Drowning

Chapter two

Tuesday afternoon Kristen and Steve Carell stood on the studio 8h stage getting directions for promos. Bill and Fred were watching from the audience, talking quietly.
"Okay, so Steve, you're going to ask Kristen about her summer-and then Kristen you'll change into a bathing suit and sing a 30 second song about your summer." The crew guy said. Kristen panicked.
"Um, do we have to?" She asked.
"Yeah, we thought that would be awesome!" He responded. "We got the suit picked out and everything.
"No! Um...no, can you get someone else to do it?"
"Kristen! What's wrong?" Bill stood up.
"Please! I'm sure Amy or Maya or something could do this!" Kristen pleaded.
"Alright." The crew man said. Kristen ran backstage, Bill following.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
"On my period." Kristen joked. "Forgot to shave."
Bill didn't laugh.
"Are you sure it's nothing serious? Like if I took off your sweater I wouldn't see scars or something?" He asked seriously.
"God no, Bill. I cry when I get a paper cut. I really am on my period, it's heavy." She smiled.
"Okay." He put his arms around her to give her a hug and she flinched. But then returned the hug.
"You wanna go hang out in my office?" Bill asked. Kristen nodded and they walked into his office and crashed on the chairs.
"Okay; fuck marry kill. Lorne, Kenan, Jason." Bill grinned.
"AHHH!" Kristen put her hands in her face. "Ughh. But I'm already married!"
"Don't matter,"
"Okay...okay..."
"If you fuck Lorne I will probably take that wrong." Bill noted.
"Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Okay well I'd marry Kenan...fuck Jason...and-but I can't kill Lorne!" She cried.
"Well!" He threw his hands up.
"Okay yeah and kill Lorne whatever. Your turn! Maya Tina...and me." Kristen grinned.
"You?" Bill asked. She nodded. "Okay, this is sort of easy I guess. Marry you-or fuck you. Hmmm. No I'd marry you, fuck Maya and I guess kill Tina."
Kristen laughed and shrugged, thinking he chose to marry her just because he felt like fucking Maya or just didn't want to fuck or kill her. But that wasn't the case at all.
"Hey, speaking of; did you hear about Amy?" She asked.
"Elizabeth Hales being her daughter and Seth flipping out?"
Kristen nodded.
"Yeah, he told me about that was an asshole move on Seth's part." Bill nodded.
"Amy's super upset about it." Kristen said sadly.
"I don't blame her, I've tried to tell Seth to talk to her...but ya know. He'll come back eventually." He said.
"I hope so." She looked at the ground, her eyes welling up with tears.
"Hey!" Bill looked at her. "This is going to be okay, alright? It's all going to work out. It always does! Right?"
"Yeah." Kristen swallowed. He walked over and hugged her once more, not knowing about the things inside her that were killing her.