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

different, having never seen so much

racing towards me, but I manage to put

been great but I still could not filter out voices among

have to use nods and gestures

a bouncing ATV ride with flashing lights and

stay with Mommy or Zane,”

“Don’t run off.”

halfheartedly, his eyes locked on the

to hold

go with me?” He asks me, dragging me into the line driver’s seat

“Beep! Beep!”

screams when

my hands

were only moving in a circle,

myself as Kota and

horn and we wave our hands at Talia every time we pass her,

laughs but I ignore him, just wanting to enjoy

the ride is over,

you were having more fun than Kota,” she giggles as we walk out

we can go again when Kota starts

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

this ride and I happily volunteer, Talia chuckling to herself

pull on the lever, the dragon slowly ascending until it

face when we

mouth to

take his lead, pushing out my lower jaw so that my teeth stick out and pulling

sees our faces,

us from ride to ride, but I don’t mind one bit, getting on

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

couldn’t help but laugh at me as I held onto the grip for

me, I liked

to a giant

to

a milk bottle toss where we have to knock over a tower of 6 milk bottles

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

balls.Her first throw narrowly misses the tower of

Talia sighs

pouts, Talia attempting to soothe his broken heart with a

some ice cream?” She

hand the operator another

prove to myself that I could be useful.I line up

ball strike the center of the tower, all 6

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

on my knees to show

have it?” He asks shyly, his large eyes twinkling

nod, the little boy jumping into my arms and kissing

arms around the large octopus, the stuffed animal

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 howls in approval, liking the

as my own during the face off with the Alphas

again but I eye Talia

it is disappears before I can decipher what

Kota says, shoving the octopus

Zane

at him, taking

we get

boy nods, handing his stuffed toy to his mother to

the smile on her face a little tight as she reaches

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

not overreacting about what Kota said,”

to him tonight and

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 me to the booth labeled

flavor do you want?” she asks, pointing to the little menu on the glass window of the

at the assortment of

Cookies and Cream,” Talia

go

Oreos, the last time being when my mom snuck some into my room to share with

and pastries were rarely available to us back at

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

dots and Talia picks Mint and

table and Talia watches me careful