Chapter 8

Nadia was standing in the Kitchen waiting for the last bit of coffee to percolate. She picked up the sugar and was putting some in one of the cups she was going to use, when she realised that she didn't know what to do with the other cup. So she turned around and spoke to the woman who was near her.

"How do you take your coffee? Cream? Sugar?"

"Just Black" Irina told Nadia back. She was currently sitting at the breakfast bar near the Kitchen in the apartment.

After hearing how it needed to be made Nadia picked up the coffee pot and poured some into the two cups in front of her. She picked up the cup of coffee that she made for Irina and passed it over to her.

"Here you go, Black as required" Nadia said as Irina accepted the cup and took a small sip. Nadia picked her cup up and moved it over to the breakfast bar and placed it down.

Sydney had decided to stay at APO under the pretence of having work to catch up on, but really to give Nadia time to talk to Irina, something that was going to be essential now that Irina was going to be part of APO.

"So, do you enjoy living with Sydney?"

"It's good; it's taken some adjustment since I've lived on my own for a long time. But I've got comfortable here now and it's nice to have someone that you can come home to."

"And friends?"

So far they're conversation had just been small talk, neither of them knew had to start connecting, But Nadia was going to attempt to change that."

"Yes, some Mom. But can I please ask you some questions that I need answers too."

"Sure Baby, what ever you want to ask go ahead."

Before Nadia asked her first question she picked up her coffee cup took a sip of her drink before putting it back down.

"Did you ever try to find me?"

"Yes I did. I looked for you for years, but you were to well hiding from me. I didn't know you name or even what country you were in. I didn't even know that Sydney had found you. Kendall failed to mention it to me, because I would have come back in a heartbeat."

"Where was I born? When? Did you even name me?"

"One question at a time would be appreciated" Irina said picking up her cup and sipping. "But you were born in Kashmir, while I was in a KGB prison, on the 1st of May 1982 and as for your name. I hadn't really made a decision an didn't had the change as you were taken a day later. But I had considered if you were a girl calling you Talia. Don't you know any of this?"

"No I know nothing; my entire identity came form the orphanage. I was left their at about two years old. And now I know that they thought that I was older than I was and the name they gave me. I have no idea where it cam from but it has been mine for over 20 years."

Irina stood up and walked around to Nadia.

"Why is it so important that you found out this, is it going to change anything?"

"No, it's not going to change anything. I know I'm always now going to be Nadia Santos. It's just need to know where I came from. To see what might have been."

Irina pulled Nadia into a tight hug.

"Nadia Santos or Talia Derevko or whatever. It doesn't matter to me and it shouldn't to you, because you will be my daughter whatever."

"And know will you always be my Mom?"

"So how are you coping?" Vaughn asked, as he placed his arm around Sydney's shoulder. They were heading to the elevators which would send them up to the station platform making it easier for them to mingle with everyone.

"As well as I think I can at the moment. Let me say the last few days have been very tiresome."

"Hopefully it should calm down now."

"I hope but considering my life probably not. I still have to get Mom and Dad in a room together something which is not going to be a pretty thing to witness."

They stepped into the elevator which had just appeared and Sydney pressed the button which would return them to the platform.

"Perhaps we should go on vacation?"

"Maybe."

"So, your place?"

"Might not be the best thing at the moment. Mom is going to be staying with me and Nadia for a while."

"Syd! Why are you letting her stay with you?" Vaughn said pulling his arm away.

"Because Vaughn she is my mother, she is going to be staying with me so me and my sister can get to know her. So this is something you are going to have to deal with if you want to be around me."

"I'm never going to be one of Irina fans, but for you Sydney I'll manage. And need to get used to her if she's going to be one of our colleagues."

"Thank you Vaughn." Sydney said following with a quick kiss of his lips.

Sydney opened her front door and stepped through it and walked the down the small hallway which leads to the lounge, where she spotted Irina and Nadia sitting comfortably together.

Nadia also spotted Sydney and spoke out to her.

"No Vaughn?"

"No he's gone home. What about Weiss is he coming?" Sydney said stepping more in to the lounge.

Sydney the smirked at Nadia Expression, one of being pissed of that she had mentioned it.

"Who's Weiss?" Irina asked wanting to know something about this person that was mentioned in regards to her younger daughter.

But all she got was silence until Sydney spoke.

"Weiss or actually Eric is Nadia's boyfriend"

Nadia let out an exasperated sigh and glared at Sydney for telling Irina that, she hadn't even really told her father at all.

"Girls. I'm not sure how your going to take this. But I would appreciate you inviting your boyfriends around, I want to get to know them. Also Sydney invite Jack along this will be perfected for him to get settled in with the whole of us."

"His not my favourite person but I guess Sloane needs to be here as well?"

"Sweetheart, why does Sloane have to be here?" Irina said not to sure.

"Because Mom" Nadia Said speaking for her sister "Sloane is my father isn't he?"

"Baby, I don't know where you got that idea from. But Sloane is not your father, Jack is."