It Was For The Best Chapter 36, an alias fanfic

Chapter 36

In the late afternoon that same day the triplets were sitting outside with their mother and sisters.

"Mommy, if we're moving with daddy to LA, what about uncle Sergei?" There was a little sadness to Maddie's voice, and Irina couldn't help but feel sad for them.

"Well, I think uncle Sergei will be staying here in Russia." They nodded, but were still a little sad. "He can come and visit us as much as he wants, and stay for as long as he wants. I'm sure you'll get to see him a lot, whenever he's not working." The triplets nodded their understanding.

"Actually, I'll be moving with you." They all turned when they heard Sergei standing behind them. He had listened to their conversation, and now took a seat next to them, turning his attention to the triplets. "Your father asked if I'd be interested in moving with you. Knowing how much you'd miss me and I'd miss you, it makes more sense that I move with you." The triplets were smiling from ear to ear. "I won't be living with you. I'll be getting a place of my own, but I'll see you all the time anyway." The triplets got out of their seats and went over to Sergei to give him a hug. Irina, Sydney, and Nadia were smiling too. "Why don't you go to the kitchen and give your father a hug too." They all watched as the triplets ran off towards the kitchen. Then Irina turned to look at Sergei. She was smiling.

"Jack really asked you to go?" Sergei smiled back.

"Yes, he did. I hadn't planned on going, because I didn't want to overstep my welcome. But seeing and hearing how sad the triplets were, I couldn't let them down, so I decided to come."

"Sergei you're family. You wouldn't be overstepping your welcome."

"That's exactly what Jack said." Irina smiled even more.

"I'm glad you decided to move with us." She reached over and gave his hand a gentle squeeze. "Now if you'll all excuse me, I think I'll just go and thank your father." Sydney and Nadia smiled at Sergei.

"We're glad you decided to come too. That'll give us a chance to get to know you even better."

"Yes, it'll be nice to have an uncle around." They both grinned, while Sergei rolled his eyes at them.

"Very funny." He laughed a little too. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a few phone calls to make, regarding work." He left as Eric joined them.

"Syd, Vaughn can't find one of Isabelle's shirts. He asked me to tell you, he needs your help." Sydney left and Eric sat down next to Nadia. "So, I hear Sergei is moving to LA with us."

"Yes, dad asked him. But he only just decided to go, when he saw how sad the triplets were about him not going."

"That's nice that he's going."

"Yeah, it is. But to be honest I can't help but be a little bit jealous of the triplets."

"How come?"

"It's got nothing to do with Sergei moving to LA. It's just that the triplets get to live with mom and dad. They get to grow up, having their parents around. I'm thrilled for them, but at the same time I'm a little jealous. I know I shouldn't be. I finally have the family, I've always wanted, and I couldn't be happier that mom and dad are back together. And for the first time today, I felt like we were a real family. We had such a great time at the playground. When dad started to tickle me, I felt like a little kid, and I realized just how lucky I am, to be part of this family." Eric put an arm around her and kissed her temple.

"It's okay to be jealous. Just remember that they don't love you any less. You'll get to have your one on one time alone with your parents."

"I know."

"Besides, it's probably best that you don't live with them." She looked at him curiously.

"Why do you say that?"

"Well, can you just imagine what's going to go on in that house, after they put the triplets to bed? They do after all have more than twenty years to make up for." He started to laugh, while she covered her eyes with her hand.

"Eric, why do you always do that?"

"Because I love you, and I know it makes you happy that your parents are happy." She looked at him shaking her head, but letting out a small laugh.

"I love you too." She gave him a smile before she kissed him.

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Later in the evening when the triplets had gone to bed, everyone else continued to pack the things that needed to go with them to the new house. Irina found Jack sitting in her chair at the desk in her office.

"There you are. I wondered where you'd gone to. What are you doing?"

"I'm just making that contract, I told you about the other night. All it needs now, is your signature." He held out a pen for her, and motioned for her to sit in his lap. She shook her head smiling.

"You didn't?"

"Yes, I did, and I told you I would. Now sit and sign it." She sat down in his lap, read the contract, and then started to laugh a little.

