Disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers or they would have been a lot better. I do however own the apartment building mentioned in here or at least the idea of it.

A/N: Ok so this was going to be a one shot but I decided to either make it a two shot or more depending on how long the plot bunnies stay with me. Also I will be updating my other story Lost in your own life as soon as I find my flash drive that has the story on it. Ok so that should be it on with the story.

What If

'Broken'. That's how Fran felt, not angry or anything else just broken. 'The Power Rangers? They're the Power Rangers and they couldn't even have the decency to tell me. I can't believe they didn't tell me. What am I not trustworthy enough for them? Or do they secretly hate me and are just nice because they are the Power Rangers? Stupid jerks, stupid lyres.' Fran thought miserably to herself. She leaned forward in RJ's chair and covered her face with her hands. Her standard pigtails had fallen out a while ago. She only came upstairs to get something, but now she couldn't even remember what it was and had just witnessed her three friends no scratch that coworkers transform into the Power Rangers. That's where we find her now; broken and alone hoping it was just a really weird dream. She pinched herself hoping to wake herself up but that only caused her to have a physical pain. 'Well I guess its true then.' She thought bitterly to herself. She looked up to see them detransform and help RJ to his feet.

"Guys we got to go. We've been gone for awhile. Fran is suspicious enough; we don't want to wait any longer." Theo said with an air of urgency.

"Well Theo if you would shut up and help us instead of stating things we already know, we could have already started back by now." Casey said annoyed, besides would it be that bad if Fran knew. He trusted her and it would be nice to confide in someone other than them. Don't get him wrong he loved them all to death, they were a family now, but you can only spend so much time with someone before you get tired of them. And besides it would be great to vent to someone who wasn't a ranger.

"Theo's right Casey. We don't need her to know. The less the better." RJ said while trying not to wince every five seconds. Fran had hope in her eyes when Casey had talked his eyes had shown something like he wanted her to know. But with what RJ had said her heart had broke and the tears she had been fighting so hard to hold back came pouring down her face. 'They really don't trust me.' She thought brokenly. Since they were heading back she decided to go down and clean up the shop before confronting them. Besides she had a lot to think about and how she was going to tell them.

Two hours later

Fran was just finishing cleaning up when she heard the bell above the door chime.

"Oh sorry we're closed come back tomorrow." She said while not even looking up. She had a million thoughts running threw her head.

"You know it's a good thing it's only us and not some thief or something or you could have gotten hurt." Lily said half joking and full of concern.

"Yeah like you guys would actually care." Fran scoffed as she finally looked up at them. The sad depressing thoughts were gone and were replaced by anger. They all took a step back and gaped at her. Did Fran sweet angelic Fran just say that, and something looked off about her they all thought.

"Fran you look broken." Lily said and when Fran just put her hat down on the counter and there were no pigtails Lily knew what happened. 'No darn it I'm supposed to be showing anger not sadness and all that.' Fran thought to herself.

"You know don't you Fran?" It was a statement more than a question. The guys looked at Lily then to Fran then back to Lily trying to figure out what Lily was talking about. 'Figure out what the only thing to figure out is… NO!' Their heads shot up and they tried to silently tell Lily to keep her mouth shut. But what Fran said next they knew it was too late.

"Whatever do you mean Lily?" Fran asked sweetly and yet with a hint a very large hint of bitterness.

"Oh don't play games with me Fran. You know what I mean. About us being the Power Rangers." Lily replied ignoring the frighten looks and shakes of heads coming from her team mates. Fran had already figured it out, she knew it and so did the guys but if they wanted to pretend Fran didn't know then she was going to have to burst their bubble. They all owed it to Fran to be honest now.

"Oh, you mean that? Yeah I know." Fran replied with sarcasm that was pissing off the cheetah. The guys had the decency to look ashamed while Lily bit her tongue on what she wanted to do to them. She told them it was a bad idea to not tell her but did they listen to her nope and now look what happened. Karma is a bitch baby, but she was going to keep her mouth closed and let Fran have the floor.

"I get it guys." Everyone's head shot up at that. Oh good she wasn't that mad they all thought. Boy if they only knew. Fran was taking off her apron and pristinely folding it and putting it on the counter next to her hat. "You guys hate me or don't trust me. I haven't figured out which hurts the less but the point is I do get it. And you don't have to worry about me finding out or just me in general because." She stopped there to take a breath this was harder then she thought. 'Get your act together girl you can do this.' She told herself. She looked up at RJ and looked him in the eye. "Because I'm done, I'm leaving." She stated brokenly before walking out the door with tears running down her face. No one moved everyone was too shocked to. 'No she's got it wrong. I told them, stupid guys. Why didn't they listen to me?' Lily thought angrily to herself. She had to set this right pride be damned. RJ was the first to come to his physical senses and turn for her.

