The Silent Alpha

***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

never seen so much color and

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

has been great but I still

now, I’ll have to use

lights and loud

with Mommy or

"Don’t run off."

halfheartedly, his eyes locked on the Blue ATV

ride seems to be able to hold one adult passenger

dragging

"Beep! Beep!"

screams when the ride

to bounce up and down, my

of movement before, and while we were only moving in a

myself as Kota and I bounce up and

our hands at Talia every time we

are you, five? Grayson laughs but I ignore him, just wanting

is over, helping Kota off the

like you were having more fun than Kota," she

if we can go again when Kota starts to pull us in the

the pink one!" Kota calls out, pointing to

requires a chaperone for this ride and I

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

face when

his fingers into his mouth to pull

take his lead, pushing out my lower jaw so that my teeth stick out and pulling my eyelids back with one hand while the other continues

laughter when she sees our faces, snapping a few

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

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

as I held onto

liked seeing Talia laugh.She was worth getting on a terrible

to a

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

to knock over a tower of 6 milk bottles with

bottles in the first toss

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 three

Talia sighs

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

we get some ice cream?" She

another dollar so I

wanting to prove to myself that I could be useful.I line up to the toss and aim for

ball strike the center of the

I turn around to

down on my knees to show it to him, stroking the giant octopus’s head with

I have it?" He asks shyly, his

mouth when I nod, the little boy

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

He cries, dragging the toy

all of my thoughts melting away to focus on the little boy who just claimed me Grayson howls in approval, liking the

as my own during the face off with the Alphas

say it again but I eye Talia

but whatever it is disappears before I can decipher what she’s

Kota says, shoving the octopus

what Zane

she grins at him, taking him

we get some ice

his mother to skip over the booth

smile on her face a little tight as she reaches for

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

about what Kota said,"

tonight and make sure

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

want?" she asks, pointing to the little menu on the glass window of the

I stare at the assortment of colorful dot-like ice cream flavors,

Cookies

can’t go

Oreos, the last time being when my mom snuck some into my room to share

available to us

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

Rainbow dots and Talia

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