~ Déjà Vu ~

pt.2

Deena reaches out and places a hand on Chris' chest.

"No. No, please…"

Chris, "Deena…"

Deena shakes her head, "Wait okay? Just wait here alright?"

Chris looks at her rush away and he follows her into the house when she opens the door.

Deena rushes up the stairs and into MVP's room. She goes straight over to Pauly's bed and nearly tackles him.

Deena, "Pauly! Pauly…(shaking him) get up!"

Never mind that Pauly has a guest in bed with him, Deena is laser focused right now.

Pauly responds groggily, "What the hell…?"

Deena continues, "I need you to come downstairs…"

Pauly frowns and gets into focus. The girl wakes up next, she looks at Pauly but Pauly is now looking at Deena, hell everyone hears her now.

Pauly, "What's going on?"

Deena has tears streaming down her face, "Just please come downstairs. I need you to talk to Chris."

Pauly, "Chris…? What for?"

Pauly is still not all the way awake. Deena is now frustrated.

"He's trying to leave me!"

It now registers and Pauly wakes up.

Pauly looking at the girl, "I'm gonna call a cab for you alright?"

Vinny clears his throat hearing the situation.

Vinny, "Don't worry about it Pauly. I'll call the cab, just go with Deena."

Pauly thanks Vinny and then he and Deena leave the room after Pauly puts some pants and a tank on.

When they walk out, Mike just looks on from his bed.

Downstairs, Chris is in the kitchen when he sees Deena rush in much like when she rushed out. The only difference is, Pauly is behind her. Chris looks disgusted.

Deena looks at Chris and then Pauly, "Tell him…tell him that it was all a mistake."

Pauly is dumbfounded…. first of all they haven't even talked about what happened, secondly, he would like to know how he even found out. Lastly, he doesn't even really want to talk about it right to Chris' face right now, right at this moment.

Chris sighs and says to Deena, "What are you doing?"

Deena still crying, "Trying to save us!"

Chris shakes his head and is about to leave when Deena looks at Pauly like her life depends on him. Pauly turns around and calls out for him.

Pauly, "Chris! Come back, just hear me out!"

Chris stops briefly and Pauly goes over to him. Deena cannot make out what Pauly is saying but whatever it is obviously works because the two are heading back past her and out to the patio. Pauly closes the sliding door back and Deena sits on the stool holding her heart in her hands, praying this works.

Meanwhile, Sammi appears in the kitchen.

Sam, "What's going on? I heard yelling."

Deena turns around, "Oh thank God, Sammi…"

Sammi looks at Deena and then she looks in the direction she was just looking and she sees Pauly outside with Chris. She instantly knows.

Sam, "Oh boy. You told him?"

Deena nods no and Sammi doesn't get that. However, from the looks of things, he obviously knows and it doesn't seem like it went well.

"Well, what are they doing talking?"

Deena, "I asked Pauly to talk to him because he wanted to leave."

Sam, "Are you insane?"

Deena sniffles, "Maybe…I figured if Pauly tells him that it was a mistake and that he doesn't want to be with me, Chris will know what I said is the truth."

Sam places her hand on her forehead, "Dee'…"

She continues.

"How do you even know that's true for Pauly? Have you all talked about what happened?"

Deena, "No but I know he doesn't want to be with me."

Sam, "Dee' you just can't decide peoples' emotions for them and then toss them on front-street."

Deena, "…but I know Pauly will do the right thing. He knows I love Chris."

Sam, "…because it's Pauly, he will but you aren't considering either guys' feelings right now. You just want what you want at this moment and that's for Chris to forgive you. If he was getting ready to leave, that can't happen today obviously."

Deena knows she F'd up and that she is being selfish right now but he can't leave, he just can't….

The two watch the conversation and even though Pauly seems to be cool, Chris looks mad. It never gets to a point where they look like they'll fight but it never turns positive.

Soon enough, Chris turns towards the door. Sammi hides herself in the background when the door opens. Chris rushes past and Deena hops off the stool.

Deena follows him, "Chris?"

Chris does not answer. Deena panics again.

"Chris!"

Chris never looks back and soon the door is heard slamming. Deena opens it and tries to go after him but Sammi charges out and grabs Deena.

To Deena, "Dee', stop it. Let him go. Enough has been said and done today."

Deena fights her, "He can't leave! He can't leave me!"

Sammi keeps a hold on her and soon she stops fighting after Chris leaves out of view. She goes limp in Sammi's arms and she lets Deena finish out her cry before they step back inside.

Deena then goes to the kitchen and is about to go outside but Pauly is in the kitchen. She looks at him and responds.

"What did he say? Why…"

She cannot even finish her sentence but Pauly answers anyway.

"Well I wasn't going to lie, I told him exactly what happened that we were drunk. I even told him how you feel about him, what we all see every day; you crying when you're not with him…"

Deena nods and Pauly continues.

Shaking his head, "…but there was nothing I could say Deena. His mind is made up. The guy needs a break."

Deena, "Did he say that or that he doesn't want to be with me anymore?"

Pauly, "He just said he needs a break. I'm sorry…I did what I could but he didn't want to hear anymore."

Deena's heart breaks all over again and she cries, leaving the kitchen and going out to the patio. Pauly sighs and shakes his head, he then notices Sammi standing there.

Sam, "You did a good thing even though it wasn't for you to do…She's just upset and scared right now."

Pauly, "The guy really did not want to hear from me and I can understand. I didn't approach him with it. I know if my girl brings the guy that she slept with in my face, I wouldn't even have handled it as well as Chris did. The guy would be on the floor."

Pauly continues.

"I know it's bogus for me to speak on it, seeing as though I am that guy but…was that really good judgment on her part if she didn't want the guy to leave?"

Sam, "No, it wasn't and I told her so. It was just her first instinct. She wanted him to believe her that there is nothing going on between you two and if she got the source, it would make it okay."

Pauly laughs a little and shakes his head.

"Well she doesn't understand the way a guy thinks at all. (Looking at Sammi now) So, you knew about this?"

Sam, "She told me the night we all went to Aztec."

Pauly is about to respond when his guest comes downstairs to leave with Vinny behind her. Vinny lets her out and then he joins them in the kitchen.

Vinny, "What is going on?"

Pauly, "It's a long story…I'll explain. First (Back to Sammi) how did he find out? I'm assuming she told him this morning."

Sam, "She said she didn't…I don't get that but she had to have told him, how else would he have found out. I didn't tell him."

Just then Mike comes into the kitchen.

Mike, "Chris was with me when he found out."

All heads turn and Mike instantly regrets saying anything.

A/N: Makin' Moves Monday! Things are def' heating up this week and not just with the weather! Not exactly the talk that Deena should have had with Pauly but that soon shall come...