Title: Bound
Author: Jonathan
Rating: T (It could become M)
Chapter: Prologue
Category: Robbie/? You'll know the pairing at the end of the chapter. I want it to be a surprise.
Spoilers: After the events of "Locked Up."
Summary: They escaped. But did they all from Yerba? Robbie is going to have to deal with some issues.
Disclaimer: Victorious is owned Dan Schneider, Danwarp, Nick, Viacom

"In you go."

The door flew open and Robbie Shapiro was thrown across the room. He landed in heap. "Hope you liked your weekend, Shapiro." Then the door shut. He let out a much needed breath.

A few seconds past, and then he was engulfed into two arms. He felt the sudden touch of his friend; his only connection to the life he left behind. "Oh my god, are you ok?"

Robbie looked up and saw the two chocolate eyes that he has become so accustomed too. He looked at them, and saw the emotion filled in the orbs. "I…I…"

"Shhh." She said. Her hand went from his back and started to run through his short brown hair. "You're out. You're finally out." Her voice was rich with relief, and her eyes glazed over with tears.

He didn't say anything. Robbie looked up from her the floor. He was welcomed to see her warm face; covered in pain and sorrow, but with relief. Her small smile gave him the newfound hope. "It…it…it…was…."

She nodded, knowing that he just went through a tremendous amount of pain. She pulled him to her, and held him tightly, showing the concern that she had for him. She lowered her head down and kissed his head, enjoying the fact that she had him back. That after two days without him, she had him back. And she never wanted to be alone again without him. She couldn't deal if he wasn't there. And ever since they were bought back into custody, he was her only refuge; her only constant, her only friend. He was her Robbie Shapiro. That would never change.

Robbie looked at his friend. "I…I…I…never felt so…so…alone." The young man looked above her shoulder where he saw Rex Powers sitting on the bed. "I blame him."

She took him out of her hug. Her arms still wrapped around his shoulders. She made sure he was looking into her eyes. "If it wasn't for him, we wouldn't have each other."

He let out a breath that he was holding in. Robbie looked at the floor, and then back at her. "I know…"

She gave him a smile. "I know we're here because of him. But he did get us together."

He looked at his friend. "Just promise me you'll never leave me. Promise me."

She took her hand and caressed his cheek. She then followed through with her other hand. "I'm not leaving you. You're mine Robbie Shapiro. You're never leaving my side."

He grinned for the first time since he was thrown into the room. "Good. That's good."

She got to her feet slowly and offered her hand. He took it with ease and they made their way to a bed. The springs creaked as they sat on the mattress. Looking around their wide room, they could only see the moon shine through the holes from the wood.

His friend rested her head on his shoulder. He immediately wrapped his arm around her. Both to serve comfort for both of them. With his other hand, he grabbed Rex. He held him in front of him and his friend. His smug grin haunted Robbie. His dulling dead eyes staring back at him.

"I spent so much time….so much time….wanting his approval, wanting him to be real, wanting him to be alive."

His friend nodded, "He was important to you."

"He was my only friend." He glanced at his friend. Her caring eyes holding Robbie's gaze. "He's the only one who didn't leave me."

She smiled, and kissed his temple. "He was your constant." She felt him nod. "You two went through a lot together."

He brought Rex closer to him. "He also caused me allot of pain." Robbie looked at his friend. "He kept us apart for so long."

She kissed his cheek. "He wasn't ready to let you go."

She took Rex from Robbie's hand. She always knew there was a deep connection between the two of them. Ever since she first met him, it was rare for them to be apart.

Robbie Shapiro and Rex Powers had a long twisted relationship. She always felt that him walking around with a puppet was weird. Not because he was a ventriloquist—a very talented one, but because Robbie viewed Rex as a real person.

What she felt first was an act; she later found out that he believed Rex was a person who wouldn't leave him. No matter how real life would treat him, he knew Rex Powers would never leave him. He would even make Rex to be rude, crude, and obnoxious. Give him a different personality. And yet he would never leave him.

Robbie and her have been living here now for a week. And at first, she blamed him for their predicament. It was because of him that she and him were back here. Back in this hellhole. But when you're trapped with a person for a week, in a jailcell for a week, you get to learn a great deal about the other person. And you get to learn why he does things the way it happens. By the third day of their stay here, she got to learn about his homelife and learned about his past. Even before her time at Hollywood Arts.