"You even put the part in, where I'm not allowed to suffocate you."

"Of course. I need to insure my health." They both laughed.

"Well, I hope that means that I'm allowed to do other things to you." She started kissing him, moved her hands up and down his chest, and then started kissing him on the neck.

"You're stalling. Business first, pleasure later. Now sign the contract." He held the pen out for her, and when she was hesitant, he gave her a serious look. She smiled softly, took the pen, and received a soft smile in return. "Initials here and signature here." She signed the first and then he gave her one more. She looked at him curiously. "One contract for you, and one for me." She shook her head smiling before signing that one too. She took his face in her hands and looked into his eyes.

"How did I get to be so lucky to have you?" She kissed him tenderly, and then the kiss turned passionately. Needing to catch their breaths, she looked at him hungrily. "I believe you said something about pleasure after business." She crashed her lips on his again, and moments later they needed air again. Irina started to pull his shirt out of his pants, and he put his hands over hers stopping her.

"We can't. Not here. What if someone comes in?"

"Everyone is busy packing. They're all in the library, packing all of my books. They'll be busy for hours. No one will notice." He grinned at her.

"Thank goodness you have tons of books." She grinned back at him, and their lips met again. She removed his shirt and he removed hers. When he was just about to unhook her bra, they were interrupted.

"Are we supposed to do all th…..oh god" Sydney covered her eyes with her hand immediately, while Nadia stared wide eyes for a few seconds before she covered her eyes with her hand too.

"Why do you keep doing this to us?"

Jack was red in the face with embarrassment. He motioned for Irina to get off him quickly, so that he could find his shirt that was somewhere on the floor. When he found it he quickly put it on, while Irina put on her own shirt, but without rushing. She was smiling, amused by the whole situation.

"I could ask you girls the same question. You two really should learn to knock. You can remove your hands now. We've put our shirts on." They slowly removed their hands from their eyes, but quickly looked away a little.

"Dad, your shirt is inside out." Jack noticed and started to take it off. "No, dad, keep your shirt on." He rolled his eyes at them, and looked away from them too, still embarrassed. Just then Eric and Vaughn walked in. They only looked at them for a few seconds, before they put two and two together. Then they started laughing.

"I take it you girls were unlucky again? It seems you walked in on you parents being busy?" Sydney and Nadia stared angrily at Eric.

"I think you're right, Weiss. But I also think Jack and Irina were unlucky this time, because I think they were caught before they had too much fun." Irina nodded at Vaughn and Eric, which only made them laugh even more. Now it was Vaughn's turn to get an angry look. Nadia turned to look at her parents, though she was still uncomfortable.

"We have a lot of stuff to pack. So, you two are just going to have to wait and have….." She stopped herself and shook her head. "Never mind. Just come and help us pack. Right now." Sydney and Nadia left the office. Vaughn and Eric took on last look at Jack and Irina before they too left the office laughing. Irina looked at Jack apologetically.

"I'm sorry, Jack. I honestly thought they'd stay in the library." She wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a soft kiss on the lips.

"It's not your fault. We should've known better and locked the door." They grinned a little and both sighed. "I guess we better go and help with the packing."

"Yeah. But you should probably put your shirt on the right way." She winked at him. "I'll turn it inside out later, when we're alone in the bedroom with the door securely locked."

The last couple of days in Russia were spent packing, going out shopping for things they'd bring to their new home, and enjoying their last days in the house. On the day they were leaving all their suitcases were in the hall ready to be taken to the cars. Irina looked at them and noticed a case with a lock, she hadn't seen before. When Jack entered the hall, she looked at him and pointed at the case.

"Jack, what's in that case there with the lock on it?" He looked at it.

"Weapons." She looked at him dumbfounded.

"What?"

"Weapons." He said it slower and clearer this time, and grinned when Irina rolled her eyes at him.

"I heard you the first time. I meant, why did you bring weapons?"

"Chase ordered us to. She was told about your pardoning agreement the day before we left, and she ordered us to bring them. She has no say in your pardoning agreement, but since she's the one more or less in charge of APO, she thought she did and therefore ordered us to bring them. She wanted to make sure we brought you back with us one way or another." Irina shook her head at how stupid that was.

