Chapter 7-Trying to Change

Meanwhile upstairs, Ray and Winston were busy looking over Egon to make sure he didn't catch anything bad or contagious. Egon seemed to be ok, but Winston and Ray wanted to keep an eye on him, just to be safe. Ray then thought it would be good for Egon to take a hot shower to warm up.

"So, how is he?" Peter asked.

"He seems to be ok, but we're gonna keep in eye on him just in case." Winston replied.

"Where is he?" Janine asked

"He's in the shower. That should warm him up." Ray replied, "I also want him to get a little sleep."

"Ray, I think you should get some sleep as well." Jenny said.

"Why?" Ray asked.

"Did you sleep at all last night?" Mel asked.

"No." Ray replied, "It was after I came into the bedroom. I thought about what had happened, and I finally realized what I done. I basically cried the entire night. I was too upset to even go to sleep."

"Well, you need some sleep." Kylie said, "You and Dr. Spengler both."

"Both what?" Egon asked as he came in the living room. He was dressed in some dry clothes and was drying his hair off with a towel.

"You two both need some sleep. Did you get any sleep last night, despite being outside?" Janine asked.

"No, I was too upset as well. I cried the entire night, despite it raining pretty hard." Egon said, "It was pretty lonely. And it wasn't until like after 6:30 this morning when I had finally calmed down enough to come back here."

"I cried all night too." Ray said, "I had finally realized what I had done and said, and I just cried for hours and didn't even get any sleep."

"Well, you two need some sleep." Winston said, "It's not gonna do you guys any good if you don't get some sleep."

"Ok." Egon said as he headed into the bedroom.

"Go get some sleep now." Jenny said with a smile.

"Yes m'am." Ray said as he kissed Jenny on the forehead.

Ray then followed into the bedroom. He then saw Egon and decided to apologize.

"Hey Egon? I'm really sorry for what I said last night. I really didn't mean it." Ray said.

"It's ok." Egon replied, "And sorry for trying to kill you."

"S'ok. I deserved it." Ray said.

"No, you didn't. You were having some problems, and I happened to make them worse." said Egon.

"No, I happened to bring up something you don't like talking about." Ray said.

"It's fine. People have said worse stuff to me." Egon said.

"You forgive me?" Ray asked.

"Apology accepted." Egon said.

"Thanks. Now I might crash for a bit."

"Me too." Egon replied.

The two didn't think they were that tired, but as soon as their heads hit their pillows they passed out.

A little while later, Ray and Egon woke up and joined the others. They looked a little better now that they had gotten some sleep.

"Well, that's a start." Janine said, "You two look a lot better."

"Thanks. And we feel better." Ray replied.

"Yeah." Egon said.

Just then, the phone rang. Janine answered it. She listened to what the caller was saying and wrote down a location. She the hung up.

"We got a call, guys." She said.

"Ray, are you sure you'll be able to focus this time?" Winston asked.

"I'll be fine Winston." Ray assured.

"Ok. We're gonna trust you on this." Peter said.

The 4 Ghostbusters then changed into their jumpsuits and drove to the location, which was an office building. When they got inside, they saw 4 Class 3 poltergeists running around and making a mess. And people were running around and screaming.

The 4 then began trying to catch the troublemakers. Thankfully, Peter, Winston, and Egon were seeing that Ray had more focus and control of his pack, and his wand was on a higher level then it had been lately. Ray was starting to come back to his old self.

After a while, the ghosts were caught, and the office manager paid the four for their work. Once they got outside, they placed the traps in the back of Ecto-1.

"How are you holding up Ray?" Peter asked.

"I'm doing ok." Ray replied, "My right ankle is killing me though. But I'm trying not to think about it."

"But you're doing really good." Egon said.

"Thanks." Ray said with a small smile.

The four then drove back to the firehall. Ray, who was in the front passenger seat, then snapped, "Winston, why the heck is the heat on so high?! It's feels like an oven in here!"

"I don't have the heat on Ray." Winston said, "If you don't believe me, look."

Ray then looked on the dashboard and saw that the heat was indeed off.

"Oh, sorry Winston." Ray said.

"It's fine." Winston replied.

"I think you're just feeling the pain of trying to withdraw from the pills." Egon said.

"Maybe." Ray said.

"You've come this far to withdrawing, so keep it up." Peter said, "Remember what we talked about."

"I know, I know. And I hope." Ray said.

Thankfully, there were no more calls that day. However, Ray had two more outbursts. The first was when Peter had interrupted him and made him lose focus. And the second was when Egon dropped an issue of Tobin's Spirit Guide, and Egon gave Ray the death glare while trying to keep his temper under control.

The others were seeing that both Egon and Ray were trying to keep their tempers under control cause they didn't want to risk getting into another fight. And Ray also had another crying spell, but Jenny thankfully was able to get him to calm down.

Around 5 o'clock, Janine, Kylie, and Jenny left for the day. However, it had been raining all day. And the gentle rain then turned into a storm.

The 4 Ghostbusters then shared a frozen pizza together, although Peter wasn't a fan of it. Later on, Peter, Ray, and Winston went to watch a movie while Egon went to work in the lab.

After a while, Ray said he had to use the bathroom and he got up. A short time later, Egon joined Peter and Winston.

"Where's Ray?" Egon asked.

"He went to use the bathroom." Peter replied.

"Actually, that was 10 minutes ago." Winston said looking at his watch.

"I'll go check on him." Egon said as he headed toward the bathroom.

To be continued...

Author's note: Hey y'all, I'm so sorry this wasn't up sooner. My creativity has been very dry lately and I've been busy. But anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter. Peace out!