Title: Positive Thinking
Author: Jonathan
Rating: Teen
Chapter: Two
Category: Robbie/Tori and minor Cat/Robbie
Spoilers: "Tori and Jade's Play Date," and possibly AU after.
Summery: After Cat and Robbie sang to Beck, Beck returned a favor to Robbie.
Disclaimer: Victorious is owned by Dan Schneider, Danwarp, Nick, Viacom

"Wait! Wait! Sikowitz!"

Erwin Sikowitz slumped down in his chair and swiveled it around. He watched as Tori Vega approached him, still in the guise of Walter. "You can't be serious!"

"I am." He said, noticing the appearance of Jade coming in from behind them. "You two need to work together. If the audience is supposed to believe you as a married couple, then you need to meet me at Nozu tonight at seven."

"I got plans tonight." Tori said to him, her voice pleading with her teacher.

"What? And I don't?" Jade asked from behind.

"Cancel them." Sikowitz told her.

"Not gonna happen." Jade told them.

"Oh, Jade. You and your thinking you have a choice." He said with a smile. "It's so cute."

She gave him a look.

"Nevermind." He glanced at Tori, "You both need to learn to do the scene together and to do that, you need to meet me tonight at Nozu."

"How is going to Nozu going to help us do a scene together?" Jade asked.

He smiled, "That's the best part." He looked at her, "You won't know until you get there."

"Can't we do this another night?" Tori pleaded.

"I rather not do this." Jade interpreted.

"Don't be such a gank, Jade." He told her. "The roles were random. You both picked the parts, and now you have to play those roles."

"But why does she have to play Walter?" Jade asked.

Tori gave her a look, "You think I want you to play Nancy?"

Jade smirked, "With the way things are going, I wouldn't put it passed you."

Tori rolled her eyes, "See, this is not what I want to go through." She turned back to her teacher, "Can't you make you make Beck and me brother and sister and get Andre to play the role of Walter?"

"Then that would defeat the purpose of the box." He answered. "It was random. I went from you to Jade. It's the roles you chose."

Jade thought back to the moment when he gave out the parts. "Only because you passed over Shapiro."

"What?" Tori asked.

"He went from me to you." She reminded her.

Tori nodded slowly, "Right, and then Walter would've been Robbie." Her eyes widened, "Are you trying to tell us that you like Robbie?"

She scoffed, "As if." She shrugged, "But I would rather have Robbie be Walter then you."

"Look, you're arguing with me is not going to change my mind. You both got the roles of Walter and Nancy, and you might as well stick with them." He told them finally.

Tori groaned, "But why did you have to choose tonight?"

A sudden tapping was heard upon the door. All three of them looked up and noticed a familiar skinny blonde girl. "Helen wants to see you, Mr. Sikowitz."

"Tell her I'll be right there, you freaky little weirdo." He started to pack up his things. Sikowitz looked at the two actresses, "Just meet me at Nozu. Tonight. Seven sharp." That being said, he left the two of them alone, walking passed the skinny girl in his wake.

Tori's eyes softened at the young girl, "He didn't mean that, Courtney."

Courtney Van Cleef sighed, "I'm used to it…" She then walked out of the room.

"I'll see you tonight, Vega." Jade announced as she followed Sinjin's sister out the door.

Tori groaned. This was not going to bode well.

"So how you doing, Walter?"

Tori pulled her head out her locker. She looked up as she saw Beck standing beside her, a smile on his face.

"Not good." She said, her head still in her locker.

"Is there like a 'Placing Your Head in You Locker Holiday,' or something?"

She showed a confused look as she pulled her head out of the locker. "What?"

"Nevermind." He said to her. "How'd it go with Sikowitz?"

"It didn't…" She said simply. "I got to meet Jade and him at Novu tonight."

Beck nodded slowly, "But you're going out with Robbie tonight."

"I know." Tori let out a breath, "And the last thing I want to do is stand Robbie up."

He adjusted the strap of his bag upon his shoulder. "What are you going to do?"

"I dunno." Tori sighed. "I can't get out of this thing with Sikowitz, and I don't want to hurt Robbie anymore than he already has." She told him.

"I can understand that." He told her. "But he's a friend, tell him that Sikowitz put you up to something. He'll understand. Give him a rain check."

Tori closed her locker after shoving the wig from earlier. "I might have to." She said to her friend. "This isn't going to go well."

Beck nodded. The two of them started to walk down the hallway. Both walking aimlessly, but heading towards the café.

"Just make sure you tell Robbie the truth. He'll understand. If you're honest about it, and call him after, then he'll be alright."

"I guess…"

It was at that moment when they spotted Robbie leaning against the Wahoo Punch machine. A smile on his face. "Hey Guys." He called from the machine. "Going to lunch?"

Beck nodded, "Yep."

Robbie made his way over to the two of them. "Great." He repositioned his bag, keeping his eyes on Tori. "So what do you want to do tonight?"

Tori looked at her friend, already seeing mirth in his eyes. An obvious difference from this morning. "Um Robbie…"

He grinned, "Yes, my little Blood Angel?"

She took a step back, "You haven't called me that in a long time."

Robbie smiled, "I had no reason to." He looked at her as they continued to walk. "So, I was thinking… we could go to Karaoke Dokie tonight."

Tori looked at him, noticed his cheery attitude. She couldn't help but notice a huge change in his demeanor. Gone was the sorrow from this morning, and now he was acting actually somewhat happy.

After seeing that, she couldn't help but let out a sigh. "Robbie… I…"

"Yes, my darling."

"Karaoke Dokie is fine, Dude." Beck offered. Tori gave him a look.

"Great." He said with a smile. His hand went into his pocket to retrieve his pear phone. But when he couldn't find it, he looked at his friend, "I left my pear phone in my locker. I'll meet you at lunch." That said, he turned around and headed back to his locker.

When the coast was clear, Tori looked at Beck, "I can't go out with him tonight."

"You want to tell him 'no'?" He asked her. "You saw the way he was. He was happy. When was the last time you saw him that way?"

Tori looked at the direction their friend left, "I know…" She turned back, "But I can't get out of Nozu tonight. Sikowitz wants me and Jade there tonight."

"What time do you have Sikowitz?" He asked.

"Seven." She told him.

"Ok…" Beck summed up. "So, go out with Robbie before that."

"What kind of date ends at 6:45?" She asked him. "Especially one that's to a guy who hasn't gone on a date before. I don't want his first date to end that early."

"Ok…"

"So what am I supposed to do?" She questioned.

He thought for a second. "There is one thing…"

"What?"

"You could…go on both?"

She stopped walking. "What?"

He turned around, "Go on both dates."

"How?" Tori asked. "It's not like there are two of me."

Beck smiled, "Let me tell you about an episode of 'Boy Meets World.'"

TBC in Chapter 3