DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN VICTORIOUS. This chapter is from Robbie's POV

Chapter 10

Wildfire

It was 10 in the evening when I updated my status on The Slap. I smiled as I press the Post button on my Pear Phone and watched as my profile was updated. It should be interesting to see people react. I don't have many followers, but those who do follow me will get the update and the word will spread like wildfire. I fall asleep alone; Rex was locked in the closet and will be forever. I have a feeling that Monday will be quite the day.

The night Jade stayed with me was amazing. We revealed our love of each other. She loved me and I loved her. But, in reality, she was in love with Tori Vega. After we had kissed, she had called up her Mom in the middle of the night (it woke me up when I was in the living room) and begged to come home the next day. I knew the reason why she did this. Tori Vega. Jade wanted to simply prove that I was nothing in comparison to Vega and it is true. I am nothing. The next day, she said her parents called and allowed her to return. I didn't need to overhear her conversation the previous night to know she was lying. She wants Vega, not me, and I am going to change that. She can't say that she doesn't have feelings for me after that kiss.

I wake up Sunday morning around 11 and groan out loud that I woke up. I forced myself up and forced myself to work on my Trigonometry homework which is due Monday. I get out of my pajamas and throw on a pair of jeans and a white tee and head to the tiny kitchen to prepare my breakfast. Coffee and toast was on the menu, so I put myself to work. I was still drowsy when I gingerly took a sip from the warm coffee mug and immediately, the coffee wakes me up. I butter my toast and spread a layer of orange marmalade on the top and chew the crunchy bread.

After finishing my toast and refilling my coffee mug, I go into my room and grab my backpack and move into the 'living room' and set myself up at the table so that I can work on the homework. As I worked on the homework, I hear my phone ring in my bedroom. I sigh and get up and amble to the room and grab the phone off my nightstand and look at the screen. There were notification alerts on my profile on The Slap. Grinning, I go to my page and see that my recent status update has gotten likes from all of my followers (except for my friends) and the comments say that they are informing their followers and friends of this news. I scroll down the page to see several dozen comments. Some are surprised, others are shocked.

I force myself to put my phone down as it will only prevent me from finishing my homework. Grinning, I move back to finish the last few problems of trig that are left. It took me a good hour or so to finish. When I do, I pack my homework back into my bag and put the bag back in my room. I slump back onto the sofa and look at my phone to check the time: 1:17. 1 in the afternoon, what to do, what to do? I reach for the TV remote on the table and click the TV on and start to switch stations to find something worthwhile to watch. Nothing whatsoever. Groaning, I get up and walk to the TV to turn on my Pear Box 720 and grab the controller and walk back to my seat. As GTA V loads, my phone starts buzzing like an angry swarm of bees. I grab it while it still vibrates and sends tingles down my wrist. Apparently, I have gotten 500 more followers and myriad comments about my update. I gasp wide eyed at the screen and rub my eyes vigorously and pinch my arm a couple of times to make sure I'm not dreaming. I am not dreaming I really have over 500 followers. My update is trending!

The game's menu music kicks on and I jump at it slightly, being so absorbed by the development. I put my phone down next to me and pick up the controller and load a saved game. My phone buzzes so much as I play, that it is almost in tune with the rock music. I eventually turn off the vibrator, but it does little to help. The phone screen still flashes and it has gotten me killed in car crashes to the point of real annoyance. I stop playing the game, realizing that my update will still get me more followers and a million more comments so I turn the vibrator back on and off it goes.

Over the next several hours, my Slap profile page has seen more activity than any airport. My followers have nearly tripled and there are enough comments to be considered infinity. While, I'm glad that this is happening, I don't feel right. I feel like something is missing. I then start to scroll through the countless comments to find the 2 names that I am interested in. After what felt like an eternity, I reached the last comment and I didn't find any comments from either Tori or Jade. Tori I figured was too embarrassed to make a comment, but Jade on the other hand, has no qualms about voicing her opinions about anything. So her reasons for not commenting are beyond me. Maybe she was changed by Tori.

At around 7, I start to busy myself in the 'kitchen', preparing myself a ham sandwich for dinner, which I toast for a few minutes. When the toaster dings completion, I carefully remove the toasted sandwich off the screaming hot rack and onto a plate. I pour myself a glass of milk and head back to the sofa. The phone is vibrating so much, at this rate the sofa is now a vibrator. I must admit the tiny vibrations after a while are very comforting and could be useful for sore muscles.

I start to read the comments again out of boredom. The TV is playing in the background. I turned off the Pear Box and switched the source to watch shows. Drake and Josh is playing the background. I missed too much to know or care what is going on. I guess it was so boring that I turned to my phone for entertainment. 1700 people following me now. That is nearly the entirety of Hollywood Arts, and some people on The Slap don't even go there.

After a while, the phone really starts to antagonize me, with or without the vibrations, so I decide to head to bed and leave the phone out here. I place my empty dish and glass into the sink and turn off the lights in the place and stroll into my bathroom and brush my teeth. After that, I head into my room and strip down and slip into my pjs and turn my alarm on. I then climb into my bed and pull the covers up to my chin and put my glasses on the nightstand and stare at the blurry ceiling. I eventually fall asleep and dream about what tomorrow will be like.

