𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫||𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐲 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞: 𝐅𝐕

𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗩𝗶𝗻𝗗𝗮𝘆

|Andrea|

The following morning, I woke up and went to kitchen where Mike and Jenni were talking.

"Good morning." They said in unison. I replied saying the same thing before going into the refrigerator.

"Nicole, she lost her wedding ring." Mike said, explaining to Jenni what happened last night.

"She never got it?" Jenni asked.

"Eventually we found it--"

"That's why I didn't fucking bring mine," Jenni interrupted, "I told her not to bring it."

"I brought mine," I commented, getting the orange juice out. I got myself a glass before pouring some juice into it.

"Like, she was crying, hysterical. She probably just..." Mike trailed off.

"Over-emotional?" Jenni questioned.

"Over-emotional."

"Oh, no." Jenni sighed.

After that, Mike ordered breakfast — and it arrived about thirty minutes later. The three of us sat down at the table to eat.

"I was a mess in Italy," Jenni said. I nodded, remembering what she had been going through.

"Yes. I did know that you were a mess." Mike replied.

"You were a mess too." Jenni told him.

"I was mess. I had to get my shit together, the last time we were at the Jersey Shore." Mike told her.

"You didn't have your shit together." Jenni said.

"I didn't have it together, but, um, it was a big attempt. I just didn't know how to do it." He explained, "I was trying to do it by myself. I would be sober for a year but still maybe smoking weed — and cigarettes."

"What caused you to stop?" I asked him.

"Um, I just realized my way wasn't working. I had to realize that my personality was an obsessive personality." Mike replied.

"Right before Italy, it was like three or four weeks before Italy, my grandmother had passed, and me and Roger had actually lost a baby. Like, I ended up pregnant." Jenni revealed. Mike's eyes widened.

"Not a lot of people know about it, and they put me on medication because of it, 'cause I, like, couldn't handle life. But the medication, like, it was like Xanax, like to take me down, and like, downners." Jenni explained, "It was making me so groggy that I started taking uppers with it. Segue into Italy. Like, I was a fucking mess." Jenni said. I rubbed her back, causing her to smile at me.

I knew she had suffered a miscarriage but I never knew about that part.

"Yeah. When I was getting into those fights with Ronnie, I was practically going through, like..."

"Withdrawals?" I asked.

"Yeah, I was, and I didn't want to admit to people at that time period. And then I had a really good idea to bang my head against the wall." Mike said, the last part making me chuckle.

"I didn't realize the wall was cement. I thought it was sheetrock. You have no idea. I put a lot of commitment going to that wall, because I was trying to go through it." Mike explained.

"Yeah, you did." Jenni said, making him laugh.

• • •

About an hour later, everyone was awake and had eaten.

I cuddled into Pauly and he kissed my cheek.

"Hey." He smiled.

"Hey." I replied before kissing him.