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.

shock at the incredible display of rides,

seen so much color and

start racing towards me, but I

has been great but I still could not filter out voices among large

now, I’ll have to use

a bouncing ATV ride with flashing lights and loud car horns, nearly

stay with

“Don’t run off.”

locked on the Blue

to be able to hold

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

“Beep! Beep!”

when the

ATV suddenly starts to bounce up and down, my hands

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

I tell myself as Kota and I

Talia every time we pass her, Kota and I laughing

I ignore him, just wanting

when the ride is over, helping Kota

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

to ask if we can go again when Kota starts to pull us in the direction of some

pink one!” Kota calls out, pointing to

chaperone for this ride and I happily volunteer, Talia chuckling

lever, the dragon slowly

face when we

his fingers into his mouth to pull his lips apart and

out my lower jaw so that my teeth stick out and pulling my eyelids

bursts into laughter when she sees our faces, snapping a few

ride to ride, but I don’t mind

the spinning

at me as I held onto the grip for dear life, some of

but it did not matter to me, I liked seeing

pulls us to a giant

smiles, pointing to a giant

bottle toss where we have to knock over a

of the bottles in the first toss would get

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

sweetie,” Talia sighs

Octopus” Kota pouts, Talia attempting to soothe his broken heart with a

about we get some ice cream?”

the operator another dollar so I can

more coordinated than you, Grayson grumbles but I refuse, wanting to prove to myself that I could be useful.I

ball strike the center of the

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

to show it to him, stroking the giant octopus’s

shyly, his large eyes twinkling

smile stretches across his mouth when I nod, the little boy jumping into my arms and kissing me

wrap his arms around the large

He cries, dragging the toy

slips out of his lips, all of my thoughts melting away to focus on the little boy who just claimed me Grayson howls

during the face off with the Alphas but it’s different knowing Kota felt the

I eye Talia nervously, knowing Kota calling me Dad

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

Mommy!” Kota says, shoving the

Zane got

she grins at him, taking him by the

we get some

nods, handing his stuffed toy to his mother to skip over the

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

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

overreacting about what Kota said,” She

talk to him tonight and

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 a small groan escapes my lips.I sigh in frustration to myself, but she doesn’t seem to notice, already pulling me

pointing to the little menu on the glass window of

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

Cookies and

go

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

rarely available to us back at 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 full of black and white dots with crushed

and Talia picks

and Talia watches me careful as I take