~ Party's Over~

It is two days before Christmas and the next day is Christmas Eve. Back in Jersey, Nicole is helping Deena decorate her little living space in her parents' basement for the Holidays.

Nicole, "I talked to Jenni earlier."

Deena, "Oh yay! What'd she say? Is she coming here for Christmas?"

Nicole, sad face, "No. She said she's stuck with Roger for the time being. It's their first serious Christmas together and she's going over to his parents for dinner."

Deena, "Well, good for her… I've been thinking that maybe you should go be with Jionni for the Holidays too. I mean, at least you both get to be in a decent relationship. I don't want to ruin that with my problems."

Nicole looks at her friend. She can tell she's hurting.

Nicole, "I'm not leaving Dee'. I said I'd be here to help you and I'm staying as long as you need me."

Deena is grateful for Snooki. She has known this girl all her life just about. They've had their tiffs but she hasn't let her down yet.

Nicole puts her piece of garland down and continues, "Let's take a break. You need to rest and I'm starved."

Deena rolls her eyes, "Oh God. Food is apart of a normal day for me. I'm always hungry. This Kid's gonna be a butterball."

Nicole gets a dreamy look, "Mmm, turkey. Are we havin that for Christmas?"

Deena laughs and follows Nicole to sit down while she gets them both food. Before she can get to the couch and in the next step, Deena freezes.

Deena then hollers out. Nicole turns around to see Deena holding her belly.

Deena, "Oh…God…"

Nicole is now by her side, "What? What is it?"

Deena bends over and reaches out for the couch. Nicole helps her over to it.

Nicole, "Deena talk to me."

She can't, at least not for a little while. When she can, she responds.

"It's my stomach…"

Nicole, "What about it? What does it feel like?"

Deena grips the couch and grits her teeth.

"This is not happening…"

Nicole is in panic mode now. "Oh my God Deena you are not having this baby now are you?"

Deena responds with another agonizing groan and Nicole responds with the first thing that pops into her head.

"I'm calling Pauly."

Deena grabs Nicole's arm. "NO you're not."

Nicole, "This is no time for games. You already talked to him once before."

Deena comes clean, "Alright. I didn't. I never spoke to him."

Nicole looks at her, "What do you mean? You said you called him."

Deena, "I did but some bitch picked up the phone…said she's his girlfriend or something, I don't know."

Nicole has to think about that for a second but considering the situation, he needs to know.

She responds, "Well, whoever she is, she is not about to give birth to his Kid. He needs to get his butt here right now. I'm calling."

Another pain hits Deena and she is ready to give up her fight. Nicole takes advantage of her window and she rushes to get her cell phone.

-In New York-

Pauly is now signed with Curtis Jackson's subsidiary division, G-Note Records, and he let the crew know that he put together a celebration in honor of it's new Artists.

Tonight, Pauly and his gang minus Ryan are at the party downtown. Pauly is standing next to Jerry with drink in hand talking to him while the party is underway in a big way. Everyone is there.

Pauly to Jerry, "I text Ryan like, yo, you should be here. I don't know why you bounced."

Jerry over the noise, "That's the right thing to do. That's good you did that."

Pauly shrugs his shoulders. He thinks so too. It's still ridiculous to him though.

The guys continue to mingle meanwhile; Pauly walks around with his Publicist, Amanda getting to know who will be working with him on the Team at G-Note. Suddenly, his phone vibrates in his pocket. He half expects it to be Ryan and he takes it out to look.

He has no intentions of answering. Ryan should be here. The fact that he can only tell him everything that happened makes him feel like he can make him wait until he's ready to share the details.

However, the call is from Snooki. Pauly gets a feeling right away that he should take this call.

Pauly leans over to Amanda, "I'm sorry. I've got an important call from home. I gotta take this outside."

He didn't go into details and it wasn't the entire truth but he needed a good reason to get away. Amanda nods and tells him to hurry back; she has more people for him to meet.

Pauly gets far enough away from the party to hear. He missed the call but it isn't a second later that his phone buzzes again. Pauly picks up with no hesitation.

Pauly, "Hello?"

Barely audible, "Pauly? You there?"

Pauly responds plugging one ear, "Snooks? I can barely hear you, speak up."

Nicole tries again louder, "Pauly, it's Nicole. You've got to come to Jersey…it's Deena…"

The last part was muffled. Pauly shakes his head and says into the phone, hoping he can be heard.

Pauly, "You said I have to come where? It's who?"

Pauly can now hear the phone rustling and a more exasperated voice fills the line.

"Pauly. Don't panic, I'm okay. You don't have to come out here. It's just a little pain, I'm sure I'll be fine when we get to the hospital."

Pauly's heart grips in his throat.

Recognizing the voice right away, "Deena? What's wrong?"

Deena pauses at the sound of his voice and responds, "Nothing…"

The phone breaks up again and Snooki is back on the line.

Nicole, "That's bullshit. Deena's in labor and you need to get to New Egypt ASAP."

He cannot believe what he is hearing.

Pauly, "She can't be. I don't know anything about babies, but I know it's not nine months yet…(thinking about what month they're in) is it?"

Dear God the time has flown. With all the traveling with work and his career advancing like it is, he realizes that Deena is, in fact, entering into her eighth month! All of his fears, his anxiety, and his excitement come flooding back to him.

Forget the show, this is real life as of this moment. Pauly doesn't know what to do.

Nicole said something but Pauly didn't hear it.

Pauly, "Look, I can't leave right now. I'm at a signing party in New York for business."

Nicole, "You have to be here. Forget about the past, Deena needs you."

Pauly disputes none of that.

Pauly, "Okay…um…I can't leave right-now but I'll see what I can do."

Nicole, sounding a little less stressed, "Okay. Please call as soon as you can. I'm depending on you too."

Pauly nods but realizes Nicole cannot see that. He responds before hanging up.

"Okay, I will. I'll call and let you know."

Great. First he has to deal with the Ryan leaving drama and now this on his big night? He gets his head together and rushes to talk to Biggie. Maybe they can work out a plan.

A/N: I feel a little Pauly and Deena time coming up, as I've been requested ;-) More to come soon, much sooner if by demand. Busy weekend ahead! As always, make it a good one.