"Oh, I don't care. All they'll see is a girl arguing with her older brother. And because I look so much younger, they'll probably think I'm still a teenager instead of a twenty-something woman who is sick and tired of you - who's only two years older than I am - trying to protect me from the world. Did you ever think that I might want a relationship someday?"

She looks back over at the couple and her heart clenches. "That I might want that?"

She turns to look at him and knows she can't hide the wistful look in her eyes. Tom isn't her first choice in relationships, but she already knows she can't have her first choice. 'Big brother' will never allow it. Will never want it.