Miles away from shore

Girls Need Love

"Shouldn't even have to justify. I get it, I'm on your side," - Drake

Drena silently cursed as she watched sweat drip from Darius' arm as their trainer pushed him to finish his set. Drena usually joined in on the motivation, teasing him about not being able to finish the set, but she was stuck watching him at the moment.

Their wedding was 7 months away. That's all Drena had to get through before she could enjoy her man physically.

"Little momma I didn't say hop off that treadmill yet," Taylor, their trainer, said. Drena rolled her eyes as she looked back at the speed. She exhaled before jumping back on it to run. She glanced at Darius again, biting her lip before shaking her head and turning the speed up on the machine. Darius glanced at her and tried not to laugh.

"Alright, switch," Taylor said. Leaving the treadmill on, Drena hopped off and walked towards where the men were standing. When Darius passed her, he swung around and smacked her butt.

"Stay focused," he said, turning to watch her walk away.

"Leave me alone!" she yelled, laughing.

Darius chuckled before getting on the treadmill.

Once their workout was done, Darius drove them back to his apartment so they could clean up. He went to the guest bathroom while Drena showered in his. She was done before him, so she called her sister to get her mind right.

"Hey Pooh," Elayna said. "What you doing?"

"Going crazy," Drena said. Elayna sucked her teeth.

"About what?"

"This pledge..."

Elayna looked into her camera and laughed. "I told your ass."

"Man..."

"You made it this far, Pooh. What's making it hard now?"

"Everything," Drena admitted. "Everything he does now is turning me on. Sleeping. Cooking. Working out."

"Now, a good workout will get you," she said. "How long you been feining?"

"A few days now, but it's crazy."

"Are you about to come on your cycle? That's usually when I try to take advantage of your brother-in-law."

Drena chuckled. "You know what? I think you're right. Hold on." She paused Elayna to check her app and sure enough, it predicted her period was coming in a few days. "Should be the end of this week."

"Well put some space in between y'all until then," she giggled. "Go do some work."

"I'll try," Drena said. "I don't want to leave him though. He just took a shower and I know he smells good..."

"Drena!" Elayna said, laughing. "Stay focused. Remember why you're doing this."

Drena had to laugh at herself. "You're right."