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

having never seen so much color and

me, but I manage to put up my walls before I become too

great but I still could not

to use nods and gestures to

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

stay with Mommy or

“Don’t run off.”

nods halfheartedly, his eyes locked on the Blue ATV he wants

seems to be able to hold one adult passenger and two

with me?” He asks me, dragging me into the

“Beep! Beep!”

when the ride

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

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

I tell myself as Kota

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

I ignore him,

the ride is over, helping

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

want to ask if we can go again when Kota

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

a chaperone for this ride and I happily volunteer, Talia chuckling

and I pull on the lever, the dragon slowly

a silly face when

his mouth to pull his lips

jaw so that my teeth stick out and pulling my

sees our faces, snapping a few pictures of

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

spinning teacups, the

I held onto the grip

did not matter to me, I liked seeing Talia laugh.She was worth getting on a terrible ride

pulls us to a giant

smiles, pointing to

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

of the bottles in the

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

Talia sighs

to soothe his broken heart with

get some ice cream?”

operator another dollar so I can

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 toss

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

operator hands me with the Giant Octopus and I turn

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

asks shyly, his

biggest smile stretches across his mouth when I nod, the little boy jumping into

to wrap his arms around the large octopus, the stuffed animal nearly twice

dragging the

of my thoughts melting away to focus on the little

already claimed Kota as my own during the face off with the Alphas but it’s

eye Talia nervously, knowing Kota calling me Dad could upset

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

Mommy!” Kota says, shoving the

what Zane got

at him, taking him by the

we get some ice

to his mother to skip

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

toes and kisses me on the cheek,

you for not overreacting about what Kota

tonight and make sure

shake my head at her, wishing I could put into words that it means the world to me that he sees me that way, but only

the little menu on the glass window of the

never had Dippin’ dots before, so I stare at the assortment of

Cookies and

can’t go wrong

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

pastries were rarely available

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

Rainbow dots and

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