"She honestly thought I'd run out on a pardoning agreement?" Jack just shrugged. "Just what would you have done, if I'd been so idiotic as to say no to the pardoning agreement?"

"I don't know. Told her that we came to the house and when you weren't home, we waited for two weeks, and then when you still didn't show, we went home?" They both laughed. "I told her you wouldn't run, but when she still wouldn't listen, I thought that agreeing to bring the weapons would make her shut up." She sighed.

"She's not likely to make things easy for me, is she?" He walked over to her and wrapped her arms around her.

"Probably not. But just remember that I'm the boss of APO, and not her. She'll drop by from time to time, but other than that, she shouldn't bother us much." She smiled at him.

"I like that you're the boss. Now as your wife, does that mean that I get special treatment?" She grinned a little and he laughed a little too.

"Absolutely not. You better behave yourself at work, or I might just have to reprimand you."

"Okay. Then I guess, I have to settle for being naughty at home." She winked at him and he gave her a kiss.

"I like the sound of that." They kissed again.

"So, any idea who the mystery person is that came to my defense, and helped with the pardoning agreement?" He shook his head.

"No, I have absolutely no idea. I know it's not Chase." They both laughed at that. "But honestly I haven't got a clue as to who it could be. But we'll find out at the meeting."

A few hours later the cars were packed. They took one last look at the house and said goodbye. The plane ride had gone well in the CIA plane they'd traveled in, but when they landed trouble occurred. Jack went to answer the phone when it rang. When the phone conversation ended he looked out the window and shook his head angrily. Then he motioned for Irina, Sydney, Nadia, Vaughn, Eric, and Sergei to join him, so the triplets wouldn't hear him.

"What is it, dad?" He motioned for them to look out of the window. They all stared wide eyed at the cars and marshals, who were waiting outside.

"What's going on, dad?"

"I don't know. But I intend to find out. You all stay here. If anything goes wrong and they start coming towards the plane and I'm not able to stop them, then you lock the door and don't let them in. Sydney, I'm putting you in charge. Eric, go tell the pilots about the situation. Irina and Sergei, I want you to go to the back of the plane and stay with the children. I don't want them to get alarmed." They all nodded and Jack got off the plane. He approached the marshals.

"Agent Bristow…"

"That's Director Bristow." Jack caught the marshal off before he could go any further. He never cared much about his title, but found it fortunate at this moment.

"Very well. Director Bristow, we're here to take Derevko into custody. We have the orders here, if you'd like to take a look for yourself." He handed Jack a piece of paper, which he read.

"This says the order came from Director Chase. I don't answer to Director Chase in the matter of Irina Derevko, I answer to Director Devlin. He put Irina Derevko in my custody. Now unless he has a say in this, I suggest you all turn around and leave." He handed the paper back to the marshal, being less than thrilled with Chase.

"He didn't, but these are our orders, and we intend to follow them." The marshals took one step closer towards the plane, but Jack got in the way. He put on his Bristow death glare and spoke in a low threatening voice.

"Take one step closer to the air plane, and I'll make sure that the only job you'll be doing for the CIA is cleaning toilets at Langley." The marshals stopped and took one step back. They eyed Jack. Although they weren't thrilled, they decided they had no other choice than to do as he said.

"Fine Director Bristow. Have it your way. But you can expect a phone call from Director Chase."

"You can be sure that she'll get a phone call from Director Devlin first." They stared at each other for another minute, before the marshals got in their cars and left.

Jack got out his cell phone and called Devlin explaining what had just been going on, and his personal relationship with Irina. When he got back on the plane after he finished his conversation, everyone, except for the small children, had gathered at the door to hear what happened.

"What was that all about?"

"Chase wanted to take your mother into custody. Devlin had nothing to do with it. I just called him, explaining everything and he's given us a week off, so that we can settle into the house. He said that if we needed to, we could get Marcus, Marshall, and Rachel to help out too."

"I can't believe her. What on earth is it going to take for her to lighten up?" Sydney shook her head as did everyone else. "Well, at least it was nice of Devlin to give us a week off. It'll be fun to help with the house." Nadia, Vaughn, Eric, and Sergei nodded.

