A/N: I'm so sorry, I have no idea what happened, but heres actual chapter 4
"Winston!"
The man stopped and turned around to see Ray sliding down the golden pole in the office. A smile met his face as the childish ghostbuster bounded towards him.
"hey Ray" Ray grinned and pulled the man in for a short hug. It had been only a week since the men has last seen each other, Winston had decided to take a vacation. Not payed on Venkman's terms.
"How was the vacation, was it good, where'd you go?" Chuckling at the eager questions Winston moved into the lobby placing down his suit case next to a floral one he'd never seen before.
"I went to my mum's, in new jersey and yes I had a nice time" he pointed at the suit case "Egon and Janine finally hook up" A laugh sounded from behind them and both men turned to see Peter.
"That my friend is the bag of one Miss Juniper Fortenburry" Winston was confused, he'd never heard of this Juniper woman. Much less expected her to move in whilst he was away.
"She's staying with us because of an inhuman spirit in her apartment" Ray clarified.
"Inhuman?" He'd never heard of one of those. Maybe Goser wasn't human, but they weren't really dealing with him more the marshmallow man and he'd heard story's of the little green bugger they called Slimer who didn't appear to be human, but one haunting someone specifically. Now that was new.
"That's exactly what I said," Juniper appeared behind them all, her eyes a little heavy from loss of sleep and a small smile on her face. "I'm Miss Fortenburry, but just call me Juniper"
He nodded and lent forward extending a hand she shook, "Winston" They smiled at each other before pulling away from the hand shake. His hands where ruff and calloused where as Junipers hands where soft and warm, hands of an artist Winston mused to himself.
Noticing the four in the lobby Janine stopped in her tracks sending a sneer to the back of Junipers head. Peter wasn't the only one to notice the blushing mess Egon became around her. "What's going on?" She asked voice as dull as ever.
The four in question spun to face the brunet, Peter noticed the jealousy burning im her eyes when she looked at Juniper. "oh Janine my dear, please go and tell Egon that Winston is home" hearing the sarcasm in Peters tone Janine rolled her eyes before turning back the way she came.
Egon was doing preliminary research on Inhuman Spirits, they were many different theory's on the beings and he hoped to bring them all together into a feasible conclusion.
"There's someone at the front desk for you" Internally he sighed as Janine entered his lab. The woman was an annoyance something Egon desperately wished would leave him alone.
Pretending not to notice the short woman he shuffled past and made his way up the stairs to the lobby.
He nodded to Winston who smiled and clapped him in the back. "good to see ya" nodding again Egon tried to remain calm about how close he was to Miss Fortenburry. Flashbacks of the previous night flooded his mind. Her stomach, were he had landed, was soft and warm. It reminded him of, well a pillow. Resituating himself next to Ray he ignore Junipers confused glances. Ever since they had returned to the fire station Egon had been avoiding her.
It wasn't like they spoke much anyway, but when ever she walked into a room he was in he would leave, sometimes even mid conversation. She tried to remember what had happened, only it didn't seem like she'd done anything wrong.
He'd fallen into her lap.
He wasn't angry, he was embarrassed. Juniper's eyes widened "I'm sorry, you'll have to excuse me," Turning round she ran to her "room" That she had all to her self, in theory it was Venkman's room but he had his own apartment that he refused to give up. It didn't bother her, in fact she preferred it.
Grabbing a hairband from her side Juniper pulled her curls into a neat ponytail. The entity had ben toying with her. Shoving Egon into her lap like that, it was bad enough that she had to live with two, now three men she didn't know, she now had to deal with one that was embarrassed to be in the same room as her.
He had to deal with this, but how.
Thinking over the idea for a few seconds an idea popped into her head. They could just talk. Yeah, talk.
Hearing the door open behind him Egon turned to see Miss Fortenburry leaning against the wall. "Hello Egon" Her voice was chipper she held her head high as she walked over his side. "What are you doing?" Egon's eyes flicked over to the locked door. No escape.
"I'm, researching Inhuman Spirits" His voice held a tone of anticipation, she was very close to him. He could feel the heat radiating off her body. Nodding Juniper tried to hide her smirk.
"Why are you so nervous around me?" Tilting her head to the side she watched as Egon gulped.
"I don't know what your talking about" Turning back to his work he kept his clam very well Juniper was impressed.
"You keep leaving the room, please don't be embarrassed what happened doesn't matter, It was the spirit not you" With that she left swaying her hips slightly. Egon released a breath he hadn't realised he'd been holding.
This was going to be harder than he thought. Of course he'd had these, feelings before. Just never been in such close contact with the one he had been infatuated with.
Sighing dejectedly he turned back to the stack of books and papers he had collected, time to start the real work.
