Chapter 1: The meeting
It was a party hosted by the college coach, where she first met Rick. She had seen his pictures in her son's Instagram feed, but this fateful day was the first time their paths crossed. It was the day after homecoming, and the coach staff was hosting a get together with the football team.
Isabella Watkins or Bella for short, lived in a quaint little suburb just outside of Columbus. She lived with her husband John Watkins and their son Connor. John was an assistant football coach in the same school that Connor joined as a freshman last year. Their daughter Rose, went to an out of state college.
A few minutes before the first meeting between Bella and Rick, she was looking for her son among the guests in her party. She was supportive of her husband's career, and so like a good wife she had made an appearance at the get together. But she had a ton of work to get done for the briefing tomorrow and Bella figured she could sneak out and head home soon. If only she could find her son.
"Boys, have you seen Phil Watkins?" she asked a group of boys hanging out at the entrance of the yard.
As if on cue, all their eyes turned towards her and then dropped down to her breasts before looking back up. She would have been amused if she wasn't in such a hurry.
One of them said, "He may be in the den, watching tv."
She thanked them and headed into the basement, to find Connor. She knew she was gorgeous, so she had stopped faulting men when their eyes inevitably dipped down to her breasts as soon as they saw her. She would even smirk slightly at some of the more adventurous ones, who would let their gaze linger for a second or two, before nonchalantly looking away. In this party though, all of her admirers were her son's age and that just made her uncomfortable. They were boys, and more often than not a raised eyebrow would send them scurrying away blushing.
The den was emptier than she imagined, but she could still see two guys playing video games. She could see Connor talking to a blond girl who was perched on the arm of a sofa. The two guys on the sofa were engrossed in the game, so it was Connor who saw her first. She recognised them as two jocks from the football team photos. Connor reddened when he saw her knowingly look at the girl he was talking to. Maybe her boy had a new crush.
"Connor, I am leaving. Do you want a ride home?"
"No mom, Rick has a car so he can drive me."
"Sorry bud, can't drop you home. It's too out of my way ...," Rick trailed off as he turned to look at Bella. She was almost expecting the "boob glance" as she had started to call it.
"Wow, you are Connor's mom?"
"Yeah, why?"
"No reason, just expected something else."
Bella looked at Connor to gauge what was going on, but he looked embarrassed for some reason. "What did you expect?" she asked Rick.
She cringed internally as soon as she heard herself ask that. In a way she understood what Rick meant. She knew that in a family of Connor and his father, an average looking somewhat plump housewife would be more fitting. But it was not her fault that she had a good workout ethic and took pride in her body. Gym was one of her favourite places to go, and the only place where she allowed herself to appreciate the male attention she received. It was almost like a guilty pleasure or a prize that she allowed herself. She enjoyed that the body of other women paled in comparison to hers. Her supple breasts were a gift from god, but she had worked hard to earn everything else, her taut belly, her flaring hips and her tight butt.
It was a shame that her figure almost intimidated everyone in the gym. She found confident admirers sometimes. Rare though they were, they would look her in the eye and then confidently drink in all her glory. She knew she would never cheat, but the thrill of something wicked kept her high and horny throughout her workout on those days.
To say that she saw the same confident gaze in Rick's eyes would be an understatement.
"Well, Tell me what did you expect," Bella asked when she grew uncomfortable with Rick's gaze travelling all over her body.
He still didn't say anything, and she realized he was making her wait for the answer as he examined her body. This was new territory, she was generally used to having the upper hand while talking to the opposite sex. He reminded her too much of her college years with Brad. It was a part of her she never wanted to come back to.
"Nevermind about that, I am Rick. Nice to meet you."
She didn't like that he had dismissed her, but let it go. He may be a handsome confident boy but he was still a boy. She was a woman, she should rise above his tricks. She ignored Rick in favour of asking Connor again if he was ready to go.
"Aww Mom, can you stay for a bit. I wanted to see who wins this round."
"I have a lot of work, honey. I need to get home, maybe you can call ..."
"Come on Mrs W, just stay for a few minutes," Rick interrupted, patting his side of the sofa arm, inviting her to sit by him. She rolled her eyes at the cheeky bastard, but she relented at the pleading look on her son's face.
"Okay, fifteen minutes and then I will come to get you," she said and turned to head out of the basement.
"Well don't you want to see how your son plays?"
"I already know he is very good at this game. It's all he does at our house. Plus he is not even playing with you and Andy."
"Well, let's see how he plays against me."
Bella, being a lawyer, was never the one to step back from a challenge.
"Okay, well my son will beat you, and then we can leave."
Rick grinned and settled comfortably in his seat. Andy gave Connor his controller. Bella came to stand by her son, as he excitedly picked the controller and started the new game. She beamed at her son, "Kick his ass".
This was Bella in her element. This was a challenge. It was just like winning a court case. She felt the muted excitement that usually blossomed in her wherever she went against a defense attorney. The unlucky link this time was her son. She usually won all her cases, because she was just that good. Her son however, was not. He was uncoordinated, lazy and everything she was not. She loved him, but god help her, the only thing that her son could be reliably good at was video games. So at least she knew he was going to win this and then she could put this arrogant quarterback in his place and move on.
Unfortunately, Rick was one of those people who was just physically gifted. This allowed him to instinctively be the fastest, most cunning player in the field. It also allowed him to be naturally best at call of duty. The first few rounds went to Rick, and as Connor grew more frustrated he started playing more sloppily.
Bella was engrossed in the game. She had played this with her son a little, so she could appreciate how good Rick was. By the fifth time that Rick had killed Connor, Bella realised she had unconsciously been shifting towards Rick's side of the screen and was now almost behind him where he sat on the sofa. It was then that Bella decided to do something stupid. She would later think back on this moment and wonder if this was just a mistake or just an excuse to get close to Rick. Maybe she just recognized Rick as a better man,better than her son, or her husband, a real true alpha. An alpha who takes the most desirable female for himself. It would be no surprise in the wild that a prime female like Bella would end up with Rick.