~ Dysfunctional Dinner ~

-A Week Later-

It's been four weeks in since Nicole and Jenni's show started, entitled, Snooki and JWoww. They have been taping two shows a week and now they are doing a special show where they have asked all the housemates to come over for a house warming party. It will be their second time getting together on film before the Season 5 reunion airs on the twenty-second of this month. That will be the first time the viewers see them together though.

Jenni and Nicole have been filming all day but tonight is the night for their party and Nicole has a special announcement to go along with it. The first guest to show up is Pauly.

Pauly is back for the week from Vegas. Yeah…he and Deena never resolved anything. When Pauly came home that night they just got into another argument and Deena ended up on the phone crying to Sammi after Pauly left the next morning.

Now, he is solo. Deena doesn't even know he's back but Nicole and Jenni expected him after he was invited to come out. However, he didn't expect to help set up the place. Jenni and Nicole ordered new furniture for the place and it just arrived in time for the party.

They went through the whole nine of decorating the place the best they could since moving in for the housemates. Pauly is helping the girls unwrap their furniture and set it up in place.

The next ones to arrive are, inside laugh, Sammi and Deena. Nicole answers the door and when Deena gets upstairs, boom, Pauly is right there. She has a funny look on her face but she cordially says hello. Pauly does the same and they keep it moving.

Jenni is now serving everyone drinks before the next person arrives. Pauly voices that he hopes it's one of the guys because right now, it's just him and the girls. So the doorbell rings again and it's Vinny! Nicole yells out his name.

Jenni, "So much for that."

Pauly, "That's wrong."

Jenni, "Oh shut up. I'm only kidding, (gasping) maybe he brought a boyfriend with him!"

Pauly fakes hurt, "How disrespectful to me."

When Vinny gets upstairs he and Pauly hug and then Pauly takes him off to one of the rooms. Everyone looks at them.

Sam, "Where are they going?"

Jenni, "To the smush room."

Pauly yells out, "Yo Snooks! Can we use your bed real quick?!"

Nicole turns around from fixing food, "What are you doing?!"

Pauly repeats himself, "Can we use your bed?!"

Nicole yells back, "No, it's not my smush!"

Everyone laughs and Sammi responds.

Sam, "Pauly better be careful playin with Vinny like that."

Deena replies quietly, "I've told him a million times."

Pauly and Vinny come back into the kitchen and everyone continues to talk.

Pauly, "Now we're just waitin on Ronald."

Vinny, "I hate to keep sounding like a broken record but where's Mike?"

Nicole, "He couldn't make it."

Vinny gives her a look.

Nicole smiles, "No. He legit couldn't make it."

Jenni pipes up, "I invited him."

Soon after, Ronnie is at the door. Pauly and Vinny joke around that Sammi should answer the door. She smiles and everyone agrees that it's always awkward when Sam and Ron are not together and it's like you would never know it unless they actually announce it. Like, everyone thought they were together at Deena's house then they find out they're not at the Reunion. Go figure.

Now, everyone is ready for dinner.

The guys all watch Nicole move around the kitchen and it is like a whole new person. She cooked, cleaned where she was working, it's just Twilight Zone. The guys helped set the table and everyone grabs their seats when the food is set down.

Pauly, "Wow. This actually looks edible."

Pauly is seated next to Vinny, of course. Nicole is at one head of the table Jenni is at the other. Deena is separating Ron and Sammi and Deena is across from Pauly.

Everyone starts to have family talk asking what's been going on for the short time they've been apart. There's not much, in fact at the Reunion there wasn't much to go over. Vinny decides to shake things up.

Vinny, "Well, I have a boyfriend."

Everyone looks at him eyebrows raised.

Jenni, "Seriously?!"

Vinny laughs, "No, just kidding."

Pauly looks at Jenni and laughs. Jenni laughs too. She was so ready to say she called it. Jenni then looks at Deena.

Jenni, "How's our littlest meatball? Nicole and I haven't seen her since we were at her welcome home party."

