Title: Rebound
Author: Jonathan
Rating: M (covering my bases this time)
Chapter: 4B
Category: Robbie/Tori
Spoilers: Post 'Bound' and 'Unbound,' sit will follow season 2 canon.
Summary: Sequel to 'Unbound.' Tori and Robbie thought everything was going to be okay, but was it really? More issues arise.
Disclaimer: Victorious is owned by Dan Schneider, Danwarp, Nick, Viacom

We officially start the Zoey 101 crossover action! I hope you like this, and please, let me know if I handled the characters right. As for where this falls timelinewise with Zoey 101, this happens after 'Chasing Zoey.' So, all relationships are canon as far as the show went. That's not to say it won't change now, lol. Fun times ahead!

What was wrong with her?

Tori just kept herself into the ball and allowed her tears to flow. She finally had her Robbie Shapiro back in her arms and he tried to kiss her. Oh God, he tried to kiss her, and she retreated. Why? Why would she ever do that? She loved him with all her heart. She had no doubt in her mind that she didn't. They had the type of relationship where they were always together, always loving, always gentle... Where they knew things about each other that no one else would ever know.

Why didn't she want to kiss him?

Why didn't she want his velvety lips pressed against hers, his thin yet wondrous lips, the kind of lips that she could gaze at until no end.

Why couldn't she?

This wasn't what she was expecting would happen if she ever had him again. She thought she would always want to kiss him, always want to hold him, and always want to make love with him. Why was this so hard? What was wrong with her? What was going on?

This was not she was expecting.

Tears continued to pool out of her eyes as she buried her face into her pillow. Wishing her pillow was an actual replacement for the cocoon that Robbie could only provide her… sadly though, that wasn't working. Her pillow couldn't provide the comfort that she desperately needed right now…

And what made it worse was that she was so close to having him back. So close to have his arms wrap around her, so close to have her head rest on his chest, so close to having her breasts heaved against him… she was just so close…

…And now she wasn't. Now, she wasn't because for some bizarre reasoning, she retreated. She pulled away when his lips were so close to her own. To the point that she smelled his breath, felt his warmth, heard his heart beating; beating faster too.

What was wrong with her?

Dammit!

Why couldn't she kiss him?

Tears continued to flow down her cheeks. Her heart was breaking, she could feel herself ache…

She shouldn't be feeling this way…

Not to Robbie Shapiro. Never to her Robbie.

It was then when she heard the door being pushed open. Her eyes widened. She turned to the door and watched as a person starting to come inside.

"Robbie?"

"No. Sorry." The person said as she closed the door. She looked down at the crying girl upon her bed. "I know you're trying to sleep. I just need to get Herman and I need to get the sulfuric acid." As she made her way to her test tubes, she turned back to the bed where she saw Tori crying "Oh my God. What happened?"

Tori took her head and wiped the tears away with the back of it. "Robbie's back." And then something snapped in her mind, "Did you just say surlfuric acid?" She nodded, "Isn't that dangerous, Quinn?"

Quinn Pensky smiled, "Not with what I'm going to do with it." She then walked over to her bed and pulled out her terrarium "Awe… look… Herman's sleeping."

She looked at the unmoving tarantula. "Should I be worried?" Tori asked, confused.

"Not unless you plan on being in this room much longer." She saw the worried look, "Relax, I'm not going to do anything while you're here. I'm going to…" And that's when she saw the tears in Tori's eyes. "Wait. Did you just say Robbie's here?"

"Yeah…"

"Well, that's great, right? That's what you wanted." She said as she approached her roommate.

"I thought I did…" Tori whispered. "Oh my God. I thought I did. I wanted him back so badly."

"Then why are you crying?" She asked as she sat down on her bean bag chair.

"Robbie tried to kiss me, Quinn. We were about to kiss and I pulled away."

Quinn got up from her beanbag chair and made her way to the bed, she watched as Tori pulled into a sitting position and took a seat beside her, "You pulled away?"

"Yeah…" Tori answered with a sigh.

She looked at her, "Why?"

"I don't know!" Tori groaned. She took the pillow and placed in on her lap, she buried her face within it.

"What do you mean you don't know?" Quinn asked.

Tori pulled out of the pillow. She looked at Qunn, "I just don't know. I mean, Robbie was right here. We were talking, having a good conversation. He leans into kiss me and I pull away. It happened twice. And then he left, saying that he loves me and then I came back here and started to cry."

Quinn nodded, taking in her new friend's behavior.

"You're really broken up about this, aren't you?" She asked, seeing Tori's emotions upon her face.

Tori nodded, "This isn't some random boyfriend thing." She looked at Quinn, "It would be like if you and Logan were about to kiss and then you pulled away. How would you deal with this?"

"Well…"

"Actually… I don't think I should ask you this."

Quinn looked at her, hurt. "Why not?"

"Because I'm afraid that you might suggest one of your 'Quinnventions,' and Robbie might end up getting two heads or something."

She gave Tori a glare, "I would never do that!" Tori gave her a look, and Quinn pointed out, "I would need the okay from the…"

"You are not harming my boyfriend!" Tori growled.