The next day, the alarm buzzes at 6:45 and I crawl out of bed and head to the kitchen to start a mug of coffee. As the coffee cools, I hop into the shower where the warm water just about wakes me up. After that soothing experience, I get dressed for the day and have my now cold coffee. I don't care if it's cold or not as long as it gets the job done. I make toast for breakfast and grab my phone which had finally stopped buzzing. My profile was still up and I now had 2000 followers. Sweet. I think as I eat my toast. I finish my breakfast and get ready for school.

I head down the hall for the elevator at around quarter to 8. It's a 20 or so minute drive to school. I like to be there early. Plus, it'll give me a chance to confront Tori and Jade. That should be interesting. I think, grinning. I leave the Hollywood Hills Hotel and into the parking lot towards my closed off convertible and hop in, turning over the engine and starting the trek to school.

I arrive at the Hollywood Arts student parking lot just past 8 and pull into a spot. I leave my car and head towards the main building. As I enter the building, I am greeted by an uproar of cheers from all the students in the hall and am instantly swarmed by people, their voices a cacophony of unintelligible words. I was fortunately saved by the bell. The students eventually left and head for class, allowing me to go to-

"SHAPIRO!" a girl's voice erupts out of the blue, causing me to jump and look around for the source. I find Tori and Jade holding hands marching towards me at a fast pace, fury in their gorgeous faces. I stand my ground proudly, prepared to face whatever they throw at me.

"Hey girls-"I begin before being thrown off balance by a powerful slap from Tori, and then punched by Jade after straightening up. Jade's right hook to my jaw threw me to the ground. I land hard and stare up at the furious figures towering above me. I massage my jaw gingerly, it is throbbing from the punch and I feel the start of a black and blue and it is red with Jade's knuckles. I then noticed that my lower lip was cut by the ring on Jade's right hand.

"Thanks for waking me up." I sneer sarcastically at them. Their narrowed eyes widen at this statement. They dropped hands and Jade reached down and dragged me back on my feet. She then released me long enough for Tori to shove me back into the lockers. Thankfully, I'm not slammed into Jade's locker with her scissors protruding from multiple angles. I do however get a lock in my shoulder blade. I look at their faces contorted with hate. They are trying to make me look small. I think. This would have been impressive if they were taller than me. After a moment of silence, Tori speaks finally in a slow and angry voice that paused at every syllable.

"Why the fuck did you post that update, puppet boy?!" she snarled, shaking me slightly and taking my arm in a vice like grip.

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you." I reply shrugging. Jade scoffs at this, knowing full well, why I did it.

"He's jealous and wants me for himself." Jade explains to Tori, not taking her eyes off me. Tori looked from Jade to me and back again, as if trying to determine who is to blame. She lets go of my arm, which is now numb all the way down to the tips of my fingers. She takes a step back from us, still looking between us. She then balls her fist and punches me right in the temple, knocking my glasses off and sending me to the floor again. My glasses land a few feet away and as I scramble to grab them, Jade puts her combat boot on the small of my pack, pinning me, while Tori moved to crush the glasses under her shoes. My outstretched hand closes at this and I give up struggling against Jade.

"You really do love her, Robbie." Tori said looking down at me. My name sounds foreign when she spoke it. I look up to see a blurry Tori staring at me, or at least I think she is, I can't tell now. Tori's blurred face then moved to Jade.

"You weren't kidding. He really was telling the truth." She continues deadpan.

"Tori," Jade begins, but Tori raised her hand to silence her. Tori then moves towards me at helps me to my feet after she told Jade to get her foot off.

"Why?' I ask completely bewildered by this gesture. I didn't get the answer I was expecting. Tori than swept me into a searing and passionate kiss. At first I am shocked and don't return it, but then the tingling it shoots through my body has me kissing back. Our tongues are soon having a battle as we are tangled tightly together. Before I know what is happening, Jade steps in growling and throws me off Tori and slaps Tori and knees me in my private area, paralyzing me and I slowly sink to the ground, my hands on my private area and my eyes wide and mouth open wide.

"Why did you kiss him, Tori?" Jade asked her voice heavy with anger and worry, but more worry. When Tori didn't reply immediately, Jade continued. "I thought you never had feelings for him."

"I don't. I just wanted to see if he felt the same way for me too." Tori explained, massaging her cheek from where Jade slapped her. Both then turned to me. I can't read their blurred expressions, but I deduce that they're expressions are probably show interest in my input.

"Well, I actually have feelings for both of you." I reply meekly. I wonder how long we have been like this. I stand up slowly, feeling sensation in between my legs and I look at the 2 girls. Both of them, from what I can tell, which is not much that they are contemplating what they just heard from me and are wondering what to do.

"How is this going to work?" Tori finally ponders out loud. Jade and I look at her, wondering the exact same thing.

"No idea." I reply.

"Fucked if I know." Jade responded.

We then left school, not caring that it was still early in the morning. We simply couldn't stay within the same vicinity of each other. The drive home for me was awkward. There was no telling how bad it was for Tori and Jade if they rode together. I got home a little past 9 and headed up slowly to my hotel room absentminded to my surroundings. I get in the room, move to my bedroom, and lie down on my bed and stare at the white ceiling and eventually, the comfortable bed dragged me into sleep.

Here is chapter 10. Chapter 11 is coming slow, so I didn't upload it with chapter 10 as I originally planned. It'll be up eventually. Criticism is welcome.