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Strawberry fields
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Rashia
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May 03, 2017 05:00PM
John shuddered dramatically. "Oh no, nothing but the books!"
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John wasn't expecting to have fun at a camp that seemed like military school, but he was starting to like it.
Silver looked around. "So, what brings you to the fields?"
"Oh, I wanted to help out. I was checking the plants when you showed up."
"Sure! I was just looking for dead leaves and making sure the roots were covered by the soil." He quickly directed her to where he left off and showed her what to look for. "I'll be a few plants down if you need me."
Silver nodded and started to work.
"Have you ever done this before?" John liked the quiet when he was working but talking was okay if Silver was uncomfortable.
Silver shook her head. "No. My parents never got into gardening."
"My sisters loved it. Till I came into the house a muddy mess..." He grinned as he nipped off a dead leaf. "Oh, Maria hated it. She made me stand outside to get hosed off. Literally, she got the garden hose."
Silver laughed. "Must be nice having family."
"Are you an only child?" The response was fast before he heard the phrasing of her words. "I get families are tough, don't have the best one myself, it's okay if you don't want to talk about yours."
"Yes." Silver said slowly. "The only member of my family that's alive or outside of prison." She said.
"I'm sorry." John didn't press her further.
Silver shrugged. "It's fine."
They worked in silence for a little while, until John decided to check on her progress. "You sure you haven't done this before? You're doing a great job."
Silver laughed. "Thanks. And I'm sure."
"Okay, okay...Just making sure. The first time I tried helping out when I was younger, I killed a cactus. That is how terrible I was."
"You killed a cactus? How'd ya mange that?"
"I over watered it and it drowned..." John dramatized his embarrassment and leaned back into the dirt. "Do not judge me, I can not take it!" He grinned.
Silver laughed. "Over watered a cactus. I wouldn't water it enough."
"Not watering it enough is the hardest thing to do. It's from the desert."
He went back to tending to the plants.
John made a face as he pulled off a particularly slimy dead leaf.
Silver chuckled when she glanced at him. "That's gross."
John grinned before wiping his hand off in the dirt.
Silver raised an eyebrow. Wiping your hands on dirt? Wouldn't that just make the dirt stick to you?
When his hands came up with the small layer of dirt, he smacked them together lightly and brushed it off, leaving his hands clean and unsticky.
He looked over when he heard her. "Farmer trick."
Johnathan gasped when he found a strawberry cluster with two ripe enough to eat. "Jackpot!" He picked one carefully and offered it to Silver first.
Silver smiled and gladly took it. "Thanks."
John ate the other one in one bite, burying the stem in the dirt. He chewed slowly making an extremely satisfied face.
Silver gave a small laugh and ate hers happily.
((Will be gone for four days with no wifi, sorry if I don't respond again)) "I've never had a fresh picked strawberry before. Everything is better off the plant."
(9Alright.))"I agree but I like it when it is washed."
"Okay, okay. Point out the flaws in my genius why don't you." He pouted dramatically.
Silver held her hands up in surrender. "Sorry, sorry. Daughter of Athena and all."
Like the mature almost adult he was, he stuck his tongue out at her in response.
((XD))Silver laughed and stuck her tongue back at him.
