Chapter Five

My Favorite Obsession

Riff Raff smiled back, however much it hurt to not have his little sister know quite how much he loved her; he couldn't place that on her shoulders. Not after what had happened with their parents. He watched as she lay back down and shut her eyes, smiling. She had gotten more beautiful in that past hour then anyone he had ever laid eyes on. It was getting harder and harder for him to resist the urge to hold her as she slept and to be there when she awoke.

It was strange, he thought, that his sister had such a dream and then appeared to wake up and discover some truth to it hidden in a box. It was as if their true past was unraveling in front of them and all they could do was hang on for the ride. It was odd also that after a crucial dream such as that, they would appear older, it was as if time was running forward a little too quickly.

Magenta woke first the next morning and turned on the radio softly to hear the news for the day. The broadcaster rambled for a while about the new baby his friends, sister had had and she turned her attention instead to her brother. It amazed her how much older he seemed compared only to the day before. He had more muscles, his hair was longer and he had taken on the appearance of a young man. It was clear to her that soon he would no longer be just her brother. She didn't know why, but she had a feeling that they were destined to be much more then that.

Her thoughts were discarded when she heard the announcer say the date however, "May ninth 1990 and my is it going to be a sunny day out there…"

Green eyes widened and she ripped open a box pulling out her small planner. It too read "1990" when just the day before she was sure it had read "1991". Magenta scrambled over to her brother and shook him violently, "Riff Raff wake up this is important I think I'm going crazy or something!"

His eyes shot open and he stared up at her squinting, "Well everyone knows that but you don't have to go shouting it like a fool. What is it?"

Without another word she thrust the planner into his lap and frowned. Riff Raff stared at it for a moment before his brow creased and he rubbed his temples, "What in hell is going on?"

"I don't know but I think we need to find that Janet woman and get some answers!" Magenta's eyes were watery, she was holding back tears. Riff Raff sighed and pulled his little sister to his chest.

"Everything's going to be alright Genta," He didn't have a clue where the name had come from but it seemed the right thing to say at that moment. She sniffled and buried her face into his t-shirt crying softly, "Hey now," Riff Raff tilted the girls' face to his own and brushed the hair from her eyes, "Have I ever let you down?"

Magenta shook her head and smiled sadly, "You're right. We'll get through this," She blinked hard and kissed her brothers' cheek before snuggling back into him, his arms tightened instinctively around her waist as she became calm once again.

The siblings drove to the closest town that afternoon and stopped in front of the library. If they were going to find Janet they'd have to really look. Riff Raff spoke to the librarian about getting a hold of the phone books while Magenta scanned newspaper articles with the libraries computer. Her brother sat next to her and pulled the old letter from his pocket, she glanced over at him as he worked and smiled.

"Do you always concentrate so hard?" She asked slyly and turned back to the monitor.

He grinned, "Usually only if I'm thinking of you," Riff Raff could she her face redden out of the corner of his eye and looked up at her, "Found anything?"

"Only that she says she met aliens and she lives somewhere in Denton."

"Aren't we in Denton?"

The red head looked up and over at the sign on the library, it read "Denton Public Library", "I guess so."

Their search continued for a little over an hour until finally Riff Raff grabbed a sheet of paper from the printer and scrawled an address down on it, "Found her. She lives maybe five minutes from here."

"Was there a Brad Majors listed anywhere?"

"Not that I could find. Why don't we go back to the campgrounds for the night and we can come back in the morning. Wouldn't want to scare her right?"

Magenta nodded, "You do look exhausted," She smirked and slipped past him. The librarian watched her saunter out and turned to Riff Raff, her eyebrows raised. His mind went blank.

"Sisters are strange right?" He turned and hurried after his sister before the librarian could think it through.

Riff Raff slid into the drivers' side of the car and Magenta shoved a photograph in front of his face, "What's this?" He asked curiously taking it from her hand and examining it, "They look familiar."

"They look just like us. Like they could be our parents," He looked at her for a moment, then back at the photo.

"You think so?"

"I do," She sighed and leaned back in her chair, "We'll have to find Janet to get the story though otherwise we may never know."

They drove back to the campgrounds in silence, stopping only to pick up food from a local café. When they reached their temporary lodgings Riff Raff locked the door and climbed into the back. Magenta stayed in the front seat for a moment, and then turned to look back at her brother, "Do you think we'll ever know what's going on in our lives?"

He was halfway into his cheeseburger when she asked, "I don't know. I hope so, it seems like ever since we got kicked out things have been weird."

Magenta nodded and joined him in the back, pulling her sandwich from the bag and sipping her soda she looked out at the river, "It's pretty in the sunset."

Riff Raff looked past her murmured his agreement. He settled back down and finished his meal before noticing the red head had been staring at him, "Yes?"

"Nothing."

Her brother frowned, he hated that answer; it drove him nuts, "Tell me."

"Never," She smirked and took another bite of her food before he could grab her by the waist and proceed to tickle her. Magenta screamed and laughed, kicked and squirmed until her brother ceased his torment and stared down at her.

Wet tears had rolled down the girls face and she was still attempting to recover her breathing as her brother gazed at her pale face. All at once he leaned down and kissed her softly, he opened his eyes to find hers fluttering and she gently pulled him down to her again kissing him back just a bit harder.

They pulled into Janet Weiss's driveway at eleven thirty the next morning and Magenta reluctantly sat up; she had been asleep with her head in her brothers' lap. The pair walked cautiously to the front door and knocked three times.

The hard oak door flung open and a short woman of around forty stood in front of them. Her hair was ratty and damp from grease and oils, in her hand was a bottle of gin and a pack of cigarettes was contained in her shirt pocket.

She stared hard at them for a moment then spat the cigarette butt from her mouth and stomped it out into the carpet, "I was wondering when you'd show up."

TBC