Pulling back into the fire dept. and lugging your medium-sized suitcase to the second floor (without so much as an offer of help from the boys getting out of the car with you), they lead you to the bedrooms on the second floor. There were three beds in a row on the one side of the room, hidden behind the door when it opened was another bed secluded from the light and view of the interview area, kitchen, and dining area.
Ray walked you in and gestured to the bed behind the door with his hand,
"This will be your bed for the time you are staying with us. Me, Egon, and Winston have the ones closest to the door for when we get called on missions. Peter had Winston's bed closest to the window before he managed to get his own apartment which he now shares with his fiance, Dana Barrett. She was one of our biggest and baddest assignment cases who became a friend to us and a lover to Peter who helps her take care of her son Oscar from her previous marriage. You'll get to meet her sometime." He opened the door all the way so the bed was visible.
Your eyes widened in surprise at the cozy looking bed, it was in the darkest spot in the room and you liked the dark (especially when sleeping in). Winston and Egon had gone stayed downstairs to remove their jumpsuits and heavy equipment back into the cabinets.
"This is amazing, Ray!" You beamed with excitement.
"Yep, well...I'm gonna go down with the boys and remove my gear," he started to walk away to let you get yourself settled, "Oh, we're ordering food later, if you have anything you want, just tell me when I ask for suggestions." Ray said with a smile.
"But won't I have to put any money towards the order?" You asked with concern.
"Nah, we're a very popular group and have a few deals with some good local places for clearing their ghosts." Ray winked with a chuckle as he left with a wave.
You put your suitcase on the end of the bed and flopped on it with a squee of joy, it was like a dream staying with the guys you had watched for the past few years and memorized nearly all their commercials. But you stopped and thought, 'Why would Ray do this? I mean, Egon had a point...I am a complete stranger.' then your train of thought was cut off by Ray yelling up the stairs to you about what kind of food you wanted (as he was taking requests).
"Um, Chinese is one of my favorite kinds of delivery foods if that's ok." You yelled back down.
"Okay, thanks." He yelled back in response.
You went back to making the bed comfortable by rolling around on it to ruffle the blankets up.
-Time Skip-
It must have been a few hours later because Egon was hovering over you and shaking your shoulder,
"(y/n), wake up, the foods here." Egon said plainly.
You groaned and stretched as you wiggled slowly towards the side of the bed, with a thud and a "woah!" you fell off the side and hit the floor. You looked up with messy (h/l) bed-head and looked up at Egon with a chuckle. He sighed and rolled his eyes as he reached his hand out to help you up.
"Thanks, I guess." You blushed.
"Try to be more careful, these floors still aren't very sturdy, one wrong weight change and someone will fall right through them." Egon said as he helped you stand and stabilize yourself.
"Not sturdy, what do you mean?" You asked.
"When Ray bought this place it was a wreck, spider and cobwebs everywhere, several pieces of structure were weakened. I even told Peter this place should be condemned, but so far we've managed to fix it just barely enough to do the basics of our work. If we had it up to my specifications it could be so much better and efficient." He answered heading out of the room to the dining area.
"Oh, well why don't you do it then?" You followed him outside and saw Ray and Winston sitting at a little round table that you must've missed on the way in.
"Morning sunshine!" Ray yelled with a smile and sarcasm which you chuckled at, "We ordered Chinese since you're our guest and we haven't had it in a while….plus, it's Egon's favorite too. Weird, huh?" he added.
"Really?" You looked to Egon, who was ignoring you but eyeing the Chinese take-out containers with a hunger in his science-y brown eyes.
"Oh, yeah. He loves the stuff, but because Pete's mostly here while Dana is working in the symphony and Oscar is at daycare, so we mostly eat what Pete chooses." Winston remarked opening the rice containers with care.
You sat down next to Egon who was now rolling up his sleeves and grabbing for the (fave chinese food *if you have one*), without thinking you started to reach for it too and your hand brushed his. He looked at you with surprise and you returned the expression with a blink. Ray and Winston had started to dig into their rices and other Chinese food choices but stopped mid-bites to observe the scene that was occurring.
"You like (fave chinese food *if you have one*) too?" You pulled your hand away and Egon did the same.
"It is one of the simplest yet delicious Chinese foods I've ever had since Ray introduced me to it when we were friends in high school." He admitted.
"What kind of things did you like before that?" You chuckled and started to politely divide the (fave Chi-food *if any*) between yours and Egon's plates.
"My family didn't let me have anything that wasn't on a health level, only when I hung with Ray was I able to sneak other foods into my dietary repertoire." Egon sat back and let you finish dividing the food.
He seemed to be talking more, but it seemed odd, almost like a trance and he was just spouting things that Ray wouldn't have expected him to be saying so openly. You were intrigued by what he was saying, and as you and the boys ate he kept telling you small stories about himself. After a while and a quick eat, the sirens went off and the boys were sliding down the poles to the lockers and Ecto-1. Hearing the sirens of the Ecto-1 filled you with hope as it faded away into the distance, you wished it filled people with the same hope it did you.
Walking back into the bedroom, you caught your reflection in the mirror and you noticed your eyes were different. You blinked and they were normal again, 'must've been a trick of the city lights' you thought to yourself as you curled up in the bed and waited for the boys to return and be there when you woke up.
