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.

shock at the incredible display of rides, games, and snack

no different, having never seen so much color and lights in one

me, but I manage

I still

I’ll have to use nods and gestures

and loud car horns, nearly taking off before I catch

you need to stay with Mommy

“Don’t run off.”

eyes locked on the

be able to hold one adult

you go with me?” He asks me, dragging me into

“Beep! Beep!”

screams when

my hands gripping onto the

and while we were only moving in a circle, it’s the most exhilarating moment

myself

Talia every time

laughs but I ignore him,

chuckles when the ride is over, helping Kota

having more fun than Kota,” she giggles as we

we can go again when Kota starts to

one!” Kota calls out, pointing to the pink

chaperone for this ride and I happily volunteer, Talia chuckling to herself at

in, Kota and I pull on the lever, the dragon slowly

face when we pass

sticking his fingers into his mouth to pull his

and pulling my eyelids back with one hand while the

laughter when she sees our

but I don’t mind one

and the spinning teacups, the last one nearly making me vomit from all the

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

but it did not matter to me, I liked seeing Talia laugh.She

pulls us to

Octopus!” Kota smiles, pointing to

to

of the bottles in the first toss would get us

pays the booth operator for a try and the operator hands her three balls.Her first throw narrowly misses the tower of bottles but her final throw manages to knock three

sweetie,” Talia

pouts, Talia attempting to soothe

we get some ice cream?”

hand the operator another dollar so I can

myself that I could be useful.I line up

center of the tower, all 6

Giant Octopus and I turn around to

to show it to him, stroking the giant octopus’s head with

He asks shyly, his large eyes twinkling at

smile stretches across his mouth when I nod, the little boy jumping

his arms around the large octopus,

cries, dragging the toy to his

out of his lips, all of my thoughts melting away to focus on the little boy who just claimed me Grayson

off with the

hear him say it again but I eye

but whatever it is disappears before

shoving

Zane got

grins at him,

we get some

handing his stuffed toy to his mother to skip

looks over at me, the smile on her face a little tight

on the tips of her toes and kisses me on the cheek, my heart feeling as though it might burst out of my

you for not overreacting about what

to him tonight and make

could put into words that it means the world to me that he sees me that way, but only a small groan escapes my lips.I sigh

she asks, pointing to the little menu

so I stare at the assortment

Cookies and

go

been years since I’ve had Oreos, the last time being when my mom

were rarely available to us back at

a pack of Oreos made an appearance in the pantry, they were gone before Agnes, and I could ever grab some.I nod my head at her suggestion, and

and Talia picks Mint

nearby table and Talia watches me careful as I take