After dinner, we went to the backyard to hangout, except James. He didn't talk the whole time at dinner. You could feel the tension. "Can I have a word with you?" James asked me. I just nodded. Emma and Charlie left. "Somehow I keep hurting you, and I'm sorry." "You need some anger management class." I told him. "I'll try to control my temp." He pulled me closer to him. "I hope so." I added, he leaned in and crashed his lips against mine. Emma "Am I the only one who feels this is toxic?" I asked my parents. "Emma, your brother isn't toxic. He just needs the right person by his side." She told me. "Your brother has a short temp, but he's not toxic." My dad told me. "But he keeps hurting her. Misty is my best friend; I just want to protect her." I sighed. "She loves your brother

