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AN: I'm back sorry for the long wait. It has been crazy sorry for taking so long. Anyway I'm not going to make you wait with a long A/N. So here is the next chapter hope you like.

Chapter Four

Okay so maybe he had over reacted a little bit, okay a lot and after talking to RJ he knew he really messed up. And yeah she was right she deserve a lot more than I'm sorry. He just wasn't good at apologizing but she didn't know that so he went and so those awful things to her. He really owed her a major apology. He doubted though that she would listen to him, hell he wouldn't if he was in her shoes. But Fran was always the bigger person and she would listen to him because that's just who she was. But the question was how to apologize to her? This was going to be very tricky. He really didn't want to go back in there but he needed to and Fran had yet to come out and RJ kept looking at him then to the door telling him to "suck it up Theo. You messed up now fix it." Yeah he knew he did. Didn't mean this was going to be easy.

Before he could do anything though Casey came barreling through the door of the kitchen and punched him straight in the jaw. He saw lots of pretty lights after that and why did he feel very sick all of a sudden.

"Casey what the hell do you think you are doing?" RJ shouted and Theo couldn't help to agree what the hell did Casey think he was doing. Hello they were team mates for crying out loud.

Casey went to launch at him again as Theo got up but RJ grabbed a hold of him and wasn't letting go.

"Calm down Casey. Whatever it is we can talk about this." RJ said while grunting this was one very pissed off kitty and he was making sure RJ knew it.

"Let me go RJ I promise I won't kill him. I'll just hurt him a lot." Casey said while grunting and hissing like the cat he was all the while fighting RJ. He stopped when he felt a hand on his shoulder and the quiet broken voice of his best friend.

"Casey stop it." Fran said while looking at him to RJ to Theo with a bloody split lip. She didn't want to be here anymore it was just too much for her. She looked at Casey and told him in a defeated voice "take me home Casey."

He really wanted to hurt Theo but Fran needed him right now, and he was going to be there for her. So he nodded his head and went to take Fran's arm when Lily's voice stopped him.

"There is no way in hell I am letting you go back there Fran. Come on back upstairs and I promise Theo won't bother you while you're here." She gave Theo a scathing look before taking Fran's hand and pulling her back up the stairs. Casey looked at them leaving and then back to the other two boys before going back into the kitchen and started making the pizzas maybe cooking would help calm him down.

RJ looked as everyone walked off and then looked to Theo after all if the looks Lily gave him and the beating he just took from Casey was any indication everything had to do with Theo.

"What exactly happened in there Theo?" He asked confusedly. This was something he wasn't use to.

"Lets just say things did not go the way I planned RJ." Theo said in a defeated voice. He was supposed to be the smartest one out of them and he really went and messed it up. He had no idea what to do now.

"Yeah I'd say things didn't go the way you planned. Care to tell me what exactly happened in there?" Although it was more of a statement than question. RJ was their mentor and he had ways of getting Theo to tell him what happened in there.

"I might have said some things I really didn't mean. And she may have cried a lot and she may have slapped me." Theo said before looking up when the first customer walked through the door. "Hello welcome to JKP. How many?" And then he walked off leaving RJ in a confused manner.

RJ figured he would have to be the one to get the girls or he could get Casey to do it. After all Fran was more than happy to be near him and for some odd reason that didn't set right with him. But he figured he should do it since technically he was the boss and Fran had told him, he had to hire more people since she was no longer covering for them and that really hurt. He could always rely on her and now she wanted to change that although he did understand where she was coming from. After all what they did to her was like saying they didn't trust her which wasn't the truth at all. He really needed to explain things to her. There wasn't that many people here yet so Theo would be fine by himself. With that decided he turned into the kitchen and nodded at Casey before walking up the stairs.

"RJ go easy on her ok? She's had it rough and we really need to just be there for her and give her space. When she is ready she will accept our apology." Casey told him before continuing on with the pizzas.

RJ nodded again and continued up the stairs only to stop when he heard Fran and Lily talking.

"Maybe Theo is right Lily, I shouldn't be here anymore. I mean I don't really do anything around here and I always mess up. Maybe I should just leave." Fran said in a despondent tone. One that really upset RJ. 'So that's what all this is about. I'll deal with you later Theo.' RJ thought to himself before deciding it was time to talk to her himself.

