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.

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

having never seen so much color and lights in one place

but I manage to put up my walls before

with Aurora has been great but I still could not filter out voices among

to use nods and

spots a bouncing ATV ride with flashing lights and loud car horns, nearly taking off before I catch

to stay with Mommy

“Don’t run off.”

halfheartedly, his eyes locked on

able to hold one adult passenger and two

me, dragging me into the

“Beep! Beep!”

when

my hands gripping

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

here, I tell myself as Kota and I

his horn and we wave our hands at Talia every time we pass her, Kota and I laughing hysterically

you, five? Grayson laughs but I ignore him, just wanting to enjoy the

is over,

looked like you were having more fun than Kota,”

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

the pink one!” Kota calls

a chaperone for this ride and I happily volunteer, Talia

the dragon slowly ascending until it reaches its the view

face when we pass

into his mouth to pull his lips apart and hang his tongue

jaw so that my teeth stick out and pulling my eyelids back

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

of the 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

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

to me, I liked

to a giant

the Octopus!” Kota smiles, pointing to a

toss where we have to knock over a tower

tries but knocking all of the bottles in the first toss

operator hands her three balls.Her first throw narrowly misses the tower of bottles but her

sweetie,” Talia

Kota pouts, Talia attempting to soothe his broken heart with

we get some ice

hand the operator another

me do it.I’m more coordinated than you, Grayson grumbles but I refuse, wanting to prove to myself that I could be useful.I line up to

the ball strike the center of the tower,

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

have it?” He asks shyly, his large eyes

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

the large octopus, the stuffed

dragging the toy to his

slips out of his lips, all of my thoughts melting away

with the Alphas

say it again but I eye Talia nervously,

flickers in her eyes, but whatever it is disappears before I

says, shoving the octopus in

Zane got

she grins at him,

we get some ice

stuffed toy to his mother to skip over the booth

on her face a little tight as she reaches for

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

for not overreacting about what Kota

tonight and make sure it doesn’t happen

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

to the little menu on the glass window

before, so I stare at the assortment of colorful dot-like ice cream flavors, unsure which to

try Cookies and

can’t go

years since I’ve had Oreos, the last time being when my mom snuck some into my room to share with me on my

available to us back at

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 she hands me a cup full of black and white

gets Rainbow dots and Talia picks

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