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Tyler is one of Bella’s classmates at Forks High School. They meet in the emergency room, after Tyler loses control of his van and almost hits Bella. Following this, Tyler develops a crush on Bella and vows to take her prom to “make up for” almost hitting her in the parking lot. Lauren has a crush on Tyler, which is why Lauren bullies Bella.
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Tyler Character Timeline in Twilight
The timeline below shows where the character Tyler appears in Twilight. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 3
...off the neck brace. A moment later, nurses wheel the van’s driver, a boy named Tyler, in next to Bella. He looks awful and keeps apologizing, and he notes that he...
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Chapter 4
...this, she dreams about him almost every night. The following month is tense and embarrassing: Tyler follows Bella everywhere, and Mike and Eric’s fight for Bella’s attention becomes more obvious. No...
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...her. He stops so that his siblings can climb in. Cars pile up behind Bella. Tyler gets out of his car, taps on Bella’s window, and asks her to ask him...
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...innocently that Angela should ask Eric, and that a standoffish girl named Lauren should ask Tyler. Once Jessica hangs up, Bella tries to figure out what Edward means by saying that...
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...color of honey. Bella asks why he held up traffic yesterday, and Edward snickers that Tyler deserved a chance. Bella angrily accuses him of trying to “irritate [her] to death.” Edward...
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Chapter 8
...a date before—the boys at school all seem to love her. Jessica also mentions that Tyler is going to ask Bella to prom. Bella is annoyed, especially when Jessica notes that...
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...and then asks her to distract him. Confused, Bella tells him she’s going to run Tyler over tomorrow because he’s going to ask her to prom.
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...that he followed her—but instead, she’s thrilled. She suggests that “her number was up” when Tyler’s van almost crushed her, and perhaps Edward is messing with fate. But Edward says that...
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Epilogue
...but he worships Carlisle. Edward laughs at what Charlie says and asks to talk to “him”—Tyler, who’s at Charlie’s house to pick Bella up. Edward tells Tyler that Bella is unavailable.
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...asks if Charlie knows about this. She grits her teeth when Edward says he does. Tyler is apparently the only one who didn’t know.
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