A/N: Greetings Peeps! It's a Super Saturday and I just had to take a break to post today. Short Chap but it gets the point across. I'll let you decide your thoughts as to where you think things are headed...

~ Vacation Much? ~

-A Week Later-

Christmas for Pauly was spent in Rhode Island with his family and that was awesome but now, it is back to the business.

While on his short vaca' Pauly's manager Adam informed him that a project that he'd been working on for a month has finally come through. He managed to book Pauly for the biggest tour of the year-end.

So, Pauly is spending New Year's in Puerto Rico of all places.

The first day down was relaxing for the guys, just settling in before all the madness of the next day. Now it is the next day, Saturday, and so much is happening during the guys' weekend stay.

Jerry's B-day is today along with the concert Pauly will be opening for. Plus, Biggie will be proposing to his longtime girlfriend Mary Jane this weekend. Everyone has a reason to be excited but there is also pressure on Pauly because he is told that he has to make a decision about his mainstay career. Location is of importance right now and it is calling for him to be in Vegas for a while. Where at in Vegas? It could be a few places, but it's still going to be Vegas…problematic.

At the Resort Biggie is leaving to go pick up Mary Jane from the airport and everyone is in talks about the night but Pauly has been distracted texting back and forth. He gets some alone time when Jerry and Ryan step out for a little bit, so Pauly takes advantage to finally make his call.

He waits and then he hears a voice over the line.

"Hi."

Pauly, "Hi."

"Yeah, now…what were you saying in your text? You're where? I couldn't really understand."

Pauly responds, "I'm in Puerto Rico right now for the finale of Brittany Spears' tour."

There is a pause and then he finally gets a response.

"Oh."

Not the response he is looking for.

Pauly looks at the phone. "Oh? This is like huge for me. I'm the opening Deejay for Brittany."

"Well I'm sorry It's just…How long are you gonna be there?"

Pauly responds, "This weekend only then I'm outta here on the second of January."

"Then where to, here?"

Pauly sits down and takes a breath. He decides to change the subject in a hurry.

"Well, you know I been thinkin'. Dee', why don't we consider a possibility of you stayin with me?"

It wasn't what he is really thinking but Pauly decides to test the waters. He should know better, however.

Deena, "Where, in Rhode Island? No, I'm not gonna do that."

Pauly, "Why not? I thought you wanted to live together."

This is all such bullsh*t and he knows it. Deena continues.

"I never made it a big issue after we talked about it, leaving the Shore House at the end of the summer. Now that I'm home, this is the best thing for me. My mom and Nicole have been helping me set things up with my Doctor."

Pauly listens as Deena continues but he can feel where this is going.

Deena, "The Hospital where you came to see me at has a fantastic birthing program and after-care program. That will help me out a lot since Nicole won't always be here and you've got to get back to work after the baby is born."

Pauly looks to the ceiling.

"To make things short, I think I should stay here where I have everything set up for my delivery."

Dun-Dun-Dunnn…

Okay, Pauly just has to come out with the truth of the matter.

"Well, I'm just gonna be honest with you. I'm not going to be able to get to you until the middle of January if that."

Deena, "Is it because of the show? I thought you would be finished filming after this week?"

Pauly, "Yeah. Here in Puerto Rico but we've got one more week to film. I'll be in Rhode Island after this."

Deena responds, "So is that why you were askin me to come there?"

Pauly pauses, "…Not exactly. I got a call from my manager today. He says I need to make a decision about my residency for my Deejaying spot. The offers are on the table but every single one is in Vegas."

It is so quiet Pauly is sure she hung up. He soon hears Deena's voice.

"So you're not planning to stay with me…? You know what, let me not say that. When do you need to decide this?"

Pauly spits it out, "Tonight."

Deena, "So what's your decision?"

Pauly gets tongue-tied almost. "It's not- I can't…I mean, I gotta take the offer. No matter where it is, this is how I'm gonna make money."

Pauly can hear Deena take a breath and then she speaks into the phone.

"Not only are you not staying with me, you're going to miss the baby being born also?"

Pauly, "That's not true. I'll be there for that, hands down. No one is keepin me out that delivery room."

Deena almost cuts him off, "Okay, yeah but let me guess, you gotta cut out after that right?"

Pauly groans.

"Oh my goodness…Deena, stop makin this difficult. This is not an easy decision for me. I don't know how things are gonna go down because of this, but I'll try my best to make sure you and the baby are okay. Alright?"

Deena responds, "It's not us…it's you!"

Pauly, "What are you talkin about?"

Deena continues, "I know we'll be okay but this is your baby too Pauly…"

Pauly cannot understand. He said that he is doing everything he can for their baby in this situation, but by the tone of Deena's voice just then, he can tell it's something else.

She breaks his thoughts.

"I gotta go."

Pauly hurries to respond, "Deena. Wait a second would you? Don't go without…"

It's on deaf ears. Deena is gone from the line. Pauly sits there totally defeated not being able to get out what he wanted to say.

Pauly takes his baseball cap off and runs a hand over his head and then he places it back on. He looks at his phone that he placed down before doing so. He is about to call Deena back when he hears the door opening and closing in the suite. He soon hears Ryan and Jerry's voices.

Not a conversation he wants to continue in front of the guys so he holds off and tries not to let this mess him up for the day. He has a huge night ahead of him that he needs to be focused for.