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.

the incredible display of rides, games, and snack

seen so much color and lights in one place

I manage to put up my

great but I still could not filter out voices among

now, I’ll have to use

lights and loud

to stay with Mommy or Zane,” Talia

“Don’t run off.”

halfheartedly, his eyes locked on

seems to be able to hold one adult

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

“Beep! Beep!”

when

suddenly starts to bounce up and down, my hands gripping

and while we were only moving in

Agnes here, I tell myself as Kota and I bounce up and

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

laughs but I ignore him, just wanting to

ride is over, helping Kota off

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

to ask if we can go again when Kota

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

ride and I happily volunteer, Talia chuckling to herself at

and I pull on the lever, the dragon slowly ascending until it reaches its the view

a silly face

mouth to pull his lips apart

jaw so that my teeth stick out and pulling my eyelids

when she sees our faces, snapping a

but I don’t mind one bit, getting on as many rides as I can

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

at me as I held onto the grip for dear

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

pulls us to a giant game

want the Octopus!” Kota smiles, pointing to a giant purple Octopus hanging

have to knock over

the bottles in the first toss would

the booth operator for a try and the operator hands her three balls.Her first throw narrowly misses the tower of bottles but

sweetie,” Talia

to

some ice

another

grumbles but I refuse, wanting to prove to myself that I could be useful.I line up to the toss and aim for the center,

center of the tower, all 6 bottles tumbling into the

and I turn

waddles over to me as I get down on my knees to show it to

have it?” He asks shyly,

when I nod, the little boy jumping into

his arms around the large

He cries, dragging

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

claimed Kota as my own during the face off with the Alphas

him say it again but I eye Talia

but whatever it is

says, shoving the

what Zane got

him, taking him

get

his mother to skip over the booth directly across the

face a little tight as she reaches for my hand and pulls

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

about what Kota

talk to him tonight and

sees me that way, but only a small

asks, pointing to the little menu

the assortment of colorful dot-like ice cream

should try Cookies and Cream,”

go wrong

my mom snuck some into my room to share with

pastries were rarely available to us back at the

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

dots and Talia picks

and Talia watches me careful as I take