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,

never seen so much color

me, but I manage to put up my walls

great but I still could not filter out

to use nods and gestures

and loud car horns, nearly taking

stay with Mommy

"Don’t run off."

his eyes locked on the

to be able to hold

asks me, dragging me into the line driver’s

"Beep! Beep!"

screams when the

my hands gripping onto the sides of the

were only moving in a circle, it’s the most exhilarating moment of

Agnes here, I tell myself as Kota and I bounce

at Talia every time we pass her,

but I ignore him, just

is over, helping Kota off

were having more fun than Kota," she giggles as

go again when Kota starts to pull us in the direction

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

I happily volunteer, Talia chuckling to herself

I pull on the lever, the dragon slowly

face when we pass

his fingers into his mouth to pull his lips apart and hang his tongue

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

sees our faces,

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

cars, the train, the merry-go-round, and the spinning teacups, the

laugh at me as I held onto the grip for

laughed but it did not matter to me, I liked seeing Talia

us to a

Kota smiles, pointing to a

have to knock

tries but knocking all of the bottles in the first

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

Talia sighs

to soothe his

get some ice cream?" She

operator another

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

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

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

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

have it?" He asks shyly, his

across his mouth when I nod, the little boy jumping

the large octopus, the stuffed animal nearly twice his

He cries, dragging

out of his lips, all of my thoughts melting away

off with the Alphas but it's different knowing Kota

I eye Talia nervously, knowing Kota calling

it is disappears before I can decipher what

Mommy!" Kota says, shoving

what Zane

cool," she grins at him, taking him by the

get

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

face a little tight as she reaches for my hand and pulls me towards

me on the cheek, my

overreacting about what Kota said,"

him tonight and make sure it doesn’t

world to me that he sees me that way, but only a small groan escapes my lips.I sigh in frustration

asks, pointing to the little menu on

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

Cookies and Cream," Talia

can’t go wrong with

time being when my mom snuck

were rarely available

before Agnes, and I could ever grab some.I nod my head at

dots and Talia picks Mint

nearby table and Talia watches me