Each day that they were together, her heart began to ache for him. When she began to talk to him about it, he thought that it was pity. That she felt sorry for him, and that was the only way two of them would be able to stay alive. And hurt her. It hurt her because he had no reason to believe it not to be true.

It took another two days for him to finally understand that it wasn't pity. That it was general concern for him. That she cared about how he was doing. That she began to see the man he was; and not the man that hid behind a puppet. That she was one of the few who saw him as a loving person, person who would help his friends, even if meant he would get hurt in the process.

But as she looked at the puppet, she could see that it was a part of him that was finally dissolving. A part of him that he didn't need. And she was grateful for that. Grateful that Robbie Shapiro was growing past the need for him. And who could blame him with what happened between them the last seven days?

Robbie's time with her grew into comfort, stability, and necessity. They needed each other and with what's been going on between them, it was only a matter of time before they would grow to depend on the other for their life. That the other one would be their refuge, their constant, their one thing that they could depend on.

If you were to take one away from the other, pain would surface. Robbie and her were drawn to be together. They needed each other. And the two of them didn't realize that until two days ago.

It happened that night. The two of them were in the bed together for the first time. Yeah, he did sneak into the girls' hotel room last time because he didn't want to be alone. But this time, it was because they wanted to be together. They wanted to be close to one another. Be in a place of familiarity where familiarity was a rare commodity.

That night, they rested on the cot together. They looked up at the ceiling of their room. She turned to him and saw the smile that she had been so accustomed to. That one smile that reminded her of home, and the eye that showed desire. Desire to be held, and desire that wanted to be cared for.

Her heart broke at his dismay. And she could tell that he felt the same way for her. That he felt that she needed him. That she needed to be comforted.

That they needed each other.

So she leaned forward and kissed him. Just briefly, but just enough to let him know that she was there for him, that she wasn't going anywhere. She looked at him, not wanting to tear her eyes from him. He smiled at her too. He got up from the cot for a second and straddled over her. His body over her. Robbie leaned down and kissed her back. Just as brief as the one they had moments ago.

He rolled back onto the cot. He turned around to look at her face. "I…I…"

She smiled at him. "It's alright, Robbie." She took her hand and caressed his cheek. "I wanted to kiss you." He smiled at her. "I don't regret it."

He opened his arms, and she knew what he was proposing. She scooted over to him and his arms wrapped around her chest, giving the comfort that the two of them could only share. He kissed her head, smelling he shampoo that was provided for her. "I don't regret it either."

She smiled. "Besides, it's their own fault for sticking you again on the girl side."

He grinned back at her. "Just promise me we'll get through this."

"We will somehow." She answered back.

And that was how they spent their first night together; they just held one another throughout the night. Never letting the other go. And they made a silent promise to never be apart from the other.

They had been like that for the following two days. They were always beside one another, and grew closer as the days went on.

But it was two days ago when they took Robbie from her. They took Robbie and threw him into a room. Because he fought in her defense when a guard tried to make a move on her. He fought the guard and yelled to never touch her. But the guard didn't hear it. They took him and threw him into a shed for two days.

Temporal isolation.

She wanted to fight back, but Robbie made her promise not to get involved. He didn't want her to suffer. So, he accepted his fate. It was only two days. But he did kiss her one last time. Just enough to hopefully hold him over until the two days were up.

However those two days were the longest of her life. And when that door opened tonight, and he was thrown back at her, she just scooped him and held him as close to her as she could.

"Just promise me that you won't do that again."

He looked at her and took Rex from her hands. Robbie tossed him aside. "As long as we're here, I'm always looking out for you."

She turned around so she could look at him. She nodded, "I…I….I just can't….do this."

He grinned. "I can't either." Robbie came closer to her and kissed her hard on the mouth. He pulled back. "We'll get out of this, Tori. We'll get out this."

"Good. Because I definitely want to get out of Yerba."

TBC

I hope you liked this. This is going to be an emotional story, and it might get darker. As the story goes on, you'll learn how did Tori and Robbie get back in jail after "Locked Up." And we'll find out how they get back home, and maybe, how their new relationship will translate back at home and Hollywood Arts.