i took the scene w Jason as him lowkey wanting ian to actually join them. like, we know now that he knew about tjian probably since the beginning, and he intentionally seemed to talk about tj that way, cuz he knew ian wouldn't be able to leave him alone. but I might be wrong.
I agree with point 2 & 3!!
Ian was actually with them by that point, hence why he said “constantly fighting and cleaning up dirty messes like this probably doesn’t suit you either.” He felt that with Ian around, TJ couldn’t fully reach his gangster potential. Plus he was also the one pushing TJ to date girls and eventually get married.
wait yeah I reread it & this makes sense
FINALLLYYYYY. Okay, so…
1. Jason pushed Ian toward pro biking because he wanted to keep my boys separated and better mold TJ without Ian around
2. TJ might have been swapping girls that often to save face within the gang because while Ian thought he was flaunting it, he looked rather uncomfortable when that girl grabbed him.
3. I take it that Ian using that credit card is probably what led TJ to him. That and the fact that he’s purposely going places they used to walk into together.