CHAPTER 41
~ Disquieting Deed ~
pt.2
The House music is right, the crowd is pumping, and everyone is settling into the normal routine for a slamming weekend at Karma. The girls separate from the guys for the time being and have girl talk for a minute.
Sam, "Happy you came back?"
Deena, "Yep, were you surprised?"
Jenni, "I know I was. I was on the phone with Nicole like, oh my God…Deena is here. She's totally devastated and pissed with you by the way, for comin back when she leaves."
Nicole left earlier in the day when Jionni came to pick her up. She is away preparing everything for her big day Sunday.
Deena, "Well no one told her to go and have the baby yet. I thought we would all be there. I know how it feels not to have everyone you want there for something like that. She should have just waited it out."
Jenni, "Yeah but she is ready and I cannot take another day of her expressing that. I want my Meatball without carrying the tiny Meatball back."
Jenni continues.
"Everyone was convinced you weren't comin back."
Deena, "Well I feel so much better now that I'm around you all. I don't want anyone to think I'm stupid for doing so, I just needed this."
Jenni, "Who said you were stupid for coming back?"
Deena shakes her head, "I don't know. I shouldn't have said that."
Sam, "If it's about your Mom, I'm sure she said some things but she knows you can take care of yourself Dee'."
Deena, "Well she doesn't think I can take care of 'Leena. That's the thing that irritated me the most being home."
Sam, "I've seen you with her. You're a great Mom. Don't let that get to you."
Jenni, "…and don't let Pauly get to you either."
Deena scoffs and frowns a little.
Deena, "Pauly? I haven't even acknowledged him."
Jenni is not buying, "You weren't given the choice to but I wouldn't worry about it. (Smiling) The way you look tonight…he's definitely noticed you."
Deena is definitely not holding back tonight. In fact, there hardly is any back to her dress and the front is barely hanging on as well. It looks as if she raided Jenni's closet for the night.
The whole ensemble screams what kind of mission Deena is on tonight and that is to let it all hang loose but that is okay because she definitely has the body to do it now. Her new transformation does not go unnoticed as a familiar face makes way through the crowd.
The girls groove in the outside lounge area when two guys stop by them. The one pipes up.
"What's up ladies?"
They look over and Jenni scoffs. Sammi doesn't say anything either. Deena just looks in their direction because the one that spoke is looking at her even though he is talking to everyone.
Deena speaks, "Hey. What brings you here?"
The guy responds, "Just said what's up to my boy Mike but I'm just passin through."
Deena nods but doesn't say anything else. He looks her up and down one more time and responds.
"I'll check you later?"
Deena responds confused, "Okay…"
After they walk off, Jenni shudders.
"I wouldn't of said shit to him."
Sam, "Yeah, he's creepier than Mike was. You know that one time I was telling you that he and Mike were like, practically naked in front of each other in the house. Mike gave him a pair of underwear and I was about to gag. I had to leave the room."
Jenni, "Oh God yeah. That was the night right before all that shit went down between the whole, Jionni- Nicole- Mike saga."
Deena, "Such a bad time. I don't know why Mike still talks to him…but I figured saying something would get him away faster."
Sam, "Thank God. (Shaking her head) I'm gonna go find Ron, I meet up with you all later."
Jenni and Deena nod and get ready to go to the bar.
Later on in the night everyone is in the zone. No one is completely wasted but just have a nice buzz on. MVP is doing their thing, Sammi and Ronnie are practically hooking up with each other on the dance floor, and Deena is dancing with some random guy. She figures she's pretty much single now, so why not enjoy her time left in the house.
She and the guy are dancing by the lounge area when her admirer shows up again.
To the guy Deena is dancing with, "Mind if I get a dance?"
The guy shakes his head no and then walks off. Deena is stuck now, not given the chance to exit as well. Before she knows it she is wrapped up and held close. She wants to puke instantly.
She uses her hands to create some distance.
Deena, "I'm actually about to go find Jenni. I'm tired of dancing."
Jonathan replies, "You seemed fine just a minute ago. Come on, one dance?"
Deena sighs, "Alright but only for a second."
As they dance, it is harmless. There is a comfortable distance between them and Deena does some of her moves, not to the fullest but enough to show she can move on the dance floor.
She hears the comments now.
"Damn Deena, I don't know what happened between last summer and now but you've definitely changed the game up."
Deena ignores it and continues dancing. She is soon pulled closer than she wants to be.
He continues in her ear now, "You know if you were with me, I'd do this shit right…Pauly ain't got shit on me. What do you say?"
He goes to kiss the top of her ear when Deena pulls away.
Deena, "I say no. I don't know what you've heard but it's not that kind of party tonight."
Deena gets free and walks off completely freaked out, to find the girls.
Meanwhile, Jonathan whips out his cell phone. He dials a number and then the female voice responds.
"Hello?"
Jonathan, "Yeah, I thought you said she and him weren't together and that she wanted to hook up? Why am I wasting my time with this shit?"
The girl responds, "You're not. She and Pauly aren't together. He and I hooked up late last year in December. What'd she say?"
He responds, "She didn't say that. Look, I came out to smash tonight and if she's not down, then I'm goin somewhere else."
The girl continues, "She is, I talked to her myself. She says they're through. Just be a little more persistent. She'll give in, offer her a drink or something."
Jonathan, "Alright whateva."
He hangs up and goes to the bar for another drink before scoping out the crowd again.
A/N: *Lips still sealed*...
