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

so much

racing towards me, but I manage to put up my walls before

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

I’ll have to use nods

spots a bouncing ATV ride with flashing lights and

need to stay with

“Don’t run off.”

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

be able to

asks me, dragging

“Beep! Beep!”

when the ride

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

and while we were only moving in a circle,

tell myself

our hands at Talia every time we pass her,

but I ignore him, just wanting to enjoy

when the ride is over, helping Kota off the

than Kota,” she giggles

go again when Kota

Kota calls out, pointing to the pink dragon

ride and I happily volunteer, Talia chuckling to

pull on the lever, the dragon

face

fingers into his mouth to pull his lips apart

and pulling my

when she sees our faces, snapping a few

I don’t

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

but laugh at me as I held onto the grip for dear life, some of the people in line

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

to

want the Octopus!” Kota smiles, pointing to

to knock over a

all of the bottles

balls.Her first throw narrowly misses the tower of bottles but her final throw manages to knock

sweetie,” Talia

to soothe his broken heart with

some ice cream?”

operator another dollar so I

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 and aim for the center, throwing the ball with

of the tower, all 6 bottles tumbling into

with the Giant Octopus and I turn around

to show it to him, stroking the

He asks shyly, his large eyes twinkling at

the little

his arms around the large

cries, dragging the toy to his

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

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

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

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

Mommy!” Kota says, shoving the octopus in

Zane

cool,” she grins at him, taking him by

get some ice

nods, handing his stuffed toy to his mother to skip over the booth directly across the game

little tight

her toes and kisses me on the cheek, my heart feeling as though it might burst out

about what Kota said,”

to him 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 doesn’t seem to notice, already pulling

you want?” she asks, pointing to the little

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

should try Cookies and Cream,” Talia

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 6th

pastries were rarely available to us

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

gets Rainbow dots and

nearby table and Talia watches me careful