DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN VICTORIOUS. This chapter is from Robbie's POV.
Chapter 5
"I'm under my bed!"
Five minutes after learning that we were trapped.
"I can't take it! I can't take it! I can't fucking take it!" Jade shouted, flipping out. She needs to calm down. I know she scared, fuck I'm scared too, but freaking out won't help us at all. She's gonna scare Cat more so than she already is and she's starting to scare me too.
"Babe, please calm down and catch your breath." Beck tells her.
"Does anyone have cell reception?" I wonder. We all pull out our phones and I see no bars. No reception at all. A cell tower must've been knocked over by flying cars. Everyone says they have no bars.
"Do you have a radio?" Andre asks Tori whose eyes widen and a smile appears on her face.
"You bet we do, Andre, let me go get it!" she says cheerfully before running upstairs. I hope the radio works. Because, it looks like we'll be here for quite some time, and we'll need to be updated on the latest. I hope my parents are ok. I think my RV got trashed and tossed around by the storm. R.I.P. Silver Streak.
Tori comes back from upstairs, carrying a radio that seems to be battery powered. She sets it up on the piano and turns it on. A faint buzzing can be heard from it. Tori claps her hands excitedly and turns the volume up so the buzzing fills the house. Tori sits on the piano bench and starts tuning it. The entire house is staring at Tori intently awaiting for a voice to come out of the box. Eventually she stops and a woman's voice comes out of the radio.
"Citizens are told to stay indoors at all times until the storm blows over and take shelter if they have any until further notice." the woman said. The reception was better than I expected which is a good thing.
"Reports are coming in about severe flooding, rain storms, and major damage to all of Los Angeles." the woman continued.
"Holy shit, this is bad." Andre stated.
"Agreed." I replied. I see Beck look over at Jade who has been silent for several minutes. I watch him walk over to her and as soon as he was within arm's length, she suddenly wrapped her porcelain arms around him and squeezed tightly. Beck wrapped an arm around her and pulled her in closer. I notice how close they look and I look over to where Andre and Tori are on the piano bench and I too notice how close they are and wonder if they will get together. I look at Cat who is still on the floor, clutching her purple giraffe as tight as she can. I move over to her with Rex and sit down next to her and wrap my arm around her shoulders and pull her to me. She doesn't object. She even puts her head on my shoulders. I will look after her.
"I'm under my bed." she whispered to me.
"I know; I'm scared too, Cat." I said in a reassuring voice.
"We have got to do something; we can't just stay here with our thumbs up our asses." Rex stated.
"But what do we do? We're trapped in Tori's house." Cat whimpered.
"I don't know." Tori replied.
"How about a window?" Beck suggest. "There has to be one big enough for us to fit in."
"But the woman on the radio said we have to stay inside." I pointed out.
"Who gives a fuck what the bitch said? We need to get outta here!" Jade shouted letting go of me and runs upstairs with Tori, Andre, and Beck following her, leaving Cat and I alone with Rex.
"How are you ok, Cat?" I ask her after a few moments of awkward silence.
"I'm under my bed!" Cat squealed.
"Don't worry Cat; if you join my Rex's All Hot Chick Volleyball Squad, I'll protect you." Rex stated. Ugh, damnit, Rex! That's not what I wanted him to say! I wish I could control what he says sometimes.
"Fuck you, Rex." Cat whispered. I stare at her shocked that Cat swore despite hating "dirty" words and phrases. Man, this storm is changing her and not for the better.
"I thought you hate swearing?" I clarify to Cat.
"Does it matter? We're trapped here." Cat retorted sadly. Um, ok?
Cat squeals a little and clutches me and her purple giraffe tightly afraid to let go.
"It's ok, Cat; we'll be fine." I reassure her.
"Will we be ok, Robbie?" she asks sadly. Yeah, I don't know.
"Yes we will be ok, Cat; we have to be."
"Kk." She replies. We sit there in awkward silence for a while. The others still haven't returned yet from upstairs. I hope everything is ok and that there's a way out. I look at Cat again and realize how beautiful she is in the dim, gray light. She may be sad and scared, but I will make her happy and brave, because I love her.
"Robbie, why are you so awkward around me?" she asks, breaking the silence between us.
"How would you like me to answer that?" I reply. 'Cause I have no idea how to answer that. DO I tell her I like her or love her?
"The truth of course, silly." She giggles. There's the happy Cat I know.
"Because the thongs he wears squish his privates." Rex replies. Cat squeals and grabs Rex and throws him across the room. I must admit, I was expecting that, so I didn't stop her from doing that. I think for a moment and decide what to tell her.
"I die every day." I answer.
