Hi everyone! I'm back and once again, I own nothing except for my OC Juliet!
Juliet slammed her hands onto the table in the small room.
"That's it!" She said, her voice sounding annoyed and had anger laced behind it. "I'm done."
The three other men in the room looked over to her in surprise.
"What'd you mean?" Winston asked and she sighed as she ran a hand through her short hair.
"I mean I'm done with all of this." She said. "This is like the what? Third? Fourth? I haven't been keeping count. But I sure as hell know that this is way too many goddamn lawsuits against us."
"Julie, we know, but we can't do anything about that." Egon said to her but she shook her head.
"We saved the freaking city! I think some recognition would suffice. Not being sued by the state and every state next to New York." She responded.
Juliet sighed again and looked at them sadly. "Look, guys, I love this job. There is probably nothing I love more. But c'mon. This isn't gonna stop until Ghostbusters is over and I don't want to be here when it does."
The boys were quiet, all three knowing this was true. Peter wasn't there to come up with some sarcastic retort as he had figured this out way earlier and had already quit.
"But we still have to recapture all the ghosts that escaped when the containment unit broke." Ray said and Juliet scoffed.
"Yeah and each time we do, the people we help will just sue us for damages."
She looked at them and shrugged her shoulders. "Guys, Peter had the right idea when he left. This is gonna end bad and I love this company to much to see that."
Juliet got up from the table. "I'm sorry but I have to get a different job."
She walked around the table and went to the stairs. She gave them one last look and sighed, walking down the stairs. The others were quiet until Ray stood up and quickly ran after her.
"Julie!" He called and she turned around. He stopped when he was in front of her and she gave him a sad smile.
"Ray, nothing you can say will change my mind."
"I'm not trying to change your mind." He told her which surprised her.
"Well?" She asked and he looked a little hesitant to say what he wanted to say to her.
'Just tell her!' A voice screamed at him in his head. But he couldn't find it in him to and instead said,
"Just...keep in touch, alright?" He sighed. She looked a little disappointed but it went away as quickly as it appeared and she smiled.
"Of course."
She leaned up and kissed his cheek softly and left the firehouse that she had become so attached to.
Five years later…..
Juliet was bored. She looked at the class in front of her, the students heads down and many glaring at the tests on their desks in concentration.
She sighed and bent down into her bag next to her chair and took out a book. Looking at the cover she smiled. Ray would be surprised if he knew she was reading this.
She gave her class one more glance and opened the book. The pages were slightly yellow from how old it was but was in very good condition. Egon took very good care of his books. He had let her borrow his copy of Tobin's Spirit Guide to read. She could still remember how surprised he looked when she asked if she could read it. Well, as surprised as Egon Spengler could look. She smiled as she read the words on the pages and her mind seemed to absorb everything she read. She herself was a little taken aback by her sudden interest and need to know more about this topic but a small part of her knew why.
Her life had finally seemed to go where she had pictured it going since she started college. It was almost going to be a full five years that she started teaching in this small middle school and at first it was great. Yeah, it was hard to handle a class of thirteen and fourteen year olds but most of the time they payed attention and it was fun to talk about something she loved so much. But she was shocked when she started to feel more and more bored with her history class.
She started missing more and more the rush of adrenaline and excitement that would constantly go through her when she would fire her particle thrower from her proton pack. She missed the thrill of chasing down ghosts and other supernatural entities daily. Most of all, she missed her friends. She still kept in contact with them but after all this time, they all started to have less and less time for little phone calls.
Juliet gave a small and quiet sigh as she looked up at the black rimmed clock on the left wall of the room. In about five minutes, the class would be over. She closed her book and stood, clearing her throat.
"Alright everyone, finish up your current question and turn over your papers." She announced and immediately the sound of pencils scratching at the papers rapidly filled the air. She smiled and then once she saw everyone put down their pencils and look up at her, she began walking around the room and picking up the papers on the tests.
A knock at the door caused her to glance up from the middle of two rows of desks and look at one of the students near the door.
"Cindy, would you mind getting that?"
The girl with the long brown braid got up from her desk and walk to the door. She opened it and a tall, beautiful woman with brown curly hair walked in. She smiled shyly at the girl and the class.
