A few days had passed since the banquet at the Belvedere Hotel.
Ray was busily rearranging a display of books in his bookstore, Ray's Occult Books, which he still ran when he wasn't working as a Ghostbuster.
A puff of smoke from his pipe wafted around him.
A bell gave a high-pitched tinkle as the door slowly opened.
Ray looked up from arranging the books to see Audrey, wearing a pale pink shirt loosely tucked into a pair of rolled up dark jeans, her hair messily tied into a high ponytail.
"Hi Ray!" she said happily, flashing him a smile.
"Hi" replied Ray, a little surprised to see her and curious as to why she had come to his shop.
"How's things?" she asked, trying to act casual.
"Fine" replied Ray "You know Peter isn't here, he…"
"Oh, I wasn't looking for Peter" interrupted Audrey, before realising she wasn't acting casually at all.
"Oh, okay. Is there something I can help you with then?" asked Ray as he took a deep puff from his pipe.
"Oh, no, I just wanted to have a look around," replied Audrey with a smile.
She hesitated for a second before scanning the room and picking a shelf of books to browse through.
"So, um…" she started while tilting her head to read the dusty titles on the shelf, "How's Egon?"
So THAT'S what she's here for, he thought, smiling to himself.
"He's fine," he offered.
A few moments passed.

"Has he said anything about me since the other night?" she asked, still trying to act nonchalant, although her heart had started to quicken by this point.
Truth be told, Audrey hadn't been able to stop thinking about Egon since meeting him the other night.
She had spent the last few days reliving their conversations, dying to talk with him again.
She'd thought about his hair, his eyes, his glasses, the tie he had worn.
What had be been drinking? What had his smile looked like? What cologne was he wearing?
Audrey needed to see him again and decided to visit Ray, Egon's closest friend, to find out if he had been thinking about her just as much.
"No" replied Ray, honestly.
"Oh…" said Audrey, suddenly feeling a little bit sick. Had she completely misinterpreted the night?
She picked a book off the shelf and started to flick through it.
What do I do now, she wondered.
"Then again," continued Ray, after giving it a moments thought, "he never really talks about anything other than work."
Audrey smiled; her heart began to race again.
Ray could sense Audrey's interest in Egon wasn't exactly platonic.
He moved behind the counter and sat down.
"You know, you could always call him. It's not like he has anything better to do on a Saturday night than drink copious amounts of soda and write notes on positive enforcement theory."
Audrey walked over to the counter.
"I'll take this one, thanks," she said, placing a book on the counter and smiling again at Ray.
Ray's brows furrowed as he read the title: An Outline of Occult Science by Rudolph Steiner.
"Heavy stuff" he commented as he punched some buttons on the cash register.
"I'm always up for a challenge" replied Audrey.
Ray wasn't sure if she was referring to the book or Egon.
After paying, Audrey took a pen from the counter, pulled off the lid with her teeth, flipped to the last page of her newly purchased book and tore off a small rectangle of paper before scribbling something on it and handing it to Ray.
"Would you mind giving this to Egon next time you see him?"
She put the lid back on the pen, smiled and quickly left the store, the bell tinkling behind her as she left.
Ray looked down at the slip of paper.
On it was her name and phone number.
Ray chuckled.
Lucky guy, he thought before folding up the paper and putting it in his pocket.