SailorStar9: This is Chapter 7 of this fic. (Sighs) Guys and girls, is it too hard for you to leave a review, instead of just putting this fic up on your favorited list and story alerts?

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Chapter 7: Ami's Fun Strawberry Picking Adventure

"All of these are strawberry greenhouses?" Ami gaped, wide-eyed at the rows of greenhouses over the fence, the class were on a field trip. "Amazing!"

"We'll be picking our strawberries here this morning." Miwa informed. "And we can pick and eat as much as we want."

"If you two lag behind, you'll get lost." Kai reminded, the two re-joining the class

"Got ya." Miwa winked.

"I will pass out the containers now." Chiharu-sensei gestured to the tray of baskets.

"During the afternoon, in the materials house separate from the farm, we will watch a video prepared there to show you desserts and other foods using strawberries." The instructor explained. "Also, you will also be able to try out the recipes using the facilities, so please look forward to it."

"Now the employees here will guide you to the greenhouses." Chiharu-sensei instructed.

"So, did you two get a lot?" Ami went over to her two teammates, her own basket half-filled with hand-picked strawberries. "What's wrong?" she spotted the two empty baskets.

"But they all look so delicious." Miwa whined.

"The delicious ones…" Ami knelt between the boys. "First have a dark green hull. And the entire fruit is red. Tasty ones aren't white around the hull."

"Nothing less from our resident bookworm, huh?" Kai joked.

"Wait a minute." Ami stopped him when Kai reached to pluck a strawberry. "When you pick strawberries, do it like this. Hook your fingers behind the green hull behind the strawberry and pick it at the hull. They last longer with the hull."

Later that afternoon, the strawberry preparation lessons started; strawberry pies, tarts, shortcakes, even jam, were all made during the time slot.

"Delicious…" Miwa swooned, biting into his piece of pie later that evening.

"Miwa, stop gushing like a fan-girl." Kai muttered.

"I'm not gushing!" Miwa glared at his amused best friend.

"Will you two just cut it out?" Ami scolded, biting into her shortcake. "And you," she looked at Kai. "Are supposed to be the mature one."

"But he makes it so easy." Kai grinned.

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