Juliet looked up and smiled. "Dana! What a surprise." She glanced at the clock and looked back at Dana. "Class is over in about two minutes. Do you mind waiting?"
"Of course." Dana waved a hand at her and stood by her desk patiently.
Juliet finished collecting the papers and stood in front of them.
"Alright, hopefully all of you studied and you'll probably get back your graded tests by Friday." She told them and right after, the bell rang in the class. The students got up from their desks and she called to the class.
"Enjoy the rest of your day. See you all tomorrow!"
The class walked out, a few students waving goodbye and Juliet closed the door with a sigh.
She turned around and smiled, clapping her hands together. "So! How've you been? How's little Oscar?" She walked over to Dana. They hugged and Dana smiled at her after.
"Oh just fine." Dana looked a little hesitant.
Juliet raised an eyebrow and asked, "You sure?"
Dana gave a sigh and looked worried. "Well, something did happen recently."
"What happened?" Juliet asked, now looking worried as well. "Are you alright? Is Oscar okay?"
"We're both alright it's just that…" Dana hesitated and let out a breathy laugh. "It sounds really crazy."
Juliet smirked. "Dana, I was a Ghostbuster, remember? I'll believe anything."
"Fine. Well…." Dana began and as she told Juliet the situation with her baby buggy with a mind of its own, Juliet's interest rose.
"...went right out in the middle of traffic, and I started really running after it. And then it just suddenly stopped, right in the middle of the street." Dana finished and Juliet nodded at her.
"I see." Juliet ran a hand through her now shoulder length ash brown hair. "That's pretty crazy."
"I don't know what it was that made it do that or why." Dana said. "I just had to tell someone about it that didn't think I was insane."
"Yeah." Juliet smiled at her and put a hand on her shoulder. "How's this? I'll talk to Egon about this, if that's ok, and we'll see how to fix this."
Dana sighed in relief and gave her a grateful smile. "That's fine. Thank you so much Juliet."
Juliet walked Dana to the door but before she left she turned around and gave Juliet a sheepish smile.
"Do you mind not having Peter know about this if possible?"
Juliet smirked but nodded. "Sure. I wouldn't want Peter in my business either."
Juliet walked around the campus of Manhattan University and finally made it to Weaver Hall. She entered through the doors and went over to the Institute for Advanced Theoretical Research where she knew Egon worked in.
A group of graduate students were already there and she looked around the room, smiling when she finally found her friend. Juliet walked over to where he was and he looked up when he heard a new set of foot steps.
"Juliet." He said simply. Only people who had known him for as long as she had could hear the different emotions in his voice and she grinned when she heard the surprised and happy tone to his voice.
"Hey Egon." She said. She went over to him and wrapped her arms around his middle. He was frozen for a few seconds but hugged her back. He was getting better at not being so shy.
"Listen," she said after she stepped back. "If you're not too busy, can I talk to you about something?"
"Of course." He answered and motioned to a seat. Juliet took it and sighed before she began.
"Well, it's a long story but I'll give you the short version." She said and Egon started to write something down but his attention was all on Juliet.
"Dana Barrett came by to see me a few days ago. Turns out her baby carriage has a mind of its own and decided to drive right in the middle of the road." Juliet explained. Now Egon was really interested.
Juliet continued. "She told me she ran after it but it stopped right in the middle of traffic."
Egon nodded. "Mm-hmm. And did anyone else see this happen?"
"Egon, it was in the middle of traffic, of course more people saw it happen." Juliet said and then looked worried. "She looked really scared. She wasn't making this up."
"I'm not saying she did. It's just in science we always look for the simplest explanation." Egon told her and Juliet sighed.
"Yes, I know."
One of Egon's assistants walked up to them with a clipboard in her hand.
"We're ready, Dr. Spengler." She said and Egon nodded.
"Good. We'll start with the negative calibration." He told her and she walked away. Juliet looked confused as Egon went over to look into a room where a man and woman were arguing.
"What are you working on?" Juliet asked him, even though she knew that wasn't really the best decision.
Egon smirked. "I'm trying to determine whether human emotions actually affect the physical environment. It's a theory Ray and I had when we were still Ghostbusters."