"I die every day without you, Cat Valentine." I explain as lovingly as I can, which isn't much.
"What's that supposed to mean?" she squeals.
"I mean that I die every day without you as my girlfriend." I explain to her lovingly. She looks at me and smiles widely.
"You want me to be your girlfriend?" she clarifies.
"Yes."
"Really?" she clarifies again, moving closer to me.
"Really, really." I reply. Before I know what's happening, we are moving closer to each other. Inch by inch, our faces get closer until we are mere inches apart. I am paralyzed by some force and can only move my head.
Our lips then touch and we are kissing each other. Her lips are sweet and addictive. We are in sync and are so lost in each other's lips.
The sound of footsteps reach our ears and we break apart and look around. The others are coming back from upstairs, defeated looks on their faces. Apparently the windows are blocked upstairs. I hope we aren't blushing nor made it look too obvious that we were kissing not even ten seconds ago.
"Anything new?" Jade asks.
"Storm's heading north; SoCal is in ruins. L.A. seems to have taken the brunt of the hurricane." I inform them, turning the radio up so they can hear. A man's voice is explaining the situation.
"Hurricane Rick has all but wiped out Los Angeles and is now currently in the northern areas of SoCal. The power plant is currently having issues maintaining power." the man explains. Shortly after finishing, the radio starts buzzing, signaling the loss of signal, most likely from the power going out altogether.
I start to fiddle with the tuners and changes channels, receiving nothing but buzzing. There has to be an active radio station around somewhere.
"Power must have gone out." I tell sadly, earning myself another crushing squeeze from Cat, causing me to gasp for breath. "C-Cat, loo-loosen up a bit!"
"Sorry." Cat whines before loosening her grip. I turn the radio off and the incessant buzzing stops.
Everyone gathered in the living room and sat down somewhere. Tori and Andre sat together on one of the red couches; Beck and Jade sat together on the other couch. Cat and I sat down together next to Tori and Andre.
"How long do you think we'll be here?" Cat wondered. How 'bout this for an answer? Fucked if I know?
"Awhile." Beck replies. I catch the vagueness in his response. I mean awhile could be anywhere from a few hours to several days and possibly even longer. I hope it's not gonna come to that; we only have so much food. We'll need to ration what food we have in the house if we are to survive here.
"We need to ration all the food in the house." Beck states, reading my mind.
"That's a good idea; let's get started." Tori responded jumping up from her seat and walked into the kitchen and started opening cabinets that held food in them. Andre, Jade, and Beck followed and started grabbing food out of the cabinets and placing them on the tables and countertops. Cat and I stayed in our seats and observed them cleaning the cabinets which had a lot of food in them.
"The food in the fridge will have to be eaten first before they spoil; I'm not sure what to do with all the frozen foods, since we have no power." Tori stated as she motioned to the fridge.
"We could start a fire and do it the old fashioned way." Jade suggested innocently.
"That's really dangerous, Jade." Tori replied with a worried expression.
"Yeah, how are we gonna make a fire in here that's large enough to cook meat, but small enough that it's manageable?" Andre pointed out.
"Whatever; it was just a suggestion." Jade said nonchalantly. Then something just hit me and it needed to be said.
"Wait a minute, we have no power in the entire house, right?" I said out of the blue, earning several confused looks directed at me.
"Yeah, what about it?" Beck replies.
"Well, with no power, we won't be able to charge our phones and we might need them if we're gonna be here for awhile." I point out. Their expressions changed to realization and they all agreed.
"Yeah, let's turn them off." Tori replied, reaching in her pocket and pulling out her phone and turning it off. Everyone soon follows suit and all our phones are off. We have no signal and no internet, so why kill the batteries?
With all the foodstuffs on the counter, save for the refrigerated goods, they started to ration the food to last us for a few weeks.
"Do we have water?" Andre asks Tori. Tori shrugs and moves to the sink and turns the faucet on full blast and water does come out.
"Phew, at least we have water." Tori says relieved. Cat and I get up and join them in the kitchen to help with the rationing. Cat seems to have calmed down as she doesn't have her purple giraffe with her. Then again, we are kinda boyfriend/girlfriend so she feels safer with me.
"Do you know what we have for food in the fridge?" I asked. Tori's eyes wandered to the ceiling as she struggled to remember what food is in the fridge.
"Not really and I don't want to open it; we need to keep it cool for now." Tori replies. "We should only open it only when it's absolutely necessary." she added.
"It is absolutely necessary, Vega." Jade snapped and walked to the fridge and opened the door before anybody could object. They walked to the fridge to look inside. Cat and I loitered in the background. We can't get close enough to see what food is inside. Jade then shuts the door to trap the escaping cool air after a while.
