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.

widened in shock at the incredible display of rides,

having never seen so much color and lights in

towards me, but I manage to put up my

Aurora has been great but I still could

I’ll have to use

flashing lights and loud car horns,

to stay with Mommy

“Don’t run off.”

locked on the Blue ATV he wants to

ride seems to be able to hold one adult

me, dragging me into the

“Beep! Beep!”

screams when

ATV suddenly starts to bounce up and down, my

this type of movement before, and while we were only moving in

to bring Agnes here, I tell myself as Kota and

we wave our hands at Talia every time we pass her, Kota

you, five? Grayson laughs but I ignore

is over, helping Kota off the

fun than Kota,” she giggles as we walk out of the

can go again when Kota starts to pull us in the direction

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

chaperone for this ride and I happily volunteer, Talia chuckling

Kota and I pull on the lever, the dragon slowly ascending until

silly face when we pass

into his mouth to

stick out and pulling my eyelids back with one hand while the other continues to pull the

into laughter when she sees our faces, snapping a

dragging us from ride to ride, but I don’t mind one bit, getting on as many rides as

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

as I held onto the grip for dear life,

but it did not matter to me, I liked seeing Talia laugh.She was worth getting on a

us to a giant game

Octopus!” Kota smiles, pointing to a giant

have to knock over a tower of

three tries but knocking all of the bottles in the first toss would get us the

operator for a try and the operator hands her three balls.Her first throw narrowly misses the

sweetie,” Talia

to

some ice

operator another dollar so I

you, Grayson grumbles but I refuse, wanting to prove to myself that I could be

the tower, all 6

with the Giant Octopus and I turn around to find Kota

to show it to him, stroking

He asks shyly, his large eyes twinkling at

stretches across his mouth when I nod, the little boy jumping into my arms and kissing

large octopus, the stuffed animal

cries, dragging the toy

all of my thoughts melting away to focus on the little boy who just claimed me

as my own during the face off with the Alphas but it’s different knowing Kota felt the same about

again but I eye Talia nervously, knowing

flickers in her eyes, but whatever it is disappears

Mommy!” Kota says, shoving the

what Zane got

grins at him, taking him by

we get

toy to his mother to skip over the

on her face a little tight as she reaches for my hand and

on the tips of her toes and kisses me on the cheek, my heart

overreacting about what Kota said,” She

to him tonight and make

at her, wishing I 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 in frustration to myself, but she doesn’t seem to notice, already pulling

the little menu on the glass window

before, so I stare at the assortment

try Cookies

go wrong

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

were rarely available to us

in the pantry, they were gone before Agnes, and I could ever grab some.I nod my head at her suggestion, and she hands me a cup

and

take our treats to a nearby table and Talia watches me careful as I