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.

shock at the

never seen so much

thousands of people start racing towards me, but I manage to put up my walls

but I still could not

use nods and gestures

with flashing lights and loud car

need to stay with Mommy or

"Don’t run off."

eyes locked on

seems to be able to hold one adult passenger and two

He asks me, dragging me into

"Beep! Beep!"

screams when

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

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

have to bring Agnes here, I tell myself as Kota and I

we wave our hands at Talia every time we pass her, Kota and I laughing hysterically

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

the ride is over, helping Kota off

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

can go again when Kota starts to pull us

to ride the pink one!" Kota calls out, pointing to the pink dragon creature

ride and I happily volunteer, Talia chuckling to herself at

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

face when we pass

fingers into his mouth to pull his lips apart

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

sees our

the date, dragging us from ride to ride, but I don’t mind one bit, getting

merry-go-round, and the spinning teacups, the last one nearly making

held onto the grip for dear life, some of the people in

not matter to me, I liked seeing Talia laugh.She

us to a

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

is a milk bottle toss where we have to knock over

the bottles in

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

Talia sighs

Talia attempting to soothe his broken heart with a

some ice

operator another dollar so I

prove to myself that I could be useful.I line up to

the tower, all 6

I turn around to find Kota and Talia clapping for

as I get down on my knees to show it to him, stroking the

shyly,

when I nod, the little boy jumping into my arms and kissing me on

wrap his arms around the large octopus,

dragging the toy to

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

my own during the face off with the Alphas but it's different knowing

it again but I eye Talia nervously, knowing Kota calling

it is disappears before I can decipher what she’s

Kota says, shoving the

what Zane

cool," she grins at him, taking him by

we get some ice

handing his stuffed toy to his mother to skip over the booth directly

on her face a little tight as she reaches for my hand

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

about what Kota said," She

talk to him tonight and make sure it doesn’t happen

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,

you want?" she asks, pointing to the little menu

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

Cookies

go wrong with

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

available to

of Oreos made 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

and

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