Erin woke up slightly groggy from the night before, after they had seen New York light up for them they decided to go out, walk the streets of New York and not have to worry about busting some ghosts. They flitted from bar to bar and drinks were always on the house, selfies were taken and autographs were signed.
Erin stumbled home in the early hours of the morning and crawled into bed still fully clothed. She woke up in the morning to the sound of her apartment door being hammered into. It probably wasn't as aggressive as her head made out. She hauled herself up and over to the door groaning with each step. She slowly opened the door to avoid its creak- she was surprised to see who she found there.
"Phil?" she questioned, rubbing her eyes as she did so. She hadn't seen Phil since the day he was rude to her outside the firehouse.
"Erin, baby, can I come in?" he asked. He was standing there clutching flowers and had a cheesy grin plastered across her face. Erin stood to the side as he came in. He sat down on the sofa and grinned. She looked at him and for a split second she was back before everything had happened, she was still working at the University, she was still with Phul and Ghosts were fictional. Suddenly it was back to present day, she looked down and saw she was wearing Holtz's MIT sweat-shirt and jeans.
"Erm, let me just get cleaned up. Give me five minutes." Erin ran to the bathroom. She hurtled around, quickly showering, putting on makeup and pulling on clean clothes. She wasn't sure why she was so bothered, he has been horrible just ditching her after she lost her job but something about Phil made her heart skip beats and she couldn't help herself. after a tight four minutes, she emerged from the bathroom and sat beside him on the sofa- her heart going crazy.
"You changed your hair," he said. Erin's hand went instinctively up to her vibrant hair. She laughed to herself as the image of Abby with shock white hair flooded into her memory.
"Look, baby, I just wanted to say what an idiot I have been, you were right about all that ghost stuff and I shouldn't have left you," he thrust the flowers into her arms. She thought about what she should say, she knew she shouldn't be so spineless- he had hurt her and shouldn't be allowed back in this easy. She thought about what the other Ghostbusters would say. Patty would have none of it, he would be out on his ass without a second thought, Abby would make him feel as small as he had made Erin. She couldn't imagine what Holtz would do because Holtz was unpredictable. His hand was on her thigh, she wanted to both shove him off and grab him and take him right there on the sofa. Turns out she could do neither.
"Let me take you out on a date tonight?" he said as he stood up and started heading to the door. Erin found herself nodding before she even thought about it properly. Then he was gone. She folded in on herself and told herself she was an idiot, however, at the back of her mind she was excited too. She took her time in putting the flowers in water and then started her venture to the firehouse. Phil was in her mind the entire time, her heart beating irregularly.