Chapter 2! Take Another Pill You Know You Will!

Karen hadn't gone to work for two days. For most people there boss would have called to check on them but no. Karen had done this too many times before for Grace to worry. It wasn't that Grace didn't care it was that whenever she rang Karen wasn't up to callers. Grace didn't think Karen would be coming into today so when she did wander in wearing a tight red sweater and fitted black pants Grace was surprised.

"Karen? You're here?" she said stunned. Karen looked at her, taking in her outfit.

"Yes, I am. And I'm now regretting it." She said giving Grace a look. "Honey… ruffles? No, no, no honey. And the shoes?" she said shaking her head.

"What's wrong with my shoes?" Grace asked looking down at her feet.

"Honey when the Mayflower sets off again you'll be the first to know. Until then no buckles on your shoes or your hats... in fact no buckles for you at all." Karen said. Grace sighed. Then the phone rang. Karen picked up her nail file and began to file her nails, as if she was oblivious to the phone ringing. Grace answered.

"Is this Jimmy's Take Out?" the caller asked.

"Wrong number." She said hanging up.

"Thank God honey that noise was annoying." Karen said. Grace gave her a look which Karen ignored. She opened a drawer and pulled out a spice rack that instead of bottle of spice held bottle of pills. Grace starred at Karen. The phone rang again which Grace answered.

"Jimmy's Take Out?" the person asked.

"Look I'm sorry you have the wrong number." She said and hanged up the phone still starring at Karen. Karen, who was unaware she was begin watched by Grace, starred at the bottles of pills.

"Karen what are you doing?" Grace asked.

"What do you mean honey?" Karen asked looking up.

"With all those pills. What are you doing?" Grace asked.

"I'm trying to choose." Karen explained she turned back to her selection of pills. Grace came over and looked at the pills to.

"Karen all most all of these are prescription pills. How did you get them? No doctor would give you all of these." Grace said.

"No one doctor would but five doctors would. As long as they don't know about the other docs." Karen said. She looked back down at the pills.

"Karen!" Grace exclaimed.

"Yes honey?" Karen asked.

"You can't keep doing this to yourself. Don't you know it could kill you?" Grace asked.

"Oh honey, you're sweet to care but don't. You know very well the only thing that can kill me is a stake through the heart." Karen said. She was uncomfortable with Grace asking all of those questions and hoped by making a joke of it Grace would stop asking.

'Why does Grace care all of a sudden?' she thought bitterly. 'It's not like she's never seen me take all these pills before. Why does she have to stick her big nose in now?'

"Karen I'm serious." Grace said.

"God Grace why do you care now? You never have before so don't now!" Karen said as she sallowed a handful of different coloured pills she had poured into her hand from each of the different bottles. She took a huge gulp of vodka.

"Karen I'm your friend. I care about you." Grace said. Karen stood up and grabbed her bag.

"Well don't." she said leaving. Grace starred after her in shock. Karen had driver drop her back at her mansion, walking in she was surprised not to hear the step brats but then realised it was a school day. Stan was at work as usual so she was all alone... unless you count the help which Karen of course didn't.

"Hello Miss Karen. You're home early." A maid Karen didn't recognise said. But then Karen not recognising the maid was nothing knew, she barely knew Rosario, Grace, Will and Jack at times.

"No one disturb me. I'll be in my wing." Karen said.

"Are you sure?" the maid asked. Ignoring the maid Karen walked passed her bar and grabbed a bottle of vodka from it, she then walked up the stairs and into her bathroom. Karen starred at herself in the mirror and shuddered. She opened the large cabinet behind the oversized mirror. Bottles and bottles of pills stood in neat little rows. Grabbing one Karen took the top off and poured out three of the little green pills inside. She put them in her mouth and washed them down with vodka. Continuing down the rows of pills she sallowed them quickly until she felt dizzy. The world was spinning, Karen stumbled out of the bathroom and into her bedroom before she made it to the bed however she passed out on the floor landing with a 'thud'. Karen lay on the cream coloured carpet oblivious to the world for the next few hours as she was in a drugged haze of unconsciousness. When the fog lifted Karen opened her eyes, it was morning, she sat up. Her head was still pounding from the day before, her memories flooded back to her.

'Why did I say that to Grace? She just wanted to help.' Karen thought. 'But I don't need her help. I don't need anyone's help… do I?'

Her thoughts scared her. Of course she didn't need help. She was Karen Walker someone who looked down on others with no pity, she would hate to have people look don on her… and with pity would be even worse. She was better than everyone and should be envied and admired not pitied or felt sorry for. Shaking the unwanted thoughts out of her head Karen got up of the floor and into the bathroom. She smiled when she saw the vodka waiting for her. Picking it up she skulled almost half the liquid left inside. She searched the rows of pills for a bottle in particular. She found it in the bottom row on the far left. Karen reached out and grabbed it, popping the cap off she looked inside.

"Damn it!" she cursed to herself. "Only two left." She poured the two remaining pills into her mouth and swallowed some vodka with them.

'I think I need to pay a trip to Pharmacist and Back-Up Pharmacist today. I need to restock.' Karen thought as she walked out of the room. She got dressed and did her hair and make-up. After having her liquid breakfast she called for Driver to come and pick her up. It would take him a good ten minutes to get to the house from the other side of the grounds. Karen starred at herself in the mirror.

'Ready to face another day.' She thought smiling but it was a hollow smile. Just like everything about.

Karen Walker was a hollow shell of a woman and worst of all… she knew it.

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Sorry it took so long! It was a bit of everything that stopped me from updating sooner! My computer crashed, I had to rewrite the chapter (I had the next five done but now they're barely there at all) and then I got really busy!

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