Title: Unbound
Author: Jonathan
Rating: M (covering my bases this time)
Chapter: 6 B
Category: Robbie/Tori
Spoilers: Post 'Bound,' and it will follow season 2 canon.
Summary: Tori and Robbie are free from Yerba. Now, they have to deal with the lives they left behind.
Disclaimer: Victorious is owned by Dan Schneider, Danwarp, Nick, Viacom

"Oh sorry."

A hand went down fast and was offered to the fallen young man. "I didn't see you there."

"Yeah, I bet…" Robbie told him, accepting his hand. He helped pick him up. "Thanks."

"I'm sorry." Danny told him, now at eye-level. He turned to Tori, "What are you two doing here?"

"We uh…" Tori said slowly. "Kinda go here now."

"Go here now?" Danny asked. "What happened? I thought you two were going to Hollywood Arts."

"We were." Robbie told him. "We just…" Tori looked at him for a moment, her eyes questioning what he was about to say. "transferred…?"

Tori nodded, "Yeah, transferred." She smiled.

"So you transferred here?"

"We're researching a role." Tori told him.

"You're researching a role about a student?" Danny asked, not believing what he was being told. "Tori, aren't you and Robbie already students?" He smirked, "You already belonged to a high school. Hollywood Arts."

Robbie's eyes widened. He suddenly remembered that morning's talk with the Vegas. "But we needed to go to a school that wasn't a performing arts one. We needed the public school experience."

"Ok…" Danny said. He looked at the two of them, "So you two left Hollywood Arts, transferred here, because you two are researching the role of a regular high school student."

"Right." Tori told him.

"Yeperoonie."

"And…that would explain why Trina is here too?" He asked, not buying their excuse.

"Danny…" Tori sighed. She looked at Robbie who had a confused look on his face. "Something happened…and we…Robbie and I…"

"We…"

Tori's eyes widened, "We didn't exactly transfer..." He looked at her, "But we are taking some classes here. Hollywood Arts just got a new principal, and some of the classes overflowed. Some of us had to come here to take the classes that were offered here."

"And Trina?" He asked.

Tori shrugged, "Trina failed her re-audition. My parents couldn't get her back in."

"Ok then." Danny said simply. "That makes sense."

Robbie smirked, "Yeah, I guess it does…"

Tori smiled. "Robbie and I are only here for the spring semester. Come fall, we should be back at Hollywood Arts."

He nodded, "Well, school is the same since you left." Danny looked down the hall, "The teachers are still teaching, nothing new."

"Same ole, same ole, huh?" Tori asked.

"Yeah, pretty much."

"Um, Tori?" She turned to Robbie. "We have to get our schedules."

"Right." She smiled. "Robbie and I have to get our schedules."

Danny nodded, "Meet you two for lunch?"

"Um…" Tori thought for a second. "Sure… if it works out that way."

Danny smiled, "Good." He looked at Robbie, "I hope you like it here." Then glancing to Tori, "Welcome back."

Danny then left them.

Tori closed the door to the principal's office. She looked at her friend, "You're quiet all of a sudden."

"I didn't realize I was quiet." He told her, his voice low.

"You alright?"

He nodded, tightened his strap slightly. "Yeah, I'm fine."

Tori looked at his demeanor, "Why don't I believe you?"

He shrugged, "Because... I…"

"Robbie, what's wrong?" She asked him, finally.

He let out a breath, "Nothing's wrong."

"Robbie…" She said slowly. "There's no use hiding anything from each other." Tori approached him, her hands went his shoulders, making sure that he was looking at her. "We've been through too much together. There's no reason for either of us to hide anything from the other."

He nodded slowly, sighed, "I know…"

She gave him a smile. "What's wrong?"

"Tori…I…" Robbie began.

"Tori! Hi!"

Tori turned around and saw her sister coming down the hall. "Trina?"

"Hi." She walked up to her. "Fancy meeting you here."

"We go here now." Tori told her.

"We?"

"Yeah, me and Robbie." Tori told her, amazed that her sister didn't remember that she was going here too.

