Did they or didn't they? Snooki woke up in a haze in Vinny's bed on "Jersey Shore" following an especially contentious phone call with Jionni the night before. Since she wasn't sure what exactly had happened (and at the time, didn't really care), she elected to spend 7 a.m. onward downing mimosas with JWOWW to try and forget her troubles. On her way out the door, unfortunately, another reason to drink herself silly got added to the list: She found out that Mike was describing--in NSFW detail--the nitty gritty of their alleged hookup. A quick fight with the kid to tell him he's scum, and they were off!
While the girls got drunk, bought really expensive wine and broke said expensive wine on cobblestones, Mike initiated a game of "GT...Who's the rat?" Convinced someone was feeding Nicole private information that he'd shared, "The Situation" planted a rumor that his buddy "The Unit," who was with the two on the night of the supposed affair, had plans to call Jionni and spill the beans. Mike told Ronnie the lie, allowing Sam to overhear and also let Deena in on the fake secret later that day. There was no need to wait for the leak, though, as both girls told Mike their allegiance lay with Snooks, and they'd tell her about his plans almost immediately. And tell her, they did. And consequently throw wine bottles at Mike, Snooki did. And papers. And water bottles. And any conceivable object that she could get her hands on that had the potential to shatter upon impact. The girl concluded her fit by melting into an inconsolable heap of tears, which meant only one thing. TIME FOR A ROAD TRIP! Right...?
Though she could barely get out of bed, Snooki dragged herself aboard a bus with the girls, who had plans to make their way around the Tuscan countryside on a wine tour. Meanwhile, the boys flew to Sicily to visit Vinny's relatives and get a good look at the Guadagnino family tree. They enjoyed course after course of fresh pasta, compromising photos of Vinny from high school and some expert youth soccer talent, the shots from which Mike had no hope of blocking. The girls enjoyed the seeming peril of a wine cellar, lessons in history they had no interest in learning and round 2 of "Jenni versus Snooki."
When talk of the perfect Chianti barrel and prime grape ripeness became bland, Snooki invited conversation about where she stood with Jionni, and JWOWW laid it out on the table--and thickly. Her point? If you cheat on your boyfriend with a housemate, your boyfriend will have no interest in working things out. Snooki's point? A friend is supposed to lie to you about what an insufferable mess you've been in the preceding week. Neither saw eye to eye, and neither showed signs of backing down. When Snooki left the table in a huff and headed for the bus, the group knew it would be a long, long ride home.
Apologies and reconciliation came quickly when the girls finally arrived in Florence, though, as Snooki had bigger fish to fry. After calling Jionni, admonishing him for his "single" Facebook status and coming clean about her hookup with Vinny (or so she thought), her boyfriend agreed to give her another shot. That is, until she finally discussed with Vinny the details of their tryst and discovered there may have been (a lot) more that happened between the sheets than she had originally believed.
In the same spot she'd been for the better part of the season, Snooki waited by the phone, hoping Jionni's forgiveness was unconditional enough to survive the addendum to come.
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