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.

large eyes widened in shock at the incredible display of rides, games,

much color and

start racing towards me, but I manage to put up my walls

Aurora has been great but I still could not

I’ll have to use nods and

with flashing lights and loud car horns,

with

“Don’t run off.”

his eyes locked on the

to hold one adult passenger and two

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

“Beep! Beep!”

screams when the ride

starts to bounce up and down, my hands gripping onto the sides of the car

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

here, I tell myself as

at Talia every time we

laughs but I ignore him, just wanting to

chuckles when the ride is over, helping Kota

than Kota,”

when Kota starts to pull

to ride the pink one!” Kota calls out,

this ride and I happily volunteer,

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

silly face when we

sticking his fingers into his mouth to pull his lips apart and hang his

take his lead, pushing out my lower jaw so that my teeth stick out and pulling my eyelids back with one hand while the other continues to pull

bursts into laughter when she sees our faces, snapping a few pictures of

to ride, but I don’t mind one bit, getting on as many rides as I can with

and the spinning teacups, the last one nearly

me as I held onto the grip for dear life, some of the

I liked seeing Talia laugh.She was worth getting on

us to a

to a giant purple Octopus hanging

milk bottle toss where we have to knock over

all of the bottles in the first toss would get

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

Talia sighs

attempting to soothe his broken heart with

some ice cream?”

operator another dollar

I refuse, wanting to prove to myself that I could be useful.I line up to

the center of the tower, all 6

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

on my knees to show it to him, stroking the giant octopus’s head with his little

asks shyly, his large eyes

nod, the little boy jumping into my

wrap his arms around the large octopus,

cries, dragging

thoughts melting away to focus on the little boy who

as my own during the face off with the Alphas

but I eye Talia nervously, knowing Kota calling me

flickers in her eyes, but whatever it is disappears

says, shoving the octopus

Zane got

grins at him, taking him by the

we get some

mother to

a little tight as she reaches for my hand and

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

for not overreacting about what

him tonight and make sure it doesn’t

I could put into words that it means the world to me that he sees me that way, but only a

want?” she asks, pointing to the little

I stare at the assortment of

try Cookies and Cream,”

can’t go wrong with

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

and pastries were rarely available to

and I could ever grab some.I nod my head at her suggestion, and she

and Talia picks Mint

a nearby table and Talia watches me careful as I take my first