Nicole, "I know. We haven't had a breather since moving in here."

Deena, "She's fine. I hope I'm not feedin her too much. She seems to be growing so fast. My mom nicknamed her cherub."

Sam, "How much did she weigh when she was born?"

Deena is about to answer when Pauly cuts in.

Pauly, in between bites, "Seven pounds, eleven and a half ounces."

Ronnie, "True meatball."

Pauly, "Yeah, she was a small package though. Only eighteen inches long."

Nicole thinks about it and answers.

Nicole, "I think that's normal though…I was eighteen inches long I think…"

No one answers Nicole they just give her a look and Ronnie, of course, is the one to state the obvious.

Ron, "Alright Snooks, but how tall are you now? (Laughing) I mean, come on."

Jenni, "I don't think that means anything though. It depends on the parents."

Jenni tries to make it better but here again…Vinny can't take it. He laughs now.

Vinny turns to Pauly, "I guess Pauleena's screwed bro."

Pauly waves it off, "Neh, at least she's a girl. She'll be like her mother, so I don't care."

Ronnie burst out laughing.

Ron, "That's the point!"

Deena rolls her eyes. She doesn't take it seriously though.

Jenni, "Oh cut it out guys. The Kid's adorable and healthy, that's all that matters."

Everyone agrees and Deena thanks her. For a brief moment after that, Deena locks eyes with Pauly from across the table and then she looks back down at her plate. Pauly's comment was a compliment to Deena. She guesses that was his way of making up with her?

Halfway through dinner, Nicole makes her announcement. The reason for the special dinner is because…. She and Jionni are now engaged.

To say the housemates are shocked is an understatement. Nicole was expecting that but she didn't expect the negativity coming off of her announcement. Vinny was the main one.

Vinny, "I'm a little upset about this."

Jenni instigates, "Are you?"

Vinny, "Well, yeah…(to Nicole) Do you really think two years is long enough to know somebody and get engaged? Then married for the rest of your life?"

Ron pipes up now.

"You know that's one person for the rest of your life right?"

Vinny takes it a step further, "You know that's one penis for the rest of your life?"

Nicole responds, "I love his penis."

The guys Ooo. However, Vinny is still contemplating all this in his head. He feels that Nicole shouldn't make a decision like this, based on the fact that Jionni was a one-night stand.

Vinny, "Well how does he feel about it?"

Nicole, "He's so excited."

Ronnie tries to change the subject and Pauly speaks up kind of at the same time.

Pauly, "Can I see the ring?"

Nicole shows it and Pauly takes his jab.

"Did she buy it?"

Snickers burst out across the table, mainly from Ronnie and Vinny but surprisingly from Jenni as well. Nicole looks at Jenni and gets upset. She can understand the guys acting immature about this, but Jenni is supposed to be her best friend. For her to chime in on the roasting session kills her spirit over the whole thing.

She wishes she never had invited the roommates over, since they're treating what is supposed to be good news like it's a joke.

The next statement is the nail in the coffin.

Vinny leans back, "You might as well do it and get it over with. You guys'll be divorced soon anyways."

The table freezes and even Sammi looks to Vinny like, really? I can't believe you said that? Pauly never meant any harm with his comment but that was, like he says, wow. He coughs and clears his throat.

It was a snide, rude comment that you would expect to come from females bickering. So Nicole takes it there.

Nicole, "Really Vinny? You should care now why…?"

The whole house knows what she is referencing and they stay completely out of it. Things are turning from bad to worse and the tension is so thick at the table.

Nicole doesn't even know what she's going to do when she makes this surprise announcement. She looks down at her plate trying to calm herself. Jenni also knows what's to come and she can feel hell's gates about to open…

A/N: *Sighs* It has been a Filled-Friday and now a Super-Packed Saturday! I had to post before going out of town though, such as my life. My fave part of this Chap to write? Prob' Pauly attempting to make up with Deena. Dinner's not over yet, you should know that dessert is going to get interesting. Comments are welcome as usual. Signing out.