It was a beautiful day outside, so what Janine was doing inside, no one had any idea. Yet there she was, sitting at her desk quietly, reading a book. Every once in while, her arm would sneak out to grab a piece of fruit, or her drink, but her eyes never left the book. She never went outside for lunch anymore. Peter had been sitting on the steps watching her for the last few minutes, wondering why she stayed, but thankful she did.
After the failed attempt at suicide several months back, all four guys, plus her parents and sister, managed to talk her into getting therapy. She'd been in for a while, and she seemed to be getting better. But every once in a while, Peter would still catch Janine looking over her shoulder, or startle her when he yelled out her name.
The most unusual part of the whole experience was how it seemed to put Janine and Egon on opposite sides. Where Egon used to be stand-offish, the attempt seemed to have woken him up to the fact that love only came once and when it was gone, it was gone. Janine, who used to be so open with her affection towards the blond scientist, now practiced a hands off policy. Her time with Christopher wasn't forgotten, and it was Christopher, Peter knew, Janine still saw sometimes when she looked at Egon. Yet earlier, he'd caught her smiling at something Egon said to her, so maybe there was still hope.
"You need something, Dr. Venkman?"
Peter snapped out of his thought and looked over at Janine. She was holding her place in her book, and looking over at him expectantly.
"What?" "Do you need something?" she repeated. "You've been sitting there for the last ten minutes."
"Oh, no, I forgot what I came down here for," he smiled at her.
She nodded knowingly, then went back to her book. Peter looked at her once more, then walked back upstairs.