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Bryson Wills
Ty is the best gamer at Latimer Middle School. He’s very popular at school and is known for doing things like climbing the lockers or rolling down the hallway. However, Ty’s life turns upside down one day when he and Slim are fighting over the water fountain and Slim accidentally kisses Ty on the cheek. It’s implied that Ty has been thinking about his sexuality before this, and it’s a lot for him to think about as he decides that the kiss wasn’t that weird, and he wasn’t bothered by it. However, by lunch, Ty has become the victim of Slim’s vicious rumor: that Ty kissed him, and that Ty is gay. Bryson stands up for Ty at lunch and gets Slim to leave Ty alone, but Ty learns that night that the boys beat Bryson up after school in retaliation. Wanting to thank his friend for his sacrifice, Ty races to Bryson’s house after school on the day that “Call of Duty” takes place with a fistful of roses stolen from someone’s yard.
Ty Carson Quotes in Look Both Ways
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5. Call of Duty Quotes
And by lunch, Slim—whose real name was Salem—had twisted the story, told everyone Ty kissed him. So when Ty walked into the cafeteria, he walked into a minefield. A war zone. Everyone locked and loaded, firing at him.
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“Am I? I think Slim is. Matter of fact, I think all y’all are.” Bryson pointed at all the jokesters. “Like my father always says, ‘Those that scar you are you.’” He checked their faces, and it wasn’t hard to tell that they had no idea what that meant. He looked at Ty, and Ty’s face looked no different. A gem dropped in the mud. “The point is, I don’t like boys. Not like that. But I like Ty.” He patted Ty on the back. “Matter of fact, I like him more than I like y’all, and for real for real, I don’t see what the big deal is. A kiss on the cheek? That’s what all y’all roasting him for? A kiss on the cheek? Really?”
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Bryson shuffled his way over to the door, his body still feeling like garbled pixels. He looked through the peephole like his father taught him. Unlocked the dead bolt, turned the knob, pulled the door open.
“Ty?”
Ty stood there breathing heavy, holding three or four roses. It was hard to tell exactly how many because they were mangled. The human video game seemed to glitch in red streaks. The same red as the petals of the flowers was dripping from his shaking palm.
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Ty Carson Character Timeline in Look Both Ways
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5. Call of Duty
Ty Carson, on the other hand, is at school today. All day, he feels like his...
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Yesterday, Ty was just himself: cool, well-liked, and dramatic. He always acts like he’s in a video...
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The other gamers at school always want Ty to play on their gaming squads, but Ty only plays with the second best: Bryson...
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Ty and Bryson both love Call of Duty, World War II, which bothers Ty’s parents. They...
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Ty knows this because yesterday, a boy named Slim kissed Ty after first period PE. They...
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...try so hard to be cool. At their lockers, Bryson and Remy argue about whether Ty is gay. Bryson insists a kiss doesn’t make a person gay, and even if it...
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In the cafeteria, lots of kids are sitting with Ty to tease him to his face—including Slim. They crack terrible, biting jokes, call Ty all...
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...that scar you are you.” It’s clear nobody knows what this means, so seeing that Ty still feels terrible, Bryson says he doesn’t like boys, but he does like Ty. And...
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Bryson and Ty stop paying attention to the other boys at this point, but the other boys don’t...
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That all happened yesterday. Today, Ty hears the gossip, and now it feels like a boa that’s strangling him. Ty saw...
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...hears the doorbell. Bryson’s body still hurts as he shuffles to the door and sees Ty through the peephole. He opens the door.
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Ty is panting, holding a few mangled roses, and his hand is dripping blood. Bryson asks...
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6. Five Things Easier to Do than Simeon and Kenzi’s Secret Handshake
...is big for his age, and extremely happy. So as soon as the bell rings, Ty races out of Mr. Davanzo’s class (probably because Mr. Davanzo doesn’t believe in bathroom breaks...
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