It had been a long year and we were really looking forward to a week of lazing in the sun in Creta.

The weather forecast was beautiful, it promised to be sunny all week and there were no kids accompanying us. This felt like a vacation from we used to be in our 20s. And vacations in our 20s used to be a bit wild, to put it mildly. I would see my then girlfriend flirt with a random guy at a bar and witness her walk of shame the next morning.

We started our vacation by heading to Falasarna beach. A beach umbrella and two beds were rented while my wife flirted with the guy in charge. She needed some bad. The place was quite empty when we got there and there was no one next to us. I headed straight for the waters while my wife decided to read a book.

As I swam in the shallow sea, I saw another couple take the beds next to ours and soon after strike a conversation with my wife. When I got out of the water and back to my wife, they were chatting like old friends. Stratos was a local from Crete, and his wife was British. They apparently met when she was vacationing here 10 years ago. Stratos was older than us, bald with a thick salt-pepper beard and looked around 45. He was quite fit guy for his age. He towered over me, he was well over 6 feet while I stand at 5'11''. His wife, Emily, was nice looking too, almost delicate. She had eyes that lit up when she smiled. Her husband's eyes on the other hand seemed to light up when he spoke to my wife.

I decided to head back into the water and Emily decided to accompany me. After a while, I noticed that Stratos was applying sunscreen on my wife's back. "They seem to be getting along well" shouted Emily over the waves. I nodded to her. "I think he likes her. I have seen that look before", she said as she swam away. She didn't seem unhappy about what was unfolding in front of us. I got out of the water and headed back to my wife.

They didn't notice me come back and my wife was flirting with him when I got there. "Maybe you can show me what Greek men like after dessert". It was corny andy wife seemed a bit embarrassed when she realized I had overheard them. Stratos didn't seem to care though and said that they had just made dinner plans for the four of us at his favorite restaurant later that night. It wasn't so much of asking if I wanted to come, but more of " I'm going to have dinner with her whether you like it or not".

Stratos now decided to head into the waters and my wife decided to accompany him. She winked at me as she left, and I could see that she had plans to relive her 20s again.

To be continued...