"That's not true and you know it Fran." RJ interrupted her and looked to Lily to silently tell her she should go downstairs. Lily looked like she was going to refuse but then nodded her head and got up to go downstairs. After all there was still a business to run.

"I'm going to go head downstairs help them out but if you need anything let me know Fran, Ok?" Lily waited for Fran to agree it took a moment but she eventually did albeit reluctantly which kind of hurt RJ but hey he figured he deserved it. Lily walked downstairs and left the two people in that room in an awkward silence. Which bothered the hell of RJ, cause since when where they ever awkward towards each other.

"Listen Fran I'm sorry for not telling you." He went to say more but was interrupted by Fran's very angry hand slapping his face. Huh funny he never saw her get up and walk across the floor to him.

"You're a liar. I know you're lying I heard you RJ, what you said out there on that battlefield I heard you so you can't say you're sorry when you're not. I don't know what I did to upset you RJ or for you to not trust me, I really don't care not anymore. I deserved better than that but you just don't care and I really don't want to care anymore. I'm just so tired of being lied to. I just don't have the energy to deal with this anymore. So just leave me alone please." She finished with tears and a broken voice. Of course RJ was upset with himself but he was more pissed that she wasn't going to hear him out. She was his best friend and he was going to make sure that she heard of bit of his explanation.

"Shut up Fran just shut up and let me talk. You heard everyone else but you refuse to hear me. I don't think so, so you sit right there and you listen up. I didn't want you to know, you are right about that. Because if you knew you would try to help and then something would happen to you and I just couldn't let that happen ok. I couldn't be the reason for something happening to you. I wouldn't be able to live with myself if something happened to you because of me. I just can't do it. Don't ask me to Fran; please don't ask me to let you get hurt." He took a deep breath and went to continue when Fran put her finger to his lips to stop him from talking.

"I wouldn't go out there with you if that's what you're saying but I would help you train if I could or not ask any questions, or even help be the medic if you needed to be. I'm not a fighter RJ but I'd like to think I'm friend, a friend that can help someway. I trust you RJ I always have and if would have told me not come and help I would listen RJ and not ask any questions. But know I can't just sit by the side lines now I'll help anyway I can all you have to do is ask. And I'm sorry for coming up here I know I wasn't supposed to and for that I'm sorry." Fran said and then looked down she went to step back when RJ's are shot out around her waist and drew her in for a hug to envy all hugs. Fran let out a breath she didn't even know she had been holding and with a sigh of relief hugged him back. RJ knew he was lucky to have a friend like Fran and when she finished talking and went to step back he just acted on instinct and drew her into him. And then without a doubt he knew she was his one. Now just trying to convince her was going to be the hard part, but that could wait till later right now he just wanted to hold her and fix what he had done.

"With that being said you still have to hire more people for here, it's not that you can't count on me, but it's getting to the point where I can't handle it by myself even with us all here we can't all handle it." Fran looked up at him all business like except for her eyes, her eyes had that twinkle in them and he knew that they were going to be ok.

"All right Fran whatever you say." He replied easily to her. He let her go and went to set in his chair and she set on the floor in front of him.

"Good because I have some stipulations. One I get to help pick the new employee's, two you give me a pay increase and possibly a manager position so the others will listen to me when you're not here. And three I need your help in finding a new place to live. And four we need to go down there and help the others." With that she got up and went downstairs to help the others leaving RJ gaping like a fish in her wake. He shook his head and smiled before going down there and helping too. 'Well this going to be an interesting year.' He thought while looking at Fran and Casey making the pizzas and Lily and Theo up front with the customers. Hey they were all family and nothing was going to change that. He walked over to his desk and grabbed a sign out from a drawer and walked over to hang it on the door.

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This was going to be the start of something new. And he and the others were all getting tired of these what ifs. He shouldn't have to worry about them anymore. After all this what if blew up in his face and yet they were all still together. He smiled to himself before going to the kitchen and working on that new pizza that had been in his head since he met Fran. Apples and mint just the way Fran smelled like.

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