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.

at the incredible

no different, having never seen so much color and lights

people start racing towards me, but I manage to put

I still could not

I’ll have to use nods and gestures

and loud car horns, nearly taking off before

need to stay with Mommy or Zane,” Talia

“Don’t run off.”

his eyes locked on the

ride seems to be able to hold one adult

dragging me into the

“Beep! Beep!”

screams when

up and down, my hands gripping onto the

have never experienced this type of movement before, and while we were only

here, I tell myself as Kota and I

Talia every time we pass her, Kota and I laughing hysterically

I ignore him, just

ride is over, helping

looked like you were having more fun than Kota,” she giggles as we

Kota starts to pull us in the direction of

pink one!” Kota calls out, pointing

for this ride and I

strapped in, Kota and I pull on the lever, the

a silly face when

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

out my lower jaw so that my teeth stick out and

into laughter when she sees our faces, snapping a

ride, but I don’t mind

bumper cars, the train, the merry-go-round, and the spinning

as I held onto the grip for

Grayson laughed but it did not matter to me, I liked seeing Talia laugh.She was

us to a giant

to a giant purple

where we have to

the bottles in the

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

sweetie,” Talia sighs

attempting to soothe his broken

some

the operator another dollar so I

to prove to myself that I

center of the tower,

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

get down on my knees to show it to him, stroking the giant

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

I nod, the little boy jumping into my arms and kissing me on the

the large octopus,

dragging the toy to

melting away to focus on the little boy who

face off with the Alphas but it’s different knowing

it again but I eye Talia nervously, knowing Kota calling me Dad

in her eyes, but whatever it is disappears before I can decipher what she’s

Kota says, shoving the octopus

Zane

cool,” she grins at him, taking him by

get some ice

his stuffed toy to his mother to skip over

face a little tight as she reaches for my hand

toes and kisses me on the cheek,

not overreacting about what Kota said,” She

talk to him tonight and make

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

asks, pointing to the little menu on the glass window of the

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

should try Cookies and Cream,”

go

being when my mom snuck some into my room to share with me on my 6th

pastries were rarely available to us

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 dots with crushed cookie

and Talia picks Mint

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