CHAPTER 38

"On Top Of Spaghetti"

-Two Hours Later-

It is close to four in the afternoon and Deena is hopping from bar stool to bar stool.

She made up her mind that she was going to have a drink pretty much as soon as she woke up this morning. However, she never planned to take things this far.

After partying with herself on top of the bar counter top, she starts to cry and talks to a lady who she doesn't know out of nowhere.

Deena, "I'm so sad…"

Lady, "Why? What's wrong?"

Deena, "My Meatball isn't here."

The lady has no idea what that means but she tries to comfort Deena anyway. Deena eventually gets helped down and then she goes outside to one of the tables and sits there. She starts to cry some more and then talks to herself.

"I'm a mess…(crying)…my Meatball is not here, I don't know what my baby is doing…I'm such a bad Mother."

Deena cries and cries, then when she stops she switches moods like night and day.

"Screw it…I'm not gonna cry. This is (hiccupping) stupid, I feel."

Deena gets up soon and then stumbles off to get another drink before leaving the bar. Somewhere between there and the Boardwalk, Deena picks up a ball from one of the game areas and then she ends up at the Shore Store.

Thank God for that because their boss Danny suggests that Steve, one of the workers, goes with Deena to make sure she is okay on the Boardwalk. Deena takes it as someone who is on an audition to be a Meatball. So they are off to another spot.

Back at the House, Nicole and Jenni come back from their search for Deena. Sammi is in the kitchen and Ronnie is on the couch in the front room.

Sam, "Did you find her?"

Jenni, "No. I feel like we checked everywhere but it was getting too hot for Nicole so I dropped her back off here and continued without her."

Nicole then walks in, "Did you see her this morning?"

Ron, "I know she woke Sam and I up early as hell saying she wanted to have a Meatball day. So we're like, okay but she's nowhere to be found when we finally do get up."

Sam, "Yeah. (To Nicole) We went by your house and no one was there."

Nicole, "We were out looking for her."

Jenni, "Well I don't get it…I was here this morning. I didn't hear anything."

Ronnie shrugs his shoulders and Nicole speaks up.

"I was there with her in the house. She must have sneaked out while I was sleeping."

Jenni, "Well of course we were sleeping. Do you remember what time that was Ron?"

Ron, "It had to be…I wanna say, six or so?"

Nicole, "Oh yeah at that point I was still in my bed but I think that might have been when I kicked her out of my room to the couch."

Jenni, "Well she probably came over here but who let her in?"

Nicole, "Who knows but she came back because this morning, we switched and I let her sleep in my bed because I was up and getting ready to come over here."

Jenni, "That's when she left then, when you got here."

Sam, "Where is she though?"

Nicole, "I don't know but I'm not lookin' anymore. It's too freakin hot out."

Ron, "Well, we're headed out to get something to eat so we'll be on the lookout for her."

Nicole and Jenni take a seat with some water bottles in hand and release the hunt to Sammi and Ronnie. Hopefully she is okay.

-Half an Hour Later-

Sammi and Ronni do not really stress out that much over Deena, they are just enjoying their time out. Apparently that tactic works because as soon as they walk into Spicy's, low and behold, there is Deena dancing with some woman in a bikini and a wrap dress.

They laugh because Deena is clearly bombed beyond this earth. She sees the two and rushes them, nearly knocking Ronnie over. They then play along with her and basically let her do her but when she falls out, her friend for the day from the store Steve takes over.

Deena wriggles her way out of his arms when he picks her up and she shoots out of the restaurant. The next thing everyone knows, Deena is now on the street in the middle of it flailing and mumbling gibberish.

"This is great…I like the thing on today…"

Steve, "Deena come on, you're in the street. This is not the Boardwalk, there are cars on the street."

Deena waves him off, still not making sense. "It doesn't matter with the cars."

Steve grabs her, "This is not the boardwalk!"

Deena now fights him telling him not to Mother her. Deena gets away again and starts to run the streets now.

Meanwhile, back in the restaurant Ronnie gets up. He notices a cop car and then he hurries back to where Sammie is sitting.

Sam notices the look on his face, "What is it? Are they back, do you see her?"

Ron, "Deena's getting arrested."

Sam, "What?!"

Ron, "She's getting arrested, I saw her. Come on-come on."

Ronnie gathers their things and he and Sammie go to where the action is.

On the street, Deena is crying to the Police Officer.

"Why am I in trouble? I don't wanna be in trouble."

Cop, "You're dancing in the street, making a scene, and blocking traffic."

Deena, "I didn't know I was gonna get in trouble...I didn't do anything wrong."

The Cop repeats himself, "You did. You're extremely drunk, dancing in the street, blocking traffic, you can't do that."

Deena sniffles, "…I'm sorry."

The cop holds onto Deena in handcuffs to make sure she doesn't wander off while he waits for the squad car.

In the meantime, this is when Ronnie and Sammi make their way over.

Ronnie advises Sammi not to say anything to the Cops so she tries to talk to Deena but the other Cop is already taking her away. Sammi can hear Deena wailing as they get closer to the car where she is being put in.

"No! I don't wanna be in there, no…I lost my Meatball, I just lost my Boyfriend, no…not this! Please."

Sammi's heart is breaking and she can't understand it but Ronnie breaks it down.

"This is what happens, you know that…Okay? You get drunk in public and you get dragged to the drunk tank. She's going to jail."

Sammi is baffled and basically wants to cry herself. Ronnie looks at her.

Ron, "Why are you crying?"

Sam, "My friend just got arrested."

Ron, "Okay so did Snooki. I have too at one point, can we go back to drinking now?"

Sam looks at him crazy, "I'm not you."

Ron, "Look, they're gonna let her sober up and then we pick her up later. She'll be fine."

After a pause Ronnie tries something else.

"Would you feel better if we go drinking, I get drunk then get arrested, so I can hang out there with Deena?"

Steve who had been standing there with them has to laugh a little now. Sammi feels terrible but she lets Ronnie lead them off to EJ's…where they get drinks?

A/N: Mayhem Monday! I'm back home again...for now. Yep well, not much to say, just warming up...