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 rides, games, and

seen so much color and lights in one place

towards me, but I manage to put

training with Aurora has been great but I still

have to use nods and gestures

lights and loud car

you need to stay with Mommy or Zane," Talia

"Don’t run off."

his eyes locked on the Blue ATV

ride seems to be able to

me, dragging me into the line driver’s

"Beep! Beep!"

screams when the

and down, my hands gripping

have never experienced this type of movement before, and while we were only

I tell myself as Kota and

hands at Talia every time

I ignore him, just wanting to enjoy the

the ride is over, helping

were having more fun than Kota," she

can go again when Kota starts to pull us

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

ride and I happily volunteer, Talia chuckling to herself at my

pull on the lever, the

silly face when we pass

mouth to

lower jaw so that my teeth stick out and pulling my eyelids back with one hand while the other

our faces, snapping a few

us from ride to ride, but I don’t mind one bit, getting on

spinning teacups, the last one nearly making

help but laugh at me as I held onto the grip for

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

to

Octopus!" Kota smiles, pointing to

toss where we have to knock

the bottles in the first toss would

first throw narrowly misses the tower of bottles but

Talia sighs

Octopus" Kota pouts, Talia attempting to soothe his broken heart

get some

another dollar so I

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

watch the ball strike the center of the tower, all 6 bottles tumbling

the Giant Octopus and I turn around to find Kota and Talia

to show it to him, stroking

He asks shyly, his large

when I nod, the little boy jumping into my arms

arms around the large octopus, the

He cries, dragging the toy

heart skips a beat when the word slips out of his lips, all of my thoughts melting away to focus on the little boy who

face off with the Alphas but it's different

I eye Talia nervously, knowing Kota calling

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

Kota says, shoving the octopus in

what Zane got

him, taking him by

get

mother to skip over the booth directly across the game

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

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

about what Kota said,"

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

me that he sees me that way, but only a

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

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

try Cookies and Cream," Talia

can’t go wrong

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

pastries were rarely available to us back at

ever grab some.I nod my head at her suggestion,

and Talia picks Mint

Talia watches me careful as I take