They all had dinner together at Sydney's place. Rachel had left a note saying she wouldn't be home until the morning. Later Jack, Irina, and the triplets went back to Jack's place, while Sergei spent the night at Eric's place. Jack was a little nervous about showing his place to the triplets. His apartment wasn't exactly homey.

"Well, this is it. It's not much."

"It's nice daddy." The triplets all looked around, and Maddie and Caitie nodded agreeing with their brother. Jack smiled at how easy they were to please. Irina gave him a kiss on the cheek having sensed that he had been a little nervous. He smiled at her too.

A little while later the triplets were fast asleep in Jack's bedroom. Jack and Irina would be sleeping on an air mattress in the living room. Right now they were making out on the couch.

"Why don't we move this down to the mattress? I know from experience that this couch isn't that comfortable to sleep on. We'll be much more comfortable there, and more comfortable without any clothes on."

"I offered you the bed last time you were here, remember?"

"Yes, you did, but you didn't offer yourself in it." The both grinned.

"Sweetheart, I'd love to, but we can't. The mattress might make sounds, and the triplets are sleeping right next to us."

"The kids are fast asleep and won't hear a thing. And if you're afraid that the mattress will make sounds, then we call always put the blankets and covers on the floor. We've done that before."

"I'm not sure we should risk it. I still think the triplets might hear. We're not that far away from them now, like we were at your house."

"Our house, Jack. It's our house now. And I'll make it worth the risk." He looked into her eyes that were filled with desire, and laughed a little.

"Well, how can I say no to that."

They weren't interrupted by the triplets, and early in the morning when the triplets came to snuggle, they were sleeping in their pajamas on the air mattress. However, they all walked back to the bedroom, seeing as the real bed would be better to sleep in. Sergei came to Jack's apartment in the morning to look after the triplets, when the others were going to the meeting to sign Irina's pardoning agreement.

Jack and Irina walked down to the meeting room at the CIA office in LA. Sydney, Nadia, Vaughn, Eric, Marcus, Marshall, and Rachel were already waiting for them. Sydney had called her father to let him know that they'd informed Marcus, Marshall, Carrie, and Rachel about he and Irina. They had also told them about Irina's life, but hadn't mentioned anything about the triplets. They would all have dinner that evening, so Sydney and the others thought the triplets would be a surprise for them. Marcus, Marshall, Carrie, and Rachel all gave Irina a short hug, and everyone shook hands with Jack. Devlin walked to them, and smiled at all of them. He reached his hand out to Irina and smiled.

"Good to see you again, Irina. I'm glad you're joining the CIA." She smiled back at him.

"It's good to see you too, Ben. And I'm happy to be joining the CIA. Thank you for everything you've done to get me my pardoning agreement."

"Well, most of the honor goes to the people here." He pointed to everyone, and then reached his hand out to Jack. "Hi Jack. Good to see you too."

"You too, Ben." Devlin gave everyone else a nod.

"I'll see you all inside in a minute. I'll have someone come and get you, when it's time." They all nodded, and as Devlin walked inside, Chase walked towards them looking anything but happy. She gave everyone a short nod.

"Jack. Miss Derevko." Jack took Irina's hand in his, and smirked a little at Chase.

"Actually that's Mrs. Bristow. We're still married, and will continue to stay married." That only seemed to piss off Chase even more, and she walked inside the meeting room without saying anything else. Irina smiled lovingly at Jack.

A few minutes later they were all called inside. The four people, who were part of approving Irina's pardoning agreement, were there, sitting by a table waiting for them. Chase was sitting at the table too, and Devlin was standing behind his seat at the table. They all took a seat and looked around a little puzzled. Devlin knew what they were thinking.

"I take it, you're all looking around for the fifth person, who helped in getting the pardoning agreement?" Everyone nodded. "Well, I won't keep you in suspense any longer." He motioned for a guard to let in the person, from a side door.

Seconds later the person entered, leaving everyone dumbfounded. The person, who took a seat at the table, was one of the last persons, they ever thought would help out Irina. The person smiled at them.

"Hello all."

TBC