"I have to go after her, she needs to understand." He frantically replied but before he could even get more than a few steps he nearly collapsed to the floor but luckily Casey and Theo were right there to catch him.

"Whoa RJ you're not going anywhere except to bed." Casey replied with an authority in his voice he was the red ranger damn it and RJ was going to listen to him or so help him he was going to knock him out. But then Fran would be really mad and she would really hurt Casey for that. Yeah he was not going up against her, she may not be a ranger but she sure had one heck of a right hook.

"Casey right RJ. Theo you and Casey take RJ to bed and I'll go after Fran." And clean up your mess she thought bitterly no need to voice that though. RJ made a move to get up and go with her but Lily sent him a glare that said 'that was final'. Besides if he came she was going to get it from Fran because she let RJ come with her when he was in no shape to do so. 'Yeah I'm not going to have Fran that pissed at me no thank you.' "Besides RJ I'm not the cheetah for nothing." She smirked before she took off after Fran.

"Don't worry RJ, Lily and Fran are really close she'll have Fran back here before you know it. Then we can all apologize and then everything will get back to normal. Well as relatively normal as one can get around here." Casey said reassuringly, besides Lily is one persistent cat she'll bug Fran enough that she'll have no other choice but to come back if just to get away from Lily. He thought to himself. Theo was nodding the whole time. 'This is why I don't do relationships. Too much damn drama. But if Fran doesn't come back that's more work for me to do, Lily you better bring her back.' Theo thought bitterly to himself. RJ really wanted to protest but he was just in too much damn pain. And he swore he could hear his pillow calling him. He just hoped Casey was right or he just lost his best friend and maybe something more. But he wasn't going to analyze that part right now he was to sore and just too damn tired to. So he nodded his head and let Casey and Theo help him up to the loft and bed. Besides once his energy came back which won't be long he would go after her anyway and drag her back here so he could explain.

With Fran and Lily

'Stupid jerks. Who needs them anyway? With friends like them who needs enemies.' Fran thought miserably to herself. She kicked a stone never noticing the shadow following her. 'I hope RJ's ok he looked pretty bad. No I don't care I repeat I don't care.' She chanted to herself over and over again.

"Fran wait up. Good lord your fast." Lily said once she had reached Fran. Fran glared at her before continuing on her way home. She was so not going to listen to her.

"Listen, I know you're mad and you have every right to be. I'm not going to deny that but please Fran here me out. And then you can make the decision you want to." Lily pleaded giving her best sad looking face anyone had ever seen. Look at me and you so won't be able to resist me. Lily thought in her head.

'I will not look I repeat I will not look. Damn it I looked.' "Fine." She said bitterly because she caved. But I will have the last say so, just you watch Lily. "But let's finish this talk at my place and over some hot coco." She said before walking to her place with Lily hot on her trail.

"Sure." Lily replied. Besides hot coco sounds good and I am thirsty. After that they both fell into a comfortable silence. One would think it would be awkward with what just transpired but no with them it was always easier. Maybe because they were the only two girls there so they just had to get along and besides it was nice to be with someone who wasn't full of testosterone. They eventually reached Fran's home well if you wanted to call it that. Lily thought it looked horrible and completely unsafe. 'What the hell is this a crack house?' It was a sad excuse for an apartment building, the paint was chipped and peeling and the concrete sidewalk was hazard on its own. It was covered in cracks and some pieces were missing. The windows on the first floor were broken or boarded up. And the ones on the other floors were bared up. The roof looked as if it would cave in any minute. When they reached the front doors Fran simply opened them and walked in. Lily followed her taking everything in. 'Thank goodness I'm a ranger or I would be completely terrified to even come close to here. Fran what the hell are you doing here?' The inside looked just as bad as the outside if that was possible. The wallpaper was peeling off and some of the tile on the floor was missing. Fran waved at the guy at the front desk and kept walking. The guy at the front desk simply nodded before going back to watch TV. 'Oh yeah like he could scare someone away, he looks about the age of 70.' And it was true he was a scrawny man balding at the top and completely covered in wrinkles. Fran passed the elevators and went straight for the door labeled stairs.

"The elevators are broken so were taking the stairs." Fran simply said but Lily could tell right she was on autopilot. She has a lot on her mind; I wonder when it's going to happen. Lily just nodded her head saying she understood and followed her up the stairs. The railings were rusted and looked as if they would crumble if you touched them. 'I'm going to get an illness and die. I can see it now. No wonder Fran's always at JKP I wouldn't want to be here either.'

