Chapter 3-
Ashley woke up to hear banging of pots and pans. "They're coming to get me! They're coming to get me!" Brian yelled. "Aww, man!" Ashley moaned as she took away the pans from Brian and put them in the cabinet. "It's like having a five year old," Ashley then grabbed some ice to put in the ice pack to give to him. She turned on the TV, and Brian had been watching Dexter's Laboratory. Surprisingly, Ashley liked Dexter's Laboratory but was ashamed to admit she liked a five year old's show. She changed the channel to the news where they were reporting on the BSB concert to come in that night. Ashley got up and went to call her best friend Ann. They talked for about five minutes but Ashley had to hang up when Brian started gurgling (like you do with Listerine) with the Dr. Pepper she gave him.
She said, "Okay, okay," and took the soda away from him and giving him the icepack. She went over to fix a gourmet breakfast for her and Brian, two-week old left-over pizza, reheated in the oven, MMM-MMM.
Brian sat on Ashley's couch with an icepack on his head. Ashley turned to him, "Are you sure you're okay Brian?"
Brian lifted his head up slightly, "I told you, I'm not Brian, I'm Fox Mulder! And I'm fine, now if you'll just listen to me.."
Ashley laughed, "Yeah, little green men stealing the other Backstreet Boys' bodies."
"Little green men don't exist," Brian said defensively, "They all look like Carson Daly!"
"Yeah, sure, whatever, Fox" Ashley went back to fixing the pizzas. Thinking quietly to herself Carson Daly is very strange. Not as strange as Jesse, but strange. I'll give him that.
He grabbed her hand and pulled her down. Ashley whipered curtly, "What do you THINK you're doing?!?!?" Brian or Fox, whomever, whispered, "I heard them. They're coming to get me! I won't let them take you either, Scully!" Ashley tried to pull away but he was too strong, Ashley thought, "No, Ashley, don't sign up for the gym Ashley. Take riding classes Ashley, they're what you'll really use, they all said."
Soon Brian let go and dusted himself off. "You'll thank me later," he said. Smoke came up from the oven, Ashley took the pizza out and threw it out. "Yeah, thanks allot," She said, "You ruined my gourmet breakfast, that was lunch too."
Ashley decided it would be better for the group to keep him until he got some of his senses back. The day went and he was uh, a little better. He still thought he was Fox, and the aliens were out to get him. She went to the concert, leaving Brian alone, locking the doors, cabinets, refrigerator, and putting all the sharp utensils away, with the armed security system.
She heard earpiercing screams coming for no apparent reason, and went to find hear earmuffs. Aaron came out and sang. He bounced around stage more than he sang. After that was Jimmy Ray ("Are you Jimmy Ray? Who wants to know?" "I don't"), and a short intermission. Ashley then got T-shirts, mugs, dogtags, penlights, and a Yo Quiro Taco Bell keychain (the drunk guy on the corner was selling them).
The four of the BSBs came out and told everyone Brian was sick. When they sang "That's The Way I Like It" they sounded like chipmunks, off-key chipmunks. Jamie whispered to the girl next to her, "My third cousin Jamie told me they sounded a little different live. Man, was she right!" The girl nodded and lifted her lighter in the air higher than before. Then when they started to sing, "Please Give Me Your Brain," instead of "Quit Playin' Games With My Heart," Ashley started to get weary. The others didn't seem to hear it, they were all singing the words to "Quit Playin' Games" instead. Ashley ran home not looking back until she got there, as she turned the knob she thought, "They didn't look much like Carson Daly."
Is Ashley starting to believe Fox, I mean Brian? Could this all be a dream? Why is Folger's Coffee only good to the last drop? Hopefully you'll find out the answers in chapter four.
