Disclaimer: Still don't own anything…..just the ideas in my head
Note: As the story goes on…it gets darker, fair warning
Eric hated school as much as he hated the world around him which included his parents he always wished that he had superpowers which would help him escape from his nightmares. The only thing he enjoyed was reading anything that he could get his hands on it
"Dear Jimmy…"
The letter began once again while Eric waited for the rest of his classmates to file in for English
"Hi Eric, who's Jimmy?" asked Chloe Sullivan always the journalist
"It's a long story" said Eric looking at his papers again
"Interesting…" said Chloe tuning into her journalism senses again
"What's so interesting" asked Clark giving them both a smile
"I hope your talking about English Mr. Kent" said their English teacher
"Of course…it's always interesting" said Clark quickly as he took his seat
Eric was glad that the teacher had come in at that exact moment, he didn't want to become headline news for the Torch newspaper. It wasn't that he minded Clark and Chloe all that much it was just that he didn't want them finding out more than they should have.
Metropolis High
Unlike his brother Eric, Jimmy was interested in photography and the outside world especially sailing. It was his dream to Captain his own boat for as long as he could remember, but that would just have to wait until photography got old. Metropolis High School was nothing like Smallville High, this high school looked out of place with the rest of its surroundings except Luthorcorp which was the only fancy looking building. Jimmy didn't know much about the Luthor's just that they were rich, they owned a lot of property around Metropolis and Smallville.
"Excellent job, Mr. Olsen" said Jimmy's photography teacher
"Thank you, I took a lot of pictures over the summer trying to learn a lot" he said smiling
Jimmy continued to look over his pictures when they finished developing his pictures showed a almost real almost happy family on vacation at Disney World last year it was their 5th time there as it was as fun as the first time. What that picture didn't show was his father who was unable to take the time that he needed from work because apparently all of his metals and awards were more important then his family. It wasn't that Jimmy hated his father, he just hated that he wasn't around when he needed him and he hated that.
The Talon after School-Smallville
"I don't know there is just something about him…its strange" said Chloe
"Chloe, this is Smallville everyone is strange" said Clark taking a seat
"Who knows maybe he can leap tall buildings, save people from cars…"said Chloe getting excited about the possibly of a hot news story
"Who are we talking about? Clark?" asked Lex Luthor who had come in
"Hi Lex" said Clark as Chloe rolled her eyes
"No it's not Clark, it's this guy we go to school with" said Chloe
Sensing that he was definitely not wanted there by Chloe, Lex left
"Chloe…really?" asked Clark
"Clark, I don't want to get into it again" said Chloe getting annoyed
As Clark and Chloe left The Talon and went there separate ways Clark couldn't help but think of what Chloe had said before Lex came in about Eric.
Summers House after school
While his classmates were hanging out Eric had his after school ritual which always included his homework and being happy that his parents would be at their jobs for at least another 4 hours. Probably for the first time ever Eric was unable to concentrate on his homework, he wondered around his house and thought of Jimmy when he looked at the only family picture on the table in the living room. The picture showed a smiling couple with a little boy who was also smiling, what the picture didn't show was the years of torment and pain that the little boy had experienced at the hands of his father, the mother who smiled hid behind her fears and hate for her husband so that her little boy could keep smiling. That time was over, the little boy didn't smile anymore he hid behind his books and hope that one day he would be far away from the people that had hurt him.
"Thank you so much!" said Eric out loud to himself with frustration
Noticing what time it was Eric quickly got back to the table and started working on his homework. He finished quickly and noticed that this father would be home soon from the after school teachers meetings that he hated so much. He always called them "useless hours of my life I could be doing something better" Eric always wondered what that could have been, hopefully something that kept him out of the house. His mother worked at the hospital in the maternity wing which makes her bitter about the fact that he couldn't have a baby.
"I hate him…he's such a jerk!" screamed Roger banging the front door as he walked in
Without even asking Eric knew who he was talking about, it was anyone that got him mad that day there were no exceptions and Eric knew better than to talk to him about it. He grabbed his school books and headed up the stairs as his mother got home minutes later. After their nightly screaming match, everyone sat down to dinner same as the Olsen family in Metropolis minus the screaming, swearing, and threatening.
That Night
Jimmy grabbed his striped bathrobe from his room and put it on as he walked back into the attic to see if he could find any information about his brother that somehow time had forgot, well at least his parents filled him in the best that they could. In between the mixture of old baby pictures and clothes there was a faded picture of a woman holding two babies….interested Jimmy tuned it over and saw that it had the dates of their birthday on the back. Putting two and two together Jimmy realized that it had to be him and Eric…….and he began again with intent to finish and send this letter
"To my brother Eric:"
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