Parker's Anchor Page #2

- [Corinne] Sweetie, you have so much to look forward to.

- [Krystal] No, you know what I mean.

I, ever since I was a little girl,

I really wanted to be a mom.

It just, it just hurts so badly, how do I make it better?

It's not fair.

- I'm a woman and I should get to do this.

Women get to do this.

I want to feel, I want to feel him kick.

I want to feel it.

- [Corinne] I know, I know.

(somber music)

- You got coffee again?

- No, I made it.

There's this crazy new machine called a coffeemaker.

It's great, that way, you buy your own beans,

you make it in the comfort of your own home.

- You are blowing my mind.

(Corinne imitates gun booming)

Do you have to go that job thingie again?

- Soon, but I think that you should go with me.

- You don't have to sister-sit me.

- Okay, yesterday, I came home to you sitting outside

in the freezing cold with hardly any clothes on

and a pillow tucked under your shirt.

- That wasn't my finest hour, I'll admit that,

but I think I'm okay.

- No.

- I'd much rather stay here.

- Okay, no, you are going with me, and we are having fun.

- [Krystal] Okay.

- [Corinne] Upstairs.

- I don't have to do my hair, do I?

Don't answer.

- [Corinne] Okay.

- Coffeemaker, you say, what will they think of next?

- A box that makes bread into toast.

What?

I know. - (laughs) That's not a thing.

- I saw it in a catalog.

(upbeat music)

On the first snowfall

On the first of December

The first thing I told you

- [Krystal] It's really spacious, it's beautiful.

- [Corinne] Thanks, Krys.

- Oh, it's just a little store, but it's a start.

- [Krystal] No, it's your own store.

You didn't give up on your dreams.

You became a fashion princess.

- (laughs) Hardly, you were the one out there

in the big city, living the dream,

writing fashion articles for fancy-shmancy magazines

and wearing fabulous clothes to all those events.

- Being Andrew's arm candy isn't as fun

as it looks like in the photos.

(Corinne scoffs)

But you've got this shop, your own shop, loving husband.

- You know that this store would not exist

if it weren't for you.

Sister stores taking over the town.

- Guess we could do that.

- Mm-hmm.

Good morning, Tess.

- Hey.

- Tess, this is my childhood friend Krystal.

Krystal, this is Tess, my best gal.

The store would be in shambles if it were not for her.

- Not at all.

(whispers) Completely true.

- Alright, ready?

Let's go.

- Nice to meet you, Tess.

- Dits, bae.

- I feel old.

- [Corinne] (laughs) She is fantastic with customers.

- [Krystal] She talks to people?

What are we doing here?

- [Corinne] I think you need to get your mind off things

for a little bit.

- [Krystal] Visiting the high school?

- [Krystal] Oh, I see, seeing what the hip kids

are wearing, taggin' in the bathroom.

- [Corinne] Just come with me.

- [Krystal] Should we check the bathrooms?

- [Corinne] You want to go hide in there?

- [Krystal] Yes.

- [Corinne] No.

- [Krystal] It's the prize spot from high school.

- [Krystal] I think they've rearranged things a little bit.

It looks clean.

- [Little Girl] My mom left home after granddad died

and never went back.

She didn't know how something old could make you feel new.

- [Corinne] Thanks, Rose.

- [Rose] No problem.

- Come on, come up here with me.

- Up there?

- Come on.

And to kick off our 1997 Fayetteville High talent show,

we have the dance stylings of CK Three.

Hey, Karen, are you ready?

Yeah.

Hey, Krystal, are you ready?

- No.

Sure.

Hey, Corinne, are you ready?

- Yeah, can you remember it?

- Yeah, no, yeah.

- Maybe, just a little bit?

- Yeah, a couple of 'em, well, two or three spots.

- How could we forget?

- Yeah, exactly, anxiety dreams for years, decades.

(upbeat music)

So you and Kevin as happy as ever?

- Yeah, we really are.

- I'm happy for you.

- I'm one of the lucky ones, and I know that.

- I thought I was one of the lucky ones,

but I guess the odds were stacked against us,

so we couldn't both be the lucky ones.

- Okay, we all thought that he was a great guy,

taking you away on some grand adventure.

- [Krystal] I'm so embarrassed.

- [Corinne] Why are you embarrassed?

- We're just a statistic now.

We're just another marriage that didn't work out.

- Is there any way you might work it out?

- What kind of a guy packs his bags and leaves his wife

days after, like, crushing medical news?

No, I don't think we're ever getting back together.

I could never trust him again.

- Well, did you guys ever talk about adoption?

I mean, I know that that's not the same,

but there are so many kids who need a loving home,

and that's exactly what you could have given.

- When the doctor told me I couldn't have kids,

I was devastated and I didn't even want to discuss adoption,

but it didn't matter anyway, because when the doctor

asked Drew about it, he said no.

- Why?

- He said he didn't have that kind of time.

It could take years and he had already wasted so much time.

- Wow.

I am, I am sorry, Krys.

You know what?

You deserve better than that pudding-head.

You want another glass?

- No, I think I'm gonna turn in.

- Me too.

- [Krystal] Good night, Corinne.

- [Corinne] Good night, Krys.

- Thank you for giving me a good day today.

- Dits, bae.

It's ovulation time

Yes, it's ovulation time

I know because you set an alarm on my phone

So here I am in our home

It's time to make a baby

Gonna do that with my baby

And just so you're aware

I know I rhymed baby with baby

And I don't care

It's time to romance my wife

Gonna spend the next nine months

Preparing for a new little life

My wife's gonna get real big

My wife's gonna get real fat fat Fat fat

But I'm still gonna love her

I might love her more

And why do you think I would say that, that

'Cause this gives me opportunity

To blame my weight on sympathy

She will be so B-E-A-yoo-ti-ful

With a little baby growing inside of her

And now it's baby-making time

Apparently on the couch

'Cause nothing gets her in the mood

Quite like a rhyme

And I'm no slouch

(Krystal applauding slowly)

Oh, on the couch.

- [Corinne] Yeah.

- Krystal's here.

Hi, Krystal.

- Hi, Kevin.

Do you want to move so you guys can have the couch?

- No, no, no, no, you're fine, we'll, we'll readjust, yeah.

- Welcome home.

- [Kevin] Hi, missed ya, so aren't you ovulate--

- [Corinne] No, not now.

- Don't you guys like talk about--

- Not now.

- Okay.

So Krystal, I didn't know you were coming.

How is Drew?

How is Drew Barrymore seen and thought of in Los Angeles,

now, something I've wondered for a long time,

but we just haven't talked,

but thought maybe you would know,

'cause I'm just kinda not in the loop like you are.

- Yeah, Drew and I aren't really together anymore.

- You and Drew Barrymore were a thing?

See, you never told me that.

- You are such an idiot (laughs).

- You're an idiot.

- Will you go get some clothes on?

- So just because Krystal's here,

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