Really well.

A few days passed. It was Tuesday morning and Chris was in the middle of his workout.

“Hello!” Lisa greeted Bella as she walked in the front door.

“Hi” She replied kindly. Bella looked around and tried to ask as casually as she could, “Is Chris in today?”

Lisa smirked to herself, noticing the young mother wore light make-up and expensive activewear. “Yeah, he is! He’s just working out himself… Would you like another session with one of our personal trainers? I can take you if you want?”

“Oh that’s okay…” Bella tried to play it cool, “I’m not in a hurry I’ll wait for him… I really enjoyed my session with him last time.”

“Of course.” Lisa grinned.

Bella took a seat on one of the couches. The reception area had a clear view of the gym floor and she quickly spotted Chris curling a pair of heavy dumbbells. She bit her lip absent-mindedly as she watched him; she stared at his massive arms pulsing and flexing. Bella quickly realised what she was doing and looked away, reaching for her phone to distract herself. Over the next ten minutes, she would find herself looking over and checking him out

Lisa texted Chris subtly “That hot mum is here and is waiting for you. She’s checking you out too.”

Chris felt his phone buzz in his pocket and checked the message after his set. He looked over and saw Bella sitting in reception.

“Hey, Bella!” Chris called out, he wasn’t worried about embarrassing her as there was only a few other patrons in the gym. Bella looked up, smiled and waved. “I’ll just be two minutes.” He said, and then returned to pack away the equipment he was using.

He quickly freshened up, changed into a work polo and then headed for reception. “G’day!” He greeted her.

“Hi Chris!” She jumped up. “How are you?”

“I’m pretty good. How are you?”

“I’m great!”

“No Diego or Leo today?”

“Hey you remembered their names,” She was impressed “No they’re at school. I have the day off.”

“Oh awesome, want me to take you through another session?”

“Yes, please!”

Their session featured some more small talk and even a few moments of light flirting. The session was relatively light and featured mostly gentle cardio and a few machine weight exercises.

“Okay and last up we have some dumbbell lunges.” Chris said leading her across the gym.

Bella launched into her set of lunges. In the middle of her second set she said, “Aren’t you gonna compliment my butt again? Or do I have to do squats for that?” Bella grinned at him.

Chris went bright red. “I am really sorry about that… It was unprofessional and I wasn’t thinking.”

Bella chuckled heartily, “Don’t worry about it. Even if it was unprofessional.” She smiled coyly.

Chris continued to watch her lunge and then decided to be bold, “In my defence Ms Rivera you do have a nice butt.” He laughed.

Bella gasped in mock surprise and said nothing but smirked and continued her work out.

The two finished up and returned to reception.

“So what’s the plan for the rest of your day off?” Chris asked.

“Oh no plans.” Bella shrugged “Might grade some papers… Boring stuff. How about you?”

“Nothing major. Just hanging around here.” He smiled.

An awkward silence began to build before Bella broke it, “Actually… Would you maybe… like to grab a coffee?” She seemed nervous.