"Well, not hurting you is one of the better ideas I've had in the past thirty seconds," I reply, huffing out a short, disbelieving laugh. She can say she'd understand all she wants, but that doesn't fly with me. "But the fact is, I can't protect you every second of every day. It's... It's not feasible. That's what I was getting at before, not breaking up."

And I'm starting to have the sneaking suspicion that she suggested that from personal experience.