"Don't touch the railings unless you want to fall. They're broken but don't worry I'm only on the third floor." Fran replied while continuing on her way up. 'Yeah you don't have to tell me twice Fran I believe ya.' Lily decided she was going to keep her mouth shut or she was going to go off on Fran for living in a dump like this. 'Yelling will get me nowhere. And only piss off Fran more. So let's not do that Lily.' They came to the third floor door and went through and Lily once again took notice of her surroundings. The carpet was a horrible mustard yellow color and discolored in some places and to Lily's horror it was crunching underneath her feet. 'OMG this is degusting.' They reached Fran's door 3D and Lily took notice that were four locks on Fran's door, three deadbolts and the lock on her doorknob. Lily to the other doors to see if that was standard and too her surprise it wasn't. 'Fran must have paid for all of these. But why, OMG did someone break into her apartment? Oh Fran you pour thing.' Lily sighed this was going to be a very bad talk.' Other thoughts were racing threw her head at alarming speeds but the ones that stuck out most were one 'clearly RJ's never been here or Fran would be living with us not that I mind of course. Two how hard would it be for us to move all of Fran's things to the loft and third when can we leave this place it's giving me the creeps. Well apparently it won't be that hard to move her stuff.' Lily thought as she looked around the sparsely furnished apartment. There was a descent size couch a coffee table that looked as if had seen better days and two bookshelves filled with books. That was all there was in the living room, Lily turned when she heard Fran locking all the doors including a chain that she didn't notice earlier. Lily followed Fran into the kitchen and saw a small round table big enough for two people to sit and eat. Lily sat down at the table and really looked around the apartment and what she saw she wanted to smack herself for not being a better friend this place looked depressingly sad and not like Fran at all. 'Well that's all changing' Lily thought smugly to herself. She watched as Fran put her keys on the table and put the kettle on the stove, and then got two mugs down and put a bag of coco in each one. Fran let out a breath she didn't know she had been holding. Since she talked to Lily on the road her body had been on autopilot while thoughts were racing threw her mind at speeds that should have been illegal. She was startled a little when the kettle started whistling at her to say it was ready. She poured the now steaming water in the mugs grabbed two spoons handed one to Lily and sat down stirring her coco mix. Fran looked at Lily waiting for the explanation that they owed her. Although she really didn't want to hear it, she just wanted to curl into her bed and cry the night away. She also needed to look for a new job too cause there was no way in hell she was moving back home with her parents. She would either kill herself or her parents. Well that's not a bad idea no that would be wrong well sort of. She was just too tired and worn out she would think about killing her folks in the morning. So what Lily said surprised the hell out of her.

"I'm going to call Casey and Theo, so they can come help us with the moving." Lily said while reaching for her cell. She couldn't stay one more minute in this place, it was too horrible and she wanted to get Fran some place safe.

"Whoa, wait, what? Who's moving?" Fran asked confusedly. Man she must have really been out of it earlier because she had no idea who was moving where.

"Oh Fran you're so silly. You're the one moving. You can't actually think I'm going to let you stay here do you? This place is horrible not to mention unsafe." Lily said looking at Fran as if that should have been obvious. 'Besides RJ would kill me if I didn't get you out of here and I do not want to be a dead kitty thank you very much.' She added to herself, Fran was never going to hear that though. Fran just sat there stunned until Lily was almost finishing dialing what she could only assumed was JKP's number. With a quickness that impressed the cheetah she snatched the phone and out of her hand, shutting it while glaring at the dumb cat.

"No I'm not. This place is fine by me. And that's not what we're supposed to be talking about. Now if you're not going to apologize then you know where the door is so get the hell out." Lily sat there dumbfound before she realized it was her time to talk.

"Fran, I'm really sorry. That doesn't even begin to say how sorry I am. If you knew it could have put you in danger, and none of us wanted that. It's not that we didn't trust you because we do and it's definitely not because we hated you because I don't think anyone could hate you. We all love and adore you, and I'm so sorry you thought that. You're my best friend and I never wanted to hurt you. We just thought the less you knew the better for you. I mean Fran you do worry a lot as it is and I know this would have sent you over the edge. RJ has his own reasons to not tell you but I know what I said is on his list too. Please believe me when I say we never meant to hurt you." Lily finished and wiped the tears that had started falling down during her speech. 'Stupid tears, stupid being a girl, stupid guys for not listing to me. They are so going to get an earful from me when I see them. Sickness be damned.' Lily thought bitterly to herself. Fran sat there in silence for a few moments before getting up and rinsing out her mug. 'What the hell Fran is that how you're going to take this?' Lily thought and then she saw Fran's shoulders start to shake and gripped the counter roughly. 'Here it comes what I have been waiting for. I was wondering when she was going to break down.' Then Lily ran to Fran when she crumbled to the floor in a crying heap. She clung to Lily for dear life as if she was her last hope.

"It just hurt so much. It felt like I had been slapped in the face." She sobbed into Lily's chest. The only thing Lily could do was just hold Fran and be there while she let it out.

A/N: Ok so hit that beautiful little review button for me. And I think I might leave it like this but let me know. That way I can tell the plot bunnies in my head who are throwing a freaking party in my head.