Okay everyone I'm truly, TRULY, sorry about not updating in like 2 1/2 month. My computer's Logic Board was fried literally 12 hours before I was going to upload this. But now I have my computer back and I can update when ever school, or family at this point, isn't trying to assassinate me with work. So before I lose any more of my readers here's ch. 2 & I'm writing Ch.3 as you're reading this! So be ready after a few days... Hopefully *Shifty eyes* DON'T KILL ME!

A/N Just so I don't get confused, I'm still going to call Neal, 'Neal'. But Bryce & Jessica will call him Nathan. & Peter will also call him Neal, except when He's making jokes. It might get a bit confusing. If It's too much just tell me and I'll try to make it simpler. ^_^ But no one else is named either Nathan or Neal, so he's the only one being called either.

Okay for all of you that think that I own something that has to do with White Collar. Your wrong. Trust me. If I owned ANY part of WC, Neal would have a lot more emotional crap to deal with and have a LOT LESS OUTFITS to choose from. i.e. He wouldn't even have a shirt to wear by season 2 & In season three he would be only wearing the Fedora... But alas, I own nothing. T-T

Neal's Brother... SAY WHAT?

Ch.1:

An Unwanted Fall Down Memory Lane

Bryce leaped up from where he was sitting and looked at Neal with shock spread across his face.

"N-nathan?" Bryce stammered out, slowly inching his way toward Neal with his hands in front of him, looking about ready to seize Neal in a hug.

Peter looked back and forth between Neal and Bryce, not believing what he was seeing. Two Neals? And who's Nathan? And when the pieces finally fit together like a puzzle, he could see the full message clearly. Bryce and Neal were the spitting image of each other and apparently they knew each other too. And Peter was betting that they were more than just old acquaintances.

Neal swallowed hard as he watched Bryce with a look that Peter could only describe as a mixture of happiness and horror. I'm so dead, Neal thought. He had always dreaded this day and never thought it would happen so soon. But it had and he wasn't prepared for it. Bryce was now in the same room as Peter, not to mention the rest of the team, and himself. He was happy that he could see him, but was terrified that it had happened here, in the office, and now, only 1 1/2 years after starting his CI agreement. Neal had three choices, it was obvious that #1: 'Run and hide' would fail, #2: 'Deny being 'Nathan' and deny knowing Bryce' could succeed, but not likely since he had screamed out his name before being given it. Damn me and my big mouth! Then there was #3: 'Tell the truth for once and come clean, well semi-clean.' It would solve everything, but, it could also bring up some of his most personal and dreaded secrets from his past. He made his decision. He chose 3: He was going to just go with it and be happy to see Bryce. While at the same time, trying to dodge Peter and everyone's questions.

Peter studied Neal's face as he practically gaped at Bryce's presence. He was about to ask if Neal was okay, when he saw the look on his face change to pure delight. Neal closed what was now only a few feet between him and Bryce and they joined in a hug. Bringing everyone else to a state of confusion, except Jessica. The look of happiness on Neal's face was one that Peter had never seen before. Tears were practically flowing from where they were gathering in their eyes as they embraced. Peter stood up and just watched them. They had the same face and the same voice. Bryce was about an inch taller and Neal's hair was a little longer, but besides that, they were perfect twins.

"Neal, do I even need to ask how you know this man?" Peter demanded, with a hint of amusement. "And why is he calling you 'Nathan? What the hell is going on?'"

Neal and Bryce exited their hug. Neal peeked at peter before his glance fell on Jessica. His smile widened as he walked over and stopped in front of her. He took his fedora off and bowed. He was just playing theatrics now.

"Nice to see you again Jessica." He said, closing one eye and peaking out the other. "Beautiful as always."

"Oh Nathan," She said, lifting her hand to her cheek to cover her blush. "You and your flattery."

The three agents looked at her, then to Neal and in a beautiful harmony said, "NATHAN!"

Neal looked up and smiled shyly with a small half shrug, as if to say 'what can I say?' Bryce looked at the shocked faces of Peter and the other agents and then at Neal as he shrugged.

"Oh! I get what happened!" Bryce said walking over, placing a hand on Neal's shoulder and laughing. "They thought I was you, Nathan. Now I understand why they brought me here and were questioning me."

Neal looked up at him then to the agents. He noticed how they wore confused looks and their eyes were begging for answers.

