"He actually introduced you to him?" my sister asked me as we drove home. I had explained to her the small argument Phoenix and I got into during lunch about Elliot.
"Yeah," I replied. "Why?"
"I don't know. I guess I just thought he wouldn't do it," Avery shrugged.
"Why not?" I asked.
"He seems very..." my sister trailed as she looked at me with narrowed eyes, "protective of you."
"Protective?" I snorted. "The only thing I need to be protected from is him."
My sister laughed. "You say that now but you'd be surprised by the amount of things out there that can hurt you."
"Yeah, like what?" I asked her.
"Guys," she replied. "They can do a lot more than make you fall in love with them- and sometimes, that's enough pain alone."
"Yeah, don't I know?" I scoffed. "But I don't need Phoenix
