I've been tidying all morning but the house still doesn't feel ready. My son is coming home from college today for spring break and bringing half the rugby team with him. We have a big home so I'm not too worried, but it's going to be stressful without my husband around.
DING DONG
Oh crap! They're already here! I straighten my skirt and fix my hair before scurrying downstairs to meet them.
"Oh, Ethan, it's so good to see you! And wow! You grew!"
"Hey, mom, thanks for letting us all stay here. And of course I grew, you should see how much we eat!"
My son gives me a warm hug then introduces me to the parade of boys filing in. I really shouldn't call them boys though, as these are full grown men! Soon my foyer is bustling with burly athletes towering over me in my bare feet.
"Thanks for having us, Mrs. S," one says with a friendly smile.
"Yeah, thanks Mrs. Schwartz, your house is sweet!!"
A WASP by breed I'm shy about his compliment, but really he's just pointing out the obvious. My husband, Jared, is a very wealthy man and we live in what Architectural Digest describes as, "a modern masterpiece." After greeting a few more boys I tell them there's beer in the kitchen and they quickly stampede away. As I turn to follow, I bump into a sturdy figure whom I haven't yet met.
"Oh, s-sorr..." I start, but by the time I've looked up I'm speechless.
Standing in front of me is a wall of man, so tall I have to look straight up to see him. He steps back and greets me with a cheeky smile, the kind I haven't gotten from a guy in a minute. At 48 I'm noticed less by the day, but even though I still think I'm hot I don't seek out male attention. I'd be lying though if I said this particular friend didn't spark something in me. He's exactly my type: tall, muscled, tan, with a mustache like Tom Selleck. He looks fresh out of a different era, more rugged and masculine than his age would suggest. In truth, he's everything my husband isn't....
Now that's not to say I don't love my husband, I do dearly. I'm just not the most.... attracted to him. Jared's a sweet, genuine, caring man, but he's only a few inches taller than my 5'7" and probably weighs less than 150 lbs. This specimen in front of me though, hnggg, he's a beefcake.
"Name's Bruce," he says curtly, in an accent I clock as Australian. Fuckkk! You've gotta be kidding me! Could he get any hotter?? I realize the answer is yes when he sticks out his hairy bear paw to shake my hand.
I daintily place mine in his and say, "I-I'm Bethany... Or, well- you can call me Mrs-"
"Beth," he cuts in. "I like that." My pale cheeks burn red but I'm too flustered to correct him. "Thanks for inviting me into your home, Beth. Now why don't you be a doll and grab me one of those beers you were talkin' about. I'm gonna go find a room and unpack."
He finally lets go of my hand then turns and heads upstairs. I'm left utterly dumbfounded in the hall, unsure if all that sexual tension is just in my head. No, he was definitely flirting! Ugh, gross!! I can't lust over my son's friend, I'm twice his fucking age! Well, I guess it's not that weird... I mean he is an adult and DEFINITELY looks like one! Unnnnhh... And the way he told me to "be a doll," just like....
"MOM!"
"Coming!"
The kitchen is a jungle full of swaggering apes, swiping up snacks and beverages. Obviously excluding my son, I feel naturally attracted to these strong, virile creatures. My moistening pussy lips glide together as I step towards the fridge to grab Bruce a beer. I still can't really believe what I'm doing but pretend it's just part of being a good host.
"Did you meet Bruce?" my son asks, and I have to pretend I wasn't just fantasizing.
"Oh! Yes! He seems very.... Uh, nice!"
"Yeah, he's the coolest. He's a senior and the captain of our team."
"Who, Bruce? Yeah, he's the fuckin' man!"
"Yeah he is! And all the girls love him!"
"Ha, of course they do. But didn't he just break up with Annabelle?"
"Yeah, I heard it's because he was fucking Mrs. McNally!"
"WHAT?! Mrs. McNally??? The economics professor???"
"Shhhh..." my son urges, embarrassed to have me hear the hot gossip, but the damage is already done. I know what Bruce did with his teacher and it has me fucking soaked.
"You all talkin' about me?" Bruce asks with a smug grin when he steps in the room. The boys all laugh then return to their conversations.
Bruce maneuvers his broad shoulders through the crowd towards me, his head above the rest, the obvious Alpha. He's calm and cocky as he reaches out for his cold beer. I hand it to him.
"Thank you, Beth," he says casually.
"O-of course...!" I whisper nervously, hoping the other boys don't hear him call me that.
"And when you see I'm done with this one you'll bring me another, right?"
"Uhh... y-yes!" I reply without thinking. It just slips out!
"Good girl," he says, then turns to talk to his friends.
"Oh my...."
I rush out of the kitchen and sprint to the master bathroom.
"Oh my...! Oh my god...!"
I can barely breathe! It's been decades since I've been called that, "good girl," though never by a man half my age! It was my old professor who first said it, more than 20 years ago now when I went in for help on a biology assignment. Dr. Wagner was a very big, very serious man, the type who believed he deserved things because of his size and strength. He was also extremely misogynistic, taking an old school approach to the genders.
"Girls are submissive and receptive," he would tell our anatomy class. "Their bodies were made to accommodate men, and thus their minds."
One day I went into his office for help but was told not to worry about my grades. He said I'd be better off with a husband taking care of me, and though I didn't want to believe him Dr. Wagner wouldn't listen. He put his massive hand on mine, then the other behind my neck as he pulled me in for a kiss. I'd only smooched a few boys but none were as mature and confident as my professor. His prickly mustache tickled my cherry lips while his tongue slid between them.