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• "Byron was being too nice, so I knew something bad was about to happen" (6.57).
• "I wasn't used to being this friendly with Byron so I guess I was kind of nervous and 'didn't really know what we should talk about" (6.61).
• I got a huge smile! This was a perfect day! But like always, By ruined it" (6.63).
Poor Kenny. Byron has been such a bully to him for so long that neither of them really knows how to be friends. Then again, don't go thinking Kenny's a perfect angel in all of this. He's learned a few tricks from Byron, and he takes advantage of any opportunity to make fun of his brother, especially when he's in trouble.
Underneath all this tomfoolery though, Kenny really does want to understand Byron and get along with him. Unfortunately, it's not until Byron almost loses Kenny and then Joey in Birmingham that he starts to feel the same way. But hey, late is better than never. And we'll take it, because in the end, Byron finally does become the big brother Kenny has always needed. Not to mention he saves Kenny's life.