"Not much, but it's better than nothing." Beck state. Everyone nods.
"Agreed; at least we have some idea what's in there." Jade replied.
Tori left the kitchen and headed for the stairs.
"Where are you going?" Andre asked.
"Getting a notebook and a pen." Tori replied without looking back. She ascended the stairs and vanished.
"Why would she need a notebook and a pen?" Cat asked quietly. We all shrugged. Tori usually has something up her sleeve, so let's see what card she plays.
Tori returns after a couple of minutes with blue notebook and a pen.
"We'll make a journal entry of our stay here." Tori states at our confused looks.
"Why? That seems unnecessary." Jade replied, her confused look contorting to an even more confused look.
"Well, we need it in case we..." Tori started. She looked at us all expectantly. I understood and nodded my head. Jade and Andre nodded as well. Cat and I didn't reply. Cat probably doesn't understand what Tori meant. I did, but it still scared me into not replying.
"I don't get it." Cat says. Just as I thought.
"We'll need it in case we don't make it, Cat." Andre told her. Cat gasped and grabbed me again.
"Yeah; we'll each take turns writing a day out?" Tori suggested as she sat down on one of the couches and pulled the coffee table closer to her and put the notebook down and opened it to the first page after the cover. Tori looked back at us and we all nod.
"Ok, then I'll start." Tori said shakily. She doesn't find this easy and I don't find it easy either. Jade wraps her arms around me again and pulls me close to her. I wrap my arms around her and pull her in closer. Tori starts writing on the first page. Andre, Cat, and I went into the living room to see what Tori was writing. Only Beck and Jade remained in the kitchen, wrapped together like a giant piece of candy.
"What are we gonna do about sleeping arrangements?" Andre asked without looking up from the notebook Tori was still writing in.
"Beck and I will take the master bedroom after we clean the glass off the floor." Jade replied automatically. She grabs Beck's hand and drags him upstairs and they vanish to go clean the master bedroom of glass before anyone could say anything.
Cat and I moved to the piano bench. We sat down close to each other. We both sit in awkward silence, wishing that Andre and Tori weren't in the same room so that we could make out again. You can tell that Cat seemed pretty desperate to want to kiss me again.
"Finished." Tori said after a few minutes.
"Hey you guys." Tori greets them as they enter the living room.
"Tori finished with the day log." I explained to them.
"What did she write?" I ask. Tori takes the notebook and hands it to me. I take it and hold it so Jade and I can read it together. There were many crossed out words.
Day One June 12th, 2011:
Hurricane Rick has hit Los Angeles and the city is all but destroyed. The roads are most likely blocked and the power is out. SoCal took the brunt of the storm. I am writing this daily journal so that should anyone find us too late, they'll know what has transpired here.
My name is Victoria Vega. I'm a student at Hollywood Arts high school and this is my house we are trapped in. My friends are as follows: Andre Harris, the boy with dreadlocks; Robbie Shapiro, the boy with the afro and the glasses and his puppet, Rex; Caterina Valentine, the little redhead with the purple giraffe; Beckett Oliver, the boy with the long hair; and Jadelyn West, Beck's girlfriend, with the highlights and twenty pairs of scissors.
We are trapped in my house and all entrances and exits are blocked by debris and vehicles. We have managed to ration what food we have in the house and we have a source of water. The food supply should hopefully last us until the end of the month.
The radio told us what has happened but we lost the signal due to the storm, leaving us cut off from the outside world. We have no signal on our cell phones, which we have turned off to conserve the batteries.
End of log.
"Where did you get the idea that I'm your friend, Vega?" Jade asked as soon as we finished reading the log. "And I do not have twenty pairs of scissors! I have fifty-nine!" she adds and that scares the shit outta me. Why would someone own sixty pairs of scissors?! Why?!
"I'm trying to be nice to you, Jade!" Tori defends.
"Why?!"
"We may die here! Do you want to die alone with me and feel nothing but hate for me?" Tori asks. Jade contemplates this for a moment.
"Yeah." she replies. Tori rolls her eyes in defeat.
"But, Jadey, why can't you and Tori get along?" Cat asked desperately.
"Don't call me that! And I don't want to get along with Tori because she's fucking annoying!" Jade replied. Cat covered her ears. Now, she hates swearing again. Is she bipolar?
"It's a good start, Tori." Beck comments on the journal to change the subject.
"Thank you, Beck." Tori replies with a smile. Jade rolls her eyes in annoyance. Seriously, Tori's gotta stop smiling at Beck if she doesn't want Jade to slice her open with her scissors.
This will be a long stay.
Chapter 5. Robbie's POV. Cat's next.