I promise I've been writing new stuff this week! I'm in a panic, worried that I'm running out of content to post! So for the past few nights, even though I have to get up early in the morning for work, I've stayed up til midnight writing. I'll try to write more while I'm gone on a quick Spring Break vacation later this week.

Work at the embroidery warehouse is still pretty hectic right now...I'm exhausted! For the past three weeks they had me running polo shirts and this week they switched me back to belts. Back and forth, back and forth...I feel like I'm losing my mind some days, ya'll! Oh well...I know you don't care to hear me ranting so I'll cut this short for now. As always, please let me know what you think! I still haven't heard anything so...please? :D

"How is she?" Ray asked from the driver's seat after a while. Egon glanced up to see that Ray was looking at him in the rearview mirror. Egon looked down to where Melanie still lay curled up in the seat beside him.

"She's asleep." Egon said softly. He flashed a brief glance to Peter, who hadn't taken his eyes off of the girl for the whole twenty minute ride so far.

"How exactly did this happen, Egon?" Peter finally asked when he was reassured that Melanie was sleeping. Egon frowned wearily.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, the least likely of the four of us Ghostbusters falls for a ghost. The one thing we're paid to fight. And it just so happens to be you - the one who just a few years ago told off the one girl who had eyes for you. Remember how you said it? You wanted to 'focus more on your work.' Jeanine didn't take that very well." Peter settled back against the door of the car and kicked his feet up on the empty seat beside him. Egon glared at him.

"Pete, leave him alone." Ray said softly from the front seat. Peter flicked his gaze to Ray for a brief second and then looked back at Egon.

Egon was gazing down at Melanie who had wrapped her arm around his waist in her sleep. He brushed the hair out of her face and she shifted slightly and moved closer to him. Egon smirked.

"It might not be a bad thing. She did save his life in there. I mean, I wasn't able to see much but that's what it looked like to me, anyway." Winston piped up. He turned around in the passenger seat to see Egon's reaction.

"Hey…yeah. I was meaning to ask you about that, Egon. What was that all about? Are you okay?" Ray asked. Egon was silent for a long moment. He didn't think the other Ghostbusters had been in the building when he had been so near death.

"I was…momentarily down for the count and she helped me up." Egon said, not wanting to think too much about his experience just yet. Ray stomped on the brakes as he hit a red light. He whirled around, eyes wide and faced Egon.

"You were dead, Egon! You were on the ground - Melanie crouched over you, with your shadow standing behind her." Ray said seriously. Egon had instinctively wrapped his arms around Melanie so she didn't end up in the floor of the car with Ray's reckless driving.

"Yeah, ya gotta admit, that was pretty freaky." Winston said.

"We couldn't even see her, but that light show she put on was pretty wild." Peter said lightheartedly. Egon's shoulders slumped and he finally summoned up his curiosity about what had happened.

"It was strange…it's like one moment I was up and fighting and the next, I wasn't. And then I was standing behind her…only…she looked different. It was like looking at her like I'm looking at her right now. She's solid, life-like…whereas before…"

"She was a ghost. Sometimes you could see through her, other times she had a glow about her that just seemed off. Am I getting that right?" Ray contributed as he moved through the intersection at a slower pace so as not to disturb Melanie sleeping in the backseat.

"Yeah…" Egon said quietly. "And I could feel her. She was scared and it was like I could sense that. I can't describe how it felt. And then suddenly the pain hit me and I was back." He looked back down to where Melanie had snuggled deeper into his chest.

"How long is she going to be like this, do you think?" Peter finally said. Egon frowned slightly.

"I'm not sure. I kept dismissing what she said every time she mentioned something like this, thinking she just wanted us to take her to that party." Egon said apologetically. Peter scoffed.

"Well this relationship seems to be off to a great start."

"Hey man, you can't say anything. Look at how your relationship with Dana Barrett started out! She turned into a dog on your first date." Winston said, raising an eyebrow. Peter's smirk faded and he crossed his arms in a childlike manner and pretended to pout.

"That's…different." He mumbled. The other three Ghostbusters laughed quietly as they continued their drive back towards the firehouse.