The Boy She Illegally Brought To The Lavender Field (bwwm)

Chapter 1: The White Man Near the Field

"Annie, we den told you about goin' out there by ya'self." her father, Sirius, stated.

Annie stood there with her bag on her arm full of pens, her journal, a book, and a blanket.

"Daddy, nothing happens over there. I'll be fine, I promise." Annie argued.
Sirius sighed.
"Mama knows I go and she just makes sure I'm back before sundown. I'll be back before it even begins to set."
"You promise me?" he asked.
"I promise you."
"Alright. You be safe out there, ya hear?"
"Yes, sir. I'll be as safe as can be." Annie promised as she walked out the door.

She strutted in her pale green dress with her long hair tied in a ponytail wrapped in a green silk bow. She hummed a beautiful tune to herself while she walked to the tulip field some black farmer replants every so often.
He knows she goes over there, and he's okay with it. He tells her she reminds him of his late wife. His wife loved tulips and that was why he planted them. Seeing Annie sit out there among the flowers reminded him of the better days when the recently deceased woman was still with him.

The walk wasn't too far. Annie used to have to walk to school all the time so it wasn't a big deal for her.

The only thing that worried her family was the mechanic shop across the way that was worked by whites.
Her daddy didn't know if those were harmful white men or if they were just indifferent white men, but he hated how okay his daughter was with taking the chance. He also struggled with telling her no.

He'll occasionally send Marshall out to watch and make sure she's still alright. Marshall does so and makes sure that nothing happens to his little sister on his watch. He'd be leaving the house in the next five minutes to do just that.

At the mechanic shop, worked Daniel, Scotty, and Paul.

They worked on some business owner's luxury car. They washed it and gave it a new set of tires. All before backing away and wiping the sweat from their foreheads.

"Wouldn't hurt to take a break now, would it?" Scotty asked.

They each followed the other outside to a table with their lunches.

Daniel was excited each time because Diana always packed him something good while the other boys had sandwiches and carrots.

"What she get you today?" Paul wondered and ate a bite of celery.
Daniel pulled his meal out.

It was a chicken sandwich, with chicken she'd seasoned, cooked, shredded up, put between two nice pieces of bread with lettuce, and melted Swiss cheese. He looked and saw he had two of her homemade chocolate chip cookies and a small bag of potato chips.
He was ecstatic.

"My mama should'a got me one of them nannies." Scotty groaned and looked at his boring ham and cheese sandwich with an orange.
"Could your family afford a nanny?" Paul asked him.
"Ain't no negro gonna notice if you don't pay 'em enough. They prolly can't even count." Scotty insulted and bit his sandwich.
"Can your nanny count?" Paul asked Daniel.
Daniel was busy chewing. "I don't know. Ain't ask."
"You think she know she gave you two cookies or would she think it was three?" Scotty laughed.
"Don't matter to me long as she give 'em to me." Daniel replied and took another bite of his sandwich. He was in Heaven.

"Y'all see Mariam at the soda shop the other day?" Scotty wondered.
"No, me and Sarah were a bit busy." Paul snickered.
"You missed out." Scotty stated.
"How?"
"She had on a real tight dress. And you know her titties are big. She couldn't even button the top button. You could see 'em just fine." Scotty smirked.
"You're a freak, man." Paul shook his head and bit into his sandwich.
"You're the one talkin' about your 'fun time' with Sarah!"
"She's my girlfriend!"
"Whatever."

The boys continued eating and talking about nonsense.

Daniel spoke the least because he was too busy enjoying his lunch.

Annie didn't even notice the men were outside. Their table was around a hundred feet behind her and she couldn't hear a word. She just focused on her journaling.

She wrote about the cookies her and her mama made last night to eat after dinner and how much the men loved them.
She wrote about how her birthday was in a little over two more weeks and she was excited.
She wrote about her and her mama's deep conversations while they cleaned up later that evening last night.
Annie always liked talking to her mama. She told her everything. Her daddy focused on educating and scolding. He didn't really listen, he was just constantly on watch, making sure Annie didn't say anything that gave away that she could possibly get herself injured or taken advantage of. Her mama actually listened and showed emotions to the things Annie would say. If Annie told her daddy she liked a boy, Sirius would ask who his parents were, if he was educated, if he could work, if his daddy worked a good job. If she told Diana, Diana would ask what the boy looked like, how Annie and the boy's conversations would go, they'd giggle together and Annie could fully explain how she felt with ease.

At the moment, she was only interested in one boy. His name was Johnny and she saw him every Sunday at church with Ms. Katherine, Mr. Rodney, and Johnny's two little sisters. Johnny was close friends with Marshall and she and Johnny only ever really said hi to one another. She just thought he was handsome, tall, and sweet.
She would have more options for boys if she was still in school. More options for friends too. She didn't really talk to many people nowadays. Especially since Jenny, Marshall's girlfriend, moved. But before she graduated, she'd have mostly everyone talking to her, girls that all wanted to be her friend, boys asking to carry her books, and teachers who asked how she was doing. But everyone mostly went off to do different things. She didn't technically go looking for them. She didn't care that much. She just noticed they weren't already around anymore.