The rouge gunslinger

4

The next day I wake up with a headache. My fires gone out and my meats on the verge of turning to dust.
My bottle of whiskey is in my hand so I must have just passed out at some point last night.
I remember Hosea leaving for bed and asking Arthur to watch me and make sure I don't take a swan dive of the cliff.

I tidied up my mess before grabbing my saddle and holding it in one arm.
Pressure still hurts on my left arm but I need to get out of camp considering I couldn't do that before.
Now bandits back I want to leave. Do anything. It's just so boring here.

"And what do you think your doing missy?" I hear a familiar voice as I sigh, dropping my saddle at bandits hooves before turning.
"Surely you have Atleast one brain cell" I joke.
"Yeah, but this one brain cell is telling me that yours have stopped working, your injured you think gallivanting around gonna help you heal?" He asks walking over and patting my horse.

"Relax Arthur, I'm only going to check the post office and then take an extremely long route home" I say picking up my saddle.
"Alright... this ain't a lie is it?"
"Depends if you trust me or not" I say putting the saddle on bandits back.
"Hosea does... alright, just be back before dark" he tells me.

"What's wrong mister Morgan? Scared I'm gonna get kidnapped?" I joke as he tilts his head.
"How'd you know my last name?" He asks.
"I heard someone shout it and then you told him to shut up. You had a much deeper voice though, it was like 'oh shut up'" I mimick a rough accent as he snorts.

"I don't sound like that"
"I was close though" I say tightening the straps on the saddle.
"Oh whatever, here, your gonna pull your arm again" he says pushing me aside gently.
I raise an eyebrow as he makes sure it's as tight as possible.
"Thank you mr Morgan"
"Arthur"

"Mr Morgan"
"It's Arthur"
"Whatever, mr Morgan" I say again as he sighs in defeat.
"Why do I even bother trying?" He asks himself.
"I haven't got a clue" I say as I jump into bandits saddle.
"Alright, have a good day" he says walking off and sparing a small glance at us just before me and bandit take off down the path.

We arrive at the train station and I swing myself off bandits saddle making my arm ache slightly.
I shake my head at myself as I tie him up and pat down his fur.
"Good boy" I praise as I pat his neck.
He snorts as I walk around him and up the ramp to the train station.
I walk up to the desk and silently wait for the worker to see me.

"Oh hello their Lilith, here for your letters?"
"If I have any" I joke quietly.
"You have a parcel" he says passing them under the bars.
"Huh my new bow" I say looking at the brown paper.
"Well atleast I know what's gonna be killing my dinner today" he jokes.
"Thanks" I say walking out with my wrapped bow in hand.

I get back and dismount my horse, bring my bow in hand as I unwrap it with a smile.
I pull it out and admire the wood works along the bow and the strong rope to hold my arrows.
I rub my finger down the line with a smile before going over to my tents and grabbing a bag of arrows.
"What are you doing princess?" I hear a taunting voice behind me as I slowly turn to see a blond man, Micah I believe Hosea called him.

"Going out to hunt buck, what do you do on a lovely Thursday?" I ask as he shrugs.
"Go with the flow, normally end up with a beer in one hand and a lady in the other" he says smirking. Is he flirting?
"how much do you pay these women?" I ask as a couple laughters come from the campfire behind us.
"She's got you their Micah" John says as he walks past with a crate.

"You know what? I'm starting to enjoy having her around" Charles says as he leans against a tree.
"I-I don't pay them, they ask me to sleep with them"
"Right, I'm gonna ignore the stutter which makes this a clear lie and continue with my day" I say walking past him.
"Nice one lily" Hosea says making me smirk.

"Thanks, you wanna come with me?" I ask him as I lift up my bow.
"No, I was gonna take Arthur on a hunting trip for a bear that's supposed to be double the size of a normal one besides he needs to learn" Hosea explains.
"Is that safe? If your teaching him then he's new and your old, that's not very safe" I tell him.
"If your so worried maybe you should come with us" he suggests.

"I mean, only if Arthur's okay with it. I don't wanna impose" I say putting my hands up.
"Don't worry, oh and you may want to bring a rifle if your coming" he tells me.
"I don't have a rifle" I say shrugging.
"You can have one of mine then" he says smiling.
"Thank you Hosea" I say smiling back.
"Oh shut up, go pack your bags we'll be leaving in twenty" he tells me before walking off.

"You sure your okay with me coming?" I ask them as we just about break though the tree line from camp.
"Yeah! I mean you wanted to make sure we didn't get hurt didnt ya? Besides your one of the best hunters I know, I'm honoured to have you with us" Hosea reassures.
"Alright then" I say nodding.
"Yeah, you can tend to the fires while we sleep" Arthur jokes.

"Hahaha mr Morgan, I ain't going to sit around" I tell him.
"She's right, you have a bigger chance of taming a bull then getting her to sit still" Hosea tells him.
"She sat still after that incident with Jack" Arthur says shrugging.
"I had a dislocated shoulder" I defend.
"And she was drunk" Hosea adds.

"I wasn't drunk"
"You we're hammered, don't lie" Arthur says chuckling.
"I've been worse"
"Is that so?" Arthur taunts.
"Yeah in Valentine, woke up on the edge of rhodes. Bounty on my head and nuts in my pockets" I say with a smile as I recall the memory.

"What did you do to have a bounty on your head?" Arthur asks.
"Apparently some guy was hassling me at the bar, it just so happened he was allergic to nuts so I grabbed a hand full out of a bowl and shoved them down his throat... he died and I owed the county 20 bucks because of it" I say shrugging.
"You killed a man?!" Arthur asks sounding surprised.
"No I carry a gun for fun. Yes I did kill him"

"For hassling ya? Remind me to stay away" he jokes making me snort.
"Just don't get touchy feely and I promise not to kill you" I say as Hosea laughs.
"You know what? I missed having you around" Hosea tells me as come up along side him.
"I told you That you are welcome to my home anytime, old man" I remind him.

"Why did you think I came?" He asks me as I give him a soft smile.
"To be a gigantic pain in my ass?" I joke, he pushes my shoulder.
"... so Lilian how are you enjoying the group?" Arthur asks.
"Lilian? I thought you called me lily" I tell Arthur.
"I did, but I heard it annoys you" he says shrugging.
"Well mr Morgan, I guess it's okay... I know it would defiantly be quieter if you guys were there" I joke.
"Is that a good thing or a bad thing?" Hosea asks polity.
"Haven't figured that part out yet" I say as I sigh.

"So which direction, commander?" I ask making them turn away from each other.
"North west, towards a lake in the hills"
"Just before the mountains?" I ask.
"Exactly"
"Alright then, I guess we should prepare to stay the night... I'm not hunting a predator in the dark" I tell them.
"Alright then, but your hunting dinner" Hosea tells me.
"Fine by me" I say with a smile.