Sicilian help needed

So I have recently been trying the Sicilian defense. I have the book Modern Chess Openings 15th edition and it just always assumes that white's second move is always 2.Nf6. Now, in most of the games I have played where it opens 1.e4 c6 white has been using 2.Bc4. I do not know how to counter this other than 2...e6 to block the bishop, but this seems to put me in a bad position and I lose quickly. Does anyone have any tips to countering 2.Bc4 or should I just drop the Sicilian if I am having this many problems? Thanks.

Here's a diagram i move to e6 to prevent 3.Bxf1+ but this has lead to complications

A rather ominous thread title, I must say...

What move are you trying to prevent?  3. Bxf7+?  Why?  It just gives away a bishop for a pawn and not much else.  2...e6 is fine in its own right though, probably following with 3...Nc6 and probably at some point Nf6, d6, Be7, and O-O (and an a6 may need to be thrown in also because b5 is too tempting a spot for a White bishop or knight if he plays Nc3).

I play a lot of Hyperaccelerated Dragon so I usually just answer 1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 with 2...g6 and 3...Bg7 and don't pay more attention to the bishop on c4 than I need to until I'm ready to break with d5 or can gain a tempo against it with b5 or Na5.

2.Bc4 is a common response to the Sicilian at club level. If you're having problems against 2.Bc4 the problem is not that the Sicilian is failing you, it's just that you need to study strategy and tactics more. I used to have problems against 2.Bc4 when I first started but now it's rare that I lose to it.

What the person playing 2.Bc4 will usually try and do is go for a kingside attack by pushing the f-pawn, opening the f-file, trying to use the bishop to pin and put pressure on the f7 pawn, etc. Their attack plan is unsophisticated, and it won't work as long as you pay attention to their threats and keep your pieces actively placed.

Here are two traps that you can often use against 2.Bc4 in the opening if white is not careful.

2.Bc4 against the Sicilian gives black equality after only 4 moves, however, you must  not take the attitude that "they played 2.Bc4 so I'm going to beat them". White can afford to do a few inaccurate things like this because they went first. After you get equality there will still be a middlegame struggle.

But in the spectrum of anti-Sicilians, 2.Bc4 is probably the worst one white can use. I don't even know if it can be considered an anti-Sicilian, since the true "Bowlder Attack" involves other moves like 3.Qe2 that the people playing 2.Bc4 today almost never follow up with. Hence they're not playing the true Bowlder Attack, they're just going Bc4 because for some mysterious reason it seems like an attractive idea to them. The people who do this are usually 1...e5 players against 1.e4 themselves and who can't be bothered to learn any Sicilian theory, not even the theory of one of the real anti-Sicilians.

Thanks a million

2. Bc4 in the Sicilian is basically the equivalent of 2. Bc4 in the French or Caro. A mindless move that gives black d5 with tempo. Kick the bishop and dominate!

You should probably drop Modern Chess Openings. You aren't going to learn anything from that. Go get a book about the Sicilian, the Everyman Series is usually good.

A beginner trying to learn openings from MCO is like giving a dictionary to someone trying to learn a language. Isn't going to work...too much information with no explanation.

I always play 2...e6 after 1.e4 c5 2. Bc4. Looking at chesslive.de, 2...e6 actually is the most common move played by black.

The aim of the Sicilian is to make a pawn break in the center later, after all the pieces develop and are ready to attack. I'm not high rated, so don't always trust me. Search up more info on Youtube or Google. You'll get a bunch of good stuff.