"Huh." She nodded, observing the two people. "Interesting. Do they know you're doing this?"
"No." He shook his head. "They think they're here for marriage counseling. We've kept them waiting for two and a half hours and I've been gradually increasing the temperature in the room." He looks down at his clipboard with his notes. "It's up to ninety-five degrees at the moment."
Juliet watches as the girl from before enters the room and tells the couple something.
"Now my assistant is asking them if they'd mind waiting another half hour." Egon tells her and she watches as the man now looks furious and starts to bang his head on the wall while the woman throws her hands into the air and continues to yell at her husband.
Egon looks down at his readings and smiles. "Oh, good. Very good. Very, very nice."
Juliet smiles at her friend and shifts from one foot to the other.
"So, Egon, what do you think?" Juliet asked him and Egon nodded.
"Excellent. Just excellent." He turns to his assistant. "We'll do the happiness index next."
Juliet rolled her eyes and spoke again. "I mean about Dana Barrett, Egon."
"Oh yes, of course. But uh, I'd like to bring Ray in on this if that's alright." Egon told her.
Juliet's heart skipped a beat at the mention of Ray's name but she continued.
"That's fine. She just doesn't want Venkman to know about it."
"Oh no." He said to her and looked back down at his clipboard.
Juliet rubbed her arms, her small habit once again returning. "So, you still talk to Ray then?"
Egon looked up and nodded. "Occasionally."
"Oh." Juliet said simply. Egon noticed the anxiousness in her voice and said,
"He still mentions you every once in awhile."
Juliet looked at him in surprise. "He does?" Egon nodded and she smiled. "That's nice. We haven't talked in a long while after I left and it became harder after I got my teaching job."
The girl came back into the room and Egon turned to her. "We're ready for the affection test."
"Good," he answered. "Send in the puppy, please."
Juliet continued, still absentmindedly rubbing her arms. "I thought about calling him but, I don't know, I guess I never found the time or was too nervous to call. It's just gotten so awkward around us now for some reason." She looks up at the room in front of them and she smiles at the sight behind the glass.
A little girl stood in middle of the room with a small puppy in her arms and the girl looked at the small animal with all the love she could muster.
"That's so cute." She said and sighed. "Anyway, thanks again Egon."
"Tell Dana not to worry." He said and she nodded.
"Sure." Juliet rubbed her arm again and have him a sheepish smile. "You don't mind if I help you guys with this do you?"
Egon was quiet for a few seconds and then smiled. "Of course."
She grinned enthusiastically and hugged him, making him chuckle.
Juliet looked at the small bookstore in front of her with a raised eyebrow and Egon waited for her by the entrance.
"Interesting place." She says and Egon chuckles.
"Hello Ray." Egon says when they enter and Ray looks up from a book on his desk.
"Hey Egon." He moved to pick up his book but he dropped it back onto the desk from surprise at the sight of Juliet entering right behind Egon.
"J-Juliet?" He stuttered, his voice going up an octave and she blushes when she meets his eyes.
"Hi." She says and she mentally slaps herself for just saying that.
It takes all Ray's self control to look away from her and he turns to Egon.
"I started doing some research already if that's alright."
Egon nods and goes to look through the books on the shelves.
Juliet goes to look at the books as well but her attention was nowhere near literature. She kept glancing at Ray who was looking through more than one book at a time. She smiled when she noticed that he was wearing his glasses that she knew he needed. He never liked wearing them when they were in high school and he would only wear them when they were by themselves.
If you asked her, they made him look handsome but she would never say that out loud.
What she didn't know was that Ray was doing the same. He read the words on the pages but it was as if they were in a different language because it was probably the fifth or sixth time he read the same sentence. He glances at her again and noticed that her hair hand grown longer than it was before. It was at her shoulders now and it was tucked behind her ear as she looked through the books.
He was snapped back to reality when the phone rang. He fumbled with the phone and after mentally cursing himself for how dumb he bet he looked, he answered.
Juliet glanced at Ray as he talked on the phone and she felt something nudge her. She looked next to her and Egon was standing next to her, a book open in his hands.
"Stop staring. He's going to notice."
She scoffed but she looked back at the books and took one out from the shelf, a red blush on her cheeks.
