didn't respond and noticed the empty expression on his face. "Robbie?"

He didn't answer.

Tori looked at Andre. "Why isn't he talking?"

"I don't know." Andre admitted. "He was like this since I picked him up. All quiet and dead inside. It was weird."

Tori looked at her fiancée. She held his shoulders, keeping him in sight. "Robbie… C'mon, Robbie. C'mon, come back to me."

He didn't respond.

"Baby…" She whispered. "C'mon, I need you with me on this. I'm right here. I'm not going anywhere." She leaned forward and tried to kiss him, hoping her lips on his would be enough to get him to function again.

Again, he didn't respond.

"Robbie ." Tori said to him. "C'mon, Baby. Snap out of it. I'm right here. We're together. That's where we need to be right now. C'mon…"

Yet, still…

No answer…

Tears started well in her eyes. Fear of a catatonic Robbie Shapiro was truly becoming a possibility "Robbie… C'mon…"

Robbie didn't respond.

"Robbie…" She whispered. She pulled him into a hug and held him tight. "I need you with me on this, Baby. I need you to come back to me. Because we have to find some way to survive. We have to come together, and be able to support ourselves. I need you with me. C'mon, please…"

It was actually at that moment when Robbie finally started to move. He didn't know what it was. He didn't know if it was Tori's emotions, or if it was her presence, or even if it was her shampoo from this morning. But it was just enough to finally make a move.

"Tori?" He whispered. His voice was low, and fragile. Soft. If it wasn't for the fact that Tori could actually pick up any tone in Robbie's voice, he was sure she wouldn't of heard him.

She pulled away finally, looking at him. His eyes motionless, and his demeanor was so out of the ordinary. He was so distant…

"Baby?"

Robbie just stared at him, coldly. "I… I… thought…"

"Thought what?" She asked, concern laced over her words.

"I thought you left me…" He whispered. "I thought you were gone."

She shook her head. "No. Don't ever think that. Don't ever think that I will leave you."

"But Jade said…" Robbie said slowly…

"Said what?" Tori asked, not sure where he was going with this. She then took his hand and made her way back to the booth. Allowing enough room for him to scoot in beside her.

"Tori's done." He recalled. Robbie looked at his fiancée. "What do you mean that you're done?"

Tori let out a breath…

"I left my parents. I'm done. It's just going to be us now."

Robbie's eyes widened.

"What!?"


TBC in Chapter 1C