Disclaimer: Still don't own them…just love them…sometimes

Jimmy grumbled to himself as he made his way to the store that was a few minutes from his house, he was annoyed at his mother, father, and the world for having birthdays. Not a moment after he got up without even a "happy birthday" his mother insisted that he went to the store to grab her something that she needed for the house. He tried and tried to convince her that the laundry detergent that she needed would just have to wait until later but she wouldn't have it practically pushing him out the door.

"Hi Jimmy" said the boy behind the counter who knew him from school

"Oh hey…." he said looking around for the detergent

After getting the detergent and paying he decided to the photo store which was next door to look around for a little while. At the same moment that Jimmy was going in his store Clark Kent was coming out of the auto parts store, Clark seemed to recognize the face so he smiled before he got into his truck and drove off for Smallville. Jimmy on the other hand had no idea who he was and shook his head and headed towards home instead of going in the store.

"Thank you son" Julie said after Jimmy handed her the detergent

"Sure, I'm going to take a shower now" he said making his way upstairs

"Okay…oh and Jimmy…Happy Birthday" she said smiling

Jimmy turned around and returned the smile to his mother

"Thanks mom" Jimmy said smiling to himself

After taking a shower and getting dressed Jimmy made his way down the stairs again and noticed that there was a cake on the counter for him. Surprised, he went to find his mother who was in the living room looking at pictures

"Hey mom" he said sitting down

"Hi, honey…just looking at these pictures of your old birthdays" she said

Jimmy had never seen the pictures that his mother showed him, these pictures showed his father actually at his birthday smiling as he knelt beside him and the cake. Of course that was when he was 3 years old, that was before he knew what the truth was and way before his father started working on all of his birthdays those pictures showed what a real family should have been like.

"These are nice memories" he said flipping through them and coming to a stack of old birthday cards which were from family members

"I just hope that Eric had nice birthdays too" said Julie looking at her son

"I hope so too" said Jimmy looking surprised

The Summers House

Eric was making his bed after showering when he realized that the house was surprisingly quiet for the first time in a long time. He was happy that he wasn't going to spend his birthday being screamed at by either of his parents. After finishing his bed, he made his way downstairs to the kitchen when he found a note

Eric,

Went out for the day…we don't know when we will be back. Don't screw anything up

"Maybe I will and maybe I won't" said Eric to himself

Bored Eric went to the computer and started researching information about adoptions in Kansas. Most of the information that he found seemed to be out of date, but when he did a search of his birthday he found a very interesting piece of information about his birth mother. The newspaper articled stated that Amanda Williamson aged 16 at the time gave birth on that day 18 years ago to twin boys that were unnamed at the time in the Metropolis hospital. Eric who couldn't believe the information that he found printed it out and put it way in his room. As Eric sat on his bed reading he couldn't help but think of Jimmy and what he was doing on their birthday. He shook the thoughts out of his head as the phone rang downstairs…

"Hello" he said out of breath

"Hi sweetie, its grandma" the elderly woman said

"Hi grandma" he said happily

"I just wanted to wish you a happy birthday sweetie" she said

"Thanks grandma" he said smiling for the first time in a long time

"I also wanted you to know that your brother lives in Metropolis and that's all I can say" she said quickly

"What…wait? How do you…" he questioned

"It is time you know that…they would never tell you" she said then hanging up quickly

Eric's grandmother who was his father's mother hated the way that her son tried Eric since the day that he was adopted from the agency. She was the one that always took care of Eric when he was a baby and always sent him money from time to time in unmarked envelopes that she would hide where only he would know about. She hated the way that the family pictures always showed only what they wanted the world to see but not what was really going on, and she blamed her son and daughter in law for lying to Eric all these years.

"Thanks grandma" Eric said as he found another unmarked envelope in the mailbox that had a birthday card in it and the $100 that she gave him

Eric took the card and his money back inside the house and pulled out the box from under his bed and counted all the money that he had saved through the years. He was about the put the box back when he heard the front door open; Eric flung the box under the bed and quickly grabbed his book and lay down and started to read.

"Yes?" asked Eric when he heard a knock on the door

"Were back" Rebecca said without opening the door

"Okay" said Eric as he went back to his book

"Soon I won't be" he smiled to himself

Later that Afternoon

"What was Eric doing in Metropolis anyway?" Chloe asked Clark has she sipped her drink

Clark paused for a moment to look at Chloe; he hated these ridiculous questions that she would ask him, how in the world was he supposed to know?

"I don't know…I'm not his keeper" said Clark

"Are you sure it was him?" she asked

"No Chloe..there is someone that looks exactly like him walking around pretending to be Eric" he said annoyed

"Yeah well….we've seen stranger" she went on

"Lay off it already Chloe…he's not from another planet or a shape shifter. He's just a regular guy that keeps to himself okay?" he said

"Fine, okay...I'll just have to find someone else more interesting" Chloe said sighing

Clark knew that the closer that Chloe would want to get to Eric the more information that she would find about him and his adoption, he knew that was the kind of information that really shouldn't be public knowledge no matter how politely she asked. They left the Talon together then they separated quietly as they got into their vehicles.

Summers House-Later that Afternoon

Eric had made his way back to the computer room to search for any information about Julie, Kyle or Jimmy in Metropolis Kansas. After searching uneventfully for a half and hour he stumbled upon information about "Mr. and Mrs. Kyle and Julie Olsen that lived in Metropolis" Taking down the phone number, Ericgrabbed the cordless phone from the living room quietly went past his parents room where they were resting and went back to his room. Several moments going back and forth about calling, Eric finally dialed the number

Olsen House

Jimmy was about to go outside to test out the new camera that his parents had got when the phone rang in the kitchen…

"Hello" he said

"Jimmy?" Eric asked nervously

"Yeah…" he said questioningly

"This is your brother..Eric" he said

Note: The End…no not really! I would never end it like that! You know the drill..Thanks so much! ~L