Ethan did his best to avoid looking at t. j. and joey when he said, "yeah, i'm not going to be able to go to the concert. brandon's got a doctor’s appointment. i have to my mom get him in and out of the car and the doctor's office." ethan’s brother brandon did not have a doctor's appointment. ethan did not want his friends to know the truth. his mom said that he could not go to the concert. unlike joey’s and t. j.’s moms, his mom was strict. as a result, he often found himself in situations like the one in which he currently found himself. he continued expanding his excuse. he talked about brandon’s health problems, about wanting to spend time with brandon, about being the only person who could his mom. some of it was true. some of it was not. it did not really matter. t. j. and joey had stopped listening. neither friend was actually foolish enough to think that ethan would be able to go to the concert. they knew that his mom was strict. they doubted the story about brandon’s doctor’s appointment. however, they chose not to say anything. knowing that ethan was touchy when conversation turned towards his mother’s rules, they wanted to him save face. they asked him to go to the concert because they did not want him to feel left out.

t. j. and joey are portrayed as being?
a. cruel
b. selfish
c. dishonest
d. considerate