The small hydrofoil boat pushed away, leaving behind the stretch of paradise in the middle of Aegean Sea. It was a common event, something that happened many times in any given day; but this particular departure was unlike any I had ever taken.
I looked towards the stretch of beach I had stood on ten years ago as I watched a boat similar to this disappear over the horizon. That day I had felt like a part of me was being ripped away. Today was different; that part that had disappeared so many years ago had returned.
I looked down at the top of the brunette head tucked beside me, watching the same spot I was looking at.
She turned her face up to meet mine, her eyes smiling behind the dark glasses that covered most of her face.
"Are you remembering too?" she asked. I nodded. "I never expected this when I came here," she continued. "Never dreamed that I would be on this boat with you. Like this." She looked down at the diamond that sparkled on her left hand, a symbol representing the vows we had made the night before.
I leaned down and brushed a kiss across her temple. "There are some things that you have to leave up to destiny."
"That sounds like something I'd say!" She laughed, her eyes sparkling as she looked at mine. "But there are some things that you have to take control of, that you can't leave up to fate."
"That there are," I said.
"I love you, Stav."
"I love you too."
