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Kassidy lurched to the side, but then changed her momentum, and slammed her shoulder into the mare. She then got to her hooves and sized up Helga, her hands bunched into fists.
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"Yes, actually. I don't know why I was so tired.." Hannah shrugged.
"On no you don't cheeky your stud is a bottom dweller." She rammed her weight into her and grabbed Kassidy's hair.
Don has been shadowing and waited for when he needed to step in.
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"You did seem upset... that can drain you." Noonan took a few bites of food.
"Not for long." Kassidy grimaced, but reached up and slapped Helga's face hard. At the same time she swung her hindquarters into Helga.
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"True.." Hannah also began to eat.
She slapped Kassidy back and yanked hard on her hair. Don sighed she was fighting back, so he wasn't going to step in and stop it. ANother mare came in and grabbed Kassidy's arm yanking her towards the ground.
Don perked, two against one was his cue.
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"I thought you would be happy to go home Hannah?" Noonan finally asked.
Kassidy bit back a yelp, and before she hit the ground, she shoved Helga away from her, hard, with her hands. Then she scrambled to her hooves, turned on the other mare, and swung a well-aimed fist at her face. It wasn't a hard hit, but it would leave a bruise. She wasn't aware of where she was at the moment, or what the reaction was of any other mare that saw them. She wanted to prove that she and Don weren't something to be messed with.
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"I am.... but.. it's so sudden, and right when I was getting sort of used to everything. I don't know." Hannah shrugged dejectedly.
Don casually walked up and folded his arms as he watched. "Ahem."
The other mares stopped to see who it was but did not meet his eyes. They backed off. "Knock it off." He growled at them then he grabbed their laundry and threw it on the ground. "Wait your turn." He simply stated then gave Kassidy a kiss on the cheek an walked away.
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"I was starting to enjoy having you around...." Noonan admitted. "Some dreams just never come true for some people. Instead we get teased with them."
Kassidy panted, but as Don walked away, she couldn't help but give the mares a sly smile. She went back to her laundry station and glanced at Lola. Her hair was bedraggled, and she had a bright red mark on her cheek where Helga had slapped her, but her eyes shone.
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"Dreams?" Hannah asked, looking up at him curiously. "What do you mean?"
"You seemed to have enjoyed that." Lola shook her head.
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"I just wanted to one day find a woman I love and settle down and me happy. Rise a family. So far life seems to make it otherwise. I lost my wife to another man... now I am going to be living life on the run again. Start to like another girl, but she hates me and I have to let her go too... like I said... " He sighed.
"Now hopefully they'll leave me alone." Kassidy sighed. She continued washing Don's shirt, which had gotten dirty when the mares shoved her away.
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"Is that girl who hates you, me?" Hannah asked quietly, her cheeks pink.
"Yes hopefully." She snickered. "Wish I had some of your size and toughness."
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Noonan licked his spoon clean. "Maybe." He said casually then smirked at her blushing. He had to literally wipe it off his face.
Kassidy sighed. Her movements were slowing as the adrenaline wore off. "So.. you already know my Stallion. Helga's got a voice loud enough to wake a hibernating grizzly bear." she rolled her eyes. "Who's your stallion?" she asked softly.
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Hannah's face was red as well. She looked down at her food, fighting a smile. "Who says I hate you?"