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Fatima’s Dad
Bryson Wills is the second-best gamer at Latimer Middle School. Bryson’s dad encouraged Bryson to grow his hair into an Afro some time before “Call of Duty” takes place, so Bryson’s screen handle is AfroGamer. He’s friends with Ty, and they sometimes play their favorite game, Call of Duty, World War II, together on the weekends. Bryson is the only kid to stand up for Ty when Slim begins accusing Ty of kissing him and of being gay. Bryson insists that a kiss doesn’t matter, and that it wouldn’t matter anyway if Ty is gay—and to prove his point, he kisses Ty on the cheek. While this saves Ty from bullying at lunch, Slim and some other boys attack Bryson after school and beat him up. To mentally escape and not have to think about it, Bryson stays home the next day and spends his day playing Call of Duty. When Ty appears on his doorstep after school with a fistful of roses, Bryson accepts the roses and invites Ty in.
Bryson Wills Quotes in Look Both Ways
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5. Call of Duty
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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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Bryson Wills Quotes in Look Both Ways
The Look Both Ways quotes below are all either spoken by Bryson Wills or refer to Bryson Wills. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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5. Call of Duty
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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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