IM NOT AN ANIMAL- ANSON BOON

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After a couple hugs and an exchanging of words, the pair decided it best to head back seeing as it was getting late and all the crying had Sally drained. The walk back was different, they weren't talking but it wasn't uncomfortable, just peaceful. It gave both of them a chance to take in their surroundings and for Anson to take some time to process todays events. He'd been dying to meet Sally and they'd been speaking for weeks upon weeks over instagram. He felt like a teenager again, checking his dms to see when she's replied etc. After around 2 weeks they exchanged numbers and were talking non stop. He thought she was amazing, her witty sense of humour and beautiful soul was the fire for him. It was something he hadn't experienced in awhile. But when he met her today, and finally got to embrace her. He knew that his gut feeling was correct, he was going to fall in love with Sally Jones, and he would fall hard. But, when you play with fire you get hurt and Sally wasn't going to start playing the role of a girlfriend anytime soon.

She adored Anson she really did, and his likeness for her wasn't unrequited. But she was fragile and had a lot of scars that she would rather hide, physically and mentally. Trusting another person after everything she'd been through with men was not going to be easy, the person who got her into drugs was her boyfriend at the time, Micky. He was a nasty piece of shit to put it politely, and he wasn't spoken of in the Jones household. But despite all this, she did want to give it ago. She just didn't know how long she was gonna last.

Opening the door, Anson guided Sally into his apartment he'd been sharing with Toby. "I don't know if Toby's here or not, hold on." He muttered walking around the different rooms. "AHH!" Toby's scream was enough to make a speaker pop, Sally and Anson both jumped back in terror. Anson had walked into the unlocked toilet, only to be met with Mr Wallace sat on the toilet reading Steve's book. An awkward stand off began between the two, Anson was trying not to laugh and Sally had ended up behind him also trying not to laugh, Steve glaring at the two. "Jonesy, i'm basically your father now. Do as your told and let me poo in peace." Toby wagged a finger towards her. Everyone burst out laughing, Toby and Sally were already familiar. Toby had been round for meetings with her dad and they'd had some dinners together, they were slowly becoming close friends. He lent forward and shut the door, not before shaking his head at the both and gritting his teeth jokingly. "Well, that was something." Anson laughed turning to look at the girl as they walked to his room. She grinned back and shook her head, "He's something else."

"As are you jonesy, as are you."