"Oh right." Trina said with a grin. Suddenly seeing Robbie standing behind her sister.

"Yeah, hi, Trina." Robbie greeted.

"What's going on?" Tori asked. "Robbie and I were about to…"

"Tori, I need your help." She said with a smile. "I need your help to get back into Hollywood Arts."

"Trina, we can't." She told her sister. "If you would pay attention more, you would know that."

"That was before Helen ever heard you sing." Trina stated.

Tori was about to say something when Robbie spoke up. "We tried, Trina. We tried to get back, but you know why we can't…"

She glanced at Robbie, "But if we do something. We find something on her, we can probably get back in."

"Trina, I am not going to blackmail the new principal." Tori told her. She faced her, "Robbie and I just got back. The last thing we want to do is put her in a bad position. If it fails, then we'll never be able to go back."

"But Tori, we can. If we…"

"Trina…"

"Tori…"

"Vega sisters…"

Tori and Trina looked at Robbie finally. "Tori and I tried to get back. We missed the deadline." He approached the elder sister. "And you didn't get in because you didn't practice." He grabbed Tori by the hand. "Tori and I were about to say something to each other, and then you barge in."

"Barge in?" Trina looked at him. "I can 'barge' in anywhere I want." She told him. "Tori is my sister. I can come to her and talk to her anytime I want."

"Anytime?" He asked.

"Yeah, anytime." Trina reasoned.

"Then where were you two weeks ago." Trina looked at him, surprised. "And don't give us any Kel Mitchell crap."

He took Tori by the hand and headed down the hall, leaving Trina by herself.

The two of them turned the corner and Robbie started looking for empty classrooms. He kept glancing one glass window to another. When he did, he opened the door, and they both walked in. He closed the door behind them, and locked it.

"Wow Robbie…"

He turned, and looked at his friend, and saw a smile on her face. "I like it when you're forceful."

He couldn't help but smile at her, "You do?"

She nodded, "It's very sexy." She then took her arms and wrapped them around his neck. "I knew you had courage. I knew you had the ability to stand up for yourself."

He grinned, "When it's about you, then yeah, I feel the need to protect you."

"I feel that way too." She told him. "You're mine, Robbie Shapiro. Never forget that."

He nodded, "I'll try not to."

"So what you want to tell me?"

Robbie let out a breath, "Well…" He looked at her, seeing the love in her eyes for him. "I'm just worried…"

She nodded slowly, "About…"

"Danny…"

Tori showed a confused look, "What about Danny?"

He looked at her, "I just can't help but remember the last time you saw him."

"Oh." Tori said, in realization.

"You two kissed, and you sprayed cheddar cheese all over him and Cat." Robbie finally told her. "And what really is bothering me…"

She let out a breath, "Robbie…"

"Tori, I know the truth about me." He tried to give her a straight face, but couldn't help but well up a few tears. "I know you two have a history. And I know, I'm not Daniel Angel. I'm no Ryder Daniels, and I'm no Steven Carson…"

She took her hands and caressed his cheeks, her fingers feeling the curls behind ears. "I'm Robbie Shapiro. The kid who…"

"Will you stop doing that?"

He looked at her, confused.

"You're so much better than those guys." She told him. "You, Robbie Shapiro, are the best man I know. You're the one that I love. You're the one I fell in love with. You wouldn't be living with me, you wouldn't be sleeping with me, and you wouldn't be having sex with me if I didn't."

He just looked at her.

"There are so many Danny Angels in the world." She told him. "There are so many of his type." A smile crossed her lips. "But there is only one Robbie Shapiro. And that Robbie Shapiro is standing right in front of me, his arms wrapped around my waist, and his eyes looking down into my soul. I love you, Robbie. I love you so much, and it hurts me that you think you're not worth it.

He let out a sigh.

"And you're going to have to realize that you're stuck with me."

He nodded.

"I love you, Robbie."

"I love you, Tori."

He leaned and kissed her.

It was at that moment when they heard a bell ring.

He pulled back, "What bell is that?"

Tori pulled out her schedule. She looked at it, and smiled.

"What class?"

"Sex Ed."

TBC in 6 C