A couple of weeks after Ashley returned to California, I was sitting in my home office finishing up some paper work and a few last minute touches on one of my projects when the phone rings. I answer it and the voice on the other end is none other then Ashley Tisdale again.
"Hey Girl, what's happening?" I ask, answering the phone.
"Oh, not much, just calling to tell you I'm pregnant." Ashley replies.
I could tell in the tone of her voice that it sounded like she was joking, but I couldn't be sure.
"Uh, please tell me your fucking with me." I tell her.
"I am, I just had to do that." Ashley says, breaking out into a laugh.
"Damn, I was hoping you were." I say jokingly.
"You were?" Ashley asks.
"Got you!" I responded.
"You are an ass." Ashley says, breaking into even louder laughter.
We both share a laugh and continue chatting.
"Listen, I want you do to me a favor." Ashley tells me.
"Sure, what's up?" I ask.
"Well, you know who Brenda Song is right?" She asks.
"Yes, of course." I say.
"Well, I told her how much fun I had when I came to visit, and she told me she wants to meet you too." She says.
"Really?, What did you tell her?" I ask.
"Oh, you know, just this and that." Ashley responds.
"So, would you mind if she comes to visit?" Ashley asks.
"No, not at all. I'm caught up on all my work, so I got some time." I tell her.
"Alright good, well, I'll give her your number, and you two can set everything up." Ashley says.
"When are you coming back out again?" I ask her.
"Not sure, we'll have to see what my agent sets up for me in the meantime." She says.
"Sounds good, I guess I'll talk to you later." I tell Ashley.
"Yeah, I'll call Brenda and give her your number and tell her to give you a call." Ashley says.
We exchange out "Goodbyes" and hang up.
An hour later, my phone rings again, when I answer it I recognize the voice on the other end. It was Brenda Song.
"Hi, is this Mike?" she asks.
"Yes, it is, is this Ms. Brenda Song?" I responded.
"Yeah, hi, Ashley told me to call." Brenda said, sounding as if she was lugging a bag of heavy groceries.
"She told me you were going to, how are you?" I ask.
"I'm doing good." She says. "I'm a little nervous though."
"Nervous of talking on the phone?" I ask.
"No, about meeting you." Brenda responds with a chuckle.
"Ah, there isn't nothing to worry about, you'll have fun." I tell her.
"Well, I'm going to fly out, but then I'm going to rent my own car to come out to where you live." Brenda tells me.
"There's no need for that, I got a car." I tell her.
"I like driving that's all, when I get to the airport, I'll call you." She says. "I'll be in sometime next week, and we'll have to meet somewhere." She continued.
"Well, why don't you meet me at my house, I'll make the reservations and all that jazz, just like I did with Ashley." I tell her.
"Alright, Mike, that sounds good." Brenda says. "Listen, I have to put this shit away, and I'll call you later, if that's ok." She tells me.
"I should be here, I don't have anyplace to be."
Brenda and I hang up and about three hours later she calls again. We discuss our plans for her visit and set up the time and date.
The next week at around noon, Brenda Song arrives at my house. I invite her in and her and I sit and talk in my kitchen for a while before heading out to Lancaster County.
About half way there, Brenda lays her head against the passenger window of my 1958 Plymouth and nods off to sleep. She only sleeps for about a half hour or so and awakes.
"How was your nap?" I ask her."
"It was good, I was dreaming." Brenda tells me.