Neal sighed, "Sorry about that." He said to Bryce filled with sincerity.

Peter held back his gasp while Jones and Diana let theres fly free to fill the room, and leave an awkward silence afterwards. Neal looked at Bryce then to Jessica and just sighed and shook his head.

"Guys, this is my brother, Bryce." Neal gestured to bryce while looking at his feet.

Neal could feel, rather than see, what Peter was about to ask. He intervened by placing his hand up in a stop motion, "And before you ask, yes we are twins. And no, he was never a conman like me."

Diana stifled a laugh and Jones and Peter just stared in disbelief. Neal Changed his focus back to Jessica with a smile.

"And this is his lovely wife, Jessica." He gestured to her and she smiled.

"And he's my little brother Nathan." Bryce said gripping and shaking Neal's shoulder. "But form what I've heard, It looks like he's got you thinking his name's Neal. You were always the little trickster Nathan."

Peter gave Neal a look that made him shiver, "Neal... Nathan," Peter corrected himself. "My office, NOW."

Neal could only feel dread build up inside as he and Peter walked to the door. However, the fear Neal felt was not because of Peter. Neal stopped and looked back into the room.

"Bryce!" He said as bryce looked at him. Neal pointed his finger at Bryce, and he looked at Neal with a mischievous glint in his eye that Neal could clearly see. "Behave yourself, and don't cause any trouble."

"Fine, fine. I wont do anything." Bryce flashed a wicked smile at him.

Neal didn't look convinced. He obviously knew his brother well enough, and turned to his wife, for closure. "Jessica, will you make sure he stays out of trouble and doesn't say anything to incriminating about me?"

"Of course Nathan." She promised with a smile.

Neal left to follow Peter who was already in his office. Peter leaned against his desk with his arms crossed and a big grin plastered on his face.

"What?" Neal asked suspiciously as he walked in.

"Oh~, I was just wondering where the concern came from?" Peter asked as his grin widened. "And why you never told me you had a brother."

Neal sighed, "Well... Uh." He was at a loss for words, and Peter picked up on that.

"Come on Nathan." Peter teased, almost laughing. "You could have told me that you had a brother."

"No, I couldn't!" Neal retorted. "You would have hounded me for information about him and you would've tried to track him down and meet him. I didn't want you to!"

"Didn't want me to what? Hound you for info. on him? Or try to track him down."

A look of pain crossed Neal's face, but it was quickly abated, and after a second Neal quietly replied, "I didn't want you to know about him."

Peter was slightly shocked at the tone of Neal's voice, he sounded like he had just admitted his worst flaw or had just unwillingly told his darkest secret. He really wanted to ask him why, but knowing that Neal would avoid it, he didn't pursue it, but instead asked, "So is your name really Nathan and not Neal?"

Neal looked at the floor as he sat down in one of the chairs. "Yeah." He sounded hurt again. Peter was about to ask if he was okay, when a loud laugh came from the conference room, causing both Neal and Peter to look toward it. They could see that. through the glass walls, Jones was laughing, smacking his knee and Diana was toppled over on the table giggling. When Peter looked over to Neal, he found the previously occupied seat to be empty. He looked back over at the conference room and saw Neal already walking in. He quickly got up and practically ran to the conference room, not wanting to miss anything.

"Okay, what did you tell them Bryce!" Neal demanded angrily, yet worry was also mixed in. He looked from Bryce to the two FBI agents who were both still having laughing fits.

"Oh~, nothing." Bryce turned and walked to the other side of the table, out of arms reach from Neal.

"Damn, Caffrey!" Jones spoke through his laughs. "Never... new you were the... skirt wearing type of guy in high school."

Both Diana and Jones had another round of laughing as they saw Neal's face turn bright red. Peter walked in just as the new bout of laughter started. He took one look at Neal and turned to Bryce hoping for answers as to why his agents were dying of laughter, and why his CI was resembling a tomato more than a conman.

"Just visiting memory lane." Bryce said with a smile.

Peter looked back at Neal grinning. "So, what's got his face turning tomato?" He said taking a seat across from Jones. "I gotta hear this."

Bryce smiled, "Well~, in high school, Nathan was in the drama department. He was really good at acting, so he always got the lead role. In our Jr. year, however-"

"STOP!" Neal screamed, rushing around the table to prevent his brother from further embarrassing him.