Ray hangs up the phone and Egon walks over to him, Juliet raising her eyes a bit to watch.
"Who was that?" Egon asked.
"Some crack," Ray sighed. "Looking for goat hooves. Come up with anything?"
Egon cradled the book in his hands. "This one's interesting. Berlin, 1939. A flower cart took off by itself. Rolled half a kilometer. Three hundred eyewitnesses."
Ray nodded. "Berlin huh? You might want to check out the A.S.P.R, volume six, volume three, 1968-1969, Renzacker and Buell, Duke University, mean averaging studies on controlled psychokinesis." He said as if it was the easiest thing to remember. Juliet stared at him in amazement. Even now it still surprised her how smart he was.
Egon grinned at him and nodded enthusiastically. He'd missed working with him. "Oh yes, that's a good one." He walked back to the book shelves and Juliet sucked in a breath.
Talk to him! Don't just stand here. She mustered as much courage as she could and walked over to his desk. He didn't notice as he continue to read.
"So…." She spoke up and he glanced up but did a double take when he saw it was her. He quickly looked up from his book and took off his glasses.
"Uh, hey." He said, awkwardly. She giggled which made him blush.
"How come you never told me about this place?" She asked and he shrugged.
"Never came up I guess." He fiddled with the cuffs of his shirt. "How's the teaching job?"
"Fine." She ran a hand through her hair and Ray couldn't help but watch every movement.
"It's stressful but I guess it's gotta be when you're teaching high schoolers." She said with a small smile.
"How come you're working with us on this? Not that I don't want you here." Ray added at the end.
Juliet giggled at how awkward and nervous he seemed. He was so cute. "Dana actually came to my classroom to tell me about what happened. Then I told Egon."
Ray nodded and was going to talk again but was interrupted when the door opened.
"Ah, perhaps you could help me. I am looking for a love potion aerosol that I could spray on a certain Penthouse pet to obtain her total submission." The person said and Juliet laughed while Ray only rolled his eyes.
"Hiya Pete." He said and Peter walked over to his desk, grinning at him.
"So, no goat hooves, huh?" He asked and Ray chuckled.
"I knew that voice sounded familiar." He said, remembering the phone call from earlier and Juliet smirked at him.
"So how's it going Peter? How's the show?" She asked him and Peter smiled when he saw her.
"Hey Julie. Nice to see you too. It's going nowhere….fast." He said to her as he gave her a small shove. "How's the teaching job? Those kids driving you crazy yet?"
"Well, if you compare them to you, then they're little angels." Juliet responded with her same smirk. Egon chose that moment to walk out from the book shelves and Peter grinned at him.
"Hello Venkman." Egon said and Peter walked up to him, putting a hand on his shoulder.
"Hey, well, hi, Egon. How's school? Bet those science chicks really dig that large cranium of yours." He said and Egon fixed his glasses.
"I think they're more interested in my epididymis." Egon responds. Juliet laughs, understanding what Egon was talking about. Peter blinked and shook his head.
"I don't even want to know what that is." He said and walked back over to Ray's desk. He leaned on it and grinned. "Ray, let's close this place up so you can buy me a calzone."
Ray chuckled but shook his head. "Oh, I really can't do that right now, Pete. I'm working on something." he told him and Peter stopped grinning, leaning back. A spark of interest and curiosity lit up in his eyes and Juliet got nervous seeing that look in his eyes. Ray reached down and pulled out a book, trying to change the conversation.
"But your book came in! 'Magical Paths to Fortune and Power'." he handed Peter the book and Peter nodded at him, a smile on his face.
"Thank you."
Juliet smirked and Egon spoke up without looking up from his book. "Good luck with that, Venkman." Peter sent him a glare but then looked back at Ray and gave him a sheepish grin.
"Will you put this on my account, please?"
Ray rolled his eyes as if he knew that Peter was going to say that. "Sure." Juliet looked back down at the book in her hands, continuing to read the page she was on. Her eyes widened when she read something that might be of some importance.
She leaned over next to Ray and nudged him. "Ray, take a look at this."
He read the page and nodded to her. "Oh, yeah." he grabbed the book to read more and Peter looked between the two of them, now fully curious.
"What are you guys working on?" he asked.
