I had figured it out earlier that Jacob was in love with Tyler, but being an athletic 16 year old young man, he simply cannot be gay because of the stereotypes that society has put on us, we’re not all limp wristed fairies. Although Jacob should have sat down with Tyler and tried to explain it all to him, but teenagers don’t clearly think things through and violence is not the answer, how would Jacob have felt if Tyler had died? He probably would have wanted to kill himself and then it would have been a waste of 2 young men, get some help Jacob