She turned to Tori, "I'm not going to do anything to Robbie. Relax."

"Promise?" Tori asked, hopeful.

"Yes, I promise. I, Quinn Pensky, will not do anything to Robbie Shapiro."

Tori sighed, "Good." But then she looked at the carpet, "But that doesn't leave me with any idea on what to do about what happened?"

Quinn asked… "You don't know what to do Robbie you mean."

"Right." Tori reasoned. "All I want to know is why did I retreat?"

Quinn glanced at her, not knowing how to help her. This was something she never really dealt with. And while she usually tried to find answers scientifically, she knew Tori wouldn't want anything to happen to her. To be honest, the thing actually probably didn't deserve a scientific response. Tori's problem seem to be coming from a behavior, and when that is where it might be coming from, then…

"Oh!"

Tori looked at her, "What?"

"I might have something. What might be happening to you is a subconscious response."

"A what?"

"Subconscious response. Meaning, your mind is doing something without you knowing. And in this case, it's telling you to not kiss Robbie."

Tori gave her a glance, "Then how do I tell my mind it's okay to kiss him. That, and why am I doing it in the first place?"

Quinn smiled, "For that, we're going to need to use hypnosis."

"What?"

Robbie Shapiro left Tori behind and he made his way slowly down the hall. He didn't know what to do, but all he could think about was Tori and how she retreated. How she left his kissing attempts, and that scared him…

It left him uncertain, and it left him confused.

Why would she do that?

Did she still love him?

Did she still want to be with him?

He let out a sigh as he reached the common room for the building. Finding an empty seat, he slumped down. His mind still focused on what just transpired, and while he did wonder if Tori still did have feelings for him, he knew she did. She had to. They spent too much time together, and spent too much work on their relationship for it not just fall apart like this.

Especially over a simple act of kiss retreating.

He shook his head and then looked at the common room in front of him. It was rather big and it had allot of kids within the room. There was a big tv by the wall, and allot of them were watching it. Not to mention there were others just talking or doing homework by an open table or…

And that's when his eyes widened. He got to his feet and made his way across the room by a lone girl talking to some guy.

"Man, you work fast, don't you?" He asked the girl, shocked. Robbie looked at her, and then asked, "How did you get here so fast anyway? And what's with the clothing change?"

She turned around, and looked at a kid she never saw before. "I'm sorry. Who are you?"

He glared at her, "Are you really going to try and joke about this, Tori? I mean, I just left you like…" He looked at his watch. "Two minutes ago."

She groaned, "I'm not Tori. God, how many times has this happened? Tori starts school here a week ago, and now everyone thinks I'm her!"

"You're not Tori?" He asked, confused.

"Nope." She answered.

"You look like her." He said simply. Robbie looked at her from head to toe, "I mean, you got the same cheekbones, same height... same... size..." He finished up, looking at her chest.

"Hey…" She interjected. "Eyes, up here." Robbie snapped his head up from her chest. "My name's Lola."

"Lola?" He asked, bewildered.

"Yeah, and I'm Vince." The other kid greeted. "Her boyfriend."

"I see…" Robbie said slowly, not getting the grasp on this fully. "So, your name is Lola?" He looked a her again, "This is beyond weird. Are you related to Tori?"

She shook her head, "Nope. Not that I know of. My parents don't know anything about the Vegas." She smirked, "Meeting Tori though was an interesting experience though…" She looked at him, "Who are you by the way?"

"I'm Robbie. I'm Tori's…"

"So there really is a Robbie?" Vince asked. Lola gave him a look. "What? I'm just surprised."

"Yeah… there's 'a Robbie.'" He said, unsure about his reaction. "Why are you so surprised?"

Vince reasoned, "Well…"

"Vince is just surprised because the way Tori talked about you, we thought you would be here instead of…?"

"That's kind of a long story." He told her. Robbie shook his head, "And… I'm sorry. I just can't get over the resemblance."

When Vince saw Robbie circling Lola, he pointed out, "Yeah, we get it. They're similar."

Robbie smirked, "I wonder how similar…"

"What?" Vince asked.

Robbie took a second and took a step back, "I…"

"Hey, Robbie?"

Robbie turned around and saw Beck coming around the corner. "Hey Beck. What's up?"

"Quinn and Tori want to see you." And then Beck looked at Lola. "Oh, wow…."

Robbie nodded, "Yeah, been there. Done that." He then smirked. "Just be glad Jade hasn't found this out."

"Yeah…" Beck said, still shocked.

"Um…" Lola started. "Quinn and Tori, remember?"

Beck snapped out of it. "Right." He gestured with his head. "C'mon, everyone's there now."

That said, the four of them left the common room and went over to Tori and Quinn's room.

TBC in 4C

Confusing times ahead! Uh oh! Hope to have fun with this one.

I hope you all liked this chapter, and now with this, we officially start the Zoey 101 crossover. Let's see how we handle it, shall we?

Thanks for reading, and please. Review.