Ray swallowed hard and gave Juliet a nervous glance. "Ah, well, we're just kind of-" Egon cleared his throat and gave him a look that said Don't say anything. "- checking something out for an old friend."
Peter grinned. "Neat." he said, leaning over the counter. "Who?"
"Ah-" he stuttered but the phone suddenly rang which made Ray quickly answer it, grateful for a distraction. Sadly the phone call wasn't long and Peter looked on with a smirk.
"Ray's Occult. - 7:00 on weekdays, midnight on Saturdays. - Thank you." Ray hangs up with a sigh and tries to look back at the book on his desk but Peter rolls his eyes and reaches over to grab his chin with his index finger and his thumb.
"Who?" Peter asks again, sweetly and calmly. Ray looked at his two friends but they pretended to be busy reading. He glared at them for their lack of help and looked back at Peter.
"Who? Oh, just somebody we know."
Venkman gave him a wicked smile and leaned back. "Oh, Ray. I am heartbroken."
"Y-You are?" Ray gulped.
Peter shook his head as if in disappointment. "Truly. I have this horrible, awful, terrible feeling that you, one of my oldest and closest friends, are hiding something from me."
Juliet rolled her eyes. "Oh, brother."
Then, while still smiling, Peter reached down and grabbed Ray by his ears. He pulls and Ray starts to yell from the sudden pain.
"Who?" Peter asks him but Ray wouldn't tell him.
"I can't! No, no, no! No, I can't, I-" he yelled and tried to get Peter's hands off but Peter had a strong grip and pulled harder.
"Peter, stop it, leave him alone." Juliet said to him grabbing his arm. "You're hurting him."
"That's the point." Peter told her and grinned. "Come on, Ray, tell me."
Ray only shook his head, or tried to. "It's nobody! I mean, somebody! I mean, I can't tell you!"
"Yes you can, yes you can! Who?!" Peter cooed at him.
"Nobody, nobody!"
Peter pulled even harder. "Can you tell me now?"
"Aggh, aggh, Dana Barrett!" Ray yelled, giving in at last. Peter let go and leaned back in surprise.
"My Dana Barrett?" he asks with a small smile. Juliet glared at Peter.
"She isn't yours, Peter." Juliet told him.
Ray rubbed his ears and glared at Peter as he only smiled and crossed his arms in a satisfied manner.
"So what are you working on for her?" Peter went over to Juliet and put an arm around her shoulders.
"I'm not gonna tell you." Juliet said and she smirked. "And unlike Ray, you don't know how to get it out of me."
"Are you sure about that?" Peter told her and the smirk fell off her face immediately, realising what he meant by that.
"You wouldn't." she said and he nodded at her, giving her a grin.
"Oh, but I would."
Egon, though came to her rescue and handed Peter a book. "She wants us to find out why her stroller moved on it's own and stopped in the middle of traffic."
Peter frowned. "She told you first?"
"No," Egon shook his head. "She told Juliet first."
"What?" Peter exclaimed and looked at her. "But you don't even like this stuff!"
"Well she trusts me. Besides," she moved away from him and she smiled. "Maybe I happen to like this stuff a lot more now."
Peter raised an eyebrow but Egon spoke up before him. "Look, if you want to tag along, you need to help us with the work."
"Of course, Egon." Peter said to him. "What kind of guy do you take me for?" The other rolled their eyes but they continued to work once Peter sat down and began to read the book Egon had handed him.
Juliet pulled up a chair next to Ray and opened the book in her hand. Ray noticed how close she was sitting and tried not to blush. He nudged her and cleared his throat when she looked up.
"Um, sorry about, well, you know." he motioned to Peter and gave her guilty smile. She chuckled and leaned her head on his shoulder.
"It's fine. He was going to find out either way." she said. "He always finds a way to get what he wants."
Ray felt his heart race but smiled and went back to reading when he saw she wasn't mad at him. He found himself smiling for the rest of the night, happy to be working on something paranormal again and to be seeing Juliet again.
So hey! After the amazing reaction I had with my first story, I just had to write a sequel. (Also because I just so many ideas in my head for this one and had to get them out.) I hope you all like this one and I will try to upload fast. Please leave a review to let me know what you think. I will see you all next time! :D
