Note: Hey…So I hope you like this chapter. I sort of go into Robbie's past. Um…I guess that's all. Enjoy! ;)

Robbie wasn't right. Not at all. After seeing Cat with another guy, Robbie didn't know what to do.

He had given up Rex for her! And maybe it was time to take Rex back out. The next day, Robbie skipped school, and instead he sat at home, in his bed, eating mayonnaise, his comfort food. (From that episode that he was having bad dreams about Rex.)

After school had gotten out, Tori decided it was time to investigate. She went to Robbie's house, and his father answered the door. He didn't know that Robbie wasn't at school, and Tori had the impression that he really didn't care.

She didn't know that Mr. Shapiro had decided long ago that he didn't give a crap about anything. Ever since Robbie's mom had died, Mr. Shapiro came home, grabbed a few beers, and locked himself in his room.

Nobody knew much about Robbie's parents. They knew that his mother had disappeared when he was thirteen, but they didn't know what had happened. They didn't know that she had had a heart attack and died, right in front of Robbie. Robbie hated to talk about it, and refused to. Not even with Layne, the guidance counselor.

They didn't know that Rex had been the very last present from his mother either. She had loved ventriloquism.

"Hi, Mr. Shapiro," said Tori. "Uh, is Robbie here?"

He gave a grunt.

"He wasn't at school, and I wanted to see if he was okay," pressed Tori.

"I dunno where he is," Mr. Shapiro said.

"Well, have you seen him?"

"Might be in his room," mumbled Mr. Shapiro.

"Can I check?" Tori asked.

Mr. Shapiro stepped aside to let her in.

"You his girlfriend?" He asked.

"Uh, no, actually," said Tori.

"Should have known. Robbie's too much of a loser to get a girlfriend like you," he said. And then, he stumbled to the fridge, grabbed a beer, and slowly stomped up to his room, slamming the door.

Tori looked around the house for some signs of life. Everything was covered in dust and it seemed like nothing had been touched in years. Tori looked around some more, opening and closing doors, trying to find Robbie's room.

She slowly opened one, in the corner of his house, and saw Robbie, sitting on the floor, surrounded by empty containers of mayonnaise, looking inside a box.

"Hey, Rob," said Tori, softly. She came in and closed the door, then sat down with him. "Uh, what's with all the mayonnaise?"

Robbie glared up at her. Then, he looked back down into the box. Tori stretched her neck and looked inside. Rex.

"Okay, Robbie," she said. "What's up? Talk to me. Did something happen with you and Cat?"

"I want to be alone," said Robbie. His voice sounded hoarse, like he hadn't used it in hours.

"Too bad," said Tori. "Now tell me what happened."

Robbie gave up, and told her the entire story. He started with searching for the perfect necklace for Cat, spending almost all the money that he had made working at the Groovy Smoothie, and told her about the burly guy in Cats house.

"Robbie," said Tori. "Robbie, that was Tug."

"Tug?" Asked Robbie. "The imaginary football player from Bed, Bath, and Beyonder? The one that wore the light up hat to Prome? That Tug?"

"He wasn't imaginary," Tori said. "He was real. And Cat told me that yesterday, he went to her house and tried to kiss her, but she wouldn't kiss him, because she liked you. She likes you Robbie, not Tug."

"Really?" Robbie asked, his heart pounding.

"Yes," said Tori. "So maybe you should pull your head out of that mayonnaise and go talk to her."

"Right," said Robbie, standing up.

"Oh, and was the necklace a giraffe?" Asked Tori.

"Yeah," said Tori. "I asked her where it came from, and she told me from two big giraffes. I didn't know you got that for her."

"I did," said Robbie.

"Cat really likes you, Robbie," said Tori. "You should go for it." She quickly hugged him, since he looked like he needed a hug. After all, he hadn't had anybody really show him any signs of affection since his mom died. How would you like to go almost four years without a hug?

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