As Neal tried to grab him, Bryce spun and took him into a headlock, preventing him from moving, or getting away.

"Let. Me. Go." Neal emphasized each word with an attempt to get free. But Bryce was stronger than him and all attempts were futile.

Peter watched the site in front of him with amusement and nearly busted out laughing. The scene before him, with Neal unraveling at his seems and being held in a headlock by his older brother, seemed to fit Neal in an odd way. Neal seemed to be a bit more relaxed than he usually was, even if he was upset at the moment. Peter stopped and thought again Neal was upset but happy. In it's own way, that proved that Neal wasn't his normal self, but reverting to a Neal that was before Peter, before prison, and hopefully before Kate. Peter's thought were interrupted as Bryce continued his story.

"As I was saying. In our Jr. year, the play was a modern rendition of Anne, with her being a teen in Hollywood trying to make a name for herself in the music world."

Peter was getting where this was going and couldn't hide his amusement, and giggled. Neal jerked in his brothers grip as he glared at Peter.

"Neal, of course being the best actor in the entire school got the part of Anne, even though he was a boy."

Bryce stopped and looked down at Neal struggling to get free from his grasp and smiled. "But you didn't care did you Nathan. You liked acting and didn't care what part you got." He looked back up to the FBI agents and continued. "In the play he had to wear a skirt. It was frilly, pink, and really really, short. He wore makeup to look like a girl and had a wig on. No one outside his family or the drama club knew it was really him. After the play though, he..." Bryce trailed off looking back down at Neal, who was still struggling to get free, with a devilish smirk playing on his face.

"He what?" Peter asked, failing to keep his giggles contained, and nearly on the verge of falling into a full blown laughing fit, like Jones and Diana.

"Well after th-" Bryce was cut off by nearly falling over as Neal tripped him and broke free from his grip.

"Bryce if you say another word I'll. I'll." Neal said through gritted teeth.

"Neal, come on! Let him at least finish the story!" Diana pleaded through her chuckling.

"Yeah if he doesn't finish now, we'll just have him tell us later or "we'll pester you till you tell us yourself." Jones compromised.

Neal looked at his brother then looked at Peter. "Fine!" And before Neal could even say another word, Bryce proceeded with the story.

"After the play, because know one knew, or could tell if I may ad, it was him, or that he was even male in the first place, nearly every guy in school tried to ask him out. And we forced him to wear skirts and the wig for nearly a week around school. It was hilarious! And a genius idea. We told the teachers is was for a psychology experiment and they allowed him to do it. They even helped us out by saying 'she' was a student who was looking at schools to transfer to in the area." Bryce emphasized the word she with air quote, earning an eye roll from Neal. "Almost every guy in school wanted to go out with him! Some of the guys even broke up with their girl friends to ask him out!"

Peter couldn't hold it in anymore and joined Jones and Diana and burst out laughing.

"Oh ha ha. Very funny." He said straightening his coat and picking up his fedora. "Yeah it was so funny until everyone found out. Remember that Bryce!" Neal stormed out of the room with a look that combined the most anger that Peter had ever seen in him before, embarrassment, and an ashamed look that made everyone feel like they had just kicked not just one puppy but a whole litter of them. It caused everyone's laughs to stop and silence took hold of the room for a what felt like hours but consisted of a few minutes.

Daring to break the stillness of the room, Diana quietly asked, "How did they find out?"

E/N Okay I hope u all liked that. Sry I left in with a cliff hanger but I'm sorta worried that I made Peter a bit OCC. I'm not worried about Neal because, I mean, come on. He's gotta be acting out of character when his brothers in town telling all his most embarrassing secret. Right? Please Review to tell me how you liked it. Or hated it. Or just how you dislike the fact that my computer broke and wish to kill me for not updating for nearly 3 months. I accept any punishment that you give me.

Also, I made it twice as long as long as the first chapter for the long absence(It's actually the longest chapter i've ever wrote, I think). I'm really sorry that I didn't update for such a long time. But as I said, my computer was broken then school(along with my family) tried to assassinate me…

Great I'm repeating myself! You know what, I can't do this anymore! I'm super sorry & I'll try to update by Sunday, next Tuesday at the latest. Unless Life gets in the way, & I'm willing to kill Life if he does. Heck at this point I'd rather deal with Death then Life. X)