The Silent Alpha (Natalia)

Chapter 26: Date 1
***Jane**

My hands shake anxiously as I watch the clock tick, both nervous and excited for my first date with Talia.I was stunned when she asked me out a few days ago but I greedily accepted the offer, desperately wanting to get to know her.I consulted with Aurora and Rosalie over what we should do, both of them insisting that I take Talia to the local amusement park to reduce the tension between us.

To make Talia feel more comfortable with me, I suggested that Kota join us for the first half and she readily accepted.

In all honesty, having Kota around would make me less nervous too.

We could then head over to the Lake at the AL pack for an evening picnic with just the two of us.

“You’ll be fine,” Agnes reassures me with a kind smile.

“You just have to be yourself and Talia will fall in love with you.She won’t be able to resist,” she wiggles her eyebrows.

“You’ll see.” Kota jumps around the living room like a bunny, already dressed for the park.

It took me a while to get his sunscreen on but the little tyke finally gave in when I bribed him with a cookie.

“Can we go now?” he asks, tugging at his little baseball hat.

“J-j-just a few m-minutes.Mom-my sti-ll n-needs to come ho-home and get read-ready,” I assure him sheepishly as she races into the room.

“Just give me five minutes to change and touch up my makeup and then I’ll be good to go,” she says over her shoulder as she rushes up the stairs.

Kota groans, swinging his arms around in boredom as twenty minutes pass by.

My palms grow sweaty in fear that Talia may have changed her mind entirely, but she finally descends down the stairs looking as beautiful as ever.

She looks amazing in a pair of high waisted jeans and an off the shoulder blouse, her golden skin glowing against the white of her shirt.

Talia flashes me a shy smile as I gawk at her, nearly falling over the chair I am sitting on.

Dude, snap out of it!Grayson growls.

She’s going to think you’re a moron! I try not to make a fool of myself and stand up straight but as I catch a glimpse of the bracelet on her wrist, my entire body fills with butterflies and I trip over the leg of the chair, crashing ungracefully on the ground.

Kota and Agnes burst into laughter while Talia rushes over to help me up.

Sparks tingle up and down my arm when our hands meet, the sensation startling Talia enough that she lets go, letting me fall back onto the floor.

“Oh my goodness,” she mutters to herself.

“I-I’m so sorry.I…I’m just nervous,” she gulps, tucking away a loose strand of hair behind her ear as she once again reaches over to help me up.

“It’s been Oh great, two nervous idiots going on a date to an amusement park with a child” Graysonmutters.

What could possibly go wrong? I block out his voice as I dust myself off, Talia holding out her hand for me to take.

“Let’s go,” She says quietly, waving over Kota to join us.

She checks Kota once more to make sure he’s ready to go before we walk over to the pack house.

Evan takes us to Aurora’s office where she appears to be hiding from the visiting Alphas.

“I’m not hiding,” the Queen mutters as she looks over some documents.

“I’m just very busy.”

Suddenly, a portal opens to her left and she grins at us, wiggling her eyebrows in mischief.

“Now you three have fun!”

She giggles, pushing Talia and Kota through the portal.

“And good luck!”

She hisses in my ear before shoving me through as well.I nearly lose my footing and crash into Talia, my chest bumping against hers.

She timidly looks up at me, our eyes locking in an intense gaze.

“H-hi,” Talia whispers, her lips curved into a small smile.

Now’s your chance, Say something to her, Grayson urges.

I open my mouth but end up choking on my tongue, coughing furiously into my arm.

Smooth, Grayson mutters as I struggle to regain control of my Talia hands me a bottle of water and I finally manage to catch my breath.

We look around the area Aurora sent us to and realize it’s a small alley beside the park.We will have to return here to be transported home again.

Talia takes the lead, leaving Kota to me and we head for the ticket booth to get our park passes.

the incredible display of rides, games,

much color

thousands of people start racing towards me, but I manage to put up my

has been great but I still could not filter

I’ll have to use nods and

with flashing lights and

to stay with Mommy or Zane,”

“Don’t run off.”

eyes locked on the

be able to hold one adult passenger and

asks me, dragging me into the line driver’s seat

“Beep! Beep!”

when the

bounce up and down, my hands gripping

while we were only moving in a circle,

here, I tell myself

every time we pass her, Kota and I

I ignore

chuckles when the ride is over, helping Kota off

like you were having more fun than Kota,” she giggles as we walk out of the

when Kota starts

to ride the pink one!” Kota calls out, pointing to the pink

a chaperone for this ride and I happily

pull on the lever, the dragon slowly ascending until it reaches its the view is

a silly face

to pull his

so that my teeth stick out and pulling my eyelids back with one

when she sees our faces, snapping a few pictures

date, dragging us from ride to ride, but I don’t mind one bit, getting

the train, the merry-go-round, and the spinning teacups, the last one nearly making me vomit from

Kota couldn’t help but laugh at me as I held onto the grip for dear life, some

matter to me, I liked seeing Talia laugh.She was worth getting on a terrible ride

us to a

to a giant purple Octopus hanging

to knock over a

get three tries but knocking all of the bottles

three balls.Her first throw narrowly misses the tower of bottles but her final throw manages to

Talia

Kota pouts, Talia attempting to

we get some ice

another dollar so I can

than you, Grayson grumbles but I refuse, wanting to prove to myself that I could be useful.I line up to the toss

the ball strike the center of the tower, all 6 bottles

Giant Octopus and I turn around to find Kota and Talia clapping

to show

shyly, his

the little boy

struggles to wrap his arms around the large octopus,

He cries, dragging the toy to his

melting away to focus

off with the Alphas but it’s different

I eye

in her eyes, but whatever it is disappears before I can decipher what she’s

says, shoving the octopus in

Zane got

him, taking him by

we get some

boy nods, handing his stuffed toy to his mother to skip

me, the smile on her face a little

me on the cheek, my heart feeling as though it might burst

for not overreacting about what

him tonight and make sure it doesn’t happen

way, but only a small groan escapes my lips.I sigh in frustration to myself, but

she asks, pointing to the little menu on the glass window of the

I stare at the assortment of colorful dot-like

Cookies and Cream,”

can’t go wrong

last time being when my mom snuck some into my room to share with me on

were rarely available to us back at

and I could ever grab some.I nod my head at her suggestion, and she hands me a cup full of black and

and Talia picks Mint and

Talia watches me careful as I take