A/N: Wow, I haven't updated this (along with other stories) in quite a while. I managed to get a bit of my mojo back for writing this update, and ta da, here this is.
Hopefully my writing haven't become rusty, lol.
Disclaimer: Victorious belongs to Dan Schneider, even if it was cancelled.
Why Am I Here?
"Tell me again, why am I here?"
Robbie Shapiro sighed as he turned to a scowling Jade West, who was walking near him in the apartment hallway. They were heading toward Robbie's grandma's apartment door. Jade looked decidedly displeased.
"I told you before, I want to bring somebody with me to meet my Mamaw." Robbie explained. Jade's scowl deepened.
"You make it sound like a date," Jade said with a hint of disgust in her voice. Robbie felt his face begin to warm up in embarrassment as he tried to chuckle.
"Trust me, it's not that." Robbie said with a shake of his head, his afro hair bouncing slightly. "It's just that, well, um, my Mamaw pesters me about the Internet, like a lot. It've gotten to be so annoyi-"
"Like you aren't?" Jade interrupted with a sneer. "You should've asked your precious Cat to go with you." She said after a momentary pause.
Robbie flushed for the second time that evening. "Um, I did. She said no," he said the last part in a slightly dejected tone.
"She did the right thing." Jade snarked out.
"Hey, you said yes." Robbie retorted.
Jade glared. "It was either help Vega out with planning the birthweek for her stupid sister or spending time with you. I had little choice in this, and it didn't particularly help that you kept on badgering me for weeks."
"Hey, that's wrong with spending some time with me?" Robbie protested.
Jade raised her eyebrows challengingly. "Do you really want to know the answer to that question?"
Robbie sighed and shook his head. They were now standing in front of his Mamaw's front door.
"Well, um, as you can see, we're here." Robbie said, changing the subject as he gestured to the door
"Obviously, Sherdork."
"Now, before I take you in there-"
"Here you go, making it sound like a date again."
"-I should warn you that, well, my Mamaw...she can be a bit...critical at times." Robbie continued on.
"So am I," Jade deadpanned.
"Just want to let you know." Robbie explained. "She-she, um, kinda...um, never mind."
"She what?" Jade found herself asking despite herself. Robbie opened and closed his mouth a couple of times like a fish before shaking his head. "Never mind." He finally said.
Jade's eyes narrowed slightly. She did not like it when someone was holding something back from her, even if it was a massive dork like Shapiro.
"She what?" Jade reiterated, a hint of threat in her voice. Robbie detected it right way, and swallowed.
"Um...well...my Mamaw tends to drive every, um, girl away." Robbie mumbled, feeling embarrassed.
Jade raised her pierced eyebrow, feeling something prickle her usually shriveled heart.
"Really?"
Robbie nodded, fidgeting with his hands a bit. "Yeah...she tends to criticize them a bit. Many girls did not like that, to put it lightly."
"No, I mean, really, you brought girls home?"
Robbie stared. "Is that so difficult to believe?"
"Given that that every single attempt to get girls have failed, with hilariously catastrophic results, the answer is yes." Jade smirked.
Robbie sighed. "Thanks for the vote of confidence."
"Anytime, Shapiro." Jade quipped.
"Now that we're finished whittling my already-low confidence, can we meet my Mamaw now?" Robbie said in a slightly sarcastic tone.
Jade raised a pierced eyebrow slightly. "If we must," She said after a moment as she gazed at the closed apartment door.
Before she realized it, Robbie reached over and enveloped her hand with his. Jade didn't have time to mull over this before Robbie rang the doorbell.
As Robbie's Mamaw scared the bejeezus out of Robbie by yelling at the top of her lungs that she had a gun, Jade couldn't help but think that Robbie's hand felt...nice holding hers.
Not that she would admit this aloud, of course.
