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.

large eyes widened in shock at the incredible display of

never seen so much

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

has been great but I still could not filter out voices

use nods and gestures

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

you need to stay with Mommy or Zane," Talia

"Don’t run off."

on the Blue ATV he wants

ride seems to be able to hold one adult passenger

with me?" He asks me, dragging me into the line driver’s seat

"Beep! Beep!"

when

to bounce up and down, my hands

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

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

at Talia every time we

I ignore him, just

when the ride is over, helping Kota off the

more fun than Kota," she

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

one!" Kota calls out, pointing to the

chaperone for this ride and I happily

the dragon

silly face when we

fingers into his mouth to pull his

stick out and pulling my eyelids back with one hand while the other continues to

she sees our faces, snapping a few pictures

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

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

me as I held onto

I liked seeing Talia laugh.She was

pulls us to

Octopus!" Kota smiles, pointing to a giant purple

where we have to knock over a tower

get three tries but knocking all of the bottles in the first

booth operator 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

sweetie," Talia

Kota pouts, Talia attempting to soothe his broken heart

we get some ice cream?"

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 line up to the toss and aim for the

ball strike the center of the tower, all 6

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

waddles over to me as I get down on my knees to show it

asks shyly, his large

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

large octopus, the stuffed

cries, dragging the toy to

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

own during the face off with

say it again but I eye Talia nervously,

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

shoving the octopus in

what Zane

him, taking him

get some

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

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

the cheek,

you for not overreacting about what Kota

and make sure

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

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

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

Cookies and Cream,"

go wrong

mom snuck some into my room to

available to us back

could ever grab some.I nod my head

and

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