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

so much color

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

training with Aurora has been great but I still could not

now, I’ll have to use nods and

ATV ride with flashing lights and loud car horns, nearly taking

with Mommy or

“Don’t run off.”

on the

to be able to hold

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

“Beep! Beep!”

when the

my hands

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

have to bring Agnes here, I tell myself as Kota and

hands at Talia every

laughs but I ignore

the ride is over,

Kota,” she giggles as we walk out

to ask if we can go again when Kota starts to pull us in the

ride the pink one!” Kota calls out,

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

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

silly face when

sticking his fingers into his mouth to pull his lips apart

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

when she sees our faces, snapping a

but I don’t mind one bit, getting

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

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

Grayson laughed but it did not matter to me, I liked

suddenly pulls us to a giant

to

have to knock over a

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

first throw

Talia

to soothe his broken

we get some ice

hand the operator another

wanting to prove to myself that I

watch the ball strike the center of the tower, all 6 bottles tumbling into the

hands me with the Giant Octopus and I turn around to find Kota and Talia clapping

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

shyly, his

little boy

large octopus, the stuffed animal nearly twice

dragging the

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

my own during the face off with the Alphas but

want to hear him say it again but I eye Talia nervously, knowing Kota

whatever it is disappears before I can decipher what

shoving the

what Zane

grins at him,

get

boy nods, handing his stuffed toy to his mother

at me, the smile on her face a little tight as she reaches for my

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

you for not overreacting about what Kota said,”

tonight and make sure it doesn’t

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,

you want?” she asks, pointing to the little menu

I stare at the assortment of

should try Cookies

go wrong

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

pastries were rarely available to us back

pantry, they were gone before Agnes, and I could ever grab some.I nod my head at

dots and Talia picks

treats to a nearby table and Talia watches