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Forgetting about his letter the next day at school, Jimmy came home for the weekend and finally got started on it…..

To my brother Eric:

Through we will probably meet again I want you to know that I won't stop looking for you. Maybe when we find each other someone the lies that we've been living will be cleared up in time. Keep the hope alive that one day we will get all the answers….I will see you eventually. I love you…

J

"Hi son, what are you writing there" asked Kyle walking into the living room where his son was sitting on the couch with his notebook

"Nothing…just homework" Jimmy said quickly closing his notebook

"Homework…on a Friday?" joked Kyle

"I just wanted to get it done" said Jimmy getting annoyed

"Okay son, whatever you need to do" said Kyle walking out of the living room

Jimmy never understood why his father annoyed him to no end when he got home from his job at the paper, he was always nice to him, he never was abusive but the fact that the paper meant more to him than his family ate away at him. He tore the letter out of his notebook and folded it up as he got up and walked to his room with the letter and put it the a box under his bed. As Jimmy was getting up he heard the door open and his mother walk in, both his parents always got home early on Fridays. After coming back downstairs to great his mother, Jimmy went outside with his camera.

The Kent Farm-After School Friday

Clark and Chloe walked into the kitchen of the large farm to find Jonathan Kent sitting at the kitchen table reading his newspaper while his wife Martha was at the kitchen sink.

"Hi, Mom and Dad" said Clark sitting his backpack on the kitchen chair

"Clark, and Chloe what a surprise" said Martha

"Hi Mr. and Mrs. Kent" said Chloe "I actually am here to ask you a couple things"

Jonathan looked at his wife nervously because he knew how often Chloe had become to learning their sons secret but never got it figured out, not yet at least.

"Yes Chloe" said Martha

"I was wondering about the Summers family, Eric has been acting really strange at school and I was wondering if they were here during the meteor showers?" asked Chloe

"Well, Rebecca and Roger have always lived here and as far as I know they've never had children and didn't have any when the showers hit. Then one day I saw them with a little baby that they mentioned that they adopted and that's all I've heard about it" said Martha

"Interesting…I didn't know Eric was adopted" said Chloe

"Yeah, me either" said Clark

"Sounds like the beginning of a great article…." said Chloe getting excited

"Or the beginning of a lawsuit" said Lex who was standing at the door

Clark opened to door to let Lex in and he exchanged hellos with everyone, who all smiled except Chloe who gave him a dirty look.

"Right on time as usual Lex" said Chloe getting up

"Chloe, you can't just write people's life stories for them they have to do it for themselves" said Lex

"Thank you for that amazing piece of advice" Chloe said sarcastically

After a few more tense moments Clark tried to calm Chloe down but there was not worth it, they were never going to get along. However Clark did agree with Lex and told him that later when he saw him at the mansion, he didn't want other people writing his life story and he was sure Eric didn't either.

Summers House-That Same Afternoon

Jimmy who seemed to have found a lot of information about his brother took away from the information that Eric could find. Many searches in the attic turned up only some faded pictures of their own family at what seemed like happier times, happier times did seem to exist when it came to the Summers family. Eric was in his room when his mother came knocking at the door…

"Eric is everything alright?" Rebecca asked through the door "you didn't say anything when you got home from school."

Knowing that his mother didn't work on Fridays and that his father worked late at the school grading papers Eric made his way to the door to talk to his mother.

"Everything is fine mom, but I do want to talk to you" said Eric

Eric and Rebecca walked down the stairs past the empty wall, into the living room and sat down on the couch

"Do you know anything about Jimmy? Or his family? Or do you know anything about my real parents?" asked Eric looking excited for the first time in a long time

"No, I know nothing about him, his family or your real parents, and I think that it is best that you never find out" said Rebecca getting up from the couch

Eric shook his head, he was screaming inside there was so much that he wanted to say to his mother about the years of abuse and lies that he had dealt with but he couldn't find it in himself to say anything to her. He ran up the stairs again and went right into the attic to search more about the brother that he never felt more connected to. Looking through a few often neglected boxes Eric found a letter that was quite interesting…..

Dear Roger and Rebecca,

We are happy that our son's brother has found a loveable home that he will hopefully strive in, it was a pleasure meeting you at the adoption agency. We hope that families will become close. Hope to hear from you soon!

Kyle and Julie

Eric couldn't believe that he had found such a great piece of information on the day before his birthday but the excitement was short lived when Roger came thundering up the stairs after talking to his wife. He threw open the door and yanked the letter out of his son's hands. After tearing it up, he smacked his son across the face, as Eric fell to the ground Roger slammed the door to the attic again and went downstairs.

"Is that really necessary?" asked Rebecca to her husband

"YES!" screamed Roger

The house went silent as Eric who was out for about a minute struggled to his feet; he opened the door to the attic and made his way to the bathroom. Looking in the mirror he noticed that his face didn't have any visible marks on it yet which he was happy about, he never liked when people started being nosy about their home life.

Olsen House

Jimmy walked around his neighborhood with his camera and he couldn't help but notice all the families that were outside enjoying the beautiful fall day. He started thinking about all the birthdays that his father had missed through the years hunting for that perfect news story. This year he knew wouldn't be different at all, his father would be on a business trip that he would e leaving for soon and the rest of the week into next week, he would miss his birthday thanks to his promotion at the Daily Planet. Eric on the other hand would have loved to have his father not be there for him on his birthday, he would have loved to get through a birthday without his parents screaming and swearing at each other embossing the family and making the family friends and neighbors uncomfortable. After coming back inside a little while later Jimmy had dinner with his parents and watched his mother and father leave for the airport for a late night flight. When Jimmy was in his room looking through his school stuff when his mother came home at nearly midnight, after brushing his teeth he climbed into bed as the clock went to midnight. In the darkness he whispered…

"Happy Birthday Eric"

At the same time Eric was having trouble sleeping as he rolled to face his clock midnight had come and gone when he whispered

"Happy Birthday Jimmy"

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