Mary-beth Always Enjoys Arthur's Company! - Tumblr Posts
❛ i thought you’d like some company . ❜ - for mary-beth !
mary-beth was grateful to her boys—without them, she’d still be pickpocketing, if her luck wouldn’t have finally run out by now—but to say that she enjoyed doing the things that those around her deemed proper to pull her weight around camp would be the furthest thing from the truth.
she’d forever be thankful towards dutch and hosea, but if she had to hear grimshaw’s nails-on-a-chalkboard voice crowing on at her one more time—well, she’d lose it. cleaning up after men, doing their laundry, patching up their clothes—it hadn’t been what mary-beth had ever envisioned for herself.
maybe, if she worked quickly enough, she could get this done, sneak off, and stick her nose in a good book. maybe if she hid well enough, no one would be able to find her for a few good hours.
before she could put the plan in motion, arthur had caught her attention, making her jump a little, and successfully ripping her out of her thoughts.
“ oh ! arthur— ” she said, trying to brush the surprise off and offering him a smile. “ well, i wouldn’t say no to that. though i’m afraid i’m not too great in the way of company. still—if you have any interestin’ stories to tell, i’m certainly all ears. ”
things could be so dull around camp that mary-beth swore sometimes she’d rather be dead.