It was another day at sea the next day, so Peg wasn't in a rush to get breakfast and leave the boat to go exploring the next destination that morning. That meant she had plenty of time to see what having breakfast at the Kelp Forest Restaurant would be like and she wasn't disappointed at all when she went. She had a bowl of cereals with milk, she had plenty of toast with butter, she had a spinach and ricotta omelette and she had plenty of cups of tea. Everything was delicious.

When she returned to her cabin, Peg was very impressed yet again with how well Max cleaned it. As she rested to let her tummy digest, she read more of her book. After a good hour of reading, she changed into her sports gear. She wore a light blue sports bra, very tight black gym shorts, white socks and white trainers. She was going to go to the cruise's spa today, but her appointment wasn't until the afternoon, so she decided to go and give the gym next door a try.

Peg remembered Max showing her the Sea Gym on that tour he gave her two days ago and she was still impressed with it as she had a good look around it herself. She was impressed with all the machines she saw. There were treadmills, cross walkers, exercise bikes, rowing machines, plenty of weight machines, dumbbells, exercise mats and everything any gym-goer needed to do their work outs. The only problem was she couldn't work out which one to start with.

Then Peg noticed someone at the lateral pull down machine. She saw that it was Max. He was wearing an orange tank top, dark blue gym shorts, white socks and dark red trainers. Peg wanted to say hello to him, but she didn't. It wasn't because she didn't want to interrupt his concentration; it was because every time she watched him work out on the weight machine, it really turned her on, especially watching his sexy muscles grow bigger. It also reminded her that was how her ex-husband Pete used to be while he was playing football in high school and college. Maybe that was why she was attracted to him because he used to have an athletic body before he became very fat when he became a car salesman. But him becoming fat wasn't the reason she divorced him; it was because he fell out of love with her and cheated on women.

Then Max noticed Peg. "Oh, hi, Peg. I didn't see you there." Then he put the weights down and got up to grab a wipe to clean the seat he had been sitting on.

"Hi, Max. I can see you're doing a very good job working on that gorgeous body of yours."

"Well, I do it whenever I can," Max said. "You here for a workout too?"

"I sure am," Peg replied. "If you work out here constantly, could you guide me through the machines please?"

The actual truth was that she went to plenty of gyms during her life and she knew a weight machine, an exercise bike and a treadmill when she saw one; she was using this an excuse so she could spend as much time as she could with the very handsome and sexy Max.

Max couldn't work out if she really was being serious about needing help around the gym or not. After all, she always was interested in sports and exercise and he knew she was because he could tell that she had been keeping her gorgeous body in its gorgeous shape. But as she had always been his dream crush, he would do anything for her and he always enjoyed her company, so he did it anyway. Even if she wasn't, she was a passenger on this cruise, so he had to do what she said anyway. "No problem."

Both Max and Peg had an amazing time in the gym. First thing they did was went to a corner so they could do their warm-up stretches together. Then Max took Peg to the shoulder press machine for her to try. He was very impressed with her as he watched her, not just because she was doing very well, but she was looking very sexy as she did it. He felt the same as he took her to the chess press machine and then back to the lateral pull down machine afterwards. It hadn't even been five minutes and he was already having a very hard time to not let his boner show. In fact, almost every time he was with her, he tried very hard not to his boner show, but it was no piece of cake especially since if a guy hung around with one of the world's most beautiful ladies in the whole wide world.

Then Max decided to try the exercise bike and he did it on the bike next to Peg for fifteen minutes. He was very impressed with her how she was riding it. He was riding her exercise bike as if she was on a real bike in the Tour de France.

Then it was back to some of the weight machines. Max took Peg to the bicep curl machine for her to try and she was very good at it. Then he took her to leg curl machine and she was very good at it as well. Then she did the seated leg press machine and she was good at that as well.

Then Max and Peg did the cross walker for fifteen minutes. Then they did the rowing machines for ten minutes. Then they did the treadmill for fifteen minutes. And they finished their work outs just in time for Peg to have her shower before she went for her spa treatment.

"That was an amazing experience, Max," Peg said, as they walked out of the gym. "You'd make a very good gym instructor."

"Thanks, Peg," Max said. "You worked out like a real professional athlete would. Why you haven't become one is still beyond me."

"Thanks, Max."

"I hope I haven't worn you out too much."

"No, you haven't. And I'm glad that I did it now than after my spa treatments."

"What treatments are you going to get?" Max asked.

"Oh, everything they have to offer – massage, mud facial treatment, acupuncture, everything," Peg replied.

"Well, I hope you enjoy it," Max said. "And, Peg, I can't promise I'll be here the next time you come here to the gym, but there are great health classes for you to try if you want company. They are all free classes and I do recommend them."

"Thank you for letting me know about them," Peg said.

"Well, I have to get back to work now," Max said. "I'm helping the Seabed Theater people for tonight's show."

"Oh, are you performing again?" Peg asked.

"No, this time I'm just working behind the scenes," Max replied. "Just helping them with the equipment."

"Well, with that gorgeous strong bod of yours, I'm sure you'll do a fantastic job."

"Thanks, Peg. Well, see you later." Then he went to the male changing rooms to get showered.

"See you later, Max." Before she went to the female changing rooms to get showered before her spa treatments, Peg went to look at the gym classes. There were spinning classes, yoga classes, Pilates classes and meditation classes among them. She became very interested in them. Then she went to get ready for her spa treatment.